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Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943)
Swiss-born French physician and bacteriologist, born on Sept. 22, 1863 in Lavaux (Canton of Vaud, Switzerland). His father was an intendant charged with the powder in Romandy ; he died two weeks before the birth of his son Alexandre. His mother moved to Morges (Switzerland), where she created an institution for young girls and brought up her three children by herself (Emilie, Franck and Alexandre).
1883-1884 High school studies then enrollment in medical training at the School of Medicine in Lausanne (Switzerland), then in Marburg (Germany).
1885-1886 Attended the School of Medicine in Paris, where he worked in professor A.V. Cornil's laboratory at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital. Entered Louis Pasteur's laboratory at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, by invitation of Emile Roux, and participated in the development in the anti-rabies serum.
1887 Became a non-resident medical student in the Paris hospitals. Entered professor J.J. Grancher's service at the children's hospital (Enfants Malades).
1888 Thesis defense for medical doctorate on : "Etude sur le développement du tubercule expérimental", which won him the bronze medal from the School of Medicine in Paris. Traveled to Berlin (Germany) to continue his bacteriological studies, under Robert Koch (from May to June).
1889 At the recently created Institut Pasteur in Paris, was engaged by E. Roux to prepare and teach a course in microbiology (first Cours de microbiologie) ; as a collaborator of E. Roux, commenced research on the toxic properties of the diphteria bacillus and discovered the diphteric toxin : their work was published in the Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Became a French citizen.
1890 Left for French Indochina in Southeast Asia as a ship's physician to the "Messageries Maritimes" company, in the Saigon-Manila line.
1891 Embarked as a physician on a steamer bound for Saigon and Haiphong. On December, obtained leave from the "Messageries Maritimes" company and explored Indochina. Met A. Calmette in Saigon.
1892-1894 During three expeditions into the Moïs mountains, discovered the high plateau of Lang-Bian, where he recommended that a town, the future Dalat, be built.
1894 By request of the French government and the Institut Pasteur, he was sent to Hong-Kong to conduct research on bubonic plague (or pest) epidemic that was sweeping through China ; isolated the plague bacillus which causes the disease, on June 20 ; demonstrated for the first time that the same bacillus was present in the rodent as well as in the human disease, thus underlining the possible mean of transmission ; this important discovery was communicated to the French Academy of Sciences, by his colleague Emile Duclaux, in a paper titled La peste bubonique de Hong-Kong.
1895 Was sent to the small island of Nossi-be, next to Madagascar where he carried out post-mortem in cases of death caused by the haematuric bilious fever. Returned to the Institut Pasteur in Paris ; continued research on the plague bacillus and the development of an anti-plague serum, in collaboration with A. Borrel and A. Calmette, in E. Roux's laboratory. Traveled to Indochina where he established a small laboratory in Nha Trang, for studying cattle diseases ; this laboratory was to become a branch of the Institut Pasteur in 1905.
1896 Traveled to China and tried the anti-plague serum received from Paris, in Canton and Amoy, but with disappointing results. Extended the laboratory in Nha Trang with additional buildings and obtained a concession to establish an agricultural station in Suoi Giao.
1897 Traveled to Bombay (India) to cope with an outbreak of plague, provided with great amounts of the anti-pest serum, with disappointing results. The vaccine used by W. Haffkine was not efficient either. P.-L. Simond, sent by the Institut Pasteur, replaced him.
1899 Introduced the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in Indochina. The first crop of rubber latex were bought by the "Michelin" company in 1904.
1902-1904 With the assistance of Indochina's governor general P. Doumer, founded a medical school at Hanoi and was its first director until 1904.
1904 As a delegate of the Paris Institut Pasteur, he was nominated director of the Pasteur Institutes in both Saigon and Nha Trang.
1905 On Feb. 6, his mother died, with whom he corresponded regularly. From then on, he wrote his numerous letters to his sister.
1908 On the roof of his house in Nha Trang, built a dome shelter for a refracting telescope and a prismatic astrolabe.
1909 Became a member of the French Society of Exotic Pathology (Société de Pathologie Exotique, SPE).
1915 Opened a new agricultural station in Hon Ba. Tried to acclimatize the quinine tree (Cinchona ledgeriana) which produced the first known effective remedy for preventing and treating malaria (that prevails in Southeast Asia to this day).
1916 Elected corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences (section of medicine and surgery) ; obtained the Lecomte prize from the Academy (1927).
1924 Became honorary inspector general responsible for the Indochina's Pasteur Institutes, while N. Bernard became director of these Pasteur Institutes.
1934 When A. Calmette and E. Roux died, the Institut Pasteur's board of directors established the scientific advisory board to which A. Yersin belonged, along with : G. Bertrand, J. Bordet, A. Borrel, F. Mesnil, Ch. Nicolle.
Nominated honorary director of the Institut Pasteur in Paris and as such, became president of the general assembly.
1943 On Feb. 28, died at his home in Nha Trang.
Collaborators : A. Borrel, L. Bréaudat, A. Calmette, C. Carré, Fraimbault, A. Lambert, Lalung-Bonnaire, E. Roux, P.-L. Simond, A. Vassal.
Biographical reference tools :
- Mollaret (Henri), Brossolet (Jacqueline), "Yersin un pasteurien en Indochine", Un savant une époque, Paris, Belin, 1993, 379 p.
