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With another gun show scheduled soon in Gwinnett County, it's time to note a significant feature of such events. Background checks apparently are not required in Georgia and several other states, according to available information.
Large numbers of people flocked to the Gwinnett fairgrounds last weekend for a gun show. The current national discussion of gun control and safety (due to the December shooting in Newtown, Connecticut) was obviously a reason.
However, it also appears to be easier to purchase a firearm in Georgia and other states at a gun show than through a traditional retailer. This is due to the so-called "gun show loophole."
-- Should the "gun show loophole" be closed? What are your thoughts on gun rights? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
It would even extend to someone selling a firearm at their private residence, not just a gun show, as gun rights advocates point out.
This situation is what President Obama was targeting when he recently came out with several gun-control proposals. The "universal background checks" would eliminate the so-called loophole, according to cnn.com.
And the situation will arise again soon in Gwinnett. A gun show is scheduled at the North Atlanta Trade Center in Norcross on Febuary 16-17, according to a website.
Also, the attached map/graphic shows that most states are like Georgia -- they do not require background checks at gun shows.
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Novato, California
Novato RV Park
[ 5/10 ]
I'm always less-than-impressed with the size of campgrounds in California, and this is no exception. If you want space, find a KOA. If you're fine with spending several days parked on top of your neighbor, choose a private RV park! This park is clean enough, although' I find the tight spaces so irritating. Thankfully, traveling with friends meant we could use the little patio between the 2 motorhomes, providing us with a little extra privacy. I am not a fan of ANY RV park that also includes a trailer park, which this does. But I do realize that's my issue to deal with! ;-) Dog walks are not available within the confines of the park, but there is a nice walking trail a short distance away. If you want a short jog into SF, this isn't the park for you. It's about a 25 - 30 min drive, and much longer if you hit rush hour. But for us, being out of the city was a bonus. There is a deli & liquor outlet on the premises. We didn't go in, but it seemed busy. We wouldn't recommend this park unless you're comfortable with small back-in sites. The staff were friendly, but I find the price very high for the site.
Portland, Oregon
Columbia River RV
[ 7/10 ]
We were heading north after spending the winter in AZ and located this campground listed in the Woodall's "bible". It's a little awkward to find, even with a GPS, but it's a very nice campground once you get there. We had to make a 2nd run through the park to find our way into our site, as there's a rather odd little "jog" in the middle of the park that leads to the upper section, but once we figured it out, we were good to go. I will say the pull-throughs are angled very badly for an appropriate exit strategy! They are on a left-ward slant, but it's a one-way street to exit. The slant of the site makes it impossible (literally!) to swing right and try to exit on their one-way street. We decided to ignore the arrows, and exit the way the motorhome was pointing. We noticed another motorhome exiting the same way and came to the conclusion that this park will have to get used to people ignoring their one-way street arrows! The park is VERY clean & nicely landscaped. Paved level sites, with shrubs etc. between each site. Full hookups, although we found the sewer connection was quite distant, if you're only staying one night and choosing not to unhook. In order to fit within the confines of the site length, we had to pull all the way forward - this makes it problematic to extend the sewer hook-up all the way. We were unable to dump in this park because we didn't unhook our tow vehicle. We would stay here again and wouldn't hesitate to recommend this park to our traveling friends.
Chula Vista, California
San Diego Metro KOA
[ 9/10 ]
This is the First California RV park we've come across in our travels with ample room at each site! YAY! We arrived today for a 4-night stay. We had only planned to stay 2 nights, but the park is so lovely we extended it to 4. We pulled in & the staff, in typical KOA fashion, were warm & welcoming. Once we got to our site, we breathed a sigh of relief. We've come to expect narrow sites in California for some reason, but not at the KOA! Lovely wide sites, paved for the RV, grass at one side, and a picnic table at each site. Off-leash dog area, pool, little convenience store, and bikes for the kids that look like go-karts. How can you go wrong? Also, typical for a KOA is the volume of activities for kids, including more than one playground area in the resort. Free internet, cable, and 30/50 amp. Full-service park in every aspect. The final bonus is that everything of interest in San Diego is only 50 minutes or less away! We love this park, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anybody.
El Centro, California
Desert Trails RV Park and Golf Course
[ 6/10 ]
Quite frankly, the only RV parks we've come across which I've found a reason to complain about the site sizes are in California! This is the 2nd one. By the time we pulled our 40' RV into place, put the slides out, parked the tow vehicle, and hauled out our chairs, we had nowhere to put them! We wound up using the empty site next door to us, but we shouldn't have to! The park itself is nicely maintained and has a golf course attached. Considering the size of the park & the number of winter visitors, I was quite surprised to find there wasn't a fitness room. But there are restaurants, a grocery store, and other shopping all within walking distance of the resort. I found this park to be adequate for a night or 2. I personally could not spend the entire winter there in those narrow little sites. I wouldn't recommend this park for long-term stays, but would suggest it for the very short-term traveler.
Indio, California
Indian Wells RV Resort
[ 3/10 ]
If you like feeling like a sardine at the bottom of the can, then this is the park for you! My husband and I have traveled all across Canada and almost 2/3 of the US, and this is, quite frankly, the resort with among the smallest sites we've ever come across. We have a 40' motorhome and we were given a site against the fence (back in only) between 2 very full trees. By the time we wedged our coach in there, we ended up pulling forward & trying again in order to push it closer to the coach next to us - there wouldn't have been any way to put our living room slide out if we hadn't made some adjustments. Thus, we lost our "patio" because of the need to move over. Since the "patio" is about the size of a postage stamp, we didn't lose much! I understand that February is a busy time of year, but if they can't fit you comfortably into a site, then one of 2 things should happen: significant discount off the $60+ a night fee or suggest another resort. All that being said, the park has many amenities, and I understand why people would gravitate there. A calendar of events, 2-3 swimming pools in the resort, laundry facilities, restrooms, off-leash dog area, and proximity to shopping & restaurants. The staff is also very friendly & helpful (except for the security guy, who flipped out because we'd parked our tow vehicle cross-ways, rather than straight on! We parked the way we'd been told at the front registration, but he was NOT happy with that! We re-parked his way, leaving the truck sticking into the roadway about 5 feet! Seemed legit.... yes, that's sarcasm!) However, we were unimpressed with this park and definitely won't recommend it or stay there again.
