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1.1 The Millennium Commission is a UK-wide
body, established under the National Lottery etc Act 1993. Its
sole purpose is to distribute 20 per cent of the National Lottery
Distribution Fund for "expenditure on projects to mark the
year 2000 and the beginning of the third millennium".
1.2 The Commission's work can be divided
into four programmes: capital projects; the Millennium Awards
Scheme; the Millennium Festival; and the Millennium Experience.
The Commission plans on the basis of an expected total income
of £2.236 billion and Funds have been allocated as follows:
Examples of Breadth of Millennium Commission Funding
(i) Tate Modern£50 million grant£134.5
million project
A new national art gallery enabling the Tate's
modern art collection to be established on a permanent basis.
This wonderful transformation of Bankside Power Station is a major
catalyst for the regeneration of this area of London and is bringing
significant benefits to the Borough of Southwark.
(ii) Millennium Greens£10.1 million
grant£20.2 million project
This scheme is enabling up to 250 communities
to have their own Millennium Green tailored to suit their own
needs. Millennium Greens are located in cities, towns, suburbs,
villages and hamlets and will be permanent breathing spaces for
our communities.
(iii) Chinese Arts in the Park Festival£30,000
The Dragon Festival 2000 was a double celebration
of the Millennium and the Year of the Dragon which ran from January
until March. Activities included the creation of a new play "Dancing
Along The Silk Road", Chinese puppet shows, kite making workshops,
performances by dragon dancers, folk dancers, musicians and acrobats.
(iv) Cardiff Millennium Festival£645,000
A year-long programme of activities which started
off 2000 with the spectacular Calennig celebration. Events through
the year include a Millennium Youth Arts Celebration and an International
Millennium Festival. A 12 month programme of performance, participation
and celebration, creating events and opportunities sustainable
beyond the year 2000.
(v) Save the Children Fund "Saying Power"
Millennium Awards£1.2 million grant
Seventy-two awards averaging £15,500 to
young people in 13 areas of the UK to undertake projects which
seek to encourage young people to get involved in decision making
and improving services which affect them and others.
(vi) One Millennium Award winner who received
£2,222 under the Scarman Trust Millennium Award scheme has
transformed the lives of people living on one of London's most
notorious inner-city estates. The Award winner has brought a sense
of community, purpose and hope to the residents. By setting up
a residents' association and offering vital facilities such as
a drop-in centre, 24 hour helpline and a savings club, they have
improved community life and also inspired others to become actively
involved in revitalising the area.
Capital Projects
1.3 The Commission is supporting 190 capital
projects on 3,000 sites. These include over a hundred and fifty
smaller one-off capital schemes with a regional or local impact,
and "umbrella projects": ie grants which cover groups
of schemes with a common theme, often including projects which
individually would be too small to apply (normally with grants
of less than £100,000). The Commission offers grants of up
to a maximum of 50 per cent of the total cost of a project.
1.4 The Commission's portfolio of capital
projects is incredibly diverse. They range from the widely acclaimed
Eden Project in Cornwall to the Moss Side Youth Powerhouse providing
facilities for young people in Manchester, and 21st Century Halls
which will create over 300 community centres across the UK. Other
projects include the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff which hosted
the final of the 1999 Rugby World Cup and the 5,000 mile National
Cycle Network. 87 projects are already open.
Millennium Awards
1.5 The Commission also provides grants
to individuals to enable them to achieve a personal aspiration
whilst benefiting the community in which they live. The Awards
have been described as "enabling ordinary people to do extraordinary
things". In order to ensure that Award schemes meet properly
identified needs and are managed by experts in the relevant fields,
the Commission makes grants to existing organisations, known as
Award Partners, which then recommend grants for individuals. These
recommendations must be approved by the Commission before a grant
offer can be made. The individual Awards are monitored by the
Award Partners which include many nationally known charities as
well as more local organisations.
1.6 The Commission has already offered £79
million in Awards to 79 partner bodies running 81 schemes which
will eventually benefit some 25,000 individuals. A further £20
million of Awards are planned by the year 2001 and with earlier
schemes this should provide grants to nearly 40,000 individuals
by 2004. In June a competition was launched to find an agency
to administer an endowment of £100 million and continue the
Awards into the next millennium (see section 4 below).
1.7 The Millennium Fellowship has also been
set up to recognise and celebrate the achievements of individual
Award recipients who have completed their Awards and to encourage
networking and the sharing of ideas and experience.
Millennium Festival
1.8 A contribution of £20.5 million
has been made by the Commission to the Festival fund of up to
£100 million established by UK Lottery Distributors. This
represents the largest cross-Lottery Distributor initiative ever
undertaken and the first UK-wide collaboration.
