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Five Things Every Tailgater Should Know

Lake Havasu City, AZ (PRWEB) November 21, 2008

Tailgating advice: Motorsports Advantage (http://www.motorsportsadvantage.com), which provides concierge services specifically designed for sporting enthusiasts, offers tips for RVers on how to avoid common problems and make the most of their tailgating experience.

Even though the weather is cooling off the football season is heating up as teams all over the country prepare to settle the score on the field. Whether you root for the Cowboys, Jets or Packers, Ohio State, Texas Tech or Alabama; your plan is the same– come early, cheer loud and stay late.

Tailgating season is in full swing and the morning starts out like most do for true fans like you — up early loading up the RV on your way to the stadium to find the perfect tailgating spot. Your mind is fixed firmly on the important questions of the day as you drive down the road– when to light the grill, what playlist on the iPod to use, do we have enough ice, when you blow a tire and start swerving all over. You make it to the shoulder only to realize you took out the spare tire to fit the BBQ and extra cooler of beverages. Even if you did have the spare you have no plans on jacking up this monster. Don’t worry. You’re not alone according to MotorSports Advantage a leader in RV technical and roadside assistance especially for sports fans. In researching more than 85,000 RV travel events, they found that tailgating with your RV can leave you feeling like you’ve just been sacked for a 15 yard loss.

Before gearing up for your next parking lot party consider these winning tips from MotorSports Advantage’s team of RV certified technicians and experts.

1.    Is this potato salad supposed to be hot?

A very common mistake is for tailgaters to pack as much as they can in the refrigerator. After all the idea is to make sure no one goes hungry or has to run to the store. Unfortunately not allowing room in your RV fridge for air to circulate reduces its effectiveness and can leave you with warm drinks and very bad potato salad.

Tip: Make sure you only place food and beverages that are already cold in your RV fridge. This way your fridge does not need to work as hard. Don’t forget your RV fridge runs on LP “Liquid Propane” not on 120v power like the triple door with ice maker and water in the door with the optional infrared sensor Frigidaire in your kitchen, so it needs to be on level ground to function properly.

2.    Scotty, I need more power!

Many RVers find themselves thrown back to the dark ages, with no power because they get too comfortable with the idea that things can run just like they do at home.

Tip:    No need to run the Microwave, TV, laptop, iPod, margarita machine and hairdryer all at once. In most cases simply resetting the GFIs in the RV will put things right, but make sure you know where the GFI reset is in advance just in case. Also check the oil level of your generator the day before you leave as low oil levels is a common cause of generator failure.

3.    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

Not to sound like your mother, but truer words have never been spoken! Most RVs are not run on a frequent basis, so they need extra attention when it comes to major components and parts.

Tip: To keep those check engine light blues away, make sure you service your RV regularly according to the owner’s manual. Incompatible coolant or filters long past due for changing are the root cause of many engine failures. If your RV is kept in storage between tailgating outings make sure you charge your engine battery every 7-10 days by running the engine for at least an hour or more if possible.

4.    It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it

Far too often RV tailgaters create a real mess for themselves after the big game or race by not putting water and chemicals in the toilet before the first use. The dirty yet necessary task of dumping the tanks can be a breeze with a little H20.

Tip: Make sure those RV novices you invited to tailgate with you get a crash course on RV bathroom etiquette and what items can and cannot be disposed of in the toilet. For example, regular household toilet paper, paper towels and female products are all big no nos.

5.    Don’t leave home without it

No one can predict exactly what will go wrong and when, but many RV tailgaters run into problems to and from the stadium or track. It can be a flat tire, a dead battery, or something more serious. In these cases the question becomes who are you going to turn to and how soon can they get there?

Tip: A premier RV roadside assistance plan can be just the thing to save the day and restore order in an otherwise uncertain world. Most cost less annually than the cost of one service call to a towing company or service provider on an as needed basis. Don’t rely on your same old auto coverage or provider. You know the old saying don’t send a boy to do a man’s job.

Motorsports Advantage powered by Coach-Net provides RV owners access to a team of RVIA-RVDA Certified Technicians 24/7, 365 days a year to troubleshoot common operational issues they may encounter with their RV. They also offer a full line-up of Concierge Services specifically designed for sporting enthusiasts, anything from up-to-the-minute game scores, locating your favorite team’s apparel, traffic reports at or around the stadium, to recommendations and reservations for sporting events – it’s like having your very own Tailgating Personal Assistant.

Additional information is available by calling Motorsports Advantage at 866-590-5944 or by visiting the website at http://www.motorsportsadvantage.com.

