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Sept. 15, 2012
For the second day in a row, women's tennis teams flocked to Baseline Tennis Center for the Gopher Invitational. A Minnesota doubles team claimed a championship title while other Gophers continued their run through the three-day tournament.
The day began with two rounds of doubles action. After advancing yesterday, all three Gopher pairs started in the winner's bracket of their respective flights. Julia Courter and Aria Lambert and Jessika Mozia and Paula Rincon Otero remained in the Gold (A) Flight while Kelsey Frechette and Pauline Gilbert played in the Maroon (B) Flight.
Courter/Lambert were able to advance into the semifinals with an 8-6 win over McColloch/Lankelma of UNI, but fell to Eastern Michigan's Supejova/Toncheva, 8-4. The freshmen pairing of Mozia/Rincon Otero narrowly missed out on the semifinals, losing 8-6 to UWM's Soule/Colarossi in the first match of the day. They also dropped the next match against a pair from EMU (8-5). Courter and Lambert will compete for third place tomorrow, while Mozia and Rincon Otero remain in contention for seventh place.
The Gophers had more success in the Maroon Flight with Frechette and Gilbert bulldozing their way to claim the championship. They started with an 8-5 win over Burroughs/Koval from St. Catherine and clinched the title with a 9-7 defeat of Air Force's Hueffner/Magday.
After a switch in the bracket, Rincon Otero played Chelsea Moore (UNI) to a 6-1, 6-1 finish. She plays for fifth place tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Lambert also won her match in the top singles flight. She swept Gustavus' Laurel Krebsbach 6-0, 6-0. Rounding out the gold flight, Courter dropped her match against Maddy Soule (UWM) 6-1, 6-0. She will play for seventh tomorrow morning.
Moving over to the Maroon (B) Singles Flight, Mozia is also set to play for third after falling 6-1, 6-1 to Annette Dohanics from Iowa. Frechette fell to Mary Meyers (Air Force) in a tough consolation round. After winning the first set 6-3, Frechette dropped the next two 3-6, 1-6. She plays Christine Colarossi (UWM) tomorrow in a battle for eleventh place. Gilbert came away with her first singles win of the tournament, beating Annie Mahoney (Gustavus) 6-0, 6-1. She is scheduled to meet Ankita Bhatia (EMU) for a possible thirteenth-place finish.
Tomorrow's final day of action begins at 9 a.m. at Baseline Tennis Center.
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Amazon Q1 Results Preview (from a seller's perspective)
After the market tomorrow, Thursday April 24th, 2014, Amazon will report their Q4 2013 results. Due to their battle with shareholder activist, Carl Icahn, eBay is releasing their results AFTER Amazon this Q (eBay is next week Tuesday April 29th) so we'll be reporting on the Amazon numbers first this time around.
From our SSS data, Amazon averaged 21.1% y/y growth. According to comScore's e-commerce brief, online desktop e-commerce (no travel, no mobile) increased 12% in Q1 2014 - a bit faster than Q4 2013 and slower than all of 2013. Given that historically mobile is ~30% of desktop, we will go with 15% for the US e-commerce growth rate (with mobile, no travel).
As we kick off 2014, it will be interesting to see how Amazon and eBay's growth rate overall and for each of it's segments compares to this 15% 'base line' growth rate.
Key metrics we are watching
- Active users - Every other metric is 'backwards facing', so we like active users because it is forward looking because it tells us how many shoppers are actively buying on Amazon going forward. Last year (Q1 2013) Amazon had 209m active users. This metric has been growing at a 19% clip so if we project that on the 209m active users, we get 248m active users.
- EGM y/y growth rate - This blog is for Amazon sellers and the bulk of Amazon sellers are in the EGM category (Electronics and General Merchandise). Last Q (Q4 13) , EGM grew at 24% with the US at 25% and non-US at 21%. A year ago (Q1 13) EGM grew 30% - 28% domestic and 32% non-domestic.
- % units from 3P - For the last year this metric has been 'stuck' at 40% after previously moving a point or so every Q. For one Q, (Q2 2013) Amazon did mention that the metric was under pressure because they changed the way many digital books are sold (moving them from 3P to 1P) and that if they excluded that it would be 43%. Unfortunately they haven't provided details on that again that I've seen, so we have been patiently waiting for this headwind to either dissipate or 'we lap it'.
- Sold item growth - Wall St. loves this metric because it feels like it should be a proxy for how fast Amazon is growing when you take out category mix, ASP differences, media->EGM and what-not. The problem is Amazon's digital businesses (books, streaming videos, and apps today - who knows in the future) confuse this. Have you ever seen how many free apps and books there are? They don't count here. If a Kindle book is $.99 it IS in here. Personally I don't track this one as religiously and wish there was an EGM item sold metric instead. The reason it makes the list though is because it is one metric that both eBay and Amazon report.
This dashboard shows all of the metrics we'll be watching closely to see how Amazon performed:
We will have the highlights from the report out Friday - stay tuned!
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The Air Canada Centre was last night shook to its very foundations as their Hometown boy was screwed out of retaining his Intercontinental Championship. Edge had the pin on Orton, but the Special Guest Referee, Mr. McMahon stopped the count. Shades of Montreal only a few years ago still echoing in the minds of the Canadian fans, and another screwjob like this will definitely remain in those minds for a while to come. How will Mr. McMahon explain himself? Will we hear from the New Intercontinental Champion? And will Edge even be at Raw Tomorrow?
A new World Heavyweight Champion was crowned last night as Bill Goldberg tore through five other men, and pinned Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the title for the second time in the WWE. The Canadian fans must have thought that Goldberg was out of it after Spearing himself through one of the glass Chambers, but we do know that the World Heavyweight Champion will be on Raw tonight. You cant bet against the fact that, Eric Bischoff has already come up with some sort of plan to take the Title away from Goldberg. What will the GM have in store for The New World Heavyweight Champion? Tune into Raw to find out.