1.9 Awards were split between larger grants
of over £5,000 and smaller grants of between £500 and
£5,000. The Commission has funded nearly 400 larger Awards
with total grant of over £17 million and nearly 1,500 of
the smaller Awards with total grant of over £4.5 million.
1.10 In addition, the Commission provided
£5m to fund celebrations over the First Weekend of the year
2000 in 21 towns and cities and has allocated further funds to
help a larger number of towns and cities celebrate New Year's
Eve 2000. A further £6 million is being made available to
help towns and cities celebrate New Year's Eve 2000.
Millennium Experience
1.11 The Millennium Experience comprises
both the Dome at Greenwich and a major National Programme co-ordinated
by the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC). This memorandum
does not provide detail on the Millennium Experience as it was
dealt with extensively in the Committee's recent inquiry "Marking
the Millennium in the United Kingdom".
1.12 The UK-wide National Programme of events
and activities involves schools, voluntary groups, churches, local
authorities and businesses. These initiatives are linked to the
theme of the Experiencethat the new millennium is "a
time to make a difference".
The Millennium Commission's projects are additional
2.1 The Commission has been keen to ensure
that its projects are additionalin essence that they have
added to what might otherwise have been available. In practice
this has meant supporting some projects which would not have happened
at all without the Commission, some which might have happened
but would have been of a lower quality and some which might not
have been realised so quickly. We have also been keen to fund
new types of projects and use public funds in new ways, such as
for a whole generation of Science Centres, or for the exciting
environmental education facilities which are being established
across the UK. This has sometimes meant that the Commission has
taken measured risks in funding projects that would not otherwise
have been realised but we believe that these risks have been justified
by the exciting projects which are now operating around the country.
Projects have attracted funding from other sectors
2.2 The Commission's decision to offer a
maximum of 50 per cent of the total capital cost of any one capital
project imposed a tough challenge on grant recipients to attract
funding from other sectors. They have been extremely successful
in doing this and have already secured over £1.6 billion
with only 2.5 per cent of the target remaining unsourced. The
total value of capital projects funded by the Millennium Commission
is £3 billion. A detailed breakdown of the sources of partnership
funding for Commission projects is at Annex A.[28]
3.1 As a short life body with only a limited
period over which to distribute its funds the Commission was limited
in the ways in which it could adapt its policies in response to
public and political opinion. The Commission has, however, sought
to adapt according to public and political concerns and has made
full use of the new powers granted by the National Lottery Act
1998, including being the first distributor to solicit applications.
The Commission was also the first Distributor to make grants to
Funding strategy
3.2 The Millennium Commission's funding
strategy is based upon consultation with the public and the desire
to fund projects which would almost certainly not have happened
without Commission funds. The Commission believes that the diversity
of its programmes and innovation of individual projects will leave
a lasting legacy of the move into the new millennium.
3.3 Following its formation the Commission
needed to decide how best to use the funds available to it within
the constraints set by the National Lottery etc Act 1993. Although
it was never the intention that all projects should be completed
by 2000, there was clearly a need to ensure that the public could
see some of the results of the Millennium Commission's use of
their Lottery funds in the millennium year.
3.4 The Commission began by undertaking
a wide ranging consultation including roadshows, speeches and
meetings. Following these consultations, Commissioners decided
that the majority of the available funds should go to capital
projects which would serve as a lasting reminder of the change
of millennium. More specifically, they agreed that the Commission
should aim to have a major capital project in each region and
country and that projects should be based around the five themes
which had emerged from the consultation, later titled: promoting
science and technology; supporting our communities; revitalising
our cities; encouraging environmental sustainability; and investing
in education.
Soliciting applications
3.5 In August 1998 the Secretary of State
for Culture, Media and Sport issued new Policy Directions to the
Commission following the implementation of the National Lottery
Act 1998. It should be noted that prior to this, the Commission
had targeted publicity at regions and groups that had not made
significant numbers of applications. However, the previous Directions
had prevented the Commission from soliciting applications from
particular geographical areas or social groups, even where it
had been noted that relatively few applications were coming from
certain groups such as black communities.
3.6 In July 1999 the Commission therefore
held a further funding round targeted specifically at capital
projects which "reflect the aspirations and achievements
of black communities in Britain". The Commission's powers
of solicitation were used to invite applications from short-listed
bodies. 44 applications were received seeking a total of nearly
£68 million. To date, seven of these applicants have been
awarded grants totalling £9.33 million.
3.7 As not all of the funding allocated
for Round 4 has been awarded, the Commission decided to hold one
further applicants round for projects which "reflect the
aspirations and achievements of ethnic minority communities in
Britain". In order to overcome some of the problems which
applicants from this sector have had in developing their applications,
the Commission decided to award development grants to a small
number of applicants who would then be invited to make a second
application for a full grant. In doing so the Commission solicited
applications from a number of projects which it thought stood
most chance of reaching fruition. Development grants have been
awarded to three of these and to one other non-solicited approach.
