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9th Annual Voices Carry
I was honored to be part of this year's 9th Annual Voices Carry event held at Stage AE on October 1st. The event is Auberle's largest annual fundraiser to provide opportunities, programs and services for the more than 2,300 at-risk children and families Auberle serves each year.
The event was hosted by Randy Baumann from the WDVE morning show and featured a concert showcasing some of Pittsburgh's best talent including Rick Witkowski, Donnie Iris, Scott Blasey and Joe Gruschecky. This was my first time performing at the event and decided to cover "Me and Bobby McGee", which was super fun to perform with Rick Witkowski and his all star band!
The event was a huge success and helped to raise over $132,000 for Auberle children and families!
Here's a great review of the night from Pittsburgh Music Magazine: http://pittsburghmusicmagazine.com/2013/10/02/voices-carry-is-the-pittsburgh-all-star-event-of-the-year-at-stage-ae/

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Bob is an active member of the American Bar Association. He is a former chair of both the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Taxation, and also the Employee Benefit Plans and Other Compensation Arrangements Group of the ABA, Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, as well as a former member of the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits. He has previously served as chair of the Employee Benefits Subcommittee on Defined Contribution Plans of the ABA Tax Section.
Bob is routinely recognized for his work in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, an industry-leading legal resource for professionals in search of qualified, experienced legal counsel. In 2018, Chambers USA researchers regarded Bob as "a fantastic negotiator," who "never lets an issue slip by."
For over ten years, he has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2008-2019) in the areas of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law. He also has been selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers list in the area of Employee Benefits Law. Bob has also been inducted into the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, an organization of attorneys who have focused on employee benefits for at least 20 years and written or spoken extensively on employee benefit issues.
Bob has presented at organizations such as Worldwide Employee Benefits (WEB), the Cleveland Tax Institute, Cleveland Tax Club, Private Equity Roundtable, Columbus CEO Forum, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and ABA on a broad range of topics including hybrid plans, health care reform, qualified plans as investors in private equity funds, using retirement plans as part of a business entrance or exit strategy, the deferred compensation rules under Section 409A, M&A issues, the Pension Protection Act, financial aspects of qualified plans, and IRAs, joint venture employee benefit issues, cross tested and age weighted profit sharing plans, investment advice, investment and fee disclosures and fiduciary issues.
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The Stanford Cardinal have been able to impose their will on opponents during the David Shaw era, but they'll have a hard time duplicating those efforts in 2014.
Quite a run
Shaw has put together a dominating 34-7 straight-up record in his first three years as head coach at his alma mater, which includes a 20-1 mark when playing at Stanford Stadium.
The Cardinal own the second-longest active home winning streak in the nation at 16 games, which can't be ignored when looking over the college football odds page on a weekly basis, but their four Pac-12 Conference games in that situation come against opponents with a returning starter under center.
It's going to be a challenge for this squad with just five offensive and seven defensive starters to remain unblemished at home when taking on USC, Washington State, Oregon State and Utah.
Missing pieces
The Cardinal lost a bulk of their offensive line and a 1,709-yard running back from a squad that went 11-3 in 2013-14, which are two reasons why a lot of NCAA football experts are a bit down on the program.
Stanford has been known to control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball during Shaw's time in Palo Alto, but the offensive front returns just 26 career starts, while the defensive line has two returners that combined to miss 12 games.
The success of these two groups are paramount for this squad to exceed expectations, as five of Shaw's seven losses have come when the team has been out gained.
Hogan's heroes
Kevin Hogan is 16-3 as a starter, which can't be ignored when making your college football betting picks, especially since that record includes a 10-1 mark versus ranked opponents.
The senior signal-caller threw for 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 2013, but he also attempted just 17 passes in the fourth quarter in Stanford's 11 wins.
The Cardinal coaching staff are expecting more out of the Virginia native this season, as he's got some weapons in the passing game to target, including senior wide receiver Ty Montgomery.
Stanford will have no problem in picking up a victory against UC Davis in its season opener, but the strength of schedule goes up from there—hosting the USC Trojans in its Pac-12 opener the following week.
The Cardinal have a very challenging schedule away from Palo Alto, as there's a chance that they could lose five of those six affairs, with the only win coming against top rival California.
I'm a huge supporter of Shaw on the sidelines, but the Cardinal are going to take a step back after putting together four consecutive seasons of 11 or more wins on The Farm.
Stanford has been the best team in the country at getting after the quarterback since 2009, but it simply doesn't have the personnel to continue that success in 2014.
