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The new year has finally arrived and for many of you this is something which couldn't come quick enough. Was 2013 an unfortunate year for you? How many of you didn't achieve what you set out to accomplish because of a set back? Have you now told yourself that 2014 is 'your year' and this is when you will shine? If this is you then I urge you to read on so that I can help you have your best year yet....
The Mind
Do you want to lose weight? Increase muscle mass? Enter a race? Start running? Be more flexible? Are these goals relating to what you want to achieve this year? Have you got a summer holiday planned for this year and you want to look great for it? What ever your goal is it can be achieved only if you TELL YOURSELF you can do it. You see it is all in the mind and believing in yourself is a major step in the right direction. Anyone can just say 'I want to be fitter' or 'I want to lose weight'. How many of you have said this last year but didn't achieve it? I will be real with you, the reason why you didn't achieve it is because you didn't believe in your goal. Your mind is your most powerful asset and once you believe you can achieve it, you will!!
Obstacles And Set Backs
You have 365 days to work towards your goal and let me be honest with you again, there is no easy way to achieving it. There are no short cuts and there are no hidden secrets I can tell you about that no one else has heard of. You will reach obstacles and there will be set backs which are going to affect how you handle your goal. I can't begin to tell you how many obstacles I have been through but you know what keeps me going, my mindset. This is why the mind is so important because you need to tell yourself everyday that you can achieve what you have set out to do. If you are MENTALLY weak you will not achieve it because as soon as there is a small obstacle or a chance for you to quit, you will! Ask yourself right now, did I stop achieving my goal because of something else getting in the way? I guarantee most of you will answer yes, but your new mindset is going to change this, as of NOW!
Getting Started
The New Year New You saying doesn't work unless you put in hard work and dedication into your goal every day.Motivation is what you need to get you started but habit is what will keep you going. Staying consistent and focused on your goal is going to give you everything you need to achieve it. Your goal isn't impossible and as long as you are staying positive and want it, you will get there. Let me tell you something, without struggle there is no success and for you to achieve your goal it will mean staying strong both physically and mentally. Again, I refer back to the mind because in your darkest hour you will need everything you have to get you through in it. Those times when you want to quit, the moments when self doubt creeps in are the times when you need to tell yourself YOU CAN DO IT.
What You Need To Do
Enough of the talking. I hope you are feeling motivated after reading this and it has made you realise that you can achieve your goal as long as you believe in yourself. Stay real to yourself too, it won't be an easy goal and anything you want bad enough often means making sacrifices for it. Ultimately you run your life and you are the director of it. What you choose to do will map out your path and how you get to where you want to be. You see, your life is one big road map and there are always different turns you can make. You will always come to cross roads and sometimes you will not know whether to turn or carry on. As long as you believe in yourself and keep telling yourself daily that you won't quit until you get there, YOU WILL ACHIEVE IT!
New Year New You
I am very passionate about the new year and there is nothing I want more than to help as many of you as possible to achieve your goal. For you to achieve your goal though you need to have a plan and stick to it. I want you to use these simple steps, apply them daily and refer back to them when you need too.
1) Write your goal(s) down onto a piece of paper and keep this on you at all times. Place this in your wallet, or in your purse and keep it on you so you know how REAL it is to you.
2) Make small targets which you can reach every day to help keep you motivated. The bigger the targets the more likely it is you won't reach them and this can demotivate you.
3) Surround yourself with happy, positive like minded people who share the same goal(s) as you. Keep your circle of friends who want to support you and will help you keep you going.
4) Don't be afraid to say NO to a night out. Don't be afraid to say NO to eating something bad. Don't be afraid to say NO to peer pressure. Refer to point number 3 ;)
5) Staying on this theme, don't be afraid to fail. In order to achieve your goal you have to be willing to go all out. This means putting everything on the line.
6) Make sacrifices which will push you in the direction of your goal and not away from it. You can't party like a rockstar and lead a healthy lifestyle, so choose which life you want!!
7) It is a lifestyle. You don't have to give up drinking, bad food. You just have to make smarter choices. Instead of a packet of crisps every day why not set a target of having them once or twice a week?
8) Your goal(s) are yours and no one else's. Don't be ashamed of what you want to achieve and don't let anyone tell you it can't be done. If I'd have listened to people telling me you can't do it I would not be where I am today!!
9) Believe in yourself. Always have your goal in the fore front of your mind. En vision how you want to be and you will be it, it is that simple!
10) NEVER GIVE UP. There will be times when you want too. I assure you it will be tough but when these feelings creep in I URGE you to refer back to point 1. Refer to your piece of paper and remember why you started. You will soon think twice about giving up.
Final Advice
Every king was once a crying baby. Every building was once a map. Every athlete of today was once in a position you are in now. Do not become discouraged. Don't blame something else for not getting to where you want to be because ultimately everything lies on WHAT YOU DO. I believe in you and I know you can do this,
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (Lao Tzu) Happy New Year, welcome to 2014 and here is to a fantastic year.


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38 RV Parks near San Marcos, California
Lake San Marcos, California 2.72 miles SW
Escondido, California 3.93 miles SE
Vista, California 5.81 miles NW
Hidden Meadows, California 6.44 miles NE
Carlsbad, California 8.06 miles W
We did however find 38 campgrounds within 25 miles of San Marcos. You can also find a list of cities with campgrounds or RV Parks near San Marcos in the left hand column.
1740 Seven Oakes Rd Escondido, California 92026 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 127 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 67 Reviews
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Nov 2019 - $83.00
We were first assigned a standard site but there was no enough room to back our 43 foot fiver into the site. The then assigned us a premium site which we were able to back into with some help from the neighbors. Roads are all paved and sites are level concrete pads. Utilities were positioned for easy access. The sites are are close together but there is beautiful and well maintained landscape in between. Staff is very friendly and helpful. This park is on a hillside so you could find yourself backing up hill. Some pull through sites would be very welcome. There is multiple very nice pet areas. The interior roads could be a bit wider at some of the turns. We did drag the back of our fiver entering and leaving from the street. Looks like lots of others have also from the marks on the pavement. Over all a very nice RV Park. We would stay here again. - BBGuy
Aug 2019 - $70.00
We were in the area for a wedding so were here for 5 nights in a deluxe site. This is an urban environment. That said, we had a large site that was well maintained with lovely landscaping. The only negative for us was that it was a very long way to the showers (we were having issues with our onboard shower) and there was no place to park anywhere near the showers. - Travel Junky
Mar 2019 - $45.00
Wee bit close to the noise of I-15, but not obtrusive. Sites are close together, but well maintained and clean. We parked a 40' Jayco without drama. Our particular site was likely one of the best in the park with its extra side room/patio pad. Newer pedestals, well located. Staff was outstanding, check-in process was friendly, quick and efficient. We had a hedge row in our ear on our utilities/hookup side, but not a big deal...just the way it is sometimes with a 40' rig with 3 slide-outs. Escondido is close to activities in the San Diego metro area and only an hour drive to Orange County. - SVLandYacht
713 Olive Ave Vista, California 92083 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 60 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 22 Reviews
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Nov 2019 - $51.00
This is a clean, well maintained, small 60 space (pull thru and back in) RV park. It is convenient to San Diego located between the 5 and 15 freeways just a couple blocks of the 78 freeway in the city of Vista. Paved roads, cement pads. no privacy between sites but enough room. Forty foot unit with truck could probably stay hooked. Small but clean laundry facility open 24hrs. Office lady friendly and helpful. Nice dog walk area. Utilities are well positioned well taken care of but arm strength needed to lift access cove of sewer drain. RV sites have slant toward roads so be sure you have necessary blocks to level your rig (more than usual). RV park shares entry road with adjacent trailer park (on your right). Shabby looking and old but presented no problem. Will stay here again but I was told that during summer it is packed and hard to get a space. - socalretiree
Oct 2019 - $55.00
My husband and I stayed here for about 1 month and a half. This park is centrally located in the Vista area. The rates were reasonable and recently lowered! The park is well maintained and clean. The staff are extremely helpful and friendly, we requested to move sites (added a 2nd car) the last week of our stay and were accommodated with ease. The park is located next to another trailer park but has a secured facility and codes are provided at check-in. Sloped sites but blocks were provided. - Wendy Burt
Apr 2019 - $50.00
Sites were narrow, but long enough that I could have left my long box, crew cab, pickup and 34' travel trailer hooked up. Most lot have quite a bit of slope towards the road. The park is connected to a mobile home park and a lot of the trailers in that part are old. I never felt uncomfortable, but that part of the park is a little "tacky." Office hours are rather short. When I arrived, check-in time was 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. eith after hours arranged. I arrived shortly after 1 p. m. and had to wait until 2 p. m. because the office was closed for lunch. Also, I had reservations for Thursday through Monday. I discovered that I was getting in a day early, on Wednesday. I tried to call the office to ask for Wednesday night also and got an answering service, twice and the office never never returned my calls. Also, the weekend we were there, the office closed Friday night and wasn't open until Monday morning. Finally, I just went on line and made a reservation for another night, hoping they would tie the two together so I didn't have to move. They did tie the two reservations together so I didn't have to move. There is a school across the street, so from 8 to 9 and again around 3 to 4 traffic is heavy in front of the park. - alcomechanic
1700 La Honda Dr Escondido, California 92027 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 47 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 5 Reviews
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Nov 2017 - $28.00
The park is a campground, really suited to tenting rather than rv'ing. They definitely need to step up with maintenance if they want me to camp. Trees and shrubs are not trimmed to a safe height or on the sides of the road for rv's to negotiate the road safely. Having damaged the rubber roof on a trailer once and incurred the associated expense I will not be camping there again unless they step up their pruning and do a proper job for rv's. If not then leave this campground to the tenters. - D Miller
Jul 2015 - $50.00
Stayed here for one week in a 43ft Diesel Pusher. There are numerous sections and elevations to this park. It is tucked away and about 13 miles from hwy 78 which goes to the coast (Oceanside-Carlsbad) and IH 5. We normally stay closer in but our regular park was booked.