Full applications are due to be received in January 2001.
Smaller grantsAwards and Festival
3.8 The Government has been keen to ensure
that a higher number of smaller Lottery grants are available and
to make it easier for small, community based organisations, to
access these funds. The Commission's Millennium Awards programme,
discussed above, will eventually fund nearly 40,000 individuals,
all of whom are making a difference in their communities. Although
Award Partners need to provide partnership funding, individuals
themselves do not and the Awards are, therefore, accessible to
3.9 In addition, the Millennium Festival
Awards for All programme for grants from £500 to £5,000,
run jointly with other distributors, involved a simpler application
process making it more accessible to the type of organisation
which might not previously have been confident about applying
for Lottery funding.
Regional spread of grants
3.10 Although the original Policy Directions
issued to the Commission by the then Secretary of State for National
Heritage prevented the solicitation of applications, the Commission
has always been keen to see a broadly equitable geographical spread
of projects around the regions and countries of the UK. Although
there are some discrepancies, we believe that we have broadly
achieved our objective and have achieved our aim of having at
least one major project in each region and country.
3.11 There is, however, a wide variation
in capital projects grant per head across the UK. This is partly
explained by the policy of having a landmark grant in Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland which have a relatively low population,
ie a £50m landmark grant in Northern Ireland automatically
means a high grant per head. Tables of grants for each Commission
programme by RDA are attached at Annex B.[29]
3.12 However, the Commission also depended
on regions submitting applications. Where a region did not make
sufficient applications it impacted on grant made. Thus although
the East of England only received £8.97 per head (national
average £21.38) they were slightly more successful than the
national average in terms of the proportion of their applications
which were successful. Of the applications they made, 11 per cent
were successful whereas the national average was 10 per centie
while the quality of the applications they made were on a par
with the average, their poor success rate is explained by the
fact that they did not make many applications. Conversely while
Scotland was highly successful in grant per head (£37.40),
they were only marginally more successful (13 per cent) in terms
of turning applications into grants, ie the fact that they made
lots of applications contributed to their success. London was
the least successful in turning applications into grants. Only
six per cent of applications were successfula fact that
might surprise many people.
3.13 The variation across the country in
percentage of applications which were successful shows less variation
than the grant per head figure. Much of the variation is therefore
accounted for by the pattern of applications. A table showing
the percentage success rate for capital projects for each RDA
by amount granted and number of grants, along with grant per capita,
is attached at Annex C.[30]
4.1 By the end of 2000 the Millennium Commission
will have awarded nearly all of its available funds. Our perspective
on the future of Lottery funding is, therefore, different from
that of the other distributors. The cessation of Lottery funding
will have varying effects on the diverse programmes we have supported.
Millennium Festival and Experience
4.2 Two of the Commission's programmes,
the Festival programme and Millennium Experience will have run
their course by the end of the year. It is, however, good to note
that some of the towns and cities which held First Weekend celebrations
and will be celebrating again on New Year's Eve 2000 have indicated
a willingness to make such celebrations an annual event.
4.3 The Lottery have moved away from large
capital grants to providing smaller grants aimed at people and
activities. The Commission has funded both but, perhaps more than
any other distributor, we have been involved in the big capital
investment game. The Commission's work may well have satisfied
a pent up demand for certain facilities and in this respect the
Commission's withdrawal from this field may not be missed. The
Commission has also sought the largest amount of partnership funding
and once again the trend has been towards more flexibility. However,
the Commission has been able to invest in significant urban infrastructure
projects and act as a catalyst for regeneration and this function
may be missed. Because the Commission did not set a rigid formula
as to how money would be distributed around the country it has
been able to provide facilities in Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland which would be outside the scope of national specific
distributors, eg Hampden Park (Glasgow), Millennium Stadium (Cardiff)
and Odyssey (Belfast). In addition, there are two significant
areas of capital project funding where the flow of money from
the Commission may be missed:
(i) Science centres
4.4 The Commission's capital projects programme
has funded science centres on a scale the country had not hitherto
seen. They use leading edge technology and educational techniques
to provide an exciting experience for visitors and an important
educational resource. These centres have told the Commission that
they need to plan to replace their technology over time if they
are not to lose their attractiveness to paying visitors and their
usefulness as providers of education.
(ii) Environmental projects
4.5 The Commission has funded many projects
which focus on the environment in nature, from visitor centres
such as Slimbridge 2000 and the Scottish Seabird Centre to Millennium
Greens and Woods on Your Doorstep which are providing green spaces
for people to enjoy all over the UK. Other projects such as The
Millennium Seed Bank and the National Botanic Garden of Wales
focus on research as well as being open to the public.
