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Trains, Native Americans, and Other Southern Appalachian Adventures
Program Number:
Start and End Dates:
10/20/2013 - 10/25/2013
9/25/2016 - 9/30/2016
10/9/2016 - 10/14/2016
10/16/2016 - 10/21/2016
10/23/2016 - 10/28/2016
5 nights
Asheville, North Carolina
Price starting at:
$799.00 -
Price may vary based on date, departure city
Program Type:
History & Culture; Train Treks; Native American Studies; Homes & Gardens
Activity Level:
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12; 5 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 5 Dinners
Meal Options:
Vegetarian; Gluten Free; None; None
Amid the breathtaking foliage of the Appalachian Mountains, step back in time as you take an authentic ride on a storied railroad, experience a centuries-old Native American village and explore a gilded mansion that defies imagination as your extraordinary adventure takes you to the top peaks of the Blue Ridge Parkway � perhaps the most scenic road in America.
� Ride the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad through rivers, valleys and the scenic Smoky Mountains themselves.
� Visit a living Cherokee Indian Village from more than two centuries ago, an existing reservation and an authentic craft market.
� Marvel at the incomparable beauty of the 255-room French Renaissance Biltmore House and Estate, the largest private residence in the United States.
Activity Particulars
Walking up to one mile, some uneven paths. Elevations up to 6,000 feet.
Date Specific Information
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Itinerary Summary
Arrival Asheville, 3 nights; coach to Cherokee, 2 nights; coach to Asheville, departure.
Coordinated by Mars Hill University.
A jewel of the Jazz Age in the Blue Ridge Mountains, this longtime getaway for wealthy Americans today is a walkable town full of history and charm. The art-deco cityscape of downtown appeals to architecture buffs, while the 250-room Biltmore Estate is one of America�s finest remaining specimens of Gilded Age opulence.
Asheville: Modern Hotel with free evening shuttle to area sites and restaurants. Cherokee: Modern hotel close to area attractions.
Road Scholar Instructors
These instructors are participating on at least one date of this program. Please note that changes may occur.
Jane Huffman
A native of Western North Carolina, Jane Huffman is the program coordinator for Conferences and Events at Mars Hill University. At this campus set amid the beautiful Smoky Mountains, she helps to welcome summer camp, corporate and non-profit groups for workshops and educational opportunities. In a logical extension of her role as a local host, Jane serves as a group leader for Road Scholar programs and enjoys educating participants on the riches of her home state.
Davy Arch
Davy Arch tells Cherokee stories, presents lectures on Cherokee history and culture, and demonstrates carving, flint knapping and mask making. Using artwork from different mediums, he describes both Cherokee history and contemporary Cherokee life. He is a founding member of the Cherokee Potters Guild. Davy's carved masks have been on display at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He is the author of "Living Stories of the Cherokee," and serves as the education director at Qualla Arts and Crafts and the Oconaluftee Indian Village.
Meals and Lodgings
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
Blue Ridge Assembly
3 nights
Cherokee Quality Inn
Cherokee, North Carolina
1 night
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
Blue Ridge Assembly
1 night
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
Conference Center
Lodge has all the modern facilities, plus a nice lobby with a large fireplace, glass enclosed dining area to frame the beautiful views, hotel type rooms with private baths, and an elevator. All activities are in same building as rooms.
Contact info:
84 Blue Ridge Circle
Black Mountain, NC 28711 USA
phone: 828-669-8422
Room amenities:
Telephones, private baths, clock radio.
Facility amenities:
Tennis courts, trails, craft center, outdoor pool.
Smoking allowed:
Elevators available:
Check in time:
Check out time:
Cherokee Quality Inn
Each room has a private balcony overlooking the beautiful Oconaluftee River. A private river walk. In-room coffee. Guest laundry. Free Cherokee Shuttle service. Trout fishing!
Contact info:
Hwy 441 Bypass
Cherokee, NC 28719 USA
phone: 828-497-4702
Smoking allowed:
Travel Details
Start of Program:
Hotel Check-in begins at 3:00pm, Road Scholar Program registration and material pick-up begins in Conference Center lobby at 4:30pm. You will be staying at
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
that night.
End of Program:
Program ends after breakfast at 10:30 AM. You will be staying at
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
the night before.
Required documents:
The Participant Information Form is required.
Parking availability:
Free parking available
To Start of Program
Blue Ridge Assembly
Nearest city or town:
Black Mountain/Asheville, NC
Nearest highway:
Nearest airport:
Asheville, NC Asheville Regional Airport (828-684-2226) Paging Airport Lobby (828-687-7243) The Asheville Regional Airport offers a total of 20-25 flights a day served by four airlines, U.S. Airways, Delta, Continental and Northwest Airlines. The airport is located at 708 Airport Road off I-26 Exit 40 (Old Exit 9)
From End of Program
Blue Ridge Assembly
Additional transportation information same as above
Travel Details
Asheville, NC
From Airport
Commercial Van/Shuttle
Diamond Executive
phone: 828-281-8139
Advanced Reservations Required
Per Person/One Way:
call for rates
Prices are subject to change.
Travel Time:
0.5 hours (1/2)
15 miles
Please call Diamond Executive at (828) 281-8139 to arrange for ground transportation from the airport or bus station to the program location. All transportation arrangements must be made directly by the participant. Please make ground transportation arrangements prior to your arrival. Please inquire at Diamond Executive about the Mars Hill College/YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly discount.
Asheville, NC
From Airport
Commercial Van/Shuttle
Black Mountain Cab Company
phone: 828-230-1121
Advanced Reservations Required
Per Person/One Way:
call for rates
Prices are subject to change.
Travel Time:
0.5 hours (1/2)
15 miles
Please call Black Mountain Cab Company to arrange for ground transportation from the airport or bus station to the Blue Ridge Assembly Conference Center. All transportation arrangements must be made directly by the participant prior to your arrival. Please inquire at Black Mountain Cab Company about the Mars Hill College/YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly discount.
Asheville, NC
From Airport
Commercial Van/Shuttle
Customer Inspired Services
phone: 828-258-1623
Advanced Reservations Required
Per Person/One Way:
Prices are subject to change.
Travel Time:
0.5 hours (1/2)
15 miles
Participant is encouraged to make arrangements in advance.
Asheville, NC
From Airport
Commercial Van/Shuttle
Pegasus Airport Limo
phone: 828-281-4600
Advanced Reservations Required
Per Person/One Way:
Prices are subject to change.
Travel Time:
0.5 hours (1/2)
15 miles
Participant is advised to make arrangements in advance.
Asheville, NC
From Airport
Commercial Van/Shuttle
Marvels Upscale Transportation
phone: 828-280-1698
Advanced Reservations Required
Per Person/One Way:
Prices are subject to change.
Travel Time:
0.5 hours (1/2)
22 miles
Participant is encouraged to make arrangements in advance. Email: email@example.com. Please mention that you are with the Mars Hill University Road Scholar Program.