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WARNING: SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN Podcast #125 - Lucifer 1x06 - Favorite Son | Review - Someone's stolen Lucifer's Russian Dolls... Lucifer finds that he must punish someone who has dared to steal something he had in storage... something his Father gave him. And while Detective Decker suspects that he was storing something illicit, the audience gets to roll their eyes in knowledge that the true contents of the crate (besides Russian dolls) are his wings. As they search for wings, Amenadiel gets closer to Lucifer's therapist, and she in turn gets closer to a break-through with her newest patient.
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The Capitals are back atop the Metropolitan Division 40 games into the 2017-18 season, a place familiar enough to Capitals teams of old, but one that's eluded this current iteration of the club for most of the season.
After parting with Justin Williams, Kevin Shattenkirk, Karl Alzner and Marcus Johansson last offseason, virtually no one had high expectations for the Caps entering this season, parting with years of pre-season expectations in the past.
Despite these lowered expectations, Jay Beagle never bought into the idea that the Caps were rebuilding, he told The Sports Junkies during his weekly 106.7 The Fan appearance — 'The Morning Skate with Jay Beagle,' sponsored by Sport Automotive. But he's welcomed the change of pace.
"Obviously our division's tough," said Beagle. "If you look at it, the Metro's tight. I remember hearing that at the beginning of the year, kind of hearing people talking like that. It's nice to be able to kind of fly under the radar, I guess, because the last couple years, there's been a lot of talk about us, and so, a lot of pressure on [us].
"It was nice to kind of just be able to go out and figure it out as a team, because we knew we were gonna have some new guys. I think, for a lot of us coming back that have been here for a while, we knew that obviously the goal was to be where we're at right now, first in the division, and to keep building. It's been a fun season. It's been fun having new guys and building a new identity with a new group of guys."
"Yeah. We're hot right now," he said. "We had a great December and we just gotta keep this going into January now."
"So you never bought into the whole rebuild thing," said Jason Bishop.
"No. No. I didn't buy into that," Beagle replied. "No. No."
"Because you know you've got too many good players," Bishop added.
"That's exactly what I was gonna say," Beagle said. "You know when you have the players coming back, and you see the signings and stuff that we had. I mean, we have a great core here and a lot of great players, so every year we should be contenders to win the Presidents' Trophy and then go in the playoffs and be contenders to win the Stanley Cup. That's the way we look at it and that's our mindset."
Asked if the lack of expectations coming into this season has served as an advantage, Beagle agreed it does.
"When you're kind of that team that everyone's watching and the expectations are so high, I think as a player… it is good, too. It's good to have that," he said. "But no one puts more expectations and more pressure on ourselves than us. Like, no one else can put more pressure on yourself to perform than yourself. You want to win more than anyone. That's what's gotten you here and that's what drives you.
"And so, when you have that extra kind of pressure and that extra, just, people always scrutinizing and looking at everything as a team and individually, I think it adds pressure that's necessarily not very good. It's nice, like I said, this year to come in at the beginning of the year just to be able to figure it out as a team and not have just that expectation of coming out of the gates and being in first place and leading the league right away in points."
"I think this year, it's been a little bit different in that sense, and it's been good," he added. "It's allowed guys that are new to the team to figure out their role and allowed our team just to figure out our identity. It's been nice for a change."
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Only because I doubt our friends and family frequently pick up a copy of Utah CEO, I thought I would take a moment and brag about my husband's stint as a source for a recent article on Ethics in Education.
The full article requires a free username and password, but I will give you the Reader's Digest version of the article here. Cole is quoted several times. Feel free to skim, it is a long one.
Ethics in education
Enron. Tyco. Shady subprime lending. If ever business ethics were needed, the time is now, and Utah's business schools have responded with aggressive curriculum. But can ethics be taught?
by Tami Kamin-Meyer
The teaching of ethics and related principles has taken on
increased importance in Utah's colleges over the last few years, says a fifth-year finance major at the University of Utah. "I have been instructed on ethics and ethical practices in some form or fashion in the majority of my classes at the U," says Cole Lansford, a senior at the Rice-Eccles School of Business.
In fact, he adds, the topic of ethics has been "one of the main business principles being stressed."
So why the renewed focus on ethics? Could it be the result of major ethical lapses and criminal behavior that have splashed businesses into the headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent years?
Yes, according to several Utah business experts. But can ethics really be taught?