The only down side to this park is WI-FI and Telephone (Verizon) service. It is extremely week and sometimes unusable and it was a necessary item for us. For that reason alone, I could not stay here again (we work while on the road). I understand it is not totally there fault. We used our own Hot spot. They provide Tengonet for 1 computer and charge for any others. Access to spaces for big rigs is good....they will selectively place you where you will fit. It has many trees available and two ponds, and family friendly. Many travel trailers and permanent residents but the park is very well maintained , clean and manicured. It is easy access from IH 15 and about 12 miles to the north end of Escondido. I could not stay here again because of communication access issues. - Bigdogsolo
Apr 2015 - $40.00
We spent one night at a site that had full hookups. The park was very clean, beautiful and easy to get in and out of. The park allows fishing but no swimming since it's a municipal water source. You can also rent paddle boats and small motor boats but go early because they rent out quickly on the weekend. - Tony ML
1947 E Vista Way Vista, California 92084 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 19 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 6 Reviews
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Nov 2018 - $26.00
Great trees, huge community area, fire pits, picnic tables, bocci ball, horse shoes, Best wi fi I've ever seen in an rvv park, over 10mbs down, WOW just the best, great resultant right next door, No street noise at all! - WhoMe
Apr 2018 - $26.00
Really active and fun lodge, great people. Dinner most nights, some lunches, music and dancing couple nights each week. Not a good spot for dogs, just asphalt for them and heed their warning to keep your dogs leashed. They warn of coyotes (which we did hear), but our RV neighbor did not have her little guy leashed and a neighborhood dog came down the hill and attacked it. Be careful with your pets (and little tykes for that matter). That being said, we really enjoyed our stay there and will be back. The grounds around the lodge are very pretty. The spots are tight, but we were fine. - Duran
Jul 2017 - $24.00
Great park for the price in this area. For Elks members only. 30 amp FHU, back-in, gravel space. Parking for our truck was nearby. Reservations recommended - call 760.724.1968. Helpful hosts. Excellent Verizon signal. - Ray & Lyn Madaghiele
30012 Old Highway 395 Escondido, California 92026 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 150 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 4 Reviews
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Dec 2015 - $38.00
We have stayed at this park many times over the past years and do so simply because it is ideally located and close to family we visit in the area. It is an older and pretty much run down park that is mostly permanent residents and with few spaces available for overnight use. It is a "quaint" little park with a small but well stocked grocery store on the premises which is used by outsiders as well as those inside the park. It is situated in between I-15 and old Hwy 395 so there is traffic all day and night but surprisingly is not that noisy or bothersome. The owner is great and very accommodating as by now we are on a first name basis with her. She always tries to get us into a space that is easy to back into and away from some of the older and more run down units in the park and that is why we continue to come back each time we are in the area visiting family. The rate is a tad on the high side for what you get but it is after all very well located and in the San Diego/Escondido area. Prices of other parks in the area, but not much better, are even higher. We have checked them out and even stayed at one only to be very disappointed. So once again is really is the only game in town that serves our needs. Funny thing, a few months ago we were watching a program on the Home & Garden channel and it featured a "tiny house" that was recently constructed in the very space we were in on our last trip to this park. As we drove by it we both said, "Hey, there's that tiny house we saw on TV". And it is sitting right next to the old beat up, run down, ugly, and totally trashed out old Airstream travel trailer we sat next to and mentioned in our last review of this park. - BankShot
Dec 2014 - $38.00
We used this park due to its convenience to family we were visiting in the area. Quaint little park with a lot of permanents but they were friendly and in one instance very helpful with a slight problem we had. Great little store on site that is used by the general public as well so it has many more items than most RV park stores do. We bought several items there. A really nice pool area and a small seasonal lake that gets all covered with algae and scum, etc. when not cleaned. The space was a tad tight to squeeze our Class A into but we managed. A small table is provided and hookups are convenient and okay. Would probably stay again when we are back in the area to visit but only then as there are much nicer parks further away. - BankShot
Dec 2009 - $32.00
We've been to this area many times before and always stayed at the Sunland RV park or closer in to San Diego. We typically use the RV park as a home base for wine tasting in Temecula and decided that this time we were going to try and save some money and try a new place. After reading a ton of reviews and looking at photos and Google Earth trying to decide, we settled on All Seasons RV park. We are pretty flexible with where we stay, we don't have a fancy rig or anything. We prefer the "off the beaten path" kind of place and typically prefer more of a "camping" experience. Although we truly appreciate the amenities of a fancy park, we're pretty simple with our requirement. Full hook-ups, quiet and clean. I guess with All Seasons RV Park 1 out of 3 is what they were shooting for. Let me start with the "good" that allowed me to score this place a 2. The staff is friendly and helpful, the pool area is really nice and the camp store is really well stocked and convenient (more on the camp store later). The "lake" does look nice, when the sun is setting and the wind is blowing just right and you close one eye and peak at it from around the corner and frame is just so with a tree or something. The hook ups worked, cable TV was a little spotty at times, but we got GREAT cell reception and my Verizon Internet card worked GREAT! So we could stream Hulu and Netflix movies and pretend we were somewhere else. (You know, Magnum PI is STILL a great show!) On to the bad. As we were rolling in to our site (#11) we had to wiggle through this sort of, gauntlet of "permanent" residents. Although no one was a problem (noise, parties, etc) certainly could have done some tidying up. Some sites it seemed that these residence had all of their worldly possessions piled outside their camper (these are campers not mobile homes) and some of these campers seem like maybe they've been here since the California was declared a state in the late 1800s. A few of them I'm pretty sure, you couldn't tow them anywhere if you wanted to. Some people have put up these "tarp" garages which is nice for them, but it really looks bad. So it just made for an unsightly area. People's things, cars, trucks etc., were hanging out onto the already narrow road. It was a huge disappointment right off the bat. Our Site: Our site backed up to the lake (which was nice), but it was TIGHT. We have a 17 foot travel trailer (no slides) that we tow with an old Land Rover. This is NOT a huge setup. Backed in as far as we could the front bumper of my truck was sticking out on the road. On the hookup side of my trailer they had planted some evergreen trees which gave us a plenty of privacy from neighbors, that worked well, however they were right up against the side of my trailer and the hook ups were buried at the base of the trees. I literally had to get down in the mud on my hands and knees with one shoulder pressed up against the side of the trailer and the rest of my body getting scratched to death by being completely embedded in the trees in order to get everything connected. Our site also sloped toward the lake a little (makes sense) which is sort of a problem for our camper. Our "pipe" is VERY low to to the ground to begin with (clearly not the RV park's fault), but it seems that our site sloped toward the back, away from the hook ups that were mounted in concrete about 3-4 inches above ground level. I put my trailer up on 4 inches of wood and with the slope of the site, we were still in a position where we'd be somehow having to drain significantly UP hill. I'm still not sure how I'm going to make that work. Each site does have a fire ring (one of the reasons we chose this place), this was great because we like to use our dutch oven and cook as much as we can over the fire. It's nice. Well, this fire ring is a rusty tire rim, tossed on the slope of mud between our camper and the lake and filled with garbage. It sat at about a 30 degree angle and was literally FILLED with trash. Non-burnable, nasty trash. Cigarette packs, Styrofoam bait containers with rotting worms in it, half full plastic water bottles, a few dozen feet of tangled fishing line with rusty hooks still attached etc. It was nasty. I also found used rubber gloves (apparently from the previous people's final dump) laying in our site. I spent the first few hours of our stay, CLEANING up our site (filled an entire garbage bag). Not the way I would expect to start out. There is a nice concrete patio with a picnic table (adorned with a skillfully carved AC/DC logo). This site is situated almost parallel to the shore line of the lake. So when we open our camper door we have a very nice view of the lake. It's nice that we are not staring directly at the "business side" of another camper. This arrangement results in very sharp "pie-shaped" living area, the big end of the triangle being toward the front of the camper and the small angle being at the back. So we have this 3 foot bit of concrete patio with a picnic table (that barely fits, then a 6-inch concrete drainage channel then the fire pit, then it slopes off into the lake. In order to use the patio and the table you are constantly stepping in/over this concrete drainage channel. It's VERY dangerous in my opinion. Adding a metal grate or something would SERIOUSLY make all the difference in the world. The Store: Just a warning. The camp store doesn't appear to be run by the campground. It's actually a convenience store like the kind attached to a gas station and serves the public as well as registered campers/residents. The store is a little creepy. It gets a TON of traffic late into the night. (I'm not actually sure how late it's open, but well after dark for sure.) There are people coming and going, buying liquor and various tobacco products. I did buy some beer while I was in there, they have a good selection and the staff is VERY nice. You just kind of have to wonder what ELSE may be being sold in that store, you know? Summary: The staff is nice and helpful. They even called me in my car when we weren't here when we said we were, and helped get us turned around when we missed the exit. Very nice. The pool area and the one area near the bathrooms/showers seem to be "Newer" and the presence of new-looking concrete and wooden structures (hand rails, decks, fencing etc.), indicate that maybe renovations have been recently done or are at least a very slow on going process. This place has a LOT of potential but requires a TON of work. The final thing I'd like to mention regarding this park, is that it sits in a little creek valley 250 yards wide (at it's widest) in between I-15 and old highway 395. The road noise is CONSTANT an very loud and 24/7. It never gets quiet. At this point, I don't see us returning until we see a sign on the road (or website) saying "Renovations Complete!" or "Newly reconfigured and remodeled." I'm not sure what they can do about the road noise, that's just a location thing so it's hard to knock them for that. They could also work on cleaning up the sites after people leave. - Brian and Jenny
7201 Carlsbad Blvd. Carlsbad, California 92008 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 222 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 36 Reviews
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Aug 2019 - $50.00
We stayed here for a quick get away at the end of the summer before school. Arrived at 4pm quick check in. Staff was great. The site was large and had hedges on both sides very private. The site was compacted dirt and was dusty. We got a premium ocean view site so pulled the rig in facing the ocean. The beach was down about 120 steps so its a hike up and down so bring everything with you. Lifeguard tower was operational. Beach was great (Stay away from bluffs as they have collapsed in past). Showers were good, private stalls for the toilets. They have a paid dump $10 which worked great. Overall great stay. - Pumpman2
May 2019 - $50.00
We have stayed at this campground on holiday weekends for 25 years. Yes, it is crowded but for the amount of people the staff does a good job keeping it clean. They do have some sites with full hookups but near to impossible to reserve them. You must book these 6 months ahead for almost any weekend. Half the campground is beachfront and the million dollar view is awesome. - Tkcoffman
Mar 2018 - $65.00
This is just another example of the failed attempts made by CA state to bilk dollars from campers while providing only the basics at a ridiculous price. Most sites, including ours, are nothing but dry, powdery dirt that tracks everywhere. Views are nice, but you are up on a high cliff, so accessing the rocky beach is not an easy task for some. Once again...no dogs allowed on the beach. Our site was in a row of eight empty sites, so we got one good night's sleep before some inconsiderate neanderthal rolled in the next morning twenty feet away and set up his mega-camp. Camping etiquette rule number two, broken again. Homeless people in the site across from ours didn't make for a great experience either. Lastly, the campfire smoke will nearly choke you out if the wind isn't just right. Skip it. - xyz-123
8310 Nelson Way Escondido, California 92026 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 74 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 17 Reviews
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Apr 2017 - $40.00
One of the best campgrounds I have stayed at this year. staff is very helpful. Very well maintained campground. 75% long term residents. Lots of rules to make every resident a good resident. Full services -security, store, close to interstate access. They think of everything. - Geno1986
Apr 2016 - $45.00
This park was satisfactory, as it was close to Escondido where we stayed for the weekend, only 35 minutes to San Diego. We had asked for a spot up top based on another review on this website; the warning is the hill to get up there. I pull a 40' Landmark with a 2014 1-ton truck. If you have anything less I wouldn't go up. It's very steep and will put a lot of strain on your truck. Take a site lower down. There seemed to be a lot of full timers. Picturesque stocked fishing lakes. Staff were very friendly. - North America in 90 days
Jan 2016 - $24.00
We stayed here for five weeks. The sites are nice and large enough for our 45' motor home. We were escorted to our site and then the owner even came by and helped us back in. We stayed for over a month, so had to pay for electric. It is on a tiered system which starts at $.10 a kilowatt and ends at $.30 a kilowatt. We were told that it changes monthly. We were also charged an EECC fee of $115. Our total electric bill was $415, so I recommend using propane. A propane truck comes by on Fridays to fill up motor homes. - greyhoundmom
3000 Guajome Lake Rd Oceanside, California 92057 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 33 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 31 Reviews
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Nov 2018 - $29.00
Stayed Thanksgiving Week Monday to Friday. Very quiet until Wednesday evening when all of the Thanksgiving family groups arrived. We were spending the holidays with family stationed at Camp Penelton - this park is conveniently located and the price is very right for this area. Lots to do walking trails, playground, volleyball court, horseshoes, etc. Campground is close to lots of shopping WalMart, Vons, fast food, and restaurants. Two negatives no sewer and no OTA stations. We would stay again. - ctravelgal04
Jul 2018 - $35.00
Guajome is a very pleasant regional park with lakes, riparian vegetation, and compacted dirt walking trails all around. It's very popular and difficult to get a spot any weekend without reservations far in advance. Even though it's 9+ miles from the beach, it's much less expensive than the coastal campgrounds. Larger rigs will want to stick to the lower sites. With tall trees nearby don't count on every site getting a satellite signal. Our 50 amp service worked fine in two different sites. There's a sand volleyball court and a new but odd pickleball court - the concrete pad only goes as far as the outside lines, so you are in sand when you go beyond to serve, etc; therefore it's good for practice only unless they expand it. My favorite aspect of the park is accessibility to the San Luis Rey River Trail that goes ~9 miles to beach (see tips section). The only negatives besides difficulty to get sites on weekends & too few sites for larger rigs, are the explosion noises from nearby Camp Pendleton, and Highway 76 which is frequently gridlocked. We also got bitten up by mosquitos during an evening out at the picnic table. - enCYCLEpedia
May 2018 - $44.00
We stayed here while in town for our Niece's wedding. This is a great location centrally located between Orange county and San Diego. The parks electrical infrastructure underwent a major upgrade in the early spring of 2018. Many sites now have 50 amps. :-) The sites are paved, and there are a lot of great places to walk around in this park to explore including a cute little lake. The sites have electric and water, but no sewer hookups, but there is a dump station here in the park. They do not have breed restrictions for dogs as long as the dogs and their owners are well behaved! :-) The bathroom and shower areas are very well maintained. The staff is hard working and friendly. We would definitely come here again, but because we have a 40 foot motorhome and a toad, we would probably pick a different site. Be aware some sites will have a side space to park your tow vehicle and others will not. Site number 3 is just big enough for our 40 foot motorhome and that is all. - luvdoggiez
30821 Lilac Rd Valley Center, California 92082 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 57 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 7 Reviews
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Jul 2017 - $35.00
Took our camper out for its maiden voyage here. This place is such a lush little hidden gem right in San Diego. The park itself has three small ponds which are mosquito treated, and the ducks and swans are gorgeous there. They also sound hilarious. The lakeside spot was perfect, great drive thru spots open. The pool is clean and a hub for family and kids. Lots of residents here but they're very friendly. There's an easy hike if you walk to the back of the park and under the gate that rewards you with gorgeous views of Palomar and a few other lovely surprises. There's many old Oak trees and lots of shaded picnic tables. A small church group meets there in a natural outdoor amphitheater, walk up past it and you'll be rewarded with a serene, crystal pond that perfectly reflects all the trees and skies. The camp hostess is a local and she is very professional, knowledgeable, and friendly, and supportive. Note: the drive to get there is pretty tight and windy so sway bars help a lot. If you miss the turnout for the camp entrance don't worry there is a place for you to make a u turn with your rig albeit 3-4 miles down the road both ways. Watch out for military vehicles. - NSvihlDMD
Jun 2017 - $32.00
We booked in advance two nights.We Changed or plans. Camp ground gives no refunds for any reason. We went there. Saw how small the sites were, tried to get a 39ft fifth wheel in, but not enough room to maneuver. Finally insisted o a refund to size of site and conditions. Lady was good to help had to contact manager to do refund. Park is ok for small campers, but it is very old and needs some up grades. Would not go back in a big rig. - wedgedriver
Jul 2016 - $35.00
We stayed for the July 4th weekend and had a great time. The staff was polite and responsive. The bathrooms were clean enough. There were 3 showers for the women but small with no benches or ledges for your things.
