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Tribute bands keep classic rock acts' music live and alive
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Members of Whiskey River, a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band, practice at the home of John Passarelli on Wednesday in Everett.
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Tommy Steinley (left) and John Passarelli practice at Passarelli�s home.
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Tara Kelley belts out the vocals during a Whiskey River practice session.
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Whiskey River drummer Don Hales gets into the rhythm.
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Randy Hansen started his Jimi Hendrix tribute band, Machine Gun, in 1977. He still performs both Hendrix�s music and his own.
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Midnight Rambler is a Rolling Stones tribute band. Ciggy Cater, who performs as Keith Richards, grew up in England.
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Whiskey River in full costume as Lynyrd Skynyrd.
A friend's father was quick to see Randy needed something to focus on. Randy was hanging out with his friend one day when the boy's dad approached him.
"He grabbed me by the shirt and throws me in a chair and says, 'Stay right there,' " Hansen said. "He comes back out of the bedroom with a Martin guitar and a Gibson acoustic, puts the Martin in my hands, forms my fingers into a chord, puts a pick in my hands and tells me to shake it like a thermometer. And I'm strumming my first E chord."
Hansen was like a lot of kids growing up in the 1960s, with dreams of becoming a rock star like Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison or Jimi Hendrix.
Except that Hansen did grow up to be a rock star. And on stage, very much like Jimi Hendrix, the influential rock guitarist who died in 1970.
'Are You Experienced?'
The Seattle native, if not the Northwest's original big tribute act, certainly is among the first, forming his Hendrix tribute band, Machine Gun, in 1977. Nearly 40 years later, Hansen is still playing Hendrix's music along with his own in that screaming guitar style at casino clubs, theaters and festivals in the Northwest, the U.S. and Europe.
Hansen has earned praise from fans and other musicians for his recreation of Hendrix.
Hansen strives for authenticity, to a fault.
"I've probably broke about 50 guitars. I do it every so often, if the mood hits me. And sometimes it hits when I'm holding a really nice guitar. A song will take me away," Hansen said. "It's just what the music does to me, since I was a kid. When I was learning guitar, I'd be diving around my front room, jumping on furniture and rolling over things."
Hansen plays Hendrix among a who's who of classic rock tributes in the region.
Name a rock act and you probably can find a tribute band playing on a stage near you. Neil Diamond fans have Cherry, Cherry. If you want to yell out "Free Bird!" at a concert, Whiskey River meets your Lynyrd Skynyrd needs. At least two Beatles bands — British Export and Creme Tangerine — bring back the Fab Four. Midnight Rambler provides "Satisfaction" to Rolling Stones enthusiasts.
Already this summer, the Historic Everett Theatre has hosted a John Denver tribute by Olympia's Ted Vigil, and Elvis, in the form of Lynnwood's Tracy Alan Moore, performs there Saturday. Tribute acts continue at the Historic Everett through the year. Tulalip Casino's Canoes Cabaret offers a free tribute show every Sunday night. And several bands are playing at the Taste of Edmonds festival next weekend, including British Export, Cherry Cherry, Heart by Heart, Shambala (Three Dog Night) and Atomic Punks (Van Halen).
Elvis is in the Safeway
Cover bands, playing from the catalogs of famous musicians, have been around as long as rock music, playing high school dances, wedding receptions and the garage next door. But tribute bands build on the music. Along with playing the songs, sometimes note-for-note, the tributes attempt to inhabit the band's persona, dressing in costume, playing the characters, recreating the moment.
For Lynnwood's Tracy Alan Moore, who got his start 20 years ago performing as Elvis for Valentine's Day at the Safeway where he worked, tribute acts allow fans of the music to see it performed live when the original bands or musicians are no longer on the road or, as with Elvis, long departed.
"With my show, people love to step back in time and hear the songs that were popular back in high school," he said. "People want to see Van Halen and The Cars and (Tom) Petty, Heart, Ted Nugent, the Stones, ZZ Top, all those bands. It's an appreciation for the music."
For some, it's their first chance to see the music performed live, Moore said.
"Maybe it's a chance for people to see a concert that they didn't have money to see when they were kids. I know I always wanted to see a Stones show," he said.
Recipe for a Stone
Midnight Rambler puts on a Stones show.
Ciggy Cater doesn't have to fake a British accent to perform as Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. The Mountlake Terrace resident grew up in England, and bought his first 45 in '69, a purple label Decca of "Honky Tonk Woman" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," with money he'd stolen from his dad's pants pocket.
"Don't tell me Dad," he said.
"Classic rock acts are a dime a dozen. A lot of talented musicians can play the pop songs," Cater said.
For musicians to make it as a tribute act, the fans expect a recreation of the band, their dress, stage presence and mannerisms.
"Those kind of tribute acts that go the full mile, they're the ones that are going to stand the test of time. The guys that walk on with torn jeans and T-shirts doing CCR and Journey are not going to cut it," he said.
For Cater, playing Richards demands attention to detail.
Cater bears some resemblance to Richards.
"That's a two-edged sword," Cater said, alluding to a rock star who wears every day of his life on his face.
"I haven't been ridden hard and put away wet as often as he has, but my priority is to take his mannerisms and dress code, Keith's animal prints and swagger and some of his violence towards Mick and then some eyeliner and a leopard print headband and let Jagger mess up me hair. That's the recipe," he said.
The illusion is crucial. Especially after a couple of drinks, Cater said, people want to play along that they're really watching the Stones.
"I've had grown men, 55 to 65, yelling, 'Keith, Keith, my wife loves you.' They come as fans and just want some of the fairy dust to rub off on them," he said.
'Free Bird!'
Bill Majkut sees that, too.
Whiskey River, formed in 1982, five years after the plane crash that claimed the lives of three of Lynyrd Skynyrd's nine members, may be second only to Hansen as the longest-running tribute act in the Northwest. The goal is the same.
"Our objective is to create a time machine, let the audience go back 35 years to their youth," Majkut said, when Lynyrd Skynyrd pioneered its southern boogie rock sound.
Key to that for the band is authenticity. And practice.
"We rehearse every week for three hours," Majkut said. "Note for note."
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, nine of the band's members packed themselves into the basement room of a south Everett split-level.
Amplifiers lined the walls, stacked one on top of the other. Set lists hang next to concert posters or litter the floor. Monitors occupied what little space in the middle of the room wasn't taken up by the drum kit, the keyboards, cables, guitar pedals and the musicians themselves.
It's a warm day, and the speakers are pushing out more air than the one fan.
The rehearsal is no-nonsense, with little comments between songs. Just measures into "Gimme Me Back My Bullets," the music stops abruptly.
"All of a sudden it got a lot faster," says one of the guitarists.
"I'm leading the band," reminds drummer Don Hales. "It doesn't matter."
A couple beats and the band dives back in.
