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Battery: Campervans and motorhomes in New Zealand and Australia runs on dual battery where the 1st battery is for the vehicle and the second one is for the lights and fridge inside the vehicle. When the vehicle is stationary and not plugged in to a campsite's main power, lights and fridge will run on the second battery and will normally last for a day. That secondary battery will recharge when the vehicle is running. Campervans can then be hooked up and plugged in the the main power of a campsite in able to use the other electric power points inside the vehicle and for the other appliances to work. With US and Canadian Motorhomes, the vehicles are or can be fitted with a Generator so that you would not have to plug in to a camp sites main power. The Generator allows you the freedom to camp anywhere and still have power to the vehicle. Dumping Station: The grey and black water waste must be dumped at the dumping station usually found at a camp site. You must return the vehicle with any of these waste as there will be a hectic cleaning charge fee at the end of the rental if the vehicle's water waste aren't cleaned out prior to returning the vehicle.
There are 2 ways of getting rid of the waste water and sewage water. The most common way of releasing the water is to plug the sewage/waste water hose to the side of the campervan (staff at campervan depot will show where the hose goes into) and the other end of the hose goes into the drain, a designated hole in the ground. The second way of releasing it is to take the tank/cassette out of a drawer outside the campervan and dump this tank/cassette above the dump station hole, open a bar and all the waste water and sewage can run through the drain. To fill the tanks with fresh water you need a fresh water hose which is provided in each campervan. Plug the hose to the water tap next to the dump station and connect the hose to the right connection point at the campervan. Then turn the water on. It might take a few minutes to fill it up, you will hear and see when it's full as water will be dropping aside or at the back of the campervan. Then turn off the water, close all drawers and store the hose. In both cases you should clean the hose or the tank/cassette with clean fresh water and add toilet chemicals afterwards by either putting them into this tank or just into the toilet and flush it down. That keeps the toilet clean and fresh smelling. For more information, please click the link below. http://www.new-zealand-campervan-holidays.com/motorhome-camping.html For a downloadable leaflet, please click the link below. http://www.new-zealand-campervan-holidays.com/support-files/finding_a_dump_station.pdf
We recommend you carry an International Driver's Licence (also known as an International Driving Permit). It will make things run more smoothly at the rental counter and if the police pull you over, they can read your license. It is written in 10 languages and serves as an officially recognized translation of your local driving license in over 150 participating members of the United Nations. You should always have your valid local driver's license and passport to show as well. The Permit has been widely used for more than 50 years and is recognized almost anywhere in the world.
A generator is a portable device that creates electricity. If your motorhome has a generator or you are able to rent one, you can camp anywhere without having to connect into electricity. The generator provides the electricity you need to power the microwave, refrigerator, lights, etc.
There are several places you can find the depot location details.
Before You Book: You can find the address for the pick up location by clicking on the "depot info" button on the main search page after you have entered in your search criteria.
Already Have a Booking: Depot location and pick up instructions can be found at the bottom of your confirmation email. If you have followed the link to your confirmation voucher you can also find this information by clicking the red link that says, "Important: please read pick up instructions below".
The reason for this is that some rental companies only give us discounted rates for International travelers. Other suppliers give us rates for both domestic and International residents.
If the vehicle you requested is not available, you will not be charged as you do not have a confirmed booking. We will look for alternative vehicles for you and send you an email with any available options. If you select one of these options and it is confirmed, we will then collect payment.
When temperatures are expected to go below freezing, i.e. 32°F or 0°C, you must drain all water from
the motorhome to prevent water freeze-up. As a precaution against freezing, during expected freezing
conditions your motorhome will have been drained of all water and be winterized by the rental station
prior to departure.
You will not be able to use the water system in freezing conditions so plan in advance to purchase bottled water for drinking and minor cleaning needs. Note: You will not be able to use the bathroom during severe freeze conditions. Plan to use alternative facilities.
Some of our vehicles have live availability. If you book one of these, you will receive a confirmation automatically.
Others will require 24hrs to get back to you with availability. Once your booking is confirmed, you will be sent your confirmation email. If the booking is not available, we will search for a similar vehicle and email you with available options. Money will not be collected until you have a confirmed booking.
Since the rates on our websites are already heavily reduced, a further discount may not be possible. However, there are a few rental companies that do offer multiple hire discounts, this is usually stated in their terms and conditions. If you have any further questions or would like to enquire about this, please let us know and we'll be more then happy to assist.
We currently do not have any relocation specials.
Some rental companies do have these specials from time to time. You would need to contact them directly as these specials come up on an as needed basis and are not displayed on our website.
There are three reasons why your search does not return any results.
1. All of our rental companies in your search location have set a minimum hire period. Please adjust your dates.
2. None of our rental companies allow a one way hire.
3. The pick up date is within 24 - 48 hrs. Please contact us directly.
Please see below for age requirements...
The general minimum age to hire a vehicle is 21. However, in some cases the supplier may allow an 18 year old to hire a vehicle with additional insurance cover. Please see the terms and conditions of the rental company you are interested in renting from for this information.
Most rental companies do not have a maximum age to rent a vehicle. However each supplier has their own policies, please check the terms and conditions regarding this.
If you have a problem with your vehicle, please contact the rental company in the first instance as they will be able to assist you immediately.
If you are unable to get hold of them, please contact us at any one of our phone numbers.
The amount of the cancellation fee depends on the rental company, please see your terms and conditions regarding this. However, the deposit is nonrefundable. If any further fees apply they will be charged at cancellation.
The most efficient way to cancel your booking is to click on the modification link in your confirmation and cancel from there. We then contact the rental company on your behalf and will advise you the amount of the cancellation fee, if applicable.
Your credit card will only be charged once you have a confirmed booking. At that time the deposit will be collected along with any excess (deductible) or cancellation covers. Each rental company has different policies.
Some companies require full payment upfront whereas others do not require final payment until you pick up the vehicle. Please see the payment details for when the final balance is due. This final balance is automatically taken from the credit card you have nominated, on your due date. No further action is required on your part.
If you chose to pay in your currency instead of the local currency of the country your rental takes place, full payment will be collected upon confirmation. By doing this you lock in the current exchange rate and avoid future exchange fluctuations.
A late model is a vehicle that is between 1-3 years old. In some cases vehicles may be up to 5 years old, depending on how many models the manufacturer has released. We also sometimes say 'recent model' in which case 1-5 years is more accurate
Please check the terms or insurance link on the vehicle you are wishing to rent to see what is included.
Also, when you begin the booking process, you are presented with any insurance excess (deductible) reduction (CDW) options that are available - and this may help you to understand the insurance policy better.
In most cases you will be charged an additional amount of approximately $20 - $30 per day. Please check the rental terms to see what this amount is as it varies depending on the rental company.
Once you have selected the vehicle you are interested in, please read the terms and conditions for that vehicle - they will generally outline the insurance options the rental company offers. You can also click "start booking" and the next screen will give you excess coverage (deductible) options. If you don't see any here, you can add extra insurance/excess cover upon arrival.
A security bond or security deposit is a deposit paid by you which is held by the vehicle rental company while you are renting their vehicle. It is fully refundable when you return the vehicle in a satisfactory condition. Some companies require only a swipe or imprint of your credit card, while other companies require physical payment (and they refund it back at completion of rental). Bonds can vary, and so can the way they are taken - so please check the terms or insurance information on your relevant vehicle.
