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Gun control activists take battle right to the NRA's front door
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- Increased anger towards the silent NRA continues. Gun control activists took to the streets and demonstrated in front of the NRA office in Capitol Hill.
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Gun control, gun rights & the talk of gun safety after Sandy Hook
As the National Rifle Association (NRA) continues to remain silent about what happened with Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, it continues getting pounded by political fire and public anger. With the growing news reports and news commentary directed at the NRA, one can say that the media is also playing a role in this salvo of attacks against the NRA. That's depending on where you stand in regards the gun-control debate. One can ask how will the NRA be able to recover from the anger? This is due to the circumstances of what happened at Sandy Hook with most of the casualties being children between the ages of 5 to 10.
MSNBC contributor Joe Scarborough on today's edition of "Morning Joe"
gave his response to the Sandy Hook shooting
. He talked about how people have become numb after past and recent mass shootings. He talked about his own children, especially his second son who is diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. Scarborough blamed popular culture, proliferation of combat weapons, and growing mental health problems. In those respects, Scarborough gave doubt that either the Hollywood lawyer or the gun lobbyist would be able to use the Bill of Rights as a weapon or a shield against the millions of angry parents.
Coming from Scarborough, this can be symbolic and a game changer against the NRA. This is due to the NRA's high approval of Scarborough when he was a member of the United States Congress. He said that the politicians in office must now defend the nation's children and not the "status quo." In that sense, the status quo reference is probably directed toward the gun lobby. Also, though Scarborough didn't specifically talk about the wars being fought overseas such as the Middle East, he said that the government needs to stop trying to win endless wars taking place overseas while losing a domestic war.
Karen Finney, a former Democratic strategist and current MSNBC contributor, spoke with Martin Bashir. Finney went on the attack against the NRA for being quiet. She
called out the NRA as being cowards
It isn't the NRA that's being questioned. The 2nd Amendment, which is one of the original 10 of the US Bill of Rights, is on the stand in terms of interpretation. Jane Devin writes a post on the Huffington Post about her conflicted feelings about guns and gun control. She goes in-depth about what the 2nd Amendment is supposed to mean. She talks about the
differences between the 2nd Amendment and the "NRA's version."
In response to what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary, gun control activists are calling upon Nashville Mayor Karl Dean to
retract the city's invite to the NRA
to hold its annual convention in 2015. In 2015, the NRA's annual convention is supposed to be held at the Music City Center. As an alternative to protesting, they plan to hurt the NRA financially.
Today, those that support gun control legislature decided to
take the battle to the NRA's front yard
. They marched upon and demonstrated in front of the organization's office in the Capitol Hill area of Washington DC. About 200 people, according to demonstration organizers, rallied for gun control in front of the office. Protesters chanted "Shame on the NRA!" In a Politico report, people held signs saying to shut down the NRA and so forth. However, one sign that may get a lot of attention was that saying "
While nobody from the NRA came out to defend gun-rights, Larry Ward who works for Political Media stepped out to address the media. Political Media is a GOP-leaning advertisement firm. Ward spoke out in favor of gun rights. He explained that if one teacher or principal was armed, those children could have been saved. Also, Ward said that he wouldn't mind a teacher being armed with an assault rifle.
Also, the movement known as Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is starting to
weigh-in and take action
in regards to gun control legislation. The movement was born as a growing protest against Wall Street and big banks. They called themselves the "99%" of American income earners. While the movement had simmered down, members of OWS has launched an online fund called "Rolling Jubilee" where it buys up debt and forgives it.
An offshoot of the OWS is
now going after the NRA
. The group set up a Facebook page called "
Occupy the NRA
." So far, it's gotten plenty of "likes." Mark Provost, part of the New Hampshire's Occupy Movement, talked about New Hampshire's gun laws which allows gun owners to carry firearms in the open. One member brought a handgun to a meeting. It cast the Occupy Movement in a negative light.
Provost said that bringing a gun to such meetings defeats the whole purpose of peaceful movements. He said that guns have no place in that case. As a result, Provost is "anti-gun." In this respect, members of the Occupy Movements are also mobilizing against the NRA and standing on the side of gun control.
Even the politicians that identify themselves as being pro-gun are talking about gun control legislation. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada
talked about Congress examining the incident
and finding preventative measures as part of the Sandy Hook healing process. Reid made it clear that even so, no one law can eradicate acts of evil. Reid was joined by other pro-gun Democrats in talking about gun legislation.
Pro-gun Democrats are talking about gun control. However, pro-gun Republicans still seem silent about addressing the issue. Should gun control be a debate topic for the 2014 elections, it could play a dynamic in the cycle. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who leans conservative, called upon his friends in the
NRA to be part of the dialogue
Democratic Representative Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, also spoke on MSNBC with Martin Bashir. He called forth the necessity of gun safety laws. Grijalva talked about what happened back in Tucson, Arizona where former Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head. While Giffords survived, a young child died.
However, gun-rights proponents are not remaining silent about it. One gun owner in Texas talked about how things could have changed if one faculty or administrative member had some defense training and was armed with a handgun. He's
offering a 10% discount
to local teachers to attend his concealed carry handgun classes.
Another gun owner disagreed with the notion of arming more people as being part of the answer. This owner said that he would turn away anybody planning to stock up in fear of new gun control legislation. He said that now is not the time to think about their guns. In short, he said for those people to think about those killed first before thinking about themselves.
A New York Times op-ed article, part of its "Room for Debate" section, talks about how the NRA is still one of the largest civil liberties groups in the world let alone in the United States. Even if there wasn't an NRA,
another group would take its place
as the article says. It points out that there are hundreds of millions of firearms in the United States.
Despite the NRA having a large member base, the National Journal reports that it might not be able to fight against the
lobby of parents
let alone angry & outraged parents. While the NRA is still powerful, it's wouldn't stand a chance of the parents banded together and took a stand in regards to guns and safety for their children.
An article on Slate gives the implication that the NRA and the rest of the gun lobby
are quietly waiting
at the moment only to spring back up for the gun control talks. If keeping to their word, even if Democrats introduce new gun control legislation, it's easier said than done.
