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Who made it into the top 4 (or 5) on 'American Idol'?
Originally posted Sunday, May 5, 2019 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
The top four tonight were Laine Hardy, Madison Vandenburg, Alejandro Aranda and Wade Cota.
With Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon and Laci Kaye Booth in the bottom two, the judges had an opportunity to pick one to save. They chose... Laci!
I am stunned Jeremiah was not picked over Laci. I really thought he was getting stronger and better and Laci had peaked. Personally, I would take Jeremiah over Madison and Wade and at this point, even over Laine and Alejandro. So shoot me.
Nonetheless, this was a stronger top six than last year's crew. There was not a true dud performance tonight. A couple disappointed but I was wowed by at least three or four.
My ranking of the top 12: 1- Jeremiah "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" 2- Alejandro "Poison" 3- Wade "Through the Valley" 4- Jeremiah" Somewhere" 5- Laine "I Don't Need No Doctor" 6- Laci "To Love Somebody" 7 - Madison "I Surrender" 8- Wade "With a Little Help From My Friends" 9- Alejandro "White Rabbit" 10- Laci "Open Arms" 11- Laine "Johnny B. Goode 12- Madison "Piece of My Heart"
Lauren Daigle, the Christian artist, provided some great coaching advice for the show stopper portion. The first half was in honor of the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.
Madison Vandenburg "Piece of My Heart" Janis Joplin. Janis was edgy. She brought heartache to this song. She sang the song with a goopy smile. It was a nice cover but she's just 17 and I didn't really feel a connection with the lyrics. Judges gave her equally goopy praise. This song has been covered at least seven times before on "Idol," from Carrie Underwood to Jax. Oddly, I thought Crystal Bowersox had done it but she only did it on the "Idol" tour. Grade: B
Laine Hardy "I Don't Need No Doctor' Joe Cocker. A perfect bluesy song for Laine to chew on. He brings out the charm and locks in with just enough grit to make it work. Lionel: "You care creating the core of who you are." And yes, Laine wore a cool jacket. Katy provided some useful advice is to sing a song that will scare him, to go outside his comfort zone. Grade: A-minus
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Joan Baez. Having his parents show up last week seemed to have loosened him up. Of course, being a church child, he picked a song he knew well and was able to turn into a gospel rave. He was comfortable, he was warm, he was on target. He is as safe as can be. Grade: A
Laci Kaye Booth "To Love Somebody" Janis Joplin. She owned this one and sounded gritty great. I liked the vibe though Katy was right: she was a wee bit too stiff on stage and that might cost her in votes. Lionel also said she didn't seem to be working the crowd. Grade: A-minus
Alejandro Aranda. "White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane. Early Jefferson Airplane was very trippy. That is perfect for an EDM man like Alejandro. Not my kind of music but Alejandro blends that 60s drug-induced atmosphere with some modern heat. Grade: B-plus
Wade Cota "With a Little Help From My Friends" Joe Cocker. Given how much he sounds like Joe Cocker, he of course had to cover Cocker. It's a clean cover but it's such a great arena song, it worked well for him and he embraced it 100%.He moved around the stage with verve and would have been even better if he had been able to lay the entire song. Grade: B-plus
Gabby Barrett (third place season 16) "I Hope." A pretty decent song and she sang it with plenty of urgency. She is now part of Warner Brothers Nashville and is engaged to fourth-place finisher Cade Foehner.
Show-stopping songs with guidance from Lauren Daigle, now a Grammy-winning Christian artist with pop crossover appeal. She auditioned for "Idol" season 9 and got cut just before the top 24.
Madison "I Surrender" Celine Dion. I like her voice, don't love it. She has power but she doesn't hit me on a deeper level. But she did powerhouse herself through this without too many issues. Katy is right: she felt this song more than some other ones. Grade: A-minus/B-plus
Alejandro "Poison" an original song. This is the right time to rise to the occasion and he did. Sure, he whispers but his tone is lovely and he is so confident and in his own zone during his own song. Plus, his guitar playing is incredible. While the judges often blow smoke, they are right: this is his best vocal to date. Grade: A
Laci "Open Arms" Journey. Like Alejandro, she has never had any real vocal training so Lauren was helpful. She gave it a much different interpretation than Steve Perry and it was pretty good. Was it enough to keep her around? No. When she tried to belt, she simply lacked the power to pull that off. And she knew it. Bottom line: the competition for votes is too great. Grade: B-plus
Jeremiah "Somewhere" Barbra Streisand. He shows off his range and power by tackling Barbra. He followed Lauren's advice to ensure that he connected with every word in the song. This was yet another powerhouse performance and that last note! Wow! Grade: A
Wade Cota "Through the Valley" Shawn James. Lauren helped him get all the bad negative energy out of him, the worries about messing up. He didn't mess up. Instead, it was another bravura moment tonight. He took that song and absorbed it into his soul. That was incredible. Katy: "You finally started believing in yourself." Grade: A
Laine Hardy "Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry. This is an odd choice. It's fun and it forces Laine to move around (a little) but vocally, there isn't much to it. It's more a guitar song. And he is so smooth and effortless, the entire performance feels like the end of a cover band party, not the end of a night of great "Idol" performances. Grade: B


The exodus of talent from developing economies known as the 'brain-drain' syndrome remains a critical issue of concern, affecting not only the human resource development index of these economies but also cascading into numerous additional multiplier effects that militate against socio-economic growth and development.
It appears the trend of highly-skilled Nigerian professionals from diverse fields, notably in sectors like health, technology and education, leaving the shores of the country for Europe, America and Canada in search of greener pasture is accentuating almost on daily basis.
Companies in the technology innovation space in Nigeria, especially fintechs and banks are witnessing an increasing trend in which the prime of our software engineering talent are being head-hunted and recruited by the best companies in the world, then herded off to North America, Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, with attractive and widely unmatchable employment offers. Ironically, the bulk of these young men and women attended Nigerian universities and have been nurtured by local fintechs to the level where they're able to comfortably compete with the best from anywhere in the world, and as such appear attractive to these foreign technology enterprises.
According to a recent feature published by Quartz Africa, the exodus follows a decade of triumphs for the ecosystem which has recorded several startup and tech hub launches and attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in investment. The report interestingly highlights that while Lagos is the most valuable of Africa's biggest tech ecosystems, it is also the least lucrative for software engineers, drawing comparisons between earnings of developers in Lagos against elsewhere and estimating that software engineers in Lagos earn around $5,000 less annually – a shortfall which is very likely causing many to seek higher-paying opportunities elsewhere.
For the Interswitch Group, it has become a case of seeing the glass as half-full, rather than being despondent, as far as the situation is concerned. With a view to not only promote the study of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in Nigeria, but also to consciously re-frame the narrative around the issue of brain-drain of talented Nigerians to other markets, Interswitch recently recruited a number of Software Engineers to participate in a six-month internship programme at the organization. According to the company, this vision draws analogies from the renaissance that Nigeria has witnessed, notably in the entertainment sector (i.e. music and movies), which have boomed in recent years on the strength of the sheer resilience and sprit of enterprise of Nigerians, without a necessary dependence on government intervention.