"What we hope for is a celebration, to see our audience, from 5-year-olds to 70, singing all the words. It's universal music and I'm happy to play it for a new generation," Majkut said.
Meet not The Beatles
Tribute bands have to strut a fine line, close enough to the originals to entertain fans, but not so close that they violate copyright laws.
Jim Martin, who moved his band, British Export, from Chicago to Seattle in 2009, is the band's Paul McCartney. Martin had been the band's Ringo Starr but quickly learned the left-handed bass when their Paul left, presumably not for a Wings tribute.
"Apple's still in charge of the catalog and very protective of their music," Martin said.
As long as it's labeled as a tribute and performed live, the band doesn't have to pay royalties to the copyright holder.
"Where we could get into trouble is if we sampled any of the songs in the catalog or use any of the images, the logo. We can't say, 'We're The Beatles,' or have The Beatles logo on the drum skin," he said.
Other than that, British Export attempts to keep the illusion alive, playing through the catalog album by album, making costume changes for each era, from the suits and ties of the "Ed Sullivan Show" to Sgt. Pepper's silk regalia.But the audience that Martin sees aren't just older fans reliving their youth.
"Surprisingly enough, a number of people in the audience are baby boomers, but I would say a great portion is an amazing collection of kids who just love the music and bring their moms and days," he said. "There will always be Beatles fans."
The girls in the band
And sometimes a tribute act can introduce new fans to the original band.
An AC/DC tribute band, assuming its musicians have the musical chops, brings with it its own loyal following of hard rockers. Hell's Belles sells itself as the "World Famous All-Female AC/DC Tribute." The music is played with the same enthusiasm and stage antics as the original, said Adrian Conner, who grew up in Federal Way but now lives in Austin, Texas.
Conner is the Belles' Angus Young. The guitar licks and the cap are the same, but rather than Young's trademark schoolboy shorts, Conner wears a skirt.
After joining the band, Conner made herself a student of Angus, watching video tapes of his performances.
"I've seen other Anguses, guys trying to do the movements, but they just look tired, like the movements have control over them, rather than them having control over the music," she said.
What an all-female act brings to the stage is the ability to involve new fans. Conner has seen women who never paid attention to the testosterone-driven AC/DC come to a concert and be won over by the music and the energy.
"It opens up the music to fans who haven't heard it before," she said.
And the band has branched out to reach even more fans. The same musicians in Hell's Belles also perform a Judas Priest tribute dubbed Belles Bent for Leather.
By any other name
While you can't judge a band by its name, a turn of phrase can help a band get attention, as Hell's Belles and Belles Bent for Leather show.
Same for Petty Thief.
"I think it was our first bass player back in 2006, who came up with that," said Andy Vollmer of Snohomish, who provides guitar work and lead vocals for a Tom Petty tribute.
"It just kind of stuck. At first we called ourselves Refugees, but that one kinda sounded corny," said Andy Vollmer of Snohomish, who provides guitar work and lead vocals for a Tom Petty tribute band. "Petty Thief works because we're kinda stealing the music."
But you also have to pick the right act to emulate, Vollmer said.
"People love to sing along to Petty. We always get a good reaction," he said. "Another reason I chose him is that very few of his songs are duds, and he's got a huge catalog of songs."
Unlike some of the other bands, Vollmer said, Petty Thief skips the costumes and theatrics, mostly because that isn't part of Petty's act to begin with, but also because Vollmer wants it to be about Petty's music, all of it.
"We try to play as many of the popular hits that everybody knows, then try to put in some not-so-popular ones that we really like to keep it fresh," he said.
Still, familiarity breeds a following.
"Tributes always do really well because the music is recognizable. People know the songs," he said.
Randy Hansen agrees.
"Tribute bands are doing a great service by keeping the music going, playing it live," he said. " And people can experience, somewhat, what the band was like."
In tribute
Among the tribute bands playing at the Historic Everett Theatre:
- Tracey Alan Moore, 8 p.m. Aug. 9
- Whiskey River, 8 p.m. Aug. 16
- British Export, 8 p.m. Aug. 23
- Petty Thief (with Silver, Blue and Gold and Main Street), 7 p.m. Sept. 20.
- Midnight Rambler, 8 p.m. Sept. 27
- Randy Hansen, 8 p.m. Oct. 4
- Heart by Heart, 8 p.m. Dec. 20
- Among tributes at Tulalip Casino Canoes Cabaret:
- Randy Hansen, 8 p.m. Aug. 24
- Hell's Belles, 8 p.m. Sept. 21
- British Export, 8 p.m. Nov. 2
- Whiskey River, 8 p.m. Dec. 28
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In 'This Is the End,' Jay Baruchel — along with co-stars and real-life friends Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, and Danny McBride — boards himself up in house to avoid the apocalypse raining down outside. He's such a nice Jewish boy with a good heart, but he doesn't always make the right decisions — and we can live with that. He's just too cute to not live with it.
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Week 12 of the college football season is upon us, and I won't even lie, this week doesn't thrill me. I suppose it was inevitable that there would be a down week and it took 3 months to get there. Am I saying there won't be great football? Not at all. In fact in many cases it's weekends like this that generate some of the most exciting and competitive games of the year. What I am saying is there are no marquee matchups, BCS buster type games, or games with dramatic conference or BCS implications. This is a weekend I call a weekend for the fans. But there are still some games of particular interest to me, and since I'm the only one talkin', you get to read about them.
Ohio State/Michigan-I remember a time not too long ago, when this was the biggest game of the regular season no matter what the conference. But this year, we have Ohio State who have already locked up the Big Ten, and Michigan who began the season on a tear and have since faded away. I will watch of course, mainly because guys like Michigan defensive end Brandon Graham and defensive back Donovan Warren are both potential first round picks, but because I want to see if Michigan is getting worse or better. Rick Rodriguez thought he had his man in Tate Forcier to be his new Pat White but at this point I'm not sure and I was on his bandwagon early in the year. For Ohio State, their fans have to be on an emotional roller coaster with Terrell Pryor. One week he looks like the guy they signed hype and all, and other weeks he looks downright average. This game is in Michigan, Ohio State has nothing to play for, Michigan has everything, and I have a lot of family who are Michigan alum who berate me when I don't pick Michigan, so I am calling for the upset as a motivated Wolverine unit dumps the Buckeyes.
There are a couple of Pac-10 games that have some conference significance. The first is Cal at Stanford. Stanford is still staring a shot at a PAC-10 title and a trip to the Rose Bowl square in the eyes, and although both teams have the same record, looks are deceiving. Cal is without their best player Jahvid Best, and to me just doesn't have much of a shot in this. Stanford is probably the best prepared and best coached team in the nation right now, and they are focused. I expect Stanford to make yet another statement this week, and beat down the Bears also giving Heisman hopeful Toby Gerhart another stage for the Heisman Trophy.