Most companies offer several options to reduce the size of the bond/security deposit. These are generally a daily charge (the daily charge is not refundable), and any options are outlined in the terms and conditions, and presented at the time of booking.
Please check the terms of each company for the hours that you can pick up or drop off your vehicle.
There are several places you can find information about a depot location.
Before you book: once you have run a search, you can find the address of the pick up location by clicking on the 'depot info' button that appears on each of the vehicles presented as a search result.
If you already have a booking: the depot location and pick up instructions are on your confirmation voucher. You will also see on your confirmation a red link (that you can click on) which says "Important: please read pick up instructions below".
There can be penalties for returning the vehicle after the agreed drop off time. Please check the terms to read about the late return policy of the vehicle you are renting as they can vary from vehicle to vehicle.
Please check the terms of the vehicle you are thinking of renting, but as a general rule, there are no refunds for the early return of a vehicle.
This varies between companies and in some cases an after hours surcharge may apply. Please check the terms of each company for the hours that you can pick up your vehicle.
This varies from vehicle to vehicle, so please read the terms of the vehicle you are wishing to rent. If there is a charge for kms or miles, you can purchase these in advance at the time of booking.
All taxes are included with the vehicle unless otherwise stated.
If taxes are calculated separately, this will be itemized in the payment description of your booking or under "other fees paid locally upon arrival".
Most vehicle rental companies do include 24 hour assistance, but please check the terms of the vehicle you are wishing to rent to be sure.
Please check the vehicle's terms and conditions to see if your national driver's license is acceptable. The requirements can vary from vehicle to vehicle. The rental company may require you to have an International Driver's License.
Please check the terms to see if your desired vehicle is available for drivers under 21. If so, a different insurance policy may apply, so please read the terms and insurance information carefully.
Another way to find out is by beginning the booking process, as all insurance options are usually outlined on the booking page.
Please check the terms of the vehicle you are interested in hiring to see if any additional driver fees apply. Alternatively, you can begin the booking process and you can generally add additional drivers at this stage.
Please check the terms and conditions of the vehicle you are interested in renting to view the one way hire policy. One way hire policies vary between each vehicle rental company.
Under "Rate Includes" you may see that the one way fee is included. If you don't see it there, please check the rental terms.
A security bond or security deposit is a deposit paid by you which is held by the vehicle rental company while you are renting their vehicle. It is fully refundable when you return the vehicle in a satisfactory condition. Some companies require only a swipe or imprint of your credit card, while other companies require physical payment (and they refund it back at completion of rental). Bonds can vary, and so can the way they are taken - so please check the terms or insurance information on your relevant vehicle.
Most companies offer several options to reduce the size of the bond/security deposit. These are generally a daily charge (the daily charge is not refundable), and any options are outlined in the terms and conditions, and presented at the time of booking.
Please check the terms and conditions to see the payment policy of the vehicle you are interested in. Some suppliers on our website demand prepayment (full payment before the rental commences). For suppliers who require that the balance is paid when you pick up the vehicle, you must contact the relevant supplier after your booking is confirmed to check whether they will accept your early payment.
Due dates for outstanding balances will vary depending on the rental company's terms.
The due dates on your rental balances will be specified in the price breakdown.
"Balance payable on arrival" means you pay for the rental balance when you arrive at the rental counter on the day of your vehicle collection.
"Balance payable upon confirmation" means the rental balance is due once the booking is confirmed. Booking requests will be confirmed with in 24 hours so the balance will be due and charged from the credit card as soon as the booking request is confirmed.
"Balance payable 30 days prior to collection" means the rental balance will be due 30 days before vehicle collection date. This will be charged automatically from your credit card so there is no need to contact us 30 days prior to your pick up.
Please note that some rental quotes will require a deposit amount which will always be charged as soon as the booking has been confirmed.
If we are having problems charging your credit card, we will contact you to verify the details or to check with your bank.
If it is possible to hire baby and child seats or other equipment with the vehicle you wish to rent, these items will be displayed and can be selected during the booking process. Please note that such items are usually subject to availability.
In Australia a child must be in a booster seat until they are either 7 years old, or their weight exceeds 26kg. This booster seat must be fastened to a standards approved fitted anchor point in the vehicle. It is not suitable to use a standard seat-belt to hold the booster seat in place.
Child Restraints
Children under 1 year old must be restrained in a suitable approved child restraint.
Children aged 1 to 7 years must be restrained in a suitable approved child restraint, or occupy a seating position fitted with a suitable seatbelt if one is available.
If the vehicle has 2 or more rows of seats, the child must not be in the front row of seats unless restrained in a suitable approved child restraint or occupying a seating position fitted with a seatbelt.
Australian child restraints must be fitted with a top tether which is attached to a suitable mounting point on the vehicle. The use of European child restraints without a top tether is, therefore, illegal.
Child restraints have been categorised into 3 different weight groups:
> birth to 9kg birth - 6 months (approx)baby restraint or 'capsule'
> 8 - 18kg 6 months - 4 years (approx)child restraint
> 14 - 26kg 2 - 7 years (approx)booster seat and/or harness
This information is a guide and subject to change. We take no responsibility for any incorrect information provided - please always check with your vehicle provider upon pick up.
Children under 5 years must be properly restrained in an approved child restraint (see below).
Children aged 5 to 7 years must use an appropriate child restraint if there's one available. If there isn't, the child must use a safety belt. If there's no safety belt available, the child must sit in the back seat.
Approved child restraints include: - infant restraints for young babies (often called baby capsules) - restraints for older babies and toddlers (often called car seats) - harnesses and booster seats for preschool and school-aged children
The type of child restraint you need to use depends on the age and size of the child.
Infant restraint birth to 9 kg (or up to 13.5 kg) (approx. 6 months)
Convertible (baby to child) restraint birth to 18 kg (approx. 4 years)
Front-facing child restraint 9-18 kg (6 months to approx. 4 years)
Booster seat 14-26 kg (approx. 4 years to 7 years)
Child harness 14-32 kg (approx. 4 to 7 years)
Your responsibility as the driver is to make sure that any child under 5 years is properly restrained by an approved child restraint. They must not travel in the car if you can't put them in an approved child restraint.
As a general rule, if your child's head is higher than the back of the child restraint, it's time to move them into the next type of child restraint. A child can wear an adult safety belt when the belt crosses their pelvis, not their tummy)
If there is a discount or coupon offer available for your travel dates on this website, this offer should be automatically actioned at the time of booking. If the offer is not working, please enter the Promo Code (shown on the coupon) into the Coupon/Promotion Code panel at the top of the first booking screen. Your discount or details of the offer will then show on the following booking screen.
Two hotels that are reasonably priced and close to the airport, where most campervan depots are based, are:
The Commodore
447 Memorial Ave
Phone +64 3 358 8129
Airport Gateway Motorlodge
45 Royalvale Ave
Phone +64 3 358 7093
Alternatively, there are two good websites to find hotels on:
A reasonably priced hotel near the airport (near most campervan depots) is:
The Auckland Airport Centra Hotel
Cnr Richard Pearse Drive & Ascot Drive
Ph +64 9 275 1059
Another well priced hotel is Jet Inn, around 10 mins away from the airport:
63 Westney Rd
Ph + 64 9 275 4100
Alternatively, you may want to stay in the city. A good website to find hotels through is:
When you search for vehicles, the search results panel will display the average vehicle age. When it indicates a "Late Model" this means the vehicle is around 3-5 years of age. Generally this will be the case for most vehicles unless specified on line with an actual year range.