Ethics curriculum
"Ethics, or at least ethical standards, can be taught. The real question is whether a person will adopt those standards, act accordingly and live by them," says Kip Kint of Mission Ignition. Kint is a certified Franklin Covey coach whose company is based in Spanish Fork.
Kint admits that the emergence of ethics as an increasingly important aspect of business school does not mean that universities are cranking out graduates who consistently act ethically. There will be those who "feel they know what works for them so they may conform outwardly, but inwardly, they act differently. Some will hear what's being taught at business school and will adopt and buy into it because they are swayed by the respect they hold for their professor or the institution itself," says Kint.
Ethics are also stressed at the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University, according to David Bradford, a Utah entrepreneur who plays integral roles with various business ventures, including Utah-based Linking Universe, an online social communication tool that seeks to harness the power of Facebook. A few years ago, while living in Southern California, Bradford was president of the Orange County Management Association, an affiliate of the Marriott School. He says that the college's "whole philosophy is teaching ethics in business."
One of Bradford's responsibilities as president was to find speakers who would address Marriott students. He says every speaker was asked to discuss ethics in some way. "Ethics are a very strong thread [speakers] were supposed to talk about in every presentation," says Bradford.
Teaching ethics to business school students is definitely on the upswing, according to Lansford. Just a few years ago, he says, class discussions about ethics focused on case studies. "But, with today's real-world economic downturn, we are getting real-world experience in the classroom," says the 24-year-old.
Bradford agrees that ethics have been increasingly stressed in Utah business colleges. "It's a trend," he says, primarily due to the incredible ethical lapses that led to Enron's fall and the Tyco debacle, to name a few.
"People's greed for money and power became so fundamental to their belief systems" that BYU's Marriott School decided to alter its curriculum in an attempt to change behaviors. "BYU's Marriott School wanted to reverse that trend," says Bradford. The college "saw what Congress did by enacting Sarbanes-Oxley and decided to be part of that trend. They decided to be a leader in instilling ethics in our business students," he says.
Can ethics be taught?
According to Steve Hawkins, a partner at Cohezion Communications in Sandy, ethics should be taught "as a good business practice." However, he cautions, the foundation for future ethical behavior is laid well before a student begins their first day of college. "Honesty and fair play are instilled by parents, friends, teachers and business mentors," says Hawkins.
Bradford agrees that a student's background and upbringing play a significant role in whether ethics can be imparted upon a student. "Ethics are really taught in the home; 80 to 90 percent of ethics are taught before the ages of 10 to 12. What we do later in life is merely a reminder of the foundation of ethics learned early in life," he says.
Cary Snowden, president of Square Compass, a company that builds technology-based Web sites, recalls negative feelings after he completed a course on ethics while a student at the University of Phoenix a decade ago. He says during class discussions, students expressed such varied views on ethics that he grew increasingly concerned about how ethical the world of business would be.
Snowden's worries were exacerbated by the fact that his fellow classmates are often not the average liberal college student of today whose ears were either pierced or glued to an iPod or cell phone. In fact, he says, they were working professionals in high-ranking positions in various business fields.
As the father of young children, Snowden agrees that the foundation of an ethical life begins at home. However, due to both his University of Phoenix and business experiences, he says he realizes his version of ethics "may differ from others."
Still, Snowden is emphatic when he says that college students "need ethics training, especially in business."
The importance of learning ethics in business was reinforced for Lansford during a summer internship he recently completed in Salt Lake City. "One of the main business principles that was stressed was the importance of ethics," he says. To reinforce that, his employer held a weekly learning series for interns featuring videoconferencing with management located in New York City.
One week's lesson, in particular, resonated with Lansford.
"They focused on scandals in the last decade in the financial industry. They tried to instill how one's reputation and ethics are intrinsic to business success," he says.
The importance of teaching ethics
"Higher education concerns itself with encouraging students to adopt what they're learning," says Kint. That means if ethics, for example, are not being discussed in college, there's less likelihood that students will demonstrate ethical behaviors in their personal and business lives after graduation.
Kint says it's important to teach ethics to business students for a few reasons. Students will face ethical and legal dilemmas when engaged in the business world, so experience with resolving those conflicts will likely enhance their success. Moreover, "There are those who will fully adopt those standards and be better people because of them."
"The best teacher is a good example," says Hawkins. And whether a person is learning about ethics, business or sports, their education does not end after college graduation. "I've learned a lot from my partner, my clients and some of my vendors about being ethical," he says.
While Lansford says he already had a solid, moral grounding due to his upbringing, his studies at the U have solidified his viewpoints on ethical behavior. "I've gotten a better understanding of the line in the sand," he says.