The other big Pac-10 game is Oregon going to Arizona. Both these teams still have a chance to win the Pac-10, with Oregon in a little bit better shape. But I don't think Mike Stoops and the Wildcats will care about that. This win would be tremendous for their program. The key to this will be if Arizona's defense can slow done LaMichael James on the ground. And will there be a LaGarrette Blount sighting? Yeah, I don't care either. If Arizona can pull the upset, and Stanford win, it would create quite a logjam at the top fo the PAC-10.
The last game I want to comment on it Oklahoma at Texas Tech. Not because this game has any national significance, but just to illustrate how far the Big 12 have fallen. This game last year was a matchup of two of the best teams in the country, and a year later, it's a matchup that doesn't even have any Big 12 Title significance. Oklahoma needs to use these last few games to decide if Landry Jones is their future, and Texas Tech needs to decide if they have their next plug and play QB on their roster. I expect Oklahoma to win on the strength of that smothering defense, and I expect both teams to be much better next year.
Prospect watch:
Bruce Campbell, OT Maryland-Keep an eye on Campbell dealing with the speed of the Florida state rush ends. Campbell is getting a ton of pub as a first round pick, but I'm not quite there yet. He's got some injury issues that will haunt him. But a great game on Saturday will certainly help.
Von Miller, DE/LB Texas A&M and Joe Pawelek, LB Baylor-The A&M Baylor game will showcase two of the more underrated defensive prospects in this draft. Miller has the look of an elite rush OLB and Pawelek is a hard nosed, lunch pail type linebacker who is all about production and not about the flash. But no doubt both of these guys have the skill set for the next level.
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|Richard Lugar
|U.S. Senate, Indiana
|Retired Senator
|In office
|January 3, 1977-2013
|Elections and appointments
|Last election
|First elected
|Term limits
|Prior offices
|Mayor of Indianapolis
|Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners
|High school
|Shortridge High School (1950)
|Denison University (1954)
|Pembroke College, Oxford (1956)
|Military service
|U.S. Navy
|Years of service
|Date of birth
|April 4, 1932
|Place of birth
|Indianapolis, Indiana
|Manufacturing Executive
|Office website
|Campaign website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Career
- 3 Committee assignments
- 4 Issues
- 5 Elections
- 6 Campaign donors
- 7 Analysis
- 8 Recent news
- 9 Personal
- 10 External links
- 11 References
Prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate, Lugar served as Mayor of Indianapolis from 1968 to 1976 as on the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners from 1964 to 1967.[1]
Lugar ran for re-election in 2012 but lost to Richard Mourdock in the May 8, 2012 Republican primary.[2] His term ended on January 3, 2013.
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Lugar graduated first in his class at both Shortridge High School in Indianapolis and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He attended Pembroke College at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, studying politics, philosophy and economics. Senator Lugar volunteered for the U.S. Navy in 1957, ultimately serving as an intelligence briefer for Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations.[1]
- 1957-1960: United States Navy
- 1964-1967: Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners
- 1968-1976: Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1977-2013: U.S. Senate
- 1985-1987:Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- 1995-2001:Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
- 2003-2007:Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Committee assignments
U.S. Senate
- United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry[1]
- Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology
- Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health
- Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms (Ranking Member)
- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Ranking Member) [1]
- As Ranking Member of the full committee, Lugar is an ex officio member of all subcommittees
Fiscal Cliff
Lugar voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by a 89 - 8 vote on January 1, 2013.[3]
Lugar ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Indiana. Lugar sought re-election on the Republican ticket,[4] but lost to Richard Mourdock in the May 8, 2012 Republican primary.[2]
According to a Smart Politics review of U.S. Senate election data, Lugar's loss in the Indiana Republican primary election makes him "just the second six-term U.S. Senator - and the first Republican - to fail in his renomination bid in the direct election era of the past 100 years."[5][6]
|U.S. Senate, Indiana Republican Primary, 2012
|Vote %
|Richard Mourdock
|Richard Lugar Incumbent
|Total Votes
On April 24, 2012, Republican incumbent Lugar received endorsement from Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels.[7] On April 29, 2012 Lugar received endorsement from The Indianapolis Star Editorial Board.[8] Lugar also received endorsements from Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman on April 4, 2012,[9] Indiana Chamber of Commerce,[10] Indiana Manufacturer's Association,[10] Hamilton County GOP Leaders, [10] Elkhart County Commissioners,[10] National Defense PAC,[10] Dr. Condoleezza Rice,[10] Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, [11] Former Secretary of State George Schultz,[12] The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association (IHLA) on April 29, 2012,[13] the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on April 7, 2012,[14] Arizona Senator John McCain,[15] and numerous former and current mayors.[16]
On April 27, 2012, a major political supporter of Lugar's campaign announced it would be pulling out support. The PAC American Action Network began by pulling television advertisements, and made the statement that it would let the race "play out."[17] As of March 31, 2012, the PAC had spent more than $312,000 on ads backing Lugar.[17]
Super PACs
According to information compiled by Center for Responsive Politics, as of May 7, 2012 super PACs spent approximately $2.5 million in the race between incumbent Lugar and challenger Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock.[18]
Information from the Center for Public Integrity showed that Super PACs and other outside groups spent more on challenger Richard Mourdock in his campaign to unseat Lugar than Mourdock's own campaign.[19] As of May 8, outside groups supportive of Mourdock spent "about $3 million, $1 million more than Mourdock's own campaign."[19]
Residency challenge
Two Indiana voters filed an appeal March 6, 2012 in Marion County Superior Court asking for review of the denial of their challenges to Richard Lugar's candidacy for the U.S. Senate by the Indiana Election Commission. [20] The appeal also seeks an injunction to prohibit election officials from printing ballots for the upcoming May 8 primary until the case is resolved. The challengers plan to ask for expedited consideration of their appeal by the courts.[21]
The Election Commission hearing confirmed that Lugar sold his residence in Indiana in 1977 and moved to Virginia.[21] Since then, he has maintained no physical residence in the State of Indiana. The U.S. Constitution requires, in relevant part, that a Senator must be an "inhabitant" of their state.[21]
Lugar's attorneys and the Commission relied heavily on Lugar's stated intent to someday return to Indiana, and letters from the Indiana Attorney General stating that Senator Lugar could continue voting in Indiana without an actual residence in Indiana.[21]
On November 7, 2006, Lugar won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Steve Osborn (L), Mark Pool (I), and Jack H. Baldwin (I) in the general election.[22]
|U.S. Senate, Indiana General Election, 2006
|Vote %
|Richard Lugar Incumbent
|Steve Osborn
|Mark Pool
|Jack H. Baldwin
|Total Votes
Campaign donors
Lugar won re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2006. During that re-election cycle, Lugar's campaign committee raised a total of $5,538,844 and spent $3,837,321.[23]
|U.S. Senate, Indiana, 2006 - Richard Lugar Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by General Election Opponent
|Total Spent by General Election Opponent
|Top contributors to Richard Lugar's campaign committee
|Barnes & Thornburg
|Eli Lilly & Co
|Baker & Daniels
|Cinergy Corp
|Cummins Inc
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Lawyers/Law Firms
|Securities & Investment
|Real Estate
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Lugar was a "centrist Republican, as of January 3, 2013".[24]
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Lugar paid his congressional staff a total of $2,878,113 in 2011. He ranked third on the list of the highest paid Republican senatorial staff salaries and ranked 28th overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Indiana ranked 11th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.[25]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Lugar's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $283,019 and $1,057,998. That averages to $670,508.50, which was lower than the average net worth of Republican senators in 2010 of $7,054,258.[26]
National Journal vote ratings
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Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Lugar ranked 37th in the conservative rankings among U.S. senators.[27]
Voting with party
Richard Lugar voted with the Republican Party 93 of the time, which ranked 13 among the 47 Senate Republican members as of November 2011.[28]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 U.S. Senator Dick Lugar "About Senator Lugar" Accessed October 14, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New York Times Caucus blog "Indiana's Lugar Loses Republican Senate Primary," May 8, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Senate "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.
