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When The Line-up Changes – Motley Crue
On April 6, 2022 April 5, 2022 By bigbadburchIn Lineup Changes
One big part of being a music fan is enduring line-up changes. Bands break up or members quit or get fired. Other times it is tragedy that forces a band member change. Sometimes the change is not even very noteworthy – person x is in place of person y behind the drums of that thrash band that's good but no one is up in arms about. But other times the line-up change is world-shaking and causes intense amounts of speculation and drama.
Numerous line-up changes have occurred over the years in bands I like and listen to. I'm going to begin a new series where I look at changes that have had a great impact on the band in question and my fandom of said band. There are enough of these that I can go on about them for quite awhile.
For my first look at a band's member changes I'm going to look at Motley Crüe. The group have only had a few member changes but one especially was a nuclear bomb that changed the course of the group immeasurably.
Motley Crüe had no lineup changes for 11 years, only having jettisoned a second guitar player before the band was named. The same line-up of singer Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist Mick Mars and drummer Tommy Lee would go on to terrorize radio, hotel rooms and women for over a decade unscathed.
While 1991 saw a new form of rock overtake hair metal as the new format of choice, Motley Crüe were one of a few 80's bands that seemed poised to make it through the mess with a career still intact. The group released a greatest hits compilation in October 1991 called Decade Of Decadence that offered highlights from the group's career. It also feature a scorching, heavy as hell new track Primal Scream. That song gave the appearance that the band could regroup and offer a more gritty, heaver version of their sound that might still resonate in the new music climate. Decade sold well and Primal Scream was a much-talked about song in the Crüe legacy.
But it wasn't to be. In February 1992, the band announced that Vince Neil was departing. It's still unclear if he quit or was fired – the consensus seems to be that both happened. Either way, the Crüe were now in uncharted waters.
Neil went on to record two decently received yet commercially unsuccessful solo albums, while his former band hired The Scream mainman John Corabi to helm a new record. 1994's Motley Crüe came out the gate decently enough but then floundered. The band would see the financial writing on the wall and reunite with Vince in 1997 for the equally unsuccessful and, well, bad Generation Swine.
So what was it like at the time? The music landscape was shifting, of course, but it was still a bit of a shock that Motley Crüe were parting like this. Like I said, they seemed like they might be able to crank out something viable to keep up with the times. Primal Scream had a fair bit of grit to it and the band were certainly capable of delivering above the standard hair metal line. As much ink has been spilled about the changing face of rock in the early 90's, recall that one of the best-selling groups of those years were Aerosmith. Even with the arrival of grunge and alt-rock, there was room for Motley Crüe.
The singer change in 1992 was one that just did not bear fruit. Yes, John Corabi is an excellent musician. The band updated their sound for the times and let Corabi inform their recording, and honestly that was probably too much. They made a record that sounds great with John but it really just isn't Motley Crüe. It didn't have the sneer and sleaze that defined the band up to that point – the early indications in 1991 were that the classic outfit could update their own sound. The self-titled record proved too much for fans to bear, even if the album is good or even excellent in its own right.
The band was knocked off course through the 90's and wouldn't get right again for quite some time. Their other major line-up change would come in 1999, just after the failure of Generation Swine. Drummer Tommy Lee, by this time far more of a tabloid star than a rock drummer, would leave the band due to frustrations with Vince Neil. And if you heard the dredge that Lee released as a solo artist, he must have been very angry to leave his signature band behind and release that crap.
Lee was replaced in Crüe by former Ozzy Osbourne skinsman Randy Castillo, who helped the group record 2000's New Tattoo. Castillo was beset by health problems before the tour began and was replaced by Hole drummer Samantha Maloney. Castillo would unfortunately find himself in a losing battle with cancer, passing away in 2002.
New Tattoo was a better offering than their prior effort but did not move the needle for the band. In 2004 the group decided to put their differences aside and reunite. This time the classic line-up would stick for eight years, through a new album and several tours. The tours attracted a lot of attention and the band would ride a wave through to their "retirement" at the close of 2015. Of course they would famously reunite for a 2020 2021 2022 stadium tour several years later.
In most line-up changes I can accept whatever caused the rift or loss and I can set my feelings aside and allow a band to move on. But in the case of Motley Crüe it just didn't work out with Corabi. The band seem fine ignoring the time period – Nikki Sixx had long been complimentary of the Corabi period but recently turned on his former collaborator in interviews. The songs from that era are left alone in live sets and the album doesn't even get the reissue treatment.
Motley Crüe the album probably ought to see a revisit. I have no problem citing its worth, though I can see why so many fans turned on the band. But enough others hail it as one of the band's best and would cough up the necessary cash for the much-needed repress. Hell, the other two albums from the band's "dark" period could also see new issues – neither was ever officially pressed on vinyl.
But Motley Crüe seem to be happy to retrofit their career to 1981-1991, and 2004-2022. It's probably a wise choice given the poor reception to the line-up change despite the merits of the replacement singer. It's the case of one band where line-up changes didn't work out. The Tommy Lee departure in 1999 might not have been terribly impactful – by then the damage had already been done. And they're the only line-up changes the band has had in its history. Sometimes a group has to stick with what works, and that is certainly the case with Motley Crüe.
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8 thoughts on "When The Line-up Changes – Motley Crue"
2loud2oldmusic
I hate they ignore the Corabi album. Heck I hate when any band ignores a part of their history. Good or bad, it shouldn't be ignored. It is who they are (or were) at a point in time. Kiss did it a while with the 80's era, but softened a little in the past decade or two. I like all a band's history…warts and all.
bigbadburch
I "get" why they do it, I mostly don't get why they leaned so hard into it more recently. It seems like Nikki's stance got harsher about it over time. In a perfect world they'd pay some mind to it.
You are right, they are down right mean about it now.
80smetalman
I find it wrong that the Corabi era of Motley Crue is so blatantly ignore. He was a great singer. I think the problem was that he didn't tingle the hormones of 14 year old girls unlike Vince.
I think Vince's hormone-tingling days are long over lol.
LMAO, I would debate you on that one.
destroyerofharmony
Great writing.
The Vince split originally was a WTF moment especially after the powerful three new tracks released on DoDecadence.
As you mentioned Primal Scream had it all lyrically and melodically but it was the heaviness that made it compete with anything.
Then we got that power pop punk of Aerosmith/Cheap Trick in Angela which was a nod to the past and man they went all punk with a hard rock tinge with their cover of Anarchy.
But the Corabi album is excellent and I don't care what Nikki says. Lol. They also had a Corabi follow album recorded called Personality #9 which got pulled by Elektra. And I can't seem to locate a bootleg of it.
The Corabi album really doesn't get its just due. Still weird that Nikki did such a hard turn on his opinions about it after years of being positive. But there's a huge "what might've been" thing had they been able to keep Vince and go in the direction they were going in 1991.
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Here are some rules that I've figured out along the way to help me write about cops. Now I am a cop, so some of these are based on my own experience. Others are based on what I've seen work well on the page. Keep these in mind even if you don't write mysteries, because cops turn up in the strangest places.
Every job has its own special language. Your first few days on any job are going to be spent giving your new coworkers blank looks every time they use this new jobspeak. The police are no exception. In fact, cops are some of the worst offenders when it comes to having their own peculiar language. For example, cops were texting on their in-car Mobile Data Terminals, or MDTs, long before there was a word for it among cell phone users. But when you're writing about cops, don't try to introduce the reader to a whole new language. Anthony Burgess did this in A Clockwork Orange and it worked, but chances are all you're going to end up doing is making the reader skip ahead to the part they can understand. Plus, a lot of copspeak is agency specific, so what they say in the LAPD won't work for the NYPD. I recommend picking one or two bits of lingo and sticking to that. It'll give your story the authenticity you're looking for without confusing the reader. A good example of this is Michael Connelly's novel Echo Park, where we're introduced to the LAPD's "51 sheets." Not only does Connelly keep the lingo to a minimum, but he makes the lingo that he does use a key plot point, which is very effective.
When I was a young patrolman, I knew an officer with quite a few years experience. I looked up to this guy because he seemed to really know the streets. One day, he's driving through a small neighborhood on the shallow west side and this old woman comes running out of a house, waving her arms in the air, screaming in rapid fire Spanish about something going on inside her house. The officer doesn't speak Spanish, but he figures he needs to check it out. In he goes. He finds the living room crowded with frantic people. On the couch is a fourteen year old girl about to give birth. Well, with all these people screaming and panicking, my friend calms the girl and delivers her baby. Mother and daughter are fine by the time EMS arrives. My friend was so cool and collected that he even got on the radio and requested an official time check for the birth of the baby. He became a god in my eyes.
