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For years all we (civilian consumers) had were modems that dialed into BBSes. Assuming copper wires were in still in place, and a detailed pre-plan existed, a handful of geeks could be communicating using 1995 technology.
Yep, that's when I first got online, I had a screaming fast 9600 modem. I would dial up to a BBS and play Trade Wars for hours at a time.I'm sure that some of the brilliant hams out there can come up with a way to do a BBS over the radio.
Eh - I don't know SH - the biggest problem with going back to the BBS days is that it relied on copper.. Which means a central switching station. If the station is underwater or gone, doesn't have power then the copper is useless.And it's not just the central station you have to power... copper uses repeaters.. and they will also need power.
...I'd sure love to store some of the threads here on TSP (like the ones on gardening and permaculture in particular). ...
Taking a step back, we still wouldn't have anything approaching the web - it'd be closer to very slow text messaging without the any of the usability.
I can think of one IT guy in particular I need to have a talk with...
Try using the Print button at the bottom to display the entire thread with simplified formatting, then save the page to a file.
Rather than resurrecting old MS-DOS BBS software, it seems like Usenet and e-mail would be good candidates. Both predate the modern high-speed Internet. I know we had a local guy here 20 years ago running Usenet and e-mail via a twice-daily 9600bps modem phone call, so it can be done.(I ran a single-line Wildcat BBS for a few years in the early 90s. Ahh, the good old days...)
I think that the value of something like this is not to get on the Internet. I would think that this sort of thing would be to be able to remain in contact with like-minded folks and to exchange information. Things like if the government shuts down the Internet.
I know there are linux based systems.. it's not all that difficult to build.. if you are a programer - which I am not.
Something like the new Raspberry PI device or other similar boxes could be used. Though I am sure there are tons of older computers / laptops and Toughbooks that could be found for cheap to run DOS on...
Most of the systems needed the DB9 Serial port,.. and older computers are more likely to have them, Especially when you are talking about laptops.
There are no technical barriers to anything that's been presented. There are merits to different approaches, but someone needs to focus and plan out "what" we need to solve, and worry slightly less on "how".The internet started as a set of standard protocols that were explained in a single large document, and look at all the crazy stuff that's been built off that?
What about storing entire websites? I recall Jack talking about some way to set up a system where you could store everything from wikipedia, for instance, on a single 1TB hard drive. Anyone know the ways and means to do something like that? I'd sure love to store some of the threads here on TSP (like the ones on gardening and permaculture in particular). Overall, there's dozens of sites I'd love to have backed up onto a hard drive, just in case. What software does this require and where can I get it?
I just stumbled upon RMS Express – Secure email over Amateur Radio.Several of the comments point out that in the US, encrypted traffic is currently illegal.
Is there an easy and cheap way to shield USB or flash drives from an EMP or solar flare? Would something like this really work?http://www.disasterstuff.com/store/pc/EMP-Faraday-Bags-c128.htm


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Token ring
Token ring was a Local Area Network technology in common use before Ethernet It grew into disfavor with network engineers and administrators fast, partly because you cannot go on a Token Ring binge. Hunter S. Thompson mercilessly exploited this fact when promoting Ethernet. In fact he has a new book out called Fear and Trying to get Stoned off of Token Ring while Failing Miserably
Another reason for Token ring failing miserably is that many administrators on finding themselves broke went and pawned the ring. Now what good are tokens without a ring? Crisco systems Realized this, and stopped adding diamonds to their Token Ring implementation, but it was too little too late. You can still find a Token-less ring today in many Pawnshops
Token Ring was invented by Al Gore in the year 42. He was trying to develop a process or Al-Gore-Ythym for sending Internets to Ted Stevens. This didn't work however, because Gore was using a big truck, and Stevens only had a series of tubes. Looking for some inspiration, Gore travelled into the future to watch Lord of the Rings at a local cinema that only used tokens. Gore combined the two and got Token Ring. (Not to be confused with Tolkien Ring...)
Token ring involves a ring of connected devices, commonly known as "Things" The "things" pass a token around the ring, and when a "Thing" has the token, it can send Internets. If it doesn't have Internets to send, it can go to the local Arcade and spend the token playing games. Sometimes it does this instead of sending Internets anyway.
Token ring is a deterministic technology. This means that it Determines what games it will play in the arcade when it is wasting tokens. Actually it means that attached systems take pre-ordered turns playing games and wasting tokens. Sometimes the only game available is Tetris. Most systems have gotten tired of playing Tetris. When Super Mario Brothers 594050 is available, there is a long line to play it, usually involving systems from neighboring networks as well.
As you can see, wasting tokens is a big problem.
"I just the other day got... an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, I got it yesterday. Why? Because it was at the Arcade Playing video
~ Ted Stevens.
Two solutions have been suggested to address this. The first one involves shutting down all Arcades within 5 miles of any Token Ring network, and the second involves eating carrots and lentils with a hippy named Neil. For the most part the first solution has been adopted. (When is the last time you went to an actual arcade that used tokens?) The second solution never works because a punk named Vyvyan always ends up stealing the Tokens.
The Future of Token ring[edit]
"Theres no future for you!"
There is none. Token ring is pretty much dead. Thats all. Can you please reopen the Arcades now? I'm pretty sure computers dont steal tokens to play video games anymore. Now go away.


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In a lawsuit filed in Moab's 7th District Court, Sean Robert Gaines alleges that an insect inside the sandwich stung his tongue, causing him significant pain, suffering and emotional distress.
As a result, the 44-year-old man is asking 7th District Judge Lyle Anderson to award roughly $16,800 in special damages. In addition, he's requesting a jury trial in order to determine if he's entitled to additional punitive damages.
Gaines' lawsuit, which names franchisee King Enterprises V LLC, Douglas R. King and "John Does 1-10" as co-defendants, says that he has experienced long-term trauma as a result of the alleged incident.
"He felt like he was going to die," the lawsuit states. "Since then, he has had recurring nightmares and anxiety about stinging insects or spiders and now has fears about eating at fast-food restaurants. Since Moab is a small town and McDonalds is on the main street, Mr. Gaines is reminded every day when he drives past McDonalds of the suffering he endured from eating a sandwich purchased there."
According to Gaines' legal complaint, he and friend Jill Fletcher stopped by the local franchise on Sept. 13, 2012 and ordered a McDouble sandwich and a sausage biscuit with cheese.
They began to eat their sandwiches as they pulled away from the drive-thru window and headed off to the Maverik convenience store, where they both got out of the car to pay for gas.
Gaines continued to eat as Fletcher filled up the gas tank, and when he took one more bite, he alleges that he felt a sharp pain in his mouth, according to the court documents.
He alleges he did not see any bees or other insects in the area, and believes that something inside the sandwich stung him, according to the lawsuit. That belief made him extremely fearful and anxious, the lawsuit says, because Gaines is allergic to bee stings.
Immediately afterward, he began to experience the telltale symptoms of a bee sting, the lawsuit says.
At first, Gaines felt "funny," as his right ear and neck grew unusually warm. As the minutes wore on, his vision became blurry and his breathing felt constricted, so he asked Fletcher to drive him to the emergency room at Moab Regional Hospital, according to court documents.
They arrived there within three to four minutes. In that short amount of time, though, Gaines' condition appeared to worsen rapidly, according to Fletcher.
By then, he was having trouble breathing, and he was sweating profusely, the lawsuit says.
"It was traumatic and scary for me, as well, watching my friend nearly die," Fletcher said during a brief Sept. 3 phone interview with The Times-Independent. "I've never seen anybody go into anaphylactic shock before, and it was extremely traumatic (for both of us)."