- ↑ The Hill "Lugar's Senate race could put Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence in tough spot," Accessed January 5, 2012
- ↑ University of Minnesota Smart Politics "Lugar Could Become Just 2nd 6-Term Senator to Lose Renomination Bid in 100 Years" Accessed May 7, 2012
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State "2012 Official Primary Results"
- ↑ AbcNews "Richard Mourdock downplays Mitch Daniels' Lugar endorsement in Indiana Senate race" Accessed April 26, 2012
- ↑ WTHR "Lugar gets Indianapolis State Endorsement for Senate" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ Dick Lugar for Senate "Skillman Indianas Future Needs Dick Lugar" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Dick Lugar "Endorsements" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ WISH TV "Haley Barbour Endorses Dick Lugar" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ Dick Lugar for Senate "George Schultz Endorses Dick Lugar" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ Dick Lugar "Forest Products Industry to Endorse Lugar on Arbor Day" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ US Chamber.com "U.S. Chamber Endorses Lugar for Senate" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ CNN Political Ticker "Bachmann Norquist Endorse Mourdock" Accessed May 3, 2012
- ↑ Dick Lugar "Indiana Republican Mayors Endorse Lugar" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 IndyStar "Pro Lugar Special Interest Group Pulling Out of Indiana Race" Accessed May 1, 2012
- ↑ TP Muckraker "Super PACs Already Spending Big On State Level Races" Accessed May 8, 2012
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 iWatchNews "Super PACs outspend favorite candidate in Indiana Senate race" Accessed May 8, 2012
- ↑ WIBC "Lugar Residency Challenge Heads to Court" Accessed March 8, 2012
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Election Law Blog " Appeal Filed in Lugar Residency Case Voters Challenge State Election Commission Ruling in Court" Accessed March 8, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006"
- ↑ Open Secrets "Richard Lugar 2006 Election Cycle," Accessed November 8, 2011
- ↑ Gov Track "Richard Lugar," Accessed July 5, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm "Dick Lugar"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Lugar, (R-IN), 2010"
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: Senate," February 23, 2012
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
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The Washington Redskins announced their 2014 training camp schedule, set to take place at the new world-class Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center from July 24 through August 11 in Richmond, Va.
The schedule features practice sessions that will be open to the public highlighted by Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday, August 2nd. They will also have joint practices with the New England Patriots on August 4-6.
"Fan interaction is a priority for our team and our new facility is built specifically with our fans in mind."
Admission is free for all fans. Two practice sessions are tentatively scheduled for each day of training camp. Practice times range between one-to-two hours, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Following practice, Redskins players and coaches will be made available to sign autographs and take pictures with fans, schedules permitting.
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Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, released the attached Republican Staff Commentary analyzing today's Bureau of Economic Analysis's advance estimate for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2012. "This commentary," Brady said, "makes clear that strong economic growth, rather than 'feel good economic tinkering' is a proven key to reducing the budget deficit."
Brady continued, "If President Obama had led merely an average economic recovery rather than the weakest recovery since WWII, this year's federal budget deficit would be cut by more than half. And if Obama had achieved a Reagan-style recovery, the deficit would be two-thirds smaller."
"The President has it wrong. The proven way to get America's financial house in order is not higher taxes and initiating more federal entitlements like ObamaCare, it's higher economic growth and spending restraint."
The Republican Staff Commentary notes the anemic growth of the current recovery has contributed to the nation's budget deficits. At present, the current recovery has a gap of more than $1.2 trillion in real GDP compared with the average of the other nine recoveries since World War II. Revenues in the just ended fiscal year amounted to 15.5% of 3rd-quarter GDP. Prior to the recession, in fiscal year 2007, revenues amounted to 18.2% of 3rd-quarter 2007 GDP.
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Warren Washington made sure his Jacksonville soccer team didn't need a rally this time to defeat rival White Oak on Tuesday night.
The senior forward scored a pair of first-half goals and added a couple of assists in the second half to lead the Cardinals past the Vikings 5-0 in a Coastal 3-A Conference match.
Washington scored Jacksonville's first two goals to help the Cardinals defeat the Vikings for the second time this season and stay unbeaten against White Oak in 18 straight games, dating back to the 2005 season.
Jacksonville had to rally from one-goal deficit to defeat White Oak 2-1 on Sept. 19.
"We knew what was coming for us," Washington said. "It was a close match the last time, but we knew if we came out here and played our game that it would be game, set, match."
The victory kept defending state 3-A champion Jacksonville (13-3-1, 9-1) one game behind conference leading Swansboro (15-1-2, 9-0) with two league matches left. The Cardinals, sixth in the N.C. Soccer Coaches Association 3-A poll, visit 4-A New Hanover on Thursday in a nonconference game before playing host to Swansboro on Tuesday.
White Oak (10-8-1, 4-6) dropped its second consecutive match. The Vikings fell 1-0 at home to West Carteret on Monday.
"We are so injury-prone right now that we just have to focus on the ones (matches) that may help us in the long run," White Oak coach Buddy Carroll said. "They (Cardinals) played a great game. We just were unable to stop that long ball they play."
Washington typically utilizes his speed to receive Jacksonville's deep passes, and nothing changed against White Oak.
Washington first scored with 21:36 left in the first half after he played the ball from Alex Pino, ran past a defender and shot the ball from inside the 18-yard line.
"I was standing in front of the box and the next thing I knew was that I was going to turn on the defender instead of going out," Washington said. "Once I got past one defender, it was 1v1 (with the goalkeeper)."
Washington then gave the Cardinals a 2-0 cushion about six minutes later.
He managed to break away from the rest of the field and delivered a running shot from inside the 18. The ball was deflected by White Oak goalkeeper Rene Perez, but it continues rolling toward the goal. Washington got around Perez and kicked it into the net for his second goal.