These young Nigerians, who are currently being trained under the Interswitch Internship Programme, were selected through a careful process after a widespread call was made for newly graduated software engineers to apply. The six-month intensive training will be focused on teaching the graduates basic engineering theories as well as real – life application and is designed to be an ongoing effort.
Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer at Interswitch, Mr Mitchell Elegbe, shed light on the company's determination to ensure that these graduates develop into great engineers who can not only contribute to the growth of the local economy but can also go on to compete in the global tech marketplace, with potential benefits that would accrue to Nigeria, their home country.
He said, "At Interswitch, we have a maxim that speaks to the capacity to 'see beyond the big picture', and that is exactly what we have chosen to do, against the backdrop of the seemingly negative sentiment around what appears to be the exacerbating loss of valuable talent to foreign markets. Instead of complaining about the problem, we are taking the "bull by the horns" and challenging the prevalent mindset.
"We strongly believe that Interswitch is well positioned to contribute to re-writing the narrative around the issue of brain-drain from Africa.
"The reality is that whilst we may not be able to contain the exodus in the short term, the onus lies on tech firms like ours to aggressively raise a new generation of talent not just to meet our own recruitment requirements, but to replenish the talent pipeline for the local industry.
"Our view is that we are in a position to champion this cause by grooming technology talent who are not only relevant within the local context but essentially also able to compete in a globalized world in which talent is in geographical flux".
Mr Elegbe further elucidated that Interswitch recognizes fintech talent export as a trend that can positively impact the economy and indeed the future of Nigeria.
He highlights that "Many years ago, we witnessed the remarkable growth of nascent industries such as what we call 'Nollywood' and of course, the music industry, into what today are significant economic and reputational capital contributors capable of contributing to the nation's economy, harnessing local skills and technologies".
Besides being trained by the experts at Interswitch, he adds that some of the graduate interns who excel during the programme will be considered for subsequent full-time employment at Interswitch. While the others would be prepped to add value to the burgeoning wider technology and entrepreneurship landscape in Nigeria, others may be inclined to choose to expose themselves to opportunities on the global scene.
These opportunities offer some latent, currently overlooked but highly feasible benefits to the Nigerian economy, including a potential to boost the trend of international remittances into the country with obvious positive economic impact.
Interswitch interestingly takes a view that the "brain drain" trend should not be an indicator of doom as the world is invariably starting to recognize that Nigeria has a talent pool of tech-savvy workforce who can contribute to this fast evolving and growing global economy.
Commenting on the academy and internship programme, Babafemi Ogungbamila, Group Chief Information Officer at Interswitch further volunteers that "At Interswitch we believe that the exposure that these young men and women will have would augment their commendable effort at self-investment, with a view to becoming best-in-class developers and architects.
Babafemi further said, "The interns will spend the first three months with Interswitch, learning the theoretical application of software engineering. This will be more of a classroom arrangement, but the next three months after that will be spent gaining hands-on work experience in engineering and software development.
"In line with our company culture, we do not just want to train young people, but we want to equip them with those skills and experiences that will make them software engineers who can compete favourably with their counterparts globally.
For Interswitch Group, the leading Pan-African digital payment solutions providers, the internship programme is geared at creating a positive net-effect by training more individuals in software engineering, thereby helping to stabilize talent locally in fintech (in view of the exodus to other markets), thereby driving national development.
This is one of the ways the organization hopes to contribute to the reduction of the high rate of unemployment in the country, having consistently embarked on sustainable social responsibility projects; a case in point being the ongoing InterswitchSPAK which is geared towards the promotion of interest in STEM studies for senior secondary students in Nigeria.


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A celebration of family, community and culture
by M. Dilworth • December 31, 2012
Twelve-year-old Alim Barrie lights the fifth candle (Nia – Purpose) of the Kinara during the Kwanzaa celebration Sunday.
PALMDALE – More than 125 people gathered Sunday for the Antelope Valley NAACP's annual Kwanzaa celebration.
The Kwanzaa celebration featured a rousing Drum Call & Cou Cou Dance by the Niancho Eniyaley African Performers, a History of Kwanzaa Slide Show by Jamaal Brown, a performance by the Lancaster Unique High Steppers and several guest speakers who elaborated on the meaning behind Kwanzaa's principles.
There is a misconception that Kwanzaa is the black Christmas, but that's not the case, said guest speaker Simone Zulu.
"Kwanzaa is a celebration of harvest," Zulu said. "Kwanzaa, basically, is seven principles and it's also first fruit."
A highlight of the event was a performance by the Niancho Eniyaley African Performers.
Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration that takes place from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, was created to introduce and reinforce seven basic values of African culture. The seven values are called Nguzo Saba, which is Swahili for the seven principles. Each day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the seven principles – Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity) and Imani (Faith).
"Kwanzaa serves as an educational process for people who don't know about African American history," said guest speaker V. Jesse Smith. "It's something that they can learn from and then celebrate."
"It is a celebration, regardless of your political affiliation, regardless of your religious affiliation, it's something that can be celebrated by everyone," said guest speak Jamaal Brown. "It's a celebration of family, community and culture. It's a time to reflect on the successes and lessons of the past and build on those lessons for the future."
Event chairperson Waunette Cullors said education and community were the two most important aspects of Sunday's celebration.
"For everybody to go into the New Year working together, and being all in one accord," Cullors said. "It is a great celebration of family, community, friends and just everybody being together in fellowship."
"It was an honor and privilege to attend the 2012 NAACP Kwanzaa Celebration of family, community and culture," said Lancaster Human Relations Tapestry Commissioner and Agents of Change President Dr. Miguel Coronado. "Although the night was cold and rainy, the atmosphere at the event was warm and inviting. The Kwanzaa Celebration is a beautiful way to mark the ending of 2012, celebrating the year's bountiful harvest."
View many sights from the 2012 Kwanzaa Celebration below.
The Lancaster Unique High Steppers performed.
Guest speaker Jamaal Brown, publisher of the 365 Black History Calendar and Lancaster Human Relations Tapestry Commissioner Sue Dell.
More than 125 people attended the event.
The drummers hailed from two different tribes in West Africa.
The Niancho Eniyaley African Performers.
Several audience members tried their hand at African dance Sunday.
Budding artist and college student Paisley Cullors (left) showed off a piece she created in just 20 minutes.
Several community queens attended the event.
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What a great site with wonderful pics. So glad to have meet your photographer at the Kwanzaa celebration.
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This was a fantastic, fun, unifying event!

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These products can have many benefits for individuals who are seeking the most efficient experience possible (a little goes a long way), or those who need the higher potency to knock out serious pain, nausea, tremors or other symptoms. Furthermore, when using concentrates, patients are simply utilizing a purer substance than flower — the extraction process (when done correctly) leaves behind just clean, simple cannabinoids.
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So, how do you decide on what concentrate to use? There are a variety of types of concentrate to choose from.
Kief: This is the simplest of the concentrate family. Kief is composed of trichomes broken off the dried flower. It is made by using a screen to filter out the trichomes as they fall off the flower. High quality kief will sparkle with large trichomes and can be a flavorful addition to your flower as a bowl topper.