Last night saw the reunion of one of the Greatest, if not The Greatest, Highflying Tag Team to ever grace the WWE. Jeff Hardy has returned to Monday Night Raw! Stamping his authority after the match last night. Steiner already had the Hardcore Title match won but he wanted to end Hardys career as promised. Steiner grabbed a Table and was about to Frankensteiner, Matt through it until the Team Extreme Theme Music played. Jeff then took advantage of Steiner culminating in a Swanton Bomb, through the Table to Scott Steiner. What role will the Hardy Boyz have on Raw this Monday? What will Scott Steiner do to seek revenge?
Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas kept hold of their World Tag Team Titles last night, what will La Resistance do, if anything, to get those titles back? You could be sure that Eric Bischoff will somehow be involved.
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Austin Karazsia and Dess Fougerousse did everything in their power to carry Linton-Stockton to the Class 2A state title Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, but the Miners duo was simply outnumbered by Bowman Academy.
Employing the seemingly bottomless bench that enables it to execute coach Marvin Rea's 32 minutes of hell, the Eagles were too much for the Miners' prolific one-two punch in an 86-73 victory.
"Our game plan coming in was to make it a track meet, to get up and down the court," Rea said. "(It)'s enough to frustrate anyone. If teams can get through it, hats off to them. We're only as good as the 12th man we put on the court. It's what we take pride in."
Bowman (18-9) led wire to wire, frazzling Linton-Stockton early with its patented pressure in building a 13-point halftime lead despite foul trouble for Justin King and Antonio Pipkin.
The margin reached 17 in the third quarter, but just when a blowout seemed imminent, the Eagles had to withstand the dual heroics of Karazsia (29 points) and Fougerousse (25 points), who rallied L-S within five with 3:26 left.
"It's something that's hard to practice against," Linton-Stockton coach Joey Hart said of the pressure. "You've got to see it live and as we did, we got better as the game went on. We wanted to be in a four-minute game and we were."
The Bowman front line of Justin King, Davon Dillard and Antonio Pipkin countered to pull the Eagles through. King scored seven straight points, including a 3, and Dillard followed with an and-one. One more L-S push made it 70-65, but Pipkin, limited to 11 minutes by foul trouble, took over down the stretch, scoring 12 of the Eagles' last 16 points to secure the title.
"It was time to ride (King)," Rea said. "We wanted to put the ball in his hands. We rode the pony until he was done and then we rode Antonio. 'Tony' did what we expect him to do, to carry us down the stretch. Davon just does what Davon does. He can be as good as he wants to be. He's really matured a lot from Day One to now. They have this thing about proving me wrong."
Nine Eagles scored, four of them -- Dillard (24), Pipkin (16), King (16) and Arthur Haggard (15) -- in double figures. Bowman's bench outscored Linton-Stockton's 13-2.
"They made some unbelievable shots on the perimeter, shots we hadn't seen them make on film," Hart said. "They were relentless on the glass. It took a very good team to beat us and we got beat by a very good team."
The state title is Bowman's second, the other coming in Class A in 2010.
"It's really sweet, really special," Rea said. "A lot of people thought we wouldn't be here. It was a trying season. It was a group of new guys. We doubted ourselves early in the season. We battled. They tested me and I tested them. There were tough times, but we're here. We made it back."


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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Ryan Dempster put aside whatever the personal reason was he didn't cross the northern border over the weekend and crafted his finest performance since joining the Texas Rangers to get this 10-game homestand started in style. In his fourth start and coming off a second dud last week at New York, Dempster retired the final 11 batters he faced and shut down the side in order in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, not allowing a hit since a one-out single in the fifth.
The only run Dempster (7-6) allowed came in the first inning when first baseman Mitch Moreland couldn't snag Adam Jones' liner, having it tip off his glove and dribble just far enough behind him to allow Nate McLouth, who doubled with two outs, to score. Dempster allowed the two hits in the opening frame and then just two more over the next seven innings while striking out six. He walked two and threw 111 pitches before giving way to sizzling closer Joe Nathan.
What it means: The idle Angels fall 9 1'2 games back and the Oakland A's, who started the night five games back, are at home in a late game against the Minnesota Twins. The A's trailed early, 3-0.
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Cruz-ing: Nelson Cruz's low screamer to the left-center field gap in the bottom of the fifth not only scored Josh Hamilton from first base for Cruz's 74th RBI of the season, but it was also his 32nd double of the season, a career high. Cruz hit 28 two-baggers last season and 31 in 2010. Speaking of RBIs, Cruz is on his way to a career high in that category as well. His best is 87, set last season.
Bottom third: The Rangers continue to get production from the end of the order and particularly David Murphy, who was hitting .351 in his last 10 games entering Monday night. Murphy, batting seventh, delivered in the three-run fourth inning with a good bit of hitting, reaching out to slap a 2-1 curveball into shallow left field and knocking in Adrian Beltre, who led off the inning with a single and advanced to second when Nelson Cruz walked. Catcher Geovany Soto kept his hot bat going after collecting three hits Sunday with a sharp grounder through the hole on the left side to score Cruz. Mitch Moreland loaded the bases with a fortuitous infield nubber that shortstop and former Ranger Omar Quintanilla had no shot at converting. Murphy added his second RBI with a no-out single in the eighth to make it 5-1.
Late carryover for Young?: A three-hit Sunday at Toronto -- including his first homer in months -- didn't spark the makings of a streak for embattled hitter Michael Young, well, at least not until late. Occupying the DH spot Monday, Young couldn't find a hit or a bit of luck in his first three at-bats. After grounding out to lead off of the second inning, Young came up in the fourth with no outs and runners at first and second. His sinking liner to left didn't get down quickly enough as McLouth snared it at his shoelaces. In the fifth, Young softly grounded out to second base with one out and Cruz at second. But in the eighth, Young slapped a liner to left-center and never thought about holding it to a single, sliding in safely at second with his 20th double of the season. Young finished the night 1-for-4 and his batting .272.