Vehicles can only be driven on sealed or well maintained roads. The rental company reserves the right to restrict their vehicles from certain areas due to inclement weather. Specific areas can also be restricted.
Please see the terms and conditions for details relating to the vehicle you are renting.
21 years old and over, with a full drivers license. Any drivers under 25 will incur an additional underage driver surcharge. This underage driver fee will be charged separately on the day of pick up, at the rental counter. The surcharge amount varies by company so please check the terms and conditions of the rental company for more information.
1. "Motorhome Cancellation Charges Cover" protects you against additional cancellation charges you actually incur (other than the loss of any prepaid deposit) up to the Cover limit set out in your Cover Confirmation, should you need to cancel your booking due to unforeseen circumstances. Motorhome Cancellation Charges Cover allows you to cancel your rental booking any time prior to a full 8 day period prior to the scheduled pickup time of your rental. Cancellations which are made less than 8 full days (within 8 x 24 hrs) of the scheduled pick up time or if you fail to pick up your rental vehicle for any reason are not covered by Motorhome Cancellation Charges Cover and will attract the normal cancellation charges as outlined in the terms and conditions of your rental contract. Motorhome Cancellation Charges Cover DOES NOT cover or refund the non-refundable booking deposit, which was payable at the time of booking. Cancellations must be made in writing by email, however your booking is not considered to be cancelled until you have received a cancellation notice in writing. The cost of purchasing Motorhome Cancellation Charges Cover is non-refundable.
CLAIMS: If you have selected a Cancellation Charges Cover Policy, all you need to do is notify your booking agent if you wish to cancel (in writing), and the policy will apply to cancellation charges incurred by you (other than loss of deposit) where your cancellation is confirmed as having been received by your agent (the owner of the website you booked on) at least 48 hours for rental cars or 8 full days for motorhomes, prior to the scheduled pick up time for your vehicle. Your deposit will not be refunded if you have not selected the option 'Cancellation Cover + Booking Deposit Refund). Contact details for your booking agent are listed at the base of this page.
If you do not pick up the vehicle on the confirmed day you may be charged a 'no-show' fee.
This fee is outlined in the terms and conditions and is often 100% of the vehicle hire.
Please read the terms and conditions of your booking to find out how many days notice the rental company requires for cancellation. The reason a 'no-show' fee is charged is because the rental company may have declined other bookings based on your confirmed booking.
The amount of the cancellation fee depends on the rental company, please see your terms and conditions regarding this. However, the initial deposit is non-refundable as per standard terms and conditions. If any further fees apply they will be charged as per cancellation terms on your booking.
The most efficient way to cancel your booking is to click on the 'Cancel booking' link in the Customer Support Center. We then contact the rental company on your behalf and will advise you the amount of the cancellation fee, if applicable.
Yes, most rental companies require this. Some companies require only a swipe or imprint of your credit card, while other companies require physical payment (and they refund it back at completion of rental). Bonds can vary, and so can the way they are taken - so please check the terms or insurance information on your relevant vehicle.
Most companies offer several options to reduce the size of the bond and security deposit on the day of pick up. These are generally at an additional daily charge (the daily charge is not refundable). You can ask the rental depot when you pick up the vehicle of ways to reduce your bond (security deposit) or excess(deductible) if it is too high for you to cover with your credit card.
This should be refunded between 1-3 weeks after you have returned your vehicle. If you still have not received your security bond, please contact the rental company or the depot location you hired from and they will be able to assist you.
Yes you will still need to pay a security bond if you take your own insurance/ travel insurance or even our Drive Easy Cover.
However, rental companies usually offer their own insurance covers which will reduce the excess(deductible) liability and the bond (security deposit) amount. Generally you can take out an insurance cover with the rental company directly on the day of pick up.
Yes the security bond is refundable. However, this may not be the case in the event of an accident.
To lower your security bond, you will need to purchase an excess/insurance cover provided by the rental company. This can be added while you are making the booking online or on the day of pick up.
Please note that the Drive Easy Cover is a damage waiver policy only and is not the insurance provided by the rental company direct, so the Drive Easy cover will only reduce the excess(deductible)liability amount, not the bond (security deposit).
Bond (security deposit) amounts can only be reduced if you select an insurance policy that is provided by the rental company.
All major credit cards are accepted to pay this. Please note that rental companies no longer accept cash or debit for the bond (security deposit), this is for security reasons.
The rental price can either be calculated per calendar day or per 24hrs. Each supplier calculates their rates differently. Please see your terms and conditions for your rental company's policy.
Calendar Days: calculates each calendar day as one day of rental.
This is counted from the day of pick up to the drop off day.
For example, if you are renting a vehicle from 1 Jan to 5 Jan this would be considered 5 days of rental.
Calculating at 24 hrs : This calculation is one day is 24hrs.
For example, if you pick up a vehicle at 2pm on 1 Jan and returned it at 2pm on 5 Jan, the total days of your hire is 4 days.
Motorhome bookings calculate by calendar day. The day of pick up is counted as the first whole day and the day of drop off is counted as the last whole day.
Calendar days: calculates each calendar day as one day of rental.
Car bookings calculate by 24 hours. The 24 hour periods start counting from the specific pick up time. For example - if you pick up a car today at 10am and drop it off tomorrow at 11am, the rental company will charge you a 2 day rental as you went over the 24 hour mark from your pick up time. The extra hour you go over that 24 hour mark will cost you an additional day.
Yes, Alteration / Amendment of $25 of the local currency will apply.
Car and Motorhome rental alterations (local currency charges) 25.00
To change dates or times that result in a recalculation of rental rates
To add or remove extras to/from a confirmed booking
If you shorten your rental on the day of hire or during your hire, you will not be reimbursed as it is considered a "no show" for the requested unused days. Please read your terms and conditions as this may vary per rental company.
If you shorten your rental before pick up, but give notice within the cancellation fees period, the rental company will approve the date change. However, there will be no refund on the unused dates.
If you shorten your rental before pick up and give notice before the cancellation fees period the booking will be recalculated with the current rates for the new dates. If the new dates work out to be cheaper than the old dates then the difference will be refunded and an alteration fee collected. The alteration fee is generally $25.
Please note that if the deposit amount decreases, as a result of the recalculation, the difference will not be refunded. As per standard terms, initial deposits are non refundable. However, if the new deposit is higher then the difference will be charged accordingly
Again please read your terms and conditions as each supplier has different policies about their cancellation fees period.
There are 2 ways of adding miles / kilometres into your booking.
Please make sure you read the rates inclusions and price details, some cars and motorhomes will already include some mileage allowance on their prices.
1. During the booking process
Once you are ready to make a booking and you have clicked on the "Start Booking" button, you will be directed to a secure booking page that allows you to add extras. Scroll down until you see the section headed - "Would you like to add any extra items?" Here you can add mileage/km packages to your booking.
2. After your booking is confirmed
When you receive your confirmation email you can click on the link to visit our customer support centre to modify your booking and add extras. Once in the customer support centre look for the button that allows you to add extras.