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Expressionism in architecture is so described: the form is crooked and quarreled because it is more important to express feelings as to be rational. In this context, the expressionist architects deny the whole rationalism in art. The concept is more appreciated than the function. But are the most expressionist buildings still standing. In my article, postmodern architecture, see other weird building!
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If there is one person that I really think gives the worst dating advice, it is Taylor Swift. And she doesn't even give it purposely.
She writes about it in her songs.
I cannot stand that. For one thing, it is extremely disrespectful for someone to view love as a money-making scheme. And that's all she is proving by writing all of her hits about her ex-boyfriends. She may not think that is what she is doing, but it is. If she had any respect for the people she dated, she wouldn't publicly bash them in her music while millions of listeners are so impressionable. It just shows young people everywhere that it's okay to date someone and break up with them……
as long as you can write a song that people will eat up and listen to.
Now, I do not condone staying in a bad relationship by any means. In fact, if you are in a bad relationship, then get out. But, please spare us the bull and don't write a song about it. I think it would be very interesting to see what all of her former lovers would have to say in a song about her. And I guarantee it would go along the lines of her being selfish. The first thing I notice about her is that she does not care about the other person. Let's look back at when Harry whats-his-face won a music award and her response was "Are You Kidding Me?"
Harsh much?
I get it, she's empowered.
But she isn't really.
Almost three years ago I started writing blogs about females embracing their imperfections and flaws. And one of things I've noticed that has taken off with this subject is females not "settling" for less than they deserve. Now, I agree with this. But I also would like to point out to many females out there that men can do the same thing. Being empowered does not give you a license to be a bitch to everyone around you, or to parade around bashing men because it is the thing to do. Being empowered means that you have found an inner strength to yourself that would only be enhanced if a man walked into your life (or woman, whichever you prefer). The key here is to not become selfish along the way. Most relationships fail because of lack of communication. They also fail because the people in those relationships focus more on what they can take from the other person than what they can give.
This is why I say don't ever take dating advice from Taylor Swift.
Because Taylor Swift never focuses on self-reflection, it's always about what the other person did.
And that's why her relationships failed and will continue to until she looks at what she can give to another person. And it may take the right person for her to do that. And she by no means has to be willing to give of herself at her age….she can wait. But deep down, when I see her.
I see someone that's afraid.
You want dating advice. I'll give you some dating advice from what I've learned with my fiance and what I learned watching my grandparents be together for my whole life. They were married almost 58 years before my grandpa passed away.
1) The relationship isn't just about YOU. There are two people. There are two hearts beating. There are two sets of needs that need met. There are two sets of expectations there.
2) Don't say, "I want you to do this." Instead try, "What can we do make this better" or "Where can I work on making things better." A little humility never hurts. I have news for you. I'm empowered. I'm stubborn. I'm a bad ass female…..and I can still be humble because I realize there is one another person that has the other half of my soul.
3) Learn what phrases to say to the other person. If you think the other person isn't listening, change your approach. My fiance and I know which phrases get the other person to do what we want and which phrases will piss us off instantly. Communicate. It's a constant learning process…but once again…this is where a little humility can come in to play. Also, if you don't want to take their bullshit. Don't. But address it in the correct way. Because they don't have to put up with yours either.
4) Don't think you can change them or their habits. This is simple. Don't insult the other person by trying to drastically change who they are as a person. I mean, do you want to stop being that badass female? No. You don't. So don't expect the other person to drastically change to make you happy. It's wrong. Either love them at the core of who they are or move on and save yourself a lot of stupid heartache.
5) Don't talk all the time. Listen too. The person you're with will tell you what is wrong and what they want….you just have to listen to them. I don't mean hear them….I mean listen.
6) Stop thinking you're always right. I still struggle with this. But, I'm learning and he is very patient with me. Almost three years and diamond ring patient.
7) Focus on what you Give. Give to the other person. Constantly. Compromise. I love compromising. It is literally the best of both worlds. And occasionally something I didn't want to do ends up being something I liked anyway. Don't take from the other person and don't let yourself be taken advantage of. But, give.
8) Real love isn't a fairy tale. Just get over it. It's not. There's no white horse. There's no castle. Just. NO. Move on from the childish version of love to the more awesome version I saw in my grandparent's marriage. You want a sweet love story? Watch UP! Seriously, the first eight minutes of that movie was the best love story I've ever seen filmed. Oh, and date the beast, not the prince. People always call me and mine the Beauty and the Beast. I like it that way. People with layers are more interesting than the people without them.