Gaines' own memories of that time are vague, the lawsuit says. But the attending emergency room physician determined that his patient was suffering from an insect bite, or possibly a bee sting.
For that diagnosis, the lawsuit says Gaines received an invoice for more than $1,557. Yet Gaines, who is uninsured, fell behind on his bill, so that amount has since grown to $1,638.
He is seeking to recoup that sum, as well as other costs he says he incurred as a result of the incident, for a judgment amounting to roughly three times the general damages.
In the future, he would like to meet with a therapist or a mental health counselor to deal with his emotional trauma, but he cannot afford to pay for either service, the lawsuit says.
Gaines previously "demanded" payment from the defendants. But the franchisee refused him outright, while McDonald's has not responded, the lawsuit says.
However, defense attorney Joyce G. Smith argues in the lawsuit that the defendants should ultimately be held liable for the damages because they breached their duty to "refrain from conduct that would cause [Gaines] injury."
Smith is also seeking judicial relief on the grounds that her client's injury occurred as a result of the defendants' negligence.
Finally, she alleges that McDonald's and the franchisee sold Gaines a sandwich that was not fit for human consumption. In doing so, she claims they breached the implied warranty that the product was of "fair average quality and fit for the ordinary purposes for which such goods are used."
A McDonald's spokesperson did not respond by press time to The Times-Independent's requests for comment.


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Hey everyone, :)
Up really late again and just finished this quick portrait.
I don't generally like pop music let alone pop stars that much but I like Lady Gaga because she is quite artistic and unique herself. She is known for her crazy and rather strange looks and you never know what to expect from her next. Her strangeness is what I like most about her.
I got inspired today to paint a quick portrait based on Lady Gaga while listening to some of her music - I wanted to give her a unique look of my own, don't know if she has ever worn a wig shaped like a pyramid before but I know she has worn something similar.
Here is a link to her latest video if interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FrqwZyKw
Overall this was a lot of fun to paint. Spent about 4 hours on it so far.
Painted using Photoshop and Painter.
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"SAP® HANA™ will allow us to bring in operating and management reporting, while cutting development times and associated infrastructure costs, thereby improving business reporting performance"
Luciano Caroti Head of IT Systems, Publiacqua S.p.A.
Since 1 January 2002, Publiacqua S.p.A. has been contracted to manage the integrated water services for Italy's 'Local Authority Water Board No 3 – Medio Valdarno'. The company has 648 employees, turns over € 160 million and provides services across four Italian provinces (Florence, Prato, Pistoia and Arezzo) and 49 municipalities, serving around 1,277,000 people across more than 380,000 properties. Publiacqua's role ranges from producing and selling drinking water, to filtering and managing sewers, chemical and biological laboratory checks, and the assessment and management of partnerships pertaining to its core business.
As part of a process to improve its business services – which involved significant organisational changes – steps were taken to improve project and performance management. The IT Systems Department identified a number of development areas to support strategic management objectives, including the important role of the "management dashboard" and of integrated reporting features. The main drivers behind the solution chosen by the company were speed of development, flexibility, performance and the need to constrain investment.
The initial situation was characterised by limited computerisation of business reporting processes and procedures, as well as unstructured internal reporting and limited middle management involvement. In technical terms, the decision was also driven by the need to develop SAP infrastructure with an eye to business strategy, allowing an increasing number of users within the business to have access to reports.
Having looked into a number of alternatives, Publiacqua opted to introduce SAP® HANA™ into its existing SAP infrastructure in order to achieve its goals. It was felt that SAP® HANA™ was the perfect way to create an environment that would ensure the best possible infrastructure stability, twinned with the fastest and most flexible processing functions.
HANA™ is well-suited for use with non-standardised business warehouses, making it possible to use their structures and then build and modify applications very simply, thereby maximising investment effectiveness while maintaining existing infrastructure.
Since the goal of the project was to consolidate reporting infrastructure, it was essential for the client to be able to give increasing numbers of users access to reports, as well as to ensure fast recovery of environments in the event of a component malfunction or fail. Fujitsu's multi-node solution meets each and every one these requirements.
"The choice was made to go with SAP® HANA™ technology and Fujitsu Technology Solutions systems, which ensure simple and certified native recovery of environments in the event of failure," says Mauro Cacciafani, Technology Infrastructure Manager at Publiacqua.
Once fully implemented, the solution will be extended with another dedicated node for managing environments and for test/development activities. However, even in its current configuration, the solution will allow middle management to access operating and management reports, use planning tools and build applications based on business warehouse data infrastructures.
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Smuggled a big bottle of Thai chili sauce from Malaysia when moving over to Japan and later found out that it is available in many supermarkets here! There is no need to smuggle Thai chili sauce and many other SE Asian ingredients anymore. It is a good news to me.
150 g boiled octopus, slice thinly
20 g bean thread noodles / 冬粉
1 Japanese cucumber, cut into chunks
1/2 of a small onion, slice thinly
Some green salads (I used Garland Chrysanthemum/Shungiku/春菊)
2 tbsp Thai chili sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
- Boil bean thread noodles, drain well and make a few cuts with a pair of scissors.
- In a large mixing bowl, bring together all ingredients for salad and set aside.
- Combine all dressing ingredients in a bowl, mix till sugar is dissolved.
- Pour dressing over salad and toss to mix. Chill in the fridge before serving. Or, chill first then mix with dressing. I prefer to chill it with dressing so that the noodles will absorb the dressing a little.


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What's up Cubs fans! I remember writing a post last year about how 'we'll always have Pittsburgh'. Seems as if that feeling and situation still rings true. I didn't get a chance to watch today's game as I was up to my eyeballs in work today, but I did have a chance to follow it on-line. When I saw a four run first inning, I thought, wow it's about time. Let's see how this goes. See if Wells can hold 'em and maybe we'll actually beat a team when we have more hits than they do. And then…BOOM….a 10 run 2nd inning! What!?!? 10 RUNS? Unreal.
That's the kind of thing you like to see when you check in from work on the ballgame. The days are long enough without cubs.com sending me a final game score that shows Gregg as the losing pitcher or the fact that the Cubs were blown out. A 10 run inning is exactly what you need to get you through a miserable afternoon! Fukudome, Lee (7 RBI!) and the gang doing their thing today and Pittsburgh plays victim to another Cub on-slaught. Awesome.
I wasn't the only one enjoying it either….one of Prose and Ivy's most loyal readers took great joy in the outcome as well. She goes by the name of 'Abracadabra' and is often found chatting with me and other fans here during Cubs games. A few of you have really stepped up and stood out as enthusiastic readers and Cubs fans over the past year and a half year and because of the great fans I'm meeting with this blog I decided to add a new feature to Prose and Ivy. It's all about Cubs fans and showcasing some of the team's biggest fans. This week's interview is with Abracadabra in a new feature I like to call "Prosecards from Cubs Nation". Check out the feature's debut here with Abracadabra in the lead off spot!
Prose and Ivy Reader and Cubs Fan showcased: Abracadabra
"Hey Prose! Here's my profile; can't wait to see the interviews up on your blog. Keep the posts coming!!
Name: Abracadabra
Why the Cubs are your favorite team: To put it in two words: CUBS
NATION. We're all in this together, win or lose. It's singing "Go Cubs
Go" with 40,000 of your closest friends after a Cubs victory. It's
going to a Cubs road game and having several thousand Cubs fans
cheering alongside you.
It's been a hundred and one years, but when we do win it all, it will
be the greatest celebration ever. No fan of any other team can claim
that. None of us became Cubs fans because it was easy, but I wouldn't
give it up for anything.
Favorite Cubs memory: June 29th, 2007. Cubs vs. Brewers at Wrigley
Field. Rich Hill gives up five runs in the first inning, but the Cubs
chip away and enter the bottom of the ninth trailing by two runs. With
one out, there are runners on first and third and the Cubs get a run on
D-Lee's sac fly. We're down to our last out, and the tying run is only
on first.. Aramis steps up to bat, and hits Francisco Cordero's first
pitch into the left field bleachers for a walk off win. Greatest game
I've ever been to- Wrigley Field was a madhouse.
Favorite current Cub: Ryan Theriot
Favorite all-time Cub: Ernie Banks
Your dream Cub line up: Derrek Lee 1B, Ryne Sandberg 2B, Aramis Ramirez
3B, Ernie Banks SS, Billy Williams LF, Hack Wilson CF, Andre Dawson RF,
Jody Davis C, Fergie Jenkins P
How would you celebrate a Cubs championship?: My dream is to be in the
stands at Wrigley Field, or at least in Wrigleyville, but I don't know
what the probability is of either of those happening. Wherever I am, it
will be a combination of shouting/cheering/crying/waving my W flag and
hi-fiving/hugging anyone who's close by. I can't even imagine how
exciting it will be- you know, like all the years of heartbreak have
finally paid off.
Most feared opposing batter: Albert Pujols
Most feared opposing pitcher: Tim Lincecum
You can either sing during the seventh inning stretch or call a half
inning, which would you rather do and why? Call a half inning. Singing
in front of 40,000 is not my thing.
One thing you would change about Wrigley Field: Ticket prices.
One thing you would change about the game of baseball: Get rid of the DH in the American League.
You're having dinner in the Cubs clubhouse and can invite any four
Cubs, living or dead. Who would you invite and why? Jake Fox, he seems
like he is a really nice, down to earth guy. He also played with my
cousin (Kevin Slowey) in the Arizona Fall League. Ryan Theriot. He's my
favorite player! Ernie Banks, he's Mr. Cub!! Ryne Sandberg, another
Cubs great and Hall of Famer.
Do you believe the Cubs are cursed? Yes or no and why? NO. Curses are
just excuses. Baseball is determined by the players on the field.
More vital to the Cubs' success...Zambrano's bananas or the back up Gatorade machine? Got to go with the bananas.
You have 30 seconds to break the news to Soriano that he is never going
to lead off for the Cubs again. What do you say? Sorry Alfonso, we
need you in the lineup, but we need you batting in the sixth hole. It's
best for the team, and we could use your power lower in the order.
You're best suited to bat around the middle of the order, so we want to
utilize that.
You have 30 seconds to break the news to Kerry Wood that he'll never
pitch for the Cubs again. What do you say? I wish I wasn't the one to
tell you this, but the team has decided to move on with another closer.
I know how much you would have liked to end your career with the Cubs.
Please understand that the fans didn't want this to happen, and you
will always be welcome in Chicago.
You have 30 seconds to break the news to Carlos Marmol that despite
being the fan favorite and most dominating pitcher on the roster to
compete for the closer, the job is going to Kevin Gregg. What do you
say? You've had a great spring Carlos, and I know your goal was to win
the closer's spot, but we've decided to give the job to Kevin Gregg.
I'm not saying Gregg is the better pitcher, all it is, is that we're
giving you the 8th inning role which can be just as important. In fact
there's more flexibility for the team if you're not going to close,
since we can bring you in to get out of a jam in the 7th inning if we
You are Steve Bartman. You have the opportunity to see the Cubs play
in the postseason at Wrigley Field and potentially close out the NLCS
making your way to the World Series. However, you are warned that
either you, or the guy next to you is going to make a decision that
night that will make you one of the most hated Cubs fans in the history
of the game. 50-50 shot. Do you go to the game? No... If you go your
life may be in danger, and you'd always be hated by Cubs fans, even
though you're one of them.
Disclamer: I don't hold Steve Bartman responsible for the Cubs collapse.
You're hired to run the Cubs 2010 public relations campaign. You can
use any slogan, player, etc that you want to. What is your advertising
campaign/slogan for the 2010 season? My advertising slogan would be a
movie trailer for the 2010 season starring the players in various
roles: Aramis Ramirez: "The RBI Machine", Carlos Zambrano "The
Venezuelan Bull", Ryan 'The Riot' Theriot "The Sparkplug", Derrek Lee
"Veteran Leader". And of course, soundtrack by Steve Goodman.
"For the last hundred years, every season, every playoff berth has been
nothing more than an unfinished chapter in a long, sad book... but with
handful of determined players and a veteran leader, the whole story may
be rewritten."
Believe- A Lou Piniella Film, coming April 2010
If you want to be featured as a Prosecard from Cubs Nation and do a fan interview to be posted here at Prose and Ivy to share with other Cubs fans, please email me at email@example.com and I'll send you the questions to answer! Thanks again Abracadabra! Go Cubs Go!


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Because active listening requires effort and overt behaviour, it is not something that comes naturally to a busy business owner, and is a skill that requires both understanding and practice to master.
This excellent article, outlines the important purposes active listening serves, and it suggests three useful techniques that can help any business owner to improve their active listening skills.
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Mexico vs Canada Brawl Breaks Out At World Baseball Classic 2013!
" A nasty brawl broke out in the ninth inning of the World Baseball Classic game between Mexico and Canada on Saturday, with Boston reliever Alfredo Aceves among the several players throwing punches. The fights erupted after Canada's Rene Tosoni was hit by a pitch from Arnold Leon with Canada leading 9-3 at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was a wild scene, as chaotic as any on a major league field in recent years. After the sides were finally separated, a Canadian coach was hit in the face with a water bottle thrown from the stands. Canadian player Cale Iorg threw it angrily back into the crowd. Several police officers came onto the field, and there were skirmishes in the seats. The game included several intense plays as Canada built a big lead in front of decidedly pro-Mexican crowd of 19,581. Canada won 10-3." - Filth BX
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Mayor Coleen J. Seng today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for October to Alicia "Ali" Hettenbaugh in the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD). The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Hettenbaugh has been employed as a Community Outreach Specialist in the Promotion and Outreach Division of LLCHD since 1999. She was nominated by Public Health Education Manager Charlotte Burke in the category of Customer Relations.
For nearly seven years, Hettenbaugh has worked with the "Healthy Homes" program, helping pregnant and parenting Hispanic women. Her regular caseload of more than 40 clients includes many who are struggling to survive in a new country. In her nomination, Burke writes that Hettenbaugh does her job with "grace and enthusiasm" and works many hours outside of her normal shift with clients.
In once case, Hettenbaugh was working with a client who was eight months pregnant and had no support from family or friends. Before the woman's husband could join her, the doctor decided she would need a C-section. Hettenbaugh took the woman to the hospital at 5 a.m. for surgery and stayed with her all day to interpret. She later arranged for consultation with Milk Works, and when supplemental formula was needed during the night, she purchased and delivered it to the new mother.
In another case, Hettenbaugh worked with the dietetic interns to educate clients on practical nutrition topics, such as using grocery store coupons. These evening classes involved client coordination, transportation, interpretation and child care.
Hettenbaugh has been asked to serve on a statewide Governor's council, a Women's Preventative Health Education program and other community forums, and most of those activities also occur in the evenings or weekends. Burke says Hettenbaugh deserves to be recognized because of the her sacrifices and her important contributions to good health. "Her always pleasant personality, her practical ideas and her willing involvement make Ali a valuable asset to our organization," writes Burke.
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are safety, productivity, prevention and valor. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected officials and some managers. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public.
Nomination forms are available from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department , which oversees the awards program. All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.


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"Was all this made from your imagination?"
- A line among lines from The Great Gatsby
3D is dead.
I know, I know that's a big statement for a 3D director to make. What I mean to say is 3D as a movie gimmick is dead.
That's the impression I got walking away from an opening night showing of The Great Gatsby in 3D. Director Baz Luhrmann's re-imagination of Fitzgerald's well-known novel is out this weekend and it holds some really interesting secrets for creative directors. I won't get into a flat out review of the film itself, except to say it sparked a whole lot of discussion from urban theatregoers as they exited the multiplex.
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Central Coast, A...
Another Corset to add to my growing collection :-D
I decided to try external boning channels this time. I'm only part way through the first break-in session so can't say just yet if it'll be comfortable, but so far it's great! :-D
I used a pattern this time from http://corsettraining.net/ I used the Angel Underbust pattern.
I made a few adjustments, reducing waist, all over vertical and adding a few cm's for my shoulders and booty. I ended up taking a little extra off the top front two panels, as I added a little too much.
I cut all my own boning channels from left over flesh coloured coutil, a first for me :-D usually I used already made boning channels. This was a bit fiddly, but worth it.
Also another first, a modesty placket on the bottom and top of the busk.
I also didn't plan the flossing on this one, on purpose. I gave my self a little exercise on coming up with flossing to see what would happen. I am happy with the results, it's something a little different, which I like :-D
Material Notes
Cotton Coutil, flesh tone
Cotton Coutil for Boning Channels, flesh tone
Cotton Drill, lining and binding
Twill tap, for waist tape/waist reinforcement
Cotton Embroidery Thread, black
Flat Steel (6mm) x 4
Spiral steel (6mm) x 10
9" Busk
30, two part 00 size grommets
Black nylon lacing
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Jul 20, 2013, 04.33 PMby assets
I'm loving this corset the flossing is amazing I wonder if it was hard doing that. I've not tried flossing yet.
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Jul 20, 2013, 11.33 PMby MissCorsetLizz
It was a little hard as some of the boning channels sit over the seams, so I'm sewing through up to 5 layers of coutil. But I found using a thimble and quilters grips (like rubber thimbles) to help ALOT!! But I must say I do enjoy my flossing!!! :-D It can be addictive :-D
May 27, 2013, 08.33 AMby fashionfreek
O wow looks really nice. Nice in the flesh tone.x
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May 27, 2013, 10.35 AMby MissCorsetLizz
Thank you Fashionfreek :-D. x
May 26, 2013, 09.45 PMby Helguchi
What a great fit. Looks awesome and it just beautiful. I wish I could do some corset like that some day.
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May 27, 2013, 12.12 AMby MissCorsetLizz
Thank you Helguchi :-D It's not broken-in yet so it's not fitting 100% perfectly just yet, the waist will be a little tighter. Keep sewing and learning and you'll be able to put your mind to what ever you want to make! :-D I know I'm still learning, but I love it and it's fun! :-D
May 27, 2013, 12.16 AMby MissCorsetLizz
Here's some links to information that helped me along the way
Hope this can help you on your sewing journey :-D
May 27, 2013, 09.35 AMby Helguchi
I can't wait to see your corset all finished. Corsets are my favorite garments ever. Can't wait to gain more skill to start making them.
Thank you so much for the links. I really appreciate.
May 27, 2013, 10.37 AMby MissCorsetLizz
Corsets are definitely my favourite garment too! :-D I'll try to post a few extra photos once I've broken it in. No problems on the links :-D always happy to share :-D
May 26, 2013, 09.45 PMby Helguchi
What a great fit. Looks awesome and it just beautiful. I wish I could do some corset like that some day.
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Strasburg, North
Dakota - History and Culture
Germans from Russia Heritage Society
Cassette Tape Collection (Date Unknown)
Number Three in a Series
Transcription by Joy Hass Stefan
Editing by Janel Wald and Linda Haag
This is our hometown. You know everybody. It's got its advantages and disadvantages, a small town, but you know everybody. It's not like Bismarck, you go to a bar and you sit there all night and don't know anybody. Here you go in the bar and you can talk all night. You know everybody. That's what's nice.
Strasburg, North Dakota. Population: 643. Our hometown. One in a series of programs exploring the values, concerns, and character of life in small towns. Produced by Minnesota Public Radio Station KCCM, with funds provided by the North Dakota Committee for the Humanities and Public Issues. On today's sound portrait, you'll hear why residents like living in Strasburg. Pius Kraft traces the history of the German Russian settlers and their descendants describe themselves. The interviewer is JohnYdstie.
One thing about it, you can look up at the sky at night and see
stars. Many of the cities in, like Milwaukee, it's bad. You
can't even see a star at night. You can do things with your
family much easier and more often in a small town. My children are
only five and six, but they go swimming by themselves. The swimming
pool is just across the street. We only live a block and a half
from it, but we don't have to drive them anywhere, we don't
have to worry about them. We don't have any trouble. I can't
remember the last time my business was broken into. It hasn't
been since I've been back, in eight years, seven years. My
biggest problem in being in business is probably the kids stealing
BBs or .22 shells, something small like that. Just the whole lifestyle
is different in a small town. It's a slower pace. Being in
business for you, too, is different in a small town. Your problems
are different. You know your customers real good. Credit might be
a problem here that you don't have in a big city, but there
are so many benefits that I can't even pinpoint, because I'm
used to them.
For me, I don't know whether it has anything so unique as
any other town, excepting that I feel at home here. I've lived
here since '45, the winter of '45, and we have our little
church here. I have my friends here, and I know nearly everybody.
It is pretty well known all over the country, because of Lawrence
Welk, I guess, but he doesn't mean so much to us, because
we just take it kind of for granted. My sister was a schoolteacher;
she was his teacher. He comes here once in awhile. He comes to the
nursing home and he dances with some of those old women. But I wouldn't
move to Strasburg for that. Not that. I have a son in California,
in Vista, California, a beautiful part of California, way in the
southern part. And they want me to come there so bad. In my condition,
they said it would be just the thing for me, because I can't
walk. But I said no, I don't think you could pull me away
from Strasburg. My roots are fast there. We have our cemetery here.
My folks are buried here. My husband is buried here. I lost a daughter
a couple of years ago, of cancer, the oldest one of the children.
She was 65, and our oldest son died and he is buried here. It's
just home. It's just like, even if you have a new barn, you
try to get a horse or a cow in that new barn, and there's
an old shed where you used to stall him. He doesn't like that
new barn; he wants to go back to that old shed. And that's
the way it is with us. I like to be here.
I was in Chicago, bigger cities, you know, Seattle, and so on, for, I put in close to 20 years, living in different places. Excitement, traffic, and when we came back here in '45, my wife and I and our family; we have children, Mickey and Rosalie. When we came back here we were ready to climb the walls, because there was just nothing here. But you know you get used to that. It took us awhile. It probably took us close to a year, and now, I still go out. I go to Phoenix. I play the Westward Hotel in Phoenix, usually six or eight weeks every year, usually in January and February when we have these horrible winters up here. And I'm ready to come back to the farm, believe it or not. It kind of grows on you. Like you see here, we have no traffic, and no problems. You can do as you like. You are your own boss, nobody around. Not that I don't like people, I love people. If I didn't have people to be around, I'd climb the wall too. So, all in all, we enjoy the quiet of the country, living here, very much.