DriveEasy is not an insurance cover. It is an independent policy, between you and DriveEasy, which works as a reimbursement cover at the end of your rental
Rental companies have a standard excess (deductible) that will be collected from you if you are involved in an accident. Some rental companies require a bond (security deposit)amount (e.g. $300) but will still require you to have the full excess amount (e.g. $3300) available on your credit card in case the rental vehicle is damaged.
Once the rental company has charged you for the damage to their vehicle, you will need to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and submit your claim form to claim reimbursement.
For example: if the vehicle is damaged during your hire you will have to pay the rental depot first for the damages. Make sure to get a receipt for the amount paid. At the end of your rental contact DriveEasy and claim reimbursement for the damage cost you have paid, using your receipt and claim form.
DriveEasy reimbursements are usually processed within a week of the claim.
Yes. The supplier of the rental vehicle may require a bond(security deposit) in the form or an imprint, credit card preauthorisation or physical deduction at the time of pick up. This bond is refundable when the vehicle is returned in satisfactory condition. These policies do not negate the need to pay any such required bond.
Yes, you will still have to provide a credit card. The supplier of the rental vehicle may require a bond(security deposit) in the form of an imprint, credit card preauthorisation or physical deduction at the time of pick up. This bond is refundable when the vehicle is returned in satisfactory condition. These policies do not negate the need to pay any such required bond.
You will be refunded if you cancel your DriveEasy policy BEFORE the day you pick up your vehicle.
The time can vary depending on the claim and the information provided. A reimbursement is made once all the relevant information has been received by both the rental company and the policy holder. Usually the DriveEasy cover will be processed on the same week of the initial claim.
Option 2: DriveEasy Premium Excess Motorhome Cover
This reduces the excess and renter liability to the stated amount on your policy, and includes single vehicle accidents, tyre and windscreen damage, undercarriage and overhead (roof) damage and third party damage. The maximum amount DriveEasy will pay out on any one rental is the value of vehicle excess stated on the rental agreement, or $5000 (in local currency where the vehicle is rented), whichever is the lesser amount. Once confirmed, the purchase cost of this policy is non-refundable.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The supplier of the rental vehicle may require a security bond in the form of an imprint, credit card preauthorisation or physical deduction at the time of pick up. This bond is refundable when the vehicle is returned in satisfactory condition. These policies do not negate the need to pay any such required bond.
To submit a DriveEasy claim, please download a claim form by clicking the link below, then send the completed form to firstname.lastname@example.com.
A reimbursement is made once all the relevant information has been received by both the rental company and the policy holder. The time can vary depending on the claim and the information provided.
Campervan hirers United, Apollo and Nomad can provide bike racks for 4 and 6 berth vehicles. United provide racks, while Apollo require you to take the bikes inside the camper (although you have to ensure you tie down/wrap the vehicles securely to avoid any damage of which you would be liable).
If you would like to hire bikes for your journey, we suggest you visit http://www.hedgehog.co.nz/index.php?mode=bike_hire_details&id=5
If you have completed the online booking request form and are having problems submitting it, please check that all mandatory fields marked with an asterisk have been completed.
Otherwise, please contact us on the following numbers within each country:
Australia: 1800 655 628
UK & Ireland: 0808 234 8955
USA & Canada: 1 866 425 0307
New Zealand: 0800 556 606
Germany: 0800 186 0935
Other countries, please call: +64 9 308 7479
The prices shown on the advertisement panels are live prices for pick ups this week. Prices for vehicle rental change with seasonal demand, much like airline tickets or hotel rooms. They can also change per location. Therefore the only way to get an accurate price is to enter your travel dates into the search panel and select your vehicle from the results displayed with your correct dates.
All the vehicle specifications we have available are shown on our website. Unfortunately we do not have printed brochures of any of the vehicles featured on our website.
Please refine your search. You may have to extend your dates to achieve minimum rental periods. Also, if your rental crosses over into a new year, please ensure the correct year is selected on the search.
When your booking is confirmed we email your confirmation to you. Sometimes the security setting on your email can break the confirmation link when it arrives in your inbox. It is easy to fix this. Please copy and paste the link into your internet browser address bar and push Enter on your keyboard to refresh the page.
If you're still unsuccessful, please email us and we can send you another copy in a different format.


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Durability or bust: Engineers study how to improve high-speed rail ties against freezing, thawing conditions
MANHATTAN -- A Kansas State University-led research project is helping high-speed rail systems handle the stress of freezing and thawing weather conditions.
The university's Kyle Riding, assistant professor of civil engineering, is leading a three-year study that looks at the freeze-thaw durability of concrete railroad ties. The research is essential to developing safe and durable high-speed rail systems.
Riding is collaborating with Mohammed Albahttiti, civil engineering doctoral candidate from the United Arab Emirates; the university's Institute of Environmental Research; as well as a colleague at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and commercial partners Canadian National Railroad and CXT Concrete Ties Inc. The Federal Railroad Association recently awarded Riding more than $1.2 million to study the materials and fabrication process, and to develop quality control tests that ensure safe freeze-thaw durable concrete railroad ties.
"Freeze-thaw is a stressor that happens in pretty much all concrete when it is exposed to water and then freezing and thawing temperatures," Riding said.
When water freezes it grows in size by roughly 9 percent, Riding said. These increases, coupled with the decreases when the ice melts, cause stress on the container the ice forms in. When too much stress occurs the container can break -- similar to what happens when a full soda bottle is left in the freezer.
In concrete rail ties water collects and freezes in the pores of the concrete. As the liquid freezes it creates stress in the railroad tie, which can crack the ties. High-speed rail systems are more sensitive to these problems because of the high speed at which the trains travel on the tracks.
As high-speed rail systems become more widely adopted around the world, it becomes essential to keep passengers safe and maintain the rail system infrastructure against freezing and thawing conditions, Riding said.
To study the freeze-thaw conditions in concrete rail ties, researchers will add surfactants to the concrete as it is being mixed in the laboratory. These compounds produce millions of microscopic bubbles in the concrete that act as pressure release valves to help protect the concrete against damage.
One of the challenges will be to ensure that the bubbles are evenly dispersed through the concrete rail ties and small enough to protect the concrete from damage.
Researchers will evaluate the vibration conditions and air voids created by the bubbles in rail ties produced from various other materials, including surrogate clear materials, cement paste and mortars before scaling up to concrete. The ties will also be studied to determine if they get wet enough on the tracks to cause damage.
Additionally, the team is developing evaluation methods that will help railroad tie manufacturers determine the freeze-thaw resistance of concrete rail ties once they are produced.
"This is a good way to take fundamental science and apply it to a real-world application that will affect our transportation infrastructure and our communities," Riding said. "Plus, who doesn't like trains?"
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The idea came to me while adjusting the mirrors in a car, and realizing that the little mirror-control joystick was better than many video game joysticks I used. I then had a waking dream of the grand possibilities of playing old videogames with control pads sourced from cars. The dream was a beautiful, fantastical vision of a world we could all achieve. I woke up hours later behind a CVS, and headed straight to a junkyard to make this dream real.
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Taking Thoreau into the woods — deliberately
Madeline Benjamin went into the woods to live deliberately.
As a summer counselor at Camp Takodah in the woods of New Hampshire, Benjamin led a group of teenage girls in a non-traditional learning experience that she based off of the theory and thought of perhaps the ultimate camp counselor—Henry David Thoreau.