Above all. Realize that anything in life worth having is something you have to fight for and work for. It's not going to be easy. Learn to embrace your own beauty and imperfections first…..
Then, embrace someone else's.
And Taylor, don't be afraid to fall in love. It's the most interesting adventure you could ever go on.
Adventure is out there.
Jump Feet First.


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The Rev. Sullivan Holman McCollester (1826-1921) began working at Westbrook Seminary in April 1861.
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Amy Meiers of Santa Rosa has been a finalist in more than a few nationwide recipe contests, a situation she compares to being "always the bridesmaid, never the bride."
But earlier this year, Meiers finally grabbed the gold ring, a Grand Prize worth $10,000 in cash from the Make it Delish Recipe Contest sponsored by Carl Buddig & Company, a family-owned deli meat company based in Illinois. The busy working mother ended up entering her hors d'oeuvres recipe at the last minute, during the final countdown to 2016.
"It was New Year's Eve, and I realized, 'Shoot. The deadline is today,'" she recalled. "I had to run to G&G for our New Year's Eve dinner, and this was our appetizer. I whipped it up, took a picture of it and entered it, about an hour and a half before the deadline."
Her award-winning Ham and Pepper Twisters, made from store-bought puff pastry and a savory filling of roasted red peppers and cream cheese topped with ham, needs to be cut into strips and then twisted before it is baked to crispy perfection in a hot oven. Since it only has six ingredients, the appetizer doesn't take long to assemble, especially if you make the roasted pepper cheese filling in advance.
As part of the contest, Meiers' favorite grocer, G&G Supermarkets, was awarded an additional $10,000, which they donated to the Redwood Empire Food Bank on behalf of Buddig. Meiers, who grew up in Santa Rosa and works as an escrow assistant for Fidelity National Title, has been shopping at the West College Avenue market since she was a little girl.
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Meiers used to have the Buddig ham in her lunch as a kid, and her husband, Aivars Meiers, often takes it for lunch while working as a firefighter for the Dry Creek Rancheria (River Rock Casino) Fire Department.
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CULLMAN - The Cullman County Sheriff's Office is hosting a free women's self-defense class Monday and Tuesday, July 17-18 at its new training facility. The class will be led by Deputy Chad Whaley, an 18-year CCSO veteran who has trained law enforcement officers throughout Cullman County.
The class, which will be held at 6 p.m. both nights, will focus on the Equalizer Self-Defense Program and deal with hands-on self-defense situations like muggings, assaults and more. Part one of the class will be Monday night and part two Tuesday night.
"I have said many times we at the Cullman County Sheriff's Office are advocates of our citizens having the knowledge and training they need to protect themselves," said Sheriff Matt Gentry. "Deputy Whaley is one the best at teaching self-defense techniques I have seen."
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I love making new friends and Kim looks like my kinda gal.ReplyDelete
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Oh, Anna...what a beautiful gesture - thank you, lovely one. A wonderful surprise to come home to after a long day spent with suppliers which is not my favourite thing. Thank you...I am just so encouraged by you and that is a lovely thing, my sweet. You're the bestest ;)ReplyDelete
Thanks also to Felicity and Jane...lovely comments here and I am delighted to have you both as followers. The support is just amazing. I really appreciate it, girls. Thank you to all. xo.
Oh sweetness! Thanks for sharing - popping over now to spread some bloggy love - I am looking for some bits and pieces for my new bare walls.....ReplyDelete
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If I buy a new monitor, will Windows (when I plug it in) consider it a "USB" device? In other words, do monitors have drivers? If so, when I buy a new monitor, how do I uninstall my old drivers from the previous monitor?
Oh and btw, my current monitor is a TV/Monitor so that is why I want to upgrade (TV's as monitors are terrible)
Monitors are not USB devices. Some monitors do have dedicated drivers that allow Windows to use all the features built into that monitor. For instance, the maximum resolution the graphics card can send to the monitor is determined by the ability of the monitor to receive that signal. So, installing drivers, or getting Windows to acknowledge the model of a monitor will enhance the experience.
That said Drivers are not usually necessary and it is not necessary to remove them when changing to a different monitor.
Some TVs make excellent computer monitors. Depends on weather they were designed to work with computer or not.
What is the brand and model of your current TV/Monitor?
Its a RCA L26HDRL1 i think... The problem with it though is it's changing resolution. Everytime I go to a program that is a smaller resolution than 1360x768 it will require me to press format button, which is like a auto adjustment button. I also have to do it everytime the computer boots up or else I'll see a half screen. I'll record a video tomorrow and show it to you.