Wrong side of Top 10: Josh Hamilton entered Monday's game 10th in the AL in strikeouts with 112. Add two more to his total after he went down swinging in the third and fifth innings. During his first strikeout, ironically, Hamilton laid off two pitches he typically hacks at to run the count to 3-2 and then swung at ball four, a changeup that bounced in the dirt. It resulted in a double play with Ian Kinsler running on the pitch and getting thrown out at second. Hamilton has struck out 114 times in 113 games. His career-high for strikeouts is 126 in 156 games in 2008. He struck out 93 times in 121 games last season.
Up next: Rangers right-hander Scott Feldman (6-8, 4.63 ERA) goes up against Orioles righty Chris Tillman (5-2, 3.65) at 7:05 p.m. on on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM and FSSW in the second game of the three-game set.
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Residential Restraint: Big-House Backlash
This Old House
It's the American dream, on steroids. Home ownership is seen by many as a key to stability and happiness. But as homes grow larger and more elaborate, and often replace older architectural gems, some communities are fighting back, and facing some sticky issues of property rights versus historic preservation.
This Old House details just such a battle in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where, after an influx of oversized mansions built on lots previously home to more modest and charming vintage homes, a few citizens began taking matters (and eggs) into their own hands and retaliating with vigilante justice.
This approach was, of course, not the way to resolve such a touchy conflict, and resulted in an open letter from the mayor, begging for civility. The property owners assert that they're entitled to demolish and build whatever they choose, within zoning guidelines, while other community members argue for the preservation of classic architecture and open space. After all, "houses built today are typically more than twice the size of ones built in 1950, yet lot sizes have remained the same." A huge house crammed into a historical community doesn't give anyone much breathing room.
In Chevy Chase, citizens took action through official channels and petitioned for a temporary halt on new construction, which the town council approved. But realtors, developers and property owners aren't happy and say the measure will slow growth and could affect their economy long-term.
What do you think? How much should property owners consider the needs of the community before building their dream house?
Read the full article at This Old House.
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This is going to start a riot.
As long as the development is within the legal requirements of the area, then people should not be dictating what others do with their property. "Charm" and "Character" are highly subjective terms and it's pointless to argue about them. What's "charming and oozing with character" to one person is "urban blight" to someone else. I've seen some good and bad examples of infill development in this city. For the most part, I've seen good examples ... and the infill developments are vast improvements over the shoebox homes that were on the lots previously. Just because something is old doesn't mean it's worth preserving. And not everyone wants to cram themselves into a small house/apartment.
The article says Chevy Chase has "3,000 residents" which is probably accurate, but please don't think it's a small town. Chevy Chase is less than 10 miles from Washington DC. Median income is over $200,000 and the residents are extremely educated.
As someone who is very familiar with the McMansion boom in the DC area, I sympathize with those who want to preserve the older homes, but not with the ones who would egg someone else's. McMansions are not all the same, despite the name. 5,000 square feet for two people is decadent, but I had a neighbor who had four kids and elderly parents. Eight people in 5,000 square feet is not unreasonable. So it's all relative. I think what the residents are really opposing are those who want decadence for decadence sake, and the quote in this article "don't take up any more space than you need" captures that.
Here's that article. It gives really good clarity into the fight, which hasn't changed much since 2005. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/01/AR2005100101470.html
Perhaps they could put size restrictions on new construction that is based on lot size. This could take care of the space issue. And inadvertently might take care of charm/historical issues. I do agree with JamieO2 that charm and character are pretty subjective. In Indy, I have seen some nice examples of new construction fitting in on long, narrow lots with older homes nearby. However, if you really want that sprawling, usually generic McMansion, maybe you should build in the 'burbs instead of next to the home built in 1930.
I am thankful every day that I got my shoebox (I consider it a jewel box) in the DC area before it could be demolished. I have a wonderful 2 mile commute, easy access the city, a small house to heat/cool/clean, and a large sunny lot. If the day comes that one of my neighbor's houses is demolished, and a behemoth towers over me, I'll have to move.
The sad fact is you cannot regulate the taste or needs (or income!) of others. The only thing that can be done is to regulate the amount of a lot that can be built upon and the height limit. That needs to be done before the house is built. This is not necessarily about "charm," as no amount of charm matters when the sky is blocked out. If however, your county/city just wants the tax dollars, then the regulations will reflect that--and house size will be maximized.
I am familiar with the situation in Chevy Chase and live in a similar nearby community. In my neighborhood, there have been many infill "McMansions" added over the last few years. They definitely stand out from the more modest bungalows and capes on the street. Most of the new homes are being built to replace some seriously run-down properties, though. We're talking questionable electrical, plumbing, crumbling plaster, leaking roofs, you name it. Land values in areas like this are very high, and the only way for an owner to make a profit is to tear down and build something much larger. You would likely take a loss if you did a down-to-studs remodel with existing square footage. Many of the infills do try to at least keep a similar "style" as the nearby homes. I have seen many well-done craftsman-style new homes. Overall, I welcome the new additions. They are generally replacing unattractive properties, and bringing up property values for the whole neighborhood.
7 years of this crap? Why doesn't the zoning board in Chevy Chase get off their asses and vote to change the lot coverage percentage in the ordinance??
Every zoning ordinance has a section about lot coverage rules, meaning you can't cover more than a certain percentage of your lot with impermeable material (house, driveway, patio, etc). If they are building 5000 sqft homes on quarter acre lots, then the legal lot coverage percentage for new construction there is extremely high. If the board votes to lower it you will see home sizes come down or lot sizes increase, or you'll start to see 3 story homes.
I think the residents would be happy if a construction company built homes more in the style with the historical homes, like CSTR said. I saw a lot of Cape Cods that were just adorable from the outside, but run down on the inside and also featured second floor additions with 7 foot ceilings. The second floor felt claustrophobic and cramped and I knew I couldn't live there. Those homes could have been improved if someone were to built a new Cape Cod in its place (with normal height ceilings).
Besides rectrictions on heights and square feet, some neighborhoods can be classified as "historical" or as of "interest" in order to preserve character/uniformity. This is not only for nineteehth century streets or areas planned by Wright or Eichler, but also, say, for more modest mid-century development (those not designed by famous architects).