4.6 There are some alternative sources of
funding for these type of projects, for instance the New Opportunities
Fund has recently announced a scheme with some similarities to
our Millennium Greens project, but there is possibly not the breadth
of funding for the diversity of projects which the Commission
has been able to support.
4.7 From the outset it has been the Commission's
intention that the Millennium Awards Scheme should be part of
its long-term legacy and it therefore allocated £100 million
to enable the Awards Scheme to continue beyond the five year programme
set up in 1996, which comes to an end in December this year. As
the Commission itself will not be around to administer the scheme
into the future, in June we launched a competition to find an
agency to run the Awards in perpetuity. Commission staff are now
working closely with shortlisted applicants. Full applications
are required by 16 October and a decision on the successful applicant
will be made in December. The new scheme will begin towards the
end of 2001.
4.8 The Committee will wish to note that
although the Endowment will be a grant, the award will be made
in the spirit of delegation of decision making which the 1998
Act makes possible.
Maintaining the Momentum
4.9 The Commission is holding a series of
five seminars entitled "maintaining the momentum of change"
focusing on the five key themes of the Commission's work: Exploring,
Building, Breathing, Uniting and Learning. The first of these,
"Exploring" was held in early May and looked at the
public understanding of science and technology and the contribution
which the Millennium Commission's investment is making in this
area. The second, Making ConnectionsBuilding Communities,
was held in September and focused on the ways in which Commission
projects and Awards have drawn communities together at many different
levels. The remaining seminars will be held before the end of
5.1 As well as its ongoing work to see its
remaining capital projects through to completion, the Commission
is undertaking two exercises which will evaluate the effect which
the Millennium Commission's funding is having.
Economic Impact Assessment
5.2 The Commission has commissioned an Economic
Impact Assessment survey which will assess more accurately the
effects which the spending of such unprecedented sums over such
a period of time has had on the economy. The study will take place
over the autumn and the final report covering capital projects,
Millennium Awards and Festivals, and linking with similar work
being undertaken on the Millennium Experience, is due at the end
of the year. A preliminary analysis of the number of construction
jobs created by the Commission's programme totalled 46,000.
Social Impact Study
5.3 The Commission published the findings
of an independent Social Impact Study of its Millennium Awards
on 22 September. The study sought to evaluate the effects of the
Awards to date and provide important information for the whole
charity sector on the effectiveness of grants to individuals.
982 Award recipients were interviewed along with 39 Award Partners.
Key findings were that:
NB: The £75 million is calculated using a minimum
daily rate of £50 for voluntary work.
Millennium Commission capital projects have
attracted over £1.7 billion of partnership funding.
The Commission has funded 27 major projects
costing more than £30 million each, one in every country
and region of the UK.
The Commission had funded over 550 village and
community halls.
Through its funding programmes the Commission
has attracted a further £2 billion of investment from public
and private sources.
The Commission was the first Lottery distributor
to solicit applications.
The Commission was the first Lottery distributor
to offer grants to individuals.
Nearly 40,000 individuals will receive Millennium
The Millennium Awards will continue through
a £100 million endowment.
Through the Millennium Festival the Commission
has supported the largest programme of year-long celebrations
ever mounted in the UK.
30 million people have attended First Weekend
and Millennium Festival events.
A quarter of a million volunteers are involved
in the roll-out of projects across the UK.
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A New Role For Nato
As the cold war fades, Western leaders seek to reassure the Soviets and preserve the alliance
The meeting in London was clearly a triumph for the United States. It was George Bush who had called for the NATO summit in the first place. The 16 heads of state followed an American agenda. In both substance and tone, the final communique marked a revolution in the concept of Western security--and most of the major ideas were American as well. While reveling in his position as the still undisputed leader of the Western Alliance, Bush seemed concerned about the reaction in the East. "Here's an alliance that you should view, Mr. Gorbachev, as defensive and not threatening," the president said. "And please convince your military and others in the Soviet Union of tbis fact."
Gorbachev needed little convincing. Speaking to reporters during a break in the tumultuous Communist Party Congress (page 33), the Soviet leader seemed eager to accept NATO's invitation to address the organization later this year. Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov described the NATO declaration as an effective answer to conservatives who have complained that Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy has been dominated by one-sided concessions to the West. "The results of the NATO session show that our good example brings answering steps from NATO," he said, arguing that the new Western position would strengthen Gorbachev at home as well as abroad. That was surely the aim of NATO leaders who regard Gorbachev's political survival as essential to bringing the cold war in Europe to an unambiguous end. "Gorbachev himself made it quite clear that he needed something he could show his people," said a senior U.S. official, "and that is what we sought to provide."
