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Resolved Question: Can anyone please tell me about Grass Valley, CA?
I'm travelling to Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley CA, can anyone tell me names of hotels/motels near or around the area? It's my first time to go there, and I would like to stay close to my destination. thank you
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Resolved Question: what are some motel/hotels in southside las vegas nevada...?
that are well priced for living on a strict budget- am disabled.. is there public transportation there? any that are pet-friendly? i am wanting to stay on a month-to-month rate schedule...
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Resolved Question: USA Road Trip - where should we go?
My friend and I are planning on spending the summer in the States next year. We're thinking of renting an apartment in NY for two months and then spending August livind on the west coast. It seems to be a lot cheaper than the alternatives (greyhound, motels, motorhomes, etc) to stay in one place and then spend about 4 days of every week driving to a different state and checking out some new places and driving back again.
We figure we could probably see about 15 states in total. Any suggestions as to which?
P.S: Obv excluding NY and probably CA where we'd live on the west coast. And Nevada is a given as well as we're going to burning man
For those saying we shouldn't rent an apartment because we're not spending enough time there...the cheapest hotel comes in at around $2,170 - whereas an apartment is around $1,400 for the month. Our original idea was to live in an RV but it was amazing how expensive that would have been!
As for the sort of things we like - we're pretty big into music, mainly southern rock. We want to see real America. See the best museums, eat in quirky restaurants, obviously the big natural attractions. If you have something that would be fun or interesting to see or do near where you live, or even at at place you've visited or heard of then please let me know. Our list so far includes everything from wax museums to haunted houses, kayaking on lake george to medieval beer festivals. Really we're so diverse that we'll check out anything that would be a laugh.
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Resolved Question: What should I pack for a cross country road trip with my family?
1. I am a 13 year old girl
2. I already have the amount of shoes down
3. In my total wardrobe, i have about 25 shirts 14 pants/shorts/jeans, 37 pairs of socks and 7 pairs of shoes*
4. I only have two bags
5. Maximum hotel/motels being stayed at: 8
6. Departing from: Connecticut
7. Arriving at: Nevada/California
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Resolved Question: Cheapest okay Motels in Las Vegas, Nevada?
Its my Fiancee's 21st birthday and Her mom and 2 lil sisters (under 18) plus me and her want to road trip it down there. Ive been looking up hotels but cant seem to find the cheap ones. Does anyone have any advice?
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Resolved Question: What do U think 3 plead guilty after illegal immigrants held for ransom?
Three men have pleaded guilty to holding seven illegal immigrants in a Las Vegas motel room against their will.
The seven people were being held for ransom, U.S. District Attorney for Nevada Greg Brower said in a statement.
Court records show that in April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents received information that people who had crossed the border illegally from Mexico were being held in Las Vegas. The captors had contacted the victims' family members and said they needed to pay $2,800 for each victim's release, the district attorney said.
After an investigation, law enforcement agents and ICE officials determined through telephone records the victims were being held in a room at the Aruba Motel, 1215 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
On April 23, officers entered the motel room where the group was staying. They found 12 people, five of whom were the captors, Brower said. All 12 were taken into custody, and agents determined that 11 of them were illegal immigrants, seven of whom were smuggled into the United States for a fee, the district attorney said.
Felipe de Jesus Flores-Villela, 33, entered a guilty plea Wednesday and Victor Manual Morales-Velazquez, 22, and Angel Rigoberto Uribe-Ibarra, 48, entered guilty pleas Thursday. The men each pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens for private financial gain. A fourth man charged in the case, Orlando Jimenez, 21, is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to the same charge on Tuesday and a fifth man, Gerardo Perez-Villegas, 21, is awaiting trial.
All of the defendants, except Jimenez, who is a U.S. citizen, are Mexican nationals who entered the United States unlawfully, the district attorney said.
The men required the victims to contact family members, or to provide contact information for family members so they could contact them for ransom, investigators said. The men subjected the victims to physical assault and intimidation, displayed firearms and other weapons to intimidate the victims and made threats of death and physical violence to coerce them to persuade family members to pay the ransoms, the district attorney said.
Investigators found three pellet firing replica pistols and an automatic-opening bladed knife in the motel room, authorities said. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 6.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/09/3-plead-guilty-after-illegal-immigrants-held-ranso/
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Voting Question: cheap hotel on the strip in reno, nevada?
My husband and I are going in august for hot august nights the second week and are only staying for the weekend. I want to know if anyone knows of any hotels or motels on the strip (i believe its virginia st) where you can look outside your hotel and see your car in the parking lot.
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Resolved Question: ROAD TRIP QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TRAVELED OUT WEST FROM THE EAST COAST?