This seems like one of those issues where people might be quick to jump on the "preserve it!" bandwagon until it's their house. Then gigantic bathrooms and walk-in closets take precedence. Of course both of these things can exist together, but it is a matter of taste and sense. I've seen some lovely new homes and some terrible ones. And not all old homes are treasures. In my opinion the best scenario is when people are able to renovate and put on additions without completely demolishing the existing home, but it's not always possible.
I saw a good point in a discussion about infill in my town, which is both historic and run down (a lot of supposedly temporary post war and post Halifax explosion story-and-a-half bungalows went up hastily which have just stuck around). The poster pointed out that people who build ugly vinyl-sided big houses in charming city streets are profiting from the charm of the neighboring houses while not adding anything to the streetscape. I actually LIVE in a big house which was well-redone on the inside but the previous owners couldn't have made the outside more bland if they tried. It's not quite in the budget to reside (plus it seems a shame to landfill perfectly fine siding) so we're trying to add charm in other ways.
I do think the answer is to designate historic districts for special neighborhoods that at least have some kind of standards .... e.g. height and lot coverage.
That said, historic district regulations can be very frustrating when you're on the wrong side of them. A friend of mine just renovated his Montreal bungalow, which has about 6.5 foot ceilings on the second floor, and he was limited to adding a shed dormer because they wouldn't let him raise the roof. Despite the fact that many of his neighbors had already raised theirs before the designation. If he had known just how strict the designation was he probably would have bought elsewhere.
As a former city planner, stories like this make me sigh and shake my head. This is NOT a new trend. If smaller homes and more open space is truly a value of the community, then they'll have no trouble adjusting their zoning and subdivision regulations to reflect that. They've had many, many years to address the McMansion issue. If they still have regulations that allow homes that are out of proportion, well...they could have done something about it. As other commenters have mentioned.
If a community has inadequate regulations, it's still possible that homeowners and developers will build homes that are scaled appropriately, and fit in aesthetically with their surroundings. But too many communities leave that up to chance, in my opinion.
Just read the linked article from Pi - all I can say is I certainly do not have the same values as the people insisting on newer and bigger. And the article mentioned the increase in home values, etc. and people seemed to feel very entitled to their large homes. I would be curious to see what they think post-Oct 2008... ie in today's market.
Gehry, Frank - "In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures."
Morris, William - "These old buildings do not belong to us only, they belong to our forefathers and they will belong to our descendants unless we play them false. They are not in any sense our own property to do with as we like with them. We are only trustees for those that come after us."
Shankland, Graeme - "A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent; and a city without old buildings is like a man without a memory."
I always wonder - if a neighborhood was that nice, wouldn't everybody be trying to preserve it? I think the answer is "yes" if people are attracted to the character of the neighborhood. If it's about the location alone, then the answer is no. Maybe McMansions are the price you have to pay for living in a highly desirable location like Chevy Chase?
Also - after looking at Real Estate listings for Chevy Chase, MD, I am having a very hard time feeling bad for them because of the "blight" in the city. I wonder what they would consider half of the houses in my neighborhood - uninhabitable maybe?
I really really hate the huge MacMansions and I was involved in a 10 year long neighborhood fight against a property developer, in one of the oldest, most historic towns in the country. It finally went to the State Supreme Court and we lost. Now we are working to change the laws that enable this to happen.
I think it will require both a carrot and a stick. I mean, a change in laws that allow property owners to do pretty much anything they want with their land and big houses getting too expensive to live in. Twenty years ago there were a ton of huge antique houses sitting on the market at low prices, just because they were too expensive to maintain and heat. At some point that will happen to all these humungous monstrosities that are mushrooming up around the nation.
"If however, your county/city just wants the tax dollars, then the regulations will reflect that--and house size will be maximized."
This is basically what it is all about. Scraping off older existing bungalows on smaller lots has happened in the city where I live all around me and especially in the pricier neighborhoods. It would be nice if there were some guidelines in place--that homes may need to fit the existing character of the neighborhood. I think most of these homes were built by speculators with the intent of making money as the people do not stay in them for long--just the required 3 years and then they sell and now due to the economy the huge homes sit for months on end, even when slashing prices by as much as $30K or more. Some sit empty for months on end. This has occurred where I live where an existing brick ranch home with a large lot was scraped and replaced by a much larger home. It has been on the market for over 4 years and the asking price was $1.2 million. The builder intends to sell the rest of the lot to build another home exactly like the one he just did. The economy has halted some of this, but not in some areas. The city is too greedy and will continue to allow this since it is all about tax dollars.
I'm in favor of preserving the past, when its something worth preserving. However, is It really necessary to preserve every 50+ year old house in this country? Are all of them historically significant and do they really enrich our lives? Some people love them, and some people hate them. Those that love them will preserve them, but everyone shouldn't be forced to do that.
A bit of a reply to Dulcibella -- your comment, "a change in laws that allow property owners to do pretty much anything they want with their land" is interesting. By this token, the elderly folks who let their properties crumble around them should be penalized just as much as those who want to build a new construction mansion. Look, we can't force our neighbors to have the same values and tastes as we do. Zoning laws are in place to limit what we can do with our properties to a large extent. If you want to live in a place with more limitations on property owners -- then perhaps you should consider moving to a neighborhood with an HOA or one with historic preservation restrictions. I am willing to put up with both unkempt properties and with McMansions (side-by-side in many cases) to live in a vibrant walkable community. YMMV.
How about building a house that makes good use of space instead of just taking up a bunch of space? I'm a huge fan of architect/author Sarah Susanka and her "not so big house" approach. Her homes are still bigger than an old bungalow but she encourages people to work within the constructs of their existing neighborhoods. (And she's been featured on This Old House!)
I agree with her approach and principles as building better and smarter isn't always a matter of building bigger. I applied this to my home before I'd ever even heard of her. My neighbors have a family room addition, but they don't use their living room. If they had small children maybe they would use that additional space more, but it is hard to say. I have a friend who likes the open room concept of the kitchen opening up to the living room, etc., and I don't. She felt sequestered and ignored in the kitchen and preferred having it open, while I don't mind having some separation, although I did open up the kitchen to the formal dining room.