Driving Directions
Asheville, NC
YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly is located approximately 14 miles east of Asheville, NC. Follow I-40 E to exit 64-Black Mountain/Montreat and turn south onto Highway 9 at the end of the exit ramp. Proceed .5 mile to the fork in the road and veer right on to Blue Ridge Road. Drive .9 miles and look for the YMCA sign on your left. Turn onto Blue Ridge Assembly drive and proceed to the end of the road and our entrance. Please note, once on our property, the roads are all one-way.
The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Daily Schedule
Day 1:
We welcome you to Western North Carolina in the beautiful fall season. Arrive, check-in, and prepare for a wonderful week of interesting and fun adventures!
(Sunday, October 20)
Today you'll check-in to your room, register and pick up your program materials, have dinner, and attend a program orientation and reception.
Arrive To:
After a short drive on the beautiful wooded entrance road you will check-in to your room at the Blue Ridge Assembly Conference Center. Check-in begins at 3:00 PM, however if you arrive early, you will find a comfortable lobby in which to wait and relax, or you may opt to take a leisurely walk around the landscaped grounds and streams to enjoy the views. Program registration and material pick-up begins in the Conference Center lobby at 4:30 PM.
Program begins with a full dinner buffet inside the spacious, glassed-in dining area of the Blue Ridge Assembly. A salad and hot food bar are yours to enjoy, accompanied by drinks, coffee and desserts. Sugar free desserts are available by request.
As we gather after dinner you'll have time to get to know your fellow travelers and your program leaders. We will review the schedule and printed materials for the week, give you information about the campus and answer any questions you might have. The orientation/information session is followed by an informal reception in the hotel lobby. Wind down from your day and get acquainted with the new friends with whom you'll be enjoying this Western North Carolina/Asheville Adventure. There's a piano and a fireplace in the lobby; we welcome you to share your musical talents if you are so inclined.
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
Meals Included:
Day 2:
Spend the day exploring the beautiful estate of George W. Vanderbilt
(Monday, October 21)
Self-guided tour through the Vanderbilt home; see the gardens and the conservatory; visit the estate winery and other exhibits at Antler Hill Village
Full buffet breakfast.
After breakfast we'll depart for the Biltmore Estate. En route a brief video will introduce us to the world of the Vanderbilt's. We'll spend the rest of our morning visiting the 250 room mansion, America's largest privately-owned home.
Enjoy lunch on your own at the Biltmore Estate. The Stable Cafe Restaurant has a nice selection of sandwiches and gourmet lunches.
Our afternoon continues on the estate with an opportunity to walk through the beautiful estate gardens and visit the conservatory. Mid-afternoon we'll depart for Antler Hill Village, home of the estate winery. The first vineyards were planted in 1971 and eight years later in 1979 the first bottle of wine was sold. You'll have an opportunity to tour the winery complex and enjoy a complimentary wine-tasting. The remainder of your afternoon can be spent visiting the other exhibits and shops of Antler Hill Village.
Full dinner buffet at Blue Ridge Assembly.
This evening a local historian will present a program on the unique and beautiful city of Asheville, North Carolina, in preparation for tomorrow's visit.
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3:
Gray Line Trolley Tour will highlight your day in Asheville.
(Tuesday, October 22)
Learn about the history, culture and architecture of Asheville aboard the Gray Line Trolley, then enjoy the remainder of the day visiting the sites of your choice.
Full breakfast buffet.
This morning learn about Asheville's early settlers, famous citizens and authors aboard the historic Gray Line Trolley. You'll also learn of the architecture, the history and the arts that make Asheville a very unique and special place.
Lunch on your own in downtown Asheville.
This afternoon enjoy the hop-on and hop-off services of the Gray Line Trolley. Visit the sites that you want to see... the River Arts District, Pack Square, the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, the Basilica of St. Lawrence, the Grove Arcade... you decide. Simply hop-on and hop-off at the designated stops along the tour route. Trolleys run throughout the day and pick up in 30 minute intervals.
Full dinner buffet provided
An expert will present a program on the Cherokee Indians and the land of the Great Smoky Mountains, preparing us for our upcoming two day visit.
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4:
Museum of the Cherokee Indians, Oconaluftee Indian Village and Smoky Mountain National Park
(Wednesday, October 23)
Exploration into the history and culture of the Cherokee.
Full Buffet Breakfast.
En route to Cherokee, NC we will enjoy an educational video of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Once in Cherokee we'll spend the remainder of our morning visiting the recently renovated Museum of the Cherokee Indian, where the Cherokee story is told using innovative displays and extensive artifices.
Lunch provided.
This afternoon we'll visit the living Oconaluftee Indian Village, an authentic replica of an 18th century Cherokee community. Cherokee guides will explain the history, culture and life-style of their ancestors. Watch Cherokee craftsmen demonstrate their skill in making arrowheads, baskets, blowguns, beaded belts, ceremonial masks, dugout canoes, pottery and wood carvings. You'll also enjoy the 7-sided Council House and replicas of typical Cherokee homes as they were 250 years ago. You will have the opportunity to walk through the woods and see a variety of trees and plants indigenous to the western NC area. We will finish our afternoon with a drive into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and a visit to an old mountain homestead.
Paula Deen is known as the "Queen of Southern Cuisine" and tonight we'll dine in Paula Deen's Kitchen!
Enjoy a free evening after your busy day in the Great Smoky Mountains and the land of the Cherokee. Shop in the village, take a relaxing stroll, try your luck at Harrah's Casino or simply kick back and relax... you decide!
Cherokee Quality Inn
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5:
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad and the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway.
(Thursday, October 24)
Travel in style through the Great Smoky Mountains and see the beautiful fall foliage from your "Crown-Class" vintage train car . Afterwards, lunch and a scenic ride along the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway, "America's Favorite Drive."
Continental Breakfast included.
As a guest on board the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, you will enjoy the scenic beauty of the area as the train journeys across fertile valleys and across river gorges in a spectacular region called the Great Smoky Mountains. This section of western NC offers a wide array of ever changing vegetation and fantastic landscapes, especially beautiful during the fall color season. With the romance and mystique of an era gone by, you will ride a real train in one of their crown vintage cars.
Lunch included.
After departing the train, we'll return to Asheville via the Blue Ridge Parkway! Seeing the fall colors from some of the highest peaks of Western NC is an amazing experience that you don't want to miss! We'll stop for pictures, so be sure to bring your camera!!
Full dinner buffet provided.
Cultural presentation.
Blue Ridge Assembly - Blue Ridge Center
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6:
The Biltmore Estate is a popular tourist destination at Christmas. We will end our week with a presentation on "Christmas at Biltmore." Check out and program wrap-up will follow.
(Friday, October 25)
Depart From:
Program usually ends at approximately 10:30 AM.
Full breakfast buffet provided.
Asheville and the mountains of Western North Carolina have become a major holiday tourist destination in the winter. This morning we will wrap-up our week with a presentation on "Christmas at Biltmore," followed with an opportunity to ask questions and say good bye to new friends.