Some friends and I are planning a road trip to Santa Cruz CA. We looked at a map and looked at I think it was 40 and rt. 70 and one is a way going through Texas and Tennessee and all that and then the other was a way going up towards Colorado and Utah and going down towards Nevada and Arizona in which those are two places we would like to visit. Maybe we could go one way and come back another. Does anyone know of a good route or a quick route? Thanks!
Would be coming from va/md/dc area. And we're planning for next month, probably a week or more. What to see well, maybe some friends along the way if we go the utah colorado way. New mexico, vegas(we don't plan on staying long just a few hours because we are staying 1 night in AZ with friends) Then to Ca hollywood, la, the whiskey a gogo, santa cruz, we don't really plan on staying in motels just driving and sleeping in the vehicle. And when necessary maybe a motel or campground.
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Resolved Question: Road trip from Oregon to Orlando Florida, travel tips?
I'm driving from Oregon to Orlando Florida first week of May to be there to view the next space shuttle launch from the NASA causeway, it's about 3000 miles. I know California & Nevada pretty well, and am comfortable traveling throught them, but Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc. on the way to and including Florida is a whole other ball of wax. I'm looking forward to it, but what should I be prepared for as far as weather, and tips for places to stay on the way? I like small, quiet, intimate, clean, safe, independent & interesting motels. I'm older and disabled. Not interested in parties or theme parks. Suggestions for interesting rest stops on the way? Thanks in advance
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Resolved Question: The cons of legalizing prositution?
I have an article that I have to rigth cons on, but I have so fiew in my head, I need help.
Legalize Prostitution
In many communities throughout the U.S., the police focus attention on arresting persons involved in prostitution. A careful examination of this practice shows that it reduces the quality of life in society.
By forcing prostitution out of places where it would more naturally be found, such as in brothels or near motels, the police drive that activity into the streets of neighborhoods where it otherwise would not exist. As a result, residents of the neighborhoods are exposed to the activity against their will.
Also because of prostitution being forced into the streets, the dangers to many prostitutes greatly increase. Prostitutes whose jobs involve working at night and getting into cars with complete strangers can be, and often have been, easy pickings for serial killers and other sociopaths. James Alan Fox, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University, says prostitutes are the most frequent targets for serial killers.
A sensible solution to these problems would be to follow the example of some European cities, where prostitution is allowed in certain designated areas. People who are interested in the activity go to places where it's permitted, and they leave alone the neighborhoods that don't wish to be associated with it. And the prostitutes can work in environments where they are much safer.
Another problem with prostitution arrests is that they cause long-term increases in crime and drug abuse in society. Margo St. James, a former social worker and a leading advocate of legalizing prostitution, writes: "When a woman is charged for a sex crime, it's a stigma that lasts her lifetime, and it makes her unemployable."
St. James identifies this stigma as a major reason why a large percentage of women who are in jail were first arrested for prostitution. The arrest record forecloses normal employment possibilities, keeps the women working as prostitutes longer than they otherwise would, and sets them up for a lifetime of involvement with drugs and serious crime.
Keeping prostitution illegal also contributes to crime because many criminals view prostitutes and their customers as attractive targets for robbery, fraud, rape, or other criminal acts. The criminals realize that such people are unlikely to report the crimes to police, because the victims would have to admit they were involved in the illegal activity of prostitution when the attacks took place.
If prostitution were legal, these victims would be less reluctant to report to police any criminal acts that occurred while they were involved in it. This would significantly improve the probability of catching the criminals and preventing them from victimizing others. In many cases, it could deter them from committing the crimes in the first place.
That view is consistent with the experience of the European countries where prostitution is legal. They have far lower crime rates than the U.S. And a similar situation applies in the Nevada counties where prostitution is legal. According to Barb Brents and Kate Hausbeck, two professors of sociology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas who have extensively studied the Nevada brothel industry, those counties are quite peaceable and have very low crime rates.
No wonder that in November 2004 in Churchill County, Nevada, a ballot proposal to outlaw prostitution was rejected by a 2-to-1 margin. Although the county is mostly Republican and supported George W. Bush for president, the same voters saw no reason to stop brothels from operating there.
Additionally, laws against prostitution violate Americans' fundamental rights of individual liberty and personal privacy. Thomas Jefferson and other founders of the U.S. envisioned a society where people can live without interference from government, provided they don't harm others.
As Jefferson said in his First Inaugural Address: "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement." Or as Arthur Hoppe wrote about consensual acts in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1992: "The function of government is to protect me from others. It's up to me, thank you, to protect me from me."
Similar to issues such as birth control, this issue involves people's fundamental rights to control their own bodies and decide the best way to conduct their lives. Alan Soble noted, "The freedom to choose one's reasons for engaging in sex is an important part of sexual freedom."
In a free society, it makes no sense for the government to be telling persons - particularly the poor - they cannot charge a fee for harmless services they otherwise are at liberty to give away. To paraphrase George Carlin: Selling is legal, and sex is legal, so why isn't selling sex legal?
In fact, many people work in the sex indu
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