The pool was clean and refreshing. We had electricity and water at the campsite, but not septic.
When we made our reservations they said we had to bring our own fire pit, but when we got there, they had put one on our site. Then on the second day they installed a BBQ for cooking near our picnic table, which was nice as we did most of our cooking outdoors.
The only problem we had was with campers next to us. A large party on several sites, they were loud, drinking and using foul language late into the night. Despite having "quiet hour" at 10 PM, no one did a thing, as the office was closed. So we were up late, trying to enjoy our own fire, but had to listen to that late into the night. We especially didn't appreciate our young boys having to endure that kind of language, the topics, etc.
We complained the next day. They were given a warning. We were given a phone number to call/text if it happened again w the promise they'd be 'escorted' out. However the next night it happened again, lasting well past 3 AM. I texted the number they gave us at 1 AM, but once again no enforcement.
We complained the next day and they said they didn't have anyone to patrol the campgrounds at night or enforce the rules because their security guard wanted 40 hours (full time work) but they didn't have a need for that. I asked why they didn't have someone just for the holiday weekend.
All in all, it was a good time despite the lack of sleep due to the lack of enforcement of the rules. - BarbaraD
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Roads are in terrible shape. Our site was very difficult to back in. Farm animals nearby smelled awful. A run down trailer park not for short term campers. On side of a hill. - Geno1986
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Just stayed 3 nights in a travel trailer at Woods Valley Kampground. We thought we had come to the wrong place at first, but it turned out to be a pretty good little camping spot! We rented spot #P5 which is a full hook-up site and is close to the swimming pool (not intentional, but we had no choice). When we arrived on the Thursday. It seemed like the park was empty except for the permanent residents who take up ALL of roadrunner flats, quail heights, and the area we were in - P. Actually, I think we were the ONLY full hook up spot that was not occupied by a full time resident. Thursday night was super quiet which was a great getaway from the traffic noise in orange county! The manager was great! Very helpful and friendly. Also, that they were trying to "tidy up" the park. Friday morning was blissful and so relaxing but by Friday afternoon an influx of families and children arrived, mostly in tents and travel campers, killing the quietness of the campground. Campers who were behind us in "boomerang" were up Saturday morning at 5:45am letting the kids run free! I'm all for a good time, but 5:45am really? I did venture into the restrooms to wash my hands after packing up, and I'm very glad to report that I have my own bathroom in my trailer to use! A little on the dirty side, but it was Sunday so that may have been why? If you are looking for a little piece and quiet in a relaxing setting, I suggest camping here during the weekdays, which we intend to do next time. And, If you have children, join in the madness on the weekends. It's kid heaven and they will love it. - kiwi14

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I apologize ahead of time for this post. Daddy isn't able to call tonight, and he HAS to hear about this tonight. . . we are hoping he checks this before bed tonight!
Potty candy does not need too much of an explanation, but here it is, as basic as it is: potty candy is an M&M presented to little boys and girls upon appropriate placement of their waste in the toilet. One candy for number one (no choice of color – just whatever happens to come out of the little container) at least two candies for doing number two with a choice of colors as a bonus (this is bigger than one would think – almost better than the candy itself!)
We've seemed to have mastered putting number one in the toilet during the daytime, however, number two always needed a diaper. One day this week he accidentally went NUMBER TWO outside (after he realized that number one could be put on a tree or in the grass if we were away from a toilet.) Then he had two incidents in one day of going number two outside. None in a diaper. I counted this as progress, thankful for anything at this point, and thankful the neighbors weren't home when he dropped his drawers and left his little surprise on the back lawn. Anyone who has potty-trained a child knows how irrationally desperate we can get during this process! Then, this afternoon he jumped up from what he was doing, announced his need to go number two and raced to the bathroom. He made it in time and went for the first time, of his own initiative number one and two in the toilet! Yeah! Needless to say, he had a good time picking out the colors of his potty candy, and watching mommy do the "potty dance." So. . . Elijah asked me when we sat down to dinner if I was going to take a picture for Dada of what he had put in the toilet. Thankfully, for your sake, he had already flushed it.
Another milestone was reached today, as Elijah got within 6 inches of a dog, by his own request "Mommy, you hold me, I pet doggie." He didn't actually pet our neighbor's dog, but got very close, smiled and talked to the dog. Very sweet! Our neighbor (a Mommy of boys herself) asked Elijah if he wanted to get on the trampoline with her. . .and he agreed, much to my surprise! He has not enjoyed a trampoline yet in his life, and has been so timid on them. As you can see from the pictures, he has gotten over that timidity!
I love the wind in Merry's hair on this last picture. She's a big girl, the first picture of her is when she is standing on big-kid playground equipment looking through the bars at me.
Jeremy, we miss you and love you so much! We can't wait to see you in a few weeks, and to show you the surprise we have been working on for you! OOOOOOOOOO "I give you hug." (Quote by Elijah Spurgeon Caskey)
Also, I don't know if you can get on photobucket, but here is a video from Stephanie of the day we were over at their house.
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Hey babe, thank you for the post. The video on photobucket worked and was much appreciated. Thank Stephanie and Richard for me. I have been gone for such a short time (comparitively) but it already feels like I'm missing so much with the kids growing up. Since I've left Elijah has started serious potty training, made significant progress with dogs, jumped on a trampoline, and taken an interest in writing, drawing, and baseball (three things I love). Merry is saying so many new words and even looks different. Yikes.
This is starting to feel like it's not worth it. But this is where God has me and I don't want to be a Jonah and turn tail. I really miss you all and am thankful to be able to come home for a short while between now and deployment.
It will all be worth it once the deployment is said and done, trust me. The deployment is such a big picture that will make more sense once you see it. Besides, what you are doing over there, is for all of us over here, including your beautiful wife and super kids. Once you get over there and get into your mission, the time will go fast- and next thing you know it will be time for your homecoming! Just stay strong and know you have a lot of people praying for you and your unit!


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Both the International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook Special Report on energy and climate change and the Grantham Research Institute's (GRI) report into improving the CCS framework in Europe have found that CCS is vital to achieving our long-term climate change goals – but that the current levels of investment are not enough to ensure the technology reaches its full potential.
Brad Page, CEO of the Global CCS Institute, says, "CCS is vital to decarbonise industry and to enable the power sector's transition to a low carbon future. As the IEA report notes, without CCS, other sectors will have to shoulder more of the burden. However, investment is urgently needed now to get more projects operational, bringing costs down in the long run as experience grows."
The IEA cites a main challenge to widespread deployment of CCS in the power sector as "the need to bring down the costs to a level that sustains competition with other low-carbon technologies."