Meals Included:
Free Time Opportunities
Blue Ridge Assembly
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Important information about your itinerary:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information featured on this website. Itineraries are based on our best information at this time. Circumstances beyond our control may require us to adjust itineraries or other details. We regret any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. Information will be sent to you from your Program Provider approximately three weeks prior to the program start date. The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
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As a not-for-profit organization, we are dedicated to providing all-inclusive educational programs at great value. From lectures to gratuities to field trips to accommodations - the tuition you pay up front is all that you pay.
Specifically, this program includes:
5 nights accommodations
12 meals: 5 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 5 dinners
Expert-led lectures: 4
Expert-led lectures
Led by one or more of our world-class instructors, typically in a classroom setting, lectures come in the form of presentations, discussions or workshops and offer expert insight into your area of study.
Field trips: 11
Field trips
The world is your classroom, as you're on location with an instructor to pursue your educational theme firsthand.
Hands-on experiences: 3
Hands-on experiences
Learn by doing in these "hands-on" activities directed by an expert.
Performances: 1
A performance can range from a night at the opera to a visit from a local performer at your hotel.
Plus these special experiences...
The Biltmore Estate - the Vanderbilt home, the gardens and conservatory, the winery and Antler Hill Village
Gray Line Historical Trolley Tour of Asheville and the Blue Ridge Parkway
Museum of the Cherokee Indians, Oconaluftee Indian Village, Dine in Paula Deen's Kitchen, Overnight in Cherokee, NC
Smoky Mountain National Park and the Great Smoky Mountain Railway
View the Daily Schedule to see more
And included with all Road Scholar programs:
Learning led by expert instructors who are authorities in the field of study.
An experienced Group Leader attuned to the needs of Road Scholar participants.
Customary gratuities throughout the program that you would normally pay yourself.
The Road Scholar Travel Assistance Plan, providing 24-hour-a-day emergency assistance coverage.
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- Traditional Animation
- Ruby-Spears Productions
- Animation Studio: Wang Film Productions
- Distributed by: Warner Bros. Television, Bagdasarian Productions
- Cartoon Characters: Alvin, Simon, Theodore, David Seville, Brittany, Jeanette, Eleanor, Mrs. Miller, Dolly Parton.
- Voice Actors: Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman, Dodie Goodman, Dolly Parton, Booker Bradshaw, Johnny Brown, Arthur Burghardt, Ruth Buzzi, Henry Corden; Full Voice Cast ...
- Directed By Charles Nichols, Rudy Larriva, John Kimball.
- Produced By Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Larry Huber.
- Written By Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian, Tom Swale, Duane Poole, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser.
- Music: Chris Caswell, Paul DeKorte.
- First Aired on November 05, 1983.
- Originally Aired on NBC-TV (USA).
- Running Time: 11 minutes.
- Episode Number: 8A .
Production Number: 5112-8304
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Still looking like week in and week out offensive line, safeties and receivers are our biggest weaknesses.
Lets see where our O line is in the second half of the season after the bye week. We will have all of our starters back except at LG. Slide Turner into the guard spot and lets see how they look. We have not had our O line play together all year. I want to see what that looks like before I panic.
Im sick of spending all these picks on lineman, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'd like to see 1 WR thru FA (1st tier player), if we can land a solid LT I'd do that too, and then you can draft a LG (Barrett Jones) and anything else.
I hope one of the 3 premier LT's that are all FA's this year actually hit the market (Brandon Albert, Ryan Clady, Jake Long), because if they do, we should go HARD for them. We've got lots of cap space, you place the guy at LT and move Saffold over to RT. Then our only hole is LG, which we could roll with, or go fill that in too.
Roc made a mistake he worked hard and got to start a game... but I have Turner as the starting guard. Once Wells gets back after the bye week he will move to LG. Turner has played well...Quote:
Rokevious Watkins come into the season as an overweight mediocre run blocker and horrendous pass blocker?
So you don't think we can find a starting LG and or OT in the second, third round of the draft?Quote:
This offensive line is the achilles heel for anything we plan to do next year. We want to run? Go get a real LG or RT.
That may be a way to go.Quote:
Im sick of spending all these picks on lineman, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'd like to see 1 WR thru FA (1st tier player), if we can land a solid LT I'd do that too, and then you can draft a LG (Barrett Jones) and anything else.
Why would you move Saffold when you stated he is doomed to get hurt again... you lost me...Quote:
I hope one of the 3 premier LT's that are all FA's this year actually hit the market (Brandon Albert, Ryan Clady, Jake Long), because if they do, we should go HARD for them. We've got lots of cap space, you place the guy at LT and move Saffold over to RT. Then our only hole is LG, which we could roll with, or go fill that in too.
Do you think he is not as likely to get hurt at RT?Quote:
What are you going to see? Saffold get injured again for the third time in 2 years?
This thread is about many ways to go forward there is no right our wrong way. We will see what the FO does. That being said Fisher does not used high draft picks on linemen.
Here is what has changed for me... If you go back to last year I was saying fix the O line, draft Kalil at two.
We have added new players to this O line but injuries have kept the starters off the field. Before I want to spend a first round pick on the O line, I want to see what an O line that consist of:
I want to see what they can do.
Caoch Boudreau has taken two of the worst OT's and the worst LG in the NFL and has done a great job period! We ran all over the Fins on Sunday like no one has done all year.
What this tells me, is when he gets his starters back he will get these guys playing at a high level. At the end of the year maybe we need one or two new linemen, we don't know yet as we have not seen them play.
Bottom line I want to fix the O line like all of us. I'm not as worried about it having this coaching staff, they actually can coach and developed talent. They will get it done.
I still think we need a #1 WR too. I'd prefer to snag one in FA (Jennings, Bowe, Wallace). Then we grab an LT in FA too, some back-up players, and in the draft we can take a combo of OG, S, OLB, or even TE.
Te'o plays ILB in the 3-4 at Notre Dame and he doesn't have OLB type speed. Highly unlikely a team drafts him to play OLB. JMO.
Rams will likely go forward with a committee approach at RB like most teams are doing. Richardson is a premier prospect, they'll match him with Pead and maybe a Chris Thompson (Florida State) 3rd down back prospect in the 5th round. Speed Speed Speed.
Back to the OP
veteran = Dwayne Bowe (I'd doubt the Packers let Jennings walk, KC is struggling with resigning Bowe)
Draft = I have no idea who will be available. I hope the Rams get the best talent available regardless of position.
Saffold may end up moving to LG next season. He struggled a little in preseason, guard was always slated as his dominant position. If you could draft a LT or get one in free agency, do it. You can use some stop gaps at RT but Barrett Jones would be a very nice option via the draft.
Jennings , Clay Matthews and B.J. Raji needing new deals... they are deep at WR... they had 6 TD last night and he is out with a hamstring.
Jennings was not on the field.Quote:
Greg Jennings's agent probably wasn't thrilled about the performance of the Green Bay Packers offense without his star client in Week 6 against the Houston Texans. He likely lost a lot of leverage from a statistical standpoint.