Benjamin belongs to the Monroe Scholars community at William & Mary, the top 7 percent of the student body. Sponsored by the Roy R. Charles Center, each year these scholars delve into their academic passions to learn for learning's sake. Along with other Monroe Scholars, Benjamin presented her project, "Cass: An Application of Thoreau's Walden to a Summer at Camp," in the annual Summer Research Symposium sponsored by the Charles Center.
"When I was kind of brainstorming ideas for what I wanted to do my Monroe project on, I wanted to find a way to put to paper the value that I saw in summer camp," says Benjamin. Camp Takodah, where she spent her childhood as a camper and went on to become a seasoned counselor, seemed like the perfect venue.
Thoreau's works, specifically Walden; or, Life in the Woods, sets forth the Transcendentalist notion of self-reliance as the path to personal betterment and self-directed education.
"The project was designed to be an application of a different sort of learning ideology that I saw reflected in readings I'd done by Thoreau," said Benjamin, a member of the class of 2014.
Benjamin immersed herself in readings by Thoreau and literary critics to build what she calls a toolbag of knowledge that she took with her and implemented at camp. From the work of critic J.P. Miller, Benjamin identified seven major tenets of Thoreauvian thought on education and applied them to her instructional role as a camp counselor. Two that she focused primarily upon were "Learning by Doing" and "Un-learning."
"I employed that in terms of working with my girls in that I would organize an activity and then step back; to introduce a task and then let them problem solve their ways around it," says Benjamin.
She recalls struggling to remain passive and silent as she watched her campers struggle to learn how to build a fire in the rain.
Her natural tendency was to step in and instruct, to take over and show them how it's done she says, but she knew she had to let them get frustrated and argue while having to deal with sodden wood and sticks from a previous rainstorm. For a while, she says, it didn't look like they were going to be able to pull it off.
But she gave them lots of time and no advice, and at the end of the night they had a hot fire and warm dinner.
"It was so hard because they were girls that aren't used to messing up or not knowing what to do next. When they got it, they actually felt like they had accomplished something," says Benjamin.
Benjamin believes summer camps and other similar learning spaces fill a void that exists in traditional school systems.
"No one feels that feeling of accomplishment because they completed the five-paragraph essay," says Benjamin. "You don't come to complete that through your own learning experience, it's just something that you have to do."
Robert Scholnick, professor of English and American studies, advised Benjamin throughout her project. She says she initially sought out Scholnick because of his specialization in Thoreau and the greater American Renaissance. Benjamin later came to learn however that that Scholnick himself had lived in Thoreau's hometown, and later met his wife while working at a New England summer camp.
"It was a lovely and fitting surprise to discover our shared love and excitement for both the region and the learning experience that is camp," says Benjamin of the partnership.
Like all of the Monroe Scholars, she documented her experiences in a blog, noting the application of Thoreauvian lessons to the most mundane of camp maintenance chore.
Benjamin's Monroe Project took Walden, the original self-improvement book, and brought its lessons to her campers, her university, and most importantly, at least according to its illustrious author, herself.


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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lent is a time to shed lazy, un-Christian habits and snap out of one's apathy toward people harmed by violence, poverty and not having God in their lives, Pope Francis said.
Lent is time to "change course, to recover the ability to respond to the reality of evil that always challenges us," he said during his weekly general audience March 5, Ash Wednesday.
The pope's catechesis focused on the meaning of Lent, which, beginning Ash Wednesday for Latin-rite Catholics, marks a 40-day period of penance, prayer and conversion "in preparation for the church's annual celebration of the saving mysteries of Christ's passion, death and resurrection," he said.
Later in the evening, Pope Francis was scheduled to lead a traditional Ash Wednesday procession from Rome's Basilica of St. Anselm to the Basilica of Santa Sabina for Mass and the imposition of ashes.
At his morning audience, he explained that Lent is a time for "a turnaround," to convert and change for the better.
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"All of us need to improve," he said, and "Lent helps us. And that way we get out of our tired routine and the lazy addiction to evil that tempts us."
Lent calls people to live more fully their Baptism, which brings new life, he said. "It invites us to not get used to the situations of degradation and misery that we encounter as we walk along the streets of our cities and towns.
"There's the risk of passively accepting certain behaviors and to not be astonished by the sad situations around us," he said. "We get used to violence, as if it were everyday news taken for granted; we get used to our brothers and sisters who sleep on the streets, who don't have a roof over their heads. We get used to refugees seeking freedom and dignity who aren't welcomed as they should be."
People also get too used to living in a culture or society that pretends it can do without God, and where parents, grandparents and adults no longer teach children how to pray, he said.
"I want to ask: Your children, your kids, do they know how to make the sign of the cross?" he asked the crowd in St. Peter's Square. "Do they know how to pray the Our Father, to pray to Our Lady with the Hail Mary?"
He asked that people "think about it and answer in your heart."
Christians need to overcome their indifference, "this addiction to un-Christian and easy-way-out behaviors that drug our hearts," he said.
Lent is a time to reflect on and be awed by what Christ did for our salvation and to prepare "our mind and our heart for an attitude of gratitude toward God, for all he has given us," the pope said, because "when we see this love that God has for us, we feel the urge to get closer to him and this is conversion."
Summing up, the pope said the "essential elements for living the Lenten season are: giving God thanks for the mystery of his crucified love; authentic faith; conversion; and opening our heart to our brothers and sisters."
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On Tour with Prism Book Tours
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Silver Hollow
By Jennifer Silverwood
Launch - Note from the Author
Welcome fantasy fans! If you're reading this, you're more than likely keen on the supernatural, the unexplained magic behind our increasingly tech world. Or...mayhaps you love anything with castles, ball gowns and romance. Either way, you've come to the right place. Silver Hollow is a place where the mythic and mundane collide, where madness is just another name for honesty and adults can believe in fairy tales again. It also happens to be my first full-length novel.
Let me tell you how it happened...
It's All About the Romance - Crafting Legends
To quote one of my favorite movies and actors, "One does not simply walk into Mordor."
In the same vein, you don't simply create a fantasy story without crafting its legends. This is best illustrated through epic fantasy novels like Game of Thrones. Throughout the ongoing series you are drawn deeper into the stories behind the stories. There is legend layered behind hundreds of years of history. Even contemporary fantasy like Harry Potter is full of the hidden history of this magical world...
Paulette's Papers - Excerpt
Prologue Part 1 (10 Years Ago)
It was raining. Everyone was wearing black and it was raining like a typical funeral scene from every movie ever. Amie had put on a yellow dress instead of the black one she had found in Mother's closet. The bright color clashed with her pale skin, black hair and green eyes but no one would dare point out a fashion misstep today. Not to mention she didn't feel very yellow today but it was—had been—her mother's favorite color.
Reading for the Stars and Moon - Review
"There was humor and sadness, and intrigue and romance. All in all, this book had everything I wanted, and everything that would make it a good book. . . . I would highly recommend this novel if you are a fan of fantasy worlds."
Min Reads and Reviews - Excerpt
Prologue Part 2 (10 Years Ago)
Their families were lucky enough to live close to the big city but have enough land to breathe. The twins lived in a ranch styled home on the other side of the fence separating their families' properties, which connected to a barn in the back field. The Blackbriars owned and bred horses, their property an open field of swaying grasses. Amie's land was thick with trees most people would cut away. Yet her father, Drustan insisted on keeping the land as-is. The only exception was the garden in the back where he and Amie grew flowers and vegetables together. Since anything techy tended to glitch and break down on them, the garden was a primary source of entertainment and comfort. The garden was where she went after the funeral.