"It was on a counter attack," Washington said. "I knew I could beat them with my speed so I took it. Once I beat one defender, I had to take on the keeper. I got a lucky deflection and I ran to the ball to make sure it was in."
Washington's two goals were all the scoring the Cardinals needed to win, but they added three goal to be safe.
Junior Tyler Moore made it 3-0 with 6:52 left in the first half after he played a short corner kick, worked the ball along the left sideline past a couple of defenders and found the goal.
Junior CJay Sparks then scored just 53 seconds into the second half off an assist from Washington. Pino added a goal with 21:54 left off another assist from Washington.
"Rene made some big saves tonight that kept them (Vikings) in the game early, but we did a better job tonight finishing our opportunities," Jacksonville coach Dave Miller said. "We were able to finish."
The Cardinals jumped on the Vikings early with solid ball possession and point-blank scoring chances early. However, Perez kept the game scoreless with a pair of saves in the first five minutes.
White Oak then had the momentum during the next 10 minutes. The Vikings were able to push the ball to the left flanks.
"We changed formations tonight and played with three in the back, which left the flanks exposed," Miller said. "We just wanted to try something different because we are going to see teams pack it in. This gave us numbers going forward."
Washington said his team wasn't fazed by the Vikings' run of possession.
"When they were passing the ball, we were just seeing what they were trying to do," he said. "We wanted to see if we could counter attack off it."
Despite the edge out in the flanks, however, the Vikings didn't register a shot from inside the 18. They had three outside shots that were saved by Jacksonville goalie Joe Davis.
"We were able to swing the ball quicker, but we didn't capitalize," Carroll said. "When we possessed it a little bit, the quality opportunities just didn't come."
They certainly came for the Cardinals, who recorded their 11th game with at least three goals.
"We settled down and we controlled the game," Miller said.
And the Cardinals never looked back, although Carroll was glad to see his team continue to play hard, despite its deficit.
"I wanted to see if they had the will to work hard and the will to fight throughout the whole game," he said. "It shows character and it's something we can continue to build on to help us later on."
White Oak 0 0 — 0
Jacksonville 3 2 — 5
GOALS—J: Washington 2, Moore, Pino. ASSISTS—J: Washington 2, Pino. IN GOAL—W: Perez (11 saves), Humphrey (0 saves). J: Davis (7 saves), Bodette (0 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL—W 7, J 17. CORNER KICKS—W 2, J 7. RECORDS—W: 10-8-1, 4-6, hosts Havelock on Thursday. J: 13-3-1, 9-1, at New Hanover on Thursday.


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In early February, Virginia Stevenson brought home a ten-month-old cat named Coffee from the ASPCA Adoption Center in Manhattan, and the two experienced an immediate connection. Coffee, since renamed Mr. Coffee, also became fast friends with Virginia's resident rescue cat and has wasted no time making himself right at home.
"I cannot imagine my home without him," Virginia says. "He is the perfect companion and playmate for my other cat, Martha, who is a one-eyed rescue I got from Bideawee in New York City. Mr. Coffee is sweet, playful and affectionate, and acts as if he has been with us forever."
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When he isn't playing with Martha, Mr. Coffee has already picked out his favorite places in Virginia's home for taking catnaps and exploring.
"One of his favorite sleeping places is the bathroom sink," Virginia says. "He also loves the climbing tree, the window sill, the back of my chair, my computer and the bathtub."
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"He is a treasure," Virginia says. "I thank you all for bringing us together."
Nothing brightens my day more than to read about a beautiful, sweet animal's adoption by a wonderful person, Ms. Stevenson. My heart dies a little with each horror story of animal abuse and so it is vital to remind myself of all the loving, caring, beautiful people who adopt and give such wonderful homes to their cats & dogs. Thank you, Ms. Stevenson, for adopting, caring for and loving Mr. Coffee who is such a gorgeous cat. The sweet photo of you and Mr. Coffee - so comfortable and adoring of each other - says it all! Happiness all around.
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Nothing warms my heart more than success stories, especially pertaining to animals. I advocate for kitties & so many times we get attached, try as we might not to, then lose them! I have five rescues myself & would probably have more if I could foster my husband out somewhere. *wink*
Congrats to you, Martha and Mr. Coffee. Many happy years of love and licking!
Thank you for taking in Mr. Coffee. He is so cute. We rescued our cat (7 lbs). She plays with our other rescued Min-Pin mix whom we just rescued about 7 months ago....thank you to all rescue parents!!!
Thank you for taking Mr Coffee and making him feel so welcomed and loved. Animals do need our love and people like you, Virginia
I've never met a 'Mr Coffee' I didn't like. How precious!
I wish more people would open up their hearts and homes to this kind of love! Thank you Virginia
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Paarl Gym and Paul Roos will be desperate to add a win to their disappointing year this weekend when they take on Wynberg and SACS respectively.
Paarl Gym suffered their a biggest upset of the year so far last weekend when they were beaten 34-19 at home by the Cape's surprise package Rondebosch. The defeat was the former's fifth out of nine games this season.
However, Gimmies will be confident of beating Wynberg, who have already lost to Rondebosch (18-15), Grey PE (51-10) and Boland Landbou (15-5) from their four matches in 2011.
Paul Roos have also been poor this season, losing four games already. Their 16-12 loss to Oakdale in Riversdale was one of the surprise results on the schools circuit last Saturday. They'll be on the road again this weekend, but will face an easier opponent in SACS.
In another big clash, Bishops will host the challenging Boland Landbou. The former have been running well in the Cape and their 68-27 thrashing over SACS will be a big confidence booster.
Western Cape fixtures:
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How Congress lost its tech groove at the corner of CitiBank and a fruit basket
Thursday - 11/21/2013, 7:00am EST
The botched rollout of HealthCare.gov cast a harsh light on large-scale federal IT projects and the arcane, often incomprehensible, procurement process that powers them.
But in heated congressional hearings examining the site's malfunctions over the past month, lawmakers appeared more expert in expressing outrage than in rooting out the site's actual technological failings.
It was like "people who can't read doing literary criticism," said Clay Johnson, a former Presidential Innovation Fellow and the CEO of the nonprofit Department of Better Technology, in describing the hearings in a recent MSNBC interview.
The issue isn't that there weren't major problems with the HealthCare.gov site. It's that, in many cases, Congress, as an institution, doesn't appear to have the technological skills and knowledge to ask the right questions when it comes to increasingly complex agency IT programs, experts and observers told Federal News Radio as part of the special report, A New Era in Technology.
Lawmakers at HealthCare.gov hearings were like "people who can't read doing literary criticism."
— Clay Johnson, former Presidential Innovation Fellow
"The incapacitation of Congress to handle complex problems ... with data is a huge challenge for all of us," said Lorelei Kelly, a research fellow with the New America Foundation, who has written extensively about technology and congressional decisionmaking.