Aaron Rodgers and company lit up the Texans defense to the tune of six aerial touchdowns and no interceptions.
Houston's defense is respected across the league, but the Packers offense essentially toyed with it, sending three different pass-catchers into the end zone. That number includes James Jones's third straight outing with two touchdown receptions.
Second-year wide receiver Randall Cobb has also been doing his part to make the Packers offense hum. He didn't record a touchdown catch like Jones, Jordy Nelson and Tom Crabtree on Sunday night, but he did come up with seven catches and his first career 100-yard game.
Nelson was the one who cashed in the points for the Pack. He brought in nine balls for 121 yards and three touchdowns, leading the team in each category.
All of these things took place with the requisite drops from Jermichael Finley and no running game to speak of.
Running back Alex Green had 65 rushing yards, but it took him 22 carries to do it.
Rodgers himself had the longest run on the night for Green Bay.
If Green Bay's offense continues to produce nights like this with Jennings on the shelf, he'll likely be allowed to walk in the offseason if he finds himself too far apart from the team in contract negotiations.
Just to be different I'll give another name to look out for in free agency although I think he'll probably reach an extension before then:
G Andy Levitre
Started over 50 consecutive games since coming into the league and the Bills have one of the better running attacks. I don't think he'd command the price tag of the other O line free agents as well.
If he is locked up I wouldn't mind another run at Jason Jones who may look elsewhere for more playing time next year.
I don't (can't) watch college football so I'll just have to go with what I read in mock drafts and on this board:
WR Keenan Allen
OT Luke Joeckel
I have thought about this a lot and taken many things into consideration. I believe we will most likely be able to sign 2 big free agents considering our cap space, but sticking with the theme of the thread I will choose one.
Free Agent: Dwayne Bowe WR Kansas City Chiefs. Young, big body guy that has been very productive and could be a #1 for us for the next 4-5 years. I chose a WR for free agency because as others have stated, WR's typically take longer to develop and we need immediate impact.
2013 Draft
Pick #1: Luke Joeckel LT Texas A & M. He has been talked about a lot and I am currently watching him manhandle LSU, including one of the drafts top players in DE Sam Montgomery from LSU. Arguably the best LT in the draft. Plays in the best conference in College ball and dominates.
Pick #2: Chance Warmack G Alabama. Arguably the best guard in college. Plug him in at LG and he would be an immediate impact.
Analysis: As I said before, I chose to upgrade the line in the draft and receiver in FA because of the fact WR's take longer to develop, where offensive lineman in the first round can typically play well right away. This should shore up bothe the receiving corps as well as the O-Line. I believe there is probably a decent safety in the 2nd round as well as an OLB we can groom in the 3rd round.
LT- Luke Joeckel LG- Chance Warmack C-Scott Wells RG- Harvey Dahl RT- Rodger Saffold
WR1- Dwayne Bowe WR2- Brian Quick (hopefully) Slot- Danny Amendola Deep threat- Chris Givens
3rd down Possesion- Austin Pettis. We could also re-sign Brandon Gibson for depth.
I Like It! This should give us a pretty complete team and just think, we still have 2 more 1st rounders in 2014!
After the bye week lets evaluate the O line.
I want to see what Saffold looks like at RT and can he stay healthy the rest of the way. Barksdale at LT can he be the answer long term. Before we spend a number one draft pick on the O line next year, lets get a good look at what we have. We also can play Turner at LG he has played very well at center. We also have Shelley to look at.
LT Barksdale
LG Shelley / Turner
C Wells
RG Dahl
RT Saffold
Spending a high draft pick on Luke Joeckel works for me, not sure I would spend another one on a guard. I would prefer safety. We play the Pats this weekend and have yet to play the whiners. Both these teams will expose our safety play IMO.
I do agree whatever it takes to fix the O line is the best way to go.
Just fix it.
TRADE for Dwayne Bowe (3rd or 4th rounder) and then resign him
FA Sign a stud OL, either Jake Long or Duane Brown (preferably Brown since he'll be a bit cheaper)
RESIGN Danny Amendola to a reasonable contract
DRAFT The way both the Rams and Redskins are playing I'm pretty sure that both our picks will be in the top 10, so I'd try to trade down with one of our picks and use the other on the best available position of need. If we don't trade down, my two picks would go as follows:
Manti T'eo from Notre Dame: Even though he's not exactly an OLB, he's so darn good that I'm sure
he can excel at that position. He just seems to always be around the ball, and he'd strengthen both our rush and pass defense.
Eric Reid from LSU: He hasn't really played as well as I'd hope but he's still the best available safety and would be the athletic playmaker our secondary desperately needs.
Darkhouse pick - Tyler Eifert from Notre Dame: He's tall, runs great routes, and has excellent hands. With him and Lance Kendricks, it gives the Rams the chance to run more 2-TE sets and would also improve our running game.
Luke Joeckel (OT, Texas A&M)
Chance Warmack (OG Alabama)
Mike Wallace WR
Resign Amendola and have him play slot with Givens as the #2
Then in the 2nd i would pick Bacarri Rambo, S, Georgia 1st round talent with some baggage.


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Comics Read, 2014
In 2014, I read 1,281 comics on 254 separate days.
Later this month (it is now January), I will endeavor to suggest some titles for the Best Graphic Story Hugo award. Once again, there is an abundance of good material.
In 2014, I read 1,281 comics on 254 separate days.
Later this month (it is now January), I will endeavor to suggest some titles for the Best Graphic Story Hugo award. Once again, there is an abundance of good material.
The following text was written by my friend Greg Costikyan and posted to his blog at Gamasutra. It was then deleted by Gamasutra. If Greg asks me to take it down, I will do so.
If you don't know what #GamerGate refers to and feel a morbid interest in the privilege-laden cruelty of the worst of the gaming community, I'd recommend starting with Video Games, Misogyny, and Terrorism: A Guide to Assholes and stopping there, too, then taking a long shower and, upon emerging, playing a good game with someone you love.
Gamersgate: STFU
by Greg Costikyan on 09/07/14 12:55:00 am
"As a male voice in the game industry," writes my daughter Vicky, "you should speak out about this."
I wanted to hold my tongue. Because when I let loose, it usually does me no favors. But she's right.
What do you think you're defending? An industry in which greed-head executives make brain-dead games on a yearly basis that show little to no innovation from one title to the next? You fucking -want- Madden? And the next Call of Duty game, same as the last but with new content from hundreds of exploited drones working hours that destroy relationships because the suits think that's what they want?
For decades, we had a market that catered to Maxim-reading horny boy-men who bought games by developers who spent man-years on developing better physics to make tits bounce in the next beach volleyball title. For decades, we had shameless manager jackasses who thought the best way to market their titles was to hire high-breasted bimbos to pose and giggle at their booths at E3.
For decades, we had the best creative minds of our industry SHUT DOWN whenever they proposed the slightest design innovation, because increasing budgets meant all design risk must be minimized.
For decades, we had no way for people who wanted to do anything creative be able to find any path to market.