Its solution to wider deployment includes: regulatory measures and targeted incentives; continued R&D alongside policies that encourage development of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage capacity. Importantly, the IEA finds in the absence of the full uptake of CCS, "other pathways would require more difficult changes in how energy is supplied and used, could reduce the quality of energy services and would incur higher costs."
The GRI's report echoes the IEA's call for additional policies to be put in place, finding that within "the European Union (EU), CCS is expected to play a crucial role in achieving emissions reduction targets at the lowest cost."
It calls for greater EU and Member state incentives to support the development of commercial-scale CCS in Europe, arguing that these need to be combined with reforms to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Innovation Fund to accelerate investment.
Page says that both reports highlight the need for urgent action, "If we are serious about tackling the climate challenge, we need to use all the technologies available. These reports show what needs to be done in the EU and globally to make sure CCS is deployed at scale."


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What are some dark sides of life as an IT professional in India?
You should've asked about bright sides of a life as IT professional in India, that would've been short—- hahahaha!!! dying of laughs (Hasaa hasaaa ke maarega kya… in Hindi.)..
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- Back ache. You get prematurely aged and can't even bend to pick up a pen effortlessly.
- Baggy Eyes. You develop eye bags and put on heavy glasses. Dryness in eyes is also a very common condition affecting IT professionals (if they genuinely work & not dump their work on the team's best coder 😉 ).
- For the first time you really come face to face with the powers of regionalism and regional language. Visa, ratings, hikes, promotions all are linked to it. It is not always open but yeah a soft corner always remains in your manager's heart for his/her mother tongue, state; not religion though which is a relief.
- You become a prospective candidate for onsite/promotion, the moment you put resignation papers. In fact onsite/promotions are used as a sweet tied to a thread few inches above your head (Jalebi Race in India)- you just keep on hopping & jumping trying to eat it but it remains forever out of reach
5. Salary vanishes within two-three days of its credit into the bank account. Rent, bills, dues eat away the pie and we are left with bread crumbs. The last few days before next month's salary credit everyone has to go through a cruel test of market- survival of the cheapest (Darwin's law for young professional economics). Instant noodles, lemon/curd rice, stacked up snacks, biscuits(especially ParleG) are perceived as nectar of immortality.
To learn how to resolve this issue, and be free from this never ending cycle of money mismanagement, you can read my tips by clicking on this link here: And its Month End…. AGAIN !!
6. The better you code, the more it is sent back for reviews. If you give code to clients before deadline, they change their requirements completely. You end up coding again and again.
7. Rickshaw wallas, cab drivers extort more money out of you once they know you work in IT. "What sir! you work in IT, you'd be making lakhs a month(100,000s per month)". People, we burn as if acid is thrown on our skin trying to describe that everyone doesn't earn that much.
8. We all buy Royal Enfield Bullet or a DLSR camera, mostly for showcase purposes to boast around. The bike seems too uneconomical after few weekend trips and the DSLR is used in automatic settings or lies securely in its packing after few weeks when the interest dwindles. Few resort to buying guitar which after some time serves as an interior decor. Not applicable for enthusiasts though, they take pride in owing these and put it to regular and useful use.
9. All real work starts after the evening caffeine break. Mind works only after 5PM. The whole day God knows what we do? Even clients/managers hand down work only when you have to leave early or are about to leave on regular timing. If you've a US client, the time difference literally kills. The amount of work done in the last hour before leaving office is no less a Herculean feat.
10. Constantly explaining to your parents, relatives, friends as to why you've not gone for any "business trip" (onsite) while a person less intelligent than you in college has been on various trips to exotic countries. "He must not be working well?" is what they infer immediately irrespective of your explanation.
11. Beautiful girls never end up being in your team. I guess the same issue creeps up for ladies. Few end up creeping out girls at a pub/party with their technical jokes a non IT engineer can't understand.
12. Everyone around you is preparing for GRE, GMAT, CAT, certifications and all you do is watch cat videos on YouTube. How Productive !!
13. When you visit home, it's mandatory for you to resolve all the issues relating to your relative's PC, Laptop, Smart phone, Printer, Typewriter, microwave, basically anything which has an LED or digital indicators. UFF!!! for God's sake don't embarrass us, we usually don't have any practical knowledge 😉
14. Appraisal time is no less than a real life Game of Thrones, where you and your manager try all possible ways to gain advantage. The fight comes down to a level where managers fight on numbers of hours clocked, leaves taken.
These are some dark sides of It professional life in India. Yeah you can label them dark humour/romance whatever….
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Another #GreenSmoothieFail
Ciel M. in Washington writes, see the giant hole in the Blendtec? The whole corner blasted out and I was not having a healthy breakfast after all, that day! The good news is that I still had my receipt from the blender purchase 4 years ago, and the company mailed me a new blender jar!
Ah, this is why we love Blendtec! And Ciel lived to blend another day.
I always say, if your green smoothie hasn't blown up at least once, you're not a GreenSmoothieGirl. We consider it "initiation."
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Omg, where you around when that happenend? That could have ended really bad, but I'm glad no one got injured 😀


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Like many, I loved the first season of True Detective. The ending was a little disappointing (in that the many plot threads weren't wrapped up as neatly as I'd hoped), but I thought it was a riveting, smart, adult drama. The writing was sharp, the directing was memorable, and the acting was magnificent. Season two was a bit of a letdown, but while most of the world seemed to hate that season, I enjoyed it a lot. After that second season was so poorly received, it seemed that True Detective was dead. And so I was delighted when, a few years later, word came that a third season was happening. Lo and behold, I think season three might be the best season of the show!
Mahershala Ali stars in season three as Detective Wayne Hays. As was the case in season one, the season-long investigation unfolds over three timelines, which we follow simultaneously throughout the season. In 1980, Detective Hays and his partner Roland West (Stephen Dorff) investigate the disappearance of two children, Will and Julie Purcell. In 1990, the unsolved case is reopened when video footage seems to show that Julie Purcell is still alive. In 2015, an elderly Hays is interviewed about the case for a True Crime TV show. (I love that the show found a way to incorporate the True Crime trend that has bloomed in popularity over the past several years.)
Whereas season one had two leads and season two had four, season three focuses on one single main character: Mahershala Ali's Detective Hays. This is a terrific choice. I have enjoyed Mr. Ali's work for years, ever since he was the best thing about the sci-fi show The 4400. He's become a successful movie star now, but I'm thrilled he continues to work in TV as well. (He was one of the best aspects of Luke Cage season one.) True Detective creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto has crafted a showcase role for Mr. Ali, who proceeded to knock it right out of the park. Mr. Ali is absolutely riveting from start to finish. I love how he is able to successfully craft different versions of Hays at these three different points in his life. Mr. Ali's magnetic intensity is perfect for bringing the audience along through this complicated story taking place across decades.
One of the best things about True Detective season three is that the central mystery wraps up in a more satisfying, comprehensible way than it did in either season one or two. The show is still fiendishly difficulty to follow — which I believe is by design. It's unlikely a viewer will be able to get ahead of … [continued]
WOW — Vince Gilligan is reportedly working on a Breaking Bad movie?! And it will apparently be set after the events of the series, telling the story of Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul)'s life after escaping from the Neo-Nazis in the series finale?! That is huge news. Will this ever actually happen? Will this be a theatrical release or a TV-movie? Stay tuned…
In other big news, Disney has announced that in addition to Jon Favreau's upcoming Star Wars live-action TV show, The Mandalorian, they're also working on a show featuring Cassian Andor, with Diego Luna reprising his role from Rogue One! I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I'm super-excited for these upcoming Star Wars shows and their potential to further expand the Star Wars universe. Diego Luna was phenomenal in Rogue One, and I'm excited to see more of him. And I love the idea of a show set in the time period between Episode III and Episode IV. The reign of the Empire is a ripe period for lots of great stories. On the other hand — AARGH, yet ANOTHER Star Wars prequel?? Look, as I just wrote, I am all for new stories set between Episode III and IV, and I'd love to see Diego Luna pop up as Cassian in those stories. But I think it's a big mistake to make Cassian the main character of a new long-running TV show, considering we already saw him make the most important decisions of his life, and meet his end, in Rogue One. This feels like yet another example of Star Wars eating its own tail and retreading old ground rather than moving forward and telling new stories with new characters. I hope I am wrong about this!! I am rooting for this to be great.