Unfortunately, they'll have to go through govt channels to change zoning laws. I'm surrounded by this same kind of activity. In recent years Seattle reworked the zoning laws to support density.
Short of buying everything around me, I have no control. I even had a developer tell me I should tear down my lovely 118yo house and cram some townhouses on the double lot. Um... no thanks.
The picture for the article does not reflect a McMansion, but a large house with plenty of lot space.... In the city that I live the McMansions are buit in small lots, with 5 ft easements.
The environmental aspects of building a mansion for the common folk... higher energy bill, change in flood patterns (less water is absorbed during downpours), sunlight and air circulation is diminished.
I am not a fan of mcmansions to be sure. However, there are many areas in which my 1200 squarefoot home for myself, my husband and two kids would seem decadent. Plus, anyway you slice it, almost all Americans (and other westerners to a lesser degree) use more than our fair share of the earths resources. It seems self-righteous to say that someone else's extravagance is "too much" when really all of us are really taking too much. I'm just saying that it's not just the mcmansions that are the problem. It's a deeper more systemic issue.
sigh ... not all new construction falls into the "McMansion" category, unfortunately too many people throw that term around and apply it to any new construction that they, personally, don't like.
I've lived in an old house and a new "McMansion" (sublet) and I'd take a 100 year old house over a new big house any day. So no, if you bought the property, feel free to put whatever you can afford (really afford, not pay yourself to death "afford") but if there is a well preserved older house, maybe it's worth preserving.
replying to my own post: I am a big fan of very modern architecture. The picture above is to me though a show of distorting traditional building structure "McMansion". So yeah, either old or very modern.
"If however, your county/city just wants the tax dollars, then the regulations will reflect that--and house size will be maximized."
I can't disagree more. Where I live, the historic districts are among the most expensive areas to live and therefore suffer some of the highest property taxes. Here, taxes are calculated by the value of the property, not strictly by the square footage of the house. And, frankly, it is the value of the land that has the most weight. For my property, as an example, the cost of the land is 90% of my total taxable property value according to tax rolls.
It really comes down to choice. Some people want to live where there are more extensive rules for house construction and maintenance. Those people can live in HOA neighborhoods or historic/conservation districts. Others feel that they payed for the property, they should be able to do what they like so long as it meets health/safety codes. There are areas that allow for that, too.
I am in a conservation district, and while I feel that my district has struck a decent balance in preserving the feel of the neighborhood without being unreasonably restrictive, still there are times where I feel I ought to be able to do what I want with my house and not have to wait for a quarterly meeting to get X approved.
I can also tell you that preserving the older homes comes with a price. They are smaller and more expensive to upkeep. They are less energy efficient unless you spend a ton of money ripping out and replacing insulation, windows, roofing, electrical. Closets are generally non-existent, and rooms are not set up the way a modern family likes to use their house. Many bedrooms and one bathroom is the norm. Tiny kitchens and unattached garages. How many parents would like having an outside door into their kid's room? It's common here.
This post reminds me a lot of when I watch various real estate or house hunting shows on HGTV and they always have the couple on that walks into a master bedroom and instantly cringe at how small it is. In the meantime you look around your own house and think my entire first floor would fit into that bedroom so I can only imagine what they would think of my house.
It is very disheartening that the conversation immediately turns to the usual four topics:
1. More regulation
2. "Historic" preservation
3. Property taxes/value
4. Development profit.
While -as many posts have noted- style and charm are subjective, quality is not. The fact that the trend in home-building has consistently veered towards bigger and bigger houses built with cheaper and cheaper materials is undeniable. In Houston, where there are no zoning laws, development has focused on cramming as many as 8 "townhouse" units on the site where one house used to stand - without consideration for accommodating the 16 cars that now have to fight to park on the street.
It boggles my mind to see how Function and Sense are completely absent from the conversation. The perception of the American home dweller has unfortunately been warped so much, that it's no longer even part of the discussion. It's really sad, but it reflects the attitude of "us vs. them" that permeates our society, as opposed to the more collaborative "we". Most, if not all of the posts above, are in one way or another pitting one thing versus another. Developers vs. neighborhoods, "historic preservation" vs. "modernization", etc.; instead of arguing for quality and long term value.
Asking for more regulations (1) only leads to more headaches, and eventually only benefits the lawyers and rewards the party with the bigger pockets. It limits creativity, it halts progress, and it strangles the possibility for mixed, sustainable neighborhood development.
"Historic preservation" (2) is even worse than (1) because on top of all the hindrances, it aggravates the issue by outright denying progress. Old is not better than new in the same way that new is not better than old. Better is better. Trying to "preserve" a neighborhood by painting it with an old brush is condemning it to being a sterile display of what once was, and effectively forcing its inhabitants to live in a museum. And who said that "Victorian" is more valuable than "Tudor", or any of those other invented names for things that are just plain old. Rome is historic, Chevy Chase's "historic" is just a mediocre copy of an interpretation of a period when style was dictated by the available technology to try and hold up to the elements. There ARE things worth preserving, but they could probably be counted with the fingers of one hand. If you want fake castles or enormous, inflated "cottages", go live in the suburbs.
Property values and the taxes they pay (3) are yet another impossible conundrum. Why would anyone want the value of their house to go up, unless they are planning on selling it? The sad truth is that everyone in this country is unfortunately focused on just that: making a buck. Therefore, nobody designs a house where they may want to live, raise a family and inherit it to their grandchildren, and their grandchildren in turn. Instead, everyone designs a house for the minimum common multiple, for the blandest and most beige, so that it can be quickly offloaded to someone else, who can then offload it to someone else. All homes are now designed, specified and built so that they don't match anyone in particular, or in other words, they are designed for NO-ONE. If, instead, the true value of a house were measured by the quality, and longevity of its structure and the flexibility of its design to accommodate generations, as opposed to speculators, then I would venture so say that retaining its value would be much more important, and worth the effort to pay the corresponding taxes.
