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Chongqing is a fast-growing port city in western inland China located at the confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze Rivers.
One of four directly controlled municipalities in China - along with Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin – Chongqing has benefited from a government policy to revitalise the western part of the country and address the inequalities between the rich eastern coastline and the poor western interior.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, Chongqing has experienced extraordinary growth. Its famous Three Gorges Dam is the world's biggest hydroelectric project.
Chongqing produces more motorcycles than any other city in China, is one of China's biggest car manufacturers and is a centre for iron, steel and aluminium. The area is also rich in natural resources, with large deposits of coal, natural gas and other minerals.
As the city grows in size and importance, a shift to high technology and knowledge-driven industries is taking place. Chongqing aims to produce one-third of the world's notebook computers by 2015, funded by foreign direct investment.
Chongqing is by no means a 'new' city. Founded 3,000 years ago, it got its current name in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) and it is known as the cradle of Bayu culture. It served as the wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945.
Historically and culturally, Chongqing is part of the Sichuan province and retains a penchant for hot and spicy food.
When to go:
The best time to visit Chongqing is from March to May and from September to October.
- Take a cruise downstream on the Yangtze River to witness the amazing Qutang, Wu and Xiling Gorges (the Three Gorges). It is one of the most scenic spots in China.
- Visit the Dazu Rock Carvings, which are Buddhist works of art dating back to the Tang Dynasty in 650. Carvings continued to be added to the site until 1911. Dazu is about 160km from Chongqing.
- Go shopping in Ci Qi Kou Village. The ancient town is a protected cultural heritage site. You can still buy the porcelain for which the ancient town is famous, as well as many other handicrafts and souvenirs.
- Walk along Nanbin Food Street and eat a hot pot, the meal that Chongqing is famous for. Beware of how spicy you ask for it – the locals like theirs very hot!
- Learn about Chongqing during the Qing dynasty, its ancient Ba culture and the three gorges at the Three Gorges Museum.
- Walk around the Great Hall of People, the quintessential symbol of Chongqing City. While construction didn't begin until 1951, its design reflects the architecture of Imperial China rather more than the modern office blocks it is surrounded by today.
- Visit the Wulong Karst, about 20km from Chongqing. One of the most beautiful features is the Three Natural Bridges; natural karst arches that have formed bridges 200m above a 1.5km-long gorge.
- Say hi to a Giant Panda at Chongqing Zoo.
- Take in an evening of famous Sichuan Opera.


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In many ways, college is about independence. Ironically, though, there's little alone time since most students live with other people. The majority live cooperatively and peacefully with roommates, floormates, and suitemates. Here's how you can do that, too.
Where's Home?
The majority of students live on campus, especially during their first year at school. You and your roommates or floormates will need to adhere to certain policies about alcohol, noise, and more. This might feel constricting, but there are plenty of benefits, too. Most Residential Assistants (RAs) are trained to help students sort through conflicts. "Our staff get to talk with the director of the counseling center," says Teresa Clounch, associate dean of students at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. "[They talk] about issues that students might be dealing with while they're transitioning to their first year in college."
Living off-campus offers different freedoms, but you'll also need to be prepared to try a little harder to find a mediator if conflict erupts, and sharing an apartment might involve splitting utility bills and communicating with a landlord. If you do need help, you can still contact your school's residential life office for guidance.
No matter where you live, the basics of successfully sharing space include cleaning up after yourself, being mindful of how much noise you make, and not hogging the TV. Not only is this considerate, but it will also set a precedent that your roommates will want to follow, and reduce the potential for resentments.
Do Good Friends Make Good Roommates?
There are two schools of thought about how to select a roommate. Some people argue that living with a friend is the best route. Others say to go with a more casual acquaintance or a potluck pairing.
Larissa W., a senior at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, decided to give potluck a try after experiencing a few small issues with friends-turned-roommates.
"I thought living with "randoms" would be better than living with people I knew," she says. Unfortunately, "There was a lot of disagreement and anger." So the next year, Larissa went back to living with a roommate she already knew. This has been her best experience yet because they have an agree-to-disagree philosophy and are respectful of each other.
Clounch notes that regardless of whether you choose to live with an old friend or an unknown person, it's important to discuss expectations. "It's always good to sit down and get to know that person," she says. "That can help alleviate conflict."
Dirty Dishes, Stolen Food, and Loud Noises… Oh My!
According to a recent Student Health 101 survey of more than 1,600 students, nearly 75 percent say they have clashed with a roommate over cleanliness. Other top issues include noise, privacy, and sleep schedules.
More of the most common roommate issues
74% = Cleanliness
59% = Noise
38% = Privacy
36% = Waking/sleeping schedule
32% = Food and/or cooking
30% = Borrowing (using other people's stuff)
20% = Bills
11% = Personal beliefs and/or views (political, religious, etc.)
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- Room temperature
- Boyfriends/girlfriends/significant others visiting
- Having visitors spend the night without asking
- Drinking, other drugs, and smoking
- Partying
- Hogging the bathroom
- Homophobia
- Harassing or "ganging up on" a disliked roommate
- Respect for other people's belongings
- Snoring
All of these issues can be calmly solved. Annie L., a freshman at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, attributes the success of her living situation to the rules she and her roommates determined early on.
Communication Is Key
Annie says she and her roommates communicate regularly. "If there's an issue, resolve it as smoothly, maturely, and soon as possible," she advises. Make sure that everyone is present for conversations so that they don't become an opportunity to blame the absent person.
Be sensitive to differences of opinion and cultural background; not everyone has the same expectations. Each person will need to compromise a bit.
If there is conflict, be up front and respectful, rather than passive-aggressive. Larissa recalls a situation when her roommates left sticky notes about various gripes. "It was meant as a joke, but that was not how it came across. We sat down and discussed what needed to change, and I stated that I felt sticky notes weren't an effective means of communicating, and that we should do it face-to-face [to discuss our] different viewpoints."
Establish a Plan
Consider writing a roommate contract within the first few days of moving in together. If you live on campus, your RA probably has a template you can follow. Figure out your expectations for cleaning, social gatherings, cooking meals, and paying bills. Have all the roommates sign the agreement so there will be no room for discrepancy if a question arises.
Sample roommate contracts
A checklist is a simple way to keep track of who does specific chores. You can also use a "chore wheel" and rotate it each week so no one has to clean the bathroom all the time. Brooke M., a sophomore at University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio, suggests a job jar. "Pick a chore from the jar [each week] and do that. It's just another way to even out the workload."