How do you think growing up in a small town like this has helped you in being a success, and maybe helped Lawrence? Has it helped?
Yes, because we grew up the hard way. We had enough to eat and
a good place to sleep and all that, but we had to work hard. We
often talk about it. Lawrence will say, "Remember, Mike, how
we used to get up when it was 20 below and had to go to the barn
and milk cows by hand," which we both did, feed the cattle
and so and so on. And he says, "Now look." We'll
be out on a golf course and things like that.
The people are real friendly around here. Which, like you go to some other small towns, which I have been, and I'll tell you, people aren't half as friendly as they are around here. I don't know what it is. Every strange people that come into town, they can't get over it how friendly everybody is around here. Like, when kids come, younger kids that come here to visit, they always want to stay here. They don't want to go home anymore. I don't know what makes it. They really like it here. They'd even like to move back to Strasburg. The reason why the do come back is they have either grandparents or uncles or aunts here, and I think when they do come they don't want to go back. It's just amazing, really.
Family is an important factor here.
I think so. Like when somebody gets sick around here, I think everybody
knows about it, and they send out cards to everybody, which is really
nice. And I think you take it in a big city… while some people
don't even know their next door neighbor. I don't know
if this is true or not. I've never lived in a big city. I've
lived in Bismarck. That's the biggest city I've ever
gotten to. Then I know some people always say they don't even
know their next door neighbors. And some say, "Oh, that isn't
true. They do too."
I was in no place, just Strasburg all my life, so I like it here,
and I think everybody is friendly. See, they talk German, and we
are German, and that's why I like it here the best.
[109 – 120: singing]
My folks and all, we come over here. We come from the Ukraine, which is South Russia, all these people here around in the other towns, in Linton and all of them over east here. We come over here, in 1906 we arrive here. We went by train to Antwerp, from southern Russia. These colonies there, you know the people live in colonies, not out separately on their lands. But then we left there and we boarded in Antwerp, Belgium. And we landed in Quebec. 12 days on a boat. We came from Quebec to Aberdeen, South Dakota, and then to Zeeland, the first year. My dad had some relatives there, in Zeeland. It was from June 1906 to October 1907, when we came here.
The people here are called German-Russian people, aren't they?
Why? Why the German?
Well, they are German. They originally immigrated from Alsace-Lorraine in 1808. Our people from 1808 to '11, the bulk of them come in there. Well, some prior. Well, at that time they were living in Alsace-Lorraine, which was this little country between Belgium and that little country… every once in awhile, they had a war. Germany or France, and it belonged to Germany awhile, and then France awhile. Then this Kaiser and Catherine… was it Peter the Great or something? She invited these people over there, you see. She gave them land over there. She wanted to populate that part. That's a nice country there, with heavy, black soil. And the native Russians there didn't do anything or something like this. Then in order to build up that country I assume, she gave them 60 [153] of land, which is about the equivalent of about a quarter. The first ones that came in here of our people were three rights here, this locality. There were three young fellows. You see, as soon as they got up to be 21 years old, they had to register and they had to go into the military service. So a lot of them skipped, you know, the border, get across the border, prior to being made. Then they came over here, and they found land down here. There were five of them, and that was in 1888, out here, right here in Strasburg. Then of course, they wrote home. Then in the spring of 1889, eleven families came over and settled in here. But they left on account of the land and the land got scarce, too. Land doesn't grow, you know.
You came over then, what year was that?
We left over there in May 1906 and arrived… we were interrupted on the German border, and we missed our boat in Antwerp, the one that was scheduled. See, they didn't leave single families. They usually left four, five, six families together. They had these travel bureaus in Odessa, different travel bureaus, and people would go in and make arrangements, paid the fare. Do you know how much the fare cost at that time? From [174] which was the station, the railroad station, the Russian word, to Aberdeen, South Dakota, we paid 140 rubles for an adult ticket. At that time a ruble was only worth about 55 cents. But now their money, I don't know what it's worth now.
It would have been about $70, then, all the way from…
Yes. Well, of course it wasn't First Class. You know on the boat it wasn't First Class. It was Third Class, on the Kaiser Wilhelm ship. I was not quite 11 years old. Of course we didn't talk English or nothing, but we got along.
What was Strasburg like when you got here?
Strasburg? Well, there were two stores here, three already when we got here. The Bazaar isn't here anymore, where the telephone office is here now. That was the first store in town. It was built in 1902, called the Strasburg Bazaar. When the railroad came in, there wasn't much, like all little towns. Of course, then they grew fast when these people all came in. Now we have 650 or something like that.
Did you have more businesses at one time?
Oh yes. At one time we had five stores. There was the Bazaar, the Farmer's Store, The Golden Rule, Klein's Store, and later on, Strasburg Mercantile. There were five stores at one time. There are two here now. Well, you can't do without sweatpants and horse collars and harnesses, barbed wire, oil. You know at that time everything was machine, horse drawn, and all that stuff. And the school… well, when I come over to Zeeland, this was in June. That next fall we started to school. Zeeland was a small town. We had one school room with a teacher; one woman teacher, I remember, and maybe 20-some odd kids. But she didn't know what to do with me because I was in third grade over there.
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When I come over here, she put me in first grade, naturally. I could read that stuff, but I'd pronounce it differently. Say, I couldn't say "girls"; I said "geels." Or I'd see "cup" and I'd read it as "soup," not "cup." Every letter… you see in our little German book in Russian school, we had a page with letters, like letters you have now. And of course, we'd express it in German, right? And you mentioned every letter. There are no silent letters, or nothing, as they are. And here, you don't have it. Say, like you say "could" or something like that, you have silent letters there, right? Well, I didn't know that and arithmetic too. But I went through two grades right away. It didn't take me too long, because I was in third grade over there.
What did your folks do when you got here?
Well, my dad worked in the lumberyard. He had a cousin or somebody there who was the manager there and he started in the lumberyard. Then when he comes up here, he worked in the elevator. For a little while the family was out there, about 20 miles northwest of here. He had a piece of land we had to prove up yet, you had to live on there, see. And I was the oldest. And the school, I had to come out early in the spring and come back late in the fall, when school had started. At that time we had the schoolhouse that was built in 1904 here. We had two rooms there, but sometimes we only had one teacher, sometimes we had two. When I was 17 years old, I started to work at the Bazaar store. I got a dollar a day at that time, $30 a month. From morning 7 or 8 o'clock, 7:30 in the wintertime, until 10 o'clock at night we worked there. Those days, every town had a little band and a baseball team in those days. Not any more, much. There was nothing else to entertain you. There were no radios or anything like that. Like everything has changed now. In those days everything was in German, the churches and everything. Then in 1910 in the spring we had five nuns come over from Germany, and they started a parochial school in the church basement. They divided it up… that was really… seeing, the church was built in 1910, well it started in '09, but they finished in '10.
Was Strasburg a Wild West town when it started?
No, no. There was no wild west. Well there were Indians across the river over here, at Ft. Yates. Once in a while those people would come over here. But when I got here they still had the army over at Ft. Yates on the west side of the river. There was no trouble over there.
It was a pretty quiet little town.
Well, they're all just the same people, you know. Everybody knew everybody when they settled. See, we had the [272], that's a Russian word. Now [273] is something like a state. [275] is something like a county or something like that. And there across the river, the Dniester River that formed the border with Bessarabia, these people southwest of here about 8 or 9 miles, and they came from Bessarabia. They had a little bit different dialect, but now it is all mixed up.