Tech illiterates?
An exclusive Federal News Radio survey of nearly 1,000 federal employees and contractors, revealed a clear lack of confidence in Congress' ability to legislate and oversee federal technology efforts. "These are technological illiterates," one respondent wrote. "For the kind of legislation needed in these high-tech areas, Congress may as well be debating the logistics of brain surgery," wrote another.
But it wasn't always so. Fewer than 20 years ago, Congress had a thriving 200-person technology think tank at its disposal, tasked with conducting research and analysis on pressing science and technology issues. Over the years, the Office of Technology Assessment issued reports on everything from acid rain and AIDS to virtual-reality and wireless technologies influencing both the debate and legislation coming out of Capitol Hill.
Amid a wave of budget-cutting in the mid-1990s, however, Congress voted to defund and dismantle the agency.
There have been numerous attempts over the past 18 years to resurrect the OTA. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), one of only two physicists currently serving in Congress, has been an ardent supporter of reviving the agency.
"OTA had a combination of relevance and intelligibility and authoritative expertise that has been unmatched," Holt told Federal News Radio.
Proponents of restoring the OTA cite the rapid pace of technological change since the agency was eliminated: the rise of the Internet, smartphones, social networking, the commercialization of GPS technologies and fuel-efficient hybrid cars.
"More and more of the problems facing government are highly technical," said Tara O'Toole, a former OTA staffer who worked for the agency in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She later joined the Energy Department in the Clinton administration and became the top technology official in the Homeland Security Department under President Barack Obama.
"Pick any agency and it doesn't have to be NASA," she said. "How bad is the environment? What about our weapons systems? What really matters? What can we afford to do without? How can we create big, integrated IT systems? I mean, DHS has failed three times to create an integrated financial system as have most other agencies, by the way. What's up with that? You could go on and on."
A body of Congress
Faced with similarly troubling technological questions nuclear weapons testing, pesticide use and supersonic transport, among others Congress authorized the creation of the Office of Technology Assessment in 1972. The new agency was to secure "competent, unbiased information concerning the physical, biological, economic, social, and political effects" of new and emerging technologies, according to the legislation that created the office.
Nearly a decade before the term "email" would enter the popular lexicon, OTA cautioned that the proliferation of electronic message systems would have profound consequences for the U.S. Postal Service.
"The idea was to look at technologies that were being introduced or expanded and to try to look at their effects on society in an analytical way and, then, present that to the committees of Congress who were considering legislation on those things," said Peter Johnson, an OTA veteran who joined the agency in 1974 and stayed until Congress closed its doors in 1995.
Former staffers say what set OTA apart from the National Academies, which also conduct public-interest scientific research, and other organizations was its close relationship with Congress and unique staffing structure.
"OTA was not an outside agency to be called upon by Congress from time to time, but a body of Congress," John "Jack" Gibbons told Federal News Radio. A well-respected scientist and Energy Department official, Gibbons led the agency from 1979 until 1993, when he left to become President Bill Clinton's top science adviser.
The Technology Assessment Board, split evenly between House and Senate lawmakers of both parties, oversaw the agency's work and approved research requests. While throughout its lifetime, OTA remained the smallest of the Capitol Hill agencies, it also frequently brought in outside experts as many as 2,000 in some years to work on individual reports. The average report took about 12-14 months to complete. In its heyday, the agency began work on as many as 15-20 new projects a year.
Far-reaching reports
The goal wasn't to make recommendations but to provide lawmakers with a number of policy options along with the cost, technical feasibility and, even, societal impacts of particular technologies.
The best evidence that such an organization is still needed today is to look at the work OTA actually did, Holt said.
"The reports on all sorts of subjects from oil clean-up to policy for Alzheimer's disease are still relevant. The work that was done was of a quality that holds up over time," he said. "And, the work is, after all these years, some of the best work on these subjects."
All of the agency's 750 reports have been digitally archived on Princeton University's website. Many are notably prescient.
For example, in 1982 nearly a decade before the term "email" would enter the popular lexicon OTA cautioned that the potential proliferation of electronic message systems (EMS) would have profound consequences for the U.S. Postal Service.
"Changes are taking place so fast in the so-called communications revolution' that by the time USPS actually experienced significant reductions in conventional mail volume, most opportunities for participation in EMS would have passed and it would be much more difficult to adjust," OTA researchers concluded.
A 1984 report casting doubt on President Ronald Reagan's pet project, the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as "Star Wars," thrust the agency into controversial terrain.
"It was the premier scientific advising body for a legislature in the world. And people came from all over to find out about it and do it in their own countries. And then we wiped it out."
— Lorelei Kelly, New America Foundation
An MIT physicist named Ashton Carter now, incidentally, the deputy director of the Defense Department concluded in the report that the successful missile-defense system envisioned by Reagan's Pentagon was ''so remote that it should not serve as the basis of public expectation or national policy."
Despite the flap, by the late 1980s OTA had emerged as a "dispassionate, nonpartisan player" in congressional decisionmaking as a 1988 Associated Press report put it.
The small agency carried an outsized influence.
"It was replicated around the world," said Kelly, the New America Foundation researcher. "It was the premier scientific advising body for a legislature in the world. And people came from all over to find out about it and do it in their own countries. And then we wiped it out."
OTA's demise
By the mid-1990s, the office which by that time employed about 200 full-time staff members and drew an annual budget of $22 million was vulnerable.
Buoyed by the Gingrich revolution, a wave of new Republican lawmakers came to Washington pledging to cut waste and shrink the size of government.
OTA was an easy target for budget-cutting lawmakers.
"It was a cut of convenience," said Peter Blair, a former assistant director at OTA, who's now the executive director of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences at the National Academy of Sciences.
At the time, OTA's budget constituted less than 1 percent of the entire legislative branch budget.
"But you could make that cut and claim that you cut an entire agency from the U.S. Congress," Blair said.
Blair led the "close-out team" at OTA, responsible for clearing out the agency's offices in a brick colonial building at 600 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., a few blocks from the Capitol. The building now houses a CitiBank and a store that sells fruit baskets.
During the legislative wrangling over defunding the agency, lawmakers said other agencies, such as the Congressional Research Service or the Government Accountability Office, could pick up the slack.
But proponents of the agency say because of the unique nature of OTA and the constraints that other research agencies currently face OTA's absence is still felt.
"I don't think anything that's out there now is even close to filling the gap that OTA left," Blair said.
What's filled the gap?
Congress has attempted smaller-bore fixes to shore up gaps in its technical expertise since the agency's demise.
"I don't think anything that's out there now is even close to filling the gap that OTA left."
— Peter Blair, National Academy of Sciences
In 2001, lawmakers directed GAO then still known as the General Accounting Office to conduct technology assessments as part of a pilot program. Between 2002 and 2006, the agency published a handful of reports before the technology-assessment function was permanently established within GAO in a fiscal 2008 funding bill.