It can help to make sure everyone knows what the expectations are for each responsibility. For example, establish a standard of cleanliness and make sure everyone understands what's expected. Anna C., a senior at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, suggests clarifying the difference between clean and neat. She says, "If one person is neat but dirty and the other is clean but messy, they will each think the other person is the problem."
Label tools for different chores and specify how to handle things like mail, vacuuming, quiet hours, and visitors. Write down the details. Consider adding in some incentives. For example, if every chore is completed on time during the week, everyone could pitch in for some ice cream. Or if one roommate takes the trash out a few times in a row, someone else could vacuum his or her bedroom as a thank you.
In a best-case scenario, roommates can be live-in best friends. At worst, they can be people you have to tolerate. Although you can't always decide whom you'll live with, or how other people behave, you can control what you do. Approaching issues with patience and understanding can give you and your shared-space-mates a head start on peaceful living.
Take Action!
- Think about your living preferences. What are your cleanliness, neatness, and noise standards. How do you feel about visitors?
- Establish rules early on. Get to know your roommates and their expectations.
- Write a roommate agreement or contract.
- Choose your battles and be patient with others.
- Communicate in a calm, mature manner.
- Agree to disagree about certain issues.
- If you're having trouble resolving conflicts, consult your RA or residential life office.
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Sarah Lawrence College, Roommate Conflicts: Confrontation, Communication, Mediation
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I've been baking bread for a few years in dutch ovens outside and in the electric oven.
Sometimes even in a DO in the electric oven like this one:
I use the Jim Lahey and the Artisan Bread in 5 mins a Day no-knead recipes.
Good stuff!
All my bread and rolls for several years has been homemade. I often use a bread machine to do the mixing and first rising, then move the dough to a load pan (or form rolls) for the final rise and then oven bake. 50% whole wheat, Mmmm, good!
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I forgot to mention about a dough-only cycle on our bread machine. that comes in handy.
The nice thing about no-knead bread is that you just need a spoon to roughly mix the ingredients and you're finished.
I built a large Adobe Horno -or outside mud brick oven at one of the orphanages we volunteer at. The inside diameter is 36" and the walls are 16" thick, the floor is backed brick, sitting on top of 3 layers, the bottom is clay with crushed glass, the second is manure mixed with ashes, and the 3rd one is rock salt. This allows for a minimum need for firewood.
It works so great, I am about to build one in my home.
We bake lots of different breads in it, my wife has all the recipes she gather from the local Tarahumara Indian bakers. I participate at eating the bread and pretending I am keeping the fire going and pulling the bread when ready.
They use some kind of yeast that is generated by some part of a cow? That particular part of the cow is called "pan" or -bread. I do not know where exactly the "pan" is located at the cow's anathomy; they do buy it a the local butcher shop. Crazy but it tastes good. They also buy something similar called "cuajo" and it is used in the fabrication of cheese - for cheese, specially the "asadero" type, they also use the fruit of a plant called "trompillo", this plant is abundant on parts of the southwest and gives a nice tasting honey . They also use dry yeast for something that looks like french rolls but they taste a lots better than the frenchies. The orphanage now includes baking lessons to boys and girls, twice a week, utilizing all the native formulas that the old ladies want to share with us. Our instructor is a 70 year old widow we have employed for baking and crafts lessons.
Picture of bread fresh out of the oven. 50 - 50 white flour and whole wheat flour and of course, honey for the sweetener. We have a Bosch mixer and it mixes 5 loaves at a time.
The small surface holes are left by the skewer and minimuze air pockets in the bread.
Zone 3b. If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got!
LOL, I've been baking my own bread for nearly 40 years now, most of the time.
King Aurthur bread flour, recently I've been adding some durum flour, a Kitchen Aid K5 almost as old as I am (my Aunt got it for us, and the small model she used and we now have, when they first came on the market), SAF or RedStar yeast.
It's funny, if I'm baking and my brother stops by on Saturday, that first loaf never seems to cool completely before it's gone.
My recipe for white bread is quite simple: two cups of warm water (more or less, depends on the size loaf you want), a heaping teaspoon of dry yeast (I buy it a pound at a time), half teaspoon or so of salt, and a tablespoon or so of butter.
Dissolve the yeast in the water, add the salt and butter and about 2 or three cups of flour, enough to stir in with the dough hook to make a rough, soft dough. Allow to stand until it's obviously rising, 15 to 20 min.
Mix in enough more flour to make a dryish dough and start the mixer on low speed. Gradually add flour until the dough is picked up for the side of the bowl and only adheres at the bottom and the surface doesn't immediately stick to you finger when tested (with the mixer OFF, please!).
Increase speed on the mixer to medium and knead until the down is satiny and smooth, takes about 10 min.
Remove hook and cover bowl with a damp towel. Allow to rise until well doubled, shape gently into whatever loaf you want, allow to rise until just double, then bake.
Without a mixer, one should make the "autolyze" soft initial dough, then mix in flour by hand until it's close to the right texture, and knead for at least 10 min. It's easy to tell when it's ready -- no tears, it's springy, and satiny smooth. It will also make a "windowpane" if you gently stretch a small piece -- you should be able to pull it out into a sheet thin enough to see light through.
You can add other flour (rye, whole wheat, etc) instead of all white, but put it in first, especially pumpernickel or other coarse, whole grain flours to allow them to absorb water correctly, otherwise you tend to end up with dry bread.
I don't know why more people don't do this, it doesn't take much actual time (even less with a mixer or bread machine) and it's far better for you than the fake white foam sold at the grocery.
Havent tried a clay oven yet, but I do bake on the grill in the summer, I have an ancient 1980 Kenmore with a large capacity. Set the burners to maintain about 375, works great and I don't have all that heat in the house.
No, I didn't forget the honey, I stopped adding sugar to bread long, long ago. Don't care for sweet bread unless it's sweet rolls, doughnuts, etc.
Then I use honey!
I've been making bread since I left home, about 30 years now. The last couple of years, I make mostly whole grain breads over white. I bought a Bosch Universal Plus because my Kitchen Aid just could not do the job.
Some of my favorites:
Challah (the best french toast bread, or bread pudding):
Straun (Fantastic Toast):
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Now that I have hives, suger is replaced by honey in pretty much any bread I bake.
Awaiting a couple Pullman Pans today, will try my first Pain De Mie loaf today/tomorrow.
Happy Holidays!
Great thread!! Below is my favorite recipe for cinnamon raisin bread:
Of course, the sugar is replaced by honey. We love to use this bread to also make french toast. I'm also a King Aurthor Bread Flour fan.