Larry Niven has a famous essay for science fiction writers on building believable ecosystems. The main trap most beginning writers fall into, he says, is not giving enough detail to their ecosystems, which we all know are diverse, complex things. He calls the problem the "It was raining on the planet Mongo syndrome." I think the same reasoning can be applied on the microscopic scale to individual police officers. Or anybody for that matter.


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PRIOR USE AS A GROUND OF OPPOSITION IN BRITISH TRADE MARK LAW
PRIOR USE AS A GROUND OF OPPOSITION IN BRITISH TRADE MARK LAWBy Wim Alberts
Section 5(4)(a) of the 1994 Trade Marks Act determines that a trade mark application can be opposed if, or to the extent that, its use in the United Kingdom can be prevented by virtue of any rule of law, in particular the law of passing-off. This section implements the optional provisions of article 4(4)(b) of the Directive. It is clear that this section differs from section 11 of the 1938 Act, in that it does require an opponent to make out a passing off case. The requirements for this remedy would thus, seemingly, be relevant. Various aspects of section 5(4)(a) were considered in recent cases, and these are discussed below.
What is of interest, firstly, is the scope of the comparison that must be made to establish a likelihood of confusion between marks. Is it the mark as used, or as filed, that must be considered? In Wild Child Trade Mark the appointed person, Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC, stated the test to be applied in relation to an opposition in terms of section 5(4)(a) as follows:
"The question raised by the grounds of opposition is whether normal and fair use of the designation WILD CHILD for the purpose of distinguishing the goods of interest to the applicant from those of other undertakings … was liable to be prevented at the date of application for registration … by enforcement of rights which the opponent could then have asserted against the application in accordance with the law of passing-off."
The correct approach, also according to Kerly, is to consider a normal and fair use of the mark, and to gauge whether or not this would amount to passing off. Interestingly, however, he considers this test to be similar to that followed in terms of section 11 of the 1938 Act. Kerly also states the following, after referring to cases confirming said test to be the postulation of normal and fair use of the mark:
"In this sense the test is different from that involved in a claim for passing off which would normally require a consideration of all the circumstances of the defendant's trade."
Kerly's view thus seems to be that extraneous circumstances are not considered.
Kitchin and Mellor set out the position as follows:
"There is a further complication arising from the particular formulation of the prohibition. In considering the question of passing off the court must normally consider all the circumstances of the trade of the defendant to determine if deception is in fact occurring or likely. This analysis includes all distinguishing material. Under the prohibition, however, it seems that a notional and fair use of the mark the subject of the application will have to be considered."
The writers appear to accept that the circumstances of use would not be considered in terms of section 5(4)(a).
The test to be applied was also stated in Oasis Stores Ltd Application where A applied for registration of the trade mark Eveready for contraceptives and condoms. The application was opposed by B on the basis of its Ever Ready trade mark which was well known, inter alia, in relation to batteries. B relied, amongst other provisions, on section 5(4)(a). Reference was made to the leading cases of Erven Warnink B.V. v J. Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd, and Reckitt and Colman Products Limited v Borden, as well as a statement on the legal position, being that it is relevant to consider the manner in which the defendant makes use of the mark and collateral factors. However, it was then stated:
"I accept that the comparison under section 5(4)(a) of the Act is between the applicant's mark, as applied for, and the opponent's mark as actually used."
It was thus accepted, in contrast to the position in terms of passing off, that the focus is on the applicant's mark as filed.
The question whether the technical requirements of passing off are relevant was considered in the Corgi Trade Mark case. Here A obtained registration for the trade mark Corgi in relation to goods within class 25. B was the owner of the trade mark Corgi as used and registered in relation to model vehicles for many years. The appointed person, Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC, stated that it is not correct for the purposes of section 5 of the Act to assimilate objections based on an "earlier trade mark" with objections based upon an "earlier right" protected by the law of passing-off. In an action for passing off the likelihood of misrepresentation and the prospect of damage to goodwill must be sufficiently real and substantial to warrant the intervention of the court. Section 5 adopts a different approach to the protection of "earlier trade marks." He then stated:
"Those provisions relating to earlier trade marks were plainly not drafted with a view to applying the technical requirements of a common law action for passing off to the protection of "earlier trade marks" under the Directive."
It is submitted that the view of the appointed person that the provisions relating to earlier trade marks were not drafted with a view to applying the technical requirements of a common law action for passing off, should also apply, mutatis mutandis, when section 5(4)(a), dealing with earlier rights, is considered. In other words, there is postulated a fair and normal use of the mark as applied for, and regard is not had to the actual manner of use, an issue that would typically be considered in a passing off scenario.
The issue of exactly what material should be compared was also considered in Saxon Trade Mark. Here former members of a band performing under the name Saxon obtained registration for Saxon. The application was filed after they left the group, and started their own groups, known amongst others as Graham Oliver's Saxon. The remaining member of the band that continued to perform under the name Saxon, attacked the registration. In formulating the test to be applied, the court stated the following:
"As far as s.5(4) of the Act is concerned, the question to be asked is whether any normal use by the proprietors or either of them of the mark as registered for any of the goods or services in respect of which it is registered would be liable to be prevented by passing off proceedings brought by any other person. Since the mark as registered is SAXON, normal use would include use of that word alone by the proprietors in relation to records and live performances."
Later in the judgment, this view was re-iterated:
"What counts is whether Mr Dawson could be sued for passing off if he used SAXON alone, not whether Mr Byford could be sued."
It thus seems fair to say that it is the use of the mark as applied for that must be considered, in a notional sense, not the actual circumstances and manner of use, which would involve the consideration of extraneous matter. This should be the position although the latter forms part of normal passing off criteria.
The decision in Reef Trade Mark is seemingly in conflict with the above cases. Here A, the members of a pop group called Reef, applied for registration of the trade mark Reef in relation to goods within class 25 and class 26. B lodged an opposition on the basis of its earlier trade mark registration for Reef Brazil, as well as its common law rights created by the use of Reef Brazil.
In regard to the issue under discussion, the following was stated:
"Where the applicant's mark is unused, this section presents a number of conceptual questions. Passing off is essentially a question of fact: does the defendant in fact make a false representation as to the origin of his goods by using the mark in suit? The first question is, when the mark is unused, what use is to be considered? The natural response is to say that all normal and fair uses of the mark in respect of all the goods in respect of which the mark is sought to be registered. This is capable of raising a number of factual difficulties which, unless kept within proper bounds, run the risk of turning every opposition in the Registry into a passing-off action with cross-examination and disclosure."
Following the "classical trinity" approach in relation to the elements of a passing-off action, being that a goodwill or reputation exists through public identification with the distinctive mark; that a misrepresentation was made, and that he suffers, or is likely to suffer, damage by reason of the erroneous belief engendered by the misrepresentation, the hearing officer found that B had a trading goodwill in relation to the goods concerned, and in particular, a reputation associated with Reef Brazil. It was assumed that Reef Brazil would be abbreviated to Reef, and that there was accordingly a reputation associated with Reef. This finding was accepted by the court. The court referred to a statement of the Hearing Officer, made in the course of coming to his decision that the opponent had not discharged the burden of proving passing off:
"If the relevant public – surfers – are also aware of the band REEF are they more or less likely to be confused as to the origin of the latter's products? I think less likely. They would be able to make a distinction between T-shirts and the like merchandised by the rock band and sandals known as REEFS."
The court commented as follows on this approach:
"In my judgment, this short passage entirely overlooks the fact that while merchandising use of the goods to which the applicant's mark is applied is the relevant use, the relevant representation is not necessarily that on the front of the T-shirt. It also overlooks the fact that at the date there had been no use of the applicant's mark."
The court had evidence before it as to the manner in which the applicant's mark would be used. It is thus accepted that it is difficult to exclude same from a consideration of the matter. However, it can be argued that the positioning of the mark amounts to a consideration of surrounding circumstances that has been held by the above cases and writers not to enter the picture. It must also be pointed out that if the process simply involves a consideration of the notional use of the mark, the fact that the mark has not been used would not have been problematical.
Strong support for a view contrary to what has been proposed thus far is found in Open Country Trade Mark. The court stated the following:
"The test laid down in Smith Hayden, adapted in accordance with the speech of Lord Upjohn in BALI, is the test applicable whether the applicant has or has not used his trade mark. However, no court would be astute to believe that the way that an applicant has used his trade mark was not a normal and fair way to use it, unless the applicant submitted that it was not. It does not follow that the way that the applicant has used his trade mark is the only normal and fair manner. However, in many cases actual use by an applicant can be used to make the comparison."