Tim Persons, GAO's chief scientist, said GAO modeled its effort on the original OTA effort, using the 1972 legislation that authorized OTA as the jumping-off point to define its own mission.
"Studying the history was important," Persons said. "It was to go back and determine what did OTA do well?"
However, GAO's team, run out of its Center for Science, Technology and Engineering, has only a tiny fraction of the staffing power of the OTA just five dedicated full-time employees out of a total GAO staff of about 2,800.
Each report typically takes about 12 to 14 months to complete.
"We, of course, would like to get that down by doing more of them," Persons said. "We're at a phase of what I would call if you're familiar with the Department of Defense phrase LRIP, and it stands for low rate of initial production.' So, we do these once in a while we're talking about maybe one or two a year."
One of the problems is that GAO, itself, has faced budget pressures in recent years.
"Even before sequestration, there was the idea of finding and trimming budgets so we, GAO, are at a low level in terms of staff resources that we haven't seen since 1935," Persons said.
OTA reboot?
When Congress voted to defund the OTA, it didn't actually override the legislation that created the agency, it only cut the purse strings that kept it operating.
But that doesn't appear to have made reviving the agency any easier.
Holt's legislative attempts to resurrect the OTA have revolved around reappropriating funds to get the agency back to work. However, the last attempt to do just that in 2011, providing just $2.5 million in start-up funding to reopen the agency, ultimately fell short.
The current budget squeeze played a role in that defeat, Holt said.
"Congress is so proud to go home and say we cut our expenses ... that it's hard to get them to agree to appropriate the funds for even something as worthwhile as the OTA."
— Rush Holt (D-N.J.)
"Congress is so proud to go home and say we cut our expenses, never mind that we operate in a less informed way, that it's hard to get them to agree to appropriate the funds for even something as worthwhile as the OTA," he said.
Nevertheless, there's been an uptick in interest in reviving the agency.
From his perch at the National Academy of Sciences, Blair has written a book, just published in September, examining the impact of the OTA, including options for how it could be revived and adapted for today.
"One big change would be to find ways to appeal to broader rank and file in the House and Senate," Blair said. OTA only started work at the behest of chairmen and ranking members of committees, which served to isolate the agency.
"What it ended up doing was narrowing the political constituency for the agency, which, in the end, probably contributed to its demise," Blair said, "in that you had only the leadership in the committees trying to protect it and the rank-and-file, which had just turned over dramatically in the 104th Congress, had no real understanding or nothing really vested in the OTA."
A 2010 report for the The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars written by Richard Sclove, the founder of the Loka Institute, a nonprofit seeking to increase citizen input in science policy, called for even broader changes to a potential OTA reboot.
"Proponents have generally taken it for granted that the former OTA established an unsurpassable gold standard for conducting [technology assessments] on behalf of Congress and the nation," he wrote. But Sclove said a new technology-advisory body like the OTA would need to do more to take into account the input of everyday citizens and not just rely on expert analysis.
Holt agreed that improvements could be made to the OTA model, but said the important thing is first to get it back in business.
"We know that the OTA worked," he said. "I'm not saying it couldn't be improved on, but we don't need to reinvent it anew. I'd say, just fund what we've got on the books and then talk about some modifications to it."
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Vastly undervalued in his own time and perhaps even in the present, Robert Schumann is truly one of the most remarkable Romantic composers of the first half of the nineteenth century. A German author and pianist born in 1810, he created some of the most introspective and individually expressive music of all time. Schumann founded a music journal, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik; he was a brilliant critic, whose writings embody the most progressive aspects of musical thinking of his time. His music is beloved by generations of pianists, who find exuberant joy and utter poignancy in his compositions. Furthermore, as a pianist composer, Schumann made the piano a full partner with singers in his lieder, often giving it an independent emotional life. The Athenaeum is graced by the presence of four internationally acclaimed musicians from The Claremont Colleges who are giving their Schumann concert at the Athenaeum in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his passing in Endenich, 1856, in a program that spans the gamut from the composer's early to late works. This concert is jointly sponsored by the Athenaeum and the Gould Center.
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(Osageyfo) Dr. Kwame NkrumahFATHER of Ghana's independence & indeed the continent of Africa
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF COLONIAL AFRICAWhen Kwame Nkrumah was born, Ghana was called the Gold Coast and it was so named because the western coast of Africa, where it's located, was/is laden with gold. Its ancient history is enshrouded in myth and legend, and little is known about that area of the world. However, Nkrumah has brought Ghana to the forefront of modern African history as he is the foremost proponent of Pan Africanism in the latter half of the 20th century and the father of Africa's modern day independent movements. The decolonization of Africa began with Nkrumah in Gold Coast, British West Africa, which was the home to some of the continent's earliest nationalist movements. He led the Gold Coast's drive for independence from Britain and presided over its emergence as the new nation of Ghana--first as prime minister and then as president.
During the period of European colonization of Africa, Nkrumah emerged as the beacon of hope and inspiration to counter the never-ending stream of White dominance over the people of color worldwide. He knew that once started, independent movements would eventually sweep the continent, however, one of the factors he was unable to control was the "quality" of the new independent governmental structures. Most of the new African nations inherited European forms of government--the same structures that had oppressed them--with a parliamentary system including a legislature, competing political parties and a prime minister chosen by the legislature rather than directly by the people. In addition, many of the new African leaders received their training--their education--in Europe and the United States (U.S.), training from the same people who colonized them. Hence, many post-independent African leaders were mirror-images of the oppressors/colonizers. (Besides Nkrumah, some of the notable exceptions included Patrice Lumumba, Gamal Nasser, Jomo Kenyatta, Robert Mugabe and Nelson Mandela even though remnants of centuries of colonization, oppression and apartheid cannot be eradicated overnight; it will take centuries to undo what the evil colonizers and neo-colonizers did and are still doing).
HIS EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATESBorn Nwia Kofi Ngonloma in 1909 in Nkroful, Southwestern Gold Coast, Nkrumah came from a modest, traditional family; his father was a gold smith. He attended catholic mission schools and at the Achimota grammar school, and eventually became a schoolteacher at a Catholic school primarily in Axim. Because of the scarcity of trained teachers, Nkrumah also became a "roving" teacher--teaching elementary schools in towns and villages along the coast. He was very popular and charismatic, and earned a decent living as a teacher. He met a few influential figures, who aroused his curiosity and sparked his interest in politics.
He left Gold Coast around 1935 bound for the U.S. to continue his schooling. Nkrumah reached New York and became acutely aware of the politics of race relations, plunging heavily into America's Black communities, especially Harlem. Assisted by a small scholarship, he enrolled at Lincoln University (America's oldest Black university) where he earned a bachelor's degree in Education. He then earned a master's degree in Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. During the summers, Nkrumah worked at physically demanding jobs in the shipyards and in construction to supplement his scholarship. He forged lasting ties with C. L. R. James from Trinidad and other Black Americans; frequented Black churches in New York and Philadelphia; and gleaned from those experiences, alternatives to the British colonial rule in his native land. Though Marcus Garvey was no longer present, he was introduced to his "back-to-Africa" ideas.