Speaking of TV show spin-offs from beloved movie franchises, Disney has just confirmed the rumored Loki TV show, with Tom Hiddleston reprising his role. Here too, I am rooting for this to be great, but I'm a bit doubtful. Mr. Hiddleston is amazing as Loki, but can the character really carry his own show? Also, I've been burned before. The Marvel CBS shows, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and then Agent Carter, were billed as in-continuity expansions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the quality was low (the two short seasons of Agent Carter were OK, but Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was terrible and quickly lost my interest), and the Marvel movie and TV folks quickly split due to internal disagreements, and the series' didn't wind up being connected to the movies in the ways fans had originally hoped. The Netflix Marvel shows also began in continuity … [continued]
I watched both the first and the second seasons of True Detective several months after they aired. For season one, after months of reading rapturous praise for the new show, I just had to see what all the fuss was about. (Click here for my review.) For season two, after reading critic after critic trash the show, I was deeply curious to see if the sophomore season was truly the train-wreck that everyone was claiming.
It is not. True Detective season two is a far cry from the masterpiece that was season one, but it's not the catastrophe you might have heard it was. Season two has some deep flaws, but I nevertheless found it to be a wonderfully complex, delightfully grim and nihilistic piece if work. It's a great noir for television.
This season has two main weaknesses. First, it's nearly impossible to follow. I had praised season one for being unapologetically adult and complicated in its storytelling. This was a show with a tremendously complex plot, and it didn't slow down to hold the audience's hands and explain things. I loved that about season one, even as I was certain there were details I was missing on a first viewing. I like a show that will reward multiple viewing. But I feel that here in season two that has been taken too far to an extreme. There are so many different characters and agendas in season two, and such a complicated web of plot and circumstance, that I had an enormous amount of difficulty in following it all.
The season's second, and connected, weakness is its failure to properly identify all of the supporting characters. There are a lot of background characters who I feel the show, to have worked this season, needed to more clearly define and identify for viewers. Here's an example: Frank is upset by Stan's death in the third episode, "Maybe Tomorrow," but we never really knew who Stan was or what he meant to Frank. This is exacerbated in the sixth episode, "Church in Ruins," when Frank and Jordan visit Stan's widow and son. It took me a long while to figure out just who the heck they were visiting. Vince Vaughn was wonderful in the scene with Stan's son, but that whole scene would have meant so much more had we had time to care at all about Stan and his death. This failure to clarify the identities of all of the supporting players really cripples the show when the reveals start to come in the later episodes of the season. Characters refer to names of characters as if they were supposed to mean something, but I had little to … [continued]
Late-breaking update to my last post — take a gander at this new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens!!
WOW that is a hell of a trailer. I love hearing Mark Hamill's voice-over, echoing his words to Leia in Return of the Jedi. Love the shot of the crashed Star Destroyer… and I love even more seeing the Millenium Falcon fly into what looks like the guts of that ruined Star Destroyer! And that last shot and that last line… wow. It's very weird seeing a very old Han Solo, but I sort of love it. I still don't know if this movie is going to be any good, but I have huge love for this trailer. Pure bliss.
This is amazing. Just trust me.
This is a great article on Dune from The New Yorker from a little while back. It is indeed curious that Dune has not penetrated the pop culture the way The Lord of the Rings or Star Wars has. But for those of us who know and love Dune, it is a treasure. (And I do love all of Frank Herbert's five sequels, even though they are imperfect. Sadly the Dune novels written after Frank Herbert's death by his son Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson have, for the most part, disappointed.)
Please lord let this be true. Seventeen additional episodes of Arrested Development?? Let's do this.
Hey, season two of True Detective is coming! Can't wait:
I'm also fairly eager for the third season of Orange is the New Black:
I was surprised by the glum tone of the first trailer for Marvel's Ant Man. This new trailer is far stronger, though I'm still a little surprised at how serious they're making the film look. Is that really the tone? I do love that train gag at the end of the trailer, though.
In other Marvel news, this raised my eyebrows: Marvel can't make a Hulk stand-alone film because Universal retains the rights to any Hulk solo film? Wow, that is a crazy tangle of legal red-tape. This doesn't bug me too much because as awesome and perfect as Mark Ruffalo is as Bruce Banner, I think the Hulk functions best in a supporting role rather than carrying his own movie. I do hope, though, to someday see a Guardians of the Galaxy/Planet Hulk crossover story-line movie. I've tried to avoid too heavy spoilers for Age of Ultron and the upcoming slate of Marvel films, but various bits and pieces that I have heard and read lead me to suspect that might be coming a few years down the road, and that is awesome.
This new trailer for Terminator: Genisys… [continued]
I have expanded my usual end-of-the-year list of the Top Ten Episodes of TV to a Top Fifteen list for 2014! Yesterday I wrote about numbers fifteen through eleven, discussing stellar episodes of Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, Fargo, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Black Mirror.
And now, let's continue!
10. Family Guy: "The Simpsons Guy" (season 13, episode 1, aired on 9/28/14) — In this hour-long special, the Griffins leave Quahog and travel to Springfield, where cartoon universes collide. I never ever thought that a) I would actually see a Simpsons/Family Guy crossover, or that b) it would be made with such obvious love for both shows. This crossover was made by the Family Guy team, and the first few minutes (in which Peter gets into trouble for his controversial political cartoons) are pure Family Guy. But once the show heads to Springfield, I was delighted by the clear love and respect on display for The Simpsons, and also by the depth of attention which the Family Guy creators brought to their exploration of the Simpsons universe. There are obvious pairings that are mined for a lot of fun (seeing Homer and Peter drinking together, and comparing Duff Beer to Pawtucket Patriot Ale, is of course a hoot), but we also get to dig deeper into both cartoon universes as, for example, Carl meets Cleveland and Mayor Quimby meets Mayor Adam West, and the Simpsons version of James Woods meets the Family Guy version of James Woods. Is the epic Homer/Peter Chicken Fight way longer and more violent than it needs to be? I suppose it is, but that's part of the joke, isn't it? It certainly worked for me. Throw in Kang and Kodos in a rare non-Halloween episode appearance and a callback to Homer's skateboarding over the Springfield Gorge (a classic early Simpsons gag) and you have a terrific love-letter to both of these animated shows. (Click here for my original review of "The Simpsons Guy.")
9. Mad Men: "Waterloo" (season 7, episode 7, aired on 5/25/14) — What a powerhouse of an episode. The political machinations in the office run thick as Don receives a letter stating he is being fired for breach of contract, only for Don to call a meeting that turns the tables on Jim Cutler and Lou Avery. Roger then negotiates with another agency, McCann Erickson, to buy SC&P as an independent subsidiary of McCann, but has to get Don and an increasingly depressed Ted Chaough to agree. The show finally arrives at the dramatic events of July 20th, 1969, when Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. At the last minute, Don decides that Peggy should give the … [continued]
It took me a while to find the time to watch True Detective — I'd been interested in the show ever since I first read about it but was so busy last Winter/Spring that it took me a few months to get to it — but holy cow was it worth the wait. I was absolutely dazzled by this dense, dark noir, brought to life with gorgeous cinematography, brilliant actors, and a rich, complex script.
For anyone who doesn't know, the first season of True Detective follows the difficult partnership of Louisiana detectives Marty Hart (Woody Harrison) and "Rust" Cohle (Matthew McConaughey). The show's story unfolds simultaneously in two timelines. In 1995, we see Hart and Cohle investigate the murder of Dora Kelly Lange, who is found displayed in a ritualistic fashion, bound and posed with a "crown" of antlers on her head. In 2012, long after their partnership dissolved in acrimony, Hart and Cohle are questioned, separately, about the events of their investigation.
I was blown away right from minute one by this incredible production. The story is incredibly complex, as we follow Hart & Coehle's labyrinthine murder investigation while also trying to puzzle out many other questions about what happened to these characters and the others in their orbit in the years between 1995 and 2012. While the central murder mystery is a compelling hook for the series, what really engages the viewer are the characters. I am hard-pressed to recall such an in-depth character study that I have ever before seen on TV. Over the course of these eight episodes, we dig deeply into these two incredibly complicated, rich characters of Hart and Coehle.