That is a limitation of using a TV as a monitor. Although they may have a VGA input, they do not have all the resolution changing circuity that a dedicated monitor has. Generally a TV is set to a particular resolution and it hardly ever changes.
I have an LCD TV that does the same thing with the image shifted to the right when the input is changed to VGA. There is not a lot you can do about it except buy a more expensive LCD TV that can auto adjust resolution.
All versions of WinNT since 4.0 can read monitor EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). No drivers necessary; just plug in the monitor and Windows will automatically switch to the new monitor's correct resolution and refresh rate.
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Although a monitor is not a USB device (unless it has a USB hub in it, or possibly a webcam, in which case you're going to need drivers for it). Your Windows 7 will auto detect it. So go on and plug it in
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The idea of a "pied-a-terre" tax has been in the headlines recently, with Vancouver and other cities taking the lead in disincentivizing unoccupied housing units.
Secondary/non-primary residence homes (NPRs, or what are more colorfully called "pieds-a-terre") in San Francisco are significant in number, and the numbers and value of these homes continue to rise, inflating market housing and contributing to the scarcity of available housing. As of 2014 data (the most recent available) NPRs now comprise nearly 30% of all vacant housing units in the City, and the increase over recent years is equal to 26% of all the new housing production in the same period.
San Francisco has seen a significant increase in NPRs in the past 10 years. Whether these housing units are second homes for the wealthy or units that are rented as short-term vacation rentals, NPRs take housing units out of the rental market, depleting the supply of available housing for San Francisco residents and adding pressure to rising housing prices. This has become not only a San Francisco issue but a phenomenon in other major "hot market" cities nationwide and even internationally.
The scale of the problem
There are three key takeaways from recent research: The number of NPRs in San Francisco is increasing rapidly, pieds–a-terre seem more prevalent in newly constructed housing, and these secondary vacation home units constitute a significant portion of the City's total vacant units.
The most recent 2014 ACS data shows that San Francisco had 9,307 seasonal units. In 2005, the number was 5,822. That is a 60% increase in secondary/vacation homes since 2005. When compared to the total number of vacant units in the housing stock, the number of NPRs are significant in any year. In 2005 the total number of vacant units citywide was 32,564, making seasonal homes 18% of those unoccupied units. By 2012, the total number of vacant units dropped to 30,057 while the number of seasonal units almost doubled to 9,075 accounting for 30% of all vacant units. To put that in relative terms, the number of new pieds-a-terre over that 2005-2012 period was equal to 26% of all new housing production over those same years.
While San Francisco has not approached the number of secondary units affecting housing markets in places like New York City and Miami, it outstrips other cities when we look at the rates. Secondary units in New York account for a lower percentage of overall vacant units than in San Francisco. In 2014, there were 63,916 recreational units in New York City, out of 290,675 unoccupied units. That means 21% of vacant units in New York were secondary homes, a significant number but still much lower than in San Francisco where pieds-a-terre account for roughly 30% of all vacant units.[1] New York, like San Francisco, has seen these numbers increase since 2005, when secondary units only accounted for 17% of vacant units. However, unlike San Francisco, New York has begun to actively talk about regulating these homes. [2]
There is a clear policy and even moral logic in implementing a policy to disincentivize this trend of "ghost units," and, to the extent that this market behavior continues to persist, to ensure pieds-a-terre are subject to a "luxury tax" that can help fund affordable housing and offset the impact on the City's housing supply.
[1] 2014 ACS 1-year estimate, American Factfinder
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/realestate/pieds-terre-owners-dominate-some-new-york-buildings.html?_r=0


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Alec is a boy who dreams of becoming a Hunter after being rescued by one when he was much younger during an incident known as the Great Disaster, which ravaged much of the world. Thus, he sets off with his best friend Lutz across the world, searching for the Hunter who saved him while fulfilling his ambitions and meeting plenty of new friends. Arc the Lad III finishes the Working Designs-localized Arc the Lad Collection, featuring a few gameplay changes and improvements over its predecessors and providing a more solid experience than the previous installments, in spite of its flaws.
Like its predecessors, Arc III features tactical battles occasionally encountered in certain chambers during dungeon exploration, and in certain areas on overworld maps strictly meant for fighting enemies. Before every battle begins, the player picks four characters to participate (a step up from the second installment, where the player had to stick with chosen characters from the beginning of dungeons, with only a few exceptions), with the player's chosen party and enemies taking turns depending upon agility. The player's characters, during their turns, can move around the battlefield, attack normally, use skills, use an item, or simply end their turns.