But who am I kidding? The ONLY focus of the era is short term profit. And the quicker and easier it is to make a few dollars off the ignorant masses, the better. Everyone is so convinced –at their very core– that bigger is better, that nobody seems to see how unnecessary these extra big houses, extra big couches, extra big cars, extra big TVs, extra big shopping centers really are. Greedy developers are not the problem, they are just a symptom of it; an opportunistic parasite feeding on the trend. Good for them! But do we have to keep feeding them? Should we continue to focus on "growth" instead of long term sustainable value? No, I don't think so.
I'm not advocating for smaller anything, but rather for right-size. What is wrong with THE RIGHT SIZE?
If the house on the lot isn't big enough for the buyer then why don't they just buy a bigger house somewhere else?! Would be cheaper to buy a bigger house to begin with than to have one custom built (with the idea that they'll just flip it in a few years anyway). And why enter an established neighborhood already knowing that your plans with destroy any potential relationship you may have with the neighbors & the community. People who do that must know ahead of time that the existing neighbors will hate them from the start. Maybe they don't care about establishing roots, making friends, & raising their kids there because they don't plan on staying for longer than the flip time? It's so stupid. There are already PLENTY of McMansions sitting vacant from the previous owners foreclosing because they bit off more than they could chew. How about buying one of them? Humans are so selfish & greedy. It makes me embarrassed sometimes to be a member of the species.
I'm lucky enough to live in Bath, UK which is a World Heritage Site and protected accordingly. We have fairly strict planning laws which is great. We recently doubled the size of our house but because we kept it all in keeping with the neighbourhood, it was approved without issue. It's perfectly possible to extend without making things look awful, and without upsetting your neighbours! Our house is vastly better now without its flat roofed extension and with new gates and so on.
As someone who works in this neighborhood every day- I can completely vouch for this as being absolutely true.
I absolutely hate when people build these abominations, but they are within their rights and I wouldn't bother them over it, no matter how depressing and tasteless I think they are. As long as they don't expect their neighbors to lay out the welcome mat after waging war on the neighborhood with their tacky mcmansion, they can enjoy their tasteless, community-less home all they want without interference.


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Did Jennifer Hudson Stand Up the Michael Jackson Tribute Concert?by Hilton Hater at . Comments
While Christina Aguilera made like The King of Pop at the Michael Forever tribute concert in Cardiff, Wales last night, former American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson did not attend the event - and her absence is raising a few questions this morning.
According to a Hudson Tweet on Saturday afternoon, she said "major production issues" would prevent her from performing, while a rep for the artist tells TMZ producers were made aware ahead of time and "completely understood."
However, other sources tell the site the complete opposite. They claim Hudson shocked organizers by her no-show and, to make matters worse/more controversial, she was paid in full ahead of time for the gig.
Those who did play a role in the tribute, meanwhile, included Ne-Yo, LaToya Jackson, Leona Lewis, Cee Lo Green, Gladys Knight, Beyonce (via satellite) and Jamie Foxx, who served as host.
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Keepinitreal: No, the reason why Jennifer Hudson did not win AI is because she is winning now. AI is just another show. Jhud is winning all over the world where you are not. Calling Jen ghetto, and scank just show how low class you are and where you are really from. If she is truely all those things, then you are 100 times worst media whore. The media told lies, and you ran with it so you are also a liar. Jen was not paid for the event, because she did not even go to the UK. The producers was told way ahead of time Jhud was not coming for very good reasons. Now who's looking like an ass!!!
I miss u Michel... Like a lot, I wish u were still here with us
I love Michael, and i agree too many concerts, turn his home into a tourist place like Elvis!
norma you ignorant sl*t, jhud took the paycheck then didnt show up to do da concert! you must be as ghetto as jhud to not think there is somethin wrong with dat. jhud is waitin for u in the hood, beyotches!
Keepinitreal: First off, the real news is when people like you show how you can be a jackass just with words. Jennifer Hudson explained all she needed, to the Jackson family. Haters like you need to look at your own mean spirited crappy life, before judging others. Not having you as a Jhud fan won't make are break her career. I bet you don't have any real are good reason for disliking her. Then such a cowart, you did not have the balls to use your real name. There is nothing irresponible about Jen, you just wished you walked a mile in her shoes from the ghetto(hater0.
it aint news to anyone when jhud is irresponsible. that ghetto beyotch dont know how to be professional because she be from the projects. can take the beyotch outta da ghetto but you cant take the ghetto outta da beyotch! theres a reason that scank didnt win idol. just keepin it real.
To win the trial for Michael.
Jackson's been dead for 2 years already. How many tributes does he need? Or -- are the family and promoters simply cashing in because they can - ka-ching!


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DELRAY, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama says the most serious issue in the White House race is who voters can trust.
Obama is aiming to draw a contrast with Republican rival Mitt Romney following their final presidential debate. The president says that while Romney is shifting his positions on key issues, voters 'can trust that I say what I mean."
The president is also putting fresh emphasis on his second-term agenda, following criticism that he hasn't provided enough specifics about what he would do with four more years in office.
At a rally Tuesday in Florida, Obama ticked through a series of previously introduced policy proposals, including boosting education spending and manufacturing.
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The following item comes to us courtesy of Billboard magazine:Pamela Anderson can't seem to get enough of rockers — the former Mrs. Tommy Lee is now engaged to bad-boy musician Kid Rock. The 34-year-old actress, star of the campy hit V.I.P., said "yes" when boyfriend Kid Rock (real name: Bob Ritchie) proposed [on April 11th] outdoors in the Las Vegas desert, her publicist said. No wedding date was set. The 31-year-old rap-rock rebel gave her a ring but there were no details, the publicist said. The couple began dating in April 2001, when they met backstage at VH1's diva salute to Aretha Franklin at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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After hanging up the skates following the conclusion of the 2011-2012 season, the Leafs announced Wednesday that they had hired NHL veteran defenseman, Steve Staios, as a player development adviser. Once again, this may not be the news that Leafs fans were exactly hoping for, but it certainly doesn't hurt to add an experienced ex-player to the front office.