In another "Room for Debate" article on the New York Times op-ed section, it talks about a divide within members of the NRA. This op-ed says that
3 out of every 4 members of the NRA
believe in a system that all prospective gun buyers pass a criminal background check, gun show employee screenings, the mandate to report firearms being stolen, prohibiting the sales to people on a terrorist watch list, prohibiting the sales to those with violent misdemeanors, and so forth. While the members favor those types of actions, the leaders and lobbyists oppose those. In this respect, the NRA's divided on the issue to an extent.
Also, it points out how the members of the NRA find themselves as the unwilling, unwitting, and unfortunate sociopolitical punch bags of the Sandy Hook shooting. It's not just members of the NRA; but, it also extends to law-abiding gun owners and collectors who are getting dragged into this as well.
While there are petitions in circulation for the White House to address the gun control issue, there's also a
petition in circulation calling
upon the White House to stand by law-abiding gun owners. As the NRA remains silent, law-abiding gun owners are speaking out. They are showing that they are not like Adam Lanza who police officials have identified as the perpetrator of Sandy Hook.
An article on TIME says that gun control legislation will ultimately come down to compromise between those for stricter gun control, those that want laws remain the same, and for those that want looser gun laws. It points out where there's growing public opinion against the current gun laws, there's still plenty of support for guns in this country. The author of the article says that it would come down to a "
grand compromise
" for gun restrictions that seem reasonable and do not impose on the 2nd Amendment rights of gun owners. Also, the article says not to demonize guns nor the gun owners.
Currently, the NRA is going through an ordeal of being demonized by the general public outraged at what has happened. The article gives out possible keys to compromise while not hurting the law-abiding gun owners in the process.
Also, depending on what side of this debate spectrum you stand by, putting blame on the NRA is a convenient means to dance around a bigger issue. On MSNBC's "The Ed Show," it has been said that there have been 181 major school shootings since the shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado.
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Another thing that impressed me is how every person that attended the theatre festival sat with rapt attention. – Richarda Abrams, January 24
As for inspiration, plots and characters continually interrupt my reading. – Glenda Frank, January 25
Is there anything you still dream of doing? Traveling to Spain and Portugal and perhaps one day owning a dog (don't tell my cat!). – Paula Ewin, January 26


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Week 11
After the grass, rocks and trees, the next challenge to tackle was the city in the distance. To create the impressionistic style of the city from my concept I figured that simple building shapes that could catch the light would be enough. With not a lot of time left, Paint Effects seemed to be the quickest solution, plus I really enjoy how organic the process of distribution feels with Paint Effects. Unfortunately, I haven't yet been able to figure out a method of distributing my own geometry with PFX so I resorted to using one of the default building brushes from the visor database.
I found that PFX will paint shapes perpendicular to the surface which is made paintable. This was a problem for my city designed on a steep hill and I found that adjusting the elevation produced too random of results (as one stroke had more than one house). I had houses pointing in all directions. I tried stacking planes which intersected the hill and painting on these instead. This method wasn't perfect as there were some floating houses once I hid the planes but I got away with it seeing as the city was so far away and the style was more abstract than realistic.
Even though I tried to paint only on areas that would be seen, I still ended up with quite a heavy load of building geometry and some excess. After some frustration I remembered file referencing which I realised I haven't been using enough of in the past. Even with using file referencing though, it still took a long time to load materials and switch between render layers with materials applied. Rendering was extremely quick though. Also, I built this approximately to real life meters which I'm not sure how necessary that was. I thought it might aid the parallax effect if we wanted to test the camera in Maya. Does the size of a polygon influence memory usage or is it just the number of polygons? Probably just the number right?
For shading, I used a ramp shader and directional light set-up similar to what I used for the rocks and played with the hue/saturation/brightness of the incandescence and shadow colour. For the water I used a reflective shader on a polygon plane and for the land I used a second plane placed over this with a transparency map made in Mudbox to indicate the coastal line. The land in particular needs developing. I was planning to make it seem at least more mountainous/hilly and perhaps indicate more forestation somehow.
Some render tests/progress:
Molly painted a sky which I tried adding to the scene also. The area light which I used to light the sky influenced the colours quite bit. I also haven't added the clouds yet.
I rendered selectable areas for the sky, sea and land for colour correction in After Effects. This is the scene so far. We have yet to play with the characters in the scene and the environment still needs developing.


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text: The point of this trip was a long weekend away in the English Lakes. Could the Roadster get us there, drive us about, and get us home, all without hassle? Could we enjoy the break or would we be tied to charging posts and too busy fretting about range? I'd seen accounts of all sorts of long trips in Roadsters, but had never tried it for myself. Could I cover the distance and keep my girlfriend from moaning if it was all horribly inconvenient? Despite having covered about 6000 miles since purchase, it was the first occasion I'd driven much beyond the Roadster's range or charged it on > 13A outlets, so there were a lot of unknowns. I wasn't sure how having a passenger and all our luggage would affect the range. I had never been up very large hills, and just how long would we have to wait to charge? All these things were still question marks so I set out defensively, with a list of possible charging points and backup options. The answers need not have been in doubt - my confidence in the Roadster's performance has since gone through the roof. We covered 800 miles over the 3 days, paid about £6 for electricity, and consciously spent no more than an hour in total actually waiting to charge. The cost of electricity on the trip charging from the HPC network and Zero:Net points was actually zero, but I've added the rough cost of topping it up again after reaching home. The trip to the HPC point at Tebay services on the edge of the lakes from Reading was 270 miles. We left with a full range charge and once on the motorway drove mostly between 60 and 65mph. I was delighted to find we matched ideal miles, and at points even exceeded. I had laid plans on the basis of only making 2/3rds of ideal miles! I felt more than a bit foolish... We stopped at The Moat House hotel, around 120 miles in, conveniently located on the M6. Here there is an HPC which currently doesn't work (but hopefully soon will), and a Zero:Net 32a commando. Even with just the 32A, we only spent about 2.5 hours enjoying a breakfast followed by a walk by the canal. I had beforehand always thought I'd prefer a service station to some swanky hotel. I had been expecting to use Ecotricity's points, still a good option, but this turned out to be much more preferable. The Moat House