Finally, finally, and thank god, we have a viable path of market for indies, and a way for people who want to express themselves through games that will never sell in the millions to find a market. And you find that a PROBLEM?
What kind of blinkered idiots you are?
And of course, indies do whatever the fuck they can to get noticed, because they don't have MILLIONS OF MARKETING DOLLARS TO SPEND. What the fuck would you expect?
Let me explain something do you. Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision: Mutimillionare. Anna Anthrophy? Stroppy indie developer who probably has problems paying her rent. Who has the power here? What the fuck are you talking about?
There's some kind of conspiracy by the in-group to promote indie games at the expense of "real" games? What the fuck are you talking about? Who cares who Zoe Quinn fucked, or didn't fuck? It's none of your fucking business, unless you were one of the people involved, and most of you would give your left kidney to fuck her, if you had any brains. You are unlikely ever to touch anyone with an iota of her talent or intelligence.
And what does that even mean? Have you suddenly noticed that the game industry is undergoing weird changes as a result of this supposed conspiracy? The next Call of Duty being cancelled in favor of triple-A treatment of the next Anna Anthropy design?
Do people who actually care about whether games can be more than degraded violence porn for young men sometimes get together and talk about games that actually matter? And do they sometimes write about such games?
You're fucking right they do! And you should be fucking grateful that someday a more mature and interesting landscape of videogames may emerge from that! That's not what we call "conspiracy;" that's what we call "gamers who care about games."
And what is it with this mysoginistic bullshit?
I want to tell you some stories.
1. The studio head who invited me -and a female employee- to join them at a strip club at a conference, expecting we would all enjoy this as a 'fun time.'
2. The party given by an industry marketing firm where I and Dan Scherlis were approached by a scantily clad woman who was evidently hired to show their clients a good time (not necessarily including actual fornication) and had to explain that we were both involved with people we cared about, and actually were having a perfectly enjoyable time talking to each other.
3. The -very- gay friend of mine who was hired by another firm and started sweating when I approached their booth at a conference, in fear that I would reveal his sexual orientation to his new boss.
4. My friend, Dan Bunten, a seminal figure in early PC gaming, who decided he was a woman, and after extensive surgery, became Danielle Bunten Berry. "Shabbily treated" wouldn't even begin to describe it.
I have no idea why gender and such is even an issue in this conversation. Women have always been a minority in the games industry, to its loss; but they have never been entirely missing. Roberta Williams created the Sierra adventures. Brenda Garno, later Brathwaite, later Romero, was one of the key talents behind the Wizardry series.
If you look at recent IGDA surveys, 80+% of all jobs in the industry are held by men. This is a problem, particularly as industry surveys say that a majority of gamers are women. To be sure, they're playing Candy Crush and not Call of Duty, and maybe that doesn't qualify as a "real game" to you, but if so, fuck off. Games are games, games are good, and it's great that more people are playing them. Stop masturbating with your console controller and get a life.
Anita Sirkeesian has told some pretty obvious truths about the treatment of women in games; controversial ones, and others are free to debate them, but "debate" doesn't normally involve threats to rape or kill.
You can like, or not like, Zoe Quinn's work; tastes vary. But her sex life is not, and never has been, any of your fucking business.
Leigh Alexander is one of the most interesting journalists working in games.
This is bullshit, you are assholes, and shut the fuck up.
Deal with the fact that not all games are, or will be in the future, the same corporate crap that you apparently love so much. And understand that the money-grubbing entities who dole out this crap will continue to feed your fix, because it's a far larger market than is reached by the indie people, whom you despise and spit on, can possibly ever hope to reach.
You're attacking people who have problems making their rent, apparently in defense of people who make millions off your fanboy lusts; and somehow feel threatened by people who love games -- as I supposed you do -- but love games that are a little different.
You are assholes.
Worse, you are poor examples of men. Men, good men, defend women. They do not attack them.
To which end: To defend the honor of Anita Sirkeesian, Zoe Quinn, Leigh Alexander, or yes, Anna Anthropy, I will be willing to meet any of you, on horse or afoot, with sword or pistol, at a time and place of your choosing.
It is time this stopped.
While we were gone at DetCon1, I got an e-mail from Drew
Breese Beebe, a reporter at Bloomberg TV, who had been assigned to do an article on comics to tie in with Comic-Con International (aka the Sandy Eggo Comic-Con). He had come across my name in a Bloomberg Business Week article from last year about comics fans my age discovering that their collections were, in fact, almost worthless. He wanted to do a piece about comics collecting, with some discussion of the financial aspects but ranging over as many subjects as I felt comfortable discussing.
Given that I am an attention whore whose primary mode of discourse is the lecture, I was happy to oblige, so Tuesday night we rendezvoused at Carmine Street Comics, my Friendly Neighborhood Comics Shop and the store that has the portion of our collection that is for sale. We talked and filmed for about 4 hours, at Carmine Street, in his car, and within Valentine's Castle. Most of the discussion at home was me solo in my study, but nellorat joined us in the basement to show off the comics-filled filing cabinets.
I will confess that I had some fear of being made ridiculous (well, more ridiculous than usual), but Drew called back on Wednesday with a follow-up question about the collapse of the industry in 1994-95 that he would only have asked if he were serious about the subject.
The piece went live on Bloomberg TV this morning and I'm very impressed at how it came out. It's really well-edited, both in the sense of finding many of my most interesting and concise statements and in the juxtapositions of words and image when it's not just my talking head.
nellorat points out that the article doesn't convey the degree to which we are also drowning in books, fanzines, stuffed toys, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, though he did manage to work in a reference to the ratties!
Go, enjoy.
Footnotes: It is in fact very unlikely that I have spent $100,000 (net) on comics, even if you lump in things like traveling to comics conventions. However, the figure is closer to $100K than I care to admit. Of course, we moved to New York so that I could pursue a job in comics which never materialized; that cost quite a lot of money. Deathmate, which triggered the collapse of the comics industry in the 1990s, finished in early 1994; the Marvel bankruptcy was about 2 years later, not quite as immediately as I implied. I did not woo nellorat with Swamp Thing; she had rediscovered that on her own (though I did, many moons later, get her a copy of #20, Alan Moore's first issue, which precedes "The Anatomy Lesson").
I remember nellorat once saying words to the effect of, "Christianity would be much better if it focused on the image of La Pietà instead of obsessing on the Crucifixion."
I feel the same way about "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley" vis-à-vis The Dark Knight Returns.
Happy Batman day, Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff, Denny O'Neil and Dick Giordano, for all we, the superstitious and cowardly lot.
(This is not the most pretentious thing I have ever written about comics.)
Marvel Unlimited is Marvel's subscription-based digital comics service. It has an astonishing range of back issues available (as well as more recent issues) in an all-you-can-eat format.