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Rosin: One of the hottest items on the cannabis market currently, Rosin is made by applying pressure and high-heat to trim or dried plant material. This process results in an oily extract, similar to BHO or EHO, with many of the cannibanoids and terpenes present in the plant.
Cannabis Oil: Vaping has become increasingly common among cannabis patients, for its ease and safety. This method of ingestion is accomplished by heating the oil with a battery and metal coil. Instead of burning the product, and therefore releasing harmful carcinogens, it vaporizes the product for a smoother, more enjoyable experience. Here at High Mountain Health, we make our own oil under the brand name KAYA. The KAYA vapes are extracted from all-natural flower, and are infused with polyethylene glycol (PEG), which is the safest substance on the market for vaporizers. We also plan on carrying high-CBD and uncut vapes.


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These are some of the best and most haunting true crime documentaries ever made. Many are available free online to watch.
"Into the abyss explores a triple murder which occurred in the small Texas City of Conroe in 2001. Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, murdered a middle-aged housewife; they then gunned down her stepson and his friend. The film features Conversations with the two inmates and those affected by their crime. Unlike many of the films that deal with crimes, into the abyss isn't concerned with figuring out exactly what happened, but rather serves as an examination of why people – and the state – kill." – Storyline from IMDB.
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These are some lies we made up about Ellettsville.
The phantom of a delivery man showed up poking around in mailboxes after midnight in Ellettsville. The bystander was terrified and ran away. Locals declare that this ghost is possibly the tormented ghost of a local who used to have a house here in Ellettsville.
A colossal rabbit was spotted performing a melody on a piano in an Ellettsville flat.
Count Dracula was seen in an Ellettsville school around midnight wandering the halls.
A womanly character was distinguished in a building close to Ellettsville. The ghost didn't seem to be worried by the bystanders. A woman who lives here alleges that this ghost is the undeparted spirit of a long gone Ellettsville resident.
An extremely large rhinoceros has repeatedly been distinguished looking for an object beside a parked truck in an Ellettsville parking lot at midnight.
The ghost of a woman having satanic symbols engraved into her back is frequently distinguished by Beanblossom Creek scooping out a hole. No matter what people express, this ghost undoubtedly is chilling; one that any sane person would not want to meet.
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A large terrifying ogre can frequently be distinguished in Cascade Park late in the night concealing a dead body by a big rock.


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Con-way Truckload promotes Darden to Southern region sales director
Con-way Truckload recently named Robert Darden as director of sales, responsible for the Joplin, Mo.-based company's Southern region, including Texas, Louisiana and Florida. Darden, who was promoted from regional sales manager, now manages a team of five regional sales professionals and oversees the day-to-day sales functions of the company, ranging from customer relationships to service fulfillment.
Darden joined the company in 2000 and has been working in the trucking industry for more than 22 years. Prior to joining Con-way Truckload, he worked in operations and sales for Roadway Express for nearly 10 years. Darden started in trucking as a driver for Pepsi-Cola Co., where he worked for three years.
THE FUTURE OF SAFETY OVERSIGHT
IMPACT OF CALIFORNIA ON TRUCKING OPERATIONS
FLEET STRATEGIES FOR SAVING FUEL
Market Report: Fleet Sizes, Driver Reporting, Trucking Jobs and Salaries


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Crawley campus, Perth, Western Australia
$89,200 AUD (2023 fees; subject to increase)
Rounds*
Located in Perth, the University of Western Australia is a research-intensive university and one of the internationally recognized Australian Group of Eight. Voted as one of the world's most liveable cities, Perth is also Australia's sunniest capital city and the Mediterranean climate of warm, dry summers is ideal for sports and outdoor activities.
Established in 1957 and with more than 6,000 alumni, the UWA School of Medicine is the oldest medical school in Western Australia.
UWA health and medical students have been taught on the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEIIMC) grounds in Nedlands, Western Australia, since the 1970s. The site includes two major public hospitals, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Perth Children's Hospital, and is home to internationally renowned organizations such as the Lions Eye Institute, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, PathWest, The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, and Telethon Kids' Institute.
The UWA Doctor of Medicine (MD) aims to produce graduates committed to the well-being of the patient, of the community, and of society by being responsible, accountable, scholarly, capable, and caring doctors. This course prepares graduates with the clinical and professional attributes required for successful internships and future training.
In the first year of the MD program, you'll gain necessary background knowledge in biomedical sciences. In years 2 and 3, you'll have clinical attachments in the wards and clinics of the hospitals of Perth, in general practices, and in other community settings.
The final year commences with an opportunity to experience an overseas elective, and continues with clinical attachments and a Selective option. During this time, you'll complete your Scholarly Activity stream, e-Portfolio, and Procedural Skills Logbook. Year 4 concludes with a Preparation for Internship block which includes an Extension option in a clinical area of your choice and an intern-shadowing block to ensure you're ready for work as an intern.
PLACES Curriculum
The future doctor will need to fulfill a number of roles, including that of a professional, leader, advocate, clinician, educator, and scholar, and these key roles form the themes around which the UWA MD curriculum is structured.
Scholarly Activity Program
In Year 3, all UWA MD students choose a Scholarly Activity Program that continues into Year 4. The choices include a research stream, a community-based service learning stream, or coursework streams in public health or health professions education.
Rural Clinical School
In Year 3, 25% of UWA MD students undertake their studies in a Western Australian rural setting, being placed in hospitals and general practices from Esperance to Kununurra. Rural students complete the same curriculum as the urban students, but in a longitudinal and integrated clinical setting.
Clinician Student Professional Development and Mentoring Program
The UWA MD Professional Development and Mentoring (PDM) program forms part of UWA School of Medicine's clinician student-mentoring program.
Doctors work in privileged positions, hold serious responsibilities, and face many challenges. Graduates need to know how to diagnose and treat illnesses, and medical students need to graduate with the professional skills that are required as an intern and beyond.
UWA is the only Australian medical school to have a longitudinal mentoring program whereby all medical students have a clinical mentor involved in students' professional development for the duration of the course.
All students are paired with experienced clinician mentors and keep this relationship throughout the course. This provides a longitudinal mentorship experience until you finish your course. You'll learn the importance of mentorship, and will have the opportunity to discuss your future career path and any professional and ethical issues you may encounter, as well as any discipline-specific issues (depending on the discipline area of your mentor).
The graduate outcomes related to professionalism include
professional attitudes and behaviour;
self-care;
medical ethics; and
medical law governance.
The outcomes are assessed using a variety of methods throughout the course. The PDM program across the course consists of
mentoring with an experienced clinician;
seminars;
ePortfolio tasks; and
a case-based ethics essay.
1. Completed bachelor's degree
Completed bachelor's degree with GPA of roughly a 3.1 / 4.0 (approximately 78%); last 3 years are weighted equally. Recommended undergrad subjects include physics (or Grade 12 physics), chemistry (including completion of Grade 12 chemistry); and biology or human biology at first-year university level.