The casting of friends Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaighey was inspired. I'm sure it helped the show get made that these two big stars were attached. But the show works because both men turn in incredible performances, among the very best of their two careers.
It's amazing how Woody Harrelson once used to be so indelibly defined as the goofily simple, naive Woody Boyd from Cheers. It's impressive that he has managed to avoid being type-cast by that iconic role. Martin Hart is about as far from Woody Boyd as you can get. Mr. Harrelson is incredible in bringing this arrogant, dick-swinging tough-guy to life. Marty Hart is a train wreck of a man, and he does some pretty despicable things, but Mr. Harrelson never loses sight of the character's humanity, and his force of personality is magnetic.
Speaking of magnetic, there is Matthew McConaughey's home-run of a performance as the withdrawn, mysterious Rusty Cohle. Rust is just as damaged an individual as Marty is, perhaps even more so. Whereas the audience thinks … [continued]
Ok, ready to lose the rest of your day? You might recall that this past summer, FXX ran a marathon of every single Simpsons episode ever. Well, apparently a bunch of the best writers for Hitfix.com decided to list their favorite episodes of each day of the marathon. Five writers each picked their two favorite Simpsons episodes from that day, and wrote about them. Click here and thank me later. This is a staggeringly wonderful walk down Simpsons memory lane. It's been way too long since I have revisited some of these classic episodes. Reading those articles makes me want to blow off work for the next week or two of work and just watch old Simpsons DVDs…
Click here for a terrific interview with Nicholas Meyer. Mr. Meyer is pretty much single-handedly responsible for all of the very best Star Trek ever made. He wrote and directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and wrote and directed Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and he wrote the vast majority of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. (He wrote everything that took place on present-day Earth, starting with the immortal Spock line: "Judging from the pollution content of the atmosphere, we have arrived in the latter part of the twentieth century," all the way through to the escape with the whales.) Nicholas Meyer is the reason for the odd numbered Star Trek curse (in which fans noticed that the even-numbered original Trek movies are far superior to the odd-numbered ones). I had no idea he was involved in this Harry Houdini project for the History Channel, but now I am very interested in seeing it! Mr. Meyer doesn't work nearly enough to suit me. It's fascinating that the History Channel film is based on a biography of Houdini that Mr. Meyer's father wrote. The whole interview with Mr. Meyer is terrific, but I particularly loved his answer, at the very end, when asked his opinion of the J.J. Abrams Star Trek films. "That's changing the shape of the bottle." (Read Mr. Meyer's comments to understand the context.) That is very well-put, and I 100% agree.
StarWars.com has released animatics for four unmade episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. These are four full-length episodes, with complete voice performances and sound effects, it's just that the rough blocky animatics were never taken to full animation. These are great episodes, well-worth the time of any fans of the show. Anakin and Obi-Wan investigate the death of a Jedi on Utapau (a key location in Episode III) and discover that General Grievous is about to acquire a terrible weapon with ties to the secret of the construction of Jedi … [continued]


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The Effect of SEC Reviewers on Comment Letters and Financial Reporting Quality
63 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2017
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The Effect of SEC Reviewers on Comment Letters and Financial Reporting Quality
Date Written: November 17, 2017
We examine whether the idiosyncrasy of individual employees of U.S. financial regulators contributes to inconsistent regulatory outcomes. Using a sample of SEC comment letter conversations referencing company annual filings, we show that SEC reviewers' idiosyncratic style plays an economically and statistically significant role in explaining the cross-sectional variation in the filing review outcomes, even after holding the firm and disclosure attributes constant. We also show that the reviewer style reflected in filing review outcomes is persistent across firms and time. Finally, we find that reviewers with a stricter review style are associated with improved financial reporting quality subsequent to the issuance of a SEC comment letter. These findings together suggest that individual SEC reviewers have significant influence on the SEC filing review process.
Keywords: SEC Reviewers, Reviewer Style, Comment Letters, Financial Reporting Quality
JEL Classification: M41, M48
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation


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Minutes of a special meeting of the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council held November 19, 2014 at the Lake Vermilion Sector of the Bois Forte Reservation, Minnesota.
Meeting called to order at 9:08 a.m.
Members Present: Kevin W. Leecy; David C. Morrison, Sr.; Brandon Benner;
Karlene Chosa; Ray Toutloff
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Corey Strong; Vern Adams; Vicki Villebrun; Rose Berens; Joel Astleford; Bill Latady; Andy Datko; Josh Villebrun; Kay Davis; Ira Brown; Edith Villebrun; Bill Tibbetts; Miranda Lilya; Lorna Landgren; Louise Isham; Robert Mathis; Christine Bloom-Lundemo; Pam Hughes; Kim Greiner; Hank Mesabe; Karen Drift; Janet Thompson; Jeneal Goggleye; Donald Chosa Jr.; Tom Burr; Kristen Strong; Carol Burr; Trudy King; Tara Geshick; Dawn Benner; Rhonda Hoagland; Toni Wakemup; Lance Kingbird; Dorothea Kletschka
Moved by Ray Toutloff; seconded by David Morrison Sr.; to approve the agenda with the addition of:
1) Karlene Chosa with a resolution on a cold weather rule, and 2) Bill Latady with a resolution for the consultation agreement with the National Park Service regarding implementation of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act in Voyageurs National Park. Carried 4-0-0.
Moved by Brandon Benner; seconded by RayToutloff; to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held October 15, 2014 at Nett Lake, Minnesota. Carried 4-0-0.
Elder Committee: Donald Chosa Jr. said after the first snow, the elders said no one came to plow and shovel. Donald said the elders said Miigwech to the EMT's who will be doing the elder's Christmas Party on December 19.
Joel Astleford said Public Works doesn't plow the elders driveways, that Housing does, but he will have his crew do it if the council wants them to.
Corey Strong said he will talk to Carol Burr about the plowing and shoveling.
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There are no new tribal government employees to introduce.
Moved by Brandon Benner; seconded by David Morrison Sr.; to approve to sole-source the purchase of Hoodies from Barber Graphics which will be given to the veterans at the Veterans Day Celebration. Carried 4-0-0.
Moved by Ray Toutloff; seconded by Karlene Chosa; to approve the policy in regard to reporting on credit card usage: The CFO is to include in the monthly report the activity of all the credit card/charge account activity. This will be accomplished by printing out the vendor activity report for each credit card/charge account. This portion of the report will be also forwarded to the Head Start Director to meeting the requirements of the grant. Carried 4-0-0.
Moved by Karlene Chosa; seconded by Brandon Benner; to approve the Tribal Transportation Program Addendum to the FY 2015 Annual Funding Agreement and Amendment #1 to the FY 2015 Annual Funding Agreement. Carried 4-0-0.
Moved by Ray Toutloff; seconded by David Morrison Sr.; to approve the Vermilion Wellness Center Rental Agreement with the Vermilion Charter School for the rental of the gym at the Vermilion Wellness Center. Carried 4-0-0.
Moved by Ray Toutloff; seconded by Karlene Chosa; to approve the American Specialty Health Fitness, Inc. Fitness Facility Services Agreement for the Vermilion Wellness Center for individuals' age 65 and older, or disabled. Carried 4-0-0.
Karlene Chosa would like to propose a resolution on the cold-weather rule from October 15 through April, effective immediately. Karlene reads as an example the one that is used in Washington DC. "Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no housing provider shall evict a tenant on any day when the National Weather Service predicts at 8 am that the temperature at the National Airport Weather Station will fall below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Centigrade within the next 24 hours." Karlene said since it is unlikely to be 32 degrees until April 1 she would like to propose that no eviction be allowed between October 15 through April 15.
Chairman Leecy said he doesn't disagree with it, it is a good policy, but there is nothing in front of the council to look at. Kevin said the council needs to be clear on the Federal guidelines too. The council needs time to do due diligence on it and comply with all federal laws.
Karlene said that's fine, but there is action that needs to be taken. There were eviction notices that went out on November 18 to vacate the units. Papers were served yesterday for those that refused to
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vacate. Housing hand delivered a letter to them. Karlene reads the letter which states since they refused to vacate the unit yesterday, housing will seek a court order that they vacate and will seek a judgment against them for unpaid rent, and upon issuance and service of a court order, they will have twenty-four hours to remove themselves and their family and possessions. The only way to avoid court action and remain in the unit is to pay the entire amount due. Karlene asks the tenants present to briefly state if the letter they received from housing is an issue.