The NATO declaration was calculated to reassure. "We have no aggressive intentions," it insisted, "and we commit ourselves to the peaceful resolution of all disputes. We will never in any circumstances be the first to use force." Breaking with nearly a quarter century of deterrent strategy, the NATO leaders forswore their doctrine of "flexible response," the option of using nuclear weapons if Western conventional forces are unable to repel an invasion by Soviet troops. Henceforth, the communique insisted, nuclear arms will be "truly weapons of the last resort." More specifically, the communique called for negotiations to eliminate short-range nuclear weapons from Europe and pledged that the United States would withdraw all nuclear artillery shells if the Soviets agreed to do the same. NATO also pledged to rely on smaller, more mobile conventional forces that can be reinforced quickly in an emergency. And addressing one of the Soviets' greatest fears, Germany promised to set a ceiling on its troop levels as a prelude to negotiated troop cuts throughout Europe.
On the political front, the NATO communique invited the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations to establish a permanent diplomatic liaison with the Western Alliance and proposed a nonaggression pact with Moscow and its former satellites. Implicit was the notion that East-West hostility is coming to an end; the task now is to wind down the military confrontation while expanding NATO's role as a political "agent of change." "Before this summit, I would have said that it was not going to be easy to find a raison d'etre for NATO in the future," said Francois Heisbourg, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "But now I'd say that the basic elements are in place that may allow NATO to survive as a meaningful alliance."
Strongest influence: That was clearly Washington's intention, for it is through NATO that the United States exerts its strongest influence on Europe. What was striking about the London summit was the degree to which the European allies were willing to allow Washington to play a dominant role. President Francois Mitterrand of France and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher swallowed doubts about abandoning flexible response; Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany did not insist that NATO pledge "no first use" of nuclear weapons. "There are things the Germans or French will accept if the Americans present them, but not if the British do, or vice versa," said a senior NATO official. "When it comes to security issues, America's participation gives Europe a confidence level that it still doesn't have on its own."
Privately, U.S. officials speak of a future in which NATO expands to accept new members--including former allies of the Warsaw Pact--and guarantees American access to an economically integrated European Community. At the other extreme, American, British and French experts warn of a rise of neutralism in Germany which would force Washington to with draw both its troops and its nuclear guarantee. Under those circumstances, says Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the Brookings Institution, "it's perfectly natural that ... Germany might question whether ... to develop its own nuclear protection, particularly if the Soviet Union remains an unstable place." Such a move would raise the fears of France and Britain--and create pressure on Washington to take a side. "That would be very dangerous for the United States and Europe," a senior U.S. official said last week. "The United States must avoid becoming . . . mired in balanceof-power struggles on the Continent."
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A more likely possibility is that the Europeans themselves will develop a more independent security structure--either within NATO or as part of an expanded European Community. One frequently discussed scenario involves "Europeanizing" the British and French nuclear forces and giving Germany a role in a joint nuclear command. But that seems improbable in view of the problems of nationalism and money: France and Britain will fight to retain their positions as independent nuclear powers--and European taxpayers are reluctant to spend for greater defense. Some analysts speak vaguely of a greater role for the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), a group that comprises every European nation except Albania. According to this scenario, CSCE would take over such "all-European" security matters as arms talks and verification. It is doubtful, though, that CSCE can become a central security structure, particularly because any member nation can veto a decision by the majority. Thus Europe will face an uncertain transition unless the United States continues to play a role.
But what role can America realistically play? With the Soviet threat diminishing, NATO's function is likely to grow more marginal. And Europe will surely assert more independence as it pushes toward economic integration. Under the best of circumstances, economic cooperation will lead to the kind of harmony that makes security concerns irrelevant. But what if Europe reverts to aggressive nationalism or turmoil sweeps the former Warsaw Pact? Recognizing those possibilities, European leaders continue to welcome the American role. But as that role gradually diminishes, Europe will have to learn to contain its worst instincts--and abandon the patronage of the United States.
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Steamboat Springs — Scott Stoughton is all about the positive vibe and joining his friends on stage for a highly energized performance for the fans.
At Saturday night's Leftover Salmon and Friends show at The Fillmore in Denver, the sticky floors began to shake and fans jumped with their arms in the air when Stoughton made his debut appearance that night.
Among Peter Rowan, Bela Fleck and other friends jamming on stage, Stoughton left a funky bluegrass show rising with energy.
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Soon enough they'll be playing for packed venues on the Front Range, recording six to seven live songs for their new CD and back into the studio to record another four to five.
But lately Stoughton and other members of Sucker are sticking around Colorado and area states to save energy, sit in with friends and work on their third album.
"We're just trying to get re-energized," Stoughton said.
Although no plans have been made for a title, Stoughton said he hopes the band will get working seriously in December and January and finish up in late spring.