2. Admissions test
You must have completed the MCAT with a minimum score of 500 overall and 124 in each section. GAMSAT also accepted with overall score of 55 and no section under 50. Results must be from tests written in within preceding 3 years (i.e., test completed in 2019–2022 will be accepted for applications in 2022).
3. Interview
Applicants will be shortlisted for interview based equally on GAMSAT / MCAT and GPA.
*Applications for the 2023 intake closed July 11, 2022. For information about the 2024 intake and to apply, please contact OzTREKK.
Early Round Deadline: April 28, 2022
Main Round Deadline: June 30, 2022
Late Round Deadline (only if required): Applications open August 31, 2022, and close September 8, 2022
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Top 5 questions we get asked about studying in Australia
What's the deal with studying in Australia, how does it work, and what's in it for me? Here are the top 5 questions we get asked about studying in Australia!
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Australian university applications are officially open!
Australian university applications are officially open, and starting now means making your application as strong as possible. Here's how.
What if my MCAT is too low or no longer valid?
If you don't meet the minimum MCAT requirements, OzTREKK cannot submit the application to the universities. As soon as the university receives an ineligible MCAT, the application is deemed unsuccessful.
1. Retake the MCAT
If you are re-sitting the MCAT, make sure that you will receive the official scores before the university application deadline. To see when the scores are released, you can always reference the MCAT scheduling site.
2. Apply to another program
If you are eligible, you can also apply to other medicine programs that have a lower MCAT requirement or a medicine program that does not require the MCAT. For postgraduate medicine, this means you can apply to the Monash MD program. Please note, you will need to have considerable experience in a biomedical science degree to be eligible.
Here are the undergraduate medicine programs that allow postgraduate students to apply and do not need an MCAT:
James Cook University's Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Macquarie University's Bachelor of Clinical Science, Doctor of Medicine
If you have specific questions about these programs, please email medicine@oztrekk.com and we will be happy to assist.
Admissions OfficerAmanda Rollich
Free-spirited and thoughtful outgoing introvert. Enjoys exploring new places, road-trips, live music, and appreciating the small things in life. Always dreaming of a new adventure. Australia has a special place in her heart as she lived there for over 4 years. She always aims to go above and beyond for OzTREKK students. INFP.
Amanda works closely with her teammates Meghan and Bridget, and is the point of contact for students for all medicine and veterinary application questions. Need help figuring out which program is right for you? Contact Amanda!
Australia bucket list: Same as Jaime! Diving with the whale sharks in WA
Hike: Valley of the Winds at Kata Tjuta in the Oz outback
Quote: Plant kindness, gather love
Food: My own roast chicken
Book: Into the Wild
Superpower: Intuition


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Subterranean Modern: The Residents, Chrome, MX-80 Sound and Tuxedomoon
Subterranean Modern (1979). Sleeve art by Gary Panter.
As often happens, one post leads to another, and the next thing you know there's a themed week happening, so here's something more about Tuxedomoon. Subterranean Modern was a compilation album released by The Residents on their Ralph Records label in 1979. The idea was to showcase The Residents along with three other groups from contemporary San Francisco, all of whom were underground acts, hence the "subterranean" title. Three of those groups—Chrome, Tuxedomoon, The Residents themselves—have since developed cult followings; hard-rock outfit MX-80 Sound seem a little ordinary and out-of-place in this unique company but then that's the nature of the compilation album. The Residents wanted each group to provide an interpretation of I Left My Heart In San Francisco but none of the others were very interested; Chrome's offering, which lasts all of 27 seconds, is hilariously contemptuous of the idea, a squall of riff and vocals that fades in then quickly fades away. Cartoonist Gary Panter illustrated the cover which is also given the Rozz Tox seal of approval. For more about Rozz Tox, whose enigmatic presence can be found on other Ralph Records releases, see this.
I'd already heard Chrome and The Residents when I bought Subterranean Modern but this was first place I encountered Tuxedomoon's music. Chrome, who appear on the back cover wearing their Clockwork Orange droog outfits, contribute two tracks that are as good as anything on their early records, Anti-Fade and the chugging Meet You In The Subway for which they made a video filmed on the city's BART platforms. I listened to those tracks, and the Tuxedomoon ones, much more than the rest of the album. With the exception of the pieces by MX-80 Sound, everything on the album has since been reissued on other compilations (Tuxedomoon's tracks are on the Pinheads On The Move collection).
The following is a two-page feature about the album and the four bands from the NME for 17th November, 1979. I don't know whether this was Tuxedomoon's first UK interview but it says it's the first interview given by Chrome which gives it some vague contemporary relevance. Helios Creed recently re-formed Chrome, and played a show in London earlier this month. There's also a new Chrome album, although for me Chrome proper requires Damon Edge, and he died in 1995. (Thanks to Gav for saving the pages!)
I LEFT MY ART IN SAN FRANCISCO
Checking out the West Coast's Avant Garde by Michael Goldberg
SAN FRANCISCO—The true avant-garde is never accepted, barely tolerated. The public has no use for ideas which challenge society's preconceptions.
Certainly the outright hatred which was heaped on The New York Dolls and, later, The Ramones and Sex Pistols—all groups who spat on the status quo of their times—attests to the difficulty of pushing a radical concept on the public. And those groups were merely returning to the basic, raw values which great rock and roll has always maintained.
So imagine the difficulty of developing and maintaining a style of music which has little, if any, solid tradition to fall back on. In San Francisco, a city where the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship and Steve Miller can sell out the largest of stadiums, an avant-garde underground has been hanging on, etching out the meagrest of niches so that it can continue a dogged pursuit of rock experimentation.
Carrying the torch for "outre" music is San Francisco's Residents and their parent companies, Ralph Records and the nebulous Cryptic Corporation. For nine long years, the Residents have relentlessly persisted, bowing to no one as they explore a sonic universe of their own devising.
In the wake of The Residents' relative success—though the group is still practically unknown in their hometown, they have been received by a rather large cult spread out across the U.S. and Europe—other equally unique and esoteric groups have been attracted to San Francisco.
Realising that there is strength in numbers, Ralph Records gathered together three of the most uncompromising bands in San Francisco (and possibly on the West Coast): Chrome (with roots in L.A.), MX-80 Sound (who migrated from Bloomington, Indiana, last year), and Tuxedomoon (whose core members came from Denver, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois), and convinced them to join The Residents (originally from Shreveport, Louisiana) in a joint project. The project is a compilation album, Subterranean Modern (Ralph).
"SAN FRANCISCO breeds a different kind of group. Bands that follow their own instincts, not what's popular in England or New York or L.A.," explains Jay Clem, a member of the Cryptic Corp. Clem and fellow Cryptic, Hardy Fox, are sitting in The Residents' newly expanded 16-track studio. The Residents, themselves, are not in evidence.
The Residents, of course, have a near mythic reputation for weirdness. But Clem and Fox look as normal and average as any two guys you might run across on an American university campus.
Clem, a man in his mid-twenties, wears his longish brown hair cut in squared bangs. He resembles a young Paul McCartney. "San Francisco is a centre for experimental music. It's kind of tradition," continues Clem. "Bohemians in the Fifties, hippies in the Sixties. San Francisco draws a kind of fringe people."