was such a pleasant place to stop, so much so we'd do it out of choice not just to charge the car. The breakfast wasn't the cheapest, but that was when I realised it was still far less money than I would have poured into a petrol tank for the same trip. What a massive market incentive awaits businesses offering free charging when the EV really takes off. The saving in petrol more than covered all our meals out. Charging on the Zero:Net point at the Moat House Hotel. It was such a complete nightmare having to stop and enjoy petrol-subsidised refreshments at this gorgeous establishment, and in such idyllic surroundings. We really struggled to manage. EVs are so inconvenient. We literally didn't notice the time pass, and set off on the subsequent 150 miles with plenty in hand, arriving with about 40 miles spare. The full journey took around 8 hours as opposed to maybe 5-6 hours in an ICE vehicle. With a working HPC at the Moat House and friendlier traffic this would have been less, but mattered little. The Tebay services, our first destination, certainly did have an HPC though: There are two basic types of transport power available at Tebay services. One of them is entirely free. I know which I'd prefer.. Charging at the Tebay HPC. Choice made! Note behind the camera are far and away the best motorway services in the UK - lots of local produce available, its a unique location. Tebay fed us and watered us while the car lapped up some charge. Tebay services are independently run, and quite unlike any other motorway services. The food is great and the variety of local produce for sale makes it an interesting stop regardless of what mode of transport you used to get there. We then spent that evening, the whole of the next day, and the following morning driving all over the Lake District visiting all sorts of places. The weather was great. We covered all of the more famous passes (Kirkstone, Hardknott, Wrynose..). Range never played a part, we just went where we wanted, when we wanted. All the hills really brought home how insane it is to drive an ICE car up a mountain and not to be able to retrieve any of the energy. Watching the ideal miles jump up from the regenerative braking on the way back down from the latest pass was incredibly satisfying. The memory of smoking brakes from the descent in a previous trip over Hardknott in a Fiesta seemed distant indeed - I hardly touched them in the Roadster, and it never broke a sweat. The camera tends to make it all look very flat. Who was having the biggest effect on the local environment, the cyclist or the Tesla?.... At the top of Hardknott pass, anticipating some good regen on the way down. On a plateau near Broughton. Much fun was had driving these roads. Ullswater. Really quite a pretty car too! I must mention OVMS - the Open Vehicle Monitoring System. I had received this a couple of weeks before going, and it really proved itself. It is very convenient to be able to get an immediate update on the charge state of the car. This meant there was no need to get up from the comfortable sofa A brilliant system that really works, I strongly recommend it to any Roadster owner who hasn't already bought one. The return journey was more of the same, first a range charge from the HPC at Tebay, a couple more hours at the Moat House (over beer and the most delicious sandwiches this time), and we were home without incident. It was almost an anti-climax. This trip validated EVs to me in lots of ways. Not as some poor alternative, but a far better solution. This was about as far as I'd wish to drive a 2-seater sports car, so for me that tipping point has indeed been reached. A battery as big or bigger than the Roadster's, the UK HPC network for range extension, and as many destinations with 32A or above charging such as those being rolled out by ZeroNet are everything thats needed, at least for me. Everyone always bangs on about range, as I have here too, and forgets the plethora of advantages driving an EV offers. For the driving enthusiasts, the performance profile of the electric is just a joy that surpasses any ICE car, especially on the winding roads of the English Lakes. For the environmentally conscious, the fact you can visit such a beautiful place and know you are leaving virtually no negative trace is a great feeling. Even when buying the Roadster I was still fretting and wishing for more - more battery, faster charging, etc…. but this trip made me realise I don't need more. The worst thing about our trip? All the ICE cars still stinking and noising the place up. That is why I actively want other people to take the same choice. Otherwise, I'm quite content having made my own. We had a great time, and driving an EV only improved the experience. Many thanks to those responsible for the UK HPC network and Zero:Net.


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Anyone remember when the West Coast Women's Show discriminated against Charlene Rowley (a costume designer who wanted to model some of her creations for a mainstream crowd) because her models were exotic dancers?
Well, Abbotsford is at it again. This time they decided at the last minute (we're talking 4:45 pm yesterday and the Taboo Show begins today) to deny a fire permit for Ms. Pyro's shows. The coordinator had originally been told it would be a simple process of picking up the permit on the day of the event. Fire Officials left it till the last minute to let her know, leaving her no avenue for appeal. Alas, the Abbotsford Taboo Show will not enjoy Ms. Pyro's incredible performances. (And I'm sad because I was really looking forward to seeing one!)
Meanwhile, also happening today in Vancouver, is a meeting about trafficking and the 2010 Olympics. The meeting is organized by The Working Group on Human Trafficking at the 2010 Olympics and Beyond with direct assistance from SFU Communications - Michael Marwick. It's not organized or funded by the provincial government. The organizing group and invitees consists of women's groups, Rape Relief, AWAN, DTES Women's Centre, church and multicultural groups - Salvation Army, Catholic, Jewish, Moslem groups and UBC - Perrin.
No sex workers groups have been invited. Perrin and Senator Mobina Jaffer are writing a book on trafficking; the Salvation Army and Rape Relief are speaking. The group has developed a declaration on trafficking and links prostitution and trafficking and makes a link between the Olympic Games and trafficking. Not sure if it's open to the public, but the timeframe spans about two hours, so we're looking at a media event, not a serious discussion of these issues.
It Just Doesn't End
Last week, there was a prositution roundtable held at Simon Fraser University organized by Michael Marwick, where the sex work advocates were ambushed by the feminazi abolitionists (read: "rape relief and brainwashed allies") who invited a fellow fucker from the press to the private discussion. He wrote an article about his intrusion and it was published in the Vancouver Courier.
It surprised me because we've always had favourable press from the Vancouver Courier, in my experience. One journalist has even supported Exotic Dancers for Cancer by coming out with her husband. This Mark Hasiuk guy seems like a chip-on-his-shoulder, potential psycho.


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Nadar was born in April 1820 in Paris (though some sources state Lyon). He took his first photographs in 1853 and in 1855 opened a photographic studio at 25 Boulevard des Capucines and in 1858 he became the first person to take aerial photographs.Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs.
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"Maniac Mansion is the worst game ever made"
June 5, 2007
Store: Funcoland
Location: Louisville, KY
Employee: P_nis Breath
Submitted By: Justone
So I ask the employee, who had been staring continuously at me since I walked in the store apparently because I was the only one in the store, he had absolutely nothing to do, and/or he thought I was attractive, if he had or could order Maniac Mansion for nes.