In C.A. Sheimer(M.) Sdn Bhd'S Trade Mark Application, it was also found, by the appointed person, Mr Geoffrey Hobbs Q.C., that the actual use of the applicant can be considered. It is submitted that the question should be answered through an analogy with the principles relating to infringement. If the focus in opposition proceedings is the mark, as filed, and it is submitted that it is, then the fact of the opponent moving from an own registration to prior user rights as a basis for the opposition, should not change the focus. The discussion of this aspect is thus concluded by having regard to the following statement of Kerly, made in an infringement context, which, it is submitted, nonetheless encapsulates the criterion to be utilised in terms of section 5(4)(a):
"The statutory protection is absolute in the sense that the user cannot escape by showing that by something outside the actual mark itself he has distinguished his goods or services…"
The second issue that requires consideration, is the scope of application of section 5(4)(a). In Oasis Stores Ltd Application it was held, insofar as the opposition of a mark used in relation to dissimilar goods is concerned, that it was not a requirement for success in passing off proceedings that the parties must be engaged in the same field of activity. It was stated, however:
"It appears to me that the burden of establishing an earlier right under section 5(4)(a) rests on the opponents. The fact that the parties are trading in different fields adds to the evidential burden on the opponents in showing that there is a real risk of confusion or deception. I also bear in mind that where the fields of activity are far removed as in this case, it cannot be assumed that even if a small amount of confusion did arise, it would necessarily result in damage to the opponents. In my view, the opponents have not made out their case under this heading. This ground of opposition consequently fails."
In Corgi Trade Mark dissimilar goods were also involved. In applying the various principles to the facts of the matter, the appointed person accepted that B was the proprietor of a substantial and valuable goodwill built up and acquired in connection with the promotion and sale of Corgi model vehicles over many years, and that it could be damaged in this regard if people were deceived or confused by the use of the trade mark in relation to clothing. It was, however, not necessarily clear that the use of the trade mark Corgi in relation to clothing would in fact be misleading. The appointed person held that it is possible that people would perceive or assume correctly that the same mark was being used by separate businesses trading independently of one another in the field of model vehicles and clothing. The opposition in terms of section 5(4)(a) was, therefore, rejected. However, the principle evident from these cases is that an opposition can take place even if the parties are active in different types of trading.
Thirdly, the issue of geographical priority must be considered. The concept of a national junior user having priority rights in a particular geographical area seems to find application in English law. Particular reference can be made to Saxon Trade Mark, where the following was stated in relation to section 5(4)(a):
"Mr Foley appears to have construed the section as if it is only concerned with cases where the use of the mark by the proprietor starts after the use of the same or a similar mark by someone else. I do not think that this is what the section says. For the prohibition to bite, all that needs to be shown is that, at the time of the application to register, the normal use of the mark by the proprietor would be liable to be prevented by passing off proceedings brought by someone else. It may well be that in most cases this will only arise when the other party had commenced using his mark before the proprietor, but it is not inevitably so and the section does not require it to be so. The fact that the convenient title "proprietor of an earlier mark" is used to designate the other party does not limit the scope of the section."
The court then gave the following example:
"Consider, for example, a case in which one proprietor uses a mark on a retail clothing business in Manchester and the other uses it on a similar business in Plymouth. They commence trading at the same time. Their trades do not compete because of geographical separation. Assume the Manchester trader registers the mark. Normal and fair use of it would include use in Plymouth. That would be liable to give rise to a cause of action in passing off…For that reason the Manchester trader would fall foul of s. 5(4)(a) even though the Plymouth trader commenced use of the mark at the same time. For that same reason the Plymouth trader could not register the mark."
It seems that the position is that where A has use prior to B's application, he can oppose B's application. Where a party does not have prior use (nationally) can it still, on the strength of the Saxon case, oppose another party's application insofar as it relates to its area of use? For argument's sake, B commences use, on a national scale, after A, but B has use prior to A in the area concerned. B can prevent use of the mark by A on the basis of passing off in the particular area, on A's filing date, and, hence, oppose the application. This would recognize the principle of geographical priority.
Whether this approach is correct, is not clear. For one, it would be out of kilter with the approach adopted in section 11(3), although it is conceded that the wording of the sections differ. Section 11(3) also relates to the entitlement to relief on the basis of passing off, but it is linked to the earlier of the other party's date of first use, or filing date. In other words, the fact that, in the above example, B commenced use after A could be seen as disqualifying him from opposing A's mark.
Fourthly, the issue of the interaction of the terms "earlier trade mark" and "earlier right" must also be dealt with briefly. A distinction is made by Annand and Norman with reference to section 11 of the 1938 Act. The latter was said to be available to the user of a mark, whether or not it was registered. It is then said that, in contrast, section 5(4)(a) is only available to the owner of an unregistered mark. The better view is, of course, that it is also available to such a user, as there is no indication that the proprietor of a registered mark cannot rely on both user and registered rights.
Lastly, regard must be had to the relevance of disclaimers. In Torremar Trade Mark the court held that the pivotal issue in relation to the objection raised under section 5(4)(a) is whether, at the date of application for registration, normal and fair use of the contested mark in relation to the goods of interest to the applicant would have been likely to deceive or cause confusion by reason of its resemblance to any identified mark or labeling previously used by the opponent in the United Kingdom. The unregistered rights enjoyed by the opponent by that date were not necessarily co-extensive with the rights it had acquired by registration. Moreover, the existence of the disclaimers which limited the scope of its registered rights could not provide the applicant with a defence it would not otherwise have possessed in answer to a claim for passing off.
In summary, section 5(4)(a) introduces the concept of passing off into opposition proceedings based on the prior use of a mark. This is apparently in contrast with various decisions relating to section 11 of the 1938 Act. Nevertheless, some writers consider the test under the previous and current legislation to be similar. The test adopted in various decisions is based on the normal and fair use of the mark as applied for. In narrowing this down, it appears that although passing off requires a consideration of the manner in which a defendant uses a mark, including extraneous matter, the approach followed by most decisions is that it is the mark as applied for that must be considered. The principle of geographical priority seems to have been accepted. Reliance on a registration should not exclude an opposition on the basis of common law rights. Limitations on the registered rights of a mark are not relevant in section 5(4)(a) proceedings.

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A lounge at the 2013 CPAC.
In the budget battle that has paralyzed Washington and shut down the government, and risks putting the full faith and credit of the United States in question, round one has already gone to Republicans. They just won't admit it.
Defunding the health care law has been the top issue for Republicans in the last couple of months, but Republicans and Democrats are also at odds over spending levels in the budget. In all the hoopla over health care reform, Democrats silently caved on the spending issue, at least in the current round of budget fights.
For weeks, neither Democrats nor Republicans have mentioned the fact that Democrats, for the sake of keeping the government open, agreed to House Speaker John Boehner's request to pass a short-term spending bill that does not touch the automatic spending cuts, called sequestration, currently in effect. But on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., began to bring up the issue.
When Senate Democrats passed what has been referred to as a "clean CR" -- a continuing resolution to fund the government without any anti-Obamacare provisions attached -- they did so at the sequester level, essentially conceding that they were not going to get their way on spending, at least not now. If the House and Senate ultimately go to a conference to hash out their two budget agreements, then the spending level will be up for negotiation again.
This quiet concession by Democrats was no small thing and demonstrates just how far Republicans have succeeded in moving the goalposts. As Reid's tweet shows, President Obama's opening bid to Congress in his budget was about $1.2 trillion for the 2014 fiscal year. The clean CR passed by the Senate in September, and which the House refuses to vote on, put spending levels at $986 billion, almost 18 percent lower than Obama's budget. In fact, that's low even by Republican standards; the original budget put forward by Rep. Paul Ryan put 2014 spending at $1.095 trillion.
From the Republicans' point of view, however, CR spending levels are seen as holding the line rather than a victory. And with conservative primary challengers waiting in the wings, many Republican members could run into opposition from the right if they try to sell the spending level as a win and move on.
The tea party's strategy of shutting down the government without getting big enough concessions from Democrats may be hurting them politically; one poll out Monday showed congressional Republicans with a disapproval rating of 70 percent, while another released over the weekend showed House Republicans struggling in swing districts. But their strategy of avoiding a budget conference and using crises to pass legislation has succeeded in bringing down spending levels. It led to the beginnings of sequestration in the 2011 Budget Control Act, and to the implementation of the cuts beginning in 2013.
The question now is whether future budget negotiations will replace the sequester cuts with ones that don't hurt the economy, decimate government agencies, and defund important research and development projects.


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The New (And Improved?) Denver
Why it's "go time" for addressing the city's growth.
By • 5280 October 2016
You don't need to stroll Tennyson Street on a First Friday or drive Speer Boulevard at rush hour to know that the secret is out.