Fortunately, unlike in the second installment, normal attacks are useful, with characters no longer behaving as though they constantly have blind status inflicted on them. Magic spells, too, retain their usefulness, with another improvement from Arc II being the ability to use spells without having to center them on enemies. Other useful skills include Theo's Cardish, allowing him to turn monsters into cards (five of which he can carry at one time) that he can use to damage all enemies on the battlefield or perform another effect on them, like paralyzing them.
The player can also mess with weapon and item synthesis throughout the game, combining two materials in hopes of creating a new, better item. Obtaining better items this way, however, typically isn't worth the effort, but mercifully, it's hardly necessary to make it through the game. The third installment is also nice to players when they die like its predecessor, with the battle of death instantly restarting with the same characters participating, with no penalty this time. The game is admittedly a little easy, yet more balanced than the second game, with few genuine flaws aside from the fact that enemies, like in Arc II, only face south when low on HP.
The third entry is driven by the guild system present in the second installment, where the player must take jobs from Hunter's Guilds to advance the main storyline, and can perform many non-story jobs alongside hunting Wanted Monsters for extra money. Overworld, town, and dungeon exploration from the second installment also return, not to mention the removed restriction on inventory space present in the first game. With this and a generally good idea on how to advance the main storyline, interaction isn't terribly burdensome, aside from some minor flaws such as occasional menu slowdown and the inability to see the effects of equipped accessories.
Arc III isn't a terribly inventive game, being driven by the guild system from its predecessor (which itself originated in Phantasy Star IV) and featuring the battle system present in previous installments, despite the improvements. On the other hand, the guild system driving the game is what mainly sets it apart from other RPGs (a structure that would influence some future games such as Atelier Iris 3), so it definitely deserves some minor points for creativity, even if it is in some respects a retread.
The story is in a few aspects a rehash as well, given a group of people attempting to revive the Dark One present in previous installments, although it nonetheless has many things going for it, such as a humorous localization, and a generally more lighthearted feel. The presence of a scientific organization, The Academy, as the main antagonist is a nice break from the plots where another force, such as an evil empire or religion, is the chief villain, although the guild system structure somewhat weakens the main plot, given the number of irrelevant side-stories. There are, however, a few familiar faces from previous installments that have some relevance to the plot, although more development for the main characters would've been welcome, as well. It's not a bad storyline, given its humor, although it could've certainly been better.
The soundtrack, however, is inarguably the best of the Playstation trilogy, given the more diverse and memorable nature of the music, even if many tracks, such as some town and battle pieces, have a bit of a bouncy feel, and are somewhat reminiscent of music from Rankin/Bass specials. There is a nice vocalized theme song, "Way of the Earth," alongside voice acting the localization team left in Japanese, sure to please those that actually understand what the characters are saying, although there are some annoying characters, such as Lutz, who actually sounds a bit like Steve Urkel from Family Matters. Still, the third installment is generally pleasant to the ears.
The third entry also marks a significant change in visual style, with character sprites, for instance, being far more anatomically correct than those in the first two games, and the monster sprites, in spite of a few palette swaps, looking decent as well. The scenery, however, becomes three-dimensional, and could have admittedly looked better, given the number of pixelated and blocky areas (although it does look better if one is playing the game on the Playstation 2 with texturing set to "Smooth"). Still, the FMVs, which actually feature some of the game characters this time around, look superb. All in all, like its predecessors, the third game doesn't feature the best graphics on the original Playstation nor does it feature the worst.
Finally, the third game is shorter than the second, taking somewhere from twenty to forty hours depending upon how many guild missions the player takes, which could possibly boost playing time beyond that range if the player seeks to complete them all. Overall, Arc the Lad III, in spite of its flaws, is a decent conclusion to the Arc the Lad Collection, improving upon its predecessors' mechanisms and having a decent sense of humor. Admittedly, those who don't like to laugh when playing an RPG, alongside those expecting a serious story like in the second installment, will certainly be repelled, but others seeking a simple, lighthearted tactical RPG will possibly be more than satisfied.
The Good:
+Much improved over predecessors.
+Tight control.
+Lighthearted plot.
+Solid soundtrack.
The Bad:
-Graphics are somewhat rough.
-Import data benefits are somewhat weak.