After a long touring stint around the country a couple of years ago, Stoughton said the band seems satisfied looking at the Rocky Mountains in their backyard for a while.
Stoughton said booking dates, driving and playing every night became a tiring job.
Four years ago, Sucker began playing in the Vail Valley as a four-piece band. But with a new bass player, drummer and an added keyboardist, the sounds of Sucker seeped into the Boulder music scene.
"We try to just keep it fun and fresh," Stoughton said of adding a keyboard to the band.
Sucker plays in various venues including X Games, Gravity Games and other local extreme sporting events.
The band also has been performing for the Teton Gravity Research film premiere "Mind Addiction."
Stoughton said Sucker's hard edge and positive lyrics create a connection with the extreme sports community.
But jumping in with friends such as Leftover Salmon is not uncommon for Stoughton. He said he's been a guest artist for about 20 to 30 shows since he met them almost two years ago.
Banjo player for Leftover Salmon Mark Vann saw Sucker at the One World Festival in Crested Butte two years ago and asked the band to play on stage with the polyethnic Cajun slamgrass band.
"Then I asked them to play on stage with us," Stoughton said, adding Vann was jamming on the banjo when Stoughton started rapping a Beastie Boys song. "We just became good friends."
Stoughton said being on stage together was a huge turning point.
"I'm not the best singer or rapper by any means. But it's not what you're playing and how you're playing it but the vibe you're creating," Stoughton said. "That's truly what it's all about."
Stoughton appeared in four shows with Leftover Salmon and Friends on the Front Range last week. His improvisational skills created a dynamite energy on stage that left Salmon members and friends smiling with enthusiasm.
Although Sucker and Leftover Salmon seem to produce bipolar sounds on the music scale, Stoughton said they're all about the same positive message.
Mainstream, large record labels don't interest Stoughton like they did years ago when the intent was to sell records.
Stoughton doesn't believe the band is about changing to fit the style and taste of music today. The band and the sound have matured and so has Stoughton.
Networking on the Front Range and keeping the venues packed keeps Sucker distressed while they wait for the perfect time to begin recording a CD that represents their funk base with rhymes, reggae and infused electronic sounds.
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Best Two - Randy Savage
It's great to see the "Best Two" series is picking up steam, even so far as to have somebody new emulate it with the Cena thread. Though I do ask that, moving forward, people kindly abstain from adding people. I am going somewhere with this Best Two thing...
Anyway, that out of the way, it's time for one of my all time favs - and one of the hardest to decide on - Randy Savage. I have regularly called (and reminded you all that Ihave called) him the single "Greatest Feud Participant" in wrestling history. Some of his matches are the reason why, and here's my two:
Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan, Wrestlemania 5
With the excepton of a 1-day reign by Andre the Giant, the WWF Championship was held by two men from January of 1984 through April of 1990, and those two men were The Mega Powers, Hogan and Savage. Aside from the simple fact that these two were by far THE BEST in the world for 6 years, factor in the drama caused when a woman got involved. It made for a classic feud that took one full year to develop:
The heat between these guys was so real, and so well executed, that Savage went from top-face to top-heel mid title reign. That's almost impossible to accomplish, but Savage did it, and at Wrestlemania 5, they tore the house down.
Savage vs Flair, Wrestlemania 8
Vindication. That's the word I use to describe Randy's hard fought win at Wrestlemania 8. After months of anguish and torment directed at both he and his wife Elizabeth, a recently reinstated Savage (1 year removed from losing a retirement match to The Ultimate Warrior) regained the WWF Gold in an emotionally charged classic. Both men worked flawlessly, but Savage once again proved why he was called "Macho Madness." I thought this was his finest hour.
Disagree? Please, rip me to shreds, beat me to death, teach me a lesson!
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I agree that the match at Wrestlemnia 5 was one of his best two. As you said the feud developed for a year and when it finally culminated you had the two best guys in the company going head to head.
For the second match I'm going with Savage vs Steamboat at Wrestlemania 3. This was the greatest match in Wrestlemania history, as well as the greatest match in Savage's career. These two guys put on an absolute clinic, and this match is a big reason why Wrestlemania is considered the greatest wrestling pay per view in the world. Hogan vs Andre drew the crowd, but Savage and Steamboat gave them there moneys worth.
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Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat
Wrestlemania 3
A match that many label as one of the greatest of all times. And you know what, it truly is. Wrestlemania 3 was the turning point from being a big new thing for wrestling, into a massive enterprise. Everyone will talk about the Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant match, but after the event, it was Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat who the guys were probably buying drinks for.