Hi Traisch, welcome to the Hood!
Glad to see there are a bunch of bakers on here.
We are KAF fans also and have started using their white whole wheat. Good stuff.
If I may join the group, I have been baking bread for forty years and really enjoy it, my favorite is my Grandmothers egg bread and short cake recipes, next best thing to being in Heaven, I raised my kids on this bread. Sorry but I have no pictures at this time.
Bill...in Southeast Ohio Zone 6A, Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up
I have Celiacs or Gluten Intolerance. Recipes and flours have improved greatly since I was diagnosed in 1992. Got back into making my own GF bread recently since I retired and have the time. I missed pizza the most.
Plant Hardiness Zone 6B, 5300 ft., Bee Zone A/B, Proverbs 24:13
Poppa Johns around here has GF pizza. I've started making as much on my own as possible. Salt has become an issue since I went off the blood pressure meds. My bp was just in the "red" and I decided to try and control it with diet and exercise and avoid potential med side effects.. So far so good Sauce shouldn't be an issue. I can make that, but finding so low salt cheese could be fun. May only get to have one slice a day. We shall see.


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The dress Aunt Eugenia held out to her was sparkling and blue and made of layers upon layers of such light material that it looked like glass or moonlight. It felt like silk under Ella's fingers, and the tiny pearls sewn along the off-shoulder-neckline drew a soft breath of awe from her. She swallowed, and when she turned her eyes up to her godmother's face, all she saw was pride and joy.
"It was your mothers. She wore it to her prom, you see, when she was only a few years younger than you are now." Aunt Eugenia explained, smoothing the dress over Ella's chest, as if to press it onto her. "Now, get dressed, and we'll do something about your hair and makeup, too. After all, we've got a prince to catch, don't we?" She winked, not surprised by Ella's blush.
It was like a dream, Aunt Eugenia swooping in like this, and taking Ella away from her dreary nine to five call center job. She'd known that her godmother was rich, that she didn't spend much time in the US, but this was different. Something… Something strange was happening, but Ella really couldn't understand it. The dress flowed like water down her frame, her latin-brown skin complimented and turned to caramel next to the blue of it. Looking in her Aunt's full length mirror showed her a curvy woman in a gown far too sumptuous for her.more


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Anyway, it is 2:38 am and I am in the middle of a trivial but unwelcome re-de-refactoring with a scant few days to go before a self-imposed but jeez I gotta get this frickin thing out the door it is the middle of July deadline and it is an educational app and how far is it from the middle of July to frickin September?!!!!!!! I digress.
It is 2:38 am and a spider I swear to god no more than 2mm across is dangling in front of my flat planel trying to figure out this code (the last bit of the last line, to be precise):
(defun alert (s oks)
(tk-format-now (conc$ "tk_dialog .oops {
} {"
(format nil "I thought you were solving for \"~c\"? I do not see it."
(key-char sfvar))
(format nil "} {} {~s} {~s}" oks oks))))
Charlotte (look it up furriners, E B White) is freaking out over the double occurrence of the variable OKS. I know because the little hussy has lowered herself I swear to God ten feet from the A-frame ceiling of my ranch rental all the way down to within a foot of my desktop and stopped. How still is the air in here? She was swaying no more than another 2mm. I digress. But how does a 2mm spider pack ten feet of gossamer into its, well, gossamer pack?! I don't care how thin it is, it is stll ten feet!
Charlotte was both deeply concerned and a sufferer of tunnel vision. She ascended to the top of the flat panel (I have it angled down to my slouched position a few inches above desktop), gained a foothold or five, and then inched...no, mmed over and redescended to get a better look at the first occurrence of OKS, just to be sure. It is possible she then pirouetted on her thread to ask why I did not check the CLHS on FORMAT to find out how to back up one argument and re-use it, but I cannot be sure. If my eyes were better, I could tell you.
Well, I am in a hurry dammit and you know what I think I have the strength to type oks a second time and no I do not think the redundancy will lead to the loss of a satellite but if a damn spider complains I know enough to listen... ah, there it is ~:*, back up one arg.
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Al Williams straddles the hardware and software line and has authored books ranging from MFC Black Book to Build Your Own Printed Circuit Board.. He can be contacted at [email protected]
If you read my article The One Instruction Wonder you know that I like to build my own own CPUs. While that's great (if geeky) fun, it also means you have to build your own tools. And while building CPUs gives you some geek street cred, writing another assembler doesn't really do it.
For a while I'd hack together simple assemblers using a crude C program or maybe awk. But eventually I got tired and decided to write one last cross assembler. (The complete source code and related files are available here). I made a few observations:
- My PC has way more memory than any of my target computers
- My PC is ridiculously fast so optimizing the assembler too much is pointless
- CPUs change (at least they do when you build them yourself) so the assembler has to change easily
- I'm basically lazy
That last point is key. Being lazy means you borrow the best of what you can find to help you avoid doing real work. My previous experience told me that I liked using C or C++ for its output options, but I really liked using awk for its easy string matching. Sure, I can add string matching libraries to C, but then if I were that motivated, I wouldn't be lazy. Or, if you prefer, then I'd have to spend less time working on my CPU and more time working on my assembler.
After thinking about the problem for a few days, I realized one more thing. Pretty much every assembler I've ever seen accepts input like this:
somelabel: opcode arg1,arg2 ; comment
Sure, there's some that use slightly different syntax, but that pretty much sums up about 99% of the assembler's basic syntax. Forget labels for a minute and dump the comment. What if I could get my assembler to look like a C macro? Like this:
I could easily write some C macros that would fill in an array with the right bit values for the instruction. Remember, I said my PC has way too much memory, so the assembler will just assemble to an array image of the target's memory. Then after its all done, I just have to dump the array out in my format of choice. Simple.
What about the labels? Well that's a little more complicated. Labels are a special case, as you'll see shortly.
The resulting assembler uses four files:
- soloinc.awk processes "include" files for the assembler
- solopre.awk converts assembler lines into C macros
- soloasm.c, the core routines that all assemblers use
- axasm, ashell script driver that ties it all together
The preprocessor (soloinc.awk; see Listing 1) is simple enough. It just copies files from its input to its output unless it sees a ##include token at the start of a line. When that happens, the program pushes the current file onto a stack and starts printing out the included file (expanding any ##include tokens it finds in the included file, of course). The preprocessor also emits #line directives to the C compiler to help the C compiler identify any errors at the correct location.
#!/usr/bin/gawk #/********************************************************************** #axasm Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 #by Al Williams ([email protected]). # # #This file is part of axasm. # #axasm is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it #under the terms of the GNU General Public Licenses as published #by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or #(at your option) any later version. # #axasm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but #WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY: without even the implied warranty of #MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the #GNU General Public License for more details. # #You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License #along with axasm (see LICENSE.TXT). #If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. # #If a non-GPL license is desired, contact the author. # #This is the assembler include file expander # #***********************************************************************/ # find the path function pathto(file, i, t, junk) { if (index(file, "/") != 0) return file for (i = 1; i <= ndirs; i++) { t = (pathlist[i] "/" file) if ((getline junk < t) > 0) { # found it close(t) return t } } return "" } BEGIN { path = ENVIRON["AWKPATH"] ndirs = split(path, pathlist, ":") for (i = 1; i <= ndirs; i++) { if (pathlist[i] == "") pathlist[i] = "." } # keep a stack of files stackptr = 0 oldsp=-1 input[stackptr] = ARGV[1] # ARGV[1] is first file linect[stackptr]=1; for (; stackptr >= 0; stackptr--) { if (oldsp!=stackptr) { print "#line " linect[stackptr] " \"" input[stackptr] "\""; oldsp=stackptr; } # copy file while handling includes while ((getline < input[stackptr]) > 0) { if (tolower($1) != "##include") { print continue } fpath = pathto($2) if (fpath == "") { printf("include:%s:%d: cannot find %s\n", \ input[stackptr], FNR, $2) > "/dev/stderr" continue } processed[fpath] = input[stackptr] input[++stackptr] = fpath linect[stackptr]=1; } close(input[stackptr]) } }
The real heart of the assembler is in solopre.awk (Listing 2). This program spits out some boilerplate C code first. Then it converts the assembly language into C macro form.
#/********************************************************************** #axasm Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 #by Al Williams ([email protected]). # # #This file is part of axasm. # #axasm is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it #under the terms of the GNU General Public Licenses as published #by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or #(at your option) any later version. # #axasm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but #WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY: without even the implied warranty of #MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the #GNU General Public License for more details. # #You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License #along with axasm (see LICENSE.TXT). #If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. # #If a non-GPL license is desired, contact the author. # #This is the assembler preprocessor # #***********************************************************************/ # expect -v LFILE=xxx argument (output of label definitions) # allow -v PROC=xxx (processor type) # Note there are a few things the target macros must support # LABEL, DEFLABEL - Supports the label system # DATA, DATA4 - Supports STRING and STRINGPACK # Granted STRING and STRINGPACK ought to be removable somehow BEGIN { if (LFILE!="") { if (PROC=="") { print "#include <soloasm.inc>"; # default inc file } else { print "#include <" PROC ".inc>"; } print "#include \"" LFILE "\"" print "" > LFILE } } # one time init { if (first != 1) { first=1; print "#line 1 \"" FILENAME "\""; } } # pass through any line directives /^#line / { print; next; } # pass through C code and C preprocessor /^[ \t]*##/ {sub("^[ \t]*##","#"); print; next; } /^[ \t]*#/ { sub("^[ \t]*#",""); print; next; } { # This won't disturb semicolons if there is a quote # directly after it. This could lead to trouble with # semicolons in quoted strings, for example # so we save just in case and string handling gets all of it withsemi=$0 sub(";[^'\"].*$",""); # remove asm comments op=1; } # deal with labels /^[ \t]*[^ \t,]+:/ { label=$1; sub(/:$/,"",label); print "DEFLABEL(" label ");" >>LFILE; printf "LABEL(" label "); "; $1=""; op=2; } # blank lines (maybe it used to have just a label) /^[ \t]*$/ { print; next; } { # note: the below means your .h file that defines the processor # must use uppercase names in macros but you are free to # use mixed case in the assembly # probably should make this an option somehow mac=toupper($op); $op=""; # unpacked string if (mac=="STRING") { $op=""; strng=withsemi first=0; # scan each letter. Note first quote, copy until 2nd quote for (i=1;i<length(strng);i++) { if (substr(strng,i,1)=="\"") { if (first==0) { first=1; continue; } break; } if (!first) continue; v=substr(strng,i,1); # if (v=="\\") { v=substr(strng,i,2); i++; } # handle \xNN \DDD or \C if (v=="\\") { v1=substr(strng,i+1,1); if (v1=="x"||v1=="X") { v="\\x" i+=2; v=v substr(strng,i,1) v1=substr(strng,i+1,1) if ((v1>="0"&&v1<="9")||(tolower(v1)>="a"&&tolower(v1)<="f")) { v=v v1 i++ } } else if (v1>="0" && v1<="7") { while (v1>="0" && v1<="7") { v=v v1; i++; v1=substr(strng,i+1,1); } } else { v=substr(strng,i,2); i++; } } print "\tDATA('" v "');" } next; } # packed string. Same logic as STRING if (mac=="STRINGPACK") { $op=""; strng=withsemi # $0; first=0; last=0; for (i=1;i<length(strng);) { if (substr(strng,i,1)=="\"") { i++; if (first==0) { first=1; continue; } break; } if (!first) { i++; continue; } printf "\tDATA4(" k=0; for (j=0;j<4;j++) { # should look at \x type escapes v=substr(strng,i+k++,1); # handle \xNN \DDD or \C if (v=="\\") { v1=substr(strng,i+k+1,1); if (v1=="x"||v1=="X") { v="\\x" k+=2; v=v substr(strng,k,1) v1=substr(strng,k+1,1) if ((v1>="0"&&v1<="9")||(tolower(v1)>="a"&&tolower(v1)<="f")) { v=v v1 k++ } } else if (v1>="0" && v1<="7") { while (v1>="0" && v1<="7") { v=v v1; k++; v1=substr(strng,k+1,1); } } else { v=substr(strng,k,2); k++; } } # if (v=="\\") { v=substr(strng,i+j,2); j++; } if (v=="\"") last=1; if (last) v="\\000"; printf("'" v "'") if (j!=3) printf(","); } print ");" i+=k; } next; } # just some generic monadic macro or one with arguments if ($(op+1)=="") print(mac ";"); else print(mac "(" $0 ");"); }
The preamble contains three lines.
- The first includes soloasm.h (common definitions for all assemblers).
- The second line includes a .inc file that is specific to the target processor.
- The final line of the preamble includes the label definition file (passed in on the command line as an argument).
The solopre.awk program generates this label definition file as well (although it hasn't created it at the time the preamble is written). However, the file will exist by the time the compiler reads the output. So this is a handy way to let the awk script output information about labels throughout the processing and then have the C compiler read it all up front. The alternative would have been to make multiple passes through the source: one to collect label information and a second pass to do output. Using the includes is simpler and, well, lazier.
When the awk script encounters a label, it does two things. First it outputs a DEFLABEL macro to the label definition file. Then it writes a LABEL macro to the output file. This means the assembler macros can "know" about forward reference labels since all labels will be defined up front with a DEFLABEL macro (remember, the compiler will read the label definition file as part of the preamble before any user code appears). This does require a compiler (like gcc) that support variable declarations that don't appear at the start of a block.
As the program converts assembly to macros, it also converts the opcode to uppercase. That means you can ignore case when writing assembler code, but not when defining opcodes in the target.inc file. The script also takes special note of STRING and STRINGPACK pseudo operations. These create DATA (or DATA4) statements with the characters of a string either byte by byte (STRING) or with the characters packed into a 32-bit word (STRINGPACK). Obviously, if you want to use these, your assembler definition will need to handle DATA and DATA4.
When the awk script completes, the shell script driver compiles the resulting C program along with soloasm.c and executes it. The soloasm.c file contains a main() and some code to output in different formats. So how does the assembly actually occur?


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Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®
2 tbsp butter
3 lbs of any mix of ground pork, veal, and beef
1 celery stalk, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 medium onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup of red wine
1/2 oz dried porcini mushrooms
10 sage leaves
1/3 cup tomato paste
6 cups meat broth
1/2 cup heavy cream
Season the ground meat liberally. Add 3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil to a good heavy bottomed pot and heat to medium-high. Add the ground meat and let sizzle in the oil. Do not move or touch the meat, just allow it to brown gently in the fat. Add the butter. Once the bottom side is nicely browned, flip it over and allow the other side to brown. This whole process should take about 30 minutes. If you notice excess fat at this point, drain it from the pot, but do not take out all the fat.
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The frustration is regarding the selection of a new trustee for the trust fund, which was created for the benefit of Utah Navajos. The Navajo Nation has expressed interest in becoming the trustee, but the action is opposed by a number of Navajos in San Juan County, who fear that the Nation will not use the fund appropriately.
The fund, more commonly known as the Utah Navajo Trust Fund, has been without a trustee since 2008 when the Utah legislature voted to forgo their trust responsibility. Since then, the fund has grown to about $42 million.
A new trustee must be named by Congress. While the Navajo Nation feels it should be the trustee of the fund, many Utah Navajos oppose this move.
According to the act which created the fund, Utah Navajos of San Juan County receive 37.5 percent of royalties generated from 17 oil wells in the Aneth Extension area in Utah. The remaining royalties go to the Navajo Nation central government.
The issue was brought before the commission by county resident Nelson Yellowman of Oljato. Yellowman came to the commission to report that community members are not in favor of the Nation being trustee of the fund but can not agree on who should be the trustee.
Yellowman expressed frustration after attending a February 24 hearing in Oljato that was set by Navajo Nation President Ben Shelley. Shelley did not attend the meeting but was seen the next day at the Monument Valley balloon festival.
Adams said he also attended the hearing and signed up to speak but was never given the opportunity. Adams expressed disappointment about not being allowed to make a statement on behalf of San Juan County.
Adams said he wanted to say that a group of San Juan County residents are the most poverty-stricken people in the state of Utah. They have a fund with a large amount of money that has been tied up and frozen. The fund could address a lot of poverty problems in the area.
Adams said that a number of proposed solutions have been presented to Congress but every time a solution is presented, the Navajo Nation blocks it. Yellowman shared the frustration of Adams.
Commissioner Phil Lyman said it has been suggested that an arbiter is needed to settle the dispute between Utah Navajos and Navajo Nation.
Lyman said when the Utah Attorney General raised the suggestion last week, Lyman said if there is going to be arbitration it should not be over 37.5 percent of the royalties, but for the entire 100 percent of the royalty money.
Commissioners asked Yellowman if he could take the suggestion to the upcoming chapter meeting and get a resolution and proposal. Yellowman expressed frustration that every time he submits a position letter or a resolution, it is not honored.
"I have totally lost confidence in my own people," said an obviously frustrated Yellowman, who also serves as president of the San Juan School Board.
Adams said he and Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy will be in Washington next week and will address the issue again there. Adams committed that the commission will continue to lobby and help to solve the problem.
Lyman asked why Utah Navajos have not supported the Utah Dine' Corporation. Yellowman said there needs to be more education because people don't understand it.
Yellowman said there is a similar problem with the redistricting issue: people don't understand what is going on with the lawsuit. Yellowman said the Navajo Nation should have presented a plan on how it would work. He said that there are Navajos who live off the reservation who oppose redistricting, as they are taxpayers as well.
Lyman said that the Dine' Corporation idea is an empty shell that has "never been taken out of the box". He said that it might be a good possibility if they can get information out to the people to garner support.
"I think there is a perceived attitude that we are holding back information on Utah Dine' but it hasn't really been plugged in yet," said Lyman.
Commissioner Maryboy also expressed frustration with the Navajo Nation and a feeling of being "beaten up by your own government." He said that as the only Utah Navajo on the Navajo Nation Council, he feels like he is fighting the whole nation.
"We have always been a bastard child of the Navajo Nation as San Juan County, Utah Navajos," said Maryboy. He said that the Nation never is around to help Utah Navajos but are always there in Salt Lake City or Washington, D.C. to ask for the money that belongs to the Utah Navajos.
Maryboy told the commission there will be a meeting in Bluff on March 9, at which they will ask chapter officials to discuss the Utah Dine' Corporation and take a position on the trust fund.
Maryboy said the corporation was formed three years ago to administer the money. "We have been working hard at it and it's been put together and it's sitting there," said Maryboy. "Now people don't want to use it and want to go back and build another corporation."
The Commission is allowing space for the Children's Justice Center at the annex building in Blanding. There are 18 children's justice centers in Utah and two satellite centers. Two more satellite centers are currently proposed in a bill at the legislature, including the San Juan County center.
Moab Justice Center Director Connie Haycock, who will also oversee the San Juan Center, said the center works with law enforcement, child protection services and victims advocates to provide a place for children to be interviewed in a safe and comfortable setting.
The center deals with child abuse, including sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, drug endangerment, and children who have witnessed violence.
Juvenile perpetrators under the age of 14 are occasionally interviewed to determine if they themselves are victims of abuse. The centers also help families find necessary services to start the process of recovery, track cases and statistics and assist in making child abuse referrals.
Haycock said there have been 17 cases from San Juan County seen in her office in the past year. The center uses trained professionals to interview children and coordinate forensic medical exams. The Children's Justice Center is set up under Utah Code and is overseen by the Attorney General's office and the county attorney.
Sherriff Eldredge said his office supports the center and works often with Haycock. He praised her good work. Eldredge said the annex will work well for the satellite site. The only costs to the county will be the use of the space and a small amount of electricity.
Representatives from several San Juan County agencies who currently work with Haycock praised her work and expressed their support of the center in San Juan County.
In other business, the Commission received a report from Joette Langianese, Executive Director of Friends of Arches and Canyonlands. The non-profit organization is part of the Bates Wilson Legacy Foundation.
Langianese said that the primary function of the group is as stewards of the National Parks. They watch for damage, either human or natural, and report it to the Park Service. The group has a scholarship and grant program. They will introduce the organization on Saturday, March 3 at 4 p.m. at Arches National Park.


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May 21 sessions: Aid in an Age of Austerity, Post-Disaster Coordination - Shelter, Water & Sanitation, Logistics Management, Public-Private Partnerships – Action Beyond Rhetoric, Pitch Tank (Corporate), Developmental Challenges Post-2015: Empowering women and local communities, Development Coordination - Health, Maternal Health, Infant Mortality and Educatio, Innovation in Disaster Situations (Interactive Session), Pitch Tank (NGOs), Peace and Stability - Countries in Transition, Climate Change Mitigation.
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While the effects of climate change are being felt worldwide, it is in the most vulnerable developing states that the most significant impacts will be felt. Mitigating against the effects of climate change requires unparalleled levels of cooperation across different sectors and different types of organizations: this session will examine how best to address climate change and its effects on the region.
David Nicholson, Director, Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Mercy Corps
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Advocates push for high-speed rail in Pacific Northwest
An advocacy group is renewing the call for a high-speed rail network in the Pacific Northwest.
Under their proposal, trains that travel up to 250 mph would connect the major cities in our region: Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, Portland, Eugene, and Spokane.
Cascadia Rail released a guest post on the Seattle Transit Blog Monday.
In the post the organization wrote, "Every time a mom or dad spends ninety minutes on a 35 mile commute between Tacoma & Seattle, or 5 hours just to get to Portland, we know something is wrong. WE. DESERVE. FASTER. Our quality of life, and of our children's lives, depends on it."
The group says their vision is a 90-minute train ride from Portland to Seattle.
"We think that 90 minutes to Seattle is a really, really great way to pitch the idea," said Matt Glazewski, the Portland spokesman for Cascadia Rail.
There are plenty of obstacles in the way. Cost may be the biggest factor.
"There are some ballpark numbers out there that are in excess of $50 billion, yes with a "B", said Glazewski. "But if you think about it, the Seattle area is spending that much money on a light rail network that rivals what we have here in Portland with TriMet."
Glazewski says there is support from key lawmakers and governors. Right now, the group is trying to build buzz and support and is pushing for more studies to be done in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.


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My idea of a great #100 would be:
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4. Memorable cache location. (great view, location or clever hide)
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text: Science can be a battleground -- witness the politics of climate change, the teaching of evolution, the uncharted terrain of genetic modification and stem cell research, among other contentious issues. But when industries release untested chemicals into our environment -- putting profits before public health -- our children are the first to suffer. Nowhere is this more troubling than in the ongoing story of lead poisoning.


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Aimee Copeland, Student Suffering from Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Shows Signs of Improvement
Aimee Copeland, a Georgia student who contracted a deadly flesh-eating disease after sustaining a zip line injury, is on the mend, according to reports. The 24-year-old still remains in critical condition, however, and requires a ventilator to breathe.
During a kayaking trip in Georgia on May 1st, Copeland was riding a homemade zip line when it snapped, cutting her left leg. Bacteria then entered the wound and caused a severe infection that required doctors to amputate her leg.
Since then, Copeland had been fighting for her life and her prognosis was grim. At one point, her heart stopped beating, but doctor's were able to resuscitate her. She may also lose both hands and her remaining foot due to the terrible disease.
But now Copeland is alert and able to move her head, giving her family renewed hope for a recovery. "She looks so much better," said sister Paige. "I just told her if she keeps improving like this, she'll be out of here in no time." We're pulling for you, Aimee!


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|Amaryllis Alfresco
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|Tasty & colourful salad from my potager today
|My tree is still there to brighten up my day
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Accuser, addict in Pa. clergy-abuse case testifies
PHILADELPHIA – A young man told a jury in a criminal priest-abuse case Wednesday that he was sexually assaulted as an altar boy by two Philadelphia priests and that he soon turned to drugs for relief.
The witness, a policeman's son, said he started smoking marijuana the summer he turned 11 to deal with the abuse, and has since tried drug treatment 23 times to battle addictions to heroin, painkillers and other drugs.
The 23-year-old testified at the trial of Monsignor William Lynn, a former secretary for clergy at the Philadelphia archdiocese who is charged with child endangerment for helping keep accused priests in ministry.
The witness told jurors that parish priest Edward Avery twice raped him after Mass in 1999, when he was a 10-year-old altar boy.
Jurors weren't told that Avery, Lynn's former co-defendant, has pleaded guilty to the crime. And defense lawyers chose not to cross-examine the accuser, despite vigorous pretrial attacks on his account. The judge had said she might allow Avery's plea to be disclosed if they challenged the man's credibility.
Nor did the jury hear the witness say he had also been raped by his fifth-grade teacher from the parish school, as he alleged in his 2010 grand jury testimony.
One juror fought back tears as the witness described closed-door "sessions" with Avery.
The young man — who has brooding eyes, a buzz cut and closely-cropped facial hair — came to court in a dark suit and tie. Prosecutors earlier showed school photographs of him as a sunny, slightly-built boy in a parochial school uniform and as an altar boy, sporting a floor-length white cassock and gold cross.
The witness said Avery put on church music and made him do a striptease in a small anteroom inside St. Jerome's Church in northeast Philadelphia in 1999, then engaged in mutual oral sex and masturbation. He said he once had to use his shirt to wipe the priest's semen off of him before walking home.
He said he never told anyone until group therapy at a drug treatment program years later.
"I thought I did something wrong — and it's a priest," he testified. "I didn't think anyone would believe me."
He said his 14-year-old brother — who did not know about the alleged abuse — introduced him to marijuana and alcohol at a party that summer. He got high nearly every day for 10 years, he said.
He contacted the archdiocese in 2009. The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they were sexually abused.
Earlier Wednesday, a 49-year-old doctor testified that Avery fondled him in bed when he was 15 and 18. The first time, he was drunk after helping the priest work as a DJ at a city nightclub. The second time, he was sober. They were sharing a bedroom on a ski trip while Avery's brother had the other bedroom. Both times, he pretended to be asleep, and never told anyone.
"I felt betrayed," he said. "I really admired this guy. I hero-worshipped him."
He told the archdiocese about the abuse in 1992, when he was 28. He said he wasn't seeking money or publicity; he just wanted to know it wouldn't happen again.
"Will the diocese vouch for the safety of its children? For my peace of mind, I need to know," the doctor wrote in his March 1992 letter. About five years later, he wrote again, still trying to learn what had become of the priest. Avery was back at work after a year of treatment, although the witness wasn't told that.
On cross-examination, the North Carolina doctor acknowledged that Lynn responded to his letter after becoming secretary for clergy in mid-1992 and helped arrange a 1993 confrontation with Avery at a church-run treatment center. Lynn also wrote him to explain in January 1993 that Lynn's mother had been ill and died, causing him to fall behind at work.
The hundreds of church documents read in court this month show Lynn to be a fastidious correspondent and record keeper. The recovered memos show him documenting when he missed someone's call, what time he called the person back, what was said and what recommendations he made to supervisors, including Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua. Other memos record meetings between Bevilacqua, Lynn and the cardinal's handful of other top aides.
Prosecutors have shown jurors more than 1,700 exhibits — mostly internal church memos, letters and reports — in the trial's first five weeks. The church's byzantine record-keeping helped them build their case against Lynn, and issue two damning grand jury reports on predator-priests since 2005.
But Lynn's lawyers hope the records will also show the steps he took to address the festering child sex-abuse problem. The question for jurors will be, did he do enough?
Avery, 69, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the St. Jerome's boy days before trial and is serving a 2 1/2- to five-year term.
His victim accepted hugs of relief from family members after his hour-long testimony Wednesday. But he is not finished yet.
He will have to testify when the other priest and teacher charged with assaulting him go on trial. The Rev. Charles Engelhardt and Bernard Shero are being tried separately because neither was an archdiocesan priest under Lynn's control.


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- I feel he is one of the players most likely to interpret Znirk's read here as mafia recruit hint. And the comment is about him, so he likely read it.
Znirk wrote:- Whale's reference to fear of "killing the apple": may just be role-playing creativity, but ... hm. Does Whale know another player's character name, and if so: how does he know, and why and what for does he drop it in the thread? Maybe a mechanic with two players looking for each other? Or some level of selective recruitability, like the nerd masons back in the last MMM? Peaceful Whale: it feels to me like there's something going on here, but not necessarily scumminess.
- This observation by flicky here could be attributed to an absent scum partner, which would probably be heury.
flicky1991 wrote:Peaceful Whale - Genuine newbie townie. I can't imagine her asking so many basic questions in-thread if she had scumchat. If she's scum, she's brilliant at it. Tempted to think the fruit references are merely part of an ability rather than anything suspicious.
- Peaceful Whale's D1 interactions with Sabrar do not feel to me like chat partners.
- This comment, see here:
Interesting roleblocker reference. Where did this come from? I looked and can't find anywhere we had discussed roleblocker up to that point in this game (though if missed it and I'm sure someone will point out my mistake). Peaceful Whale asks questions about almost every game mechanic and role, but is able to pull out a mafia roleblocker (and in the same post misunderstand how a vigilante works)?Peaceful Whale wrote:Hmm, so, I bet we've got a doctor left, and our cop's dead. And then mafia probably has a roleblocker or a killer(?) (what's that called, cyclops could kill twice right?)
heury, please answer the question in this post.


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{Living Room AFTER}
We rearranged the furniture to create a more cozy feel by pulling the pieces away the walls and floating them in front of the fireplace. The homeowners love color, but we decided to paint over the accent walls to match their current butter yellow walls to make the room more cohesive and less "taste specific".
{Living Room BEFORE}
Here you can see the sectional in it's previous position against the wall (and a little princess hiding from the camera, lol).
{Living Room AFTER}
Using the homeowners artwork on the mantle and repositioning the furniture, the fireplace is now the focal point.
{Fireplace BEFORE}
We simplified the mantle and the built-ins
{Fireplace AFTER}
{Shelving AFTER}
The homeowner had three different paint colors viewable in this one room which fit their young and artistic personalities, but to some the colors could be considered distracting.
We chose to just paint over the blue and a small bit of the persimmon to just make the room more cohesive.
The walls were painted to match the living room (which is open to the dining room) and all toys were moved to a playroom.
Someone did a nice job cleaning her room!
The homeowner is a sewer and did her sewing in their bedroom. While this worked nicely for her, it made the room look smaller.
The kitchen didn't need much to begin with...just a little decluttering and paint touch up.
With nothing more than a can of paint, simplifying and furniture arranging, we made this family's home ready to list on market.
Just to recap what we did:
Paint: got rid of accent walls and bold colors, took most artwork down and filled holes, touched up all walls and trim to hide any scuffs or imperfections.
Declutter: removed all unnecessary items from all rooms and put in storage. Cleared shelves and just left decorative arrangements. Cleaned out all closets, cabinets and storage areas and organized.
Depersonalize: Left only a few personal photos and strategically placed artwork. Removed wall murals and other "taste specific" decor. Buyers want to picture their things in the home, not the sellers.
Rearrange: Strategically arranged furniture to showcase the selling points of each room (the sofa now faces the fireplace).
I hope these pointers can help anyone who may be getting ready to move on to bigger and better things!


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Protests In California Over Zimmerman Acquittal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say they've made arrests in Los Angeles at a protest against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Travyon Martin shooting death.
Police began making arrests after about 80 protesters gathered in Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard shortly early Monday, shortly after midnight.
The Los Angeles Times reports more than 100 Los Angeles police officers in riot gear converged on the crowd and ordered people to disperse.
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Bandleader Lawrence Welk Dies; TV's
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Weil, Martin. "Bandleader Lawrence Welk Dies; TV's 'Champagne Music' Conductor." Washington Post, 19 May 1992, sec. D7.