"Loonies," offers Fox, a short, thin, bespectacled man who looks like he should he researching a cure for cancer in some dark laboratory.
"Kooks," laughs Clem. "San Francisco's the kook capital of the world,"
"The South in the late '60s was not a pleasant place for anybody who had any kind of offbeat point of view about life at all," says Fox. "So it's not particularly hard for me to see why the Residents were glad to get out of the South."
The Sub Mod album offers three cuts each by Chrome, MX-80 Sound and Tuxedomoon. The Residents—as hosts—include four songs. All the material was recorded specially for the project.
The most controversial aspect of the album is the inclusion of I Left My Heart In San Francisco a rather sickening piece of hackwork popularized by Tony Bennett. None of the groups, with the exception of the Residents, were thrilled about recording the song. Chrome sarcastically included less than a minutes' worth of white noise as their "interpretation". Tuxedomoon recorded a one minute conversation between an unemployed transient attempting to qualify for welfare and a welfare office bureaucrat, while the melody to I Left My Heart In San Francisco is played on harmonica in the background. MX-80 Sound cut the song as on instrumental, giving it a full force heavy metal reading.
"It's not that great a song," says Fox, "Who wants to do something that you don't think is too great? It was a challenge. But it is the official San Francisco song. Sanctioned by the city. So we had no choice."
"I'M DAMON Edge," growled the tall man wearing the white lab coat and wrap-around shades. His voice was deep and gruff and ghoulish, like a demented Boris Karloff. Edge was testament to the existence of Chrome. Chrome is so resolutely underground that those who have heard of them seriously doubt their actual existence. Chrome have never performed live before an audience. They have never been interviewed or photographed. Their records are haphazardly released on their own, rather mysterious, Siren label. Outside of the most dedicated rock fans, few people have even heard of them, let alone heard them.
Edge, along with a man in a tan trench coat and shades, introduced as Helios Creed, were in the midst of recording Chrome's fourth album. The third member of the Chrome core, John L. Cyborg, a short man with dark hair and a brooding expression, entered the room.
"Play Eyes On Mars and Animal," said Edge.
Tracks from Chrome's upcoming album oozed from the speakers like an inorganic blob rising from a pool of radioactive industrial waste. The tracks were as disconcerting as anything on Chrome's three previous albums, Alien Soundtracks, The Visitation and Half Machine Lip Moves. Only the sound has grown. The material on Sub Mod and the newer pieces represent Chrome's first recording in a 16-track studio. It's the difference between black-and-white TV and colour. 16 tracks has allowed Chrome to flesh out the subtleties and creeping horror of their excavations into the subconscious. Layer on layer of disconnected/fractured voices, synthesized industrial debris and guitar notes that seem to hang on for eternity, before dripping off the tape. All over a relentless, primitive, four/four beat: the primal rock and roll rhythms retained.
"Real gone," said Edge.
The next day I sit in Edge's two storey house in the desolate back hills of Oakland, a city across the Bay from San Francisco known more for the ageing blues musicians who reside there, than for any post-synthesizer combos. Edge has agreed to give me an interview, the first interview, I might add, that Chrome has ever given. "If you were from Sounds," he snaps, "I would have impaled you on my TV antenna."
Edge stretches out on a couch and pinpoints Chromes' relation to the rest of the universe. "There's earth and the Western World. And in the Western World, there are those entertainment zones and performing zones." he explains, magnanimously. "And we're on the outside of that. We're the bad boys. We live a rebel kind of existence. Feel like outlaws. Outside. There's us and them. We're outside of everything."
Edge, who has worked on porno soundtracks and other film scores, formed Chrome in 1976. "I like rock," he says simply. "It's got the primal essence. I wanted to make something which would be a foundation for a unit to abstract from."
He adjusts his shades. "Nobody else was going to release our stuff," continues Edge, explaining why the group puts out records on its own label. "It was too weird. No record company president in his right mind would have released Alien Soundtracks. it was too gone."
Why has Chrome remained such an enigma?
"We didn't want to kiss ass. Didn't want to have to play some high school social scene for people to like us. And if they really liked us and they thought we were OK, then we'd be let out into the world and it would be OK. Forget it, man! I don't have to ask anybody's permission. I don't care!"
Why no live performances?
Edge gives a sick smile. "We don't think they're ready for us yet."
One wonders aloud what inspires the nightmarish 'vision that infuses Chrome's albums.
"Movies, women, music and drugs," says Edge.
Drugs?
"We use drugs. Hash and stuff. We use psychedelic drugs. We have psychedelic roots." He pauses. "That doesn't mean late '60s roots."
Chrome begrudgingly agreed to appear on the Sub Mod album, although it was obvious talking to Edge that he doesn't think much of the other groups. Chrome thought the album might give them more visibility.
"We want to communicate," he admits, "We're not some bombed out hippies making tapes just for ourselves."
WE'RE IN the most suburban of apartments, located amidst row upon row of similar, modern units. It's one of those faceless places with stark white walls, built-in fridge and stove, and square, low-ceilinged bedrooms. The photos of the Sex Pistols and Clash, as well as the Warhol print, fail to have much impact on the claustrophobic blandness.
It is a rather odd place to find three of the four current members of MX-80 Sound, a group which combines the heavy metal of Aerosmith, the fractured cynicism of mid-sixties Mothers of Invention, the prose vocals of Zappa and Beefheart and the instrumental virtuosity of John McLaughlin.
MX-80 Sound are thought of as a weird group which rarely performs in San Francisco, or anywhere for that matter. A group who rehearse an awesome assemblage of original material in the privacy of a dark rehearsal studio, but never let the public hear it.
But as the group explain there is really nothing at all weird about the members of MX-80 Sound. All work straight jobs so that "we can get away with playing exactly what we want."
MX-80 Sound was formed in Bloomington, Indiana four years ago. Until a few months ago, personnel included Rich Stim, rhythm guitar, sax, vocals; Bruce Anderson, lead/rhythm guitar; Dale Sophiea, bass; Dave Mahoney, drums and Jeff Armour, drums. Armour recently left the group and MX-80 Sound plans to continue as a four piece.
"I just liked to play guitar," says Anderson explaining the group's ordinary beginnings.
"The idea of a group always appealed to me. The magic notion of a rock band."
"Like being in a fraternity," jokes Rich Stim, the comedian/prose vocalist/lyricist. "Special sign. Brothers and stuff. '60s kind of thing. Like a family." He stops himself. "No, cut the family thing. That sounds too sick."
MX-80 Sound's rare appearances are not, it turns out, calculated. "We're not in our time niche yet," says Anderson, "Performing in front of people here feels real alien. We probably will be playing more in the 80's than in the 70's, which is as it should be,"
"We just haven't been accepted here," says Stim.
Actually, MX-80 Sound have never been accepted anywhere. In Bloomington, the group stuck out like Martians deporting on Miami beach. "All they listen to is bluegrass there," says Stim. "People had no concept of punk or new wave."