What are the indispensable runs at Marvel? In rough order of importance, here are my top 10:
I'm sure I'm the last person to prepare a nominating ballot, but here are
19 18 sf/f/h comics stories that were completed in 2013 that I suggest to your memory:
Alabaster: Wolves, Caitlin Kiernan & Steve Lieber
Archer & Armstrong: Far Faraway, Fred Van Lente & Pere Perez
BEDLAM vol. 1, Nick Spencer & Riley Rossmo
Chew: Bad Apples, John Layman & Rob Guillory
Colder, Paul Tobin & Juan Ferreyra
Dial H: Exchange, China Mieville & Mateus Santolouco
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who, Paul Cornell & Jimmy Broxton
Empowered Volume 8, Adam Warren
Glory: War Torn, Joe Keatinge & Ross Campbell
Leaving Megalopolis, Gail Simone & Joe Califiore
Locke and Key: Alpha and Omega, Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
Mind MGMT: The Futurist, Matt Kindt
Morning Glories Season 1, Nick Spencer & Joe Eisma
Prophet: Empire, Brandon Graham & Simon Roy
Saucer Country: The Reticulan Candidate, Paul Cornell & Ryan Kelly
Storm Dogs, David Hine & Doug Braithwaite
Uber vol. 1, Kieron Gillen & Canaan White
Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship that Sank Twice, Michael Carey & Peter Gross
You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, Tom Gauld
(The Tom Gauld is actually a collection of single-page cartoons, but I'm pretty sure it still qualifies.)
ETA: I forgot about the Doctor Who comic because, although it came out on December 31, I didn't read it until the following week; thus it wasn't in my list of comics I read in 2013.
ETA again: I guess the Gauld isn't a "story" in any meaningful sense, so I'm nominating it for "Related Work" instead.
Going to be tough narrowing that down to 5.
We made it to issue 300, which is available free at our online publisher Weightless Books. Go get a copy, and please spread the word. Thanks!
My grandmother had a younger brother, Manny, who (with his lovely wife Katrina) had seven children. Five of my cousins* live in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and have been asking me to come visit them for, I exaggerate not at all, 27 years. Well, I'm finally here.
*Strictly speaking, they are my first-cousins-once-removed, but screw that. Cousins it is.
I am staying with cousin Wanda and her husband Ken in Southlake; they took me out for some superb BBQ at Feedstore BBQ on South White Chapel Blvd, which apparently really was a feed store that sold BBQ on the side until they realized where their strengths really lay. The ribs are among the best BBQ ribs I've ever had, and the fries and fried okra were very strong as well.
Today, my cousin Sylvia and her husband Roy took me to the one tourist attraction I really was not going to miss: Dealey Plaza. We spent about 15 minutes walking the site--the locations of the limousine on Elm Street are helpfully marked with Xs, and there were information hobos helpfully pointing out interesting things like the rail switching tower from which Lee Bowers thought he saw smoke behind the wall atop the Grassy Knoll. I stood by the pylon from which Zapruder made his film and realized that if someone HAD been shooting from there, he would have had to have known--he was, like, 5 feet away from the wall himself. So that was informative. Then we took the tour of the Sixth Floor Museum, which was surprisingly great. Besides the thrill of morbid authenticity of seeing the sniper's nest and the approximate view a shooter there would have had (you can't look out sniper's window, but you can look out an adjacent one), the museum itself is an extremely well-made JFK retrospective, covering his entire life, death, and legacy as well as the rounds of examination of the assassination. Display objects are well-chosen (e.g., cameras like those carried by the various witnesses; actual teletype rolls); the descriptions on the objects are well-written and fair; there are several extremely good short films on the subjects.
The exhibit doesn't flinch from the assassination; in one of the best pieces of the museum, a short hallway has stills from the Zapruder film on one wall and stills from another film from a reverse angle on the opposite wall. (I think this is the Nix film.) The exhibit presents a wide variety of alternate interpretations respectfully, if briefly. All in all, time and money very well-spent, and I would not hesitate to recommend it to one and all.
Tomorrow we are going to Fort Worth's landmark Mexican restaurant Joe T. Garcia's, and then I'm taking a bus to Austin. I'll be there overnight and then head down to San Antonio on Thursday for Worldcon.
My cousins are wonderful hosts, and it has been great spending many uninterrupted hours in their company, getting more of a sense of them as individuals. I highly recommend sharing ancestors with them.
While writing a long comment to Marc Singer's very perceptive short essay on Man of Steel, I made this aside:
The first Iron Man movie made me realize that I have exhausted my tolerance for superhero stories where the good guy wins just by being a little more gooder, or more strongerer, or because the story has to be shaped that way.
Last Friday, I started noticing occasional pain in my left ribcage and shortness of breath. For reasons I've explained at length before, these are worrying symptoms, but they were so intermittent that I didn't reach the obvious conclusion. I was also occasionally coughing.
Well. By Wednesday evening, the pain and the shortness of breath were much more undeniable and were accompanied by thoughts of impending doom--the embolism trifecta. So when I got home--after a very uncomfortable train ride from Grand Central--I informed supergee & nellorat that I needed to go to the emergency room. I had intended to drive myself, but Nellorat said, "Call an ambulance--I'm not going to have you stopping breathing on the way."
The ambulance was there pretty quickly. I walked in, laid down on the stretcher, and they gave me oxygen and asked me questions. The key question, that hadn't occurred to me, was "Does it hurt when I touch you here?"--with "here" being a muscle group immediately to the left of my left nipple. Holy shit, did it ever! And it was clearly muscle pain, not pain within the lung. Which, frankly, solved the entire question, as far as I was concerned.
On Monday last (April 15), my ear/nose/throat doctor gave me a steroid shot in the hope that it would reduce my allergic response. I'm strongly allergic to aspergillum mold and mildly allergic to rat urine. The injection was quick and painless, but I've been sore at the injection site, my left triceps, ever since.
What I hadn't realized was that the pain was spreading to other muscles on my left side, especially in the shoulder and the chest. When the EMT touched the muscle (pretty sure it's the pectoralis major), he made me realize exactly how much pain I was carrying through the surface. I was in pain, yes, and breathing shallowly as a result.
But by that point, I had started down the ER path, and it wasn't really possible to step off. N. met me at the hospital, for which I'm eternally grateful. I was checked in, put on a bed in a hallway, and then basically ignored until midnight, at which point I told N. to go home, since it was clear that no one, including me, thought I was in any real danger. The night dragged on; there were several screaming children over the course of my stay, and I can barely even recreate how horrible it must be to be in screaming pain and too young to communicate about it. But at least the screaming covered up any snoring I engaged in as I dozed on my hallway bed.
I eventually got an ultrasound reading on my legs and (far later) a CAT scan with iodine contrast, pretty much the same diagnostics I got during my last embolism scare. There was absolutely no sign of unwanted clotting, so I was finally released around 5:30 AM on Thursday with a prescription of "take a lot of Naproxen right now and then a lot of ibuprofen over the next few days while the pain persists."
Lessons learned:
A) Steroid shots: don't just blindly accept them.
B) If possible, don't go to an ER in the evening.
C) If I think I have an embolism, tell them to do a full-body CAT rather than letting them waste time with an ultrasound. If there's a clot in my legs, the CAT will find it.