The Mile High City and its neighboring communities are some of the best places to live in the country, and the stats tell the story. Our population of downtown residents is projected to increase by 12.6 percent in the next five years (the national average is 3.7 percent). The number of downtown employees has soared 13.2 percent since 2010, one byproduct of the $2.5 billion in public and private investment in projects that are being planned or already under way. And—and!—the overall Front Range population is projected to grow 72 percent between 2010 and 2050, adding more than three million souls to the area.
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If you've lived here for more than five years, you're probably getting a little nervous about the housing prices and density, the road-choking traffic, and what gentrification will mean for Denver's demographic makeup. The good news is that many of those involved with our business, civic, and governmental infrastructures are thinking obsessively about growth—where to house new residents, how we'll all get from here to there, and how to manage our robust but fragile natural resources. The bad news: No one person or entity has all the answers.
That's where you come in. We all need to be thinking about these things before this growth overtakes us—as in, right now, because seemingly every week brings a new expansion-related project or policy change. But how? We can show up at neighborhood and urban planning meetings. We can urge our civic leaders to adopt things like design reviews of new construction and infrastructure projects or more cogent policies addressing gentrification and homelessness. We can continue the admirable Front Range tradition of regional cooperation. And perhaps above all, we can resist the not-in-my-backyard impulse to oppose a bike lane, affordable housing project, or transit station that might temporarily inconvenience us but would benefit the community overall. As Pete Maysmith, executive director of Conservation Colorado, says, "There's awareness of all these issues, but I'm not sure there's enough urgency. It's go time."
Addressing Growth Begins and Ends with Regional Cooperation
Beginning with Mayor Federico Peña's Imagine a Great City initiatives in the 1980s and boosted by the "Crazy Eight" (a group of economic development pros), a code of ethics was formalized for metro Denver that encouraged sharing economic data and forbade neighboring mayors and city councils from poaching businesses, running ads against one another, or bad-mouthing other communities. "Over several years, any suspicions people had melted away," says Tom Clark, one of the original eight and now head of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. The Denver metro area has since been lauded nationwide for its regional cooperation, and although there have been some hiccups (see: squabbling between Aurora and Denver over the Gaylord Rockies resort near DIA), this commitment to regionalism should help area expansion run smoother as communities see each other as neighbors rather than competitors.
The Bel Commission's Goal to Make Everyone Work Smarter
Colorado's biggest labor problem isn't jobs; it's the lack of an appropriately skilled workforce. "The burning issue right now is that area of 'middle skills,' which have open jobs that can't be filled," says Fiona Arnold, executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. (These positions require education or training beyond high school but don't demand a four-year degree.) U.S. culture has long downplayed vocational training, but in 2015 Governor John Hickenlooper set up the Business Experiential-Learning (BEL) Commission to change that perception locally. The group visited Switzerland, where two-thirds of young adults enroll in vocational training and apprenticeships. The vision for Colorado is a similar work-focused education and training system, to be implemented over the next decade. Fewer students facing obscene college debt burdens will just be a bonus.
New American Localism's Potential for Funding Large Urban Projects
People are moving to cities in throngs—and thus, says the Brookings Institution think tank, we require a new type of governance. New localism encourages cities to think differently about funding sources. Local governments have already begun to complement federal funding with other resources to complete ambitious projects, such as the public-private partnership (P-3) behind the Union Station redevelopment. Securing private investors makes it easier for governments to find the remaining funds, rather than making quixotic attempts at creating new funding legislation. It also enables cities and states to tackle problems that are unique to them rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach. Colorado's culture of regional cooperation—which includes unspoken rules about established companies giving newly arrived entrepreneurs time and advice—gives us a head start on this endeavor.
How Autonomous Vehicles Could Alter Our Entire Transportation System
Less than a decade away from widespread proliferation, self-driving cars will be much more than playthings for the wealthy. A system of driverless taxis, for example, could carry commuters to bus lines that only run along wide streets such as Broadway. A voucher system could be set up to help lower-income folks. Buses could stick to the main arteries rather than snaking their ways around town, thus carrying more people to their destinations faster. Plus, by shifting our transportation mindset, we can more aggressively address the effects of climate change. According to the Rocky Mountain Institute, "The cost of mobility [in the United States] could be 80 percent lower than its cost today, unlocking $1 trillion in value for consumers, businesses…and decreasing emissions by one gigaton per year." That's about 10 percent of the entire global carbon output in 2014, so going driverless would help us tap the brakes on climate change.
Effects and Tradeoffs
What We Can Expect to Change, from Traffic to Housing
Increased Car Time: According to the Denver Regional Council of Government's most recent congestion report, 31 percent of regional roadways will be stuffed with traffic for three or more hours per day in 2040—up from 21 percent in 2014. Also by 2040, the average trip will take 36 percent longer at rush hour than at off-peak times—as if you needed another reason to walk, bike, carpool, or take public transportation.
Changing Electorate: Demographic estimates say the state's racial and ethnic minority population will more than double by 2040. Of course, those won't all be people of voting age, but it's safe to say politicians will have to continue to adjust to meet the needs of a changing voting base and that Colorado's purple hue may turn bluer. It should also mean we'll keep seeing more leaders of color, forming an increasingly diverse state Legislature.
Trampling Our Wilderness: Does our passion for the outdoors mean we're loving Colorado to death? If we don't remain vigilant, the sheer volume of people enjoying our wilderness could destroy fragile tundra and disturb wildlife. Popular hiking routes are already getting wider because too many people step off the trails. These consequences will likely speed up with more residents, so stay on the trail and leave the wildlife alone.
Demand On Resources: The Colorado Water Plan, released last year, evaluated demand on our state's water supply based on various population projections. The low-end projection—low growth combined with current temperatures—would require an additional 600,000 acre-feet of water per year over 2008 levels; that's an additional 43 Cherry Creek Reservoirs. If the high-impact forecast (which accounts for swelling growth and increased effects of climate change) comes to fruition, we'd need an extra one million acre-feet of water to fill the gap.
Serving An Aging Population: By 2050, the State Demography Office estimates that Colorado will be home to more than one million people age 65 and older. To serve that group we'll need more health-care workers and senior housing—if they move out of their homes. "The people who are retiring aren't leaving; they aren't exiting housing units," says state demographer Elizabeth Garner. "That's why we're seeing so much tightness in housing." But retiring baby boomers could mean more job openings for all the recently transplanted millennials.
The Adjustments We'll All Have to Make
If We Want… A bike-friendlier, multimodal city
We Have To Give Up… Some parking
And We Should Because… Bike lanes reduce car traffic and pollution. In some cases, the most feasible option may be knocking out that parking space in front of your house or business—like in Louisville, which removed on-street parking along its main drag and added patios to help create a better experience.
If We Want… A diverse city
We Have To Give Up… Pleasantville-like ideas about how our neighborhoods ought to look
And We Should Because… Welcoming affordable housing to your neighborhood, rather than standing in NIMBY-ish opposition to it, means an increase in Denver's diversity and allows lower-salaried professionals like teachers and first respond-ers to be able to live here.
If We Want… Varied housing options
We Have To Give Up… Our opposition to density
And We Should Because… Yes, skyscrapers and micro apartments will increase density, but they'll also lower auto usage and increase walking and biking. Plus: "Transit works best when you've got higher-density clusters, and it connects major activity centers," says Andrew Goetz, professor of geography and the environment at the University of Denver.
If We Want… To conserve water
We Have To Give Up… Some of our grassy lawns and parks
And We Should Because… Our semiarid climate requires too much water to keep our green spaces lush. Other options include zeroscaping (using concrete, stone, or gravel instead of grass) or xeriscaping (using native plants, trees, and creative rock work). These are also easier to maintain.
If We Want… Less traffic
We Have To Give Up… Our aversion to public transportation
And We Should Because… Currently, just 40.6 percent of downtown commuters use public transit—and 38.5 percent drive solo. That needs improvement, but we're not alone; Seattle has similar numbers to ours. Plus, our highway system, built decades ago, wasn't designed to handle our current—or future—population.
Coming Up Short
Addressing Our Housing Crisis at All Income Levels
If you own a home along the Front Range, you're among the lucky ones. Denver metro area real estate still has a historic inventory shortage, and prices have spiked so much recently they've begun to trigger fears that we're headed toward coastal-level costs and/or that the entire region might be experiencing a housing bubble. "This area has a lot going for it and still is much more livable than the Bay Area, but I wonder if we're heading in the right direction," says Michael Leccese, executive director of Urban Land Institute (ULI) Colorado.