Lawrence Welk holds a poster promoting his show in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1967.
Bandleader Lawrence Welk, the North Dakota-born accordion player whose bubbly "champagne music" and indefatigably wholesome style made his long-running television program an American cultural landmark, has died at age 89.
A spokeswoman told the Associated Press that Mr. Welk, whose shows have been television fixtures since 1955, died at home May 17 in Santa Monica, Calif., with family members gathered around. He had been suffering from pneumonia, the spokeswoman said.
A man who got his start at North Dakota barn dances and spent years on ballroom bandstands across the country, he was known for a friendly demeanor, simple melodies and unswerving dedication to giving large and admiring family audiences the kind of entertainment they wanted and understood.
Sophisticates might have found corniness in Mr. Welk's easy-listening, easy-to-watch style, but for many Americans it was, in the artlessly enthusiastic phrase he made popular, "wunnerful, wunnerful."
The "a-one, a-two, a-three" cue line for which he was known helped to spread his fame even beyond the millions who tuned in to his weekly shows that appeared on ABC from 1955 through 1971.
When the network canceled the show, it was not because his audience had become any less devoted to his 27-piece band, but because they were older and considered less desirable to advertisers.
A home-taught musician who worked to overcome shyness in his early career, Mr. Welk became a prosperous businessman who syndicated his show after the network dropped it. The last of the original Lawrence Welk shows went on the air April 18, 1982, giving him 27 years as a first-run performer. Since then he has been seen in reruns.
The accented English that he spoke throughout his career came to Mr. Welk honestly. His parents were born in Alsace, now part of France but once part of Germany. In 1892 they came to this country to farm in Strasburg, N.D.
In the remote, agricultural community, Mr. Welk spoke as much German as English as a boy, and he dropped out of school in the fourth grade.
An accordion that was a family heirloom and occasionally played by his father, Ludwig, helped whet an early interest in music.
Mr. Welk obtained his own instrument as a teenager, playing at farm weddings and other community events until he reached 21. Turning his back on farm life, although not on its values of hard work and discipline, Mr. Welk went off to seek his fortune through music.
Along with the inevitable one-night stands came appearances on radio station WNAX in Yankton, S.D. By 1927, his six-piece band, L.W.'s Hotsy Totsy Boys, had become regulars.
After he married in 1930, he tried to cut back on travel by turning to business, becoming successively the manager of a hotel, a restaurant and a music store.
His autobiography, the aptly titled "Wunnerful, Wunnerful," traces "champagne music" to a broadcast from a Pittsburgh hotel in which a radio announcer reported the message of Mr. Welk's fan mail: "They say that dancing to your music is like sipping champagne."
About the same time, Mr. Welk also composed his theme song, "Bubbles in the Wine."
Although Mr. Welk's musical style continually was cited for a frothy lightness characteristic of champagne, the bandleader himself was said to neither smoke nor drink.
Smooth and sweetly melodic, his music was heard increasingly throughout the country in the 1930s and 1940s, as his band expanded in its size and reputation.
In his early days, shyness and self-consciousness about his heavily accented English and lack of formal education made him a reluctant master of ceremonies for his band.
According to one account, he was stunned to be offered $l,750 a week by a Milwaukee theater manager. Even so, he said, he could not serve as emcee.
When the manager doubled the offer, however, Mr. Welk jumped at it. "For $3,500," he exclaimed, "I vill talk."
By 1946, the band had become popular on the West Coast at the Aragon Ballroom in Ocean Park, Calif. In 1951, he began four highly successful years on a Los Angeles television station.
Even so, it was said, ABC was dubious about big bands' network broadcast appeal. But a spokesman for one of Mr. Welk's sponsors said he threatened to cancel his other two shows if the network didn't take Mr. Welk.
ABC put "The Lawrence Welk Show" on the air July 2, 1955. Ratings started low the first week, but quickly zoomed upwards. The show became a Saturday night institution for many Americans.
Modest and unassuming, Mr. Welk could shrug and explain to reporters, "Just luck, I guess."
But Mr. Welk also showed a deeper understanding of his success. He clung to the formula that had served well on local television in Los Angeles. The performers on the show appeared to be members of a family. The musical numbers were brief. Arrangements were simple.
There was ballroom dancing, the waltz and the foxtrot, to tunes that encouraged listeners in living rooms throughout the nation to leave their couches and try a few steps themselves.
"Our band is called corny and sentimental," he said on one occasion. "It is my experience that people like a certain amount of both."
Once he confided to an interviewer that he was something of a "rhythm man" and that he was even "a Dixieland man at heart."
Good taste also was important to Mr. Welk. His shows always included a "champagne lady," but one left in 1959 in a dispute over the length of her hemlines.
One important attraction of the show was Mr. Welk's own obvious enthusiasm for it.
"There's no greater joy than standing in front of a band and having it play to perfection," he said.
In addition to performing, which he had abandoned in the late 1980s, Mr. Welk had profitable interests in recording, music publishing and California real estate.
He and his wife, Fern, had three children, Shirley Jean, Donna Lee and Lawrence Jr.
Controversy erupted recently when Congress considered granting $500,000 to Welk's home town in North Dakota to build a museum of German-Russian heritage and foster tourism. The Associated Press reported that the grant, eventually withdrawn, was challenged as pork barrel politics. Refurbishment of Welk's birthplace, a related project, used private funds.
Reprinted with permission of the Washington Post.


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Funeral services for Noel D. Chambers, age 77 of Mount Pleasant, were at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant. Burial was in the Mount Vernon City Cemetery with Dr. Clint Davis officiating.
Mr. Chambers was born Sept. 23, 1932 in Mount Vernon to Chester Arthur Chambers and Wennie Opal Davis Hanks. He was a veteran of the U. S. National Guard and was retired from Lone Star Steel Company. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Mount Pleasant and the Masonic Lodge #70.
He died Wednesday, Aug. 18 in Mount Pleasant. He was preceded in death by his parents and his step-father, Holly Hanks. He is survived by his wife, Doris Chambers of Mount Pleasant; a son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Pat Chambers of Mount Vernon; two daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Buster English of Gallation and Susan Epperson and her special friend, Brian Treece of Warrensburg, Mo.; two grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren, and a brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Jane Chambers of Decatur, Ga.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Mount Pleasant.
Pallbearers were Joe Wilhite, Durwood Harris, Bob Sikes, Glen Slaughter, Dwaine VanHuss, and Glendel Lange.