Rockin' Book Reviews - Review
"This is a very good story. I really enjoyed reading it. The different types of magic and such were weaved into the story very well. Great work Jennifer. . . . I would highly recommend this book to other readers."
Hearts & Scribbles - Excerpt
Present Day
Amie was about to turn twenty-eight years old and had not done anything significant in her life. True, she turned her love of words into a career in the past ten years, but she hadn't written anything profound. A best-selling series of cheesy paranormal romances, coupled with her inheritance allowed her to live in her own studio apartment. The fact she couldn't get near a computer made her career choice interesting. It was the reason she typed all her manuscripts on a typewriter, why she drove a beat-up seventies truck and currently, why she was mailing her latest notes to her editor, Allison.
Red Pillows - Review
"The story is sprinkled with romance and witty comments, many light-hearted moments that are sure to bring a smile to the readers lips. It is definitely worth the read and is a book that I would recommend in the fantasy-romance section now."
E-Romance News - Excerpt
The Infernal Party
Time seemed to crawl by after that. Faye and Ben danced together beneath the dim golden lantern light and rarely took notice of anyone else. Amie noted the passing of similar sounding Country tunes and wondered how much more she could take of Faye's guests. Most of them couldn't remember her name and so gave her superficial warm greetings as they took their dessert and returned to the fold.
Mythical Books - Meet the Players
Before you enter the world of Silver Hollow, it might behoove you to learn a wee bit about the characters you perchance to greet. So pause a while and peruse this list of people you mayhaps meet.
The Cozy Reading Corner - Excerpt
As she placed her shoe upon the first rickety metal step, two thick and powerful hands grabbed her from behind, pulling her deeper into the back alley. It happened so quickly she forgot to scream. Amie dropped her purse as her fingers dragged and slipped over the metal grating.
"Let go," she begged, her voice weaker than she intended. His choking embrace only tightened.
K. D. Jones: Epic Fantasy Author - Interview
How many books will be in the Borderlands Saga?
I already have outlined part of the sequel, Blackbriar Cove, with ideas for at least two more books after that. I decided to name this a saga because I see this series going on as long as I have fresh ideas. There is so much I hope to explore in the Borderlands, from other gates around our world to the land across the veil. I would love to still be writing books about Amie & co. ten years from now.
An Indie Adventure - Ye Olde English
I've always been a big fan of nonsense words, like in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwockypoem. My first edition of Silver Hollow, I let that flight of fancy go to town. It was fun creating nonsense words for my local "hollow folk" and I felt enriched the experience. Plus, it was fun to confuse my main character. Unfortunately I also managed to confuse many a reader not accustomed to such fiddle-faddle. Thankfully, I had the sense to create a glossary for reference...
Colorimetry - Amie's Silver Hollow Survivor Tips
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an American traveling to England is destined to walk around with stars in her eyes. Americans are suckers for the old country, British accents and actors. My father so-happened to be one of these Brit's and afternoon teas were bread and butter to me. At least, until I was stabbed, kidnapped and entered another dimension known as the Borderlands. You can enter Silver Hollow, my dad's ye olde hometown, via the English countryside. Or in my case, jump off a train and have a wizard lead you through with magic. I've learned a thing or two since my return to Silver Hollow. Before you visit, you absolutely must abide by the following rules...
Wishful Endings - What's in a Name
I remember reading articles that said Tolkien, when he was writing his Lord of the Rings saga, began with names. A linguist himself, it's not surprising that he believed that our history can be told through our words and names...
What inspired the idea for Silver Hollow?
Sometime in 2008 I decided I wanted to branch into original fiction. I knew I could write books and I wanted to write something new for myself and the twins. The first few chapters of Silver Hollow came about one random night of inspiration. I printed out the pages and brought them on a girls trip the twins and I took. They loved the story so much, they begged me to write more. So I suppose the first Silver Hollow was very much a "wish fulfillment" fantasy. The kind of life I wanted to be brave enough to live at the time. When I came back to the story last year to rewrite and expand the first edition, I approached it from a more professional attitude. I wanted to tell a moving and compelling story, to really dive into the way fairy tales and legends impact and shape us, to give these characters voice.
Bri's Book Nook - Spotlight
Jorie Loves A Story - Interview
There are a few different genre designations attached to Silver Hollow - from 'Magical Realism' (a personal favourite) to Urban Fantasy (another lovely genre to explore) to Fantasy Romance - for readers like myself and others who move in and out of these genres, what can we expect to find which hones in on these three particular ones the most? In essence, how did you bring elements of Magical Realism into an Urban Fantasy experience with overtures of Fantasy Rom?
That's a very good question! I didn't originally set out to encompass all those things, but as this new edition grew, so did the themes. For example, the book begins very snugly in the Magical Realism genre. Amie is a normal woman with a normal life, living quietly in a sleepy town in East Texas. The magic appears in little hints until the defining moment that prompts her to action. This is also the point we begin to shift into Urban Fantasy, as Amie is fleeing the people out to kill her. The oddities around her increase as she is rescued by Emrys and led into Silver Hollow. The romance is much stronger in this edition, which I felt appropriate due to Amie's age and her forgotten past. Perhaps the most fun aspect of Amie's journey is how she begins in perfectly ordinary circumstances and ends in a fantasy stranger than fiction.
Nicole's Book Musings - Excerpt
The green eyes staring back from her mirror widened as her scar chose to suddenly ache. A chill lay thick on the new skin, piercing through her supernaturally mended heart. She could almost still feel the cool blade of the knife and smell the pungent stink of her own blood. At the same time, need for the loo, as the Brits called it, finally forced her out of her fortress of solitude. She was grateful for the excuse to move her legs again and leave her morbid musings behind. Unfortunately the toilet was in the next compartment down, and thus far Amie had managed not to run into a single other occupant of this train besides the ticket master. It was an odd train, she had to admit, as she braced against antiquated wood panels and tread thick blue carpet. Like an Agatha Christie novel, the proper setting for a real-life mystery.
Becky on Books - Interview
What are you working on right now? What can readers look for from you in the next year?
My current work-in-progress is a serialized urban fantasy romance novel called Angel Blue. Angel Blue is the first novel or "season" in an ongoing series titled Seven Deadly Sins. It's been a passion project of mine the past ten years and was the book which started my writing career. You can learn more on my blog or add it to your Goodreads.
Locks, Hooks and Books - Review
"I thought it was pretty good. I liked Amie from the start and was fascinated with her story. . . . I give Silver Hollow four stars and recommend it to readers who enjoy paranormal romances. Such a beautiful and magical tale."
What's Beyond Forks? - Review
"This is certainly an interesting & magical little world. I enjoyed Amie as a character, and it was just as much of an adventure for me as it was for her . . . . I'm excited about this series, and I'm already looking forward to the next book!"
Stacking My Book Shelves! - Excerpt
They jumped off the train together, her rescuer pulling her into his side as they hovered in the wind. Amie screeched as her body was left behind in sudden freefall. Time slowed as they flew over a sea of green and heather before gravity rushed to catch up. The Brit wrapped his legs around hers, sandwiching her body and taking the brunt of the impact as they rolled down an endless hillside.
She wondered briefly if this was the end and wasn't as upset as she should have been. Twenty-eight years and what did she have to show for her life?