TO BRITAIN AND BACK TO GOLD COASTAfter World War II Nkrumah headed to London where he met many "comrade-in-arms" from other colonies in Africa and the Caribbean including Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya), Abubakar Tafewa Balewa (Nigeria), and George Padmore (Trinidad), and he realized that they were all fighting a common enemy--white domination and exploitation. He managed to successfully combine his studies with his political activities and finally earned a doctorate in Economics at the London School of Economics, while helping to organize the Fifth Pan African Congress in Manchester in 1945.
Nkrumah was better equipped to challenge colonialism when he returned to the Gold Coast around 1947. He became a major voice in the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), a political convention bent on exploring paths to independence. Other major players in the party were Obetsebi-Lamptey, Ako Adjei, Akuffo-Addo, J. B. Danquah and Ofori Atta. Their focus was to spearhead a transition from colonialism/Gold Coast to independence/Ghana. As Nkrumah pushed for an end of the British colonial rule, he was optimistic with the groundswell of support the independence of India had set in motion, signaling the gradual process of Britain's waning power over its colonial empire. But he was also frustrated by the sluggishness of UGCC's progress, and was in favor of mass protests and civil disobedience. For this, the six leaders of the UGCC were arrested and detained under the Emergency Regulation in 1948, a provision used by the colonizers to stifle nationalist resistance. Upon his release, Nkrumah was more defiant.
He formed another party, more in line with his ideas of provoking nationalist fervor among the masses, which he believed would accelerate the process towards achieving independence. The new party was called the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) and it advocated strikes, boycotts and mass civil disobedience to openly challenge British rule. To expand his power base and inform the people of his ideas, Nkrumah traveled around the countryside proclaiming that the Gold Coast needed "self-government now." His message was well received and as his influence widened, he began demanding more from the British, for the people who were becoming more dissatisfied with British policies.
With the support of the people on his side, Nkrumah boldly brought together a "people's assembly" to hammer out some proposals leaning towards self-government to present to the colonial administration. Their proposals were rejected and Nkrumah called for "positive action" including civil disobedience, massive work stoppage, non-cooperation, boycotts and strikes on a national scale. Nkrumah, along with many of his supporters, was arrested for sedition and sentenced to three years in prison. This led to international protests and more internal resistance. The colonial government was forced to hold some tepid semblance of general elections, which resulted in unintended consequences. Though in prison, Nkrumah and his party won the election by a landslide and he was released from prison. This move placed Nkrumah as a powerful force as he gathered more momentum for the country's independent movement.
With CPP holding 34 of the 38 legislative seats, the British governor departed and Nkrumah became the leader of the government; independence seemed just a matter of time.
INDEPENDENCE AND IDEOLOGYThe country was not fully and officially recognized as an independent nation even though Nkrumah was named its prime minister. And as the leader of the new government, he had to master the art of government quickly--on the job training--in order to justify his rapid push for total independence from the British government. On March 6, 1957, the Gold Coast became the independent country of Ghana--the first British colony to do so--with Nkrumah as its first prime minister. Ghana's path to independence served as an incentive and a road map for the rest of the African continent, and Nkrumah was hailed as "Osagyefo," which means "the victorious one" in the Akan language. By the mid 1960s, over 30 African countries had followed Ghana's leadership and had achieved independence for their countries.
Ghana's economy was strong and Nkrumah's steady, gradual push towards independence had contributed generously. It was a beacon of stability, and more successful than many other African countries with a vibrant tourism industry, high market prices for its cocoa and gold trade, and visions of long range public works to boast the country's infrastructure. Of great concern was Ghana's dependency on foreign manufactured goods (the basis of slavery), and Nkrumah worked tirelessly to stem that potential financial drain by creating Industrial Development Corporation to promote domestic industrialization.
In 1960, Ghana became a republic and Nkrumah, its president. Following a course of international neutrality and political cautiousness, he sought economic and technical aid from the U.S. and the Soviet Union. He visited New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. While there, he renewed old acquaintances and was welcomed by an enthusiastic audience that included Minister Malcolm X, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, and Chuck Stone of the American Committee on Africa. (Africa was becoming an area of interest to Black Americans). At the UN, Nkrumah was very explicit in his remarks concerning the colonizers and the wretched conditions they created (and left) in Africa. He said in part, "....The flowing tide of African nationalism sweeps everything before it and constitutes a challenge to the colonial powers to make a just restitution for the years of injustice and crimes committed against our continent..... For years Africa has been the footstool of colonialism and imperialism, exploitation and degradation.... But Africa does not seek vengeance. Africa wants her freedom! It is a simple call, but it is also a signal lighting a red warning to those who would tend to ignore it."
Ironically, some of the methods Nkrumah employed, especially his visions of economic self- sufficiency, were partly borrowed from the colonial era because he did not have the time or the luxury, to implement new strategies. When the price of cocoa--one of Ghana's main export--fell on the world market, the country's financial reserve dwindled putting a huge drain on other economic resources and public works projects. High unemployment, rampant food shortages and high food prices resulted. The economic woes worsened and Nkrumah responded to the crisis by raising taxes. His administration was also reportedly beset by corruption.
Despite internal problems, Nkrumah was convinced that the unification of Africa was the only means to achieve total political and economic freedom for the continent--true independence. To create a working agenda for his unification idea, he called a series of conferences including the Conference of Accra and the All African Peoples Conference, each one inching closer to his vision of the United States of Africa. Then came the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, but many of the African leaders did not favor immediate political unification of Africa. Against Nkrumah's wishes, they remained a "toothless" organization with great potential, but individually weak, because they failed to marshal the unity necessary to accelerate meaningful progress after colonialism and imperialism.
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTENAs Nkrumah's popularity declined, he became more autocratic. In 1964, he reportedly declared himself president for life. Though he appeared to be at the peak of his power, in reality, his days in office were waning. While on a state visit to Vietnam in 1966, the government of Ghana was overthrown in a military coup. Nkrumah was never allowed to return to Ghana. He lived in exile in nearby Guinea as a guest of President Sekou Toure until failing health caused him to be taken to Bucharest, Romania for medical treatment where he died in 1972.
Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois who lived in Ghana, at the invitation of Nkrumah, until his death in1963, made the following statement describing Nkrumah: "There can be no doubt that Kwame Nkrumah is the Voice of Africa.....the fight between colonial empires for the loot of Africa and Asia tore the world apart, and lifted partially the veil over the submerged peoples of the world. There came a new stirring of old centers of culture and in Africa, Kwame Nkrumah came to the fore....a Black West African peasant of the Akan tribe."