A primary culprit is the ongoing controversy over Colorado's construction defects laws. The state Legislature has tried to address these regulations—which make it easier to bring class-action lawsuits against developers—so far to no avail. But some pending court decisions might begin to loosen the gridlock. "Right now, a condo developer has about an 80 percent chance of facing a construction defects lawsuit, and about 40 percent of those cases go to trial," says Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.'s Tom Clark. "If you want to hold on to all the young people who are moving here, you'd better help them build their fortune, which for most of us means buying a first home."
Mayor Michael Hancock's announcement this summer of a $156 million hike in property tax fees over the next decade—an additional charge that would be split about evenly between existing homeowners and developers of new properties—is a start. (Well, kind of: Within a few weeks of unveiling the plan, the city was already considering changes that would lop about $10 million off the proposal.) The new funds would help financially disadvantaged people who have annual incomes of no more than $64,000 for a four-person household. "This fund is a beginning, but we're still very far away from having an ideal amount of affordable housing," says Urban Ventures' Susan Powers, who adds that there have been conversations around creating housing voucher programs and bond issues to address the problem, "but these need commitments from property owners to honor them. It's a community issue, and every day we don't build, we lose ground on it."
Further complicating the affordable housing problem is the dreaded "G word": gentrification, which replaces less wealthy (and often more diverse) populations with richer (and often whiter) ones. In July, British publication the Guardian claimed Denver "is erasing and rebuilding a shinier, clogged version of itself," and one study ranked Denver as the seventh city in the country in terms of speed of gentrification. Hancock and his allies have acknowledged the potential problem. "Home ownership gives families a foundation to build equity, build wealth, and build a life," the mayor said in an email. "[The property tax plan] would create the city's first permanent dedicated funding stream for affordable housing and create and preserve 6,000 homes for low- and moderate-income families over the first 10 years." But with the Denver Office of Economic Development having identified 46 neighborhoods at risk of or currently experiencing gentrification, the level of concern remains high. "A lot of people think Mayor Hancock is so pro development that he's not going to listen," says Dean Saitta, director of the urban studies program and a professor of anthropology at DU. "I'm not sure a lot of people feel like their voices really matter."
Growth and gentrification may feel like they go hand in hand, but acknowledging there's a problem isn't enough—and sadly, there aren't any easy answers (for some ideas, see "Expert Opinions"). "In this housing market, older people, some younger people, teachers, cops, and firefighters can't afford to buy houses," Clark says. "If we had more properties in the $250,000 range, the people who serve us could live here, and it should be their right to do that."
Even those whose missions include finding ways to provide more affordable housing agree that there's no magic bullet. "We need to make deals with the owners of multi-unit, deed-restricted"—essentially, rent-controlled—"buildings to continue to offer affordable units once those restrictions expire," Powers says. "Everyone knows this is a problem, and most people want to be part of the solution, but no one wants to pay for it."
Where Will Our Water Come From?
It's no secret why everyone loves living in Colorado: A 2015 public-opinion survey reported that 89 percent of voting-age Coloradans say a healthy outdoor lifestyle is a primary reason they choose to live in the West. But with so many newcomers arriving all the time and their mere presence crowding or gobbling up those very resources, making sure they remain abundant—in a place where, by law, we share water with six other states and Mexico—is a crucial priority for our economy and our quality of life. "The outdoors and our healthy environment are Colorado's competitive advantages," says Pete Maysmith, executive director of the environmental group Conservation Colorado. "We're projected to almost double our statewide population between 2005 and 2050, so we have to make sure that whether it's air quality, water, or land use, we're keeping this region a special place. There has been a lot of growth already, but not all of the newcomers are here yet, so we have the opportunity to get this right."
Even amid a hostile political culture of climate change deniers and resistance to environmental policy changes, Maysmith remains surprisingly optimistic—to a point. He says the state's water plan, released last December, set appropriate, achievable conservation goals but that it's up to Governor John Hickenlooper and subsequent administrations to enforce them. The same goes for creating urban development boundaries that limit sprawl and auto use. He'd also like to see more movement among the citizenry—homeowners and HOAs—away from lush, green lawns toward more water-efficient xeriscaping. "We need our Legislature to follow suit [with laws and codes that support these initiatives]," he says. "All the action is happening at the city and state level."
Why Denver's Cell Service Sucks
Denver's got a problem, and you probably don't need a nationwide study to tell you what it is: Our cellular service is terrible. For proof (besides those repeatedly dropped calls), see RootMetrics' latest mobile network performance study that ranks Denver 121 out of 125 metro areas—and even worse when it comes to download speeds. "Digital infrastructure is critical to growth," says Erik Mitisek, the state's chief innovation officer. "The communities that have the best access will be the most advanced."
Unfortunately, our location means performance isn't likely to improve. "Cities in the Rockies tend to have trouble, particularly with connection and data speeds," says Annette Hamilton, a director at RootMetrics. Even though the four major carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile) are approaching almost 100 percent LTE coverage here, our radio-wave-blocking 14,000-foot mountains are permanent obstructions. Our growth isn't helping either, because more people means busier networks. In fact, national mobile data traffic is forecasted to surge tenfold by 2021.
There's no obvious solution, but some companies are trying to help by enhancing service in targeted areas. Illinois-based ExteNet Systems is partnering with four music venues (including the Bluebird Theater and Ogden Theatre) and four high-rise office buildings to provide 4G LTE cellular service,* and GigaMonster is starting to bring its high-speed connections to multifamily communities throughout the metro area. Beyond that, your best bet is to invest in a cell-phone-signal booster for your home. And tell your mom it's the city's fault her calls aren't coming through.
Editor's Note 10/5/16: We've updated this story to reflect that ExteNet Systems improved 4G LTE service, not WiFi infrastructure.
The Area's New Development Projects
Downtown: Fleet of 36 new electric MallRide shuttles—air conditioning included. Projected completion: End of 2016
Courtesy of CH2M and RNL Design
RiNo: Brighton Boulevard Redevelopment Project (including long overdue sidewalks, bike lanes, and on-street parking). Projected completion: 2017 (rendering above)
Courtesy of Denver Parks & Recreation
LoDo: New riverfront plaza at Confluence Park. Projected completion: Fall 2017 (rendering above)
Courtesy of Regional Transportation District
Lone Tree: Southeast light-rail line extension to Lone Tree. Projected completion: 2019 (rendering above)
Denver International Airport: Renovated Great Hall in Jeppesen Terminal. Projected completion: 2019
Denver To Aurora: The controversial and contested Central 70 Project would redo 10 miles of I-70, lower part of it, and incorporate the state's first highway cover (public space over the road). Projected completion: 2022
Downtown Denver's Perpetual Facelift
Courtesy of Perkins Eastman
1. A revitalized Civic Center Station (rendering above)—with a glass-enclosed terminal building, nine bus bays, and an open design—is slated for completion by late 2017.
2. A new neighborhood. Arapahoe Square—bordered by Larimer Street, Glenarm Place, 20th Street, and Park Avenue—is transforming from a parking lot graveyard into a developer's dream, with apartments (including some affordable units), restaurants, offices, and shopping.
3. A face-lift for the 16th Street Mall. Planning is still in its nascent stages as more studies are conducted, but those involved say Denver's most popular tourist attraction—yes, really—could see everything from the end of the MallRide (in its current form; the city is considering moving the free buses to neighboring streets), a smoking ban, additional patios, and more events to make it a true destination.
4. An excuse to spend even more time outside thanks to Outdoor Downtown, a 20-year master plan to improve, maintain, and provide more activities in our parks and public areas as well as to develop additional athletic facilities. Expect to see some new green spaces as well: The planners want to build them in underserved areas so that every downtown resident is just a five-minute walk away from a neighborhood park.
5. A permanent ice rink could be added to Skyline Park in the next couple of years, though you'd only be able to skate on it in the winter months.
Courtesy of H3 Hardy Collaboration for Denver Arts & Venues
6. A transformed Denver Performing Arts Complex (rendering above), where visitors will want to do more than just catch a show. The daytime ghost town hopes to draw more visitors with a redesigned Sculpture Park—and a 500-seat pavilion for outdoor productions—and the possible addition of a hotel, a school, or both, as well as retail offerings.
Simple Ideas to Make Denver Work Better for Everyone: DU's Dean Saitta has a few suggestions for creating a more multicultural city.
Name more parks, roads, and buildings for multicultural figures—like the 1.5-year-old Corky Gonzales Library—and build monuments to honor the history and contributions a variety of cultures have made to the city.
Establish varied public gathering spaces (e.g., grassy parks and plazas).
Nurture the nonwhite creative class, including educating more minority planners and developers who may move away from monocultural planning models.
