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Lesson #1: Culture and Resource Use
The following are excerpts from The Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes: A Resource Book About Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac and Abenaki Indians, published by the American Friends Service Committee, in 1989. There is a wealth of information in this book for teachers and students, including lesson plans, fact sheets, and readings. These excerpts are taken from the Historical Overview that appears at the beginning of the book.
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An estimate of the Wabanaki population in 1600 A.D. can only be very rough, but the available evidence suggests about 32,000 people in Maine and New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Villages ranged in size from a half-dozen houses to over a hundred, and they were built at the coast, along the estuaries of rivers, and near lakes, rivers, and streams. People moved to the coast or inland according to the season and the foods that were available. Waterways were the peopleís major roads. Parked on the banks of villages, frequently, were dozens of canoes. Houses were wigwams framed with saplings and covered with bark or woven mats.
A French priest, Father Pierre Biard, who lived among the Wabanakis from 1611-1613, described how Micmacs and Maliseets appeared to him and how they got their living:
They have no beards, the men no more than the women. . . . They have often told me that at first we seemed to them very ugly with hair both upon our mouths and heads; but gradually they have become accustomed to it, and now we are beginning to look less deformed. You could not distinguish the young men from the girls, except in their way of wearing their belts. For the women are girdled both above and below the stomach, and are less nude than the men; also they are usually more ornamented. . . . Their food is whatever they can get from the chase and from fishing; for they do not till the soil at all. . . . In the month of February and until the middle of March, is the great hunt for beavers, otters, moose, bears (which are very good), and for the caribou, an animal half ass and half deer. If the weather then is favorable, they live in great abundance, and are as haughty as Princes and Kings; but if it is against them, they are greatly to be pitied, and often die of starvation. . . . In the middle of March, fish begin to spawn, and to come up from the sea into certain streams, often so abundantly that everything swarms with them. . . . From the month of May up to the middle of September, they are free from all anxiety about their food; for the cod are upon the coast, and all kinds of fish and shellfish. . . . In the middle of September [they] withdraw from the sea, beyond the reach of the tide, to the little rivers, where the eels spawn, of which they lay in a supply; they are good and fat. In October and November comes the second hunt for elks [moose] and beavers. (Jesuits: 1959)
The priest neglected to mention the birds (and birdsí eggs) that could be taken and eaten, such as Canada geese, loons, ducks, brants, and mourning doves; and the raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and nuts; and the walruses, seals, whales, and porpoises that could be hunted. There was some agriculture practiced in Maine but nowhere did the Wabanakis rely upon it, because the growing season was too short. Where they did practice it, they grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, and tobacco for their pipes.
As the priest observed, the most precarious time of year was in February and March. By then, food that had been stored in bark-lined cellars might be gone. If deep snow remained on the ground, hunters could track large animals and pursue them on snowshoes, which gave them an advantage, but if there were little snow or none, people might go hungry. They could go for eight or ten days without food and expect to survive, and in fact they survived winter better than the early European colonists, who relied on agriculture and food storage far more than the Wabanakis. So the six weeks of February and early March might be lean times or might be fat ones, but the rest of the year was certainly a time of plenty.
Given the vast land area they lived in, Wabanaki populations were not large (e.g. roughly 41 persons per 100 square miles in Maine), and therefore the pressure they exerted on the environment through manufacturing tools and getting a living was not great. The rich natural environment remained rich. The Wabanaki people were careful to maintain an ecological balance. Throughout most of the year and often throughout the entire year, there was more than enough. . . .
There was abundance. There was also movement. There was a limit to what they wanted to possess, not only because they could fairly easily find it and replace it, but also because there was a limit to what they could carry. Wealth, as it is often conceivedóthe accumulation of thingsówas to them, or would have been, a positive hindrance. The value of objects, therefore, was measured by very different standards, and real wealth in their termsóthat is to say, something that could be usefully accumulatedówas not in things but in spiritual wealth, as well as in relationships of trust among people. One could acquire more and more of these relationships, and usefully so; and relationships did not have to be carried from place to place like a weight. They were created and maintained through the routine sharing of food and possessions, through feasts, exchanges of gifts, and through marriages. The larger a personís network of family and friends, the greater number of people that could be counted on to rally around, whether to share food when times were lean, to go to war, to prepare feasts, to lavish presents on allies, or to support decisions.
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Another major change occurred very gradually over a period of two hundred years, from the middle of the seventeenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century. As European colonists settled the coast and later moved up the river valleys to harvest timber and to farm, the uses to which the land was put began to change, and consequently the nature of the land, the very composition of the environment, was altered. This occurred first in southern Maine and eventually throughout Maine and the Maritimes. These environmental changes were as dramatic and as far-reaching in their consequences for the Wabanakis as any that had occurred in the previous 12,000 years.
The ancient forest was cut down. In process of formation for 10,000 years, in the space of just two hundred years it was gone. New trees grew up in its place in some areas, but often they were neither the same species nor as extensive, and they did not provide the same habitats for animals as the old forest had done. White pine trees that towered over the forests more than two hundred feet above the ground were taken for shipsí masts. Oaks and cedars were used for firewood, houses, and industry. Many timber products were shipped to England for profit. The lumberers cut as if the supply would never run out. In fact, white pine and cedar were not abundant in New England and were soon used up, and it became necessary to go farther and farther north to find them. The first sawmills in Maine were built as early as the 1630s. By 1682 there were twenty-four of them in the region of Portland, Wells, and Kittery, cutting softwoods for the most part since these, unlike the denser hardwoods, could be floated down streams and rivers to the coast.
Often dams were built on streams and rivers to produce the waterpower necessary to run sawmills and gristmills. The dams prevented the great spawning migrations of fish up the rivers. These fish runs were an important source of food for Wabanakis, a source which became ever more important as Wabanaki use of the coast was increasingly blocked by European settlement. Over and over Wabanakis complained about the dams, but to no avail. By the mid-nineteenth century the industry had moved farther north and east in pursuit of the vanishing forest, and at that time along the Penobscot River alone there were some 250 sawmills; similar patterns appeared at the same time in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Yet lumberers cut fewer trees than farmers, who cleared large areas to plant their crops and graze their cattle. Sometimes they left the dead trees to rot. Sometimes the trees were burned and their ashes were used for fertilizer. Trees were cut to build rail fences. Trees were cut to be burned in open fireplaces to heat houses that consumed between thirty and forty cords a year.
Farmers understood that different trees grew in different types of soil. Maple, ash, and beech indicated, for instance, a rich black humus underneath, so they were cut first. While it was true that trees were a product of the soil, what the farmers did not understand was that the soil was also a product of the trees. A forest produces nutrients. It moderates extremes of heat and cold and the effects of wind. It retains snow cover; consequently, frost does not penetrate the ground so deeply, which means that water from snowmelt and rain can be absorbed over longer periods of time. It retains rainwater in its roots and canopy, which reduces erosion and floods and permits streams and ponds to remain at more constant levels throughout the year.
In Maine, and throughout New England and the Maritimes, where the forest was cleared the land became "sunnier, windier, hotter, colder, and drier." (Cronon: 1983) Some streams and ponds dried up for parts of the year. Increased erosion caused others to fill in with sediment as much as five times as rapidly as before, until eventually some of them disappeared. The water table dropped. The soil became drier, poorer. Crops and other vegetation suffered.
On the heels of the vanishing forest came farm animals. Both Wabanakis and Europeans relied heavily on animals, but not on the same ones, and that difference alone was to be of enormous importance.
In the fall and winter Wabanakis depended on moose, bear, caribou, deer, and beaver. These animals were wild, they roamed over large areas, they could not be taken with certainty. When they were taken (in the Wabanaki view) it was because they had offered themselves so that people could live, and this signified that cooperation existed between the hunters and the spirits of the animals. The animals had an independent existence; when they entered into a relationship with the hunters that turned to the advantage of the hunters, it was out of an entirely free choice. The natural world, like the world of Wabanaki families and communities, was based on relationships of trust. One could not, in any sense, own or possess these animals; one could only enter into a relationship with them which, like others of its kind, could be maintained or broken by the ways in which one behaved. Thus there were rules about how these animals could be used, what was to be done with their bones, and so onóthese were ways in which respect was paid.
Hogs and cows, sheep and horses, on the other hand, did not have spirits, they had owners. Even when they grazed together in common herds in open fields or the woods, they belonged to somebody, never to themselves. "The notch in its ear or the brand on its flanks signified to the colonists that no one other than its owner had the right to kill or convey rights to it." (Cronon: 1983) They were herded and slaughtered as it suited the farmers, who depended on them, not just in the fall and winter, but year-round. At first, conflict between the English settlers and Wabanakis arose as the cattle trampled unfenced Wabanaki cornfields. The settlers could not control their cattle, and yet would not permit the Wabanakis to shoot them. Eventually, as the English settlements grew, the English settlers began to exercise more control over their cattle. Thus, fencesómiles and miles of rail and stone fencesóbegan to divide and bound the land. They were there to keep the animals in and, of course, others out. Fences signified what the farmers assumedóthe animals and land inside the fences were their sole and exclusive possession. No one else had a right to use them. This was an assumption Wabanakis had never made, about the animals or the land, when they had freely shared use of them with the first European settlers.
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The major Wabanaki goals throughout the years of conflict with the English were to retain their land and to continue to govern themselves. They acted as most nations would to preserve their boundaries and protect their sovereignty. Treaties were broken or appeared broken, and sometimes this resulted in skirmishes and war. Wars also broke out because the violent conflict in Europe between Britain and France could not be avoided when it spread across the ocean. . . . [The Wabanakis] signed numerous treaties with the English representatives in an effort to create clear and separate areas of interest as the basis for peace. This effort largely failed.
It failed because there were misunderstandings on both sides about what the treaties meant. These misunderstandings revolved around differing ideas of property and land. Ideas of what property is change over time and vary among societies throughout the world, and there is a natural tendency for members of a particular society to assume that "property," in their sense, is what property means for everyone else as well. The Wabanakis and the English were no different in this regard. The English assumed that when Wabanakis gave them rights to land, this meant that they had received sole and exclusive possession of it. In this view, Wabanakis had renounced any claim to occupy or use the land in any way. In the Wabanaki view, by contrast, what the English had received was a right to share use of the land. The English could hunt and fish and farm, but Wabanakis expected to continue to do the same, in the same area. When Wabanakis came back the next year to do these things, the English were outraged. The Wabanakis thought they had agreed to share use. The English thought they had received exclusive possession. Each side was convinced that the other had broken the agreement. This basic misunderstanding occurred again and again and was the cause of much trouble.
But there was more to it than that. "Property" or "land" for the Wabanakis had a much larger significance than it did for the English. When Wabanakis conferred on the English a right to share use of land, in their view they had given the English a chance to enter into a particular kind of relationship. Land was that place where animal beings and the spirits of the animals had their separate and independent existences. Trees and stones and rivers could possess personal qualities, and it was possible, therefore to have a social relationship with them. One could no more own or sell a right to exclusive possession of these beings than one could own or sell oneís mother. But a person could enter into a relationship of respect with them. If this were done, through the right kind of behavior, these beings would cooperate so that people could live.
The land, in this view, was not a sack of flour in an English kitchen or a hog in an English farmyard, whose existence and use depended entirely on the will of the master. The land did not have a human master. It was a sacred, social world; as such, it had a life that one could participate in but not that one could transfer exclusive title to, in exchange for English cloth or English corn. When Wabanakis agreed to share use of land they permitted the English passage into a sacred world; but the English did not realize they had entered it. By their own lights, they had done something else: they had bought a commodity on the market. It is doubtful that the English ever appreciated the sacred significance of the land for the Wabanakis. Instead of responding with gratitude for the importance and value of what had been shared with them, they acted in ways that caused heartbreak and resentment.
References cited:
"Letters from mission (North America)," in The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, 1610 ñ 1791, ed. R.G. Thwaites. Vol. 36. New York: Pageant Book Co. 1959.
Changes in the Land, by William Cronon. New York: Hill and Wang. 1983.


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6-7 Leadmill Rd Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 4SE
If you werent around in 1980, let me tell you that the social climate in Sheffield was as bleak as a Boney M single.
Decimation of the mainstay industry - the steelworks - coupled with soaring youth unemployment, gave rise to slogans such as no future no hope for the majority of youngsters. An unlikely spark of hope was struck in a derelict flour mill in a run down part of the city (part of the building housed the legendary Esquire club, where during the Sixties The Who, Jimi Hendrix the Small Faces and others played on a stage made from 2 grand pianos with their legs sawn off). A ragbag of volunteers, students, artists and unemployed, many insane but likeable, came together with a vision of setting up a centre for the arts and music for people like themselves who had nowhere to go. The official line was.... "The opening of The Leadmill in 1980 was a response to the lack of cultural facilities in Sheffield and was set against the backdrop of a political and economic environment characterised by the beginning of Thatcherism" Phew!!!!!!!! very 1980s and I just thought we were ready to rock! And so The Leadmill was born. In the Autumn of 1980 it opened its doors to an unsuspecting public.
Hundreds of bands whove ended up huge started life at The Leadmill which happily took advantage of the 3-4 year period in the early 1980s when Sheffield was the happening city. 1980 - 1985
The Leadmill begins as a performing arts venue encompassing Jazz, Pop bands, Theatre, Education Workshops, Club Nights and Artiste Workshop spaces.
Bands who cut their teeth in these early years included, Cabaret Voltaire, Killing Joke, The Fall, Pulp (the first of many visits) Nico from the Velvet Underground, Everything But The Girl, Marc Almond who eccentrically insisted on a pound of orange smarties for his rider, JoBoxers, UK Subs, Prefab Sprout, Big Audio Dynamite, New Order and The Pogues. The venue was closed temporarily whilst improvements were made in order to secure further licences. It reopened triumphantly in September 1982, Culture Club playing - for a ticket price of 50p- the week they hit No1 with "Do you really want to Hurt Me?"
Martin Fry of ABC was moved to write of The Leadmill: "A heady cocktail of sweat, leather sound and fury, beer and vodka and limes - unique and of course the occasional blocked toilets (hence the unisex queue for the gents) Did Culture Club really turn up?" - too right they did mate!
"Combining the thrift and intimacy of a working men's club with the leisure processor a Hacienda, Sheffield's Leadmill could become an important landmark in pop culture." NME 9/10/1982 -........We always knew they had foresight.
Early unique glimpses of the club confirm this. The venue was closed temporarily whilst improvements were made in order to secure further licences. Pulps' Jarvis Cocker wrote and directed The Leadmills' 1982 Christmas panto for kids starring 50 musicians from a dozen local bands to be staged on New Years Eve and exclaimed "We wanted to see 1982 out in style and make a lot of cool people from pop groups look stupid. I think it's a first for the Steel City, and it's going to be a lot of fun"
Who's that girl?? In 1983 The Leadmill asked the same question and turned down one of the biggest stars of the age - Madonna - Never Mind you can't win 'em all and we did manage to get Ipso Factor for the date for £25 quid Also during 1983 the legendary 60/70s club night "The Beat Club" was launched. Peter Stringfellow was a regular bopper at the early events. It still to this day, remains the longest running club night in Sheffield.
Fast forward to 1984 - Hull Chart heroes queue to get into their own gig "because it seemed more democratic" came the modest retort, unfortunately they are accidentally refused entry by the door staff!
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Simply Red was another highlight in 1985, just as "Moneys too tight to Mention" was breaking Mick Hucknell jumped from the stage and sung from the middle of the dance floor whilst the audience danced around him. Top Gig! 1986 - 1990
1986 onwards saw both the economy and The Leadmill pick up pace. The venue expanded both it's facilities and programme to appeal to more and more of the people of Sheffield and surrounding areas. Bands playing during this period is a truly impressive list ; Pulp played twice in '86 for £2.00, the admission price rising to a staggering £2.50, when they played in '89, Jonathan Richman Tom Robinson. Happy Mondays make their first visit supporting The Shamen also £2.50! Julian Cope, Primal Scream.
Jools Holland also made his inaugural visit. A regular visitor in the 80s & 90s Jools loved The Leadmills informal setting greeting the audience with casual references such as "You didn't rehearse to come here tonight, neither did we" an indication of the impromptu brilliance that followed. In 1988 a new club night was launched "The Steamer" with resident DJ Graeme Park. The Steamer quickly became one of the pioneering nights of the new breaking "Acid House" movement mixing sounds and laying down the sounds that was to dominate the scene up to the present day.-Soul to Soul amongst others play here and get paid £80 for the privilege. After swapping our event with The Hacienda one Wednesday -"The Steamer" for The Haciendas' "Hot" (with Mike Pickering), "our Graeme" bowls over The Hacienda crowd and a beautiful friendship begins
The Steamer paved the way for it's eventual successor, the unique and ground breaking House night "Rise", was born in 1993 and national recognition was quickly to follow. Steven Daldry, Director of the current smash hit "Billy Elliot" also did a stint here as part of the hilarious satirical revue - The Friday Show. But staying with the 80s, we couldn't keep the celebs out! You could catch Charlene from Texas for a paltry £3.00, Patsy Kensit shuffling on the dance floor supporting her then boyfriend Dan Donovan and his band Big Audio Dynamite. "I particularly enjoyed my visit to The Leadmill" said one HRH Prince Charles on his Royal Visit in 1988 as part of his duties for Business in the Community - Midge Ure of Ultravox played here during the evening and a royal duet of "Vienna" was actually on the cards until HRH withdrew after seeing the Rider. Which brings us to another Rider story. Sean Ryder of The Happy Mondays brought his band to play at the venue for a second time in Oct 1988.