"That never even made a dent in the mid-west," says Anderson.
"Not even a contending phenomena. So they thought we were just weird."
MX-80 Sound should have it. They even got the big shot. Sort of. In 1977, Island Records received a demo and released it in Europe as an album, Hard Attack.
Critical raves met the group's unique sound: Heavy metal meets John Cage for lunch at the tire factory and they discuss mutations and prepared piano.
Depressed by the album's failure and their outcast status in Bloomington, MX-80 Sound relocated in San Francisco last year. They expected to be accepted with open arms by the S.F. rock community. Thus far, they have found the punk crowd hostile and the mainstream rockers disinterested. Their hard rock is too sophisticated for new wave and the hard rock audience doesn't know they exist, "We've gotten no media support, so no one even knows about us," complains Stim.
Fed up with trying to perform in front of punk posers and the like, they wrote a song about the local punk club, the Mabuhay Gardens (one of the few places they have played) and its manager Dirk Dirksen called Dirk's Dog.
Don't ask me why / Are we not men / Cause I just wouldn't know / I'm just a dog / Who lives at a club / Where the punks / And the hard rockers go… / Rock an' roll nigger? / Hardly… / I'd have to get high to be that low / I'm just a dog / Who lives at a club / Where the punks / And the hard rockers go.
"Yeah, that pretty much says it," says Rich Stim.
THEY CALL themselves Tuxedomoon and they are the most electronically oriented and the most popular (locally) of the four bands which comprise the upper strata of San Francisco's experimental scene.
With one synthesizer, a rhythm box, brass and treated guitar, the group offers surreal soundscapes or machines gone mad. Metropolis updated for the 80's.
"A couple of people told us they were terrified by our shows," says Blaine Reininger, co-founder of Tuxedomoon, sitting in the living room of his partner, Steve Brown's low-rent apartment, located in San Francisco's south-of-Market area, a dumping ground for bums, drunks, junkies and other outcasts.
"And it's true," continues Reininger, "That a number of our songs are based on certain intervals in music that are traditionally known to create tension and fear. There's this interval, the tritone, that was banned by the Church in the Middle Ages. It was considered the Devil's sound."
"But we're not satanists or anything like that," Brown hastens to add. "It's not like we want to inflict terror on people, there's enough of that already. But living in these times, the earth is a real crazy place right now. It can't help but have an effect on us and our artistic product."
Reininger and Brown cite William Burroughs, Bowie, Albert Camus, John Cage, Eno and Giorgio Moroder as influences. Their music is a blend of rock and roll, esoteric electronics and musique concrete. Social, environmental, cultural and political problems are raw material from which Tuxedomoon draws its lyrical ideas.
But rather than write prescriptive or even realistically descriptive lyrics, Reininger and Brown prefer to paint abstract even surreal word pictures. "Scraps of paper blown by the wind / Headlines scream from machines on the street / Streets are jammed with dead families in cars," goes one lyric fragment.
Tuxedomoon have released a single, Pinheads on the Move b/w Joeboy (Joeboy the Electronic Ghost) on their own Tidal Wave Records as well as a 12-inch 45 which included New Machines, Litebulb Overkill, Nite & Day and No Tears.
"The sound of a lot of our stuff," says bassist Peter Principle who joined with guitarist Michael Belfer just over a year ago," is just the rhythm box and bass guitar. You don't need a lot of synthesizers to make electronic music. We're very stark Proletarian."
THE RESIDENTS refused to meet for an interview. But then you know all about those mystery men, anyway.
They will persist. Lack of a local audience, lack of media coverage, lack of major record company support will not stop the avant-garde. Already, dozens of experimental groups are following the lead of the Residents / Chrome / MX-80 Sound / Tuxedomoon foursome. Bay Area based groups like Voice Farm, the Units and 2 plus 2 and many others are pushing at the edges of what is currently considered music.
"They're coming out of the garages," says Peter Belfer [sic] of Tuxedomoon. Indeed, one imagines armies of guerilla musicians and conceptualists armed with synthesizers, guitars and 16-track recording equipment wrecking absolute havoc on mainstream rock and roll.
And why has San Francisco attracted such a strange batch of rock bands?
"What this city means to me,.is the last stand on American ground," said Damon Edge. "People who don't fit in anywhere else come here. That's why the bridge is so popular to jump off. There's no place else to go in America. If you can't relate artistically in San Francisco…you jump off the bridge." •
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Tuxedomoon on La Edad de Oro, 1983
• Tuxedomoon designs by Patrick Roques
• Pink Narcissus: James Bidgood and Tuxedomoon
• Chrome: Perfumed Metal
Author JohnPosted on June 26, 2014 June 26, 2014 Categories {comics}, {design}, {electronica}, {music}Tags A Clockwork Orange, Blaine L. Reininger, Chrome (group), Damon Edge, Gary Panter, Giorgio Moroder, Helios Creed, James Bidgood, John Cage, Michael Belfer, Michael Goldberg, MX-80 Sound, Peter Principle, Ralph Records, Rozz Tox, Sex Pistols, Steven Brown, The Residents, Tuxedomoon, White Noise
2 thoughts on "Subterranean Modern: The Residents, Chrome, MX-80 Sound and Tuxedomoon"
radioShirley says:
An excellent post. Thank you John. I've also thoroughly enjoyed reading the Tuxedo/Ralph related writings this week.
Though not indicative on this album of their 'sound', one listen to MX-80's terrific 1980 Ralph album, 'Out of the Tunnel' and one can clearly how it influenced the likes of Sonic Youth, Swans and others.
A sleeper perhaps, but one that is also worth investigating from the wonderful Ralph catalogue.
Oh, thanks. I'm afraid the tracks on this album are still all I've heard from MX-80 Sound, they didn't seem to make much of an impression over here, unlike the other groups.
Interesting reading back over the article and seeing how it's another example of a scene emerging in the US after people have been drawn to a particular city. That happens in the UK with London, of course, but it's also the case that other British cities—Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, etc—equally tend to create their own music scenes.
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SAIC receives $383m contract to manufacture MK 48 Mod 7 torpedo components
3 November 2016	(Last Updated November 3rd, 2016 18:30)
Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) has received a contract from US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to manufacture components of MK 48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedoes.
The contract has a base performance period of 27 months and includes options, which if exercised will increase the total value of the contract to more than $383m.
Under the contract, SAIC will produce afterbody / tailcone sections of the torpedoes for the US submarine fleet.
"SAIC will ensure that the Navy is ready to meet their missions at sea across the globe."
The contract options cover supply of spare parts, production material, engineering services, test equipment design and manufacturing, and hardware repair services.
Work under the contract will be carried out in the US, namely Bedford, Indiana; Marion, Massachusetts; Middletown, Rhode Island; and Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in January 2020.
SAIC senior vice-president and Navy and Marine Corps customer group general manager Tom Watson said: "SAIC is proud to grow our support to NAVSEA under this new contract award. As a technology and systems integrator, SAIC is very excited to expand our support to NAVSEA by providing critical weapons hardware to the navy.