Post Falls, Idaho
Coeur D'Alene RV Park
[ 8/10 ]
This park is about 3 hours from where we live, so we've stayed here probably a dozen times both coming & going from vacations! Sites are well-spaced apart and always tidy. The park itself is lovely - huge, lots of dog-walking space, close to restaurants & shopping, big clubhouse with pool & laundry. The only complaint I have, if you can call it that, is the Wi-Fi. I'd MUCH prefer being able to access it from my site, but it's only available in the clubhouse. So you're stuck waiting for the clubhouse to open at about 9 - 10 AM every morning. But with that single "problem", we'll continue coming back to this RV park. The people are so very friendly, and the park is a delight!
Caldwell, Idaho
Country Corners RV Park and Campground
[ 7/10 ]
Just outside of Boise, in Caldwell, ID. Friendly check-in. Always a good start! Once that process was complete, he lead us directly to our site. Clean, level, with grass attached. Full hook ups with 50 amps and Wi-Fi. No cable. I noted some of the reviews for this park indicated long-term residents with unkempt trailers. I have to say, I didn't see that - only 1 trailer that could be spruced up, but the others appeared well-maintained. The park seems split between full, long-term residents, and us transient types. The sites closer to the front of the park & the exit appear to be designated for the over-nighters. We found it quiet (other than the crazy wind) & very easy off / on to the highway. There's also a very handy little cafe a short walk down the road, so you don't even have to unhook if you don't want to. We would definitely return; although, this location for us would be an overnight only.
Provo, Utah
Lakeside RV and Campground
[ 7/10 ]
Lovely campground! Big, spacious full-service sites. Lots of "doggy" space for walking. 50 amp, water, sewer, cable, WiFi. Only issue, if there is one, is the WiFi is not accessible from some of the sites - ours, in fact! Too weak a signal. If it's important to you, ask to be put in a site closer to the office. While we were only here one night, I would definitely consider a longer stay here. Friendly staff at check-in, lovely surroundings, quiet park with comfortable sites.
Hurricane, Utah
St. George / Hurricane KOA
[ 1/10 ]
We are leaving this sorry-excuse for an RV park today! And believe it or not, somehow they managed to become a KOA! A definite black mark for the KOA community of campgrounds! We chose to stay here because KOA is generally a very safe & reliable choice when travelling. Not so with this nightmare! This is the first time that we actually considered moving to Walmart as a more comfortable option. The sites are, to say the very least, narrow – which is why I changed the "big rig access" option to NO. We spent almost 30 mins juggling our 40' motorhome back, forth & sideways in order to be able to get our slides out. Now they're out, we can't walk between our bus & the one next to us on the hook-up side! Hubby forgot to turn the tap on & I was the only one who could squeeze under the slide to get to the faucet! On our other side, we have a tree. Which our opposite slide is almost touching. And with that slide out, we can't possibly put out chairs to enjoy the sunshine! If we did, we'd be in our neighbour's site! So we're restricted to being indoors or going elsewhere. We should have known there was going to be a problem when we arrived at this "park". A couple walking past said to me, "If that's your rig, and clearly it is, I hope you brought a shoehorn!" Never a good thing to hear when you arrive! Let's get past the site size & mention the huge lie in the KOA book! States this park is on the shores of Quail Lake, "a few short steps to the water from your site". My husband & I walked the dog for over an hour last night - all around the so-called resort. If it's on a lake, we couldn't find it! We did take a drive & found the lake is a few miles away, but certainly not attached to this park. We spend enough time travelling that we've managed to be presented with a VIP card from KOA. If this was the first KOA we ever stayed in, we would never ever have stayed in another! This is not what I expect from KOA, and I intend to send a letter to their head office. We had wanted to spend about a week in the St. George, UT area. We're stuck with 3 nights because we committed, & with all our efforts to get into this site, it's just too big a headache to relocate. Our mistake, was based on what we usually find with a KOA. With all that negativity, the only positive thing I can say about this KOA is this: the nice fellow at the office took my diplomatic rant well, and we had a good conversation about this park's shortcomings & my disappointment. No offers to compensate or attempt a site upgrade (not sure there is such a thing as a "better" site here!), but he did claim to understand my complaint! Avoid this park at all costs! Seriously, as much as I despise the Walmart parking lot, there's more space & privacy than there is here! And it's probably closer to the lake!
Kinder, Louisiana
Coushatta Casino Resort Red Shoes RV Park
[ 7/10 ]
I wouldn't choose to stay here for a long time, but for a couple of nights, it was more than adequate. Handy shuttle bus runs through the park on a regular basis, taking guests of the RV park back and forth to the casino. There are several restaurants in the casino, but very few amenities in nearby Kinder. Closest town for any REAL shopping or restaurants would be Lake Charles. Park is clean, and relatively well laid out. Our only complaint, if there is one, was the lady who took our reservation didn't know how to spell "Canada"! I was not surprised that "British Columbia" was outside her comfort zone! I'd recommend this park as a short-stay layover.
Tucson, Arizona
Gilbert Ray Campground / Tucson Mountain Park
[ 10/10 ]
LOVE it! Surrounded by the peace & quiet of the desert, sites are spacious, clean, and well laid out. Limited service: 30 amp power, no water, no sewer, definitely no cable TV or Wi-Fi! But that being said, there are water stations throughout the park so you can refill, and there's a sanidump at one end of the park. We intended to spend 2 nights here, but were so enthralled by our surroundings, we stayed an extra 2! There's a limit on the length of your stay - 7 days max, and then you have to be gone for 7 days before you can return. There are tent sites, but oddly, no showers available in the park. Many attractions in the area: about 1.5 miles down the road, Old Tucson Studios. Also very close by, International Wildlife Museum & Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Your closest shopping for groceries, restaurants, etc. is about 20 mins away in Tucson's outskirts. But for the peace & serenity of this park, I'd drive twice as far! I'd definitely recommend this park, and wouldn't hesitate to stay here again - and again! We camped here in a motorhome. Yes, it's big-rig friendly!
Casa Grande, Arizona
Sundance 1 RV Resort (Active Adult park)
[ 7/10 ]
Very friendly park host greeted us upon check-in. We were offered a choice of several sites & we chose the one we spent the next 4 days in. Clean resort, lots of amenities, but a few things we found odd. 1. The dog walk outside the park is a virtual mud hole when it's wet! Odder still, there's nowhere to deposit pet waste once you've picked it up! 2. Not a garbage can anywhere to be found - ALL the garbage cans for the entire park are about 1/2 mile away at one end of the resort. 3. The available wifi is expensive for what you get (according to residents). I opted to take my netbook up to the library, where you can hook up for free. Other than those little hiccups, the sites are large with patios. Considering how lovely the weather is as a rule in Casa Grande, a patio is almost a requirement! Close to town for the inevitable necessities, and close to attractions. Also necessary when you're in the area as a tourist. About 20 + mins to Casa Grande ruins. We'd stay here again - for no other reason than the people in the park! Nice to be surrounded by friendly faces when you're a long ways from home!
Picacho, Arizona
Picacho Peak RV Resort (55+ park)
[ 4/10 ]
This park has potential, but definitely hasn't reached it yet! Looks very nice from the road and upon entry, but our site looked like an unfinished gravel driveway. The night time noise is unbelievable! It was a constant barrage of train noise and trucks on-the-freeway noise. ALL NIGHT! We had thought we might spend 2 nights in the area in order to hike Picacho Peak, but after a night of virtually no sleep at all, we decided to just head into Yuma. Granted, this is a new resort so there's still work to be done (clearly!). But they should avoid sticking people on the hill until that area is completed. And after our experience, I swear noise rises! Also, there is absolutely nothing nearby, except a fast food restaurant / service station. Nearest groceries are about 15 miles, and according to a resort employee, the store there is not worth going to. That leaves you with a 30+ mile drive to get groceries! I have to say, I would NOT recommend this park! There's a lovely State campground about 3 miles away: no idea if there are hookups, but unless you plan on spending days, it shouldn't matter.
San Antonio, Texas
Blazing Star Luxury RV Resort
[ 8/10 ]
We had something of a "hiccup" when we arrived, and I was VERY impressed at how the problem was handled. The General Mgr made a personal visit to our site and addressed our concerns, making sure that we were happy with the outcome. VERY professional! Beautiful RV resort, handy to restaurants, shopping, tourist sites in San Antonio. If you're booking here, and pull the phone number from the Campgrounds in Texas handout from the visitors' centers: ASK FOR THE DIRECT LINE TO THE RESORT!! They use a call center, and that's where our problems started! Call the resort directly: that'll ensure a smooth, problem-free reservation. Yes, I'd recommend this park.
Stanfield, Oregon
Pilot RV Park
[ 7/10 ]
We stayed here "by accident" - as in, the pass into Baker City was closed! We picked the only RV park we could find using road signs. In all honesty, for a truck stop with an attached RV park, we could have done worse! Spotless restrooms (and we were empty of water; didn't want to freeze up!). I rarely use RV park restrooms, but when push comes to shove, I want my morning shower! I had no problem using their bathrooms! For a cheap price, we had all the hookups we could want, including cable & internet. Restrooms were spotless, and the truck stop had 2 fast food places, if you don't want to cook (McDonald's & Subway). I wouldn't want to stay here indefinitely, but for several nights when you don't have too many options, this was perfect!
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio KOA
[ 10/10 ]
We are currently in this park! Love it. Great walking path along the creek for pet owners, great security (which is nice), not far from anything you could need, and right across the street from easy-to-use public transit, if you don't want to drive your car into San Antonio. Very easy access for big rigs (we're 66' when towing, 40' motorhome with Dakota p/u behind), nice long pull-throughs, friendly staff, and all the hookups you could want. Even the internet isn't bad here! I'd definitely recommend this park to anyone in the area! We're traveling across the US as we speak.
Calgary, Alberta
Callaway Park
[ 3/10 ]
This park has clearly been designed by someone who has never owned / used / seen an RV! Hookups were spaced apart so poorly that we had to go to an RV supply store to buy longer connections for water & power! We never even tried to hook up to sewer. That was a nightmare itself, as it runs uphill! The only positive I can see about this park is the proximity of the amusement park. If you don't have little kids, pick somewhere else to stay! Most RV parks are throwing in wi-fi for free. Callaway charges a ridiculous $10 / day for internet access. The other thing is they are less than accommodating when it comes to moving sites. We had opted to move from a partial-service site to full-service where there were lots of open sites; in fact, the one they put us in hours later was vacant when we wanted to move. Instead, they had us drive down to the amusement park's overflow parking & wait til 2 PM! It was inconvenient for us, and from what we could see, completely unnecessary. Would we stay here again? Only if there wasn't another RV park or Walmart in the area! And there usually is. In other words, no, we wouldn't stay here again. Nor would we recommend it to friends.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas / Circus Circus KOA
[ 4/10 ]
We've been KOA members long enough and often enough to rate a VIP card. If this had been the first KOA we'd stayed at, we would never have looked for another one! It's a parking lot. Period. A lot of pavement, virtually no greenery or trees. I use the KOA directory like a Bible. If I can locate a KOA in our next stop, I'm happy. Usually it's safe, clean, full hookups, dog walks, plenty of amenities. The only positive about this LV KOA is the easy access to the strip! Negatives: A rather awkward access unless you want to drive your rig down the strip! We didn't, so you have to find your way around the strip and access it via Industrial. Unless you request "greenery," you get pavement. I have a dog that's kind of OCD. She won't do her thing unless she has grass! So we paid extra to get some "lawn." Very expensive for what you are provided with, certainly as far as RV parks or KOAs go! Positives: Easy access to the strip without driving. Walk straight through Circus Circus which is great, especially if you're looking for restaurants, etc., without having to drive. We spent 2 nights here and wouldn't do it again.
Yuma, Arizona
Westwind RV and Golf Resort
[ 9/10 ]
Lovely park with good security. Very friendly folks upon check-in / checkout, and very helpful through our week-long stay. Park is well-maintained with lots of full-timers (park models everywhere!). There were so many BC & Alberta RVs there, we were beginning to wonder if there was anyone at home keeping the doors open! Only negative, if there was one, was the unreliability of the internet access. Unless you log on early in the morning or very late at night, good luck. Anytime I see Tengo Internet as the service provider, I cringe! My hubby runs his business while traveling, so internet is rather important. We've often resorted to packing a laptop to a restaurant with wi-fi in order to do what needs to be done. Loved this resort & wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to friends / family.
Fort Stockton, Texas
Fort Stockton RV Park
[ 7/10 ]
Great park for short-term stay. Very friendly staff & lovely little restaurant attached for breakfast & dinner (Roadrunner Cafe). We had a great dinner there for $20 (2 people including good tip!). It's your basic RV park, no fluff & definitely not fancy. But if all you want is comfortable & complete hookup, this works. The advertised wi-fi is non-existent at the sites, but apparently works in the restaurant. I can't guarantee that, as I didn't bother to check. We'd stay here again, and for a pitstop, I'd recommend it to friends. We stayed in a motorhome with a tow vehicle (we're 66' long when towing), and we were able to keep the tow vehicle connected without blocking any roads.
Huachuca City, Arizona
Tombstone Territories RV Resort
[ 8/10 ]
Really enjoyed our stay at this park! People are very friendly & helpful. Lovely view sites facing the desert. Great hiking trails if you have a pet with you. There are a couple of "negatives" which this RV park has no control over: wi-fi is not accessible from your site (only available in the library area), cellphone service is unreliable (you have to drive up the hill a couple of minutes away to get decent service), and everything is a minimum of 10 - 15 minutes away. Tombstone itself is about 12 miles in one direction; Sierra Vista is about 20 miles the other direction. All that being said, it's VERY "big rig" friendly (we have a 40' motorhome with tow vehicle - 66' total length). If we hadn't wanted to use our Dakota, we could have left it connected to the coach without blocking any roadways. The drive into either town is easy & scenic, so even being camped some miles out of town wasn't a big deal. Also, Kartchner Caverns is only 10 mins from the park. We would definitely stay here again & wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to friends!
Pacifica, California
San Francisco RV Resort
[ 8/10 ]
This is our second visit to this park. First one was 10 years ago! Immaculate, full amenity list, friendly helpful staff, gift shop available. Only complaint, if I have one, is the sites are fairly narrow, & I'd like a little more "greenery" between me & my neighbor! There's a lot of pavement. However, that being said, the park is on the cliffs overlooking the ocean, has a dog walk area available, great playground for kids (we don't have small children, but the play area was directly in front of our motorhome!), and it's a short drive into the city - or take BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) from a few blocks away. $2 / day to park your car, and $6.50 round trip into the city & back. GREAT park! We'll definitely go back & recommend it to others!
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Junior guard McKenzie Burton scored 18 of her team-high 23 points in the second half, leading host Grant to a come-from-behind 62-54 win over North Chicago on Thursday in the North Suburban Conference Prairie Division opener for both teams.
North Chicago got 24 points, 16 rebounds and eight steals from senior Natajjae Franklin, but the shorthanded Hawks are now 0-7.
North Chicago played without senior standouts Dara Tanner and Darniqua Hood, and also didn't have freshman phenom Tineesha Coleman on the court.
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"The premise for Nokia was to appeal to the very hip and urban demographic that are the target for Nseries. These are users who seek out the edge of culture, who want to lead more 'cinematic' lifestyles, and want to capture those lifestyles with their Nseries devices," says Bonniol.
The Nseries booth was constructed outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, in a space defined as the "Festival Area." A structure provided by StageCo housed the Nseries space. Measuring 70'x70', with a 60' high roof, it provided ample real estate for an amazing environment. Jack Morton Worldwide produced the Nokia Nseries installation.
"We had extraordinary verticality. The challenge became not just to illuminate the booth, but also to provide a scenic value to this vertical space. It also had to reflect the very well developed brand aesthetic that Nokia has for Nseries, and be consistent with the spirit of the 'Festival Area,' which was very rock n' roll," Bonniol explains.
The scenic design brief from Jack Morton Worldwide incorporated an urban landscape feel, with the booth being anchored by an open park area, complete with turf and playful park benches. Surrounding the park were various urban experiences, including a Nokia store, a music area, the loft, as well as a concierge area hosted by Nseries Brand Partner W Hotels. Bonniol devised an iconic lighting rig that incorporated a large circle truss over the park, with radiating trusses that extended out over the surrounding areas. The whole array of high trimmed truss was lined with Color Kinetics Color Blast units.
"The blasts let me create really broad beautiful moments with color. They were my sky," comments the designer. The trusses also contained 16 VL3500 profiles, 22 VL3000 profiles, 20 VL3000 wash lights, and 12 VL2500 profiles. Truss toning was applied throughout with ETC Source Four PARs, equipped with scrollers. Scharff Weisberg provided the complete lighting and multimedia package.
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3 Use Cases of How General Motors Applies Big Data to Become Profitable Again
Currently General Motors is in the middle of the IT-transformation, where instead of doing only 10% of the IT work in-house, 90% of it will be done in-house by the end of 2015. They are hiring 12.000 IT personnel and the objective is to have 10.000 of its IT personnel work on new developments by 2018.[read more]
Data Driven Lingerie?
True & co is an interesting company that combines data and design to create an opportunity for consumers to share data with the company, thereby improving the appropriateness of the product to the customer. True & co claims to be the first company to fit women into their favourite bra with a fit quiz – no fitting rooms, no measuring tape, no photos.[read more]
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IBM's Watson Officially Available to Public
IBM has mentioned that it will release Watson as a cloud service for all to use. Watson has been released into the cloud in test and limited release scenarios. Today marks the first time that any organization can reap the benefits of having Watson run in their cloud.[read more]
Where on Earth Are My Users?
IT administrators have plenty of logs to pour through. With a bit of digging, admins can discover where login attempts are coming from, but doing this for every application, server, and network appliance is a fair bit of work. Logs are also inherently noisy.[read more]
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The Social Login Debate: LinkedIn's Weird Absence
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I have been doing lockouts at normal bench width. I was thinking about it today, if the lockout is mostly tricep, do you want to have a closer grip to emphasize this?
Also does anyone think that it makes any difference if you are a raw of geared lifter?
TIA for comments and opinions
I like pinkies on the ring or thumbs from the smooth.
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I personally like just slightly wider than thumbs from smooth. But I also like to do rack lockouts with higher reps, often as many as 8 reps.
I usually go with a closer grip, pinky on the ring or closer. Feels easier on the shoulders to me.
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I've never thought about it that way. I might try a closer grip, I usually end up pinkies on the ring.
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Im glad that wasnt a stupid question .
So any thoughts on the difference of grip?
As far as the difference b/t raw and geared? Personally, I've always thought that lockout work done with a closer grip carried over better period. Whether done raw or in gear. However, mixing in different grips is not going to hurt you.
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DM, For me it's a question of shoulder comfort and what I'm aiming for. For instance, I have shoulder discomfort with a wider grip, plus I'm stronger with a narrow grip. Also, where are you setting the pins when your're doing rack presses? Make sure you try to use a variety of heights.
I use pinkies on the ring.
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DM, I got the info straight from Louie Simmons for the rack press for varying the pin heights. I'm paraphrasing here, but he states to perform the exercise at six different pin heights. At the chest, three inches off the chest, six inches off the chest, nine, twelve and fifteen inches off the chest. It's an isometric exercise. Unlike boards, this will eliminate the eccentric (lowering) movement so a person can focus on the lockout. Experiment with it to see if it works for you. Plus you don't need a spotter!
huh, yeah that makes sense. Ill try going up and down on my secondary bench day.
I like to use my comp grip.
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where is the smooth?
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they sound like they would be the same spot on a barbell?
and what is a competition grip?
Comp. grip refers to wherever you grip when you compete.
The widest you can grip is index fingers on the farthest set of rings on the bar. Most PL'ers vary thier grip during training the avoid staleness or work shld. and tris at different angles or additional focus on weaknesses. the smooth refers to where the knurling on the bar starts from the center knurling.


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Governor Lingle continues to weigh impact of civil unions in Hawaii
Postedon May 25, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Hawaii governor, Linda Lingle, wants to hear from both sides before she makes a decision on civil unions -- and she held the first of two private meetings on Monday.
She's talking to people both for and against the measure that would extend the same rights as marriage to same-sex couples.
Op-Ed: Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle should sign civil unions bill
Postedon May 18, 2010 at 01:09 pm
Jonathan Capehart urges Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R) to sign the state's civil unions bill: "Making HB 444 the law in Hawaii wouldn't make Lingle a radical. It would put her in a growing mainstream. It would put her on the right side of history. And it would confirm her as a leader -- which is how any aspirant for future elective office should want to be viewed."
Hawaii governor to decide on civil unions
Postedon May 03, 2010 at 03:12 pm
Whether civil unions for same-sex couples become legal in Hawaii is now up to Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, whose office was flooded Friday with phone calls and e-mails from gay rights and religious groups after the bill won approval in the waning moments of the legislative session.
Lingle has long avoided saying whether she would veto the measure or allow it to become law. She has until July 6 to make a decision.
Statement from Evan Wolfson, Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, on Hawaii civil union vote
Postedon Apr 30, 2010 at 08:42 am
Hawaii House of Representatives Joins the State Senate in Overwhelming Support for Civil Union Bill
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Hawaii State House passes civil unions bill in last hours of session
Postedon Apr 30, 2010 at 07:25 am
The bill to legalize civil unions of same-sex couples in Hawaii passed the State House by a 31-20 vote on Thursday in the last hours of the 2010 legislative session.
Op-Ed: Hawaii civil unions bill must be voted on
Postedon Apr 27, 2010 at 06:35 pm
One of the easier ways for legislators who are up for re-election to protect their seats is to prevent controversial bills from coming to the floor. That is exactly what is happening to Hawaii House Bill 444, the bill concerning civil unions that passed in the Senate and was subsequently derailed by Calvin Say and other scared and anonymous legislators in the House.
Trial in Prop 8 Case Is Challenged
Postedon Mar 23, 2010 at 10:13 am
Opponents of the freedom to marry have long said the issue does not belong in the courts. Lately they have gone a step further.
They say Judge Vaughn R. Walker, the chief judge of the Federal District Court in San Francisco, made a serious mistake by calling for a trial in a challenge to California's ban on marriage equality rather than deciding the case based on paper submissions.
Hawaii backers of civil unions plan suit
Postedon Feb 02, 2010 at 12:30 pm
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Gay-rights advocates are preparing a lawsuit alleging that the state is violating the equal protection rights of same-sex couples by not passing a civil-unions law. The state House voted on Friday to indefinitely postpone action on civil unions. The lawsuit will be based on a 1993 Hawaii Supreme Court ruling which held that denying the freedom to marry was a violation of equal-protection rights under the state Constitution. [Link]
Hawaii House Indefinitely Postpones Action on Civil-Unions Bill
Postedon Feb 01, 2010 at 12:41 pm
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The Hawaii state House voted Friday to indefinitely postpone any action on a civil unions bill in this session unless two-thirds of lawmakers vote to bring the bill back for consideration. [Link]
Hawaii postpones civil unions bill indefinitely
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January 29, 2010
Last year the civil unions bill passed the Hawaii House by a vote of 33-to 17. One week ago, the Senate passed the bill 18-7. But on Friday the House voted to postpone indefinitely the civil unions bill for gay and heterosexual couples. Evan Wolfson, Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, who was co-counsel in the historic Hawaii marriage case, Baehr v. Miike, which started the whole thing, said:
Losing ground? No way. We don't win every battle, and we definitely need to strengthen our reaching out to more Americans to bring them into our cause (which is what Freedom to Marry's expansion is all about). But after a decade of inaction, we got both houses of the Hawaii legislature to pass a civil union bill, just not in sync — and remember, when we started this movement in Hawaii, there was no place in the world where same-sex couples could marry. Now we've got five states, our nation's capital, eight countries, and more shimmering within reach.
The Democratic president [Bill Clinton] who signed the so-called "DOMA" as we were doing the trial in Hawaii now supports the freedom to marry and has called for "DOMA"'s repeal, as did the Republican congressman [Bob Barr] who wrote it.
More than a hundred million Americans now live in a state that provides some level of statewide recognition of same-sex couples and their families — up from virtually zero a decade ago.
We have a lot more to do, as Freedom to Marry works to build a majority for marriage, win more states, and build toward a federal victory…but by any historical measure, we've gained and are gaining ground, and the future is ours. [Link]


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- 4 green onions, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup minced fresh cilantro
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- 1/8 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
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- In a large bowl, combine the first 13 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Serve with tortilla chips. Yield: 8 cups.
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The Willits tree-sit fallout
I just spoke with state Sen. Noreen Evans, who represents the Willits area, about the forcible eviction of five tree-sitters -- and by forcible, I mean firing projectiles (first reported as rubber bullets, later as bean bags) at a protester holding onto tree limbs 70 feet in the air. She's not happy.
The Willits Weekly has been reporting in depth on this whole mess, and quotes an Evan statement:
I am shocked and dismayed at what seems to be an excessive use of force on unarmed protestors. Thus far, I feel Caltrans and CHP have been slow to respond to my questions and quick to act regarding the Bypass Project.
By the time we talked, she'd calmed down a bit and wasn't ready to second-guess the CHP tactics. "I'm not in law-enforcement," she said. "It could have been much worse."
But she did say she was still furious about the timing of the raid. "The mayor of Willits has been trying to get information out of Caltrans, and has been having trouble, so I asked for a meeting. I wanted to know, is there some way they could handle this protest peacefully?
"I learned about the events half an hour before the Caltrans director was supposed to be in my office. I was not happy."
Evans told me that Caltrans blamed the CHP -- but the CHP wasn't having it. "I called the commissioner of the CHP, who told me the order was given by Caltrans," she said.
So the bulldozing continues -- but this isn't going away.
So naturally US corporations would seek to mitigate that.
If our corporate tax rate were more reasonable, Exxon would repatriate more profits and pay more US tax.
We all know that corporations don't pay anything close to the nominal rate. Many of the largest corporations pay nothing at all. The loopholes built into the system are so big you could pilot an aircraft carrier through them.
When I did bookkeeping for a corporation there were a fair amount of taxes that could not be avoided.
Do you mean nothing by $0 dollars at any level? Or do you mean nothing by corporations paying their share of payroll taxes and nothing after that?
How about nothing in the sense that you pro-business types say 47% of the population pay nothing.
(i'm being generous here -in reality, the 47% probably pay a larger share of their income than many of these companies)
payroll tax. So they do pay something and there is no way to escape it. No corporation pays zero in taxes if they have employees. I could come up with some schemes for board members of non profits to cut their taxes though... anyways.
Various industries have various fees as well, for example oil, tobacco and alcyhol. The business I did bookkeeping for could not avoid payroll taxes and at the end of the year broke even by design. The people who got the money paid their taxes on that income. The company paid sales taxes and all the other fee's and taxes associated.
I honestly have no idea why some banks and financial institutions get a deal from the state/city on various levels to avoid certain taxes. Still all businesses that employ people pay payroll taxes. Many "liberals" are confused by the fact that business matches the taxes the employee pays. This is what I think confuses you.
Companies pay out money to individuals in different ways, all of these ways are taxed. Payroll, Dividends, Management Fees, returns on investment, bonuses etc... all are beholding to the tax code in some way. A privately held company may give out money to the owners but they are required to pay taxes on it. Public held companies operate the same way with different terms.
You may not like the tax levels paid, but all companies pay taxes, they take advantage of the tax code, just like you do when you claim your deduction... or like when progressives don't pay more when they expect the rest of us to do it.
Payroll taxes are payed by employees in that wages are depressed by the amount required to pay the tax. No work, no payroll tax.
Sales taxes, likewise, are passed on 100% to the customer.
Corporations pass all taxes onto people, that's their job, to externalize and recover all costs.
I don't mind taxing the hell out of corporations to cover the costs of their various footprints, incorporating those costs into the price of what they sell, and allowing customers to choose based on full price sensitivity what business practices they'll subsidize.
but corporations do not "pass all taxes onto people" any more than any other type of economic entity. Otherwise, good points.
Corporations pass all taxes onto the customer that they can and then market forces act on price to constrain the amount of profit they can make. When corporations whine about taxes being passed onto corporations, they are really whining that it crimps their margins. That you accept their framing at face value and automatically gainsay it without contemplating the systems at play reflects something else than the economics at work.
seeking another destination where the desired margins are present, or at least where the risks are lower.
That is where Lilli's argument falls down. He assumes that a business has to be in operation but, even where the asset cannot vanish, e.g. rental buildings, the use of that asset will be changed into a more profitable one if the margins are constrained.
I suspect that Lilli has never worked in the private sector and so quite simply doesn't understand how it works. Just like Avalos, in fact.
Good, those are market forces in action. They work in multiple directions. You just want them to work in one and your hair catches on fire otherwise.
do not pass on the cost of higher taxes since they always charge the most the market will bear anyway.
But you're right, of course, it's ultimately always someone else who pays business taxes, and if it's not the customer, then it's the employee or the shareholder.
In the end, only people and not things can pay taxes. So we could reduce corporate taxes to zero if we were willing to raise other taxes equivalently.
The market functions on price at the margins.
increase, any persistance in that inability will lead to that business line being shut down.
This is exactly what we see with SF rentals, where the rent controls prevent the maintenance of the desired ROI, leaving Ellis change of use as the only logical path.
If the real cost to run a business does not pencil out, it is better that the business shut down than externalize their costs onto others for free.
But Walmart is the worlds largest corporation and it is a parasite on every level.
So theory is nice but reality has kicked theory in the balls again.
When I read things like this I think of Acorn litigating to keep from having to pay minimum wage in California.
-- nor is he my ally. His commentary is just a slicker form of matlocky.
And everyone except you is wrong and bad?
I was simply refuting the premise that marcos is my colleague. Upon closer examination it has become clear we're not on the same team.
Walk into any bar and you'll find lots of gasbags and amateur pundits spouting off about government, the politicians, and those hated insiders who get the big contracts and have government paid jobs. Gasbagging is the lazy response for the disenfranchised and discontented, but has as long a history as the social structure it rails against, where the government, wealthy asset owners, and political insiders exercise most of the economic and political power over the huddled masses, and change is either slow or non-existent.
The internet allows the gasbags a broader audience, but most of us behave just as we do when we hear them in the bar. We ignore them and their latest prononcements.
The fact that lilli thinks there are people who are on "his team" wins the joke of the day award. It appears lilli never learned that no team wants an incessent loudmouth, no matter how righteous the pronouncements from the loudmouth. If lilli didn't learn this on the playground, one wonders what else he didn't learn during those formative years.
All organizations are flawed because people and groups of people are flawed. But the most promising and hopeful way to try to influence the political debate is through organizing, not rantings on a chatboard. If neither lilli nor marcos can organize a few others - like thousands of groups have done in the past - to help push their particular agendas, then it's likely they are just lazy, incompetent, or enjoy playing jokesters on a local political chatboard.
Congrats lilli. You finally figured out that everyone is alone in this world. Now if you could also figure out that whenever you're posting here, including reposting your masterpiece - 50 Troll Lies - it means you're a failure for not being out on the pavement looking for existing orgnaizations to connect with to foster the changes you want, or creating your own organization to actually try to make a difference in the world.
dogmatic ideologs theu infighting, that is hardly surprising.
Disagreements between marcos and I are no more noteworthy than disagreements I have with matlock.
I somewhat had your views years ago.
When I started diving into tax code, fee permit process, the various levels of government's mandates and taxes, the strange fee's, the busy body bureaucrats and their uselessness... I figured out that all that theory was non sense. As Walmart shows, the public doesn't care about the shitty actions of corporations, the public isn't going to pay more for anything because the corporation is nice, pays people more and keeps jobs in a high tax state or nation. So taxes are all on the company, all that theoretical nonsense has no value in the real world when doing the nuts and bolts of the real world.
The corporation pays the taxes, the corporation pays workmans comp, the corporation pays the fee's and all of that. The employees want raises, the government wants it's cut and the public wants the lowest price, it's up to the corporation to stay in business in this equation.
"Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Cree Proverb
This project has several major problems, which, for lack of proper public forum, the tree sitters were attempting to address through peaceful means.