(Before I continue with the story, I need to tell you he was the know-it-all video game guy who obviously has never had a girl friend and may or may not play magic the gathering.)
He looked at me liked I was insane and said, "You like that game!?"
I gave him a look of shock, implying that he was retard, and said, "You don't like that game?"
He then said it was the worst game ever made.
"Ever made?!" I exclaimed thinking that the game maybe outdated but is no where near the worst game ever made.
He explained, "All you do is run around a mansion with a machete and chop monsters. There's only like three monsters, not including the bosses, so you just fight the same monsters for hours. Then there's the fact that the main character looks like Jason. A total rip off."
I then proceeded to explain to him the differences between the game Maniac Mansion and the game Splatterhouse.


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Nicolin Mansion Bed & Breakfast
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Luxury Beds, Romantic Rooms
Enjoy one of five guest rooms, each uniquely decorated from traditional to art deco. Slow your pace, rejuvenate your spirit, and escape to each other.
- Private bathroom, some with whirlpool tub
- Fireplace in each room
- Private seating area
- In-room coffee service
Gourmet Candlelight Breakfast
You choose if you would like to join other guests at our grand mahogany dining table, or have breakfast served in the privacy of your room.
- First course features breads and fruit such as our signature Scones and Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
- Second course entree could be Croissant Stuffed French Toast or Scotch Eggs
- Third course dessert has featured Molten Spiced Chocolate Cake and Marbled Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Every day is different, and can accommodate any dietary restriction
Historic Mansion, Modern Amenities
A National Register of Historic Places property, Frank Nicolin's mansion was considered the finest residence ever constructed in Scott County. Relax and enjoy the many amenities.
- Guest kitchen offering complimentary wine, soft drinks, coffee, tea and popcorn any time
- Baby grand piano in front parlor
- Courtyard garden and koi pond
- Free high speed wireless internet
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Founded in 1854, the charming City of Jordan is a gem surrounded by the bluffs and rolling green hills of the beautiful Minnesota River Valley. Just minutes from Minneapolis / St. Paul, Jordan offers a cozy small-town environment with a wide variety of activities to experience.
- Visit the winery, apple orchards, mill pond and waterfall, and largest candy store in Minnesota
- Recreation ranges from paint ball to golf, balloon rides to horse rides, and zip lines to classic 80s arcade
- Restaurants feature fine French dining to classic family diners
- Local events include some of the best hometown baseball in the country and the Scott County Fair


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NYJL: 2009 Outstanding Sustainers and Outstanding Volunteers Announcement and Celebration
NEW YORK-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008, The Junior League of the City of New York (NYJL) held an Announcement and Celebration of the 2009 Outstanding Sustainers and Outstanding Volunteers at Sotheby's,1334 York Avenue at 72nd Street, New York City, NY. This special evening was hosted by NYJL President Gena Lovett, the Sustainer Nominating, Nominating and Winter Ball Committees.The NYJL's 2009 Outstanding Sustainers and Outstanding Volunteers are: Melissa Lewis Bernstein, Outstanding Sustainer | Frances Griffith Laserson, Outstanding Sustainer | Kara A. Dunn, Outstanding Volunteer | Elizabeth King, Outstanding Volunteer | Mary Prevosti Shelton, Outstanding Volunteer | Justine Frances Schiro, Outstanding Volunteer | Lisa Hathaway Stella, Outstanding Volunteer | Saundra Smith, Nominating Chair | Sarah Hewitt, Sustainer Nominating Chair. The Outstanding Sustainers and Outstanding Volunteers will be honored at the New York Junior League's Annual Winter Ball on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Click on the following link to see photos of the NYJL 2008 Winter Ball. PHOTO CREDIT:Copyright ©Manhattan Society.com 2008 by Christopher London | tel:Private |e-mail: email@example.com****NOTE: More notes, id's to come soon*****Read More


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Vermont Legal Poker
Online Poker
Vermont has never seriously considered regulating or prohibiting online poker by statute. The state's Attorney General has opined that "the purpose of the gambling laws is to ensure that only nonprofit organizations operate games of chance and to ensure that the proceeds from the games go to charity," which would argue against the legality of online poker in the state.
It all comes back to jurisdictional questions, as it does for many states without statutes explicitly addressing this area of law. Since Vermont's gambling statutes are almost certainly broad enough to cover poker, the question is whether playing online poker on computer servers located outside of the state. There's no question that an online poker site operating from within the state would be illegal.
Live Poker
Vermont, like its neighbor to the east New Hampshire, has a surprisingly restrictive set of laws governing gambling in the state. Apart from the lottery and break-open tickets, nearly every form of gambling is illegal in Vermont. Title 13, Chapter 51 of the Vermont Statutes covers gambling crimes in exhaustive fashion.
For example, VS §2133 criminalizes playing cards for gain in a gambling house; §2141 criminalizes winning or losing money by playing any game or by betting on the play of any game. Those statutes are clearly broad enough to cover poker.
There is no framework for legal and regulated poker in the state, outside of some minor charitable gaming statutes. Those statutes specify that certain types of gambling can be offered by charitable, educational, religious or civic non-profit organizations. Severe restrictions on the types of prizes such organizations can award under the statutes makes poker impractical. There are no state-regulated casinos, nor are there any tribal gaming operations.
Vermont's gambling laws are restrictive enough that they may even cover home games. Although many of the statutes are aimed at operators or establishments that are used exclusively for gambling, VS §2141 doesn't make such a distinction, nor does it create any exception for a social or home game.


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Welcome one, welcome all!! We will be trekking around Dublin and other parts of Ireland through a short and hopefully sweet series of blogs about living, studying and travelling around this magical country.
Let's begin in the gorgeous capital, Dublin. For some she may appear to be an unorganised and industrial city, yet step onto the cobblestone streets with open ears, open eyes and an open mind and you'll see that she holds a character like no other. Her grunge and rough facades have come from the hardship and sacrifice of her history and people, yet try not to label it as chaos, for there is a beauty in the cracked concrete and stain-glassed windows. With this, beyond the tourist mirages and Carroll's gift shops, living in Dublin reveals another set of quirks to the city.