Chairman Leecy said the issue is to bring forth the cold weather rule, and ask Karlene to stick to that issue.
Karlene said there are evictions on Nett Lake and Vermilion that are going to happen unless the council does something about them. She said they are people that the council took an oath to take care of them.
Chairman Leecy said the council needs time to look at the cold weather rule, that is what is on the agenda. He would personally like to look at something because this is the first the council has heard of it.
Karlene said she has requested a few meetings with the council and so far the council has been uncommunicative towards her and avoiding her. She said since the council is all here today, then she will explain it. She said the tenants arrears are so high that they will not be able to pay them in a week, which is what housing has for them to come up with. Karlene said under the MCT Constitution there are duties that have been neglected by some of the Bois Forte tribal council members, and the housing commissioner, which in her opinion, amounts to malfeasance and dereliction of duties, because of the high arrearages. The housing commissioner has allowed the rent to accumulate year after year. She said this applies especially to Dave Morrison, Secretary-Treasurer.
Chairman Leecy tells Karlene to stick to the agenda. She asked for a cold weather rule and she is going way beyond that.
Karlene Chosa this all ties in with why the cold weather rule came up.
Ray Toutloff would like to make a motion to table this. He said it is an important matter but the council is not prepared, the council has not seen it, it hasn't been discussed with the council.
Karlene would like a roll call vote.
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Ray Toutloff said the council hasn't had access to it in a meeting or individually. Ray said usually when there is an issue like this that a council member wants to bring up they usually at least talk individually to the others to give them time to study it and prepare to make sure they are doing things right. Ray said he thinks it is an important issue but he thinks the council needs to table it. Ray recommends tabling it and putting it up for discussion with the council at an appropriate time.
Chairman Leecy said there is a roll call vote request.
Karlene Chosa said the evictions came up abruptly. October 12 was when the council received the email as a whole. It was getting phone calls and working on this issue and trying to come up with positive solutions for Band members with the housing situation. Karlene said she talked to some of the council individually and found out where they stood on the eviction. Karlene said to her, there will be more to come is what the housing commissioner said in her email. Karlene said she is waiting for more evictions.
Ray Toutloff said he thought the agenda item was the cold weather rule.
Karlene Chosa said that all falls under that. It is like a spider, it reaches out to other parts of our government, especially the duties. This also applies to those who are serving a third term on the council.
Chairman Leecy tells Karlene she asked for a roll call vote, that will be honored for a roll call vote, and that will be strictly for the motion that Ray put forward. To table until the council can review the cold weather rule.
Ray said that was his motion, it's an important item, to table it for further discussion and study without having the council jump the gun and have a knee jerk reaction.
Karlene asks if she can have a timeline.
Ray Toutloff said that is his motion.
Chairman Leecy said motion by Ray, Roll Call Vote requested. Chairman Leecy asks for a second. David Morrison Sr. seconds to table the resolution.
Brandon Benner asks when discussion is closed. He asks if it is still open.
Chairman Leecy said yes, it is open.
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Brandon Benner said he would like some clarification by Carol Burr to, as far as the process she was talking about court and other things. He said he thinks she said court is December 8 or December 10, that does give ample time to figure out the resolution process. He asks Carol to explain that.
Carol Burr said court date is December 10.
Ray Toutloff asks if they would have until December 10 to come up with the arrears?
Brandon Benner asks if the process is that they have to go to court, is that what Carol was saying.
Carol Burr said yes, out of the six being evicted, one did remove themselves, five didn't. So now those people will go to court, and the court will make a judgment, and once the judge makes a decision, they will have 24 hours to vacate. The next court date is December 10.
Brandon Benner said so we'd have to decide.
Carol Burr said the council would have until December 10 to decide. Carol said her staff have been sending them letters
Karlene Chosa said it happened abruptly.
Carol Burr said it did not happen abruptly.
Karlene Chosa said it did to the council it happened abruptly. The council did get an email and to the council it was abruptly.
Chairman Leecy said there is a motion on the floor, roll call requested. Chairman Leecy asks if there is a second.
David Morrison Sr. seconds.
Chairman Leecy said seconded by Dave. All in favor say aye. Roll call starting with Dave, roll call vote requested on the motion to table it for further review. Yes would agree to table it for further study. No would be not to table it, to deal with it now.
David Morrison Sr.: Yes.
Ray Toutloff: Yes for tabling.
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Brandon Benner: Yes to table because he has got a few calls from people that said they would stop paying their rent, they are up to date and current.
Karlene Chosa: No. She would like it accepted today. It is in the best interest of the Band membership. She said under the MCT Constitution there are duties that have been neglected by the council members and by the housing commissioner. Karlene said in her opinion, this amounts to malfeasance and dereliction of duties because of the high arrearages in the thousands of dollars that has been allowed to accumulate year after year. That this especially applies to Dave Morrison, Secretary-Treasurer. He has served the longest
David Morrison Sr. said his name has been mentioned a couple times. He said we have a duty to all, not to just a few select people. David said what he has gathered from the housing commissioner and her staff that there have been numerous times that they have tried to work with the individuals that are being evicted. David said he agrees with Brandon, that he has been getting calls from Band members that are paying, that have been paying. They said whatever happens at today's meeting, if the council allows the current individuals to keep living in those houses without collecting the rent, that they are going to stop making payments. David said the council has to think of the whole picture, not just what is in front of the council now. David said he understands that they still have until December 10 to work something out before they actually have to move out of the house.
Rhonda Hoagland said she can offer housing some money but they won't even accept that. She said she can come up with the money but not in that amount of time.
Toni Wakemup said she pays her rent. She said she has repairs that need to be done. Housing doesn't return phone calls. Warren comes out when he can. Toni said she has been asking for an escrow account for years. Toni said there were notices sent to low income people to renegotiate their payback agreements, but that wasn't an option for Tax Credit I people. There weren't any notices sent out. She said if there was she is sure people would have acted on it a lot sooner than now. She said her certification is due in April and they didn't start the certification process until September. She turned in the paperwork, they didn't receipt it. She asked them to send it back to her. She got a notice it is due November 6. She said housing wants rent but they still are not going to do repairs, they still aren't going to do the paperwork in a timely manner. She said there are four or five people at New Moon that are behind on their rent, they aren't getting kicked out.
Carol Burr said there were six people that got evicted at New Moon. Carol said she has three guys that are trying to cover 127 units. She said if people would pay their rents, then housing could look at hiring more people.
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Tara Geshick said she wants to speak up for the people that do actually pay their rent. She said she pays her rent and utilities. She needs repairs and she went to housing. The person that was in there told her that Tax Credit people had to pay their own repairs. She did.
Rhonda Hoagland said she had to pay for her septic pumping. Tara said she does that every four years. That it is explained to her when she recertifies every April.
Chairman Leecy thanks everyone for their comments and the council will have further discussion on it.
Moved by Ray Toutloff; seconded by David Morrison Sr.; to adopt resolution #40-2015, Consultation Agreement with the National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior) regarding the implementation of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act in Voyageurs National Park. Carried 4-0-0.
Moved by Brandon Benner; seconded by Ray Toutloff; to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 a.m. Carried 4-0-0.


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Go to the parent directory that you want to use and clone the project. This enables you to have a complete working copy even if you are offline (great for laptops). To pull or clone a project you need afs read access, and you need write access to push changes.
git clone ahi.cs.unc.edu:/home/gavaletz/src/scripts
This creates a local copy of the repository and has a local branch based on the master remote branch
cd scripts
git branch -a
you will see that some are local branches (you can work on them) and some are remote. To make a local copy of a remote branch so that you can do work on it
git checkout -b <YOUR BRANCH NAME> remotes/origin/<YOUR BRANCH NAME>
To create a local branch not based on a remote branch
git checkout -b <YOUR BRANCH NAME>
If you add a file(s)
git add <FILE1> <FILE2> ...
git commit -m "<A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANGE>"
If you want to leave a longer than one line description omit the -m "…"
The idea would be to commit after every successful compile
git push ahi.cs.unc.edu:/home/gavaletz/src/scripts <YOUR BRANCH NAME>
***Be very careful with the branch name here, not being careful could overwrite someone else's work, or the master.
Don't add or track binaries, because they are too big. The scripts directory will be where we will place processing scripts, but use it to play around with and test things before working on the following file sets: