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Where do we have that here? We don't. This is a European concept that started with the French, I believe. We don't have that here. There isn't any law that states that.
Don't blame us for your own problems please. You do a lot of things there that we consider to be bad. Should we mention those?
A lot of what we see happening in Europe is being excused as coming from the USA when it's not. At times, that just an excuse for doing something distasteful that your governments want to do anyway.
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Uhm, this has nothing to do with that. The entire internet chapter of ACTA has been written solely by the US delegation. THAT is why we blame the US.
If they weren't happy with the idea, they would never have accepted it.
The EU is VERY protective of what it thinks is its rights when it involves business, telling the US what it can do, while not allowing us to have the same advantage.
If they didn't WANT that act, they would have rejected it.
You do a lot of things there that we consider to be bad. Should we mention those?
Yes, please. It is very rare to hear about the "dark side" of Europe from an external viewpoint (except when it is about anti-trust regulation). I for one am genuinely interested how the EU is viewed outside of its borders.
For one thing, in Europe, freedom of the press is considered to be secondary to "privacy" whatever that means. In the US, Google would never have been convicted for that video having been put up, even though Google removed it as soon as they were told about it.
That concerns us here, where we believe that freedom of the press is of paramount importance, though we do consider privacy to be important as well.


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China Sovereign Fund Seeks Easing of Australia Investment Rules
An executive from China Investment Corp., the nation's $482 billion sovereign wealth fund, told Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that he hopes her government will reduce restrictions on foreign investment.
Jin Liqun, head of the fund's supervisory board, said in an interview after a group of Chinese and Australian executives met with Australian officials that he had also raised the issue of investment limits in past discussions. The restrictions affect CIC's investments and fund flows into Australia, Jin said yesterday in the southern Chinese province of Hainan, where he's attending the Boao Forum for Asia.
He said Gillard told the executives at the meeting that Australia welcomes Chinese investment and that the country was "hungry for capital."
Gillard, during her trip to China, may seek a deal that allows direct conversion of Australian dollars into yuan to reduce the cost of trade and investment transactions, the Australian newspaper reported March 30. She is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum and later with Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, Jin said. China is Australia's biggest trading partner.
"China hopes to invest in Australia," Jin said. "Australian businessmen also hope to invest in China."
Jin said that Australia classifies all state-owned Chinese companies as being extensions of the government and caps the combined total number of shares they can own in an Australian company. "We operate independently so you can't calculate us together," he said, adding that he doesn't expect the issue to be resolved immediately.
High-level meetings such as those Gillard is to have with Xi and Li will promote cooperation between the countries and continued negotiation can lead to a gradual reduction of barriers to capital, Jin said.
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Mrs. Bertha E. Sanner
Bertha SANNER, age 78, who died October 1, 1942, in Wyoming, Stark County, Illinois, death certificate number 0000055.
"Mrs. Bertha E. SANNER was born Aug. 30, 1864, near Bradford, Ill., and passed away Oct. 1, at her home in Wyoming, after an illness of two years duration. For a greater part of that time she was able to be up and about the home and it was only in the past few weeks that she was unable to get about.
"Mrs. SANNER spent most of her long and useful life in Stark county, where she was loved and respected by all who knew her. She was a devoted mother and a wonderful neighbor. She was also a skillful nurse and her cheerful and kindly disposition seemed to naturally adapt her to this work. Few of the homes in Wyoming but have felt the healing of her kindly ministrations.
"Mrs. SANNER is survived by three children, Eva L. PARKER of Oak Park, Illinois, Rose M. BURKE of Denver, Colo.; and Jorn P. SANNER of Wyoming; one sister, May HAPPER of San Francisco, California; one grandchild, Captain Harold D. PARKER of Fort Knox, Ky., and two great grandchildren.
"Memorial services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the GILLESPIE memorial home, with Rev. G.H. McCLINTOCK, pastor of the Congregational church, in charge. Interment was in Wyoming cemetery. Bearers were Dean WINN, Oliver LEADLEY, Robert J. TEETS, Fred WEBBER, Floyd MEESKE of Wyoming and John PYLE of Toulon."
( "Jorn" was a typographical error in the newspaper obituary)
-Contributed by Karean Seeman
Miss Saxton
Stark County News July 8, 1881
A Miss Saxton, aged about 18 years, daughter of Wm. Saxton, of Valley, committed suicide, last Wednesday afternoon, by hanging herself to a tree. No cause is known for the rash deed except that the girl believed that she was not appreciated and was somewhat neglected by other members of the family. She got an idea that she was in the way and took this method of relieving the family of her presence. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
James Scott
Funeral services for James SCOTT, 68, of Wyoming, former operator of the Scott Coal Mine and farmer northwest of Wyoming, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from Cox Memorial Home in Wyoming. Interment was in the Snareville cemetery.
Death occurred last Wednesday afternoon at Kewanee St. Francis hospital where he had been a patient for a week. He had been in failing health for some time with heart trouble and complications.
Services were in charge of Rev. C.R. NICHOLAS, pastor of Wyoming Methodist church. Two solos, 'Sometime, Somewhere' and 'The Old Rugged Cross,' were sung by Miss Cleo LEADLEY, accompanied by Mrs. Russell DeMENT.
James Scott, son of John and Katie (HERBERGER) SCOTT, was born March 24, 1878, in Wyoming. Death occurred at 3:48 p.m. last Wednesday, May 8, 1946, at Kewanee St. Francis hospital at the age of 68 years, one month and 14 days.
He was united in marriage to Miss Clara Mary ROBERTS, of the Modena community. They had resided in that community the past 30 years where Mr. SCOTT was a coal mine operator and farmer. He retired from this business five years ago and since that time the farm had been operated by a son.
Surviving are the widow and five daughters and five sons, Mrs. Robert BENEDICT of Princeville, Mrs. Ray GERARD of Toulon, Mrs. Clint DIXON, Mrs. Gordon BROWN and Mrs. James TRAPHAGAN of Wyoming, Everett SCOTT and Carson SCOTT, of Wyoming, Fred SCOTT of Princeville, Harley SCOTT of Longview, Washington, and Bernard SCOTT of Speer.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Effie LIGGETT of Modena, Mrs. John KELCH of Bradford and Mrs. Kate AUSTIN of Springfield, 29 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren-Contributed by Karean Seeman
Mary E. (Hooker) Scott
Mary E. Scott, 96 of Bradford Buried On Monday
Pauline Ellen Schwab
June 30, 1937
Miss Pauline Ellen Schwab, 57, a native of Bureau county, died at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at her home, one and one-half mile east of Princeton, following an illness of several weeks. She was born October 21, 1879 and had resided in Bureau county practically her entire life.
Surving are her mother, Mrs. Andrew Schwab, Princeton; two sisters, Mrs. Anne Denton, and Miss Minnie Schwab of Princeton; three brothers, Andrew of Princeton, Peter, Bradford and Joseph of North Dakota.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the home with Rev. M. S. Tope, pastor of the Methodist church in charge, Burial in Oakland cemtery. TAKEN FROM THE BRADFORD REPUBLICAN - Contributed by Nancy Piper
Horatio Scribner
May 24, 1877
Died near Bradford, May 17 of consumption, Horatio Scribner, aged 55 years. (Henry Republican - Contributed by Nancy Piper)
Jacob Shawler
Jacob Shawler Passes Away At Home Near Phelps -- Was one of the Counties well known Pioneer
Another one of the pioneers of Warren County has passed away into the Great Beyond. This time the summons was answered by Jacob Shawler, who has been a resident of the county since 1849. The cause of his death was a complication of ailments which combined with old age caused his death. The end came last evening at 7:45 at the home place near Phelps.
The deceased was born in Edmondson County, Kentucky, December 16, 1826, and spent his boyhood days in that state. In his twenty-first year he came with Elder John Ray to this State and settled in Warren County. The pair made the trip all the way from Kentucky driving a team and with a wagon. He bought a farm in Floyd Township where he engaged in farming. Three years later he made his first prospect and purchased another in Lenox township where he had since lived and been active as a farmer and stock raiser. He was always noted for his progressive ideas and today his farm is one of The Best equipped in the state and supplied with every appliance or profitable cultivation.
March 1, 1852, Mr. Shawler was married to Miss Julia Ray and to this union five children were born. Them living are Thompson of Phelps, A. H. of Ness County, Kansas, Philemon of Youngstown, and Jesse of Phelps.
The deceased united with the Baptist church in 1851 and has always been active in church. During his long residence in the county he has made a host of friends who will be grieved to learn of his death and who will extend their sympathy to his family.
The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the residence and is the request of his family that there be no flowers.