Schedule public planning meetings on weekends or later in the evenings to allow people with nonflexible jobs to attend—and offer more online methods for people to contribute their opinions.
Build more apartment complexes that are conducive to intergenerational living and larger extended families.
Encourage cultural facilities and attractions to set up at the edges of diverse neighborhoods to draw in more people from nearby areas.
What Denver's Getting Right—and Wrong
Our extensive growth has produced intensely differing opinions. Here, experts offer contrasting views in response to common complaints about Denver's changes.
New architecture is ugly and unimaginative.
Agree: "The design we've seen in the past 10 years is not very good, in every city. Formulas are being repeated because of economics. Developers get so much pushback against densification that projects get repeated because they know they can get them approved. It's dumbing down creativity." —Mark Johnson, president, Civitas Urban Design & Planning
Disagree: "Booms reflect the architecture of the day; it's why our skyline looks so '80s. In time it won't matter, because these projects will fade into the background when the next boom comes and become part of the city's architectural diversity." —Ken Schroeppel, assistant professor of urban and regional planning, University of Colorado Denver
What makes Denver great is its lack of density. I don't want all these skyscrapers.
Agree: "Parts of Denver—City Park, Highland, and Sunnyside come to mind—might be over-zoned [to increase density]. As we add density, we have to balance that with more public space. It doesn't need to be a park, but it needs to respect setbacks and have small squares that aren't all concrete." —Susan Barnes-Gelt, former City Council member
Disagree: "Denver's got to stop thinking of itself as a small town and think of itself as a very dense city. Density is key to being able to cope with the masses of people that are moving here."
—Fiona Arnold, executive director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
Developers aren't focused on what our citizens want. They're not maintaining or nurturing Denver's look and feel, or its cultural diversity.
Agree: "By and large, we're using a developer-driven, monocultural planning model, and I worry that the consequence of that is a series of gated communities, a city of haves and have-nots." —Dean Saitta, director of the urban studies program and professor of anthropology, University of Denver
Disagree: "We're not going to control the speed with which development occurs. Had we not created Blueprint Denver, the development we've seen over the last 20 years would have been spread across our city, and we would be unrecognizable. The development we've seen has happened in the places where we as a community said it should happen. And it's happened in the forms that we as a community said we wanted."—Brad Buchanan, executive director, Denver Community Planning and Development
I'm not giving up my car. It's a pain to get around this city using public transportation.
Agree: "Denver has regional transit figured out, like between Denver and Boulder, but not how to get around within Denver. We're hostage to the car." —Troy Russ, urban designer, Kimley-Horn
Disagree: "We are a great transit city. By the end of this year, we'll have transit investments that are just about in every corner. We just need to show people how to use it—show them that there really are very few barriers." —Dave Genova, general manager and CEO, RTD
Denver 2036?
We asked some well-known locals a question: "What will Denver be known for in the next 20 years?"
"I envision that downtown Denver will be viewed as one of the premier center cities in the nation; that we will have a population that is continuing to grow exponentially; and that we are viewed as an innovation and entrepreneurial hub both in terms of how we build our companies and how we build our cities." —Tami Door, president and CEO, Downtown Denver Partnership
"No other airport in North America, maybe even the world, has the potential that this airport has to grow and to develop. I think you're going to see major growth in the northeast quadrant of the city. Because our airport has global reach, I think it's going to have an international feel to it." —Kim Day, CEO, Denver International Airport
"I think Denver has built a beautiful base for what urban economies of the future will look like, and it's not all about mega-corporations. This is a true entrepreneurial hot spot for a variety of industries, and Denver may be the most model American city for building the medium—in terms of policy, culture, and business infrastructure—that allows this entrepreneurialism to take shape." —Jim Deters, CEO, Galvanize
"Denver seems to have a more independent feeling than a lot of cities that I visit, with a homegrown cuisine and vibe. I think that will only get stronger. Also, it's hard to imagine the astounding growth in beer and beer/food places will slow down anytime soon, so I think we will cement our national reputation as the Napa Valley of beer." —Jennifer Jasinski, restaurateur, Crafted Concepts
"Denver will be known for its open-minded, curious, and active people. Every weekend they will flock to the art museum, which by then will be one of the top five in the country. As folks get tired of crashing their self-driving cars, they will get to places like the museum using one of the most innovative public transportation systems in the world." —Christoph Heinrich, Frederick and Jan Mayer director, Denver Art Museum
Our Past Predictions About the City's Evolution—and How They Turned Out
Over the years, 5280 has made quite a few projections and predictions about the future of Denver and our state. So was our Magic 8 Ball accurate—or not?
High-Speed Rail (HSR)
We Said… "It may be 20 years or more before so-called bullet trains are a part of our everyday lives." ("State Of Disrepair" in October 2011)
And We Were… Too optimistic. Plummeting gas prices—and the associated taxes—mean such major transportation efforts must find new funding sources. (HSR will cost up to $20 billion.) Newer assessments say it could be 50 years before HSR is a reality here.
Downtown Parking Lots
We Said… Replacing surface lots with skyscrapers "could transform Denver's we-like-our-space attitude and create a denser city." ("Who Owns Denver?" in May 2011)
And We Were… Right. Mixed-use high-rises are replacing surface parking lots. But we still have ample room for upward growth and density, particularly in Arapahoe Square, Uptown, and around the Colorado Convention Center.
Union Station Area
We Said… The most impressive thing about the Central Platte Valley was "the crowds of people swarming—and paying big bucks—to live in the nascent 'hood." ("The Future Of Denver" in December 2009)
And We Were… Lacking vision. Our outlook seems quaint now, as a new neighborhood has popped up around Union Station—and people and businesses have only just started moving in.
FasTracks
We Said… "If we'd like to complete all the FasTracks on time (by 2020), we'll need to approve
another 0.4 percent sales tax increase in 2012." ("State Of Disrepair")
And We Were… Wrong(ish). New light-rail lines are opening, with more planned, but that tax measure never made the ballot. Unless our leaders cook up new revenue ideas, it might be 2044 before the FasTracks system is finished.
Make Your Voice Heard
Are you a fan of all the development? Upset about how your neighborhood is transforming? Tell the people in charge. Blueprint Denver, a citywide plan for how the Mile High City will look and feel in the next 20 years, is being updated. So take a survey at denvergov.org and become part of the planning process.
Some Key Stats About Denver's Expansion: A quick look at how growth is affecting our city.
24: Corporations that have expanded in or relocated to downtown Denver since 2014
4,508: Employees working for city-center startups as of September
83: Percentage of people who say economic opportunity is a factor in moving to or staying in Colorado
2.7: Unemployment rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area as of February
4.9: National unemployment rate as of February
$37,946: Colorado median wage
$36,200: National median wage
15: Percentage of Coloradans who are "somewhat dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with the range of housing options in their communities
26.3: Percentage of renters in Colorado's six largest metro areas who spend at least half of their pre-tax incomes on rent and utilities, a burden housing experts define as "severe"
$634 million: Public and private investment in downtown Denver in 2015, resulting in 511 new hotel rooms, 1,901 residential units, and 333,000 new square feet of office space
Preserving Our Natural Resources: Some numbers to keep in mind when pondering how to protect our outdoor riches.
525: Square miles of natural areas in Colorado lost to human development between 2001 and 2011 (about 12 percent of the total loss for the entire American West)
13.7 million: Acre-feet of water per year that originate within Colorado (one acre-foot equals one football field, one foot deep)
5.2–9.2 million: Colorado's projected population growth between 2008 and 2050
970,000–1.7 million: Change in Colorado's projected municipal water demand, in acre-feet, from 2008 to 2050.
How Colorado's Water Is Used: Exits the state to downstream users (61.3 percent), Agricultural (34.3 percent), Municipal (2.9 percent), Industrial (1.5 percent)
The Industries That Will Lead Colorado's Growth
Professional and Business Services*
Mining and Logging
Education and Health Services
Leisure and Hospitality
*Engineers, architects, consultants, aerospace employees, tech, etc.
Sources: Alexandra Hall, chief economist, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment; Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
This article appeared in the October 2016 issue of 5280.


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To use this, you obviously need to use ZoneAlarm firewall. This really isn't a program that you NEED, but it's a cool program if you are curious and want some extra information about what all ZoneAlarm is blocking.


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Our sustainable travel initiative sees us reaching for Gold!
Last week, we were delighted to receive a Gold Award from Local Links Bury St Edmunds in recognition of our efforts to promote sustainable travel amongst our staff.
At Burnett Barker, we love getting involved in local community initiatives, and as dog lovers, there was no doubt that we would sign up to support Dog Friendly BSE.