D) Bring a mass-market paperback rather than a heavy trade paperback. My left arm was very sore from the muscle problems, my right arm was sore from the IV, and my phone battery ran low long before I was sent home, so I had nothing to read for long periods.
E) Everyone should have a pussycat to keep them company. Oh, wait, I knew that one already.
F) I am so glad I have health insurance. I hate living in a country where that's an issue.


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Making Descriptive Use of Prospect Theory to Improve the Prescriptive Use of Expected Utility
This paper proposes a quantitative modification of standard utility elicitation procedures, such as the probability and certainty equivalence methods, to correct for commonly observed violations of expected utility. Traditionally, decision analysis assumes expected utility not only for the prescriptive purpose of calculating optimal decisions but also for the descriptive purpose of eliciting utilities. However, descriptive violations of expected utility bias utility elicitations. That such biases are effective became clear when systematic discrepancies were found between different utility elicitation methods that, under expected utility, should have yielded identical utilities. As it is not clear how to correct for these biases without further knowledge of their size or nature, most utility elicitations still calculate utilities by means of the expected utility formula. This paper speculates on the biases and their sizes by using the quantitative assessments of probability transformation and loss aversion suggested by prospect theory. It presents quantitative corrections for the probability and certainty equivalence methods. If interactive sessions to correct for biases are not possible, then the authors propose to use the corrected utilities rather than the uncorrected ones in prescriptions of optimal decisions. In an experiment, the discrepancies between the probability and certainty equivalence methods are removed by the authors' proposal.
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What Are Dry Eyes?
Dry eyes are uncomfortable eyes. They are often red and feel tired. Dry eyes are sensitive to light and may feel gritty and burn. The dryness may be due to reduced production of tears and other internal and external factors.
Dry eyes are more common as people age. They occur when reading, working on computers and when doing other detailed work, and are usually made worse when weather is dry and windy. Excessive heat and cold also contributes to dry eyes.
How Are Dry Eyes Diagnosed?
The diagnosis of dry eyes is made by taking a history of symptoms in combination with an examination of the eyes.
What Causes Dry Eyes?
There are several causes of dry eyes. Eyes may be dry due to allergies or exposure to irritants such smoke, dust, wind or extreme temperatures. Overwork, eyestrain and fatigue are also common causes. Many medications cause dryness of the eyes as well. As we age, we are more likely to experience dry eyes as tear production lessens.
If dryness is recurrent or severe, a health care professional should be consulted to make an accurate diagnosis.
Help for Dry Eyes
Treatment of eye dryness depends upon its causes and accompanying symptoms.
Conventional practitioners often prescribe eye drops. Eye drops reduce dryness but do not treat the underlying cause of the dryness and accompanying symptoms. Sometimes ointments are prescribed for application into the eyes.
Conventional and natural health care experts frequently recommend the use of vitamins and supplements which improve the health of the eyes.
An important difference between conventional and natural health practitioners is that natural health experts do not treat just the symptoms but include remedies that restore eye health and eliminate the cause of dry eyes.
Additional Information about Dry Eyes
- Wash your hands before applying eye drops.
- Follow instructions carefully when using eye drops and washes. Do not touch the dropper tip with your hands or touch the eyes.
- Replace eye drops regularly to prevent infection.
- Get regular eye exams.
- Take an herbal supplement to enhance eye health.
- Use homeopathic eye remedies consistently, not just when symptoms of dryness are present.
- Ask your health care provider if you are taking medications that cause eye dryness. If you are, enquire if alternatives are available.
- Drink plenty of fluids regularly.
- Protect your eyes with sunglasses when outside.
- If your home is dry, purchase a humidifier or boil a pot of water on the stove to add moisture to the air.
- Cool, wet washcloths placed over the eyes may provide temporary relief of eye discomfort.
- Dry eyes and irritated eyes are a symptom of an imbalance within the body. Systemic remedies are needed to help restore health.


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Amanda Michell pleaded guilty to stealing prescription drugs from the Hamm home.
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USD Wastes No Water Month
Mother Rosalie Hill said, "There are three things that are significant in education: beauty, truth and goodness. But the only one that attracts people on sight is beauty. If beauty attracts people, they will come and find the truth and have goodness communicated to them by the kind of people here."
At USD we take Mother Hill's vision seriously by working to uphold our beauty by keeping our campus pristine. This can be a challenge when we consider our use of resources, especially during this time of drought in California.
This is why USD has taken a variety of measures to promote water conservation by retrofitting our campus to include: water-efficient toilet and urinals across campus, low-flow aerators in all faucets, low-flow shower heads, and the online satellite Rain Bird sprinkler system that automatically adjusts watering times and watering based on weather data. High efficiency nozzles were installed on almost all of the irrigation nozzles around campus to make watering 35% more efficient.
While Facilities is looking for ways other ways to conserve water on campus, the Office of Sustainability has designated March as USD Wastes No Water Month: a month full of activities, contests, and discussion that focus on the importance of water in our daily lives.
While we often only think of our water consumption when we shower, wash our hands, or flush a toilet, the things we use everyday required water to produce, including the sandwich you ate for lunch, and the shirt you put on in the morning. According to estimates by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, it takes 220 gallons of water to produce just one loaf of bread, 713 gallons to make one cotton t-shirt, and 1,799 gallons to yield just one pound of beef.
Water is all around us, and this month, the Office of Sustainability is working with Outdoor Adventures, the Residence Hall Association, Residential Life, and the Be Blue, Go Green Student Group to offer the field trips, discussion, and educational opportunities to raise awareness about the importance of water conservation.
March 6: BBGG Tabling Outside the UC/SLP
March 17-21: Water Display Outside UC
March 27: Panel Discussion 12-2pm in IPJ E (lunch provided)
April 1: Outdoor Adventures Trip: Natural History Museum Water Display
Events cosponsored with RHA
Participate in the Water Conservation Film Contest
In addition to attending the month's events, you can help USD Waste No Water by following these quick tips:
- Reduce your shower time by just a few minutes to save big. Try to take 5 minute showers.
- Run the washer machine and the dishwasher only when you have a full load.
- Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth, washing your face, shaving, etc.
- Report all leaks to Facilities right away!
- View this funny video on creative ways to conserve water!!
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The Enchantress by DigitalSerranoWatch
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A friend decided to throw a challenge at me, it was to color over Patrick Zircher's art on Ages of Thunder. The original was gorgeous greyscale and I felt bad coloring it, but I was up to the challenge of bringing something to the table.
Awsome, gorgeous
very good color sense...
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Nice work, I like the rock textures
Beautiful colors!! I love the choices you made.
You are one talented bastard!
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What are the Rockies seeking from the Red Sox? According to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, the Rockies have requested Kyle Weiland and Will Middlebrooks; presumably as a starting point. While both are good prospects capable of eventually being solid major league players, the prospects being asked of the Yankees have much higher ceilings. In fact, it's not even close. If I was O'Dowd, I'd start with Anthony Ranaudo, Ryan Lavarnway, and Middlebrooks and go from there. Even still, the Yankee haul is still better a better deal. (If Banuelos is removed from the Yankee deal, it's pretty even.)