Dublin is a captivating city. Regardless of the 2 hours of sunlight that happen some days and the frequent dribbles of rain, you get your warmth from the numerous cups of tea that people offer you and the melting central heating everywhere. Even better is that you can walk pretty much everywhere. I am living near the historic area called The Liberties, which is about a 20 minute walk to Trinity College and Grafton Street. It is a great place to live yet with most major cities caution and vigilance is needed. Nevertheless, it is a patchwork quilt of people, monuments and a strong fervour for history.
As much as I'd love to just wander around for 6 months as a tourist, actually 'setting up shop' or settling in to Dublin can be a little bit difficult if you don't know where to look. Moving from a catered college in Sydney, Australia, to a self-catered and alot more independent environment has been a big adjustment. My first night here was an experience to say the least. I had arrived late on a Monday afternoon and had thought that I would have enough time for the first night to run around to stores along Thomas Street and grab essentials like a doona (duvet), pillow, sheets and a towel. After almost 26 hours in flight and transiting, a shower and a good sleep is really all I was after. Due to my shock these homewares and knickknack shops were closed by around 5:30pm. Long story short, all I could find was an hand towel and a pillow. Drying myself and my hair with an hand towel wasn't a pleasant experience but thank goodness for thermal clothing. I was so tired it didn't bother me that I was wearing a thermal shirt, sweater, hoodie and coat, plus a pair of tights and tracksuit pants matched with thermal socks on both my hands and feet. My blanket was an oversized scarf. I think I was so cold partly from not being able to figure out the heater and also coming from 40-45 degree celsius days in Australia. I can appreciate the sun alot more whilst being here. Anyways, there is no use complaining about the weather when we can't change it, let's keep going!!
Now coming up next I'd like to make a few observations about my initial response to some of the small things about living in Dublin.
There is a major difference in the supermarkets compared to Australia, here is what I have noticed so far;
- They are A LOT smaller than home, yet this doesn't seem to make a major impact on cooking as Lidl and Tesco have become my life. I think I have been almost every second day since I've been here. Although there is not much of a range, they always to seem just what you need.
- You have to bring or buy your own bags which at first seems annoying is a lot better than having a bunch of plastic bags left over. Yet you have to bag everything yourself, no matter how busy the place is.
This next section is more about miscellaneous things that I've noticed;
- Almost all stores, except for H & M and Zara are not the same as Australia which makes it sometimes difficult but mostly exciting to try and navigate around and figure out what's best for what. Fun tip, Penney's will become your go to shop for clothes, shoes, homewares and weird gifts.
- For school books, Hodges and Figgis is great, partly because it sounds like a bookstore that should be in Harry Potter. Yet for leisurely reading, quirky interests or my fellow bookstore browsers who find comfort in books, CHAPTERS is your humble abode!! It is a massive bookshop on Parnell Street on the North Side of the River where you can spend hours tickling the pages and smelling the second hand pages.
- Dublin is very much a student city, so get that student card as quickly as possible and there will be many coins saved from student food, venue and events discounts on offer both at the University and throughout the city.
Now, I know I could have presented a blog that seems meticulously planned and rational but I suppose my sporadic observations match the incredibly haphazard beginnings to Dublin and Ireland that we all experience. These experiences will never be tightly organised into a plan or calendar but happen through an open mind, wandering with maybe a sprinkle of risk-taking and accepting challenges that present themselves.
And on that note, I shall leave you with this;
If you ever get lost, just follow the River Liffey, it is like a natural compass.
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Amongst the stack of black-and-white press photos that document the Profumo A air – the sex 'n' spies scandal that shook up the 1960s – there are lots of well-thumbed shots of the a air's 'It' girls, Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. With their bou ant hairdos, neat twin-sets and feline-flicked eyes, they make the whole thing seem unutterably glamorous. Then there are the snaps of disgraced minister, John Profumo, once a rising star of the Conservative government, looking suitably humiliated as he drives away from Parliament and out of politics.
There is also a haunting image of Stephen Ward – the man at the centre of it all and the only person who didn't survive it – that reveals both the scale of his personal downfall and the really dark heart of this scandal. The gifted osteopath, who once counted the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra amongst his glittering clientele, lies comatose on a stretcher. Ward was the scapegoat for everyone's bad behaviour and he paid for it with his life. Three days after the picture was taken, he was dead.
"Politics was awash with intelligence… nobody was above suspicion and anyone could be a spy"
Rewind two years. It's 1961 and National Service has been abolished, John F Kennedy has been sworn in as the youngest-ever elected president of the United States, betting shops are legal, and Elvis and the Everly Brothers top the charts. The British are finally stepping out of the shadow of World War II – life is for living, opportunities are there for the taking and things are on the up. London is a hub for happening people, and glamour, quick wits and sheer pluck can get you far. Creative types, fast girls and chancers are descending on the capital, post-war migration from the Commonwealth is lighting up popular culture, and the 'in crowd' is an eclectic blend of the well-heeled and working-class movers and shakers.


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Okay folks, it's time for another Avon update! Campaign 14 has a few good deals that I just have to share with you! These orders are due by June 18, 2014, so hurry if you want anything!
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Okay folks, it's time for another Avon update! Campaign 14 has a few good deals that I just have to share with you! These orders are due by June 18, 2014, so hurry if you want anything!
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I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna go all Politically Correct and use the PC definition of bullying which seems to be, "Any discriminate harassment of a person or group based on an enjoyment, belief, or congenital issue." Actually, you know what that's not a bad definition, PC or not.
Anyway, back to my point. This article by Ben Kuchera refers to another article and video making fun of Bronies; that is teen and adult, often male, fans of the My Little Pony: Friendship if Magic cartoon series. I'm a little sensitive to that particular choice of target because I, if you don't follow my twitter account, am a fan of the show. I like it for multiple reasons, but one is because it's actually a great kid's show. The characters are believable and flawed, they aren't just Mary Sues and clichés trotting about in horseshoes. We'll take a look at some of the mane characters (by the way, that was a pun in case you didn't notice the intentional typo)…
She is a prima donna with a very strong sense of greed. She likes gems, jewels, and good linens and she would definitely give Paris Hilton a run for her money of materialism, I'm sure. But you know what else? She owns her own business and works hard to make the best quality clothing she can. She doesn't outsource to some donkeys in the hinterlands or something. And she'd also give a stableless pony the skirt off her flank. She, in my opinion, is the greatest example of, "You don't have to be perfect to be a good person." And that's something little girls, and boys, should learn if they're being plopped down in front of as television to watch "children's shows".