[281 – 300: music]
We're a German-Russian community, I would say, and many of
our parents, most of them, still speak it, and many of us speak
it fluently. Some of our children speak a few words, a phrase, here
and there. They want to learn. In fact, some of our boys say, "Mom,
why didn't you teach me German when I was smaller?"
And they get in every word or every phrase they can.
Well, I can talk German, yes, but it doesn't mean that much to me. People are people, and it doesn't make that big a difference.
Does your family follow any old German customs or cook German food?
Oh yes, my mom. We're German; all the food and talk, everything.
You find the people very open, unsophisticated. They don't wear a façades, and I find that very delightful. A lot of the things that we're striving for, on a national basis in education just come naturally here. I find the thing that led to the drug scene, for example, in your urban environment, the sophistication, the role playing facades that people were wearing… so we tried changing our approach to people. Well, here, that really wasn't that necessary because people didn't put on airs and sophistication, or build walls around themselves. I try to be proud of my background and in no way apologetic. I think, in the past, because of the history of the two world wars, people somewhat had feelings of inferiority, and also the fact that most of them had German as their second language, or for some of them German was their first language. So they are somewhat apologetic and they have some feelings of inferiority. The second year we had this as a school, we did an intensive study of the German-Russian history and culture, some of the language, we got as many books as we could possibly get into our library to bolster the self concept of the students. After working at this for about six months, the students could volunteer to make tape recordings to be analyzed by a speech therapist. She had her doctorate in speech therapy and gave us a very thorough analysis of it, which we then interpreted back to the students so they could overcome so many of the accents and mispronunciations. I feel the more we can do to make people feel proud of their heritage, rather than apologetic, it will be good for the community. If I'm going to find out who I am, I can't cut myself off from my roots. So the more I go back and trace these roots, and the different cultures that are with it, the more I know myself. Yet, I've gone through the phase where I thought I could just cut all that off, but I could see where I was harming myself by doing that, so now I've reversed that.
What kind of traits would you attribute to the German-Russian people?
Stubborn, I guess. I'm so deeply involved, that [laughter]. They can get very stubborn, angry. They are very loyal.
I've heard stubborn a lot when asking people about characteristics. Why do you think they are stubborn?
It goes back to the feelings of inferiority. If a person doesn't
feel adequate, he is going to stand real firm on familiar ground,
and he's not about to change. So the more they overcome that
feeling of inadequacy, the easier they are to change. At one time
it was probably considered… I don't know why, but people
didn't really care to let other people know that they have
this Russian-German background. I think when they left the felt
it was a detriment. I think today, with the more liberal thinking,
the breaking down of ethnic roots and so on, I think it really doesn't
affect them too much either way.
Strasburger, huh? Why, I suppose we have an accent, don't
we? They've told me that already when I went to school. It's
just real simple. I suppose there's kind of a farm squak.
You can tell there always seems to be a lot of work involved in
there or something. Otherwise, I wouldn't know if there's
so much difference.
I think they are very, in most cases, ambitious. They're
hard working. They try to get ahead. They do put value on education,
although I think this is kind of going the other way. They're
very competitive. One thing I think that is detrimental is they
are very prejudiced. They're very biased. They are very quick
to criticize. They feel that their opinion is the right opinion.
They're a little bit too fast in that they're a little
bit too quick to condemn, I think. But I think that is just because
there's a change it doesn't mean it's bad.
I was raised around here. I was born in this community. I went to school here. I never got away from home, you might say.
Do you ever wish you had?
Not really, because I don't think I'd have the holdings that I have today, if I'd have roamed. A man can't accomplish overnight, lifetime holdings overnight, and the longer you're gone, the less chance you have. I figure myself lucky for staying where I am. We don't have a very mixed community. It's not very mixed. It's mostly German. We have pride in our German ancestry. You've either got to join them or leave them. I joined them.
Are you German?
Oh yes.
How do you feel about that German-Russian heritage? Does it
mean anything to you?
No, not really. My grandma has talked a lot about how she came
over and everything, but I was born in America, so I realize most
of the people come from German-Russian. But I don't really
think about it that much.
I go to the home quite often, and you hear some of these older people there in the home that live together, sing these German songs, and the tears are rolling down their face.
[455 - 497 another German song]
Strasburg, North Dakota – Our Hometown. One in a series of sound self-portraits, illustrating the attitudes and character of life in small towns. Produced by Minnesota Public Radio Station KCCM, with funds provided by the North Dakota Committee for the Humanities and Public Issues. Producers of the series are JohnYdstie, Dennis Hamilton and Bill Siemering. You may purchase a cassette copy of this program by contacting KCCM, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota 56560.
[ 482 - 495 more German singing]
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[Begin Side B]
What would I miss most if I moved into a big town? Probably the
weddings we put on here, we get invited to a lot of these weddings,
with a lot of fun and friendly people. If you'd move to a
strange town, I don't think you'd ever run into a group
like we have here.
Strasburg, North Dakota. Population: 643. Our hometown. One in a series of programs exploring the values, concerns, and character of life in small towns. Produced by Minnesota Public Radio Station KCCM, with funds provided by the North Dakota Committee for the Humanities and Public Issues. Neil Pierce wrote of North Dakota in the Great Plains States, "Across the state, once prosperous little farm supply towns are in grim struggle for survival. Some have even died. The problem is that as the number of farms contract and supplies are purchased from afar or from regional shopping centers, the little towns have little more reason for being. As more and more people leave, economic survival and the quality of life become harsher for those who remain, often, only the elderly and retired people." If Mr. Pierce had visited Strasburg, he would have found the strong German-Russian tradition and the birthplace of Lawrence Welk as two factors that make this town unique. On today's program, you will hear about the traditional wedding celebrations, and learn about the roots of Lawrence Welk from those who stayed behind, Mike Dosch, Pius Kraft, and Mike Welk, Lawrence Welk's younger brother. The interviewer is John Ydstie.
The traditions and like the style of weddings and all that and customs they had, that has changed a lot. Since those days, well, there was a wedding that took about two days, sometimes three.
What was it like?
Well, they had it in the house. They'd invite the friends
and relatives, whoever, and you'd have some musicians, and
you'd eat and dance and drink. The first day was the main
things, then the second day it was usually leftovers, then it was
a little smaller. Only the more close ones came. That's usually
the way it was. You'd eat up and drink up what was left. That
was the proper days, I guess. It was much more fun than you have
now days. Well, they didn't have all that entertainment in
those days. People didn't have any entertainment. They were
all poor and had to work hard, all by hand labor. They usually had
it in the house. Those who didn't have those that came later,
these weddings, the last years they had it right here in town. It's
all so fixed up. But those, they had in the house. There weren't
as many coming, there weren't as many people. They had it
at the house, the meals and everything.
It seems like all the children that leave here, come back here. They just wait for their vacations to come back here. And all the young people who leave here, they want to get married back here. It's sure funny. Even the boys, that's what surprises me. Even the boys want to come back home and get married here. They just say a wedding isn't a wedding until you've had a wedding here.
[046 – 065 - Music, etc.]
Once you are there, they play a short waltz for the bride and the groom, and the maid of honor takes the bride and groom out to dance. They dance a few minutes alone and the other bridesmaids and best men, you get those two and they dance with the bride and groom, and you keep on all the way down through the parents and everybody. Then you have the whole bridal party, sides, the parents and grandparents out there dancing. It's quite a long dance, just alone. That's all.