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In addition, Lockheed Martin has subcontracted SAIC for the procurement of various afterbody / tailcone assemblies, as well as provide engineering services.
Lockheed is currently manufacturing the guidance and control systems for the MK 48 Mod 7 torpedo.
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Nurse Practitioners to Take Increasing Role in Healthcare
Larry Hand
July 9, 2012 — The number of nurse practitioners (NPs) could grow by 94% by the year 2025, and they will likely provide a growing amount of healthcare services as demand increases during implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to an article published in the July issue of Medical Care.
Author David I. Auerbach, PhD, from the RAND Health, Boston, Massachusetts, predicts that the number of full-time NPs will increase to 244,000 in 2025, up from 128,000 in 2008, based on regression analysis modeling for population sizes and ages. An NP is defined as a registered nurse (RN) who has completed formal NP education and is employed in nursing. Using lower and higher modeling scenarios, the growth ranges from 227,000 to 268,000 NPs in 2025.
"When we redefine NPs as those working in nursing and who consider their position title to be 'NP,' the workforce grows (under the same assumptions as the default forecast...) from 86,000 [full-time employees] in 2008 to 198,000 [full-time employees] in 2025, representing a higher rate of growth (130%)" than that seen in the default forecast, Dr. Auerbach writes. "This faster growth likely stems from the fact that a steadily growing proportion of those educated as NPs have considered their position title to be NP — from 47% in 1992 to 63% in 2000 to 67% in 2008."
What Do the Predictions Imply?
Dr. Auerbach's projections have 3 main implications for healthcare:
First, recent forecasts have projected that physician shortages could reach as high as 90,000 physicians in the coming decade, and the ratio of physicians to NPs could fall from 5:1 to 3:1 overall and from 4.1:1 to 2.3:1 in primary care in 2025.
Second, if the "mix of primary care providers" shifts toward a higher ratio of NPs to physicians, transitional difficulties could develop as healthcare practices work to define and clarify new roles to achieve optimum team performance.
Third, quality of care has to be considered.
Previous research has concluded that in practices in which NPs have provided care in place of physicians, the quality of care has been similar or better, he writes. "Yet, that literature was concerned with existing and prior models of care. In the long run, as models of care provision among providers of mixed backgrounds and training mature, there may be further improved outcomes as suggested by some literature, as a result of the different but complementary foci of NP and physician training and approaches to patient care," he writes.
Dr. Auerbach writes that the forecasts add urgency to the need for adoption of healthcare models in which NPs, RNs, and physicians work in complementary roles as a team.
Although the growth in numbers of NPs has been steady since 1992, at approximately 6000 per year, and is likely to continue at a rate of from 6000 to 7000 a year, the age structure has been steadily changing over the years, Dr. Auerbach notes. The percentage of NPs older than 50 years doubled, from 22% in 2000 to 44% in 2008. However, that percentage is expected to plateau during the next few years, to decrease to about 36% in 2021, and then to start to rise again.
"Although large numbers of NPs will retire in the coming decade, new cohorts of NPs are entering the workforce in ever larger numbers and appear poised to more than offset the retirements," Dr. Auerbach writes.
Factors that could cause deviation from these forecasts include possible adoption of a doctoral requirement for new NPs, as recommended by the American Academy of Colleges of Nursing. Such a change for pharmacists has resulted in decreased supply, at least short-term, Dr. Auerbach writes.
In addition, a limitation of forecasts is the reliance on small numbers of observations during a time frame. Dr. Auerbach based his projections on data from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) conducted by the US Health Resources Services Agency, plus age-distribution data from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. The NSSRN sample population included from 30,000 to 35,000 licensed RNs (1% - 2%) every 4 years between 1992 and 2008.
The author has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Cite this: Nurse Practitioners to Take Increasing Role in Healthcare - Medscape - Jul 09, 2012.
Larry Hand is a freelance writer for Medscape.
Larry Hand has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Answered: Frequently asked questions about Fort Collins' new land development code
Molly Bohannon
In early November, the Fort Collins City Council approved changes to its land use code, including a name change to "land development code."
The changes have led a group of residents to begin a referendum process to get council to repeal the decision and have stirred numerous questions from the community. The group, Preserve Fort Collins, is working to gain the required 4,223 signatures by its deadline of Dec. 19.
The Coloradoan is answering another round of frequently asked questions, compiled from comments on our latest stories, claims being made by people in support of and against the changes, and questions the city has been receiving.
More:What will Fort Collins' new land development code mean for your neighborhood? Here's a guide
Why aren't changes to Fort Collins' land use code voted on by the people?
Preserve Fort Collins is petitioning for council repeal of the land use changes, or in the absence of that, sending the decision to the voters. Some residents have said big changes like these should be approved by the city voters.
But do land use code changes usually go to the voters for approval?
No, and here's why: The code is very technical.
"This type of topic has never been on the ballot," Rebecca Everette, city planning manager, said. "Adoption of city plans is never something that goes through a referendum process, or hasn't in the past.
"How our local representative democracy works is people elect their City Council members, who then advance policy that reflects what they're hearing from their constituents. And then codes and capital improvement plans and the budget are then implementation tools for those policies."
It's not common for these types of things to go to the ballot in other communities, either.
And even though it's technical and not typically put to the voters, citizen engagement is still a crucial part of the process, according to Housing Manager Meaghan Overton.
"There's engagement throughout the whole process to try to make sure that things are headed in the right direction, and for this code in particular, that right direction is those guiding principles that we shared with city council and with the community," Overton said.
The guiding principles for this code were:
increase overall housing capacity and "calibrate market-feasible incentive" for affordable housing
enable more affordability near high-frequency and high-capacity transit and priority growth areas
allow for more diverse housing choices
make the code easier to use and understand
improve predictability of the development permit review process
Still, many residents feel there wasn't enough public notice about the changes before they were implemented.
Learn more:5 things to know about Fort Collins' new land use code and what they might mean for you
Can every home in Fort Collins really have an accessory dwelling unit?
Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, will now potentially be an option for anyone owning a single-family home or duplex in all residential and mixed-use zones in Fort Collins.
An ADU is an accessory build added to a duplex or detached house that can have full living amenities and is subordinate to the primary dwelling unit. Remodeled basements can also be ADUs; they don't need to be detached from the main house, though they need to be "subordinate to and complement the primary dwelling" in terms of architecture and materials used. Utilities from the main house can be extended to accessory dwelling units, so they don't need their own sourcing.
In the past, ADUs were not a defined building type or use in city code. Instead, carriage houses were allowed in the three Old Town zones on lots of more than 10,000 or 12,000 square feet, and adding them required a public hearing.
If you're building a detached ADU from scratch and the primary building is smaller than or equal to 1,335 square feet, the ADU can be a maximum size of 600 square feet. If the primary building is bigger than 1,335 square feet, the ADU has a maximum size of 1,000 square feet or 45% of the primary dwelling unit, whichever is less.
Detached ADUs aren't a given for every property: They can't be placed on a lot if there isn't enough space to meet the standards for setbacks.
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If my neighbor plans an ADU – or any other type of structure – what kind of notification will I receive?