Applejack is a workaholic, she sometimes turns down adventures with the others to keep working on her family's farm. But she's still there for her friends any time. She's not the most eloquent or the smartest, and certainly not the most socially adept of the group. But you know what she is? Honest! And helpful. Something we should all strive to be.
And there's five more primary protagonists and a slew of good side-characters and villains. Even the villains are sympathetic villains who you can see why they would become said villains, even going so far as to realize that in their shoes you most certainly could wind up just like them. Take the first major villain, Discord, for example. A powerful magical creature who was alone for most of his life, so he delights in causing havoc and mayhem for the attention. He is….umm, spoiler alert, if you're interested or haven't gotten to Season 3…he is eventually redeemed when he realizes that positive attention is better than negative attention.
Kuchera has a really good line to take away from his article:
Listen, we get about 80 years on this planet, at best. Much of that time is painful. The night is dark, and full of terrors. If you find something that makes you happy, and it doesn't hurt you or others, that is a great thing.
It's one thing to give a group of people a little good-natured ribbing, or to denigrate a group who legitimately does bad things to people, but when people just want to find some harmless enjoyment in life…why do we taunt, tease, and terrorize them? What does it really gain us? ~RCS BTW, the answer is nothing in case you didn't catch on.


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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Do you think a car salesperson would sell you a car that costs more than you can really afford? Would a mobile phone customer service agent sell you a more elaborate two-year contract than you need? Would a heating and air technician push an unnecessary service plan for your home system? Would an electronics company sell you a product and pressure you to purchase the extended warranty? Would a real estate agent try to sell you a house that costs a little more than you can afford? Would an employer hire or promote a family member or friend over you, even though you are more qualified?
Now that I've offended several professions, I must include a caveat: Obviously many people in these professions conduct themselves in an ethical manner. But most of us have had the unpleasant experience of being taken advantage of by someone or some institution. In his book Coming Apart, Charles Murray says "The raw material that makes community even possible has diminished so much in Fishtown (a typical poor neighborhood in America) that the situation may be beyond retrieval. The raw material is social trust—not trust in a particular neighbor who happens to be your friend, but a generalized expectation that the people around you will do the right thing."
Here are some alarming statistics from Murray's research: Those in the well-to-do city of Belmont (not its real name) who would say "People can generally be trusted" declined from 75% to about 60% between 1970 and 2010. The demise of trust in the poor community of Fishtown was even more striking; it went from 45% to 20% between 1970 and 2010.
Americans are becoming less trustful of each other. This is a grave indicator of a sick culture; a culture fraying at the edges. At best it will lead to a nation of mediocrity, at worst it could completely unravel and lead to the dissolution of a once great nation.
These statistics made me think about Christians and the church and our ability to preserve our culture. Are we offering people something to trust in? Do we offer it in the way we conduct our personal and professional lives? We Americans have historically bought into the philosophy of buyer and seller beware. It's a way of conducting business that says buyers and sellers are responsible to educate themselves to make sure they do not get taken advantage of. This philosophy, supposedly, does not tolerate outright theft or lying. But if, for instance, a person buys an antique from someone for pennies on the dollar, well, that's ok because the buyer has no moral obligation to tell the seller that the antique is worth much more. This philosophy has contributed to the destruction of trust in America and is not Biblical. I believe it is likely a sin.
A few months ago I was watching a television program I had never seen before. It's called American Pickers. It's about these two guys who travel around buying antiques and memorabilia from people, then fixing the stuff up for resale. In this particular episode the two pickers met with an elderly man who had a lot of old stuff on his property and in his shed. The man was so aged he could barely walk and he wasn't as quick-witted as he probably was as a young man. Anyhow, the pickers spotted a valuable item (I think it was an old saddle or something) and offered the elderly owner much (and I mean waaaay much) less than its value. The owner sold it to the pickers for the low price. The pickers were elated. Nobody would deny the pickers the right to make a profit. But the way the transaction was conducted with the elderly gentleman seemed unseemly, if not downright cruel and unethical.
Philippians 2:4 says, "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others."
If we want our lives to mean something, then we should probably begin by showing others they can trust us. It's hard to do in our self-serving culture. Once again we need the Holy Spirit's love and power to help us live in a countercultural way. If people can trust us, then maybe it will be easier for them to trust God.
The first Baby Boomers are starting to retire. This means America has begun a significant transition of power and responsibilities to the next generation. It will be a difficult time, as it is for each generation at the changing of the guard. In our heyday, we Boomers wanted to change the status quo. Under our watch society was indeed remodeled. We also carried our zeal into the workplace. There was just one significant problem: there were not enough jobs for the size of the Boomer population. So when necessary, Boomers moved their families to find work and pursue career advancement. Once gainfully employed, we poured ourselves into our careers to make ourselves valuable and ensure retention. We made sacrifices and accomplished many good things. Unfortunately, some of those sacrifices included marriages and relationships with our children.
Many Boomers in church ministry willingly participated in the all-out workaholic approach to vocation. And congregations expected no less. It was the continuing manifestation of our historical American love affair with over-the-top industriousness. Even today, our obsessively industrious nature distinguishes us from much of the world. I don't know if the extreme to which we take it is Biblical; that's for another discussion.
We Boomers moved out of our parents homes as soon as possible and rushed into life. I daresay we didn't get much mentoring. We had to sink or swim. Needless to say, Boomers worked hard for their expertise (skills often acquired through painful mistakes). With these things in mind, I prognosticate that Boomers will, generally speaking, loath releasing the reins to the next generation partly because there's so much connection between their identity and vocation. We had to work so hard to get and keep our jobs that letting them go might be more difficult than we think.
Compounding the problem is the fact that the next generation wants to do it their way . . . just like us back in the day. Solomon said there's nothing new under the sun. This problem of passing the torch has been around since humans first walked the green grass under the sun. The next generation is chafing at the bit to take the helm.