Slight technical problems caused a delay to the bands soundcheck who in the meantime asked for their alcoholic rider and promptly retired to their dressing room. Big mistake.. Bands only get their rider after they've finished playing, You know that!
Half an hour before they were due to go on, the band, by now very "tired and emotional" decided "we re going home" and proceeded to do just that, leaving the duty manager well and truly gobsmacked and a club full of unsuspecting fans not knowing that the nearest they'd get to the band that night was dancing to their vinyl at the club night that followed.
Furious letters rushed back and forth, snarls and grimaces eschewed ...........the dust settled......... and in 1994 Sean returned with his new band Black Grape and announced from the stage" We fell out with this place once but we're all mates again now" before going on to play a storming set where the walls in the place literally did sweat. - We love you Sean! top bloke! Gothic Horrors! Both Jane's Addiction and Faith No More appear around this time scaring and delighting the audience simultaneously.
1989 saw Jesus Jones, Primal Scream and The Las appear to help raise money for the Hillsborough Disaster Benefit Fund. Inspiral Carpets returned to a proper billing - previously The Leadmill had mistakenly called them "Spiral Staircase" OOPs!
The infamous toilets aforementioned by Martin Fry finally went in 1989 together with a major refurbishment that saw bigger and better toilets (ultimately destined for great things, read on) bigger venue, an extra bar and general all round improvement.
In 1989 The Leadmill wins BBC "In the City" award The Leadmill sweeps to success in a competition which aimed to discover Britain's' liveliest towns and cities where people are doing the most to put the heart back into their communities. The awards were presented on a live show screened by the BBC and watched by viewers all over Britain. 1990 - 1995
Its 1990 and The Leadmill celebrates its' 10th birthday and the 90s see in a new generation of bands set to play at The Leadmill. Ocean Colour Scene, Manic Street Preachers, EMF, Cast, Oasis, The Verve, Massive Attack, Elastica, Jamiroquai, Skunk Anansie, Suede, Supergrass, Reef, Baby Bird, Roger Taylor (Queen), David Icke, are you sure about this one? No, but you get the general picture...... The venue was now regularly attracting Premier League Artistes and regularly won awards in the NME and Melody Best Live Venue Poll. The Manics played in 1991 and Nicky Wire cited The Leadmill on their website as their favourite Live Venue - Aww thanks guys- "Catch em while you still can get in" teased the press release before their performance. "The Leadmill was packed to the rafters and buzzing with teenage anticipation" opened a breathless review - "We just wanna make a classic double album and then split up. to sell millions of records and then throw it all away, that would be the ultimate" Well they've sold millions of records .................. Ho Hum Bizzarley in 1992 The Leadmill went very un Rock and Roll by picking up awards for the best toilet facilities in Britain. The toilets were "flushed with success" (Groan) after being shortlisted for the regions "Loo of the Year". Along with Sheffield Town Hall, The Leadmill polished off over 1300 opponents nation-wide to clean up a place amongst 12 finalists for the North's Superloo.
A fan of the band The Stereophonics - Steve Denton - Emailed us to tell us of his serious dash across the Pennines to catch the bands appearance at The Leadmill. Apparently after playing at "Manics on the Streets of Manchester" (very droll) he went backstage and managed to get them to agree to delay their evening Leadmill show in order to give them time to drive their economically challenged motor over to Sheffield, which he assures us they did Top Band!
Blast from the past Bands that coincidentally began with the letter B during this era included Bjorn Again, Bay City Rollers and The Bootleg Beatles.
The Bay City Rollers performed in December 1991 to a much smaller audience than their last Sheffield gig. Back in 1973 teenage screaming girls caused pandemonium by tearing through barriers with general mass hysteria and faintings that surrounded their national sell out tour. This time at the Leadmill it was more low key with a somewhat smaller audience but still plenty of wrinkles and crows feet. One last time - "We Love The Rollers!!!!!!!" A certain drummer from the biggest band ever, similar to the Bootlegs, wrote to us in 1992 to tell The Leadmill he loves us yeah! yeah! yeah! Mr Ringo Starr contacted the club to thank us for our support of live music. Ringo wrote; "It's good to know that their are some club owners willing to help young musicians - a gig in the band is worth two in a bush" Wow! Far out!
Gary Numan confessed he was scared of The Leadmill audience in '91. He confessed he was "fearful of his forthcoming Leadmill gig" Surely we can't be that bad Gaz?
1992 was a vintage year, EMF, Pulp (again) Dubliners 30th Anniversary tour, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Bad Manners, Suede, Jools Holland played again- "All back to mine! came the cry from Jools at the end of the gig, whereby various members of Leadmill Staff including glass collectors, bar staff, sound Engineers etc. promptly retired to the nearby hotel to smoke, drink, take turns on the piano and be raucously entertained by the man himself until 4 in the morning - Jools. Once again we salute you!
In June The Verve play their First gig after reforming and support Spiritulised - "they went down well in front of an initially curious crowd" ran the tentative review.
Gil Scott-Heron with his eclectic mix of jazz, soul, funk and blues has been a constant favourite at The Leadmill. However the gig in '92 nearly didn't happen as a recalled conversation serves to illustrate; "Where's Gil?" asked the stage manager 5 minutes before he was due to start "Dunno?!" replied the rest of the band ..Frantic searches commenced until finally a roadie was dispatched to the pub on the end of the road in a seemlessly vain hope. But Wow! There he was, Gil Scott-Heron, propping up the bar in the Norfolk Arms having a pint! Gil!!!!!! the roadie screamed "Hey man, what's the problem?" came the nonchalant reply .......... certainly not the ensuing gig which brings rave reviews such as "He transfixed the audience with mind blowing jams slipping from on song to another with ease" Hey, The mans got bottle. In what was billed as the music industry's Olympic Games, The Leadmill was secured as the pre-eminent venue at "Sheffield Sound City 1993". The Press Launch held at the Leadmill by Mark Goodyear boasted "a potential audience of 300 million across Europe will be able to tune into the steel city when top Radio 1 DJs will present a series' of live concerts from local stages" Bands that play The Leadmill include Jamaroquai, Stereo MCs, Pulp(again) St Etienne, Lemonheads and Cornershop. To celebrate the Licensing Magistrates backed the city's first ever dusk till dawn drinking session. Last orders called at 6am! Hot on the heels of all of this Chrissie Hynde brings The Pretenders to the venue for a low key warm up gig.
As it turned out this next lot were the top band of the 90s and just as they were breaking - Oasis play here in '94 - see original pictures of Liam and Noel larging it on The Leadmill stage .. before Patsy, Meg, sibling rivalry, kids and walkouts.
In '95 Paul Weller, by now the venerated Modfather, stopped off in the middle of plotting his comeback for world domination in what was in my humble opinion - if I'm allowed to get personal for one moment - the gig at The Leadmill. At the end of The Beautiful South's World Tour they decided to have their glitzy after show party here.
An old friend was asked to come along who by now was trying his hand at DJing and played his housey funky set in the small bar. The (Fat) boy (Slim) done good! A clutch of legendary Soul stars Edwin Starr, Womack & Womack, Rose Royce and The Real Thing appear at the long running Thursday night Beat Club (still a fond memory in many peoples hearts ... "I met my husband there" Hey, Don't blame us!) In 1995, hilarious antics surrounded the comedy duo Reeves & Mortimer. I happened to be the duty manager on the night that they made an unexpected and impromptu appearance at Our Wednesday Club night Planet Earth. After performing at the nearby City Hall they arrived at the club around midnight where a VIP table and complimentary drinks were laid on. After appearing initially tired and subdued they polished off the complimentary rider and proceeded to chase giggling and amazed girls round the dance floor in their own inimitable style to their own wacky tune "Dizzy". Unbelievable! You had to be there really........ Other comedy acts that have actually performed here include Lee Evans & Harry Hill. 1996 - 2000
And so towards the millennium and this period sees appearances by Morcheeba, Sneaker Pimps, Mansun & Travis (together on same bill) Catatonia, Stereophonics, The Verve(again) Moby, Joe Stummer, Baby Bird, Roni Size. In 1997 a low budget, as yet unknown movie was released and saw it's premiere showing aptly in Sheffield. Yes it was "The Full Monty" ! and The Leadmill was chosen for the cast and production teams' after show party. Most of the cast attended with a smattering of Coronation Street stars and a real life hired Steel Works Stripper. This was well before the film went into orbit and no doubt bigger and better premieres were held in London but once again, remember where you saw it first! You don't believe we've had a Spice Girl? Correct! We've had them all.
The whole gang Posh, Baby and Scary complete with ace Soccer Legend Beck's all turned up to show support for Mel Cs' first ever solo gig. They viewed the whole scene from the lofty position of The Leadmill DJ box. The whole gang left the club obviously like most people after having had a great time. Notable spokenword tours include Julian Cope (Stone Circles) Howard Marks (Live love & weed).In November 1999 The SugarHill Gang who single-handedly kick started the whole Hip-Hop revolution with their song "Rappers Delight" played a totally spine tingling set backed with none other than the great Grandmaster Melle Mel Top! We opened the year with a marathon "Leadmillennium" celebration and continued with appearances by a host of top acts such as Moby, Wannadies, Doves, Asian Dub Foundation, Toploader, Elastica, Muse, Coldplay (twice), Bentley Rhythm Ace, Kirsty Macoll Over the years many a celebrity lookalike have appeared, much to the sometimes incredulous belief of the audience, but here's one girl who obviously thought she was getting the bona-fide royal-princely treatment! It's been a long and winding road and obviously a hopeless task to try and fit this all in. You've all probably got your own favourite moments at the club which may or may not involve one of the bands mentioned but the vast majority of visits over the years have been to our many varied and successful club nights, we guess between five and six million over the last 20 years, so here goes, do you remember your best time at....... (the obvious ones first) Beat Club, Planet Earth, Royale, Fab, Shag, Hell, Stepon, Rise, The Steamer, Destroy, Hot Pants, Vootaroonie, DCM, Joyrider, Deep, Famous Door, Vogue Minogue, The Kitchen, La Videotech, Wilde Club, Twilight Zone, Mugwump, Sweat/Sweet/Sweat2, Mugwump, Bliss, Slacker, The Friday Show.
Email us with your memories anecdotes and experiences Freebies will be awarded for the most entertaining.Yes we know this is all harking back but do allow us a moment of indulgence, it is our birthday after all. At the present time The Leadmill's programme is as packed as ever. The University of Shag kicks off the week educating the city's students in the art of clubbing and our new House and Dance night, Hell on a Tuesday provides clubbers with devilish Djs without draining the overdraft. Planet Earth continues its top performance to the lovers of 80s kitsch whilst Thursdays FAB lives up to its name starting the weekend off early with the cream of the last 3 decades. Make the most of your free time starting with Royale on Fridays with its mix of cool pop tunes and catch all the top live acts every Saturday. Step On, "the best Indie night in the World...ever" rounds off the week in style, leaving you a days rest so you can do it all again... Its thankyou time! As you may guess there are many members of ex staff who've contributed to The Leadmills' success story of the years and we're going to have a go at naming some of them. If we've left you out many apologies There are not many of the originals left and our memories are not in-exhaustable. So for your delight here are some of the movers and shakers........
The first 20 years have certainly been a roller coaster. Its' been a long haul - sometimes exhilarating, sometimes exasperating but it's never been dull.
The Leadmill can now face the 21st Century with just a much optimism (but a lot more confidence) than it did in 1980.
And now my boy, you're a man!
And finally thankyou to the audience over the years.We hope The Leadmill has brought you many a fond memory. Here's our one of our most abiding memories of you: Well the millennium came and went and there was none of the predictable meltdown, certainly not in musical terms.This is the 21st Century.
But before we herald the new era, a slight backward look.
In the summer of 2001 the original Leadmill was archaeologically discovered across the road underneath the old Bus Garage remnants of Pulps first ever gig were allegedly found scattered around.
Built in 1759 it really was a Lead-Mill producing pigment for paint and pottery. Powered by water it carried out lead refining. It was demolished in the early part of the 20th century but it gave its name to the surrounding roads. Eat your heart out Tony Robinson.But lets get back to the music.
Competition increased with more venues and late night licences appearing in Sheffield than ever before.
The Leadmill responded by opening 6 nights a week cheapest drinks in town- sorry bout that, force of habit, and hosting more live gigs than the heyday of the mid 80s.
Notable gigs included ..
The face that launched a 1000 commercials Moby - was the first big one of the new millennium appearing in February 2000.
Coldplay supported Muse (!) in early 2000 and then came back triumphant to headline later in the year.
Back to the Future of Rock n Roll, The Strokes, The White Stripes and The Coral all gave us an early glimpse, and generally 6 months before anyone else.. Occasionally just occasionally The Leadmills foresight coincides with that of the general music industry and this occurred when both acknowledge the supreme talent of Ms Dynamite. Her not so secret gig was played here just as she was being nominated for every award conceivable.
Speaking of awards we sneaked into Kerrangs top 10 live music venues probably due to the appearance of nu rock acts such as Bowling for Soup, 100 Reasons, and Spunge.
Proving that old punks never die and that you cant kill a spirit, The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers, Stranglers and The Buzzcocks all played to a packed venue. Which brings me to two live appearances by the late great Joe Strummer who appeared with his Mescalaroes, first in 2000 and secondly his penultimate ever gig on 21st November 2002. Mixing new material with raucous Clash anthems the man clearly meant it right to the end. God bless you Joe Strummer you showed us all the way mate
.. Other notable gigs during this period include Doves, Top Loader, Kirsty Macoll, Dandy Warhols, The Charlatans, Sheffields own ABC, Groove Armada, The Hives, Paul Heaton, The Polyphonic Spree, John Squire and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
On the club side we went retro with Disco Heaven on a Tuesday and the long running Planet Earth metamorphosed into The Zoo. As you are reading this history section you are hopefully one of our customers, current or past.If you feel that I have left out any notable highlights from the last 20 years please contact me and tell me what they are and why they should be included.

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Johannesburg - There has been little action in appointing a new chief executive officer or chief financial officer at the SABC, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi said on Wednesday.
Replying to parliamentary questions she said the advertisements for the CEO and CFO positions closed on May 12, but "the number of candidates to be shortlisted and interviewed is unknown".
"At this stage, an external recruitment specialist is being selected through the appropriate procurement processes," Muthambi said to questions by the Democratic Alliance.
This followed the resignation of the public broadcaster's CEO Lulama Mokhobo and the dismissal of its CFO Gugu Duda.
Duda was suspended in September 2012 for procurement and financial irregularities. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration found Duda guilty of misconduct and she was dismissed.
In February, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found former communications minister Dina Pule interfered "unduly" in Duda's appointment as SABC CFO.
Madonsela recommended that the SABC board initiate disciplinary measures against Mokhobo, who has since resigned.
This was due to improper conduct in approving chief operations officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng's irregular salary increases.
At the time, then-communications minister Yunus Carrim said:
"Obviously, we are concerned about stability at the SABC and urge that the vacant senior posts be filled as soon as possible".
Muthambi on Wednesday responded to questions over the post of SABC COO, after Madonsela found the present incumbent's appointment and salary progression were irregular.
She said no agreement had yet been reached about when the COO post would be advertised.
"The relevant parties together with the ministry of communications still need to discuss the issue in order to find or establish a final settlement on the matter," Muthambi said.
DA spokesman on communications Gavin Davis criticised Muthambi for having made no progress in replacing Motsoeneng.
"In other words, no attempt has been made [to] fill the position despite the Public Protector's recommendation on February 17 that the communications minister 'take urgent steps' to replace Mr Motsoeneng within 90 days," he said.
Davis said there was every reason to remove Motsoeneng from his job, and no reason to keep him on at the SABC.
"He should be suspended and replaced with a crisis management team to lead the SABC until the appointment of the general CEO, which the minister has promised will happen in the next three months."
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I don't feel that I can honestly rate my "accuracy of diagnosis" because I haven't been in yet for the results of my labs!!
Dr Del is excellent. He took care of my mother when lupus was ravaging her brain. He treated her with respect and was receptive to her needs. Now he os treating me for mixed conne tive tissue disorder. He is a knowledgeable and caring professional.
This is the worst Dr. I have ever been to. He is uncaring and rude. His nurse always looks like she is in a bad mood. Both Dr and nurse had very bad attitudes. Will never go to him again. I have RA he told me I didn't need vitamins after lab and other tests he said I had severe RA next appointment he feels my fingers tells me RA not that bad. I have had pain and inflammation. Tells me I have dementia just because I told him I forgot something.i don't see how he is still in practice. Don't ask nurse anything be cause she will not know the answer.