How about the marching in… what's that all about?
The bride and groom lead the best men and bridesmaids in, and then the parents behind. And they're leading… we just go around in a circle.
Why do they do it?
It's just tradition, mainly, I think.
It's been going on for years like that. So everybody can see the party, plus the relatives… the close relatives, that is. I'd say it's basically tradition that has carried it on this far. Most weddings have it.
Did you guys ever think of having any other kind of wedding?
It's just the basic here, and it's carried on. I think
every one is similar. There are very few changes, and if there are,
it's minor.
[Heard over a loud speaker]: Good evening, ladies
and gentlemen. At this time we'd like to extend our congratulations
to Brenda and Richard. We'd like to go on to the parents with
Mr. and Mrs. Volk. Also to Mr. and Mrs. Aloys Zacher. And we would
like to go on to the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Volk. Mrs.
Alex Buechler. I think that's right. And Mrs. Mary Anna Zacher
Then we have one more thing, which very few people do get to go
through with, a great-grandparent to a wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Casper
Burgad. Okay, from here on in, folks, everybody dance.
That's the way it goes in Strasburg.
[103 - 117 accordion music for dancing]
I'm talking to Mike Dosch who is a native of Strasburg and a musician, a well known musician from Strasburg, probably as well known as anyone except Lawrence Welk. And Lawrence says Mike is the best accordion player you can hear, if you want to hear an accordion. When did you begin to play instruments?
Well, John, I started when I was four years old. We had one of these old parlor organs. In fact, I've still got it here. And I started on that, and my sisters would have to stand on either side of me to pump the air into the organ because my feet weren't long enough to reach it. And I'd play, then, see. So this went on and on, and I finally graduated from that to about a 10-button accordion, four bases, whatever it was. Real small, you know, German style accordion. And of course I thought I had everything when my dad bought me one of those. It probably cost around $30 in those days, maybe $25. Every year, why, he'd get me a little bigger accordion. I think I was about 16 or 17 when my dad got me my first 120 base, 41-key piano accordion. In fact, Lawrence and I got these accordions about the same time, although Lawrence is a little bit older than I am.
What kind of music did you play in those days?
John, we played mostly polkas and waltzes; German style music.
Were they old songs that had been bought over from Russia?
That's right, John. That's right.
Were there older people around here who taught them to you?
Yes, there were some old accordion players around like Tom Guttenberg. He played for dances around here, parties and things like that. And of course, I wouldn't miss one of them for anything, if for just one reason, just to hear him play. Then I'd listen and try and catch all I could, then I'd walk home and grab my accordion and see if I could do the same thing. That's about the way we learned to play those songs. And my father, he knew a lot of them, he brought over from Germany, Russia. And he would teach me some of them.
Why is music so important to these people?
Here? I just don't know why. I think I'm safe in saying that you can go to at least 60 or 70 percent of the homes here, have an accordion, believe it or not. They still do.
Do you think it was an escape from that hard farmland? Is that what they needed?
Yes. I would say that's part of it, because in those days, we didn't have automobiles. We couldn't get in and say we're going to Bismarck or Aberdeen. We had maybe a pony or a horse and buggy. And in the evenings we'd stay home and furnish our own entertainment; play cards, play music, sing and stuff like that. Of course mine was an accordion.
Did you play for a lot of dances and parties?
Oh yes.
When did people start asking you to play?
I imagine I was probably 10, 11, 12 years old. Well, they danced fox trots, like they do now, and waltzes, polkas… and then of course came the time to pay me for playing. Well, that was a big problem, always. So they'd always figure out, well, let's see, how many do we have here? We've got 10 boys here… the boys, naturally, would have to pitch in, and they'd pass the hat. But they wouldn't just let you throw in a dime or a nickel. They'd set a price so that I would come out with at least 50 cents or 75 cents for furnishing the music, don't you see.
[187 – 199 accordion music]
I still say if we had a big monument of Lawrence Welk here, it
would be the biggest tourist attraction you could get. Oh, I imagine
about $12,000. First thing it should be up there for all the money
we've been getting from Lawrence. We should have one already.
They said we don't get anything any more; we got dropped out
because we didn't make use of the money.
I remember the first time he came out here. He had a hookup with,
was it Casey or Kelly? He was a magician or something. We had an
opera house; we called it an opera house. Blip's Café,
there, upstairs. They had these traveling shows come out. There
was a man and a woman, or maybe two of them came out. They had a
little magician and stuff like that, and he had hired him. I remember
that. That was the first travel job, I guess he had. And he came
out and played the accordion on the stage. He had kind of a nice
tunic on, tight pants, and so I remember that. When he was here
two or three years ago, it was three years ago, at the civic club
here, we put on a party for him, and he mentioned that, he asked,
and I was the only one that remembered that. The others were all
younger. I could remember that real well, when he came and stood
on there. He was very, very nervous, always so shy. It took him
a long while to make announcements on his own program, a very, very
long time. In fact, he didn't until some guy from Milwaukee
told him if he would make his own announcements, he'd contract
with him for $5,000. And he did. I know one time I went down by
the St. Andrews Hotel in Minneapolis, and then his cousin, Mastel,
and this fellow was down there, and he was working at some bar or
some nightclub, this fellow, this Mastel. And I happened to run
onto him. And I knew him, and he said Lawrence and he were staying
in the St. Andrews Hotel where we were, and he was playing at the
Orpheum, there. And I said we'll go over there tonight; he's
got two shows on tonight. So we went there when they put the second
show on after 9 o'clock. We went around to the back door and
came in on the stage side, and when we came in, they were already
going, and he was already out on the stage. We could see those,
where the setup is, and he came back in to change. He was sweating
and nervous. I said, "Lawrence, I don't know. Golly,
that's a…" He was so nervous that when he came
in to change clothes, I thought he wouldn't last, he was so
nervous. But he got over it finally. It took a long time. He was
afraid. He couldn't speak English very well, you know. In
those days, when he was in school, all you had in English was in
school, and you came home and everything was in German. The stores,
church, everything was German. So he still has that dialect. So
have I, some of it.
I'm talking with Mike Welk, a native of Strasburg and younger brother of Lawrence Welk. What was he like as a young man?
Oh, he was a pretty good worker. But he didn't care too much, he always wanted to go. He did play a little bit for dances. But he was a good worker, yes. He was pretty strong.
Where did he learn to play?
Well, see, my dad played, and my older brother. He had such a love for music; he played when he was young, already.
How about you? Did you ever learn to play?
No, all I did was chord a little bit. I'm not Lawrence. I'm not Lawrence on the organ. I like the piano. That's easy. Just chord a little bit, that's all I played. I liked to hear it but I didn't learn to play it; didn't practice enough.
Did you have a lot of music in your home, musical instruments?
Oh yes. There was always the organ here, and I remember my dad in the evening, when they were all done. He took the organ, a small one, and played a little bit.
Lawrence comes back every year, doesn't he?
Why does he come back?
Well, we don't go out there too often. My sisters and brothers are getting pretty old now. So we go together a little bit in the fall. Sometimes we have a little reunion.
Does he miss this place, do you think?
No, I don't think so. I think it's so much nicer out there.
Would you like to live out there?
You wouldn't.
Why do you like living here?
Well, I suppose because I lived here all my life. I've got my children here, and my sisters. I know everybody.
Have you ever thought of leaving?
What has been the most important thing in your life?
It's been your whole life, practically, hasn't it?
Yes. That's right.
Is it a good way to spend your life?