Ms. J Mentions... - Review
"I did, however, get a chance to start this book and I can tell you that I have not wanted to put it down since I started it. In fact, it has been soooo wonderful that I would feel like I'm doing Silverwood a HUGE disservice by not telling you exactly how captivating these first pages have been..."
Teatime and Books - Interview
What or who inspired you to become an author?
There were many little moments that I recall from childhood influences, from the children's author visiting my school, to watching Little Women the first time and wanting to be Jo March. But the defining moment for me happened when I was eight. We had a Polish exchange student live with us for a time and who was like a big sister to me. Before she flew back to Poland, Kaya gave me a fine leather hardback edition of Anne of Green Gables. The book was more difficult to read than anything I'd read so far but I fell in love with the writing and soon devoured everything L.M. Montgomery had written.
Bookworm Lisa - Review
"When I picked up this book, I thought it would be a typical fantasy book. I was wrong. Jennifer Silverwood has created a book that has familiar elements but incorporates other stories into hers. . . . This book is full of intrigue, war between ancient legends, romance, and non-graphic violence."
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Paperback & ebook, 429 pagesBy Jennifer Silverwood
Urban Fantasy
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"I shouldn't have to tell you this isn't a fairy story..."
After her parents' car crash ten years before, Amie Wentworth trusts books more than people. She may be a writer, but she believes in reality over fiction. She ignores the unexplained mysteries surrounding her, never mind the dreams of a past life, or the fact she can fry technology with a touch. Not even a timely invitation from her long-lost uncle in England gives Amie incentive for anything other than ire.
Until she is stabbed in an alley and brought back to life by a handsome stranger. Soon Amie is dragged into the very sort of tale she is used to selling. To make matters worse, the man who saved her life keeps turning up and her would-be-murderer is still at large.
After crossing the Atlantic to her father's homeland, she discovers a world beyond imagining. Silver Hollow is a place of ancient traditions and supernatural dangers, where everything is the opposite of what it seems and few escape sane. Faced with an impossible choice, Amie is forced to confront a deadly family legacy while remembering a life she soon wishes to forget.
**Previously published in 2012. This NEW EDITION has been FULLY REVISED AND EXPANDED. The original novel is now no longer available.**
Jennifer Silverwood was raised deep in the heart of Texas and has been spinning yarns a mile high since childhood. In her spare time she reads and writes and tries to sustain her wanderlust, whether it's the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, the highlands of Ecuador or a road trip to the next town. Always on the lookout for her next adventure, in print or reality, she dreams of one day proving to the masses that everything really is better in Texas. She is the author of two series—Heaven's Edge and Wylder Tales—and the stand-alone titles Stay and Silver Hollow.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
It's Not Race, Nor Religion, It's Politics.
My golly, some of the things Monsignor Hebbler used to say about Protestants. I didn't understand a lot of them, but I'm sure they wouldn't look good on YouTube.
For that matter, if you go to church, can you remember what was taught last week? The week before? Especially when the sermon gets symbolic, how closely do you really pay attention?
None of this is racial. It has nothing to do with the Black Church or Liberation Theology. It's politics. It's what has been dubbed the politics of personal destruction. It is one of the practices Obama decries. The particular variety at work here is guilt by association. The trick is to concentrate all attention on the nefarious traits of the associate, not on the nature of the association. Explanations of the nature of the relationship are irrelevant. The inference, accepted as fact, is that knowing all about this bad other person tells us something crucial about the principal, in this case, Senator Obama, when in fact it may tell us nothing at all.
In 1995, I attended a law school class in which Bernardine Dohrn was a guest speaker. Does that mean I endorse everything she said that day? Does it mean I endorse everything she has ever said and done? How does that differ from what is being attempted with Obama? I say "being attempted" because I don't think it's changing any minds. The people stoking these fires oppose him for other reasons. Like I said, it's just politics.
And, as politics, it smacks of desperation. Is that all you've got? A nutty old preacher and two aging student radicals from 40 years ago? Please, here's a free one. Go back to Rezko. That's the interesting story. Of course, that's also a story of high-level bi-partisan looting of the public treasury. Why would we want to pay attention to that?
Remember 7th grade civics? That's the last time I believed that the way people ran for office was they stood up, gave a true account of what they believed and what they intended to do if elected, and then the voters chose the person whose ideas and proposals appealed to them the most. Obama seems to be doing exactly that. I say "seems" because I haven't consumed all of the Kool Aid yet, but what would be so bad about having a president who is young, idealistic, smart, sensible, articulate, well-educated, thoughtful, handsome, a good dancer, and not from privilege but from a modest and very diverse background?
Calling one of today's few major national political figures who is not from privilege an out-of-touch elitist is politics. Also irony and, quite possibly, parody.
But back to Jeremiah Wright. It is in the nature of symbolic speech for individuals to read it differently. You read the American flag one way, someone else reads it a different way. When you condemn that person, what are you really condemning them for? Not thinking like you? How has their different reading harmed you? Or has it benefited you by showing you a way to read the symbol that you hadn't considered, a way you may ultimately reject, but how has being exposed to another person's thought process, maybe part of that person's experience, an experience that is different from your own, harmed you?
By the same token, the meaning you attach to the words "God damn America" is personal. It may not be the meaning another person takes away or what the speaker intended. As I interpret it, all Wright was saying, in the context of a teaching and pastoring address to a voluntary audience, was that God may, in fact, have a harsher judgment in mind for America's behavior than a blessing.
Pat Robertson, among others, has expressed similar sentiments, that America deserves to be punished, not praised, for some of its actions. He would cite different reasons than Wright does, but it's the same idea. "Don't be so proud of yourself, America; you ain't all that."
I'm not saying I agree with the sentiment, I'm just asking what is so shocking or damning or dangerous about it, especially if all the real target of this did was sit in the room with a lot of other people while it was being said?
2 comments:
- Ethan Prater said...
I generally agree with your sentiment. Because my barber shares a political belief with me, does that mean I must share it? What about the clerk at KMart?
But I think where people are hung up on the Wright stuff is that Obama didn't passively sit in the congregation and listen. He integrated Wright more deeply into his life, as a personal friend, officiant to his marriage, and baptizer of and mentor to his children. Starts to skirt the line - if Obama found Wright's beliefs so repulsive, would Obama have engaged as deeply and personally with him?
Regardless, while Wright's beliefs certainly seem to me like those of an angry wack-job, I don't think it's reasonable to assume Obama shares them or has some sort of secret policy agenda based on them.
But it's a bit disingenuous to characterize Obama's relationship to Wright as someone who just showed up and listened at church every so often - it was much closer than that. - May 7, 2008 at 1:43 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Agreed. So let's look at it from another angle. I always enjoyed listening to William F. Buckley Jr., even though I rarely agreed with him. During this political season I have enjoyed Pat Buchanan's commentary because his analysis is usually sound, but he can also say things that infuriate me. In my personal life, I can think of people I know, people you might even say that I'm "close to," but I wouldn't want anyone to believe I share that person's political beliefs. Senator Obama has been clear about where he parts company with Reverend Wright, so what's the problem? Is the concern that he secretly agrees with the pastor?
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If you are a webmaster or just want to make your web to make better your positions on search engines (yes, they preffer faster webs), just take a look on Google PageSpeed Insights – you'll see that one of the mos important things is fastenes and one of the reason why your page is not so fast – is "Render-blocking JavaScript and CSS".