After being jostled around between the Blues, Bruins, and Canucks, Steve Staios made his first significant impact with the expansion team, Atlanta Thrashers, where he captained them in his last season there before being signed by the Oilers. Edmonton is the team he will be remembered most playing for. In 2006, he finished with 28 points as the Oilers made their march to the Stanley Cup Final, but falling short in Game 7 in Carolina. Despite the positives Staios brings to the young players in Toronto, many Leaf fans are questioning Burke`s priorities this summer, as it appears he is not making much of an effort to address the team needs on the roster.
It seems as though Leafs GM, Brian Burke, is taking small steps towards proper development this offseason. After acquiring James van Riemsdyk in exchange for Luke Schenn early in the offseason, he has been able to add a penalty kill and faceoff specialist, Jay McClement, avoided salary arbitration with Nikolai Kulemin by re-signing him, and signed AHL star, Keith Aucoin. And now with the addition Steve Staios to the team's player development, it appears Burke is taking reasonable strides to ensure the future of this team continues to climb. However, many have made the argument that this should have been his approach when he first came to Toronto five seasons ago.
It's easy to point fingers at the failure in recent years and fault the big boss in charge, but I believe Burke is doing everything right. He continues to sign key role players for apparent pennies, while leaving room for potential bigger moves. But as Leafs Nation grows restless, the silence in the city is brewing agitation among an expecting fan-base.
Although Burke brought the pressure upon himself, announcing that they were going to address needs via trade immediately following the season, and then again reassuring fans at the deadline saying that he wasn`t done with trades, Leaf fans need to stay patient and understanding. It is only late July and there is plenty of time to materialize a number of deals. And just because Burke is silent to the media, doesn`t mean he isn`t working on deals. By now, we should all know how the man operates, and shouldn`t be surprised if he is in the process of making multiple deals happen. Also note that the current CBA is set to expire this fall and those talks continue.. which will always cause hesitation and halt movement.
Nevertheless, Steve Staios was always a core guy and great leader. He brings a good dose of player experience to the front office. This is never a bad move.


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You sat by yourself in the far corner of the cafeteria at an empty lunch table, absently drumming your fingers against its surface with your chin in your hand, your stomach giving off loud, impatient growls every few seconds. How you wished you had your lunch money with you at that moment and would have been able to buy at least something to keep you from being as hungry as you were now. If you had known that something like the previous incident with Gilbert was going to happen, you would have at least brought your own lunch, even if you would've risked him getting angry at the fact that you didn't have any money.
You lifted your gaze, which was previously fixed on your fingers tapping against the table, and let it focus on a group of boys sitting a few tables away from you. You were instantly able to make out Gilbert sitting in that group, laughing loudly and obnoxiously as he stuffed random foods in his mouth, probably bought using the lunch money he stole from you. You let out a tiny growl and drifted your gaze back down to the table, a faint burning sensation coming from your stomach due to its extended lack of food.
You were 17 years old and in your 3rd year of high school, a place which you had always dreaded going to for as long as you could've remembered. Ever since the first month that you started attending this school, Gilbert had always been on your case, bothering you whenever he got the chance or opportunity. It at first started off as simple teasing, but over the three years it escalated to physical pain, such as shoving you against the lockers and pulling your hair, and other forms of bullying that would have made you upset, such as taking your homework or your money.
To be honest, you simply had no idea why Gilbert always bullied you. When you first arrived at your high school, you were actually kind of looking forward to making new friends, which hopefully would've made the four years you were going to be staying here go by a lot faster. The first time you met him had been at an empty lunch table one day in the cafeteria that he had been sitting in. You thought he seemed lonely, and since you didn't have any friends at that moment, you had walked up to him and introduced yourself to him, hoping he would've accepted your offer at being friends. But him turning around, looking up at your face for a few seconds, and harshly rejecting you was what started the bullying. Ever since then, he always did things to make you feel either depressed or in pain. You had had a feeling that high school was going to be filled with difficulties, but you never imagined that they would've involved getting bullied and still staying without friends up until the current point you were at, sitting hungry and alone at an empty lunch table.
And one of the parts that made you the most upset was that throughout all these three years you had been getting terrorized, nobody seemed to try and help you. All the times that Gilbert had bullied you out in the halls or some other public place in the school had gone without anybody stepping in to help, though many watched with fascination. You didn't trust any of the teachers at the school, so you didn't go to them. Your parents were always at work and always came home in the evening looking tired and exhausted, so you decided that they were already under a lot of pressure and didn't want to deal with the extra weight of the fact that you were being bullied.
That left you with only one other option to attempt to release the depression and pain coming from inside you. Almost every day after school, you ran home, put your stuff down, ran up to your room, plopped face-down on your bed, and cried into your pillow. You cried until you felt all the stress and emotion of that day completely leave your body. Often you asked yourself why you were the one that had to be bullied, that had to go through all this stress and pain, both emotional and physical. Sometimes you just wanted to end it all, but you knew that that was definitely not an option and you would never, ever try to do something like that. You kept on convincing yourself that you only had to put up with all of this for a little over a year and then you never would have seen Gilbert again. But that seemed very difficult considering the fact that every day seemed like a year to you.
Now it was the beginning of April, and while everyone else was buzzing about spring exams, your stomach continued to growl, a bit more loudly this time, up until the point where you couldn't take it anymore and instead chose to plug your fingers into your ears to try to drown out that annoying noise. You always hated when spring came, partly because there were always exams and your stress only multiplied. Not only were you constantly bullied, but your grades were also pretty low, up until the point where you were in danger of failing if you didn't make an effort to improve. But how were you were supposed to make even the slightest effort when you had Gilbert to deal with?
Your thoughts were interrupted when you felt a clenched hand slam down on the table directly under your nose, causing you to jump in surprise and let out a gasp, instantly removing your fingers from your ears.
"What's wrong, _____?" a loud voice taunted amusingly. "Trying to go deaf?"
You instantly lifted your gaze directly into the gleaming eyes of Gilbert as he stood across from the table you were sitting at, staring down at you with a prominent smirk on his face. You were able to notice that he was also with two other boys, but you paid no attention to them as his gaze continued to lock with your nervous one.