I have been to this doctor since August for possible lupus. I am a nurse and deal with patients on a daily basis. I have never been to an office full of nurses who are as uncaring and unhelpful as these nurses are. It is beyond impossible to ever talk to the doctor unless you have an appointment so the jurse is uually the next best thing. Any time I've asked questions I am met with a look of irritation and am made to feel as if my question is the most absurd thing she has ever heard. I have considered seeing another doctor but I have no idea where to go. I still don know what I have, don't know if these pills I'm on are needed and have no one to talk to. Sad place to be as a patient. I hope I never in my career make anyone feel the same.
He gave me a shot in my left knee and it was almost pain free. That was the first time I had that done with so little pain. He is my favorite doctor. He is always professional and makes me feel part of his staff also.
Not sure where to start. I began seeing Dr Del Guidice around Sept 2010. I had just moved to Lubbock, so I needed a new Rheumatologist. I was referred to Del Guidice by my PCP. My first visit with him, he had my entire Rheumatological records from 1997 to now. However, he acted as if he wasnt sure I really had Lupus (even though 3 different doctors over the last 14 years seem to feel strongly that I do). In January, I went into a rather large flare. Again, he didnt seem to interested when I made an appt. He just increased my prednisone and in the same breath told me to lose weight (uh.. ok.. like THAT will be easy) Long story short, I have been in a flare for over 8 months now and the pain is so bad I cannot sleep or eat.. Yet, when I finally asked for help with the pain I was told that I really didnt need it at this point. He just increases the prednisone and tells me that all my labs look "somewhat" normal except for the inflamation markers. I dont need bloodwork to see that my hands are swollen to the point that I cannot make a fist, or button a shirt, or even hold a full glass of water. Every visit he just orders more bloodwork and reschedules me for 6 weeks out. This last time, I was virtually in tears and my husband went with me to explain to him how much pain I am in and how much work I have lost because of it. So, he doesnt increase any medication.. sends me for bloodwork and has me scheduled for another appt in 6 weeks. After about 2 weeks I called and begged for relief from the pain and again was told that he didnt feel I was at that point yet. I asked to make an earlier appt so that he can look at how bad my hands have swelled and was told there was nowhere they could squeeze me in. I am at the point of intentionally breaking my hands so that SOMEONE will help me. I am in the process of finding a new PCP and going to a different type of Specialist (all the Rheumatologists in Lubbock are in his office). I do not recommend him AT ALL! Especially if you need someone to listen to you and believe you when you say you hurt.
I saw this physician twice and could not bring myself to go back. I was referred for positive ANA, elevated sed rate, positive CRP, pain, fatigue, etc. He did a thorough battery of tests and four weeks later reviewed those with me. With the above lab tests in hand at my initial visit and his confirmation that, YES, my joints are swollen, I never got a diagnosis. He said he wanted to start me on Plaquenil. He told me that my Iron level was extremely low (10.1 and normal is 50-100), which would explain my severe fatigue. I let him know that my PCP just checked that last week and started Iron until we could discuss it further. He criticized my PCP, stating that the CAUSE of the deficiency needs to be identified. (I agree, but when someone's iron level is that low and he waits until the next appointment in four weeks and doesn't bother to call and get some Iron started in the meantime, something's wrong!) He told me that IN HIS COUNTRY, the first cause that he would consider would be malnutrition, but that I OBVIOUSLY GET ENOUGH TO EAT. His exam rooms are very large. The patient sits on one end of the room and he stands with his arms crossed several inches from the door on the other side of the room. 'Went downhill from the moment it began. He lacked the ability to see the big picture.
I have had the privilege of being cared for by a very good Rhuematologist in the past so it is an adjustment to have to make this change. The biggest thing I noticed was the lack of care I felt by the staff. I just felt like I was a number that was being pushed through. At no time that I feel that "I" mattered. My desire to have a doctor that I feel an emotional attachment to is important to me. It is difficult to feel trust when there is such a feeling of detachment. The relationship between the patient and the doctor should be one of mutual respect, but also there needs to be a sensitivity to the fact that the patient is telling the doctor very private details of their life. Any professional is only as good as his/her staff around them. If the staff has an aloofness about them it is impossible for the patient to feel trust and comfort.


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MUNCIE - Martha R. Hardesty, 93, passed away late Friday afternoon, December 21, 2012, at the Indiana University Ball Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.
She was born on May 11, 1919, in Muncie, the daughter of John and Myrtle Hardesty.
She had attended the Muncie city schools.
Martha also had attended Jackson Park Baptist Church where she enjoyed being part of the many services there. Miss Hardesty enjoyed watching television, doing cross word puzzles, writing poems and riding the Mits buses throughout town. She was known to be very sociable and so it's easy to see why she enjoyed talking on the telephone and going to McDonalds to visit with friends.
Survivor's include, three friends, Dee Foster and Faye Belt both of Muncie and Bailiegh Wiemer, Redkey.
Graveside services will be conducted on Friday afternoon, December 28, 2012, 2:00 P.M. at the Beech Grove Cemetery with Pastor Steve Dugger officiating. Parson Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Jackson Park Baptist Church, 3611 S. Post Rd., Muncie, IN 47302.
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Saturday January 12, 2013Gators Host No. 9 Tennessee on Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
Gainesville, Fla.
Jaterra Bonds is averaging 19.0 points in SEC games this year.
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Jaterra Bonds is averaging 19.0 points in SEC games this year.
Florida plays host to ninth-ranked Tennessee on Sunday in the OConnell Center, where tip-off is scheduled for an unusually early 11:30 a.m.
All three of the Gators Southeastern Conference games this year have been decided by seven points or less, including its most recent outing - a 61-55 road win at Mississippi State.
Tennessee (12-3, 3-0 SEC) was voted to finish fifth in a preseason poll of the SECs head coaches and fourth by the media, who also selected Florida (13-4, 2-1 SEC) to place eighth and ninth, respectively.
Playing Tennessee is a challenge because they are a very good team, UF head coach Amanda Butler said. To this early point in the league, they look like the best team in the SEC with their margins of victory over good teams. They are a great rebounding team, a great scoring team and terrific in transition. They arent as deep as maybe they have been in the past, but they havent had to go very deep this year. Well have to play great defense and win the battle in the paint.
Florida senior Jennifer George was named as preseason first-team All-SEC selections by the leagues coaches and media, while UTs Meighan Simmons was honored as a preseason first-team performer by the coaches and second-team by the media.
UT, which has won six consecutive games against the Gators, carries a dominating 44-3 lead in the series history versus Florida, which claimed two of its three victories inside the OConnell Center. After a three-game stretch that had been decided by a total of 15 points (2-1 UT record), the Lady Vols have won the last five against Florida by an average of 27.4 points per game.
The Gators enter Sundays game against Tennessee riding a 15-game home winning streak, the fourth longest in UF history, as well as the sixth-longest active streak in the country.
Our team is one that really responds to the energy of our fans, Butler said. They have a terrific fan base that travels and they will show up tomorrow so I hope our Gator fans understand the challenge that they play a role for us and have helped us be as successful as we have been at home.
Over the last three games, Jaterra Bonds is averaging 19.0 points per game and has been UF leading scorer in all three, highlighted by her effort from the free throw line where she has converted 26-of-29 free throws.
Jaterras shown a tremendous amount of toughness and leadership, Butler praised. The one dimension of her game that shes really shown lately is her ability to score in heated moments and make plays. She really understands the game and where her shots come in our offense. She really has the intensity and the fire in those big moments that she wants to make the play. Shes learned in her three years here that not every shot is that shot, but where those shots should come from and when then should come. Thats part of her growth process. Shes hard to deny in those moments because she wants it so badly.
Preseason Naismith Player of the Year candidate Jennifer George leads the Gators in scoring (13.7), rebounding (8.9) and steals (2.3) and ranks second for field goal percentage (53.5%) and blocked shots (21). George, who is the SECs active career leader in double-doubles with 26, most recently tallied a 15-point, 11-rebound effort against LSU (Jan. 6). George also is the SECs active career leader in rebounds (794) and is second for blocks (156) and fifth for steals (142).
Freshman Sydney Moss also is averaging a double-figure scoring effort, tallying 10.6 points per game. She leads Florida in assists (3.9 apg), while ranking second for scoring, rebounding (6.1 rpg) and steals (1.7) and has flirted with a triple-double four times. Among SEC freshmen entering the games of Jan. 13, Moss ranks second for assists, third for rebounding and fourth for scoring.
Florida (13-4, 2-1 SEC) vs. #9 Tennessee (12-3, 3-0)
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September 17, 1996
In re: Larry Adkins/Cabinet for Human Resources
Open Records Decision
This matter comes to the Attorney General on appeal from the Cabinet for Human Resources, Department for Social Insurance's response to Mr. Larry Adkins's open records request to inspect records relating to an AFDC overpayment claim. Specifically, Mr. Adkins asked to inspect the following documents:
Claim #000521596-01 AF. All records of AFDC overpayment. Records of amount and date original overpayment was ordered. All records showing date, amount and by who, or from what source each payment was made since date of original debt up to present date. Records showing balance owed on overpayment debt.