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CENTURY 21 Thomas Let’s Vacationers Know How To Get The Most From Family Travel In North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

CENTURY 21 Thomas

North Myrtle Beach, SC (PRWEB) February 8, 2010

CENTURY 21 Thomas, North Myrtle Beach’s oldest full service Real Estate and Vacation Rental Company is pleased to be able to offer vacationers important tips for planning the perfect vacation when renting professionally managed vacation home or condo.

With a TV commercial highlighting vacation rentals aired in Sunday’s big game, football fans and more are discovering why renting a vacation home, condo, or villa is a favorite choice for many instead of a hotel. Beyond the experiences that families and friends build by staying in a home away from home in North Myrtle Beach, there are numerous benefits to choosing vacation rentals – sometimes in ways they’d least expect.

Whether you’re trying a vacation rental for the first time or you’re one of the nearly nine of 10 travelers who plan to rent again*, North Myrtle Beach travel and vacation rental experts at Century 21 Thomas Beach Vacations offer the following planning tips and insights as a post-game update for visiting South Carolina’s Grand Strand.

    Know your destination: Whether you are a first-time traveler to the Myrtle Beach area or not, it’s recommended that you become familiar with the special events and festivals our area offers. Here are some activities and coming events that our guests and locals enjoy:

o    Exciting Entertainment at the Carolina Opry and Alabama Theatre

o    Concerts at the House of Blues and South by Southeast Music Feasts

o    BI-LO Myrtle Beach Marathon, February 13th

o    SOS Spring Safari Beach Music Festival, April 16th – 25th

o    Rivertown Jazz & Arts Festival, May 1st

o    29th Annual Blue Crab Festival, May 15th – 16th

o    Myrtle Beach Sun-Fun Festival, June 3rd – 7th

o    GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship, Aug 30th – Sept 3rd

    Look for packages: During certain seasons, vacation rental packages can provide even more value, some with up to SIXTEEN bedrooms with all of the typical amenities of a resort and more. Visit http://www.NMBTrips.com to become familiar with various vacation rental types, reservation rates as well as vacation specials available in North Myrtle Beach, SC.
    Avoid airline baggage fees: Most Century 21 Thomas Beach Vacation rentals come equipped with washers and dryers so travelers may choose to use these perks to pack less clothing and toiletries, avoiding commercial airlines’ baggage fees and restrictions.
    Use space to your advantage: North Myrtle Beach vacation homes and condos can be from one to eight or more bedrooms, often costing less than a single hotel room by sleeping 30 or more guests versus just a few.
    Save on dining out: With full kitchens and, sometimes, outdoor grills, vacation rental travelers can often make meals and keep snacks on hand for less, including football favorites like nachos & dips, hot wings, burgers and more during postseason trips. Use local ingredients and recipes for more memorable mealtimes, like fresh Carolina shrimp and seafood. This also can provide healthy travel options, allowing travelers to tailor their meals to their needs.
    Ask about after-hours service: When looking into any vacation rental accommodations, check to see if there is an accessible customer service number for emergency needs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and for after-hour requests. Century 21 Thomas Beach Vacations provides service 24/7.
    Entertain for free: Most of Century 21 Thomas Beach Vacations’ homes, villas and condos include amenities not found in hotels, some with private swimming pools, whirlpools, game rooms, wide-screen televisions, DVD players, WIFI, game consoles and more. Many are oceanfront or within easy walking distance of the beach.
    Ask about our golf packages: Beyond the ability to live like a local in North Myrtle Beach, you can also take advantage of our in-house golf vacation experts. With nearly 100 championship golf courses available, our seasoned golf directors can arrange your best golf vacation ever – whether for a twosome or a group of twenty or more. Golf groups love our spacious 6 to 8 bedroom homes and villas.
    Remember big events: Whether it’s for football championships or national Bowl games, concerts, baseball series, basketball or other events, vacation rentals can save fans from the hassle of finding multiple hotel rooms during big events, and on the cost of multiple reservations.
    Transportation: Getting to the Myrtle Beach area is easier than ever with new non-stop jet service from Dallas/Ft. Worth, Grand Rapids and Toronto just added. Major carriers including Delta, USAirways, Continental, United, Spirit and Myrtle Beach Direct connect us with locations across the country.

To learn more about available vacation rental options in North Myrtle Beach, SC visit http://www.Century21Thomas.com as a comprehensive resource. Also, visit our Beach Fun Forecast & Calendar, which lists more ongoing events in the area.

For general answers to frequently asked questions about vacation rentals or for more information, visit http://www.DiscoverVacationHomes.com as an official category resource. Also connect with travelers and experts in the Facebook vacation rental community at http://www.facebook.com/DiscoverVacationHomes, and join the conversation on Twitter @GoVacationHomes.