This plugin makes ALL scripts loaded by other plugins to be loaded in asynchronous way just like Google PageSpeed Insights recommends.
All CSS files will be inserted inline into the document code or moved from the document beginning to the end, just before closing BODY tag (or just where you placed wp_foot() function). There are various methods to do that – they are all in plugin's configuration page.
Plugin makes all scripts to be loaded asynchronously using wp_enqueue_script and also can detect scrips included inside of wp_head and wp_footer hooks.
All CSS files loaded using wp_enqueue_style can be loaded just before closing BODY tag by four methods:
* inserting <link rel="stylesheet" ...> tag
* inserting
* generating <link rel="stylesheet" ...> tag with javascript after all have loaded
* inserting ALL CSS CODE INLINE into the document (the fastest way)
I was inspired to create this small plugin by Asynchronous Javascript but it works in completely different way.
Known incompatibilities
* Internet Explorer 7 - Some scripts could be loaded impropertly (trying to fix it)
* Plugin - WP JetPack - Share - everithing works but "More" dropdown menú
* Plugin - Google Analyticator
Special thanks

* NicMic
TODO

* Inline JS
* Minify JS
* Cache
Like any other plugin
1. Upload `asyncJSandCSS` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Configure the plugin if needed (Settings/Async Settings)
Plugin can affect only those files loaded using worpdress's queue (using wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style), so if you include your CSS file inserting into head.php of your theme – it WILL NOT be affected and will be loaded in standart render-blocking way.
- Installation Instructions
Like any other plugin
1. Upload `asyncJSandCSS` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. Configure the plugin if needed (Settings/Async Settings)
Plugin can affect only those files loaded using worpdress's queue (using wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style), so if you include your CSS file inserting into head.php of your theme – it WILL NOT be affected and will be loaded in standart render-blocking way.
- What can I do with a "Leverage browser caching" warning in Google's PageSpeed Insights ?
You just need to include cache configuration in your .htaccess file. For example:
<IfModule mod_expires.c> ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 6 month" ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 6 month" ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 6 month" ExpiresByType application/javascript "modification plus 1 month" ExpiresByType text/css "modification plus 1 month" </IfModule>
- Errors with jQuery
Add this line to exceptions box:
or if you are using jQuery from Google Hosted Libraries, you need to put:
- Colorbox is not working
Add this line to exceptions box:
colorbox colorbox-wrapper
Contributors & Developers
"Async JS and CSS" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Removed foreach PHP warnings
Minify CSS method is more reliable with multiline commments.
Minify CSS compression bettered.
Added localization support
Added Spanish language
Added Russian language
Default CSS loading method is changed to "Inline in HEAD"
Better dependencies list build.
Changed hooks min priority to make them always non-negative.
Removed unsetting of dependencies of excluded scripts.
Fixed some path issues in CSS url(…)
Fixed some warnings
Support for dependensy only enqueued scripts with no src specyfied.
Fixed WordPress dependency jquery-core for jquery-migrate.
Added support to CSS inlined resourses like url(data:application/font….)
Added support for CSS media conditions and queries.
Converting JS files relative URLs to absolute form.
Fix: CSS minify function
Fix: Incorrectly detected wordpress installation URL for CSS inlineing
Option to include inline CSS in HEAD tag
Fixed .css files exclusion option
Option to remove an ?ver=XXX part from scripts and css files URLs
Option to exclude some files and to load them in default render-blocking way.
Added Settings page
Possibility to load CSS in inline mode and to minify it
Some other improvements
Better regular expression used to get scripts loaded in wp_foot.
CSS files are loaded using javascript onload event to get better scores on Google PageSpeed Insights and make loading of css REALLY asynchronous.
Added detection of scripts added through wp_head hook
Incompatibility with jQuery lightbox solved.
Some workaround about compatibility with jQuery Colorbox and JetPack
First release


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This navy coastal stripe rug will be the perfect addition to your dollhouse.
1:12 scale.
For me, rugs are always so hard to find so I decided to take it into my own hands and design my own rugs to sell for everybody to have!
My rugs are printed on high-quality canvas that has a great weight to it and lays flat nicely. I would recommend using some double-sided tape on the corners to keep the rug from moving around.
Small- 5 x 7 3/4
Large- 8 x 10


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Museum currently exhibits 3161 unique bags.
One can tell a lot about an airline's image from their Air Sickness Bags. Some barf bags are no more than a baggie with a twist tie, while other sickbags could win international design competitions. Are they art? I think so. You decide.
To the left you will find an index of the Air Sickness Bags from my personal collection, as well as other related information of interest (to me anyway). The Happy Sacks, as pilots call them, are listed alphabetically and are annotated with other information such as vintage, description, donor, and commentary. Just click on the bags you'd like to see.


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This cute hedgehog baby bib perfectly coordinates with the Night Garden, Cottage Garden, and and Pink Pansy organic bibs.
Our triple ply Organic Baby Bibs are made with OEKO-TEX or a GOTS certified cotton and bamboo/cotton/polyester blend fabric. We handpicked modern prints and have the same buttery soft backing you will find on all our baby bibs.
This means that our Original Bourgeois Baby Organics are made with fabrics that were tested for the presence of pesticides, carcinogenic and other known toxic dyes, residues, and other volatile chemicals. This standard includes meeting these standards through the entire process of harvesting of the cotton through the finishing of the printed fabric.
*Bourgeois Baby Organics finished products are not GOTS or OEKO-TEX certified, but made of materials that are.
Due to the nature of this print, exact placement of design may vary from picture.
Our organic baby bibs contain the following materials:
Top & Middle Layer: 100% Organic Cotton
Backing: 70% Viscose Bamboo, 28% Organic Cotton, 2% Polyester


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Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is close to a deal to pay $1 billion to settle a U.S. criminal investigation into how it disclosed customers' complaints about unintended acceleration years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing anonymous sources.
Toyota could reach a deal with U.S. authorities within weeks, the Journal quoted the sources as saying, ending a four-year probe into one of the Japanese automaker's most embarrassing international episodes.
The deal under negotiation could still collapse, or the settlement amount could change, the sources were cited as saying.
"Toyota continues to cooperate with the U.S. attorney's office in this matter," spokeswoman Julie Hamp said in an emailed statement. "And in the nearly four years since this inquiry began, we've made fundamental changes to become more responsive and customer focused, and we're committed to continue to improve."
Prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office are looking into whether Toyota made false or incomplete disclosures to U.S. regulators about possible car defects, the Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying. They are also looking into possible mail and wire fraud violations connected to alleged false disclosures, the Journal said without elaborating.
Toyota is facing hundreds of lawsuits over acceleration issues, which gained public attention after the deaths of a California highway patrolman and his family that was reportedly caused by the unintended acceleration of his Lexus.
That prompted the Japanese automaker to recall millions of vehicles starting in 2009. At the time, the recall and resulting lawsuits were a surprise for a company long associated with quality and reliability.
Toyota has been hit with more than 200 proposed class action and 500 individual lawsuits alleging personal injuries or property damage caused by the alleged acceleration problems.
The Japanese company has maintained the electronic throttle control system was not at fault, blaming ill-fitting floor mats and sticky gas pedals.
A study by federal safety officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA found no link between reports of unintended acceleration and Toyota's electronic throttle control system.
(Reporting by San Francisco newsroom; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Ken Wills)