Score Breakdown:
Platform: PlayStation
Game Mechanics: 8/10
Controls: 8/10
Story: 7/10
Music/Sound: 8/10
Graphics: 6/10
Localization: 9/10
Lasting Appeal: 5/10
Difficulty: Easy
Playing Time: 20-40 Hours
Overall: 7.5/10


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Peru: Manu Biosphere Reserve Sep 19—Oct 05, 2015
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It was 3:30 a.m. when we assembled for the short walk across the busy street to Lima's international airport. Inside, the airport was already buzzing with activity: hundreds of people checking in for flights, restaurants serving early breakfasts, and shops open everywhere. It would be a long day for us, but the contrast couldn't have been greater—from the glitz and bright lights of the predawn airport, the flight to Cuzco, and then the little farms in the arid Andean highlands just a few hours later. By late afternoon we reached the relatively new Wayqecha Lodge located at 9,750 feet elevation. Situated on the humid eastern slope of the Andes, but little more than thirty minutes beyond the high pass at about 12,000 feet that marked a dramatic and rapid transition from the arid interior valleys of Peru to its humid eastern face, the lodge provided the third important contrast of the day—montane forest. Even before our bags were unpacked, participants were roaming the grounds and cabin porches, sighting Grass-green Tanagers, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanagers, and Black-faced Brush-Finches among other exciting highland birds.
The next several days took us downward through a series of habitats as dramatic as any in the world. It was a stunning transition—from puna grassland and scrub at 12,000 feet down through patches of elfin forest, then taller montane forest, and finally more humid foothill or lower montane forest, some of it mixed with bamboo. We would stay at three lodges, each at a lower elevation than the previous, and experience each with an almost completely new avifauna, a remarkable demonstration of how species replace each other as one travels up or down mountain slopes. Hummingbirds, furtive little furnariids like the Puna Thistletail, and large mountain-tanagers dominated the highlands. Lower down, mixed species flocks of smaller Tangara tanagers dominated, and in the foothills, everything suddenly seemed to change. There were parrots, macaws, antbirds, woodcreepers, a different cast of hummingbirds, and the increase in diversity was obvious.
Two days later we left the foothills and the polished floors of the Hacienda Amazonia and were soon gliding swiftly downriver toward our final and most important destination, the Manu Wildlife Center, with its canopy level observation platforms, lakes, forest trails, and the spectacle of parrots and macaws descending to a river bank to eat clay early in the morning. And, by now the avian diversity was simply overwhelming. We'd left all those colorful mountain-tanagers and hummingbirds far upslope, but they'd been replaced here with Hoatzins, wood-rails, puffbirds, nunbirds, kingfishers, antbirds, spinetails, manakins, and new tanagers (but fewer Tangara) and more nightbird sounds. Also, by now Dave Wolf was almost crazy chasing down butterflies too numerous to count. Dark highland forests with dense tiny leaves were now replaced by many plants with large leaves, many more palms, and trees that were impossibly tall. This was the Amazon rain forest we'd dreamed about.
This trip plunges you into arguably one of the most diverse biological regions on the planet, and there is simply a lot more of everything than a visitor can possibly comprehend in a whirlwind trip of just over two weeks, but it is a great sampler. Something for everyone, something to stir new interests, stimulate questions, flesh out a western Amazonian life list and, if nothing else, it is a place that takes you just a little bit beyond your normal comfort zone, where suddenly everything is new and different and exciting, and the unexpected might be waiting around the next bend in the river, or a little further down that forest trail. And that, I think, is what makes a birding trip, or any trip, exciting.
Avian highlights are well-marked in red on the main list, but a few stand out above all others. To me the pair of Crimson-bellied Woodpeckers near the Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge rank among the top. Others include the Cock-of-the-rock lek itself; the Common Woolly Monkeys; the pair of Jabirus (quite unusual here); the Solitary Eagle over Wayqecha; the Peruvian Piedtail; Festive Coquette (rarely seen on this trip); the spectacle of more than 120 Red-and-green Macaws gathered on the river bank; the White-eared Solitaire perched in the open; and perhaps rarest of all, the Yellow-shouldered Grosbeaks at Camungo. And who will forget the Giant Otters, the variety of monkeys, timid agouties in gardens, and the potoos and owls at Hacienda Amazonia.
We hope you enjoyed this trip, felt a little sense of adventure from time to time, made some new friends, and took away some great memories and photos (well, I believe if it moved it was photographed!). We also hope that this trip leaves you wanting to see and learn more. So, of course, we want to see each of you again somewhere on another adventure.