Although routine public neighborhood meetings or hearings have been removed in the new code for residential projects that receive a basic development review, the notification process for residential builds has not changed.
The yellow "Development Under Review" signs will still be placed, and mailed notices and email newsletters including development reviews will still be sent. For most developments, anyone within 800 feet will receive a notice. For single ADU additions, abutting property owners will receive a notice.
What about appeals? There are no changes to the current appeal process, so if a basic development review decision is appealed, a public hearing with the Planning & Zoning Commission would occur. After that, the Planning & Zoning decision could also be appealed to City Council.
Archive:Fort Collins' land use code is getting an update. Here are the key changes proposed.
Which neighborhoods will be allowed to have multiple units that couldn't before?
Houses in all zones allowing residences will be allowed to have an ADU moving forward. However, not all neighborhoods will be allowed to have much more than that.
Basically, four zones will add only ADUs an option, and the other zones will see more options, ranging from duplexes to apartment buildings and rowhouses.
Just because your zone may now allow these housing types doesn't mean they'll meet all the requirements to be built. Lots still must be able to accommodate minimum size requirements for units and meet the code's requirements for setbacks, height limits and things of that nature.
For a full list of what will be able to be built in your zone type, see our guide here.
I live in a neighborhood with an HOA. Will these changes impact me?
Put simply, yes, the land development code will override homeowner association covenants.
But not completely: The code overrides only HOA covenant rules that directly contradict the code changes. For example, if a covenant restricted the building of ADUs for its members, the city code would override that, and homeowners in that neighborhood would be able to build an ADU.
But the code will not override or remove elements of HOA covenants that provide structure around aesthetics, like what color a house can be or yard requirements.
Some HOA representatives have "expressed disagreement regarding whether the city can legally supersede HOA covenants in furtherance of its important public policy goals," according to City Attorney Carrie Daggett. She said they were aware of the "potential for disagreement on this point, but believe the approach taken is within the city's authority."
Everette told the Coloradoan the intent behind the code superseding covenants "was to ensure that the code can be applied consistently and equally across the community and that neighborhoods would not have the ability to opt out based on the presence of an HOA or not."
"In order to achieve our stated community goals for housing, we need the participation of our entire community."
How would the new code help boost affordable housing/housing affordability?
One of the concerns coming from Preserve Fort Collins, the group petitioning for the code changes to be repealed, is that the code doesn't actually require that affordable housing be built anywhere.
One argument in favor of the changes is that allowing increased density in the city and more ADUs could lead to more housing stock, including smaller and less expensive options, which could help address any shortage of housing options and lead to lower prices, or greater "housing affordability."
But when it comes to bona fide affordable housing, Preserve Fort Collins says: "The stated goal is to increase affordable housing but the code does not require most new multiunit housing in low-density zones to be affordable."
In the new code, zones that were previously single-unit low density now allow people to build a triplex if one of the units is affordable and deed restricted for 99 years. There are additional incentives that differ by zone and allow for things like greater height and less parking if units are affordable.
In the city's previous code, just two zones had affordable housing incentives. In the new code, incentives are expanded to all residential, commercial and mixed-use zones.
Ross Cunniff, one of the leaders of Preserve Fort Collins, told the Coloradoan that while there are bonus benefits in the code for having affordable units, he doesn't believe developers will add a unit to projects to receive the affordable housing incentives offered by the city because the profit wouldn't be big enough to justify it.
"Those are bonuses. Those are not requirements," he said. "I know that the profit motive will lead not to affordable units being built in the single family residential zones."
Overton told the Coloradoan that the city worked to essentially make affordable housing "more attractive" for developers and expand where it can be built.
Everette added that while the city is using incentives, not requiring units, to get affordable housing, the chosen incentives were selected through a "very data-driven approach."
"It was a market-calibrated approach to creating those incentives so that would increase the likelihood that we would see more market-rate developers in particular including affordable housing," she said.
"It doesn't guarantee (affordable housing); it just creates the right kind of ecosystem or that type of development to occur where it didn't exist before."
Will these changes lead to investors or developers having a "free-for-all" in the city?
Preserve Fort Collins' site contends that City Council chose "expediency and old fashioned cronyism over transparency and good governance (... to) quickly to turn most of Fort Collins into a free-for-all for housing developers and investors."
Everette and Overton maintain this isn't the case because the code changes do not "lessen our development requirements" in Fort Collins nor do they change the city's overall approach to development.
"This code, as it relates to the existing residential areas, seeks to remove barriers. It's not seeking to lessen our development requirements ... it allows for some streamlining of process, but it doesn't change any of the already high standards, the high bar we already have for development," Everette told the Coloradoan.
Overton said for many years the city has maintained that "the development pays its own way," meaning it has to pay for the infrastructure that's required to serve it and any services or fees needed. She added that in a way it's "an oversimplification to say that the code changes are somehow opening the door to developers."
"We need developers to build housing. That's how housing gets built. But we're not lowering our standards or changing the way that the city approaches development," Overton said.
Cunniff said it doesn't matter that the city still has high requirements. The concern, he said, stems from the city not considering profit motives for things like short-term rentals and high-end apartments.
Rather than addressing the need for affordability, he believes it's "quite likely" that developers will come in and build "a large number of high-end luxury apartments" because "that's where the money is," leading to what the group is calling a free-for-all.
Everette said widespread demolition of existing homes isn't a trend other communities that more broadly allowed ADUs or duplexes are seeing, and it's not a trend in the parts of Old Town that already allow duplexes and carriage houses.
"The economics of either adding an ADU or converting an existing house or scraping and rebuilding as a triplex, (there) has to be a really strong financial incentive in the form of a low, very low property value for it to make that worth it," she said.
Will the code changes diminish the charm of neighborhoods and decrease the quality of life in Fort Collins?
This was another concern brought by Preserve Fort Collins and others worried about the code changes who feel allowing different building types in various neighborhoods will lead to infill development in areas like Old Town that will in turn result in loss of neighborhood character.
Speakers at City Council meetings in the last month expressed concerns about Fort Collins and Old Town losing their charm and neighborhoods no longer providing good quality of life.
Cunniff has also said "Fort Collins' quality of life is at risk" due to the code changes.
In response to that concern, Everette said the goal of the Housing Strategic Plan, which helped inform these code changes, is "healthy, stable housing for everyone in our community."
"The goal is not to diminish one person's quality of life in exchange for somebody else's, it's not a win-lose, zero-sum game," Everette said. "Quality of life is about building a community where people care about each other are connected to each other. They're proud of the neighborhoods that they live in or the community they live in, where people can access jobs and services close to where they live."
She added that they've generally heard concerns about quality of life "from people who generally already have healthy, stable housing and live in existing established neighborhoods, and really like where they live."
Staff contend, in response to this concern, that the design standards ensure that what is built is compatible with what's around it. There are also more clear building guidelines on what can and cannot be built where and what they can look like, which should help keep neighborhoods feel and look the same even if multiunit housing pops up.
Molly Bohannon covers Fort Collins government for the Coloradoan. Follow her on Twitter @molboha or contact her at mbohannon@coloradoan.com.


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