Oh yes. Fresh air out here, sometimes people are out here from Michigan and so forth, they drive over here and the winds are blowing a little bit from the north. I remember one fellow said, "Oh, that air is so nice!" Said he I was going to live to be a hundred years old.
He was probably right. What do you do now when you come out?
Oh, lately I fix some fence a little bit. I took away one part away over here. I cleaned up a little of the trees over here, some old trees that I put in a pile over here, and that I'm going to burn later on if we get some snow. Now it is so dry I kind of hate to burn it.
What do you think you'd miss most if you had to leave here?
Working on the land.
I'm speaking with Al Kramer who is a businessman in Strasburg. He runs the Pin Palace Bowling Alley and Café here. What kind of influence has having a man like Lawrence Welk, a nationally famous person, have his birthplace here. Has it affected the place, do you think?
Oh, very much so. I can hear this every day as the tourists come through. Some go out of their way, just to come to Strasburg, even if they didn't know they were this close to Strasburg. They just stop in and say they saw the signs, and they had to see something about Lawrence Welk's hometown. And we do send them out to his farm, which is three miles west from here. It definitely is a factor; it's the birthplace of Lawrence Welk and it has helped the business in town.
Do you think it would have survived, had it not had someone unique like that being associated with it here, would it have still been the same town?
I'm afraid not, because there are a lot of towns that are a little larger than Strasburg, and don't have a celebrity like we have, that are not on the upswing. So personally, I think it is one of the factors for Strasburg surviving and on the upswing.
What do you think accounts for Lawrence Welk's success, is it something he got here in Strasburg, do you think?
Well, he came up through the ranks, and money was hard to come by in his days. He learned to work hard and save his money and he's a down to earth guy and I think that's what made him famous. That's what we generally talk about all the Germans here; they're pretty hard workers. And they don't like to be up on a pedestal saying "I've got money, I don't know anybody anymore". It's not that attitude that people have here, and I think Lawrence Welk is on the same basis. You make it the hard way and save it.
Strasburg, North Dakota. Our hometown. One in a series of sound self-portraits illustrating the attitudes and character of life in small towns. Produced by Minnesota Public Radio Station KCCM, with funds provided by the North Dakota Committee for the Humanities and Public Issues. Producers of the series are JohnYdstie, Dennis Hamilton and Bill Seimering you may purchase a cassette copy of this program by contacting KCCM, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota 56560.
That's the way it goes in Strasburg!
[Accordion music 386 – 406]
[End of recording]


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File this under "stuff that boils our blood." Police in San Bernadino and Riverside counties have apparently been thinking of new ways to ensure kids stay alive, though bored senseless. According to the Los Angeles Times six cars were crushed to death after courts (apparently side-stepping the Fourth Amendment) gave police the okay to do so. The crushed cars had one thing in common, they all contained stolen parts. In the case of Charles Hoang and the transmission in his 350 hp Acura Integra, he had unknowingly purchased the hot goods. Hoang had the receipt, but the cops — taking a zero-tolerance stand — literally could not have cared less about said documentation, and Hoang's car was fed to the maw. We think this whole thing stinks, so we're going to speed home and pour out a 40 oz on the sidewalk in mourning.
Officials move to stamp out street races [LA Times – image courtesy Vallejo Times-Herald]
Street Racing Act: No Nitrous for You!; Pro Golfer's Street Racing Madness Leads To Death [Internal]


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I took these photos in the last day of University, just before I took off in my trip, but never got a chance to post them. I am wearing here my recently bought sweater with this delicious print in candy colors, from a Christmas fair that is usually happening around this time every year in Bucharest. I immediately thought of this outfit for it, maybe too matchy-matchy , but I adore it! What do you say?
Also, my colleagues made this lovely project in the Christmas spirit, they decorated our classroom/atelier with paper made snowflakes and pine trees after on there were wonderful lively projections on the wall, and the game of lights, shadows and color that was created was magical! I am so sorry I didn't got a chance to film the moment, but maybe the pictures will enchant you enough.
Wearing: Hippie Hippie Shake sweater, Kotton pants, Leonardo boots, thrifted bag and the earrings were a gift from a colleague.


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Excerpt from Purple People Vote for Moderate and Independent Voters
The elections are over, the House is controlled by Republicans and the Democrats no longer have a super-majority in the Senate. So the question now is, 'Can they work together?' Only time will tell.
However, there is one issue (at least) that lends itself to bipartisan compromise – Energy. There are all sorts of good reasons to want a substantive energy policy. In fact there are so many reasons for addressing energy policy that Republicans and Democrats don't have to be motivated by the same rationale…
The socio-political rationale: We purchase much of our oil from dangerous and volatile regions of the world that often don't like the U.S. very much.
Environmental rationale: Energy derived from fossil fuels is not good for the environment.
Supply rationale: Some day we will run out of oil and coal.
Economic rationale: High energy costs and fluctuating energy costs negatively impact the economy in numerous ways...
Continue reading Will Congress Have the Backbone to Address Energy?
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I love train games. I'm not sure why, but I've never played a train game I didn't enjoy, probably because the theme seems to mostly be applied to very strategic or tactical games that require a lot of thinking. My favorite!
Here I'll be posting my thoughts, reviews, and strategies for various train games, particularly my favorite: Age of Steam.


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Could be a snag in Konerko talks. Source said that so far Konerko's camp is adamant about $15 m per. That would crush the payroll for relief
Also, yesterday, Heyman @ SI tweeted:
chisox, konerko talks appear to be going well. he'll likely get $12.5 mil a year, maybe 3 yrs. rangers, orioles other options.
But today Heyman @ SI tweeted:
rangers, focused on Cliff Lee, "not likely" to get konerko. paul's friend says "no way" on orioles. chisox in drivers seat
So, there doesn't seem to be a big market for Konerko. If it was me, I don't think I'd give him $15 million a year. I don't want a couple Mike McDougal's on the team next year.
UPDATE: Garfein @ CSN tweets:
If PK wants $15 mil a year, Kenny Williams said Monday: "Teams have options. I don't know if he will get to the level he originally hoped for."
UPDATE #2: Ballentini @ CSN tweets:
Rough guesses at 1B: Plan A: Paul Konerko B: Carlos Pena C: Adam LaRoche D: Derrek Lee E: Dayan Viciedo


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Genetics of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00342602
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First Posted : June 21, 2006
Last Update Posted : March 17, 2009
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This study will identify genetic factors associated with the development of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). PML is a life-threatening infection of the brain that affects about 5 percent of untreated patients with AIDS. Its symptoms include mental deterioration, vision loss, speech disturbances, ataxia (inability to coordinate movements), paralysis, and coma. PML is caused by a polyomavirus called the JC virus.
It is estimated that up to 80 percent of the human population has been exposed to the JC virus, but the disease is very rare. The virus only becomes active in people who have compromised immune systems, such as those undergoing immune suppressive chemotherapy for cancer and those with damaged immune systems due to HIV.
Patients who have participated in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study may be eligible for this study, as well as healthy normal volunteers who will serve as controls. The study will review clinical information from patients and analyze genetic factors from both patients and control subjects to investigate genes associated with AIDS and JC virus infection.
|Condition or disease
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|Influence of Host Genetic Factors in Development of PML in an AIDS Cohort
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|United States, California
|University of California, Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|Howard Brown Health Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60613
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopskins Hospital
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
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|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261
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Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
JC Virus
Opportunistic Infection
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Nervous System Diseases
Central Nervous System Infections
Demyelinating Diseases