Mrs. Royalty, Field Services Supervisor, Department of Insurance, responded to Mr. Adkins's request by letter informing him of the original balance of the claim, amount of payments to date, and the balance owed.
In his letter of appeal, Mr. Adkins states that the Department's response was not responsive to his request because the agency did not provide him with the records he requested; the information given him did not help because the amount of the original debt was an amount different than that stated in Mrs. Royalty's letter and that his request form and check to cover copying charges had been returned to him.
After receipt of this office's notification of appeal, Mrs. Royalty contacted Mr. Adkins by letter, advising him that, after reviewing his request and looking into the matter further, she found that there was another claim involving a tax intercept for back child support payments but that she did not have access to those records. She informed him that, in order to get the information he was seeking regarding this claim, he would have to contact: DCSE, P. O. Box 289, Unit 2, Danville, Kentucky 40423, ATT: Kim Milburn. Mrs. Royalty forwarded a copy of her letter to Mr. Adkins to the Attorney General.
We are asked to determine whether the Department for Social Insurance's response was consistent with the Open records Act. For the reasons which follow, we conclude the Department's actions were consistent in part and inconsistent with the Act.
Mr. Adkins requested to inspect the Department's records to obtain the information he sought. In responding to Mr. Adkins's initial request, Mrs. Royalty attempted to help him by providing him with the information she thought he was seeking relative to an AFDC overpayment claim rather than with a copy of the actual record. This office has said that an open records requester is entitled to inspect requested records rather than be given information from or a summary of the records. See, for example, OAG 82-396. However, KRS 61.878(4) provides:
If any public record contains material which is not excepted under this section, the public agency shall separate the excepted and make the non-excepted material available for examination.
Thus, if the records contain confidential (excepted) information, KRS 61.878(4) permits the agency to separate or mask the excepted information from the records. To the extent that the Department did not provide Mr. Adkins with a copy of the records initially requested from which it took the supplied information, its response was inconsistent with the Open Records Act. This is so, even though the records apparently did not contain the information he was seeking. However, this inconsistency is mitigated by the fact that the Department's subsequent response notified Mr. Adkins that it did not have access to the records which contained the information he was seeking and notified him of the location and the name of the custodian of those records.
KRS 61.872(4) provides:
If the person to whom the application is directed does not have custody or control of the public record requested, that person shall notify the applicant and shall furnish the name and location of the official custodian of the agency's public records
This office has consistently recognized that a public agency cannot afford a requester access to records which it does not have, or which do not exist. 93-ORD-134. As required by KRS 61.872(4), Mrs. Royalty informed Mr. Adkins that she did not have access to those records and notified him of the location and the custodian of the requested records. Accordingly, it is the decision of this office that the Department's subsequent response was proper and consistent with the Open Records Act.
A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General should be notified of any action in circuit court, but should not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.
A. B. Chandler III
Attorney General
James M. Ringo
Assistant Attorney General
Distributed to:
Larry Adkins #119012 EK D2
Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
P. O. Box 636
West Liberty KY 41472
Virginia Royalty
Field Service Supervisor
Department for Social Insurance
Cabinet for Human Resources
111 Edgewood Plaza
Nicholasville KY 40356


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It's the signature sound of the season, and it's not from any sleigh bells jingling.
It's the mighty holiday cough, and when I'm out and about the city, I hear it loudly and clearly. It's down the supermarket aisle. It's along the church pew and at the head of the restaurant table and that coughing chorus is from the 3rd grade classroom.
I heard it at the drug store at noon today. Over on aisle "6" or was it "8" or maybe both and in unison. Sort of a "COUGH-COUGH-COUGH" and then a single muted "cough" and maybe bronchial tube backup punctuated by several backup sneezes.
Considerate shoppers turn their heads. They bury their noses in the sleeves of their sweater, a move which minimizes collateral damage. The polite seasonal cough is really a matter of etiquette as much as it is health. Those who could care less show it by the germs they spread around. They don't cover their mouths. They don't seem to care that they are reckless agents of misery for others.
Think of the season, too. Everyone is out and about, shopping, mingling, breathing in each other's virus-laden exhalation. It's an atmospheric mix not for the weak of heart.
At the drug store, I idled by the candy section and studied the colorful bags of sweet treats. Suddenly, the place seemed rocked by an explosive sneeze followed by a crescendo of coughing and a rapidly advancing mist of cold-inducing viruses. I was surprised the shock waves hadn't knocked off the ceiling tiles.
Around the corner came a 5-year-old, his nose runny. A second mighty cough was welling in his little body. I made a quick fake to the right then darted left, around him and his mother, down the aisle and out the door as fast as my spindly legs would carry me. I jumped into my car and headed home. Once in my kitchen, I heated up the only truly scientific antidote I know to the holiday cough, a peanut butter sandwich and a bowl of hot chicken soup.
Dave Nordstrand's Valley Views column appears every Wednesday and Saturday in the Living Section of The Californian. Contact him at email@example.com.


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if there was any such conspiracy as all you people are claiming , then it would be to help vale rather than hinder.
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Well, surely one is or one isn't! It's actually far more complicated than that. Being Welsh isn't a simple matter of your parents' nationality, the location of your birth, or even where you live at present. Indeed, many nations of the world give the opportunity for citizens of another country to become naturalised citizens of their land and adopt a new nationality - once they go through a considerable number of hoops.
My passport confirms I am a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As an aside, I have discovered that since 1983 I am no longer a British subject but a British citizen. Concealed in all that complexity is that fact that qualifying people in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all have the status of British citizen and there is no mechanism to become a naturalised citizen of just one of those three nations or one province. This is all beginning to get very complicated and I recommend you take five minutes out to watch The United Kingdom Explained. It's a fun piece but beware of some inaccuracies such as Anglesey, the Isle of Wight and the Scottish islands NOT being part of Great Britain and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland being "sovereign nations" with their own "Parliaments". Ah, that it were so!
Anyway, I digress. This is all about me being Welsh. Was I born in Wales? No, sadly. I entered this world six weeks after the creation of the National Health Service (Architect: Aneurin Bevan – a Welshman) so I was free at the point of delivery which was Battle Hospital, Reading. My father? Born in London to English parents (with Irish and French one generation earlier). My mother, however, was born in Cilfynydd, a coal-mining community in the Rhondda Valley, to proud Welsh parents with many generations of North and South Welsh ancestry.
I loved our visits to South Wales as children and our times with our Welsh family and in the 1980s and early 90s I always felt at home when I travelled in Wales in my role of Wales Liaison Manager for the British Tourist Authority. The tipping point came when our elder son Mark moved to Llanberis in 2002. We visited regularly and both fell in love with North Wales and moved here in January 2007.
I realised almost immediately that for the first time in my life, I felt as if I'd truly come home. Some people scoff at the Welsh concept of hiraeth – a deep sense of longing for, and connectedness with, the land of Wales to its people and to its history. Hiraeth is probably the most tangible and real explanation I can give for my Welshness as it's nothing to do with the more conventional Welsh icons. It's only slightly connected with rugby – that's only been the national sport since December 1905; it certainly has nothing to do with thick woollen shawls and silly tall hats – an invention of Lady Llanover in the 1830s; daffodils only became a Welsh emblem in 1911 courtesy of David Lloyd-George, and the Welsh flag was officially recognised in 1959!
No, I'm a Welshman because I know I am. I cry when I sing Calon Lân or Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau. I'm profoundly moved when I hear Katherine Jenkins, Bryn Terfel or Cerys Matthews. I am joyously transported 1400 years into Celtic history when I sit in Penmon Priory and think of St Seriol and St Cybi in their daily meeting at Llanerchymedd after a 20 mile walk. I long for their connectedness with God and with the land.
It's all summed up in a line from our National Anthem (also found on the edge of Welsh £1 coins) - Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad - True am I to my country.
Dw i'n Gymro balch.


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The woman had been at it since the moment Calvin Cantrell was let in the
back door. Coughing. Wheezing. She sounded as if she might break a rib,
she went at it so hard. He never saw her, no, she stayed in the far bedroom
with the door closed, and her husband hadn't let him past the small dining
room just off the side of the kitchen. The place was a mess, and the shades
were drawn, despite it being one in the afternoon.
Tom London must have registered Calvin's interest because, after the
fifth or sixth such outburst of coughing, he dismissed it by saying simply,
"That's my wife. Just ignore it."
"Is she not well?" Calvin asked.
"She'll be fine," he answered. "But let's not get off-topic. I haven't got
all day."