So I beg the next generation to please be patient with us. We will get there. Personally, I know it would be easier for me to pass the reins if young and old did not insist on retreating to enclaves. In other words, I long for spending time with the next generation and trying to learn their language and the things that energize their hearts. In return, the next generation would grow tremendously if they could find the patience to spend time with us. Maybe the new mission field is cross-generational.
As for church life, the young make a valid assertion that we gray beards don't always run to embrace them and the way they do church. Our motives are usually pure: We love our young people and don't want them hurt by the same mistakes we made. But our methods can stink: We can be unsupportive, critical, harsh in tone . . . and not even know it. A friend of mine suggested that we older ones should move toward our younger brethren. I agree for anecdotal reasons: My level of social discomfort is often low when among young adults but high when among folks much older than me. In other words, it's easier for me to move toward younger people than expect them to come to me. On the flip side, some of my most precious and beneficial encounters have been when I powered through my discomfort and spent time with older believers.
In Luke 15 the Lost Son took a long road to move back toward his father. The father patiently waited a long time for his son's return. Both father and son were willing to move toward each other after a season of heartache and trouble. If we want a meaningful transition from this generation to the next, we must move toward each other despite our misgivings. And we Boomers must start to honor and lift up the next generation as we prepare to hand them the keys. Besides, the next generation has some really cool ideas about how to do church and missions.
God's Grapes
Hosea 9:10 (NIV) is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. It says:
"When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert . . ."
In this verse God is recalling how it was when he first discovered the ancestors of Israel among the nations and tribes that populated the earth. The ancestors of Israel knew there was only one God, not many gods. They knew God was not a hand-made idol like those worshipped by other nations. Their ancestors loved God and knew that God provided life's essentials, not some imaginary fertility god. But the people of Israel had changed in the days of Hosea. They were giving their affections to other gods. Their ethics and morality decayed. And so we see through Hosea a picture of God recalling the good old days and mourning how far the hearts of the people had drifted away from fidelity with him. Dare I say it's a picture of the passionate heart of God that has been betrayed by the love of his life—us.
As an outdoorsman, I've spent some time in wild places. There is a canyon in the foothills of Northern California I used to hike. In the summer it's oppressively hot and dry. The flora is mostly hardy oak trees, Manzanita brush, and dead grass. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to live off the land in that canyon. On one hike I went off the main trail and discovered an old abandoned homestead. The cabin had fallen down and the weeds and brush had overgrown the site. But I noticed that the former occupants had built a small pond beside the old cabin. The pond still contained water, probably fed by an old well or spring. Beside the pond grew massive old fig tree laden with ripe figs. Its roots must have dug deep and were fed by the old pond. The fig tree was green and thriving in that hot desolate canyon. It seemed out of place. Needless to say I filled my little pack with ripe juicy figs and carried them home.
I believe that's what it is like for God when you seek him and enter a relationship with him through Christ. God has found you in an unlikely cultural desert . . . and he is pleased.


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Opt-Out Voter Registration Makes it out of the Judiciary Committee!On May 24, the House Committee on the Judiciary passed H5702 Sub A . This bill allows voters to be registered to vote automatically or to update their addresses automatically when they apply for a driver's license, unless they opt out.
The League of Women Voters of RI has been lobbying for this action since it was first introduced at the behest of the RI Secretary of State two years ago.
TAKE ACTION TODAY: Call the offices of your state representative and of House Speaker Matiello, to urge a floor vote in the House. Also call your state senator and Erin Prata Lynch, the chair of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, to urge a positive vote on S770, the matching Senate bill. It has to be voted out of the Senate Judiciary committee with a positive recommendation before it can be heard on the floor of the Senate. All this has to happen quickly before the end of the legislative session, so we all need to act NOW. If you don't know who your state representative or senator is, you can find out at https://vote.sos.ri.gov/


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The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday round-up of what we paid for beauty last week.
For some reason, this week's Price Check is all about what men think of female beauty. Maybe it's a side effect of Valentine's Day (aka the time of year when men everywhere are encouraged to put a price on their love via those endlessly looping commercials for Zales and Kay Jewelers).
Maybe I've just got the male gaze on the brain after all this talk of DIPEs and why boys don't like Emma Watson's hair.
At any rate, thanks to Fornicating Feminists for leading me to the above gem from the Sociological Images archive.
First point: Those are UK sizes, so Americans, translate 12, 8, and 16 to 10, 6 and 14 (or even 8, 4 and 12 — I've been shopping transatlantic-ly my whole life and it often seems to me that Brit sizing runs two larger than US, but that's just anecdotal).
Second point: According to a scientifically questionable survey, Anna [12 UK] represents the ideal female figure according to men, Tillie [8 UK] is the ideal female figure according to women, and Caroline [16 UK] is the actual average-sized woman.
Third point: Since the survey's methodology is already basically garbage, I conducted my own super scientific in-house research by showing my husband these pictures with the numbers covered up. He guessed that Tillie would be most guys' pick, Caroline would be Ladies' Choice, and Anna would be the actual average woman. (Don't get mad at him — I asked him to generalize on behalf of his entire gender!) I actually would have guessed the same — mostly because I think poor Anna got the sh*t end of the "pose attractively" stick. And because while the "guys like curves!" faction is surely alive and well, I think men have become more and more conditioned to like a skinnier definition of hotness. (Especially if she'll still nibble seductively on a plate of spare ribs.)
But maybe, since it's Friday, we should put a more positive spin on the whole thing and just be happy that while yes, men and women are drawn to smaller-than-average women, the photo does prove that you can look great naked at a (ahem, relatively narrow) range of sizes that are nonetheless quite a bit larger than what we're used to seeing.* Continue reading


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(In part one of this series on dealing with being unemployed and mental toughness training, I talked about how getting laid off can be one of life's biggest challenges. When your family is depended on you and you suddenly have no cash flow, it can be a very stressful time in your life. I know for me when I was let go of my job a couple of years ago, I was devastated. Being fired wasn't the hard part. It was the constant frustration of looking, applying for work and getting no responses. I can't tell you how mentally down I was. Unless you have tons of money stacked away in your saving account, getting whacked from your job will be one the most difficult things that you will have to deal with.)