This is a project which aims to turn Bury St Edmunds into the most dog-friendly town in the UK!


English Language Teaching (ELT) can be considered an ideological enterprise especially at a time when the spread of English and the ELT profession are related to post-colonial and capitalist interests (Phillipson, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2006; Pennycook, 1994, 1997a; Canagarajah,1999b). In this context, nonnative English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) face particular challenges related to the prevailing ideologies of English, which has consequences in terms of roles, status, power, and access. This dissertation is a critical discourse analysis of the theses written by twenty in-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Colombia on completion of a one-year graduate program, during which they were acquainted with theories, approaches, and methodologies in the field of ELT. The objective is, through a close analysis of the language feature of the texts, 1) to identify ideologies of English, teaching and learning, and 2) to describe the identities the teachers construe for themselves in their writing. The analysis is text-driven and it uses categories from different functional approaches. The analysis of the texts shows that the writers engage in ideological discourses regarding the English language, the social and economic consequences of knowing English, and the cultural aims of foreign language teaching. Their discourses convey conceptions of teaching, learning and research that are influenced by acritical interpretations of the literature available to them. This does not seem to contribute to solving their practical problems and is likely to contribute to the maintenance of the students' established roles in their communities. The teacher-authors are faced with the challenge of dealing with the contradicting interests of their own ideals of education, the constraints of the conventions of the discourse community they are trying to enter, the institutional pressures to be updated with newer trends in applied linguistics and obtain visible results, and the needs of the country to find a place in the globalized economy. The study points to the need to encourage more critical interpretations and applications of the theories and approaches emanating from the traditional academic centers which in turn should also take interest in examining the pattern of the unilateral flow of knowledge and its consequences.


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Business News›Magazines›Panache›Entertainment›Toonz aqcuire majority stake in Telegael
The deal between India-based Toonz and Ireland's Telegael brings many strategic synergies, making this a complementary venture for both companies.
ET Bureau|
May 29, 2019, 07.57 PM IST
Telegael now becomes part of one of Asia's largest and most dynamic entertainment groups, with a 400-talent strong studio in India.
Kochi: Toonz Media Group has acquired a majority stake in the large full-service Emmy winning production house Telegael, extending the group's global entertainment footprint and adding important pre and post production facilities to its animation powerhouse, as well as a large live action studio to its entertainment business, hence enabling it to become a major 360 entertainment outfit.
The deal between India-based Toonz and Ireland's Telegael brings many strategic synergies, making this a complementary venture for both companies. As part of this strategic venture, Toonz benefits from having an award-winning, successful and highly active pre and post-production studio, as well as a live action capacity amongst its business divisions.
Telegael now becomes part of one of Asia's largest and most dynamic entertainment groups, with a 400-talent strong studio in India, producing around 10,000 minutes of 2D & 3D animation and visual effects annually and joins a dynamic group with full-scale financing, production, distribution and broadcast offices in 10 major countries around the globe.
Toonz Media Group, this year celebrating its 20th anniversary, will through this acquisition, increase its in-house development and IP Creation business with Telegael's design and preproduction division, amounting to a significant increase in European production with global appeal and more titles added to Toonz's slate, which is distributed globally by Toonz's Imira.
Toonz Media Group CEO, P. Jayakumar, commenting on the partnership said "The addition of proven pre-production and post-production facilities, together with existing distribution capabilities and our globally recognised production expertise delivers synergistic and customer benefits that exceed the sum of the parts. This new acquisition will enable Toonz to deliver world class end to end services to existing and future customers across the globe"
Paul Cummins, CEO of Telegael adds "The Toonz deal provides Telegael with exciting opportunities to further grow our IP and service production by becoming part of a dynamic global entertainment group with involvement and expertise in 2D & 3D production, visual FX, global distribution, financing, gaming, licensing and merchandising. The deal offers substantial synergies and the opportunity to be part of a large vertically integrated global entertainment group."
Paul Cummins
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The Ellyn Satter Division of Responsibility (DOR) model accumulates the essence of feeding research and presents family meal dynamics with responsibility lines drawn in the sand. Ellyn Satter's model is pervasive throughout feeding research and it is PRACTICAL for families to follow. The family meal model gets talked about constantly in our Parenting Picky Eaters facebook group. And I definitely find no fault in the model and highly recommend you read through Ellyn's documentation too.
Parents have the mealtime responsibility to provide the WHAT, WHERE and WHEN of meals. The children decide whether and how much. As easy as it is to write that sentence, it is not actually always that easy to implement. Parents provide the meal in the middle of the table and everyone helps themselves. This is especially difficult if you have been brought up (or are accustomed to) having meals with vastly different responsibilities outlined for family members. Jo is the co-admin of the parenting picky eaters facebook group with me and she has eloquently talked about why it can be so hard to implement DOR. I highly recommend reading this!
Let's say you are following this model and the results aren't justifying the "effort" you have been putting in to making it work, I've put together a list of suggestions for you to consider.
Make a mindset shift and commitment to thinking of it as "this is how we eat". Keep going despite how hard it is. Get your partner and family on board. I know it is hard. I practice what I preach. I have been "doing" DOR for 4.5 years. Every morning. Every snack. Every dinner. It is so engrained in me. It is essentially how I know to feed my family. It actually hurts my brain to try and guess what my kids are going to eat and serve them a pre-loaded plate without anything in the middle of the table to choose from. If you are coming to DOR at each meal thinking it is work, then the meal will be taxing on you.
2) Why is your child picky?
I always, always encourage parents to do a full root cause analysis into where picky eating issues started. This will invariably impact the ways they learn and process new foods. Root causes for why a child initially starts dropping (or doesn't pick-up) new foods includes a history of pain, sensory overwhelm, feeding routine reliability, anxiety, immature oral motor skills or gross motor development. This list is not exhaustive but may help you start to realise the complexities of eating that every child faces, let alone has to coordinate to "get right".
Not just your child's but your own anxiety impacts the feeding environment. This may take lots and lots of practice but… play it cool. And if you are struggling – fake being cool until you can be cool! To help your anxiety and theirs, you need to balance your expectations. Eating is not pass/fail. It is a learning trajectory. In fact, in Dr Kay Toomey's model, there are 32 steps to eating. Guess what the first step is? Being in the same room (ie. not even at the table). So if you are already having your child sit at a table with a food near to them, you are already leaping up those learning steps towards eating. Remember that the small steps are big steps for them. One sure fire way to make sure everyone is a little bit more chilled out is to have a safe option available on the table for them.
I never recommend going cold-turkey on screens. Yet, moving towards zero screens at the table and avoiding immediately before meals is recommended. Screens impact a child's arousal levels and make it so much harder for them to learn about what they are eating. This impacts our long-term goal of eating family meals. Sure, they can work as a distraction to get some food into your child, however, it's a short-term game you're playing. If they aren't actively participating in eating, they are doing it on auto-pilot. Effectively a screen cancels out so much of your effort in providing DOR meals. But, going cold-turkey is not advised. So, bring in some visual scheduling, pre-meal routines and other strategies to help with the weaning process. I cover this in "Goodbye Picky Eating" in much more depth. (Plus, "screens" also means bringing your phone to the table and I know this is a hard habit to break too).
Don't be hard on yourself of you cant do DOR at every meal. In today's busy paced world, trying to change everything about your meals and lifestyle around meals is not easy or even sustainable. What you need to do is break it into small chunks. Pick an element to focus on at a time. For example, tackle the "when" of meals first before you change the foods you offer. Or write out new words to use at mealtimes instead of bribery / reward / threat language. Go for words that are less pressurized. Or you can start by sitting with your child at their meal and snack times with a small taste of some of their foods and a cuppa, if you can't eat your usual meals together due to timing. Remember that this will take time to master and become routine. But the more baby steps you take, the more effective it will be in the long-term. If you are waiting for that perfect time to start, that time may not ever arrive.
Children need to be secure in their seated position. Feet planted. Core support. Table at a height between their breast and navel. This sets them up for success. This post on stopping run-aways, tantrums and wiggles (without a screen) covers this in more detail.
Equip yourself with the right language tools! This is a game changer across the spectrum of parenting. Yelling doesn't work. Bribing doesn't work. Excessive praise for possible "one-off" achievements can make them anxious that they won't perform "for you" that way again. So much of what we do, feel and say impacts them. Consistency with language is so important.
Do your kids happily come to the table? Are they ready to learn? Or are they anxious and ill-prepared? This blog post goes into why having a pre-meal routine is so important for picky eaters. AND two of the freebies in my email sign-up are a set of YOGA cards for kids to do before meals and some routine cards to help them learn the process of how the meal will flow. Perfect for kids that get anxious about transitions (and also for parents that are sick of saying the same things over and over).