Calvin agreed, but the house wasn't that big, so he could hardly get his
mind off the racket in the back. He knew London's wife, Reyna, and
fancied her more social than this. She was a woman about town. She knew
people. What few shindigs still happened in Lake Castor didn't happen
unless she was there, and the editors of the Society pullout in the weekly
paper knew to take her picture. If they didn't, London's restaurant had a
funny way of not running an ad for the next month or so.
So Calvin reckoned it odd, her not bustling about the house in her
heels, serving pitchers of tea or margaritas, fussing over long neglected
houseplants or even tending to the weak and sick German shepherd lying
on a mildewed cushion in the corner. Or perhaps even wiping the tomato
sauce stain from her husband's shirt. He'd figure her anywhere but where
she was: hidden away in the back bedroom of a drafty house desperately in
need of tidying.
"I need you to understand that I'm serious about this," said London.
He made eye contact, but Calvin felt London was sizing him up. Calvin did
what he could to hold his gaze, but after an awkward moment, looked away.
"I wouldn't ask this of just anyone."
"I reckon it's an honor," Calvin said. "You done right by my wife. She's
had nothing but good things to say about you since you took her on at the
restaurant. I appreciate that. I won't let you down."
London nodded. He kept eyes on Calvin a bit longer before patting
him on the shoulder as if they were sport teammates or perhaps drinking
buddies. He led him to a sofa cluttered with greasy toys. London took a seat
without first clearing the way for his guest. Calvin, careful not to break
anything for fear of its cost, gently moved the toys to a different spot on
the couch and squeezed onto a cushion.
The wife coughed again. Calvin jumped in his seat. "Should we talk
outside?" he asked, nodding toward the back room.
"Why?" asked London. "She won't hear anything. And even if she does
hear . . . " He didn't finish. To replace whatever thoughts he may have had,
he picked up one of his son's toys-an action figure-and examined it in
his hand.
"I can see why you'd want her dead," Calvin said.
"Your wife." Calvin pointed over his shoulder. "I can see why you'd
want her dead."
London looked as if he'd just eaten a piece of bad chicken. "Not her,
you idiot. My ex-wife. I want my ex-wife killed."
Calvin thought it best not to say anything for a while, maybe let
London take the reins of the conversation.
London looked at him a long moment, as if several thoughts flit about
his head, and he wasn't certain which to mind. A man not one to care about
his appearance, he seemed comfortable enough staring with his mouth wide
open. The dog's wheezing behind them was the only sound in the house
until Mrs. London coughed again.
London returned his attention to the action figure. "You remember
these? From when we were kids? Not the garbage they're watching and
playing with now, but the original. The ones we grew up with."
"Sure," Calvin said. "Who doesn't?"
"They'll reboot it every generation. Repackage and retool it, and our
children's children-our grandchildren-will love it and ask their parents to
buy it. Our kids moaning about how it wasn't like it was when they were
little. It won't bear the slightest resemblance to what we once knew. We'll
find it unrecognizable, or forgotten. But they will keep selling it. Making
tons of money."
"It's tragic," Calvin said. "Horrible. Some of my favorite memories
"It's far from tragic," said London. "It's impressive. They'll make
billions. You see, they have it all figured out. They understand that true
value is having your shit copied and sold over and over. No less than a
hundred thousand units. Brass ring."
Calvin rebuked himself for not keeping quiet yet again. He put his
hands in his lap and waited as London lighted a cigarette.
"Money," London said. "You either earned it, or you didn't. Lots of
folk who didn't earn it don't give no mind to taking it from folk who did.
Someone can work their tail off their entire life to save and earn, only to be
a target for some law or loophole they didn't see coming. They get taken for
all their worth. Do you agree with that?"
Calvin did not. "Yeah, I suppose I can see it that way."
London nodded. "I know you do," he said. "That's why I brought you
here. I saw how hard you worked on Judge Menkin's campaign. I was
proud to know you."
Calvin studied his shoes. The Menkin campaign was still a touchy
subject. "I was only a volunteer," he mumbled. "And I didn't stay on for
the entire thing. I was-I left before the end."
"Your wife told me about some of that mess," London said, nodding.
He exhaled blue smoke, adding to the cloud already forming and hanging in
a thick haze about the room. "That's too bad. You had real spirit on that
campaign. You can't translate spirit like that."
Calvin said nothing. The German shepherd whimpered and tried to
stand, but, as though thinking better of it, lay back down on the pallet,
whining sweet and pathetic.
"There are two kinds of people in this world," London said, changing
the subject. "Those who earn money, and those who don't. My ex-wife falls
into the second group. She'd rather feed off what somebody else earns.
Bottom-feeding. The only thing she's ever contributed to this world is my
"She was Jason's mother?"
As if he'd been slapped on the nose, London made a sour face. A small
rage slipped into him. "She gave birth to him," he said. "She's not his
As if to answer, Reyna coughed again, this time so violently that she
damn near rattled the walls.
"She's a junkie," London said. "I've exhausted every legal resource.
Lawyer bills are getting me. I'm trying to run a restaurant. You know how
hard that is in this economy? Not just here in Southern Virginia, but it's
tough everywhere."
Calvin nodded.
London continued: "I don't have time for it. I don't have the money.
And she's coming after my son now. The junkie wants custody." He took a
deep breath, exhaled slowly. He did his level best to calm himself. "The
only thing I care about is my son." He turned the action figure around in
his hand, then realized the cigarette between his lips had burned too long.
He tried carefully to maneuver it to a soda can without toppling the ashes,
but failed. A long finger of ash fell to the carpet, and he stared after it a
moment longer than Calvin thought necessary. Finally, he rubbed it into the
carpet with his foot until nothing remained but a grey smudge.
"No one comes between me and my son."
"Of course," Calvin said.
"She went to Dallas." London sat straighter. "She's in a rehab. That's
how I got custody of Jason. And now, for some reason, she thinks she
can-" He stopped again. He put his head in his hands.
"If it's too difficult-"
"This will be easy," London said. "Easiest money you'll ever make.
Don't overthink it."
His wife coughed, gagged a little.
London went on: "You drive to Texas. Don't fly. You get there, you
find her, and you kill her. Take her stuff, her wallet. Make it look like a
robbery. A drug deal gone bad. Leave drugs lying around. Cops won't
investigate a junkie's murder. Let's not give them reason to."
"Not a problem," Calvin said. The dog's collar jingled behind him and,
surprisingly, the German shepherd leaned and wobbled, eyeballing him.
Calvin stuck out his hand, but the dog couldn't care less.
"He's blind in one eye, part-blind in the other," London said. "And he
lost his sense of smell a couple years back. I'd have him put to sleep, but
my son loves him."
"Any particular way you want her killed?" Calvin asked.
"Beg pardon?"
"How would you like her killed?"
London looked around his house incredulously. "What does it matter?
I want her killed dead, that's how. Shoot her, stab her . . . run her over with
a car. I don't care. I just want her dead. The kind of dead that don't wake
up. What does it matter?"
"It matters quite a bit," Calvin said. "The Green River Killer liked to
strangle women with fishing wire. Son of Sam shot them with a gun. There
are all kinds of ways to do it, and since I haven't chosen how I would do it,
I reckon I'll allow you to offer a suggestion."
London's eyes squinted to slits. He took a half-breath and held it. He
dropped the cigarette into the soda can. "Why do you say things like that?"
"I don't understand."
"Level with me." London leaned forward on the sofa. Brought himself
close enough to Calvin so he could whisper. "Tell me you ain't crazy. I
heard lots of talk, but I want you to settle it for me right here and now."
"I ain't crazy," Calvin said. His face burned a mess of fire. He rubbed
his cheek. "I just aim to make something of myself, that's all. There's little
else to do since the mill closed, and whatever there is, I reckon to be the
best at it. One day I found myself in deep hatred of a fella, then another
day, there was another fella. Pretty soon I realized I hated more people than
I cared to admit, and maybe hating was something I was good at. Now I
aim to see if there's a living to be made of it."
London looked like a man stuck. His jaw taut, but his mouth agape. He
hemmed and hawed but in the end, pressed onward.
"This is very simple," he said slowly. "You kill her however you see fit.
I don't need to know about it. When you get back to Lake Castor, don't
come to the restaurant. Not even to see your wife. Got it? When she turns
up dead, they'll have some questions, and I don't want us linked. As soon as
it's safe, I'll get you your money. Hear me?"
"Yes, sir."
"And don't go getting paranoid about the money," said London. "I got
asshole food suppliers up to here who go out of their way to squeeze me,
say I owe them money. I bounce one check, and everybody loses their
minds. Threatening to cut me off, stop deliveries and whatnot. I need you
to keep your head. When the coast is clear, we'll settle up."
"This won't be a problem, Tom," Calvin said. London recoiled as if
goosed, and Calvin immediately realized his mistake. "No problem at all,
Mr. London."