If any of you that has been following this blog and have recently received a pink slip, you must not give up on your mental toughness pursuit. You must make it a double effort to maintain doing the WODs. Abandoning this training during your crises would be a huge mistake. You need this sort of training more than ever to help you deal with the upcoming stress of not finding a job, the constant rejection and mental drain of watching your savings account quickly dwindle. Continuing with this physical training will help you handle the forthcoming hardship.
When one is unemployed and broke, it is easy to fall into a deep depression. Your self-worth will feel be shattered as the lack of responses from potential employer will wear you down mentally. A couple of years ago when I was axed from my shitty job, I was relieved at first. I hated my boss and couldn't stand the stifling working environment that I was in. I thought I would easily get another teaching job with my experience, but it was during heavy cut backs and teaching jobs were extremely scarce. There were so many positions I knew I was right for, but during the first couple of months, I didn't even get a single interview. I kept on applying for teaching positions, even the shit ones because I was really getting desperate and living off my credit cards. After about three months without any possible leads, I became distraught and was beyond frustrations. I would spend hours staring between the want ads in Craig's List and my emails, just hoping for some sort of response. I'm not exaggerating either. Some days when my depression was so high, I would just sit in my chair and stare as the same crappy jobs that were available online all day long. I was so fixated at Craig's List and other job placement that I would go back and forth between these sites for hours without doing anything else in between.
I was driving myself mad with this neurotic behavior, but more than anything else I was just wasting time sitting in front of the computer doing nothing. If anything, I should have watch porn, but I didn't even have the desire to that.
What would snap me out of this self-pity was that after spending up to 8 hours staring at the computer screen, I would finally get myself to go train. As bad as my life got, my training with mental toughness did not suffer. It only enhanced the intensity of the WODs. I took out my frustrations by going as hard as can to try to kill the WOD. As a result, I was able to have some of the most intense workouts and not once during this unemployment period of my life did I ever quit during a WOD. I made it a point to always go on no matter how much I was dying in the WOD and with my life. My life may have gone to shit during this time, but there was no way in hell, I was going let a WOD shoot me down as well. Fuck that.
By never caving in the brutality and pain from the WODs, my mind became stronger. The training cleared my head and cleansed my soul and allowed me to attack the rest of the day with the same aggression and relentlessness that was needed for me to save my life and relationship with Diane. After these bloody battles in the gym, I felt unstoppable no matter how much my life was falling apart. At times, this feeling of being invincible didn't last very long, but it was enough to push me to go on. To never give up. To have the courage to keep looking for a job, no matter how bleak the situation got.
Day after day, week after week, I continue to fight on my hands and knees, crawling to finish each WOD as I brought this never say die attitude back to my computer screen where I continue to look for employment, regardless of the lack of opportunities. As much as I wanted to give up, not once did I ever stop looking. The lack of response from jobs that I knew I was perfect for still hurt, but I continued to be as aggressive as ever.
My actions in the training clearly reflected how I would act during my search for employment. I was relentless in the gym and was just as relentless when I got hime and hunted down future employment opportunities.
(To be continued)
Strength Day WOD –
5 sets of 5 reps
Push press
Front squats
Bent over rows
Hip thrust
Go into the WOD today knowing that improved strength will always elevate whatever mood you are feeling. If you are feeling low from your work, bad relationship or being unemployed like how I was, force yourself to go train. Tell yourself that a good training session will always turn a bad day to a great day. That's the empowerment one can get after gaining physical strength. The worst thing you can do is to feel sorry for yourself. If you get in this bad habit of listening to your self-pity, you will fall into this trap of being a victim. Being a victim is the opposite of being mentally tough. It focuses on blame instead of accountability. When that happens, you end of doing nothing. When you get emotionally down, you can't afford any time with doing nada. You already wasted enough time acting like a baby. Now is the time to regroup. Take the initiative and reassert yourself.
Since I can't slap you in the face for your whining and complaining, you can do the next best thing. Work on getting stronger with your deadlifts. Set new PRs with your front squats. Go beyond what you normally do with the bent over row and pile on more weight than you ever have done. Break limitations with your strengths and you will learn to crush the negativity in your life.
You are holding yourself back. Not your parents, boss, girlfriend, husband or crummy past. Stop making excuses. Go the gym, lift something heavy and then work on improving your current situation.
Be aggressive in the gym. Be aggressive with your personal life.
That's the goal for today.
Scaled back version of this WOD –
- Do three sets of three reps.
- Omit the hip thrust.
Acceptable alternatives –
- You can use a barbell or dumbbells for the push presses.


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Priceline.com Introduces FunRides, For (Guaranteed) Luxe Car Rentals
A few weeks back, we got word that Priceline.com was bringing high-end car rentals to the masses via a new program called FunRides, in partnership with a variety of big name rental companies (Avis, Budget, Hertz, and Sixt among them). With a summer trip to Florida already in the works, we took the program on a test drive.
Searching for a FunRides car is no different than booking any other rental car on Priceline—rather than selecting a compact car or SUV, there's a FunRides selection that pulls up availability in your given market. The day I booked, my options included a Ford Mustang convertible for $61 a day, a Camaro convertible for $124 a day, and even a Mercedes E350 convertible for $125 per day. (We booked the Mustang.) In subsequent searches, we've seen Mercedes C-class and BMW 3 series models for as little as $50 a day.
In a notable first, the model you choose is guaranteed—an important distinction from luxury car rental competitors Expedia and Hertz—but models may not be the latest release (ours was in perfect condition, but lacked the built-in GPS and infotainment systems we're so used to these days). The only other company that guarantees your make and model, SilverCar, does so by offering just one type of car: the Audi A4, in select markets only.
So far, Name Your Price is not a feature of Fun Rides, though Priceline's CEO has intonated that it's likely to happen in the future. It would help, as the prices we spotted—perhaps as a function of having guaranteed models—are a smidge higher than Expedia's luxury rentals. (It's worth noting that of the two, Priceline has far better inventory.) Still, we would have never guessed how much more enjoyable a cool car could make a vacation. With the top down and the warm Miami breeze blowing through my hair, we didn't once mind trading the beach for our wheels—not even a little bit.
Nikki Ekstein is an Assistant Editor at Travel + Leisure and part of the Trip Doctor news team. Find her on Twitter at @nikkiekstein.