Just as you were about to say something, you found that you had suddenly lost the ability to speak, and instead only felt a squeak escape your mouth as you continued to look up into his eyes.
"Well?" Gilbert asked, more loudly and impatiently this time as he slammed both of his hands down on the table and leaned slightly towards you, causing you to jump once again at the loud noise. "Are you going to answer me, or are you also trying to lose your voice?"
This caused a laugh to escape the two other boys, but you made no attempt to reply as you continued to look up at him. The tense silence that passed between the both of you was interrupted by the abnormally loud growl of your stomach, causing a blush to make its way to your face.
"Oh, are you hungry?" Gilbert asked you, and when you met his gaze once again, you saw that it was filled with actual concern.
Not knowing how else to react, you gave him a tiny nod.
"I think I might have something for you," he said as he stood upright, stuffed both of his hands into his pockets, and began digging through them.
All you could've done at that moment was stare at him in confusion. When he pulled out a sandwich a few moments later and extended it towards you, your confusion replaced with shock as you stared down at the food. Gilbert, who was so cruel to you for three years, who always made your life miserable instead of trying to help you, was actually giving you a sandwich?
This has to be some kind of a joke...you thought as you lifted your gaze from the sandwich and met his. Instead of finding laughter and amusement on his face, you were able to notice a tiny smile forming on his lips and his eyes filled with what seemed like...care.
"I-I..." you stammered, unsure of how to reply. "What—"
"Just take it," Gilbert encouraged, his voice quieter than normal as he edged the sandwich a bit closer to you. "You need it more than me."
You dropped your gaze back down to the sandwich, surprise and confusion still prominent in your eyes as you didn't know how to react. Could it be that after all these months, Gilbert decided that it was wrong to bully you and finally decided to be kind to you instead, partly by offering you food when you were absolutely starving? Maybe he finally wanted to be friends with you, just as you had asked him the first month that you were at this school back when you were a freshman.
"U-Um...okay..." you murmured silently as you hesitantly lifted your hand towards the sandwich Gilbert still held in front of you, already feeling saliva form in your mouth at the thought of finally eating after what seemed like forever. However, just as you were about to grasp the sandwich, he quickly pulled it back towards him before you had the chance to even touch it.
"Nope!" he yelled as he instantly burst into a loud fit of laughter, the two other boys instantly joining in and giving each other high fives.
You stared up at them in confusion, your mind still processing what just happened, before you finally realized that Gilbert being kind, actually offering you his sandwich in attempt to help you, had actually been all a joke. It had been just to make you believe that you were actually going to eat something and that he was actually being nice to you and then have all your hopes smashed when he pulled the sandwich away from you. You felt hot tears instantly form in your eyes as you stared up at them, clutching your more-than-empty stomach with trembling hands.
"Oh, are you going to cry?" Gilbert asked mockingly as he briefly stopped laughing and looked down at your trembling form. "Don't worry; I've got something else for your hungry stomach!"
Before you were able to react, you watched as he jumped over the lunch table so that he was standing right next to you. Almost instantly, you felt him firmly grasp your collar and haul you to your feet, causing you to let out a tiny yelp. Before you were able to even analyze what was going on in front of you or take in your surroundings, you felt a fist fiercely punch your abdomen, causing your eyes to widen and a single squeak to escape your mouth. Your legs instantly felt like jelly underneath you, and you collapsed onto your knees, pressing the palms of your hands against the cafeteria floor.
"Look at her!" Gilbert laughed as the two other boys walked over and stared down at your figure. "She's so weak; she can't even stand back up!"
You were able to hear them laugh once again and walk away from you, leaving you sitting there on the floor with your head bowed. You were able to feel an acute, intense pain come from your stomach after the contact, accompanying by a stinging sensation that was so strong it caused you to desperately clutch your abdomen and fall down onto your side, the loud voices of other kids in the room drowned out by the pain you were currently feeling.
Oh, my stomach...you thought, grimacing at the aching pain that slowly seemed to keep on growing and growing.
There was no way that you were going to be able to stand up with this kind of pain, let alone get into a sitting position or at least breathe. With both hands still clutching your stomach, you closed your eyes.


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Animal health charity links access control and video for easier security implementation
He also wanted to link the access control system with the CCTV cameras installed throughout the site. Previously, in some cases, relays had been used to trigger a camera to take a snapshot of anyone entering a particular area. However, this has now been superseded by integrating the Version 4 software with Milestone's IP camera software, sothat camera images can be associated with events in the Net2 software. The software records continuously to a central PC, generally at a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. In the event of the server falling down, the storing of access control information at a local level allowsthe system to operate unaffected.
At the Visitors' Centre, the door is unlocked during normal working hours. An infrared beam is directed across the opening, which triggers a fixed Axis IP camera every time someone enters or leaves. Threemore IP cameras are deployed in the Hall to view the exterior entrances. When a Net2 token is presented to enter the building, the event is recorded by the Milestone software. An icon highlighting the eventwill show up on the Net2 events screen, which when double-clicked, will bring up the associated image.
"The Milestone software works well," said Leigh, "It is great having the camera images associated with Net2 events available instantly from the Net2 software. Searching the Milestone software for images not associated with Net2 events is also incredibly easy. I can easily look for and find images from a particular day, time and place."
As the Milestone software is run on a separate server to the Net2 system, there is plenty of server space to store all of the images. The intention is that as the access control system is expanded to all of the other buildings, more IP cameras will be installed, all linked to both sets of software.
Site graphics is another new feature which Leigh believes will really benefit security operations at the trust. Leigh has imported drawings of the site into the Net2 software and added existing doors and cameras on the plan. "Once all of the buildings and doors have been added to the Net2 system, site graphics will be used by the security guards we have on site." The plan is that as soon as a door control module receives an open signal from a sensor, it will flash up on screen on the site graphics.
The access control solution has certainly made Leigh's life easier, as he explained: "It runs over our networks, avoiding expensive cabling. The easy expandability combined with the flexibility of software is great. Our security, which is already good, will be further enhanced, giving us greater control and traceability."


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