The easiest way to see the progress is to get yourself organised around food. I love so many different ways of meal planning and organising BUT I am a firm believer in you finding an organisation system that works for you. I wrote this blog post on how my DOR meals have changed over the years with the girls growing up (from one child to two, newborn phases, witching hour, new jobs, going to school) each iteration needs careful consideration about HOW you want to be organised around food. Do you want to go to farmer's markets? Do you use a delivery service? Do you have a take away night? Do you change up your "where" at different times of the week?
Definitely NOT the last on the list due to being least important. It is a very prevalent reason for why family meals don't make much progress with offering family style meals and children always choose the easy to chew or process options (like crackers, bread, pasta, chicken nuggets, hot chips). Instead, I put it last so it resonates the longest with you. Libby shared this achingly common account of her son's reluctance to eat on the blog last year. Despite all efforts to offer, offer and offer nutritious food, her son wasn't picking up new foods.
Imagine this scenario, you would like your child to learn to swim. You start off by providing the transport to the pool, the swimming attire and all the "utensils" (googles, swim cap, towel). You show them the pool and ….. you expect them to swim! Ummm….. no it doesn't work that way does it? They need to have the SKILLS to be able to swim.
In eating, as they wean onto solids and begin their journey towards family foods, they are picking up skills left right and centre. But maybe something has caused an issue. Maybe something has caused them to stop practicing. Maybe something along the lines means that their oral motor skills aren't quite mature enough or have been under-utilised for too long by staying on easy foods. Some kids then also have sensory issues with some foods. Some kids also have anxiety issues with some foods. Some kids may need chewing "coaching" to help build up those skills again. In these instances, it is important to know if kids need additional help from a speech pathologist with special interest in feeding. If you aren't sure or want to compliment feeding therapy for your child – I've devised some at home oral motor skill strengthening VIDEOS and a parent guide all about how to help kids chew. It's called Let's Chew.
This course perfectly compliments "Goodbye Picky Eating with Simone Emery" that dives into implementing family meals, food language skills, screen usage around food, lunchboxes, shopping for healthy food and meal planning.


Creating – a dance piece, a painting, a child, a new professional or personal project, ourselves & the life of our dreams – can be a challenge.
If it comes from your gut, and it should come from there, you must be prepared for the trials, the doubts, the lost & found moments, the risks, the uncertainty, the blood & the sweat involved in the birth process. You gotta be able to go down and dirty so you can rise up & flourish. When in doubt, observe the LOTUS FLOWER.
Most of us want the flower, fully bloomed, but we'd rather not plant the seed, water, protect, and take care of it. I have NEWS for you (and me): that's not how Creativity – in dance, as in life – works. We gotta to open ourselves, allow the seeds to settle in our heart, get our hands dirty and wet; we gotta do the work and howl at the moon. In order to create life, we have to embrace life with all its colours.


Craft Brew Alliance Inc. (CBA) reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. CBA's focus on building a national portfolio strategy has positioned the company to expect strong sales and profit growth in 2013 and to take advantage of the dynamic craft beer segment to achieve long-term value for its shareholders. The results for the second quarter are in line with management's expectations and confirms its 2013 guidance.
Depletion volume grew 12 percent over the second quarter of 2012 and 9 percent year-to-date compared to the same period last year, reflecting the continued success of the CBA's portfolio strategy.
"We are pleased with our depletions growth of 12 percent for the second quarter and 9 percent year to date. Our second quarter results are in line with our expectations and demonstrate the positive trend we are anticipating for the full year." — Terry Michaelson, CBA's chief executive officer.Net sales and branded beer shipments increased 10.7 and 13.5 percent, respectively, in the second quarter due to the continued organic growth of its portfolio and the launch of new products, including Redhook Audible Ale, Kona Big Wave Golden Ale, Omission Beer and cross-brand variety packs. Year-to-date net sales and branded beer shipments grew 3.4 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively, compared to the first half of 2012.
The CBA's gross margin rate increased 40 basis-points to 30.5 percent in the second quarter compared to 30.1 percent for the second quarter last year as a result of supply chain optimization efforts implemented in the first quarter of the year. The company's year-to-date gross margin rate declined to 27.9 percent, a decline of 240 basis points from the same period in 2012, due to lower capacity utilization.
As a percentage of net revenue, the CBA's selling, general and administrative expense (SG&A) decreased to 26.4 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 27.6 percent in the second quarter of 2012. SG&A expense of $24.7 million year-to-date includes the continued investment in its portfolio strategy.
Diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the second quarter of 2013 was $0.06 compared to $0.03 for the same period last year. 2013 year-to-date loss per share was $(0.04) compared to 2012 year-to-date EPS of $0.07.
For the first six months of 2013, the CBA reported capital additions of approximately $6.1 million for restaurant updates and continued investments in beer-related capacity, efficiency and quality initiatives.
Average price increases of approximately 1 to 2 percent.
Gross margin rate of 28.5 percent to 30.5 percent, primarily due to pressure from distribution and packaging component costs, partially offset by improved brewery productivity.
7) Continued development of cross-brand packages.


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More victories leading to the end of the cage age for farm animals
By	Blog Editor	on	September 21, 2021	with	7 Comments
For years, we at the Humane Society family of organizations have waged campaigns—through the boardroom to the ballot box—to eliminate the abusive practices of locking egg-laying hens in cages and mother pigs in gestation crates, practices that cause immense suffering for a staggering number of . . .
'Increasing public health threat' from disease found in pet store puppies
By selling puppy mill dogs, some pet stores are spreading severe diseases that are dangerous to the public. We've been saying this for years. And now a new scientific investigation published this month by the Journal of the American Medical Association Network reinforces this fact. . . .
Breaking: European Parliament votes to phase out animal testing and research
On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution that calls on the European Commission to draw-up an action plan to phase out animal experiments. This is a momentous political victory in a region where recent setbacks have occurred for animals in . . .
Why fostering an animal is especially meaningful right now
COVID-19 has made the past year and a half challenging, difficult and painful for so many individuals and institutions across the world. The animal sheltering and rescue community is no exception. Last summer, as the pandemic worsened across the U.S., shelters responded by growing programs . . .
New law increases availability of service dogs for veterans with PTSD
President Biden recently signed the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act (PAWS), which increases the number of service dogs available to support veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and related conditions. We're elated at the thought that more veterans will have access to the . . .
What the 9/11 search and rescue dogs show about our interdependence on animals
Twenty years ago, in the days after September 11, 2001, heroic first responders did the unthinkable task of going into the wreckage to search for signs of life. By their sides were the search and rescue dogs who, over the last two decades, have garnered . . .
A massive blow to puppy mill industry: Illinois ends the sale of puppies in pet stores
By	Blog Editor	on	September 8, 2021	with	37 Comments
In a major win in the fight against cruel puppy mills, Illinois' Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed the Humane Pet Store Bill (HB 1711) into law. The state's 21 puppy-selling pet stores have 180 days from August 27, the date the bill was signed, to . . .
In major win for animals, Mexico bans animal testing for cosmetics
By	Blog Editor	on	September 7, 2021	with	5 Comments
Even in our age of advanced technologies, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats continue to have chemicals and substances forced down their throats, dripped into their eyes or slathered on their skin to satisfy new regulatory demands that undercut progress against cosmetic animal testing. That's . . .
Breaking: Rescuers and police discover 150 pet shop animals in desperate need of help
At a pet store located next to a flea market in Burnside, Kentucky, on Wednesday morning, members of our rescue team encountered nightmarish conditions for dozens of animals. The details of the scene were heartbreaking to hear. The air inside the store was musty and . . .
Breaking: Rescuers arrive to save dogs and puppies from dog meat farm
When residents reported hearing harrowing yelps and screams coming from a nearby farm on Jindo Island in South Korea, local authorities investigated. What they found were the typical heart-wrenching scenes of a dog meat farm. I am acquainted with sounds like these. When I have . . .
From "pet" cougars to flooding victims, animal rescue requires preparation
By	Blog Editor	on	August 31, 2021	with	5 Comments
On Sunday, Hurricane Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina's landfall. Our Animal Rescue and Response team moved toward the strike zone, ready to assist animals in need. Bringing together supplies, equipment and personnel to support emergency response . . .
Dog meat traders to be prosecuted for the first time in Indonesian history
By	Blog Editor	on	August 25, 2021	with	23 Comments
Indonesia's first-ever prosecution of dog meat traders under animal health and food safety laws represents another milestone in the global campaign to protect dogs from being slaughtered for food. A district attorney on the island of Java recently confirmed plans to prosecute dog traders intercepted . . .
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