Honestly, my opinion is that the Red Sox entered the Jimenez sweepstakes for the sole purpose of driving up the price on the Yankees. It's a pretty smart move, and it wouldn't be the first time these two clubs engaged in this type of activity. Ultimately, despite the frenzy of the last couple of days, I don't see Jimenez neither moving to the AL East, nor elsewhere around the league. … Click here to read the rest


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Jonathan Cheban is one dashing dude.
Kim Kardashian's BFF brought his handsome self to the Esquire 80th anniversary and network launch event in New York City on Tuesday.
The Kourtney & Kim Take Miami star hit the red carpet solo, though, as girlfriend Anat Popovsky had business in Los Angeles.
NEWS: Jonathan Cheban and girlfriend Anat Popovsky's European getaway "brought them even closer together"
Cheban happily posed for pics while wearing black and gray attire along with a $500,000 watch that almost got stolen in the Hamptons recently!
Earlier this month, Cheban and Popovsky enjoyed an end-of summer vacation that included stops in Rome, Sardinia, Monaco, Cannes and St. Tropez.


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I have to say right off the bat that this is amazing. The timing of this photo is great. The picture is good quality and I like all the colors. I can actually imagine seeing this and it was taken very well. This piece is stunning to be able to see because of how beautiful it was captured. The impact on this photo was amazing. It made me thing about what mother nature can really do. I like the technique of how this picture was taken. The originality, however, is a bit used, it's a great picture but I can honestly see a lot of photographers already taking this kind of photo. The impact, as I said before, already over took me and I'm at a loss for words. I have to thank you for sharing this piece to everyone and good job on getting this and I hope everyone will see more pictures like this.
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20 out of 21 deviants thought this was fair.
What an amazing photo. Your timing for this piece is phenomenal. The way the colors all blend in the the sky as the day changes from day to night is incredible. And to think that this is just nature being who and what it is, is all the more incredible. Although I do not get the feeling of rage as described in the title, I feel more of a since of longing and bittersweet sadness. Kind of like a sad truth. It is a beautiful piece that captures great feeling. The lighting from the sun is excellent and the profile coming from the trees is great. I'm honestly captivated by the blending of purple to pink, to red, to orange. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
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3 out of 3 deviants thought this was fair.
Simply stunning works you shot *-*
Why thank youse.
this is so beautiful!
Wow, where was this taken at? Celeste Mckelvey
lovely sky, i love the colors very much, it's a peaceful sky. it's a great photo!
Beautiful !
Ooooooo its so colourful and pretty ^_^
this is awesome!
The apocalypse is upon us it seems... How else to explain such a ferocious red and purple sky like it was set on fire?
Never thought nature could put on such a display here... and you've captured it brilliantly. Awesome work yet again, Nova!
Glorious !! What an amazing shot !!
Fire in the Sky would have also been another good title for this epic picture.
where is this?? its sooooo pretty!!
In a field near my house.
Beautiful shot and great title
wow good shot and good time to shot hehehe
Beautiful coloring!
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Documents for developers of Peer-to-Peer applications that need to be able to communicate across middleboxes such as firewalls and network address translators, and software tools for testing middleboxes for P2P friendliness.
P2P marker
FreeBSD kernel module to catch and mark p2p traffic which can be then limited and/or shaped using most popular firewalls and QoS systems (ipfw, ALTQ, other). High performance and efficiency are main goals.
Protocol Scrubber
The Transport scrubber converts ambiguous network flows (TCP/IP) into well-behaved flows that are interpreted equally by all downstream endhosts.The Fingerprint scrubber restricts an attackers ability to determine the operating system of protected host
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Really sorry, everyone. This project contains serious vulnerability. Please stop using. http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-4504 --------------------------------------- UPnP IGD (Internet Gateway Device).This emulates Microsoft ICS service. This is for Kernel 2.2. If you looking for 2.4 version, I gave my all result to "Linux-IGD" project. I am thankful to them who translated my project into mainstream kernel.
A Simple Middlebox Configuration Protocol (RFC 4540) implementation for Linux. SIMCO is a signaling protocol that can be used by applications (such as SIP B2BUAs) to dynamically control firewalls and Network Address Translators (NATs).
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a secure, open source OS for use inside USEagency facilities
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Firewall for the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Developed during Google's Summer of Code 2005.
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The goal of WallFire is to build a very general and modular firewalling application based on netfilter or any kind of low-level framework. It will provide a multi-language API, command line and interactive tools as well as X11 or HTML front-ends.
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Security proxy to clean up all unallowed constructions from HTTP requests, detect intruders and filter outgoing HTTP traffic against leaking classified data.
WiSecure is security agent for wireless computers. It protects against common wireless threats such as WiPhishing, EvilTwin attacks, blocks ad hoc networking, minimum encryption level, etc. Its simple, transparent and comes with a easy to use UI.
amun windows firewall
Amun is an open source firewall for windows 2k/XP systems written in C.
bors - A DNS blacklist defender
Bors is a theoretical project that would use DNS blacklists like those used for spam but on a nfqueue level. It uses ideas from mblock/nfblockd but instead of a local list it uses DNS blacklists to lookup if an IP is blocked and what category it belongs.
firewall http screening gateway
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DEFINITION of 'Bear Raid'
The illegal practice of ganging up to push a stock's price lower through concerted short selling and spreading adverse rumors about the targeted company. A bear raid is sometimes resorted to by unscrupulous short sellers who want to make a quick buck from their short positions. A bear-raid target is generally a company that is going through a challenging period, since its vulnerable position makes it easy fodder for short sellers. While short selling per se is perfectly legal, coordinated short selling is viewed as market manipulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), while spreading false rumors is tantamount to fraudulent activity.
BREAKING DOWN 'Bear Raid'
The objective of a bear raid is usually to make windfall profits in a brief time period through short sales. If the bear raid works and the target stock plunges, short sellers can buy the shares cheaply on the open market. These shares would be used to replace the ones that were borrowed earlier and sold at a much higher price, with the short sellers pocketing the difference as their profit.
In a typical bear raid, short sellers may collude beforehand to establish massive short positions in the target stock. Since the huge short interest in the stock increases the risk of a short squeeze that can inflict substantial losses on the "shorts," these short sellers cannot afford to wait patiently for months until their short strategy works out. So they embark on the next step in the bear raid, which is akin to a smear campaign, with whispers and rumors about the company spread by unknown sources. These rumors can be anything that portrays the target company in a negative light – allegations about accounting fraud, an SEC investigation, an earnings miss, financial difficulties and so on. The rumors may cause nervous investors to exit the stock in droves, driving it down further and giving the short sellers profits on a platter.
The repeal of the uptick rule in July 2007 is regarded by some experts as having made it easier for short sellers to embark on bear raids. In fact, the collapse or near-collapse of a number of leading financial institutions in 2008 is attributed in some circles to bear raids.
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