About CENTURY 21 Thomas Beach Vacations:

CENTURY 21 Thomas, established in 1962, is North Myrtle Beach’s oldest full-service real estate agency and vacation rental management company. CENTURY 21 Thomas lists and handles the sale and purchase of retirement properties, vacation homes and condominiums, investment properties, and primary residences. They also manage a large selection of vacation rental homes and condominiums, with properties located oceanfront, waterfront along the channels of Cherry Grove Inlet, and within easy walking distance of the beach. Their reputation as a real estate leader, knowledge of the area and the exceptional service provided to clients and customers are the keys to their success and longevity.

CENTURY 21 Thomas can be found on the web at http://www.CENTURY21thomas.com and be reached via phone at 800-249-2100. CENTURY 21 Thomas is proud to a member of the North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA).

*PhoCusWright’s Vacation Rental Marketplace: Poised for Change

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It was the spring of 1931. A freight train bound for Memphis carried a group of young African Americans in search of a better life. They were desperately trying to escape the future that awaited them because of the color of their skin.

Everyone in the Jim Crow South knew the rigid caste system and his or her place in it. Everyone in the Black community knew their life could turn upside down by the mere accusation of “disrespecting” a White person and their false sense of superiority and privilege. Everyone knew that “disrespecting” a White female was a capital offense punishable by death.

Despite knowing the grim realities that came with their dark complexion, the young group of African Americans on that freight train that day in March 1931 was still optimistic about the opportunities that awaited them in Memphis.

However, at a train stop in Stevenson, Ala., a young White man claimed that a group of Blacks had tossed him from the train. The sheriff in nearby Paint Rock, Ala ordered officers to arrest all African Americans onboard. When the train stopped, only nine African American men and two White females were onboard.

The two White females claimed the young Black men had gang raped them, and they were arrested on the spot Eight of the nine men were convicted and sentenced to death with very little evidence to suggest they were guilty of any crime.

The group became known as the Scottsboro Nine as the country was rocked by this blatant injustice. The International Labor Defense and the NAACP represented the Scottsboro Nine legally.

Eventually, one of the alleged victims recanted their story, saying that they were prostitutes who were trying to escape charges of vagrancy. The judge dismissed her story and convicted the Scottsboro Nine. On appeal, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the convictions.

Throughout the history of the Jim Crow South, injustices were commonplace. From Emmett Till to the Mississippi burning incident, equal justice for Blacks was completely unheard of throughout the southern region of the country.

However, as time has gone by and the South has become integrated, politically correct Americans have prided themselves on the abolishment of racism and discrimination. Ask a specific demographic if racism still exists and the answer is always an emphatic “no.” Ask them about the Jena Six, and see if that answer is still as emphatic as before.

”There are a lot of places in the Deep South where (almost) nothing has changed aside from the fact that segregation isn’t legal,” said Mark Potok, director of the intelligence project for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama.

In December 2006, an African American student asked the principal for permission to sit at a “White-only” tree in the courtyard of Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana. The principal responded by saying that the student could sit anywhere he pleased. The next day students found three nooses hanging from the “White-only” tree.

Race riots followed, culminating in a schoolyard fight that resulted in six Black teens charged with attempted murder for beating up a White teen who suffered no life threatening injuries.

The Black community of Jena was outraged. Prior to the fight at Jena High school, a Black teen had survived a vicious attack for attending an all-White party. In addition, a White youth had recently pulled a shotgun on three Black teens at a local convenient store. According to CNN.com, the White kid who beat up the Black party crasher faces charges of simple battery and the thug who pulled a shotgun faces no charges.

CNN.com reports that in the convenient store incident, the three Black teens were actually arrested and accused of aggravated battery after grabbing the gun-in what they call self-defense.

Despite the recent racially charged incidents, city official believe race is not an issue in any of these incidents.

”Race is not a major local issue. It’s not a factor in the local people’s lives,” said Mayor Murphy McMillan.

After protests erupted at the school and in the community, District Attorney Reed Walters told the Black students who were protesting under the “White only” tree that he could “end their life with a stroke of a pen.”

His words proved prophetic after the Jena Six were arrested and charged with attempted murder although the victim, Justin Barker, 17, was released from the hospital after two hours for a concussion and swollen eye. Barker even attended a ring ceremony later that night, where friends say he was his same jovial self.

The District Attorney added, “I will not tolerate this type of behavior. To those who act in this manner, I tell you that you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and with the harshest crime that the facts justify. When you are convicted, I will seek the maximum penalty allowed by law. I will see to it that you never again menace the students at any school in this parish.”

Mychal Bell, the first of the six to face a trial, will learn his fate this month. According to the Associated Press, an all-White jury on reduced charges of aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit it convicted Bell. He faces up to 22 years in prison.

”Can they really do this to me?” Bell asked from his jail cell.

Like the Scottsboro case in 1931, the Jena Six has received support from activist groups such as the NAACP and ACLU.

Al Sharpton recently organized a demonstration in the central Louisiana town to protest a justice system that has “one rule for White kids and one for Black kids.”

Sharpton added, “I did not come to Jena to start trouble. I came to Jena to stop trouble.”

According to local residents, Jena is a town divided by race. The town of 3,000 has only 350 African Americans. Most Blacks live in the impoverished Ward 10, while Whites live in a section of town known as “Snob Hill.”

When a Black teacher was able to purchase a home in the predominately-White “Snob Hill”, local real estate agents refused to show him a “White” property even though several were advertised in the local paper, according to CNN.com.

A young African American with a business degree was unable to get a job as a bank teller despite his qualifications.

The racial lines and caste system in Jena is evident and it was only a matter of time before all of the tension exploded.

”The White kids should have gotten more punishment for hanging nooses. If they had, all of the stuff that followed could have been avoided,” said Melvin Washington, the lone African American on the school board.

Despite the negative attention that has recently invaded Jena, injustice along racial lines is still commonplace in American society.

According to the Urban League, Black men are three times more likely than White men to face jail once they have been arrested. Over 24 percent of Blacks arrested in the U.S. in 2005 ended up in jail compared with 8.3 percent of White men.

Blacks also received jail sentences that are on average 15 percent longer than Whites for similar crimes. For aggravated assault, Black men were sentenced to an average of 48 months in jail, which is 33 percent longer than the average of 36 months received by White men, according to the Urban League’s annual State of Black America report.

As Bell awaits his sentencing, and the remainder of the Jena Six await their fate, ask yourself is racism extinct from American society. Sometimes people will have you believe that everyone gets along despite physical differences, and those claiming racism are simply playing the race card to their advantage. The next time you hear this excuse, think of the Jena Six and ask yourself, have we come as far as we think we have?

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California:
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado:
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut:
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
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Biden (D-DE), Yea
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Obama (D-IL), Yea
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Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
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Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
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Kerry (D-MA), Yea
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Jeffords (I-VT), Yea
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Washington:
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
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Thomas, you don’t know the first thing about me, ok? Take your advice and shove it up your arse! I took 2 history classes in college so your “theory” is wrong. Also, what I posted about our traitorous government….what the hell does that have to do with history, DUMBASS?!!!
Thomas P, I am married to a Native American. I bet you find that strange since you thought they didn’t exist and you say that I am a hick!! Leave the barrio once in a while, moron, there is a big world out there!!! You made a reference to my people. Some were also indigenous, if you don’t know what that means, it means “Native to the area.” You are an ignorant fool who presumes too much. You’re welcome for the free education.
You’re British? That explains the combination of arrogance and stupidity. I also have Native roots. My grandmother was full blood and her people suffered greatly. You are getting upset because I proved you wrong. There are many reservations in the U.S. Obviously, you haven’t visited any of them. There are Native Americans here. Didn’t your mother ever teach you to think before you speak?
ThomasP, please contact me through e-mail if you wish to continue this. You should say what you mean instead of changing it when you have been proven wrong. There is no shame in being wrong but it’s not fair for you to preach to me about American history, that I know about more than you do, and yet you are in the UK. Your ignorance is glaring. It truly is.
Mimilungren and Warhead, thank you with all of my heart and I hope his arrogant a ss reads what you said!
Suredidntmissyou, This is MY COUNTRY. I am not the one out of place here so screw you and your baby monkey.
Bit.dr, I’m sure you would know about Renegade but he’s back already. If you had any sense, you would know that. Remember when you had me kicked off PANOCHA, I was back in 5 minutes. Bring it, bi*ch.

I am a sophmore in college and looking to gain some real experience. I have looked for sites that give internship information and there are some great ones in other states, but I need to stay in my current state of Alabama.

My fiance’ and I are looking to purchase this gorgeous house at 2115 Leighton Ave in Anniston and I was wondering if any one knew anything about it…like…maybe if any significant events happened there? Such as…deaths,fires…etc. It’s a much older house..and I guess I’m hoping that it just isn’t haunted. lol thanks!
i was hoping maybe someone who lived in the area was familiar with events that may have happened