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Randy Savage vs Ultimate Warrior
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The retirement match. I loved it as a kid, watching it a few years after it had happened on a good ol' VCR. Randy Savage faught so hard to put down the Warrior, but the Warrior, to might delight, battled back and was able to beat the Macho King. Randy was forced to retire, but the big moment came moments later when Elizabeth came to his rescue, and the reunion happened. Now, for the rest of my life, I will remember the scene that panned out. One of my favourite matches, just because of the afterscene.
First off to IrishCanadian, both picks are fantastic choices. The Flair/Savage match would make my top 5 Savage matches, while the Hogan one would possibly as well. But my two choices are different.
They're actually the exact same two matches that TM Punk posted. But I will of course give my viewpoints on why those are the two top Savage matches.
Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat, Wrestlemania III
This match I liken to a game of chess. This match perhaps moreso than any other wrestling match I've seen is simply one guy upping the other, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, like a masterful game of chess.
You have quite possibly the two greatest workers of the 1980's (as far as American wrestling goes) in Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat showing the wrestling world how it's done. 20 years later, the match is still showing everyone how it's done. It was also probably one of the first big WWF/E matches to feature outside interference causing the heel to lose rather than win. This matchup has inspired countless wrestlers. Heck, even Chris Jericho stated this match made him want to be a wrestler. One of the all-time classic matches in wrestling history.
Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior, Retirement Match, Wrestlemania VII
This matchup is one of the greatest matches I've ever seen. This matchup should be given ***** by every wrestling critic as far as I'm concerned. The feud itself was highly entertaining. The Warrior upped his game to look like one of the best wrestlers in the world (Savage always brought the best out of the Warrior as their match at Summerslam 92 was very good too), and Savage showed why he was the real MVP of the WWF from 1986-1992, until Bret Hart took his place. You had the retirement angle looming on fans and the wrestlers. No one probably knew who was going to retire. At this point, at least in the WWF, there hadn't been enough retirement matches for everyone to know that the loser would eventually come back. So you had a huge consequence to losing making this match very meaningful and important and exciting. You had the action which was just flawless. You had brilliant storytelling, especially towards the end where the Warrior almost gives up after having Savage kick out of his splash and wondering if he no longer had the power to go on and continue wrestling, and if he should give up. That part might seem corny, but I thought it was an essential part to the story of the match. Then you have the brillant spot where Savage drops the elbow 4 times, and the Warrior still kicks out. This was one of the earliest matches where the wrestlers kicked out of each other's finishers, maybe a first in WWE history. Savage gave the Warrior everything he had, and still couldn't put him away. Then Warrior does his finisher multiple times before finally beating him.
We've already seen one of the most action-packed matches in WWE history, but no, that's not enough. After we've been blown away by the action-filled drama, now it's time for emotional drama. In one of the greatest babyface turns ever, Sherri turns on Savage, and Elizabeth comes out of nowhere after being gone for 2 years, saves him, and you have the most emotional moment arguably in wrestling history, the reunion of Liz and Randy.
This match had it all. Importance of result (the retirement angle), brilliant ring psychology, tons of action, 2 wrestlers wrestling at their very best, a hot crowd, revolutionary and influential spots, and ridiculously high amounts of drama and emotion.
One of the best matches in WWE history and quite possibly the most underrated match in wrestling history.
That's my take on it.
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And Wrestlemania 3 was a classic as well. Savage could have great matches, and this was 1. The fact that it is still talked about is proof. The funny thing is, is that argueably his best 2 were losing efforts. May be hard to find that for most other guys.
I have to throw this out there. Survivor Series 1993 was supposed to feature Ric Flair and Razor Ramon vs "The Ultimate Maniacs," an expected redux of the Mega Powers with Savage and Warrior (who had put on a terrific match at Summerslam together for the WWF Title at Wembley) and due to Warrior's issues, Mr. Perfect came out of retirement, made a face turn, and teamed with Savage instead.
How does the Savage / Perfect vs Flair / Ramon match rank for you? I personally felt it was another vintage performance, though more for the Flair / Perfect drama than for Savage. But still, what a match!
Actually the Savage/Hennig vs. Flair/Ramon match was from Survivor Series 92.
But anywhos, I think I watched it again pretty recently on WWE 24/7, and it was a pretty solid and entertaining tag matchup. I don't remember it quite as well as the other matches that have been mentioned in this thread, but yeah from what I remember it was really good.
I wouldn't say it was one of his best matches ever, but it was definitely another good one, although with the 4 workers in the matchup it would be pretty difficult to have a bad matchup with those guys.
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18″ x 24″ ink, pencil & paint on paper. 2017.
River otters were surprisingly the most requested new animal/habitat to create when I visited Seattle and Portland for the holiday shows. Anyone who lives in river otter territory knows their latrine and denning habits can wreak havoc on boats and cabins, but they *are* amazing to watch in their natural environment. Those of you that follow my instagram account know I've had many memorable encounters with them. This is a river otter family in the Salish Sea just off of Johns Island. Inland you'll find them living near rivers, creek or ponds (hence the name). Here in the islands they also take advantage of sea bounty. They'll eat practically anything they can stick in their mouths: voles, mice, fish, crustaceans… the list goes on.