"Here's seven hundred dollars," London said, leaning sideways on the
sofa to reach into his pocket. He pulled wrinkled bills from his wallet and
counted them out. "Use it for travel and expenses. I'll take it against what
I'll be paying you." London handed over the cash, then looked at it before
pulling a bill from the stack. "Make that six-hundred fifty dollars. I forgot I
have to stop at the store to pick up mushrooms and coconuts for service
tonight. This goes against the total."
"Of course," Calvin said. The dog's hair came off its neck into his
fingers. He wiped it against the couch. The dog didn't seem to notice, as if
his fur falling out were something natural, like rain or the setting sun. "I
"This will be the last time we see each other for a while," London said.
"The less we're seen together, the better. If you have questions about
anything, ask them now."
Calvin said nothing.
London handed him an envelope. "This is the return address from the
last correspondence we had. It's from a methadone clinic south of Dallas.
Probably the place you're most likely to find her. She's got family up there,
so . . . "
"I'll find her." Calvin looked him straight in the eye. "Don't worry
about a thing."
"I won't."
"Just do me one favor," Calvin said.
London arched his eyebrows. "Yes?"
"Be sure to tell all your rich friends about what I done for you."
"Beg pardon?" London rubbed at something that may or may not have
been in his ear. "Come again?"
"Your rich friends," Calvin repeated. "You know, in case they ever
need something taken care of in the future. Make sure you recommend me,
London's mouth dropped even further. He stood from the couch and
crossed his arms.
"Will there be anything else?" London asked.
Calvin wanted a glass of water. Cigarette smoke bothered him and
made him thirsty, and he'd run dry since London lighted up the first time.
But he sensed the urgency in the room and thought it best to dismiss
himself, rather to buy a bottled water or soda at the convenience store up
the road. He stood and thought for a moment he heard the dog growl.
"Nothing I can think of," he said.
"Tom?" came a dry, withered voice behind them.
Calvin turned and drew a breath, one he wasn't quick to exhale. Reyna
London stood in the hallway, her hair askew and asunder, makeup not
removed from the night previous, and a luxurious yet tattered bathrobe
barely held together by a satin belt. Her face bloated and pale, rendering her
nearly unrecognizable. She didn't appear to see past two feet in front of her.
"Tom, is someone there?"
"Go back to bed, honey," he answered. "We're almost done."
"What are you doing?" she croaked. Calvin had never seen her like this.
He was more accustomed to her in too-small pencil skirts and hair pulled
into a tight bun, quickly and efficiently directing her daily duties, whatever
they may be. He would refer to her as a shadow of her former self, had she not
suddenly seemed thirty pounds heavier than he remembered.
"Go back to bed," London told her. "I'll be finished in a minute."
She turned and faced the bedroom, but didn't move, just wavered there
a moment. Calvin figured everyone else fancied things fine enough and
moved to dismiss himself.
"Remember," London said, "don't overthink it. You ain't reinventing
the wheel. Easy money. You'll be doing me a big favor."
Calvin nodded. He wanted to say more. He still wasn't sure about
Reyna and what she would or wouldn't hear. He extended his hand to shake
London's, but he'd already set about lighting another cigarette and couldn't
be bothered. Calvin put his hand in the pocket that held all the money and
waved with the other, then set about letting himself out the door.
"Who was that?" Reyna called from the hallway. "Who's here?"
"Nobody," her husband said. "Nobody you need to worry about."
Once returned to his car, Calvin yanked the money from his pocket. It
was more than he'd seen in quite some time, all there in one place. His
fingers fumbled a bit as he counted it, which he did three times, and all
three times found it to only come to six hundred twenty-five dollars.
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I'm glad to know it is possible to get rid of the cellulite. Jen had plenty of it last year on her thighs. Unless these are shopped, she looks great.
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Enchiladas is a Mexican dish. JLO is Puerto Rican you racist idiot.
Her pastel, then. Her green pastel.
I love Peurto Rican enchiladas.
When cheeks attack the backs of knees.
I want to eat that ass. And I don't mean that in any sexually perverse way. Her bedonka donk totally looks like food.
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She can't sing, she's old, and she's not attractive anymore. The fake divorce was bad enough.
She is looking worse and worse.She doesnt get a lot money because she looks good but because she is been in the entertainment business ever since her childhood and knows the right people.Its true she knows how to push herself to the frontline but its getting too much.We want to see real talents!
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Final grades are in, his friends are all in Myrtle Beach, but Gettysburg College graduating senior Caldwell Rohrbach can be found in Schmucker Hall's art studio, using a plasma cutter to shape metal into a new sculpture.
Rohrbach is the artist behind "Las Olas," a nearly 1,000-pound, 7-by-6-1/2-foot sheet metal sculpture on display in front of the campus' Science Center.
"Las Olas," which title means "The Waves" in Spanish, was inspired by Rohrbach's four months in Panama last semester. And even though it's only been up for a couple of weeks, the work has generated plenty of buzz around campus. Rohrbach says student reaction to the piece has ranged from praise to criticism and sometimes even surprise.
"A lot of them will be texting and don't even realize it, then they come out and almost walk into it," he said.
A Seattle native, Rohrbach started welding in eighth grade. He continued taking sculpture and welding classes through the art department at Gettysburg College while majoring in psychology.
"Welding is a cathartic thing, a release," Rohrbach said. "I come out here and lose myself for hours and hours."
"Las Olas" will be disassembled into three pieces after graduation this weekend and loaded into a trailer for the cross-country trip back to Seattle. Along the way, there's a grandmother in rural Illinois who plans to put him to work for a week baling hay and a sister waiting for him in Jackson Hole.
Down the road, maybe graduate school in three-dimensional art and welding; the campus exposure of "Las Olas" has already brought him two unexpected commissions.
For now, Rohrbach is more interested in how his outdoor sculpture is weathering the elements. He's doing a time lapse of the rust progression, believing it gives the piece more character, a lesson not unlike what he's learned by putting his art in the public eye.
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Yet the mainstream media seem curiously uninterested in reporting on "outsourcing" by the Obama Administration, which has (1) outsourced stimulus monies to create jobs in foreign nations, (2) outsourced U.S. foreign policy to U.N. and (3) outsourced our kids and grandkids financial future to pay for his unprecedented spending binge.
The Obama Stimulus has turned out to be an exercise in Venture Socialism . Unlike Venture Capitalism, in which investors risk their own capital to help companies launch and grown, Venture Socialism is when the federal government loans other people's money (the taxpayers') to companies. If the company pans out, the government gets the money back. If it goes belly up, the taxpayers—who had no say in the transaction—lose.
The federal government should not have made these loans in the first place, to domestic or foreign companies. After the decision was made to loan to companies in the name of helping to stimulate the American economy, some of these loans ended up funding projects in foreign nations and employing non-American workers.
Fisker Automotive was the beneficiary of Venture Socialism and a classic example of the outsourcing of jobs to the tune of $529 million in federal loans. The California-based company, partially owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, took the money and outsourced the job of actually making its cars to a plant in Finland. In a free market, Fisker has the right to do that but government lending is not a free market. Was the loan the right thing to do for taxpayers?
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Its ultradurable stone has gone into the building of the Empire State Building and the Pentagon.
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DETROIT -- One of the more popular side stories prior to Game 4 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Detroit Red Wings and Nashville Predators on Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC) involves table tennis.
After "news" broke on Monday that Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi put the kibosh on a game of ping pong between Predators teammates Roman Josi and Brandon Yip at Joe Louis Arena, players and coaches from both teams fielded questions about it Tuesday.
The Red Wings had the tables brought in this season as a pre-game activity in the area located just outside the two locker rooms. Bertuzzi told the Detroit Free Press that he asked a security guard to prevent the Predators from playing.
Yip and Josi confirmed that's what happened and said they were surprised by such a big media flap about it -- including a bunch of online blog posts.
"It was a little funny," Yip said. "It's nothing to look too far into, I don't think. We just went out there to play and ... the security guard said we're not to play. We were a little disappointed, but we went back and did our normal routine. I don't think it will have any affect [on the game] ... except I got a little more TV time today."
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock was asked about it during his meeting with reporters and was told by a team spokesman prior to answering that the incident didn't happen.
"That's why stuff like that is rumors," he said, smiling. "You start that rumor. Lots of rumors going around ... when I'm bored I start them. Good job by you.''
Nashville coach Barry Trotz sounded just as amused by it.
"It really has no effect [on the game]," Trotz said. "If they want a ping pong table in Nashville, I'm more than willing to give them one. It's their toys. We have our toys, all those things, a ping pong table, our balls. We're OK. We've got a soccer ball. We have our things that we do. There's nothing really to it. That's their decision. It's their toy."