The bypass, a $400 million boondoggle that Caltrans has rammed down the throat of the Willits community, was intended to address severe traffic congestion in the town resulting from the convergence of Hwy 20 and Hwy 101. Many in the community were eager for the project and were enthusiastically participating in the planning process.
However, the project that came to be - due to the heavy-handed management of Caltrans with absolute disregard for the community they are paid by and supposed to be working for - is damaging to both the economy of the community (which, according to Caltrans, will lose an estimated 20% of its businesses in the first few years after the project is completed - draining the lifeblood out of a community already struggling to survive in this economy) and to the environment - draining a valuable wetland that is protected, BY LAW, under the migratory bird treaty act - with a distinct possibility of altering the water table so drastically for the town that the water supply may be irrevocably damaged or lost. So, for those of you who leap to the defense of the law enforcement members involved, you should know that laws are being broken on both sides. But only one set of people are being held responsible for their actions.
In addition to all of this, the project as it was originally approved was to be a 4-lane bypass, incorporating Hwy 20, with off-ramps to allow easy access to the town for businesses and for the safety of the community. Instead, Cal-trans has performed a bait-and-switch on the town after the project was approved, and is now building a 2-lane bypass (with a massive 4-lane footprint), with no access to Hwy 20 and the only off-ramps miles outside the city limits. This is dangerous, because it does not allow first responders from Willits access to the bypass in the case of emergency, such as fires, accidents requiring medical assistance, or toxic spills from the transport trucks that Cal-trans has supposedly designed the bypass to accommodate. Of course, it's still going to cost $400 million. Even though it doesn't do anything that it was supposed to, and may kill the economy of a vibrant town with the sort of community feeling that has made the fabric the USA so strong in the past. This is big government at its worst.
So please, before you all leap to the conclusion that these hippie tree hugging weirdos are just a bunch of @**hole law-breakers who deserve what they got, imagine it was your back yard, your community, your livelihood, and that of your children that was being taken away by a government organization that made it clear that they didn't care about you or your neighbors AT ALL, and you might be desperate enough to go sit in a tree yourself. Do you think they didn't know it was a last-ditch effort, doomed to fail? That people would make fun of them? That they would appear foolish to people who don't bother to find out what the situation is before launching into vitriolic tirades? That they decided to go sit up there for fun, knowing it would end in their arrest? This is the 21st century, not the 70's - people only do this sort of stuff if they feel they have no other recourse.
I don't live in Willits, and this project doesn't directly affect me. But these people are my neighbors and valuable members of their community, and they're desperate, in a way that I hope you will never truly understand. So don't be mean.
They were trying to obstruct thru illegal means a democratically-approved project.
If it were right-wingers doing that about, say, democratically-approved gun control laws, abortion laws or gay marriage, you'd be all for zero tolerance of illegality.
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The French Foreign Ministry on Wednesday circulated comments made by Foreign Minister Alain Juppe last week saying that any solution to the Middle East conflict would need to recognize Israel as the nation-state for the Jewish people.
["France has a very clear position that joins that of Spain and all of our European partners: It is that there will be no solution to the conflict in the Middle East without recognition of two nation-states for two peoples. The nation-state of Israel for the Jewish people, and the nation-state of Palestine for the Palestinian people. There is no getting away from this," he said.]
Israeli diplomatic officials reacted very positively to Juppe's statement, saying it was an indication that the Europeans were moving in the direction of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's position that recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people must be part of the parameters for future negotiations with the Palestinians
Israeli diplomatic officials said Juppe's comment was significant on two counts...The second significant element, according to the official, was that Juppe's comment about the "nation-state of Israel for the Jewish people" seemed a clear signal as to the type of language France would like to see in the Palestinian statehood resolution in order to gain its support. The official also said it was significant that the comment had been made at a press conference of the Spanish and French foreign ministers, not one between, for instance, the German and Italian foreign ministers, whose positions against the Palestinian UN vote are well known.
and Evelyn Gordon expressed her feelings so:
Kudos to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government for finally breaking a European taboo. At a press conference in Madrid last week, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe publicly declared that "there will be no solution to the conflict in the Middle East without recognition of two nation-states for two peoples. The nation-state of Israel for the Jewish people, and the nation-state of Palestine for the Palestinian people."...This is truly groundbreaking. Until now, no EU country has been willing to state publicly that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement must recognize Israel as the Jews' nation-state, though the EU routinely details the concessions it expects Israel to make.
By the way, Le Monde, if my French is adequate, doesn't mention that Jewish character aspect:
"Les paramètres [de la négociation], c'est la frontière de 1967 avec des échanges mutuellement agréés et la question des garanties et de sécurité et, dans un second temps, dans le cadre d'un accord global, la question des réfugiés et de Jérusalem"
Same bias at L'Express
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Le ministre français a estimé qu'il y avait "une bonne chance pour que le Quartette (Etats-Unis, Russie, Onu, Union européenne) lance un appel aux parties à renégocier sur ces bases-là: renonciation au terrorisme et à la violence, acceptation des accords paix antérieurs, abandon de toute autre réclamation une fois que l'accord est conclu et surtout l'objectif de deux Etats nations pour deux peuples".
That doesn't, though, translate as " The nation-state of Israel for the Jewish people, and the nation-state of Palestine for the Palestinian people".
In any case, some people have a problem with this:
Demanding that Israel be recognized as the "national home" of a Jewish American, Canadian, South African or Argentine becomes problematic for many more liberal and secular Jews. Many Jewish Americans who've grown up with the melting-pot values of integration are not entirely comfortable with the idea that their religion assigns them a "national home" elsewhere - a 2007 survey of American Jewish attitudes to Israel found that only 54% of those under the age of 35 were "comfortable with the idea of a Jewish state."
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