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Chicago aldermen, under pressure to clean up a City Council plagued by chronic corruption, said Monday they would be willing to come under the scrutiny of the city's Ethics Board--a key feature in a package of proposed reforms that they learned about from reading weekend newspaper stories.
But not all members of the council believe the plan backed by Mayor Richard Daley goes far enough.
Ald. Helen Shiller (46th) asserted that outside employment should be banned, at least for aldermen who serve as chairmen of major City Council committees and have life-and-death power over important legislation.


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Monday, January 10, 2011
Holly has disappeared...
The TELL ME A SECRET full version audiobook is almost here! Watch for that announcement and links to the store in the next few weeks.
DON'T BREATHE A WORD is coming Fall 2011, which seems right around the corner to me. We're putting together some new things for that, coming soon...
And I'm hard at work on a third novel, a contemporary YA that will be connected to Tell Me a Secret and Don't Breathe a Word in a few surprising ways. (There's a rumor floating around that you will learn more about Delaney's secrets in Don't Breathe a Word: True or False? True!)
On the blog, I'm putting together an author Q&A series. Is there anything you would like to know?
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So exciting! I can't wait to read Don't Breathe a Word, I'm sure it will be exceptional! Happy to know you're still with us. ;o)ReplyDelete
Lovely! Can we have an excerpt tease? Please oh please!ReplyDelete
Sounds like you've been super productive. How exciting about your next book.ReplyDelete
Maybe you could share what you thought worked and didn't work about your debut marketing strategies and your debut blog tour. Are there things you would have done differently in retrospect?
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My name is Suma and I heard you speak at the SCBWI conference last year. I've heard some great reviews about your book. I look forward to reading Tell Me a Secret and then, Don't Breathe a Word.
Looking forward to the Q& A.
Thanks for stopping by, everyone, and for the nice comments! I hope you like DBAW when it comes out. :)ReplyDelete
An excerpt tease...coming soon...
Natalie, I think the best part has been making connections with readers. I'm very grateful for you!
Nice to see you, Suma!


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We all know by now that the Motorola CLIQ (and CLIQ XT) will receive Android 2.1, but the real question is when? Motorola published an official chart listing all their Android devices and the timelines for Android upgrades, but no first-gen phones have received Android 2.1 yet.
CLIQ owners were hoping to see an upgrade to Android 2.1 in Q2, but only a week remains and there is no sign of a release. T-Mobile has been working closely with Motorola to perform public betas before releasing previous software updates and we assume they will do the same for Android 2.1. The beta period for new software updates typically lasts a week, so it doesn't appear any official release is around the corner or we would know about it by now.
Some users had hoped Motorola would share new details on their upgrade timeline during today's Droid X event, but no announcements were made regarding Android 2.1 for first-gen phones. The only thing we learned is that the Droid X will ship with Android 2.1 and it will be updated to Android 2.2 during late summer.
If the CLIQ does end up receiving Android 2.1 anytime soon, I would not expect it till after the Droid X launch on July 15th. Although unlikely, there is also the chance Motorola could just skip Android 2.1 for first-gen phones and jump directly to Android 2.2 later this summer.
I wish there was some good news to share, but don't expect a CLIQ upgrade this week. In the mean time, you can head over to the Motorola Owners' Forum and sign up to be notified when new details are available.


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The Symphonic Dances op 45 form the last of Rachmaninoff's original compositions, completed in October 1940 and published in 1941. Definitive Edition.
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Elisha Cuthbert to Play Lesbian Lead in "One Big Happy" PilotMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Elisha Cuthbert is on her way back to television.
The beloved Happy Endings actress has been cast as the female lead in One Big Happy, an Ellen DeGeneres-produced sitcom about a lesbian, her long-time male friend and their plans to - you guessed it! - have a baby together.
Nick Zano has signed on for the multi-camera comedy as Luke, the BFF of Cuthbert's Lizzie, who marries the love of his life just as these friends succeed via artificial insemination.
Talk about awkward!
DeGeneres is will executive producer the pilot with production partner Jeff Kleeman, while director Scott Ellis and writer Liz Feldman (2 Broke Girls) are also on board.
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EAST HARTFORD — — Well, it's here. Actually, it's more like they're here, the mighty Michigan Wolverines, for a game against the UConn Huskies.
UConn was supposed to be in better position to deal with the Maize and Blue this year than the last time they met, when Michigan scorched UConn 30-10 in 2010 in Ann Arbor, Mich.