Another newspaper wrote:
Jacob Shawler, for many years, one of the best known and highly respected residents of Lenox Township, died at his home near Phelps January 23, 1911, after a long illness, death finally resulting from gangrene. Mr. Shawler was born in Edmondson, Kentucky, in December of 1826, so was over 87 years of age. He came to Illinois in 1849 with the family of Elder John Ray and took up his residence in Floyd township where he remained for three years, then moved to Lenox township where his end came. In 1853 he married Miss Julia Ray, who survived him with four sons. One son had died in 1909 and those living were Thompson of Phelps, A. H. of Ness county, Kansas, Philemon of Youngstown and Jesse of Phelps. He joined the Baptist church in 1851, and was active in that denomination. His funeral was held at the family residence and conducted by Dr. W. R. Andereck of Monmouth, with burial in the Union cemetery. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Jesse Shawler
Monday, Aug. 8, 1949
Jesse Shawler, a native, and practically a lifelong resident of Lenox township in this, county, passed away at Monmouth hospital at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon after being under treatment for two days. He had been previously hospitalized but had recovered sufficiently to return to his home.
Mr. Shawler was the son of Jacob and Julia (Ray) Shawler, and was born January 31, 1866. He is survived by a son and daughter, Everette Shawler and Mrs. J. A. McLoskey, both of Monmouth. There are two grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. A surviving brother is Philemon Shawler of Youngstown. Three brothers, Thompson, Algernon and John Shawler preceded him in death as did also his wife, the former Margaret Miller. One grandchild and one great-grandchild are deceased. For many years his home had been looked after by Miss Mae Birge.
Born and reared on a farm and having engaged in farming all of his adult life, Mr. Shawler was conversant with everything pertaining to agriculture, and remained active after reaching and passing his eightieth birthday. His practical knowledge of crops, animals and everything connected with the land, gave him rich experience and he could advise younger farmers wisely and efficiently. He was a good neighbor and his children will cherish the memory of a good father.
Funeral services will be held at the Lugg Memorial Chapel at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon and the interment will be in the family lot in Union Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Chapel at any time before4 the service hour. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
J. Everette Shawler
July 11, 1950
J. Everette Shawler, son of the late Jesse Shawler, passed away this forenoon at his home a short distance southwest of Cameron. Although he had suffered from a heart ailment for some time, the end came suddenly and with little warning.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Lugg Memorial Chapel and will be announced later.
J. Everette Shawler
The Lugg Memorial Chapel was filled to overflowing yesterday afternoon for the funeral services of J. Everette Shawler which were held at 3:30 with the Rev. Orville L. Wright of the First Christian church officiating.
Two familiar numbers, "In the Upper Garden" and "Beyond the Sunset," were sung by Edith Johnson and Mrs. Amanda Jones, the organ accompaniments being played by Bernice Holliday.
Interment was made in North Hill addition to Monmouth cemetery, those serving as pallbearers being Joseph Beal, Wilbur Jenks, George Keister, Jesse Mitchell, Isaac Reese and Irvin Sprout. The numerous flowers were in care of Mrs. George Keister, Mrs. Isaac Reese and Mrs. Irvin Sprout.
Mr. Shawler was a lifelong resident of Monmouth and the neighboring community and his sudden death on Tuesday at his home in Lenox township evoked expressions of sympathy from a large number of friends. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Mrs. (Trickle) Sherburne
Stark County News
March 24, 1892
Death of Mrs. Sherburne
Mr. J. E. Smith was called to Jefferson, Iowa, last week by the death of his aged mother, Mrs. Sherburne, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Gray.
Mrs. Sherburne, whose maiden name was Trickle, was born in 1809, and married in 1829 to Mr. Thurogood Smith. In 1835 they came to this state, where they resided for many years. Her two sons are residents of Toulon and her only daughter lives at Jefferson, Iowa. Mrs. Sherburne, although in delicate health for many years, was remarkably active for a woman of her age and interested and well posted in current events. A cheerful Christian bearing the ills of life with great patience and fortitude. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Mrs. Sarah Shockley
Stark County News
April 27, 1893
A Sudden Death
Tuesday evening Mrs. Sarah Shockley fell into the cistern at Bethuel Pierson's place and was drowned.
Mrs. Shockley has been in feeble health all winter, and for some weeks has been staying with her daughter, Mrs. Pierson. She was more comfortable than usual on Tuesday, had planned for her breakfast the next morning, and prepared her medicine for the night.
Her grandson had asked her if she had a board at her shop wide enough for a new cover for the cistern; and it is supposed that feeling stronger than usual, she went, while her daughter was out of the room, to see how large a board was needed, and stooping over lost her balance, and fell into the cistern. It was scarcely more than five minutes after her daughter left her lying on the lounge before she found her in the cistern; but all attempts to resuscitate her were unavailing.
Sarah Ann Turner was born May 10, 1810, in Milford, Delaware, where her girlhood was spent, and where she was married in 1829 to Eli Shockley. They moved to Ohio in 1835 and to Stark county in 1849, which has since been her home. Mrs. Shockley united with the M.E. church at the age of thirteen years, and remained a member until twenty-four years ago, when her daughter joined the Baptist church, she then left the Methodists and united with the Baptists to be with her daughter. She leaves three sons and a daughter to mourn the loss of a loving mother.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. W. Hicks, at the house today. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Frank Shullaw
Frank (Benjamin Franklin) Shullaw, one of Wyoming's oldest barbers, was found dead in his bed in his room at 8:15 this morning (26 DEC 1936). He was rooming at the home of Mrs. Carrie Danley. He had been in poor health for several weeks, suffering from heart trouble but was able to be downtown last evening.
Mr. Shullaw spent the greater part of his life in Wyoming but for the past three years had conducted a barbershop in Castleton. He retired four weeks ago and had since resided in Wyoming.
Surviving are one daughter, Miss Blanch Shullaw of Chicago, and five sons: Melvin of Los Angeles, CA; Zara of Peoria, IL; Roy and George of Wyoming, IL; and Raymond Shullaw. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Rosanna (Felker) Shullaw
Rosanna Felker was born in Manheim PA, 24 JUN 1824, and died of exhaustion, due to gastritis in St. Charles, MO, 25 JUN 1910.
On 8 DEC 1848, she was united in marriage to Jacob Shullaw, also of Manheim. He preceded her to the other world a little over a year ago. For fifteen years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Shullaw lived in Pennsylvania. In 1866, they and the family came to Illinois and lived on a farm two miles west of Lawn Ridge. After nine years there, they moved to Valley twp. which continued to be their home until death. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Roy Shullaw
Employee of Post-Herald for Thirty-four Years,
Funeral is Held Monday Afternoon.
Roy Shullaw, a well known and highly esteemed resident of Wyoming, died very suddenly at his home here early Saturday morning, death resulting from a heart attack.
Mr. Shullaw had been in his usual good health proceding his death, having spent the day at his work in the Post Herald. His untimely passing, therefore, was received in Wyoming and community as a great shock, and deep regret was expressed by everyone as the news became generally known.
Below will be found a most deserving sketch of Mr. Shullaw's life, from the pen of a close friend and former associate of the deceased: (Actually, Roy wrote his own obituary)
James Leroy Shullaw, son of B.F. and Sara Belle (Jackson) Shullaw, was born 10 OCT 1895, in Wyoming, IL. He grew up and spent his entire life in the town of his birth, where he attended the old South Side school and was graduated from Wyoming High school with the class of 1914.
On 8 AUG 1916, he was married to Miss Dorothy Smith, also a native of Wyoming and the daughter of John W. Smith, a well known merchant remembered by many as a former mayor. To this union three sons were born. They are: John Robert of Washington, IL; Wayne of Lansing, IL; and Burton of New Orleans, LA. Surviving also are five grandchildren, three brothers and one sister. The brothers and sister are: George of Wyoming, Melvin and Raymond, both of whom reside in California, and Miss Blanche Shullaw of Chicago, IL.
Roy was interested in education, as he was interested in young people, whose development along educational lines he loved to watch and encourage. For many years he served as a member of the board of education and as secretary of the board of the Sandham school, formerly known as the old South Side school, which he attended. He was a tireless worker in the interests of the Alumni association almost from the moment of his graduation until the day of his untimely death. He enjoyed to the fullest the reunions with his classmates, and perhaps more than any other person, labored year after year to make them a success.
Without doubt one of the most satisfying events of his life was the realization of the success of his own three sons in their college careers, and the encouragement and help that he gave them will live with them always as a memory of fatherly interest and devotion.
Roy Shullaw enjoyed the rare privilege of having grown up in the surroundings of a small community of the great Midwest in the early years of the century. As such he wandered over the hills which the boys
used to know as "the brakes" and up and down the banks of the Spoon river from "Carico Straits" to the Ennis bridge, and early developed an interest in the great out-of-doors -- in hunting and fishing, in skating in the winter and in the joys of the old swimming hole in the summer -- an interest which he retained throughout his life. He played baseball, basketball and football in high school and as a young man was also a member of the "town" teams in these sports.
For many years Roy was a member of the Wyoming Volunteer fire department, and, characteristically, interested himself in the study of modern fire fighting equipment and procedures, filling a very important place in a very important unit of community service.
Aside from his devotion to his wife, his family and his home, however, Roy's greatest interest was newspaper work and printing, at which he spent thirty-four years of his life, all on one job -- the Wyoming Post-Herald. The entire thirty-four years was with only two employers, and during that period of time he served as a reporter, linotype operator, printer, pressman, editor and writer.
His loyalty and devotion to his work were outstanding, and his success in the various departments of the business was due to his innate characteristics of inquisitiveness and persistence.
He never gave up until he had mastered the problem at hand to its solution, and his pride in the success of the home town newspaper with which he was associated, and its printing plant and printing were as
great as those of the publisher. He truly loved the craft.
Considerably more than half of his entire life span was spent in the work of helping to gather and disseminate the news of the joys and heartaches, the births, the marriages and the deaths of the people of the community which he knew as home. His devotion, his diligence and his love for his work and for his community have won for him a place of respect in the memory of his employers, associates and the hundreds who have had the privilege of his friendship and acquaintance.
With the well known "thirty" off the copy hook and the last proof read, corrected, and okayed, we close the forms on the final edition of the life of one who was a worthy member of the Fourth Estate.
Funeral services were held at the First Congregational church. Rev. Thomas Walsch, pastor of First Methodist church, officiated. Burial was in the Wyoming cemetery.
Bearers were Gerry D. Scott Sr. of Lacon; Elting Arganbright Jr., LaVirn Stisser, M.G. Humphrey, Clyde Meeske and Daniel Maher of Elmwood.
Mrs. John T. Wead was soloist accompanied by Mrs. Howard Graves. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Sarah Belle (Jackson) Shullaw
Sarah Belle Shullaw, daughter of Geo. Jackson, was born in Akron twp., Peoria Co., IL on 9 OCT 1866, and passed away on 3 NOV 1904, a little over thirty-eight years of age. Of her father's family six brothers (sic) and four sisters survive her. She passed her childhood and grew to womanhood at her father's home. On 13 JAN 1892, she was united in marriage with Frank Shullaw. At her death she left six children -- five boys and one girl -- the youngest an infant. Shortly after her marriage she and her husband moved to Wyoming where they have since resided. The little flock of children are left to a father's tender care. Mrs. Shullaw was a lady highly esteemed by all who knew her; kind, gentle, unassuming, honest and upright, she merited a full measure of love and respect. She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother and faithfully bore her share of the ordinary cares and trials of life. She was wrapt up in her children, and her most earnest desire was to guide them aright and protect them from evil influences. Those who were old enough, neatly attired, were regular attendants at the Congregational Sunday school. The mother was always anxious to have them surrounded by Christian influences, and by her own acts constantly kept before them a high moral standard. A short time before Mrs. Shullaw's death she was baptized by Rev. Sutherland of Toulon. It was evident she had faith in a life beyond the grave. Let us hope she has found her reward.
On Sunday 6 NOV, at two o'clock p.m., the funeral services were conducted from the Congregational church in Wyoming, by Rev. Sutherland of Toulon. The sermon was able and replete with consolation to the mourners. The church was filled to overflowing, many not being able to get inside. The Mustic Workers, of which order the deceased was a member, took part in the ceremonies, their closing exercises being very nice and appropriate. Mrs. Shullaw's five brothers (sic), assisted by M.H. Teets, acted as pallbearers. J.M. Dunlap and wife, H. Martin and Neva Scott, with Miss Florence Walters at the organ, furnished the music. The beautiful flowers that covered the casket, and the large number who turned out to pay their last tribute of respect, evidenced the esteem in which the deceased was held by her neighbors and friends. As the sun was drifting toward the western horizon when life seemed so tempting and bright, our neighbor was laid away in her final resting place in the Wyoming cemetery.-Contributed by Karean Seeman
William Sickels
In Wyoming, June 18, William Sickels of Lawn Ridge this county, aged 55 years.
Adda L. Smith
Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa) July 28, 1948
Miss Adda L. Smith, 86, 537 Benton street died Tuesday at a local hospital after several days illness.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. Smith. She made her home with a sister, Mrs. Henry G. Bock of Council Bluffs.
Born in Stark County, Illinois, she came to Council Bluffs on the first through train scheduled from Chicago, Ill., following completion of the railroad line.
Survivors include the sister, Mrs. Henry G. Bock, and three brothers, Stanton Smith of Holyoke, Col., Frank Smith of Seattle, Wash., and Ernest Smith of Council Bluffs.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Cutler funeral home, Charles Allen, Omaha, Christian Science reader, will officiate. Burial will be in Walnut Hill cemetery.
Coonrod Smith
From the Stark County News , June 11, 1891
Coonrod Smith, aged about 85 years, died yesterday afternoon at his home near Toulon, of paralysis. Mr. Smith was an old settler in Stark county, and had been up to last Sunday a jovial, hearty old gentleman, but on that day he was stricken with paralysis. The funeral occurs this afternoon at 2 o'clock. We will publish next week a full obituary notice.-Contributed by Karean Seeman
Mrs. C. Smith
Stark County News
June 12, 1884
Mrs. C. Smith
Died, at Stringtown, May 31, 1884, Mrs. C. Smith. She was born in York, Pennsylvnia, March 12, 1816. She was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom survive her. She leaves an aged husband to mourn her loss, which seems double, as she passed from this earth suddenly; was sick only a few hours, she and all the rest did not think she was dangerous, as she had been subject to such spells for eight years or more. She was a kind wife and mother. She was firm in the Christian faith.
-Contributed by Karean Seeman
John W. Smith,
John W. Smith died 15 JUN 1921 of "arterio icterosis with kidney and dropsy." The obituary printed in the Wyoming Post-Herald follows:
Funeral services for the late John W. Smith were held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Shullaw, on Friday afternoon, June 17, at 2:30 with Rev. L.V. Harmon of the M.E. Church in charge. Mrs. Dean Winn sang
two beautiful solos, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," with Miss Louis Strattan as accompanist. Interment was in Wyoming Cemetery.
John W. Smith, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Parsons) Smith, was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, 25 JAN 1847, and passed away at his home in Wyoming, IL, Wednesday morning 15 JUN 1921, after an illness of about six months' duration, at the age of seventy-four years, four months, and twenty-one days.
His father was a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and was one of the old river steamboat men. His mother was a native of Virginia. At the age of three years he came to Illinois with his parents, who located in Marshall Co., where for sixteen years the father followed the occupation of farming. In the year 1865 the family moved to Valley township, Stark county, and in 1868 to Harvey county, Kansas, where the father died in 1884.
John W. Smith received his early education in Marshall county, coming to Wyoming soon after his marriage and entering the employ of A.F. Bloomer, with whom he was associated in the lumber business for fifteen years or more, and where his industry and fidelity won for him the lasting respect of his employer and the community at large.
About the year 1883 he entered the mercantile business, buying out the dry goods and grocery business of Lyons and Son, and operating a store first on the North Side and later, when the center of business was in the
downtown district, moving to the South Side, where he continued until 1910.
His first marriage was in 1866, to Miss Clarinda Pepper, of Tazewell Co., who died 8 JUL 1894. No children were born to this union. On 26 NOV 1895, he was united in marriage with Miss Dora E. Ferguson. One daughter, Dorothy, now the wife of LeRoy Shullaw, was born to them. Mrs. Smith's death occurred on 29 JAN 1917, since which time he had made his home with his daughter. Besides the daughter, he is survived by three grandsons, Robert, Wayne and Burton Shullaw. He was the oldest of a family of eight children, four of whom, two brothers and two sisters, residing in Kansas and Oklahoma, survive.
John W. Smith was a man who, during the years of his activity, made his influence for good strongly felt. Ever ready to sacrifice his own interests for those of the community, he filled many public offices of trust, among which were those of supervisor and assessor of Toulon townships; though in politics a staunch democrat, being elected to these offices in this strong republican community. He repeatedly served as a member of the city council, and as mayor for a number of terms. He was also president of the Stark County Agricultural society for a great many
years, and later acted as secretary of the society. In all these offices he faithfully carried out to his utmost ability the wishes of his constituency, and labored unceasingly for the public welfare. His love of home, his kindly disposition, his open-handed generosity and readiness at all times to serve his fellow man are qualities which endeared him to hundreds, among whom he will be greatly missed. No call for assistance ever went unheeded when it was in his power to help.
Flowers, which he loved, were present in profusion at the funeral, attesting the respect in which he was held. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Miss Edna Estes, of Peoria, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Evans, of LaFayette, Mrs. Louise Ferguson, of Galesburg, and Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Sparr, of Roseville, Ill.
Card of Thanks
The family in this matter wish to thank the friends for their kindly assistance and sympathy during the illness and death of their loved one, and to assure them of their appreciation.
Another account at the time of John's death, indicates that during the last several months of his life, John suffered with dropsy. His condition was serious for an extended period of time and he was in great pain. On the night of his death 15 JUN 1921, Dorothy and Roy had been up two or three times to give him medicine and, thinking that his condition remained about the same, returned to bed. They woke up again at 4:45 a.m. only to find that John had died.
"The body was not yet quite cold," according to the press statement issued at the time of his departure. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Dora E. (Ferguson) Smith
Mrs. J.W. SMITH BREATHES LAST
The death of Mrs. J.W. Smith of this city (Wyoming), which had been expected for some time, came on Monday morning when she passed away after an illness covering several years.
Funeral services were held from the home this afternoon at 3:30, in charge of Rev. O.B. Enselman. Mrs. Dean Winn and Mrs. Marion Humphrey sang most beautifully "Some Day We'll Understand," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Mrs. Winn also sang "Face to Face."
The house was filled to overflowing with sympathizing friends and neighbors who came to pay respect to one beloved of all. The court of Honor lodge, of which deceased was a member, attended in a body. Pallbearers were: G.F. Garden, Charles Ingram, M. H. Teets, Frank Shullaw, W.H. Hartz and G.C. Strattan.
Interment was made in Wyoming cemetery.
Dora E. Ferguson, daughter of Robert M. and Lydia (Culver) Ferguson, was born near Akron, Ohio, Jan. 4, 1852, and died at her home in Wyoming in the early morning of Jan. 29, 1917, at the age of sixty-five years and twenty-five days.
When five years of age, she moved with the family to Altona, Ill., where she made her home until the year 1880, when she removed to Wyoming, which place has since been her home. In February 1888, she united with the Baptist church, remaining a faithful and consistent member until her death, ever doing her part, her life bearing silent testimony to the sincerity of her belief. She was also a charter member of the Court of Honor, in which she held office for many years, and it was with regret that she gave up attending the meetings when failing health made it necessary.
On Nov. 26, 1895 she was united in marriage with John W. Smith who with one daughter, Dorothy, now Mrs. LeRoy Shullaw, remains to mourn her passing. Of the immediate family there also remains two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Ida Emery of Wyoming, Mrs. M.C. Sparr of Roseville, and Arch V. Ferguson of Peoria.
Her illness was of long duration and for more than five years she has borne with patience and Christian fortitude suffering almost beyond human endurance, yet through it all greeting friends with a pleasant smile and a cheerfulness of heart the memory of which will linger with all who knew her.
Quiet and unassuming in manner, true to family and friends as wife, mother and neighbor, our loss though her gain, will be inexpressibly felt and the community mourns with those who mourn.
We know that the journey is over: The stress of the voyage is past. Down, sails; the white mast uncover -- She has entered the haven at last. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Amy E. (Walling) Sorenson
From the Stark County News, Aug. 16, 1888
Died, at her home in Toulon, Tuesday, August 14, Mrs. Amy E. Sorenson, aged 34 years. Mrs. Sorenson's maiden name was Walling. She was born in Noble Co., Indiana, July 8, 1854 and was married at the age of 15, to Christian Sorenson. She was the mother of seven children. Some two years ago she was converted at the revival meetings at the Baptist Church, and has borne her sufferings through all these long months with Christian patience. -Contributed by Karean Seeman
Emma Sophia (Tremain) Stevens
November 18, 1880
Mrs. Emma Sophia (Tremain) Stevens, wife of Ira Stevens of near Bradford, was buried on Tuesday In Sugar Grove cemetery. She has been lying ill for some time at the residence of her father, Mr. Richard Tremain, where slowly, surely, inevitably the processes of dissolution have been going on, reducing the round favored beautiful woman to the emaciation of a skeleton. A long sufferer has gently gone to sleep - that sleep that knows no waking. She wanted to live, for life claimed much of her; but as the wasting processes warned her of the inevitable, she had to finally give up fond hopes and aims, resign her little ones to her husband and others, and quietly acquiese in the inscrutiable discipline of Providence.
Knowing her from a babe, the writer can cheerfully attest to her modest worth, and many excellencies of womanly character. Her life consisted in usefulness and kindly acts, and every responsibility, whereever the station, was discharged in modest fealty and fidelity.
The sermon at the funeral, preached by Rev. M. Minium of this city, was well calculated to soothe the aching and bleeding hearts. The selections by the Whitefield Corners singers was also appropriate and comforting. A large concourse of people were present to attest their sympathy for the bereft, and their esteem of the deceased, and this sad event will lay as a pall upon the hearts of a wide circle of friends. Her virtues may be emulated; her memory long be cherished by all who knew her. (Henry Republican - Contributed by Nancy Piper)
Henry News Republican, July 6, 1882
Milo News
David L. Sterling for many years a resident of Milo, died at his residence in Bradford, June 23d. Funeral at the Baptist church, Sunday at 2 o'clock p.m.
Lester C. Stisser
Funeral services for Lester C. Stisser, 75, of Princeville, who died Friday morning at his home will be held
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Wyoming Congregational church.
December 3, 1952
Mrs. Melvin Stotler Dies Suddenly Thursday Night
Edna Viola Pool, daughter of Marion Edward and Lilly L. Mc-Neff Pool, was born at Monica, Illinois, on December 30, 1917, and passed away quite suddenly last Thursday night, only three days before her 34th birthday.
When she was only two years old, her mother died and she was mothered by her sister who was a mere girl at the time of their mother's going. While she was still small, the family moved to Peoria, where Edna. attended school and where her father pass-ed away, when she was but 15 years old. In 1937 she came to the Bradford community, and has lived here' ever since.
On October 3, 1939, at Davenport, Iowa, she was united in marriage to Melvin Stotler, also of Bradford. There came to bless their home two daughters, Kay Frances. and Judith Ann, who are now eleven and seven years of age, respectively. For the past two years the family has lived in the Boyd's neighborhood. They have attended the Boyd's Grove church, Mr. and Mrs. Stotler uniting in mem-bership and having the two girls baptized.
Mrs. Stotler was always a quiet and retiring person, who was well-liked by all who came to know her. Her interest centered in her home and family, and the welfare of her children and hus-band were ever uppermost in her thought and concern. She has enjoyed greatly her relationship to the church and the friendships that she has formed there, and has taken part in its activities as much as health and strength would permit. She was preceded in death by her parents and by one brother, Raymond, who passed away in 1928. She is survived by her husband; their two small daughters; a brother Andrew, in Pheonix, Arizona;. a sister, Mrs. Nellie Kopp, of Bradford, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at the Boyd's Grove church, Monday afternoon, December 31, with Rev. Austin A. Rodgers officiating. Interment was in the Mound cemetery. .Taken From the Bradford Republican - Contributed by Nancy Piper
Harriet Rebecca (Church) Stowell
Henry Republican, Henry, IL June 17, 1915
Mrs. O. B. Stowell
Harriet Rebecca Church was born at Massena Springs, St. Lawrence county, New York, on Oct. 9, 1833. At the age of 12 years she, with her family, moved to the then far west, locating in Lafayette, Stark county, Ill., in the year 1847. In this place she lived until she met and was united in marriage to Orson B. Stowell, in 1859. To them were born five children, two of whom preceded her to the great beyond - Rebecca Belle and Dr. Luther Stowell. The surviving children are W. L. Stowell of Peoria, Mrs. Fanny Peck of Edelstein, and Mrs. J. B. Greene of Speer. Since the passing of her husband in 1904, she has made her home with the two remaining daughters above mentioned, a loved and honored guest and mother. Later she became a resident of Peoria county and this vicinity for 56 years, and was a dear friend of all who came in contact with her gentle and unassuming life. She was a consistent member of the Lawn Ridge Congregational church for more than 50 years.
For some time she had been failing in health and passed to her reward at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Greene, on June 12, at the ripe age of 31. The funeral services were held from the home of J. B. Greene on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. R. Stead of Galva. Interment was at Blue Ridge cemetery, near the old Stone home.
John Strawn
June 20, 1872
John Strawn was drowned in Spoon river, June 15. He was the son of George Strawn, living near Wyoming. He went in to bathe with others, and got beyond his depth, and his comrades too frightened to assist him ran for help. His age was 21. (Henry Republican - Contributed by Nancy Piper)
Lillie Florence (Fox) Strayer
handwritten date of July 04, 1948
Unidentified newspaper
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Strayer, 79, resident of Toulon for a number of years, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Toulon Methodist church. Mrs. Strayer passed away at 7:30 Friday morning at Hayfield, Minnesota, where she was visiting relatives. She had suffered a stroke June 5 at the home of her sister, Mrs. Emma Graves, of Dodge Center, Minnesota.
Rev. Melvin A. Beger, pastor of Toulon Methodist church, was in charge of the services. C. P. Patterson, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Dwain M. Wallace, sang "Sunrise Tomorrow" and "Good Night Here, Good Morning There."
Pall bearers were nephews of the deceased and were Byron Graves, Everett Graves and Wilbur Graves, all of Hayfield, Minnesota; Harold Gelvin, of Laura; Kermit Kamerer, of West Jersey, and Jack Fox, of Wyoming.
Interment was in the mausoleum in Toulon cemetery.
Lillie Florence, eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth Webber Fox, was born June 20, 1869, near Lancaster, Ohio, and was aged 79 years and 19 days at the time of death.
When she was six years old she came with her family to Shelby county, Illinois, where she lived until 1878, when she moved to near Duncan where she lived for a number of years.
She was married February 8, 1887, at Duncan to Charles B. Strayer, who preceded her in death a number of years ago. Mrs. Staryer was an active member of Toulon Methodist church. Besides her husband and parents Mrs. Strayer was preceded in death by three sisters, Mrs. Clara Gelvin, Mrs. Alice Graves and Mrs. Effie Kamerer. Surviving are four sisters and two brothers, as follows: Mrs. Emma Graves, Dodge Center, Minnesota; Mrs. Hattie Gingrich, of Toulon; Mrs. Bertha Huddleston, of Huron, South Dakota; Mrs. Myrtle Large, of Duncan; Elmer Fox, of Brown City, Michigan, and Arthur Fox, of Rogers, Arkansas.
Among those from a distance who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. Austin Graves, Byron Graves and Wilbur
Graves, of Dodge Center, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Aden Throndson, of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Janes, Everett Graves and son, of Hayfield, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Eli Huddleston, of Huron, South Dakota; Arthur
Fox, of Rogers, Arkansas; Mr. and Mrs. John Weber, of Strasburg, Illinois; Mrs. Clara Krumerick, of Mode, Illinois;
Mrs. J. Stegall, of Galesburg.-Contributed by Karean Seeman
Mrs. Almira Chaffee Swords
Wyoming Post-Herald
Wyoming, Illinois
March 7, 1928
Another Stark County Pioneer Answers Final Summons at Age of 73 Years
Another long-time resident of Stark county has answered the final summons, Mrs. Almira Chaffee Swords having passed away at the home of her son, Jarville M. Swords, at LaFayette last Sunday, March 4, 1928, following a brief illness. Her age was 73 years, 4 months and 29 days.
Almira Chaffee was a daughter of Jarville and Mary jane (Boardman) Chaffee and was born in Essex township, Stark county, Illinois, on October 5, 1854. All her life with the exception of three years spent in South Dakota was passed in this county. She was married to Edward M. Swords in 1874, the husband passing away about twelve years ago. Five children, two daughters and three sons, were born to this union, as follows: Mrs. Mae E. Berfield, who passed away on March 22, 1921; Jarville M. Swords of LaFayette, Ill.; M. E. Swords of Eldon, Iowa; Earl L. (deceased), and Mrs. Margaret Jackson of Quincy, Ill.
Mrs. Swords united with the Wyoming Congregational church upon confession of faith on May 6, 1894, during the pastorate of the late Rev. Wm. Walters. She was a faithful member of this church and was also a member of the Wyoming chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Court of Honor.
The long life of the deceased was one of usefulness and service. She was a devoted wife and mother, a kind neighbor and a friend to the needy, always ready to make sacrifice in serving others. Among her relatives and intimate friends she was known as "Aunt Mi."
Besides the three children mentioned above, Mrs. Swords is survived by three grandchildren, Eugene E. Swords, Harold D. Swords and Walter M. Swords; one great-grandchild and eight nieces and nephews. A sister, Mrs. Ealey Ann Whitcher, died on July 10, 1875, and a brother, George w. Chaffee, passed away on December 6, 1923.
Brief funeral services were held at the home of Jarville Swords at LaFayette at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and the remains were brought to Wyoming, the final service being held at the Congregational church in this city at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. John C. Mayne. Appropriate vocal solo numbers were rendered by A. J. Walters and Mrs. Dean Winn, respectively. Officers and members of the local O. E. S. chapter attended the service in a body and conducted the ritual service of the order. Interment was in the Wyoming cemetery.
Contributed by FOFG
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With a new generation of consoles looming, it's always interesting to find out who's working on games for the fresh platforms. It looks like Level-5—the studio behind Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, series like Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven, and more—is doing just that for PlayStation 4, and hopefully they'll be providing more details in the near future.
Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino mentioned the project during an interview with Nikkei Trendy. "It's still in the planning stages, but we are also working on a PlayStation 4 title," Hino said, adding that they might be able to announce it soon.
As for Hino's thoughts on Sony's new console: "PlayStation 4 is next-gen hardware built with the network in mind, so more than graphics performance and specs, we need to think about communication—how to use the network features."
Hino had some praise for PS Vita and its new price point in Japan, but added that it will also need to simultaneously release strategic titles to make a bigger splash in the market.
Via Gematsu
Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter at @Moldilox.


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Preserving the character of the apple and its terroir
After a slow, two months long fermentation, the cider destined to become calvados is aged six months on its fine lees to enhance its aromatic expressiveness. There must be no hint of taint in the aromas so that a perfect expression of calvados can be obtained.
The Domaine Dupont alembic allows flexibility and precision during the distillation. This permits the extraction of all the scents from the cider, and gives the spirit its qualities of silky finesse.
The principle of distillation is to separate the alcohol from the water, thanks to the difference in their boiling points. When the temperature of the cider reaches 80°C (176°F) only the aromatics and alcohol escape in a flow of steam. The intensity of the fire influences the rapidity of the steam flow, and the height and diameter of the swan neck determine the speed and length of its travel.
All the Domaine Dupont calvados are created by the double distillation process (the only method permitted within the rules of the appellation Calvados of the Pays d'Auge). The cider is distilled once to produce the "petite eau" as it's called. This contains between 28 and 30% by volume of alcohol as well as all the flavouring elements essential to the quality of the finished calvados (known as the congenerics).
This "petite eau" is distilled a second
time, (called the "bonne chauffe" or
good heating) to give
Calvados. Care is taken to separate out the part that first evaporates
and is too strong (the
headings) and the part
which appears last, containing
less that 60% by volume
which are heavy and lack in finesse (the tailings). Only the heart
of the Calvados, which contains alcohol levels between 60 and 80%
by volume is conserved. During this stage of distillation, the
heating must be carried out swiftly, so that the flow of steam
carries as many of the congenerics with it as possible beyond the
swan neck.
distillation of calvados
: "Alambic à repasse"
From the book "Calvados" by Henrik Mattsson - Visit website
(reproduced with permission of the author)
The cider is poured into the pre-heater
("chauffe-cidre") and is then transferred to the heating-vessel
("chaudière") where it
reaches 80°C (176°F).
The steam passes through the
swan's neck ("col-de-cygne"), and thence back to the pre-heater ("chauffre-cidre") where it heats a new batch of cider, and then passes into the condenser: a coiled copper pipe ("serpentin") surrounded by a copper tank of cold water. The process is repeated a second time with the distillate from the first process.
The choice of the right barrels is at the heart of good aging and aromatic complexity. At the Domaine Dupont oak is the preferred wood, more particularly oak which has grown on sandy soil, because its sap has a flavour of vanilla which marries harmoniously with the aromas of freshly distilled Calvados. The barrels are only heated gently when shaped, to preserve the vanilla aromas in the sap.
The aging in young barrels lasts about 3 months, sufficient to enrich the Calvados with the vanilla aromas from the wood, without letting it mask the taste and aroma of the apples from which it came. Subsequently, the Calvados continues its aging in older barrels, less rich in tannins. Passing through the pores of the wood, the most volatile alcohol evaporates over time, the aromas intensify, gain in complexity and become more concentrated. The Calvados progressively approaches the alcoholic strength at which it will be consumed.
Etienne Dupont encourages this evaporation as much as possible to avoid all other additions, and to avoid as much as possible the reduction of alcoholic levels by the addition of water. That is why some calvados from the estate are sold "unreduced" (undiluted).
Slowly, the floral and vegetal characters of the Calvados bouquet become more complex. As it ages, the Calvados finds its roots again. Colourless as it leaves the alembic, it takes on an ever increasingly amber colour, while the development of sugars, essential oils, and fatty acids gives it ever increasing roundness, intensity and fullness.
Young Calvados, with their fruity bouquet are agreeable as aperitifs or even throughout the meal when accompanying some kinds of food. They also make very convivial post prandial drinks. Older Calvados are in themselves a great tasting experience. They demand time to be taken to appreciate all the complexity of their bouquet. The silkier ones are best sipped unaccompanied. Those with more intense aromas can be drunk on their own, or can brilliantly accompany well chosen coffee, or chocolate with a high cocoa content, or yet a cigar carefully selected by the knowledgeable amateur.
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Phillips next head men's basketball coach
Russell Phillips has been appointed head men's basketball coach at Alfred University, athletic director Paul Vecchio has announced.
Phillips comes to AU from Hobart College, where he was the top assistant under head coach Mike Neer the last five seasons. He replaces former AU head coach Dale Wellman, who resigned this summer to take the head coaching job at Nebraska Wesleyan.
"I am very excited to welcome Russell Phillips, and his wife Emilie, to our Saxon athletic family and look forward to a very bright future with him at the helm of our men's basketball program," Vecchio commented. "Russ has worked alongside some of the finest Division III coaches in the country and has learned first-hand how a high level program operates while forging a reputation as one of the hardest-working and finest recruiters in the region."
"I am honored and very excited to be the new head men's basketball coach at Alfred University. I am very appreciative of the opportunity given to me by Paul Vecchio and Kathy Woughter (vice president of Student Affairs at AU)," said Phillips. "Under Coach Wellman the program has grown and achieved great success both on and off the court and is in a great place. I can't wait to start building relationships with our student-athletes and to continue to build on the past success."
Phillips began his collegiate coaching career in 2007, as a student assistant at his alma mater, SUNY Cortland, under head coach Tom Spanbauer. The following season (2008-09), he served as top assistant to Spanbauer who, coincidentally, is a former AU head coach (1995-96). While at Cortland, Phillips recruited two SUNYAC all-league players, including the school's all-time scoring leader, Jesse Winter.
Phillips left Cortland after the 2008-09 season to become Neer's top assistant at Hobart. While at Hobart, Phillips helped coach a Statesmen team that has been one of the most successful in all of Division III. In the last five years, Hobart has gone a combined 104-38, won two Liberty League championship tournaments and appeared in the NCAA championship tournament three times.
The Statesmen also competed in two ECAC Upstate Championship tournament appearances during Phillips' tenure at Hobart, winning once, and claimed four Liberty League regular season titles. Phillips helped coach a pair of All-Americans and 15 Liberty League all-stars, including two league Players of the Year, two league Freshmen of the Year, and three Defensive Players of the Year.
Phillips has extensive experience coaching outside the collegiate arena. Since 2007, he has worked at several basketball camps. In addition to coaching at Hobart's camp the last five years, he has worked at camps hosted by University at Buffalo, Keystone State, SUNY Cortland, Lemoyne College, and Syracuse University. He was an assistant coach at the Western Scholastic Boys Basketball Empire State Games in 2007-08 and from 2005-08 served as head coach for U15, U16 and U17 Rochester-area AAU teams.
AU is coming off an 18-9 season in 2013-14, the program's winningest in 25 years. The Saxons made their first-ever appearance in the Empire 8 Conference championship tournament and competed in the ECAC South Championship tournament. Several key members of that team, including three starters, return to provide a solid nucleus for Phillips' first year at AU.
"With the talent returning in our program and the energy, determination and focus that I know Russ will be bringing, I am looking forward to some great years ahead with Saxon basketball," Vecchio said.
Phillips said he was impressed by his visit to the Alfred University campus, referring to a remodeled McLane Center gymnasium and new health and wellness annex, as well as a broad range of academic offerings. He looks forward to becoming part of the AU community.
"Throughout the interview process and my time on campus my excitement for Alfred continued to grow. Everyone that I came into contact with had such a strong passion for Alfred that is truly exciting to become a part of," he said. "With new and updated facilities, a wide range of curriculum from business administration to engineering to sports management, and great people on campus; Alfred is a place that will continue to attract high-level student-athletes that want to compete and win at the highest levels."
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Quite the interesting statement Gez. I personally do not know anyone involved in WCAG who is not passionate about accessibility and finding the best solution(s) regarding the improvement of technology to make it fully accessible to all users. Please do not mistake efforts to make sure the guidelines are technically acheivable and free of subjective interpretation as oppostion to improving accessibility. Rob Haverty Technical Evangelist Accessible Technology Group Microsoft 425-706-6847 ________________________________ From: email@example.com on behalf of Gez Lemon Sent: Thu 11/3/2005 8:46 PM To: David MacDonald Cc: WCAG WG mailing list Subject: Re: appology On 03/11/05, David MacDonald <email@example.com> wrote: > In our conference call I believe I made an unfair comment. About the Acronym > issue, I said "it appears that industry is lining up against disability > consultants." I think every one on this committee is concerned about making > a document that will provide the maximum accessibility to people with > disabilities in a way that is realistic and sustainable. And I trust our > group conscience and I trust our process. For that reason I apologize for > the comments. I have a great respect for everyone on the committee and hope > you will accept my sincere apology. Although I can't speak for everyone on the call, I'm sure that everyone present on the call accepts your apology. I accept your apology, even though there was no need to apologise to me. Being relatively new to the group, I've never understood if this is the elephant in the room [1], or whether it's just been purely coincidental that certain members never seem to support anything that would obviously improve accessibility, but would require work on their part as they're issues that they wouldn't have already addressed. I've always assumed it's the elephant, but have never liked to mention it in case it was taboo. You've apologised for making a simple observation, so I'm really pleased that I've never been brave enough to mention the elephant. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_room Best regards, Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.comReceived on Friday, 4 November 2005 14:00:37 UTC
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Communist Party, Turkey (KP): "Step into action!"- Interviews with Kemal Okuyan and Özlem Şen Abay
Turkey must exit NATO.
The EU membership process must stop;
All military agreements with the US must be abolished, all relevant military bases must be closed;
All religious associations must be dissolved. Any religious discourse must be forbidden in politics. Educational system must be refashioned on the secular basis;
The support for the terrorist groups in Syria must be called off.
These are the urgent demands that must be raised and popularized after the coup attempt of the Gulenists and their collaborators.
The Communist Party cannot let the immediate connections between the unjust system in the country and what happened thereof be passed over while struggling for such demands.
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Ετικέτες Erdoğan, Interviews, Kemal Okuyan, Komünist Parti, statements, Turkey
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Interview with KKE's Makis Papadopoulos: "The communists need to struggle decisively and methodologically against imperialism"
Special interview with Makis Papadopoulos, member of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Greece, responsible for the Ideology Department.
Source: International Communist Press, 01 June 2016.
ICP: As a result of the protocol that exists between CP of Greece and CP, Turkey you came to give a seminar on imperialism to the cadres of CP, Turkey. Do you think that the seminar was productive?
Makis Papadopoulos: The seminar itself proves the substantial and fraternal cooperation in the relationship of the two parties. CP of Greece (KKE) and CP, Turkey (KP) in order to develop a revolutionary strategy they realize the need of a new theoretical analysis in the Marxist-Leninist approach. This seminar was productive because it gave us the chance to clarify the Leninist approach of our party and to debate certain critical points of the topic. At a period which the antagonism among the inter-imperialist centers is intensifying and with NATO getting more aggressive, thus there is a risk of a more general war, the communist parties need to be alert to act in time.
ICP: How do you define shortly the imperialist system of the modern world? Do you think that there are differences in relation to the period of Lenin?
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Ετικέτες Analysis, Imperialism, Interviews, KKE, Komünist Parti, Makis Papadopoulos
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Interview with Kemal Okuyan, First Secretary of Communist Party of Turkey (Rizospastis, 15 May 2016)
Discussion with Kemal Okuyan, First Secretary of the Central Committee.
Source: Rizospastis / Translation: In Defense of Communism.
For the developments in Turkey, the activity of the communists, the difficulties but also the existing potential, we had the opportunity to discuss with comrade Kemal Okuyan, First Secretary of the CC of Communist Party, Turkey, and representative of 'Gelenek' magazine in the International Communist Review.
- What is the political, socio-economic reality in Turkey? We know about the persecutions of party's members and yours personally. How does the Party react?
Turkey passes through a long and deep political crisis which, for the time being, doesn't include the financial crisis, despite the fact that Turkish economy is very fragile, with dissolution of state property and a continuous attack on the working class' rights, while there is a huge leak of wealth and high level of foreigh investors. The government evolves a generalized social attack, which includes the Kurds, the secular forces against religious fundamentalism. And, of course, we the communists are permanently the target. Attacks on our offices occur, (attacks) against our members with the accusation of insulting President Erdogan. I personally face prosecution in three different cases (one began on May 5th, but was re-scheduled for the coming September). The Party has agreed to intensify the offensive political struggle.
- What are the priorities of the Party this period?
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Ετικέτες Erdoğan, Greece, Interviews, Kemal Okuyan, Komünist Parti, Religion, Rizospastis, Turkey
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Interview of the General Secretary of KKE Dimitris Koutsoumbas in the "Newspaper of Editors"
Abstracts from the interview of Dimitris Koutsoumbas, Secretary-General of the CC of KKE, in the weekend edition of the "Newspaper of Editors" (Efimerida ton Syntakton), Sunday 27 March 2016. You can read the whole interview here.
Translation: In Defense of Communism.
Q: The economic crisis and the refugee issue seem to be grist to the mill for the Far-Right. Almost everywhere in Europe, xenophobic and intolerant parties are strengthening. Why does it happen? Where is the Left? Why does it fail to affect the situation? Why it doesn't convince the working people?
Koutsoumbas: Today it is important to be widely realized that the so-called far-right, xenophobic but also the openly fascist parties are "brood" of the capitalist system's rotteness itself. They are created, used and connected with strong business interests and other centers of the capitalist establishment, having as an aim to divide the people in order to offer immunity to the same corrupt system- that creates poverty, crises, wars and refugees- as well as to enpower the authority of the big capital and the monopoly companies.
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Southwestern Honshu and Shikoku
Southwestern Honshu (the Kinki and Chugoku regions) and Shikoku are
main part of the Southwest Japan Arc, in which the long axes of major
landforms and zonal distributions of the basement rocks including
accretionary complexes are parallel to the Nankai Trough. The Median
Tectonic Line (MTL) running east-west in Shikoku and the Kii Peninsula
is the Japanese longest (over 1000 km long) fault zone consisting
mainly right-lateral strike-slip faults. The MTL can be readily traced
as lineaments on the ground. The southwest Japan is conventionally
divided into the outer zone (Pacific side) and the inner zone
(continental side) by the MTL.
|Fig. Topographic map []
|Fig. Geologic map []
For the basement rocks (geotectonic subdivisions), see also "Outline of landforms and geology of Japan".
Outer zone
Mountain ranges with steep slopes occupy in the outer zone: the Kii Mountains and the Shikoku Mountains. These ranges are upwarped mountains with domed morphology, the highest peaks of which are about 2000 m high. Antecedent rivers have dissected the mountains. The Shikoku Mountains have two uplift areas in the eastern and the western parts. Ridges and valleys extend east-west, reflecting the distribution of basement rocks and geological structure.
The geology is characterized by eastward trending belts of accretionary
complexes formed from the Jurassic to Paleogene and metamorphic rocks.
High pressure type metamorphic rocks
are distributed along the MTL (Sambagawa Belt). The metamorphic rocks
are crystalline schist, the parent rocks of which are
Carboniferous-Jurassic mudstone, sandstone, and volcanic rocks. A Late
Jurassic accretionary complex (Chichibu Belt) lies on the south of the
Sambagawa Belt. Sedimentary rocks in this belt were weakly
metamorphosed. The Kurosegawa Belt consisting of various Paleozoic rocks
is distributed in the Chichibu Belt as a narrow zone. A
Cretaceous-Paleogene accretionary complex (Shimanto Belt) is situated on
the south of the Chichibu Belt. The Shimanto Belt is a very long zone
from the Boso Peninsula in central Honshu to the Okinawa Islands.
The Shimanto Belt is regarded as a typical accretionary complex. The belt consists of turbidite (alternating beds of sand and mud) and mélange including basaltic pillow lava, limestone, chert, and red shale. The formations of sedimentary rocks strongly folded and faulted dip northward as a whole, although they become younger southward (see "Accretionary prism" and "Tei melange and Muroto").
Inner zone
The inner zone can be geomorphologically divided into three parts:
the Seto Inland Sea, the region including the Chugoku Mountains, and the
Kinki Triangle.
The Seto Inland Sea is a depression zone between the mountains in the outer zone and those in the inner zone. Archipelagic areas and no-island areas are alternately arranged in the Seto Inland Sea. The archipelagic areas are uplift areas and the no-island areas are subsidence areas.
The Chugoku Mountains and plateaus are situated to the north of the Seto Inland Sea. The Chugoku Mountains with peaks more than 1000 m is surrounded by plateaus including the Tamba Highland, the Kibi Highland, and the Iwami Highland. The heights of tops of these plateaus are 400-600 m. Erosional low-relief surfaces regarded as an uplifted peneplain are remarkably developed in the mountains and plateaus. The mountains in the inner zone have gentle slopes in contrast to those in the outer zone.
Active faults
in central Honshu []
The Kinki Triangle is located to the east of the Chugoku Mountains. In this region, many faults, which are reverse faults and strike-slip faults, separated landforms into small units and complicated the arrangement of them. Mountain ranges (uplift areas) are bordered with mainly northward trending faults, differing from other mountain ranges lying east-west in the inner zone. Those ranges comprise small blocks 20 to 50 km long, 5 to 15 km wide, and 800 to 1200 m high, with erosional low-relief surfaces. The mountains in the eastern area of the region are higher than in the western area. Basins (subsidence areas) are placed between the mountain ranges.
In the inner zone, high pressure type metamorphic rocks (Sangun
Belt) are distributed in the northern part of Chugoku, the parent rocks
are mud stone, chert, and volcanic rocks (Late Paleozoic accretionary
complex), metamorphosed during the Late Carboniferous to Jurassic
depending on places. A Jurassic accretionary complex is situated on the
south of the Sangun Belt. Volcanic rocks (rhyolite) and felsic plutonic
rocks (granite) were produced in the Cretaceous to Neogene. They
broadly covered or intruded the metamorphic rock zone and the
accretionary complex. Therefore, the zonal distribution of the basement
rocks is unclear.
Late Cretaceous sedimentary rocks (Izumi Group) are distributed on the north of the MTL. The formations consist of marine sediments that filled a basin formed by left-lateral movement of the MTL. Neogene formations are found on the Sea of Japan.
Fig. Forearc basins (blue circles)
Forearc basins are divided by heights.
In southwestern Honshu and Shikoku, the subsidence zone (Seto Inland
Sea) trending east is between the uplift zones (Shikoku Mountains and
Chugoku Mountains). In addition to this east-west structure, the
alternating structure of uplift areas and subsidence areas with the
axes trending north or northeast is found in the region. This
alternation, for example, appears in the distribution of peak heights
of the mountain ranges and the uneven spread of islands in the Seto
Inland Sea as mentioned above. Forearc basins off southwest Japan also
exhibit this structure. The features of the region, such as the
alternating structures and landforms of the Kinki Triangle, are
attributed to the movement of the Philippine Sea Plate and the Pacific
The outer zone and the inner zone on the west of the Kinki Triangle are affected by oblique compression resulted from the Philippine Sea Plate slantwise descending. The movement of the Philippine Sea Plate drags the blocks between the MTL and the Nankai Trough and leads to the right-lateral movement in the MTL. The alternating structure of uplift areas and subsidence areas with the axes trending north or northeast is also affected by the oblique subduction and the right-lateral movement.
The region in and around the Kinki Triangle is compressed east-west by the subduction of the Pacific Plate at the Japan Trench and the collision of the Izu-Bonin Arc with Central Honshu. This crustal movement formed the landforms in this region.
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The core committee has decided that one of the security issues due to be fixed next week is sufficiently bad that we need to take extra measures to prevent it from becoming public before packages containing the fix are available. (This is a scenario we've discussed before, but never had to actually implement.) What we intend to do is shut off updates from the master git repo to the anonymous-git mirror, and to github, from Monday afternoon until Thursday morning. Commit-log emails to pgsql-committers will also be held for this period. This will prevent the commits that fix and document the bug from becoming visible to anyone except Postgres committers. Updates will resume as soon as the release announcement is made. Although committers will still be able to work normally, we realize that this is likely to be a handicap for non-committers; and it will also mean that buildfarm runs will not test any new commits until the mirrors are allowed to update. We do not intend to start doing this as a routine thing, and apologize in advance for any disruption. It seems necessary in this instance, however. regards, tom lane
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On the slopes with Davos man
By BBC World's Nik Gowing
With a mix of respect and perhaps jealousy, the 2,000 global movers and shakers who manage to secure an invitation to the annual Davos World Economic Forum were once labelled 'Davos Man'.
Those privileged enough to be included annually on the invitation list certainly feel themselves to be part of something unique.
However, to give them tribal status is pushing business anthropology a bit far.
Davos people say it is to brainstorm, freewheel, and try to chart the increasingly tempestuous waters ahead - if that is possible.
The participants know that it is about being a member of a large, amorphous global network.
The less fortunate - who believe themselves to be qualified - spend much of the year trying to use every ruse possible to secure the most sought-after white cards.
The regulars identify themselves by sight. They know the perils of sheet ice and the insanity of wearing the best leather-soled shoes in one of Switzerland's premier ski resorts.
Even the good and the great can fail to defy gravity. A few years ago, Adair Turner, the former Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry, and a young journalist from the Financial Times ended up with fractured limbs. This can happen merely by crossing an icy sidewalk to do business at Davos, not by skiing.
Dress code
Regulars wear walking or snow boots under their pin stripes or tuxedos. They know the value of dressing down informally as the atmosphere slackens.
They also know that even the smartest BMW or Mercedes becomes a redundant liability when a metre of snow falls in 36 hours and shuts the roads up from Zurich. Because of avalanche dangers in 1999, the American First Lady, Hilary Clinton, had to jettison a score of Secret Service cars to take the narrow gauge railway up the mountain
At the centre of power
Jealousy is never part of the argument - at least officially. It is this eclectic, high-powered mix which remains Davos' enduring attraction.
Power meetings are more relaxed. Where else could you bump into the hedge fund investor George Soros on a bus hanging by the strapontins? Where else could you end up sitting next to a foreign minister or a corporate chairman worth billions wearing their fleeces and eating mozzarella in a crowded pizza parlour?
For six days, Davos is transformed into a paradise for-name droppers and networkers. That is nothing to be ashamed of. The founder of the World Economic Forum, Professor Klaus Schwab, envisaged an environment where corporate bosses, political leaders, trade unionists, as well as authors could mix comfortably.
He also wanted Europe to counter the growing threat of US power.
This event goes from strength to strength with major corporations willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to ensure that they play a part at the centre of global and corporate challenges. However, Davos organisers deny that anyone buys influence or access.
Something for everyone
Participation is the key at 320 sessions.
"We are not a conference" the organisers emphasise. "There is no preaching from the platform". There are no "delegates" or "attendees". We are all "participants".
On the eve of the forum, all the session moderators attend what the organisers alarmingly call a 'Boot Camp' to be drilled in non-US marine style about how sessions work and why others fail.
Large delegations are definitely out - even for Presidents and Prime Ministers. Space is at a premium to house the executives never mind an enormous retinue of officials and security men.
Those who challenge or do not comply with the organisers' strict limitations are denied an invitation - or never receive another one.
Though nestled in the Swiss Alps, Davos is no longer isolated. Here there must be the most intensive concentration usage of mobile phones anywhere in the world. Swiss Telecom upgraded their system this year because of the overload last year.
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The price is a lot higher. I think this just lowers the barrier of entry to those looking to get an iPad or considering one as a gift that otherwise would reconsider. But I don't think this will sway people from considering the Kindle Fire or Nexus 7 based on price alone.
I think the iPad mini is a great offering at a good price. But I don't think it will compete with the $200/$250 tablets on price.
iPad 2 has been $400 starting for 6 months already. iPad mini is only $70 cheaper. If they wouldn't get an iPad 2 at $400 I don't see why $330 will sway them. If anything I think the game is the same, this just gives people who wanted a 8" iPad on a 8" iPad and keeps them from choosing one of the 7" tablets based on size.
So this is more of a size competition, not price.
1024x768 is pretty bad at 7 inches, except we are talking 7.9 inches here!! People have to be drunk to get this thing at $329. Just wait for the iPad Mini 2. I'm sure the resolution won't be as comical and the wifi version will probably come with Assisted GPS and GLONASS, which this wifi version does not.
Not really, we've had the iPad2 at 1024x768 this increases the DPI, so it's an improvement in someways.
I honestly think this is a great move by Apple and they will overtake the market. Do you know how many kids ask their parents for an Ipad for Christmas? Guess what Santa will be putting under the christmas tree this year? And since most kids don't drive a GPS isn't really needed.
I hear the same thing now about retina calibre displays on MacBooks, that it is overkill and unneeded. I guess once other manufacturers start to pick up and do the same, non-retina will be comical and pretty bad on laptops too.
(of course the opposite is also true. Many have said once they used a retina display they would never go back to fuzzy low PPI displays, but I'll bet some of those same people will be all over the mini)
I actually can't wait to get one. I love my iPad 3, but it's heavy to hold at times. I'm looking forward to the smaller and lighter form factor for sure.
AGPS and GLONASS is only beneficial for what in your opinion? If navigation is an answer you would consider, one has to assume a cellular capable tablet of any nature can be more logical. And if you want to throw tethering into the mix... I'm wondering why the cellular device being used for tethering wouldn't be capable of navigation it self.
Second part, this isn't an iPad for the top-of-the-line user. Clearly Apple's strategy is, the mini is a mini. Smaller form, smaller price, and left with reasons to lead to an up-sell. If you want to argue the iPad mini doesn't do X,Y,Z that's just an opportunity to present what iPad can do.
For this consideration to put into context, you need to look at all Android tablets, and treat them all under one product category and pretend they're all manufactured by the same OEM. Then we can criticize some really horrible hardware with the same scrutiny being provided here. Unfortunately, the iPad mini is the worst iOS tablet Apple could provide, and it'll sell successfully.


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I really like that new website I found.
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I really like that new website I found.
New glasses. :)
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This morning I went back in time in this thread to see everybody's pics. Could only find pictures going back to Sept. 2009 because before that we had to use that photobucket thing so no pictures are left from before then.
Then I searched through all my laptop pictures and discovered I don't have any pictures of just me. Figures. I take pictures of other people, not me. So I tried to take my own picture, but my arms aren't long enough to hold the camera far enough from my face to get a decent shot. I know there's a timer on the camera, but I don't know how to use it and I don't feel like learning anything new today. So, self-portrait in the mirror!
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Nice shot, Punkin.
Great picture Punkin! You are obviously not in the deep freeze area of the US. :lol
Cute picture!!! :cheek
Love your pic, punkin!
Thanks. I had a couple shots with better focus, but I liked how this one fuzzed out some wrinkles!
Yay, I'm glad to finally see one of my agree-ers on here. <3
I have no new photos to share. Doesn't look like anybody liked what I already posted, though.


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Letter: DPS giving wrong impression with letter
Well! Well! Well! They want to give us the shaft and make us feel good while they are giving it to us. It makes one hopping mad.
I'm referring to a letter sent out to all taxpayers in the Dickinson School District. The letter is very confusing. They are saying the actual mills will drop by 45.5 mills and the district will receive approximately $400,000 less in property taxes because of property tax relief.
They fail to mention that the 2013 Legislature bought down the mill levies of every school district in the state. Instead they give the impression that they are losing big money and that the mill levy must be raised.
The Legislature's idea of property tax reform appears to be buying down the district property tax levy so that the district can raise it back up again. This gives them a healthy shot in the arm without raising taxes. Don't forget about the valuation increases being implemented also. Valuations get increased and they sit back and say "we didn't raise taxes." This lie has been going on for years and has been shafting the people big time.
Similar activity has been going on all across North Dakota. Where the state bought down the school mill levy, the counties and other taxing entities raise their levies to make up for that deduction. The end result is no property tax reduction.
Isn't local control a wonderful thing? No wonder the "Keep It Local Group" was so vehement about local control. Local control has been raping us for years and will continue to do so unless we the people put a stop to it. They have no intention of reducing our taxes.
Everyone must go to the hearing on Aug. 12, speak up and say, "No" to the 21.5 percent increase in our school tax mill levy. We have the right and responsibility to do so. Contrary to popular belief, we the people are still the government and those we elect to the school board, county commission, Legislature, etc., are supposed to represent us. If we don't speak up, they will continue to trample us into the dirt.
All of this is proof that property taxes need to be abolished. They are corrupt, unworkable and cannot be reformed. If this kind of abuse keeps up and it will, people will abolish them. Believe it!
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14-year-old girl says Oregon clothing store banned her for being 'too big'
An Oregon clothing chain is investigating after a 14-year-old girl said that one store threw her out for being "too big."
Shelby Buster told KEZI that she didn't expect to experience weight discrimination when she went shopping without her mother at the mall for the first time.
"Me and my friend were walking around the mall for — to spend my birthday money, and my mom was sitting in the food court," she recalled.
Buster said that she and her friend headed to the Rue 21 clothing store where she was met by a rude sales representative.
"I walked in and the lady at the front counter said hey you're too big to be in this store, I need you to leave," the 14-year-old said.
After Buster told her mother what happened, she confronted an employee at the store and they apologized. Buster's mother then contacted KEZI and posted the story on Facebook.
A Rue 21 district manager told KEZI that the company was reviewing surveillance footage. The company also insisted that it did not tolerate discrimination.
"Seriously, that's disrespectful and rude," Buster pointed out. "Just because I'm bigger than you guys are — I'm not a 14 or smaller — it makes no sense why they would do that."
"It just made no sense to me. They should just have more respect, just refrain from insulting people like me and stuff."
Watch this video from KEZI, broadcast Sept. 1, 2013.
(h/t: Consumerist)


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