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Billy Corgan Considers Break Up of Smashing Pumpkins After Upcoming Albums
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It is unclear what will happen with the Smashing Pumpkins after those two albums. If they don't have an immediate connection with listeners, Corgan may end his band.
Billy Corgan tells the Chicago Tribune:
"When this process is over, I'm either going to bail on this ship for good, like 'I'm done,' or I'm going to have a new ship to sail on. "How do you reach through the fog as an artist? How do you punch your way back through? How do you say, 'I still matter'? How do you say, 'How does one of my contemporaries get treated like a contemporary artist, and how do I get treated like I'm supposed to play "Siamese Dream" for the rest of my life?' At some point you've got to fight this fight or go away."
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Toyota's announcement today that it will, indeed, recall 1.1 million Corollas and Matrixes for computer glitches that can cause them to stall in traffic marks the 15th Toyota or Lexus recall so far this year, Toyota says.
All told, about 5.8 million vehicles have been recalled by the automaker once known for its quality for safety defects since the start of 2010. And that doesn't include the ones from late last year when Toyota's nightmare -- remember floor mats that jam acclerators -- began.
Here's a listing of the separate recalls for both Toyota and Lexus so far this year as found by Drive On. We're still missing two, but we'll update when we get them. Some of the recalls are for current models, others for older ones. Model years of recalled vehicles vary. Note how Corolla, like Lexus LS, HS 250h and Avalon, were the subject to more than one recall:
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Australians' love affair with flatpack furniture, the Allen key and hip Swedish interior design ascended new heights last year, although global retail giant IKEA relied on huge discounts and promotional offers to keep customers plodding along its one-way store footpaths.
The Australian offshoot of the Swedish phenomenon – that has annual global revenue of nearly €28 billion ($42.66 billion) – reaped record full-year sales of $666.15 million in Australia last year, a 2 per cent increase from the $649.97 million pocketed for 2012.
The revenue came from its five stores on the east coast of Australia as the accounts for the 12 months ended August 31, included two new store openings, one in the Melbourne suburb of Springvale and a new store in Tempe, NSW.
IKEA faces increasing competition by other retailers in the housewares and furniture space. A rejuvenated Kmart under the ownership of Perth-based conglomerate
This along with heavy price deflation is expected to have put a cap on IKEA's sales growth trajectory in Australia.
Despite IKEA's modest jump in annual revenue, up only 2.5 per cent, there was a huge boost to its profitability in Australia as net profit leaped to $19.22 million from $13.53 million in 2012, a gain of 42 per cent – easily eclipsing the earnings momentum of the broader discretionary retail sector, which continues to suffer from poor consumer sentiment and generally flat trading conditions.
But much like the rest of the retail sector, IKEA has been forced into a price war to maintain the loyalty of shoppers. IKEA's decision in 2011 and 2012 to cut prices on thousands of products, some by as much as half, continued into last year and the retailer is now running a deeply discounted sale.
IKEA Australia accounts are complex and opaque
However, that stretched promotional cycle does not seem to have tarnished IKEA's margins or bottom line earnings as it has with other Australian businesses. For 2013, IKEA Australia's profit margins were a slim 2.8 per cent, up 0.8 of a percentage point from its margins of 2 per cent in 2012. Furniture and appliances company
The IKEA Australia accounts are complex and opaque, in keeping with the shadowy financial world of its parent. But it seems as though IKEA managed to slash its ''other expenses'' by 14 per cent to $47.28 million in 2013. It it is also believed to have trousered a handsome franchise fee of $22.2 million for the period from the operators of IKEA stores in Perth and Adelaide.
Industry researcher IBISWorld believes IKEA holds a 4.8 per cent share of total furniture retailing in Australia and a 7.5 per cent share of the housewares category.
Late last year IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer, claimed it had gained market share in nearly all its markets to lift sales 3.1 per cent for fiscal 2013 to 27.9 billion euros with comparable store sales up 1.8 per cent. IKEA had set itself a global target to double sales to about 50 billion euros by 2020 – but later dropped that aggressive goal as sales failed to track to its budget.
UK newspaper reports last year claimed IKEA, a Swedish company registered in The Netherlands, legally halved its corporation tax bill in the UK by siphoning off profits abroad in the form of royalty payments to a sister company.
Its latest Australian financial filings say IKEA Australia paid $8.33 million in taxes for 2013, up from $7.4 million in 2012.
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Oct. 8, 2003
Mildred Pauline Yoder, 83
Sister of Mrs. Norman (Lavern) Bushee of Ossian, Mildred Pauline Yoder, 83, of Auburn, died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003, at her home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Yoder, on Jan. 7, 2003.
Surviving, in addition to the Ossian sister, are three daughters, Pamela Sue Yoder of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Terry (Jean Ann) Howiler and Mrs. Carl (Patricia Lou) Hixson, both of Garrett; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Feller Funeral Home in Waterloo, where services will be at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Auburn.
Memorials to the Auburn Presbyterian Church.
Robert A. Weiss — Rites Pending
Robert A. Weiss of rural Ossian died today at his residence. Services are pending at Elzey Patterson Rodak Funeral Home in Ossian.
Oct. 9, 2003
Alberta F. Sutton, 96
Alberta F. Sutton, 96, died at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 at the United Methodist Memorial Home in Warren.
Mrs. Sutton worked for many years at the Gateway Inn in Markle, retiring in 1975. She was a member of the Markle United Methodist Church and sang in the church choir.
Born March 29, 1907 in Huntington to Della M. and Ola L. Fry Dungan, her marriage on April 16, 1927 in North Manchester was to Merrit M. Sutton. He preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 1980.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Barbara Joan) Buroff and Mrs. Jay (Emma Jean Fox, both of Markle; two brothers, Charles Dungan of Majenica and Wayne Dungan of Wisconsin; two sisters, Ruby Kreisher of Markle and Betty Harris of Plum Tree; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, two step grandchildren and seven step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three sisters and a brother.
Calling will be held Saturday from 1 to 8 p.m. at Myers Funeral Home Markle Chapel.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with Rev. Kaye Patton officiating. Interment will be at the Markle Cemetery.
Preferred memorials are to Markle United Methodist Church.
Robert A. Weiss, 58
Robert A. Weiss, 58, rural Ossian, died at his residence Wednesday, Oct. 8.
Born March 5, 1945 in Fort Wayne to Robert G. and Mildred Rupley Weiss, his marriage took place Feb. 14, 1970 to Candace L. Weiss at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Nine Mile. She survives.
He was a meter reading supervisor for Northern Indiana Public Service Co., retiring after 31 years in 2000. Most recently, he worked as a deliverer for Wabash Electric in Bluffton.
He was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Uniondale.
Surviving in addition to his wife and father are three sons, Brandon L. and Devin A. Weiss, both of rural Ossian, and Kristan M. Weiss, Indianapolis; and one grandson.
Services under the direction of Rev. Richard Vonesh will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Funeral Home in Ossian. Burial will be in Hoverstock Cemetery, Zanesville.
Calling will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Donnabelle Warthman, 74
A resident of the Wells County Maplewood Home, Donnabelle Warthman, 74, died Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center.
Born April 7, 1929 to Wilmer R. and Anna M. Yake Warthman in Adams County, she attended Lancaster United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one brother, Donald Warthman, Craigville; three sisters, Velma Reed and Mrs. David J. (Elberta) Huffman, both of Bluffton, and Edna Evertt, Decatur.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Harold, Loren, Paul and Dale Warthman, and one sister, Luella McAhren.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Haggard and Sefton Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Neil Ainsley and burial will be in the Oakland Cemetery in Craigville.
Calling hours are noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Maplewood Home or the Lancaster United Methodist Church.
Rosa W. Wickey—Infant
Infant daughter of William D.L. and Elma J. Schwartz Wickey of rural Bryant, Rosa W. Wickey, died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at her home, one day after she was born.
Additional survivors include two brothers, Alvin and Jonathan; two sisters, Ada and Caroline; maternal grandparents Joe E.J. and Caroline E. Schwartz, Bryant; paternal grandparents David E. and Lovina E. Wickey; Berne; maternal great-grandparent, Jacob B. J. Schwartz, Berne; and paternal great-grandparent Amos J. Wickey, Berne.
The funeral, in charge of Downing and Glancy Funeral Home, Geneva, was held today at the family residence at 3343E-900N, Bryant. Bishop Sam M. Schwartz officiated and burial was at the Bunker Hill Cemetery in Adams County.
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Rosa L. Baughman, 73
Rosa Lee Baughman, 73, of Ossian, died Saturday, Oct. 11 at her residence.
Born in Webster County, W. Va. on Feb. 22, 1930 to Lonnie C. and Rhoda J. McCoy Cogar, she married Clifford P. Baughman on Dec. 29, 1956 in Buchannon W. Va.; he survives. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ossian Church of the Nazarene,
Other survivors include a son, Loyal. R. Cogar of Ossian; a brother, Dana Cogar of Webster Springs, W. Va.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Ossian Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Paul White and Rev. Randy Stirratt officiating. Calling will be Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Elzey Patterson Rodak Funeral Home in Ossian and for one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Ossian. Preferred memorials to the Family Hospice of N.E. Indiana.
Betty K. Gooley, 79
Betty K. Gooley, 79, of Huntington, died at 6:54 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 at Parkview Huntington Hospital.
Born in Bluffton on Sept. 12, 1924 to William G. and Goldie Monroe Hankins, she married Robert Gooley in Bluffton on Feb. 11, 1942; he died Feb. 27, 1995.
Survivors include a son, Robert Gooley, Jr. of Huntington; a daughter, Mrs. John S. (Karen) Huffman of Huntington; a sister, Mary Mossburg of Kendallville; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five brothers and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation is today from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Deal-Robbins & Van Gilder Huntington Chapel, and for one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Huntington. Preferred memorials to the Parkview Home Health and Hospice.
Dorothea Beard, 74
A native of Wells County and former Montpelier resident, Dorothea Irene Beard, 74, of South Bend, died Thursday, Oct. 9 at her residence.
Born in Wells County on August 6, 1929 to Elmer L. and Violet D. Holdren Bennett, she married Walter Willard, who died Jan. 1, 1955. She was a 1947 graduate of Montpelier High School and was a homemaker.
She is survived by her mother of South Bend; a son, Jim Willard of Colorado; two sisters, Esther Towns of Selma and Patricia Conwell of Muncie; a brother, Clyde Bennett of Montpelier; two half-sisters, Hannah Greider of Michigan and Cathy Kopp of South Carolina; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
There will be no calling or services; the body has been cremated. Glancy Funeral Homes, Walker Chapel of Montpelier was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to a Hospice House or to the donor's choice.
Oct. 14, 2003
Frank A. Lowe, 78
Former Wells County Veterans Service Officer Frank A. Lowe, 78, of rural Montpelier, died at 1:20 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, from cancer. He had been in failing health the past six weeks.
He was born Sept. 15, 1925 to Clarence and Mary Hinderland Lowe in Geneseo, N.Y. His first marriage was to Ruth Richardson who died Jan. 31, 1993. His second marriage, to Marice Holloway, took place Feb. 18, 1995. She survives.
A 31-year employee of Corning Glass, he retired as shift supervisor in 1980. He served as Wells County Emergency Management Director and had also been the assistant director. He also was Director of the Wells County Veterans Service Office. He retired from the Veteran's Service post in June 2003.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy Air Corps, he served in World War II. He was a past commander of the Grover Sheets Post 111 of the American Legion and a member of the Bluffton Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a past commander of the Faulist-Whipple Post 1252 of the American Legion in Corning, N.Y. He was a charter member of the East Corning N.Y. Fire Department and retired from the Bluffton Fire Department in 1981 after many years of service.
A member of the Bluffton Presbyterian Church where he served as an elder, he also belonged to the Indiana Guard Reserve Air Wing, was active in Girl Scouts and Boys Scouts while in New York and with the Allen-Wells Chapter of the American Red Cross.
In addition to his second wife, he is survived by four daughters, Aleyce F. Lowe and Nancy A. Lowe, both of Bluffton, Mrs. Linda (Thomas) Moses, of Painted Post, N.Y., Holly L. Lowe, Tampa, Fla.; four step-daughters, Veda Taylor, Montpelier, Karen Jordan and Sherrie L. Narvaez, both of Texas, Mrs. Dave (Sandra) Masterson, Keystone; two step sons, Eldon L. Reid, Muncie, and Jerry L. Kipfer, Montpelier, a brother, Kenneth Lowe, Pavillion, N.Y.; three grandchildren, 11 step-grandchildren, one great-grandchild and seven step great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Lyle Ewing will officiate and burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
Memorials may be made to the church or to Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana.
Helen K. Bussel, 89—Rites Pending
Helen K. Bussel, 89, died at 4:20 a.m. today, Oct. 14, at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation. Arrangements are pending at Goodwin Memorial Chapel.
Helen Ilo Jackson Schmeling, 88
A native of Liberty Center, Helen Ilo Jackson Schmeling, 88, died Saturday, Oct. 11, at Woodview Health Care Center in Fort Wayne.
Born July 5, 1915 to Cecil U. and Nellie A. Osborn Jackson, she married Elmer C. Schmeling who preceded her in death in 2000.
She was a homemaker and a member of Emmaus Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne.
She is survived by three sons, Fred, Jack, and Jerry Schmeling, all of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Mary L. Springer, rural Ossian, and Marnell L. Bode, Pineville, La.; a brother, James S. Jackson of Bluffton; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday will be at Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral Home, Winchester Rd. Chapel. Rev. Albert Keller will officiate and burial will be in Covington Memorial Gardens.
Calling hours are today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Emmaus Lutheran Church or to Lutheran Bible Translators.
Marguerite L. Augsburger, 93
Marguerite L. Augsburger, 93, Berne, died at 5:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13, at Swiss Village in Berne.
Born Sept. 20, 1910 to Charles and Sarah Schwartz Gilbert, her marriage to Robert Augsburger took place May 18, 1935 in Vera Cruz. He preceded her in death in 1981.
A homemaker, she was a member of Cross United Church of Christ where she was a former member of the church choir and a member of Dorcas Circle. A graduate of Bluffton High School, she was a former employee of the Bluffton J.C. Penney store.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ked (Margo) Graber, Berne; two brothers, Dwight Gilbert of Bluffton and Daniel Gilbert, LaGrange; one sister, Dortha Evans, New Lothrop, Mich.; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services at 10 a.m. Thursday will be held at Cross United Church of Christ under the direction of Rev. Randall Luther. Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery in Bluffton.
Calling hours at Swiss Village in Berne are 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Cross United Church of Christ, Swiss Village or Hope Center.
Yager-Kirchofer Funeral Home in Berne is in charge of arrangements.
Larry K. McCray, 65
A salesman for Jostens class rings for 35 years with accounts in the Bluffton area, Larry K. McCray, 65, of Bremen, died Sunday, Oct. 12, of Lou Gehrig's Disease.
In addition to his work with Jostens, McCray was a high school teacher who served as the first basketball coach for Oregon-Davis High School. He also coached at Rensselaer High School.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, three sons, a granddaughter and his step-mother.
Services at Shiloh Wesleyan Church, 10532 King Rd., Plymouth, will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m.
Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mishler Funeral Home, 2030-Ind. 331, Bremen and one hour prior to services Friday at the church.
Oct. 15, 2003
Helen K. Bussel, 89
Retired in 1979 from years of employment at G.C. Murphy Co. in Bluffton and a seamstress since for Main Cleaners and for friends, Helen K. Bussel, 89, formerly of 121 West South St., Bluffton, died at 4:20 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at Meadowvale Care Center.
A lifelong resident of Wells County, she was born July 19, 1914, at Poneto to Arthur and Mabel Allen McAdam. Her marriage was on Sept. 11, 1938, in Bluffton to Roy V. Bussel, who preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 1976.
She was a member of the First United Church of Christ.
Surviving are two sons, David R. Bussel and Steve A. Bussel, and one daughter, Margaret Ann Bussel, all three of Bluffton; two brothers, John McAdam of Heyden Lake, Idaho, and Roger McAdam of Tampa, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Terry (Roseann) Irving of San Francisco, Calif.; five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Wendell McAdam.
Calling will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Goodwin Memorial Chapel and one hour prior to services Friday at the church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the First United Church of Christ with Rev. Neil Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Six Mile Cemetery.
Memorials to the First United Church of Christ or the American Diabetes Association.
James R. McMillan, 51 -- Rites Pending
James R. McMillan, 51, of Liberty Township, Wells County, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, in an accident in Ohio. Arrangements are pending at Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home, with full obituary information to be in Thursday's News-Banner.
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President Obama Endorses Bill De Blasio For Mayor
(Lauren Evans) As the comparisons between Bill de Blasio and Barack Obama continue to roll in (both have "B's" in their names, both have faces, etc.) it seems only fitting that the President today endorsed his ideological soulmate for mayor.
Unlike his somewhat vague endorsement for Bill Thompson in 2009, Obama was unambiguous in his support for de Blasio, releasing the following statement:
"Progressive change is the centerpiece of Bill de Blasio's vision for New York City, and it's why he will be a great mayor of America's largest city. Whether it's ensuring pre-kindergarten is available for every four-year old, expanding after-school programs for every middle school student who wants and needs them, making affordable housing available for more New York families and preserving community hospitals, Bill's agenda for New York is marked by bold, courageous ideas that address the great challenges of our time."
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SIMON Cowell says he would have no problem admitting he is gay if he was — but
he's NOT.
The X Factor mogul has for decades been the subject of persistent rumours
about his sexuality.
He has been branded "awfully camp" and a "vain old queen" — and is clearly
comfortable with the gay scene.
But he is quoted in a new book as saying: "If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit
it? It wouldn't harm me and my mother wouldn't freak out." He also told
author Tom Bower that those who don't believe him are "mad".
Bower spent a year interviewing dozens of Cowell's current and former friends
and business associates for the book, Sweet Revenge.
And he concluded there is no basis for the gay rumours.
He wrote: "The pertinent fact is that not a single man has offered any
evidence of an advance by Cowell despite the promise of enormous financial
By contrast, Bower documents the tycoon's fascination for "trashy" women and
lap dance clubs.
Cowell, 52, is aware the suspicions of homosexuality will not go away. But he
is ready to put down anyone who challenges him face to face, as Elton John
did in 2002.
Elton spotted Cowell at a London music conference and asked him: "When are you
going to come out and admit you're gay?"
Cowell looked flabbergasted by the superstar's "childish game" and responded:
"If it means I end up with you, Elton, then never."
Bower traced the rumours back to the 1980s when Cowell got his first big break
while wearing HOT PANTS and rollerblades.
He wangled a £10,000-a-year job with a London music production company called
Owner Iain Burton, a former dancer, went on to become one of Cowell's closest
He recalled: "In those days none of us had any problem with being a little
camp. Simon was ultraconfident, very funny and super-charming."
Cowell was given a desk at which he installed a large mirror given to him by
his girlfriend, pop singer Sinitta.
It was adorned at the top with the inscription: "Yes Simon darling, you look
Cowell was having trouble flogging Sinitta's record So Macho — and decided to
target gay clubs.
From then on, he was tagged by many as homosexual.
Later, to understand the gay market and dance clubs, Cowell met Ian Levine, a
gay record producer who forged a successful career in disco music.
Levine also had a shop in London's Soho that imported "gay" records from
Cowell walked into the shop, Record Shack, and introduced himself while
wearing a white V-neck T-shirt exposing his hairy chest, and high-waisted
red trousers.
He asked Levine to play So Macho at leading London gay haunt Heaven and
suggested he should produce a record for him.
The pair often dined together at a Japanese restaurant near Cowell's office.
Levine admitted he viewed Cowell as a "camp, silly, indecisive record
After the pair fell out later, Levine wrote about Cowell in his caustic column
in a newsletter called Eurobeat. He said: "I imagine Simon in front of his
mirror every morning saying, 'Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest
of them all?' Not you, you vain old queen."
Another friend was shamed impresario Jonathan King — jailed in 2001 for
sexually assaulting five teenage boys. Cowell later posted bail for him.
King, 67, is quoted in the book as saying: "Simon is the last of the
non-gay queens."
Cowell was once challenged by TV documentary maker Louis Theroux, who told him
on camera: "Word on the street is that you're gay."
At first Cowell laughed but then became annoyed, saying: "I deny it." He later
told PR guru Max Clifford: "That was embarrassing. Music is a gay-friendly
business and if I was gay there would be no reason to hide it. But I'm not."
On the US show American Idol, host Ryan Seacrest was recorded telling the
audience that Cowell's favourite song was Village People's YMCA and his
favourite club was called Manhole.
Cowell responded: "If our gayness is the big secret, then why would we joke
about it in front of 30 million people?"
The showbiz supremo tried to poke fun at the rumours by making outrageous best
man speeches at the weddings of his twice-married younger brother Nicholas,
a totally straight estate agent. But the tactic backfired spectacularly.
He invented a spoof diary he said Nick had kept in his teenage years. He said
it contained entries like: "Off to Paris to meet a nice boy. Went off with
him. Met a nice donkey in the bedroom."
He joked that as a boy scout, Nick had been found giving mouth to mouth
resuscitation to another lad in a dark room.
The father of Nick's first bride Kim was so angry he tried to unplug the
microphone. Undeterred, Cowell made the same provocative speech at Nick's
second wedding.
His brother was incensed and bride Kate's parents deleted the speech from the
wedding video. Cowell later admitted: "I took it too far and was meaner and
ruder than I intended. They have never forgiven me."
Earlier this week, we told how Cowell cancelled his own wedding to make-up
artist Mezghan Hussainy after realising their engagement was "a big
On Tuesday Mezghan, 39, seemed perfectly content with the single life —
laughing constantly as she enjoyed lunch with pals at the posh Ivy diner in
Los Angeles.
© The Sun. Our lawyers are watching.
Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell by Tom Bower
is published by Faber and Faber tomorrow, price £18.99.
'Jessie's 100% gay…
but bi is more trendy'
EXCLUSIVE by JEN BLACKBURN
POP beauty Jessie J is 100 per cent lesbian, an explosive book claims.
The Voice judge, 24, was ordered to hide the truth by record bosses to avoid
turning off male fans, the unauthorised biography says.
They advised the star to say she was a bisexual who liked boys AND
girls, because that was trendy.
But the sensational book alleges the singer-songwriter has not had a
boyfriend since realising she was a lesbian at 17.
The book, Jessie J: Who's Laughing Now, says Jessie took the advice of music
executives because she was scared of losing her Universal record deal.
Author Chloe Govan says: "Jessie might have been with boys in the past — but
she is 100 per cent gay. Jessie was openly lesbian and didn't hide it.
"She was advised not to come out, though. Certain people thought being bi was
trendy, exotic and a fashion statement. It would increase her allure.
"Being gay would alienate people. They knew how important image was and asked
her to tone it down a bit.
"There are so many homophobes out and there were fears of a career-damaging
Jessie — who admits fancying fellow singer Rihanna — is said to have been
"incensed" at having to compromise.
She said in a recent interview: "If I meet someone and I like them, I don't
care if they're a boy or a girl."
The book, out today, also talks about Jessie's battles with her health and
bullying she faced.
When she was 11 she learned she had the heart condition Wolff-Parkinson-White
syndrome. It can speed up the heart rate to four times normal.
Jessie had a stroke aged 18 but never let her illness get in the way of her
She even took ballet lessons while wearing a heart monitor.
She was also prescribed beta blockers — but was picked on when their side
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Excerpt: Casey got a visit from her pastor Tuesday.
Pastor Thomas Sutzman from Eastside Baptist Church is the only pastor that is permitted to visit and he can only visit once a month.
There was no video recorded of their visit because it was an official in-jail visit.
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Bangkok (AFP) Nov 15, 2012
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Thailand on Thursday as part of an Asian tour designed to beef up security ties across the region as a counterweight to China's rise.
A possible reopening of US military contacts with neighbouring Myanmar for the first time since the 1980s are also expected to feature in Panetta's talks in Bangkok.
The Pentagon chief's trip has been overshadowed throughout by a snowballing sex scandal in Washington that forced the resignation last week of ex-general and CIA director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair.
The US commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has been linked to a key figure in the case and is now under investigation for potentially inappropriate emails.
Panetta's visit to Bangkok marks the first face-to-face talks between US and Thai defence ministers since 2008, and comes days before President Barack Obama is due in the region for a tour of Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.
Thai-US military relations have deep roots, dating back to the Korean war, but American officials said the Pentagon wanted to restore a more strategic dialogue to complement lower-level contacts between military units.
"We enjoy great operational cooperation with the Thais and what we're trying to do is to do bring back the strategic piece," said a senior defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The United States suspended military aid to Thailand after a 2006 coup but reinstated the assistance after elections in December 2007.
However, Thailand's domestic turbulence has diminished Bangkok's importance for Washington, which is building up partnerships in Southeast Asia. The "rebalance" to the Pacific is fuelled by American worries over China's growing military might and its tough stance on territorial disputes.
Thailand's airbases and ports remain vital to the US military's logistical network in Asia and the Pentagon continues to hold dozens of drills every year with Bangkok, including the elaborate annual Cobra Gold exercise that involved nearly 13,000 troops from 24 countries last year.
Apart from affirming US-Thai security ties, the two governments are expected to discuss tentative steps to reopen US military contacts with neighbouring Myanmar, officials said.
Washington restored diplomatic relations with Myanmar and ended sanctions on investment in July.
The United States has also dropped its objection to inviting Myanmar to observe the Cobra Gold regional exercise next year, in a sign of thawing relations between the former foes.
Myanmar's participation in Cobra Gold would likely focus on humanitarian relief and disaster assistance, US officials said.
Next week Obama will make the first ever visit to Myanmar by a sitting US president, following a series of dramatic political changes in the country formerly known as Burma, which is emerging from decades of military rule.
He will meet President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that bloody unrest in the western state of Rakhine between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims would "of course" feature in Obama's talks.
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Audience Cheers Cheyenne Dancers (newspaper)
Dublin Core
This newspaper account describes the enthusiastic reception given the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers when they performed at Swarthmore College (PA). This was the second stop on the dancers' inaugural trip east; they first appeared at the National Folk Festival in Washington, DC, before heading north to Swarthmore, New York University, Bennington College, and on into Canada on their return home.
Swarthmore Phoenix, May 2, 1939
Audience Cheers Cheyenne Dancers
Squares and Waltzes Featured in Recital By Mountain Group
By Bobby Ballou
Sixteen boys and girls from the Cheyenne Mountain School in Colorado Springs gave a program of folk dances which fairly took the breath away from their enthusiastic audience last night in Clothier.
Further approval of the group was evidenced afterwards in the men's gym, where almost too many people for comfort participated in square dances and waltzes, directed by Lloyd Shaw, principal of the school, who has made a study of folk dances and the stories behind them. Members of the Cheyenne team helped to teach these dances, seeming as full of pep and high spirits when "Home Sweet Home" concluded the evening at midnight as they had been when they had burst forth shouting on Clothier's stage, four hours earlier.
The dances were in four groups: European, old-fashioned, Mexican, and cowboy. In all of them the dancers showed the same light-footedness, their movements fully catching the spirit of whatever dance they were doing. During the dances Mr. Shaw called the figures, and between them told of the team's experiences, adding to the evening a refreshing informal atmosphere.
Of the European group the Irish Bonfire Dance was one of the most impressive: all of Clothier darkened but for one light in the center of the stage; sixteen gayly costumed dancers in a circle around this "fire;" dancing shadows cast on walls and ceiling. Spectacular too was the Danish Four Dance, in which two men standing opposite, firmly holding their partners by hands clasped round behind them, allowed them to swing out almost horizontally in a "pinwheel."
Girls in delicately colored hoop skirts and men in formal black waltzed gracefully in for the second part of the program. Some of the dances in this group they performed with authentic slowness and decorum; to others they added a delightful spark of western pep and buoyancy.
The Mexicali dances are beyond our spelling, but we fully appreciated the girls' bright swishing skirts, the men's wide red sashed and gay sombreros. The religious dance of Indian origin, with its shuffling feet and beating tom-tom, was of this group particularly expressive.
The cowboy dances, as Mr. Shaw explained, have no fixed form, but have combined the best and the most appropriate from the European folk-dances, the Kentucky running set, the Tennessee square dance, and the New England quadrille. With wild whoops the boys swung their ladies through the figures, causing considerable amusement over the Veterans' Dance, and the square dance in which they imitated beginners and professors as well as doing it in their own perfected manner.
The spontaneous enthusiasm of Swarthmore students in the gym after the Clothier program best indicate the success of these dancers. Their excellence as performers, however, lies not only in the fun of watching and participating in their dances, but also in the finish and precision of their every step and swing.
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text: Here's a fun and easy summer IKEA hack for your cat. Jo found this decorative hat shaped bowl in the decor section at IKEA. She had a feeling that her adorable orange tabby Frank would like it for a bed, and she was right. It seems to be the perfect size and shape. Franks loves to lounge in his new summery hat bed. Jo plans to make a nice fluffy round cushion for the bottom.


text: Batman: 75 years of comic book covers To celebrate the Caped Crusader's 75th anniversary, we take a look back at classic artwork from 1939 to the present day Comments Written By Paul Jones 8:35 AM, 25 April 2014 He may not look it but Batman is 75. Millionaire Bruce Wayne and his shadowy alter ego made their debut in the pages of Detective Comics in April 1939 and since then Bob Kane's creation has gone from strength to strength, spawning TV series, cartoons, movie franchises and merchandise – but most of all more comics.From his original incarnation to the Dark Knight we know today – backed by numerous versions of his sidekick Robin, and battling villains from The Joker to The Riddler, Catwoman to The Penguin – the Caped Crusader has inspired some of the genre's greatest artists to produce 75 years of covers which, more eloquently than words, tell the story of Batman... Batman's first appearance, in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 (Artwork Bob Kane) Four issues later he was back, looking even more sinister than before (Artwork Bob Kane, 1939) In 1940, Batman and Robin swung onto the cover of Batman issue #1, which featured the first appearances by villains The Joker and Catwoman (Artwork Bob Kane) In 1941, Batman and Robin teamed up with Superman for the first edition of World's Best (Artwork Fred Ray) Detective Comics #69 saw The Joker threatening the dynamic duo the old-fashioned way (Artwork Jerry Robinson, 1942) Batman and Robin were in the spotlight again in issue #16 of Batman comic (Artwork Jerry Robinson, 1943) The Batmobile burst onto the scene Batman #20 in 1943 (Artwork Dick Sprang) The Joker turned the table on Batman and Robin with his own gadgets in issue 46 of Batman, in 1946 (Artwork Jerry Robinson) Batman and Robin came face to face with Two-Face in Batman issue 50 in 1948 (Artwork Bob Kane) Batman and Robin turned astronauts on the cover of Batman #59 in 1950 (Artwork Lew Sayre Schwartz) Batman and Robin were playing with their toys on the front of this 1957 issue of Detective Comics (Issue 244, Artwork Sheldon Moldoff) This 1958 edition of Batman comic featured the Dynamic Duo's first encounter with Mr Freeze (Issue 121, Artwork Curt Swan) Batman was in hot water on the cover of Batman #166 in 1964 (Artwork Carmine Infanto) There was a riddle for Batman and Robin on the cover of Batman 179 in 1966 (Artwork Gil Kane) The Penguin swooped in on the Dynamic Duo in Batman #190 in 1967 (Artwork Carmine Infanto) Batman met Manbat in issue 400 of Detective Comics in 1970 (Artwork Neal Adam) Robin took a bullet in Batman #232 in 1971 (Artwork Neal Adam) An encounter with the Joker was on the cards for Batman in Batman issue 251 (Artwork Neal Adam) Batman got his hands on Catwoman in issue 324 of Batman in 1980 (Artwork Jim Aparo) Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne got up close and personal with villainess Poison Ivy in 1981 Batman issue 339 (Artwork Rich F Buckler) Frank Miller resurrected Batman as the shadowy and stylish Dark Knight in issue 1 of The Dark Knight Returns in 1986 Batman found himself in a rogues' gallery on the cover of Detective Comics 566 in 1986 (Artwork Dick Giordano) Readers were asked to smile for The Joker on the cover of 1988 one-off story The Killing Joke (Artwork Brian J Bolland) And inside, Batman paid The Joker a surprise visit (The Killing Joke, 1988, Artwork Brian J Bolland) Batman was a gruesome detective on the cover of Batman issue 516 in 1995 (Artwork Kelley Jones) Gotham City was a No Man's Land in 1999 (Volume 1, Artwork Alex Maleey) Batman was black and white and read all over in Detective Comics issue 821 in 2006 (Artwork Simone Bianchi) The Dynamic Duo got a makeover in 2009 with issue 1 of Batman and Robin (Artwork Frank Quitely) Who was the mysterious White Knight on the cover of Batman and Robin #22? (2011, Artwork Patrick Gleason) Batman grappled with crime once more in issue 3 of the new run of Batman comics in 2011 (Artwork Ivan Reis) In the same issue, Batman wrestled with a Talon (2011, Artwork Greg Capullo) Batman was outlined by the Batsignal on the cover of Batman: Year One in 2012 (Artwork David Mazzuchelli and Chip Kidd) Batman was attacked by the Court of Owls in issue 8 of Batman: Night of the Owls (2012, Artwork Jason Fabok) The Dark Knight rose again in 2011 (Batman: The Dark Knight, Artwork David Finch) Inside the same issue, The Dark Knight swooped down from the Batplane (2011, Artwork David Finch) Follow @RadioTimes Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Cuban blogger and activist Yoani Sanchez was told last week for the 19th time in four years that she was not allowed to leave Cuba, according to Amnesty International.
"My cell is not surrounded by concrete and metal, but rather water," Sanchez tweeted last week.
She was hoping to travel to a film premiere in Brazil where she had been invited to speak, but Cuba's migration authorities denied her an exit permit. As with all the other times she requested permission to leave, she wasn't given a reason why.
However, the reason why is clear to both her and her hundreds of thousands of followers: Sanchez is Cuba's best-known blogger and a forceful voice in opposition of the government, for this--they believe--she is being punished.
"The Cuban government's repeated denial of exit permits to critics like Yoani Sanchez can only be seen as retaliation for the expression of their legitimate political views and activism," said Javier Zuniga, special adviser to Amnesty International. "Those fighting for freedom of expression, association, and movement must be authorized to leave and re-enter the country without arbitrary restrictions."
The 36-year-old started her blog Generation Y in 2007. Weekly, Sanchez writes about life in Cuba, from observations about the growth of mobile food vendors to political essays about the unnecessary death of imprisoned hunger striker Wilman Villar Mendoza. Many of her blog entries discuss restrictions of political and civil rights placed on Cubans.
Foreign Policy magazine voted her one of the world's Top 100 Thinkers in 2011, writing that Sanchez, "shows that the Internet really does go everywhere, even Castro's Cuba."
The island nation is not known for being a bastion of technology. According to the Financial Times, only 2 percent of Cuba's residents have access to the Internet. Only in the past four years have Cubans been allowed to buy their first legal PCs and the countrywide cell phone ban was lifted.
According to Amnesty International, Cuban President Raul Castro promised in 2011 to start a series of reforms that would change migration policies for Cuban citizens, but he has not yet followed through on these amendments.
"I feel like a hostage kidnapped by someone who won't listen or give explanations," Sanchez tweeted last week. "If all this effort helps to shine a light on the migratory absurdity we Cubans are trapped in, then it was worth it."


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Granny's Teeth by Carole Marie
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Granny's Teeth
This pattern is available for £1.00 GBP buy it now
The pattern is for the square only NOT the baby blanket. This was posted to show what ideas you can do with the square.
This is a written pattern, photo's are in the pattern and one diagram explaining 'teeth'
Colours of yarn used from the middle out -
Lime -84929
White/Cream - 84902
Light Yellow -84907
Light Grey -84918
Grey - 84937
Slate - 84935
Baby Blue - 84909
Light Teal - 84936
Light Turquoise - 84904
Light Lime - 84913
Eleven rnds on 3mm hook and this yarn = 7 inch square
Any problems pm me


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To help promote adoption and ease the overpopulation, Berkshire Humane Society (BHS) is once again offering its "Choose Your Adoption Fee" program for its many cats looking for their new, loving home. The program will last throughout September and be available at the Pittsfield shelter and Purradise, BHS's feline satellite adoption facility, in Great Barrington.
In past years, summer months are always the busiest time at BHS. This year is no exception. "We're bursting at the seams with cats," explained John Perreault, Executive Director of BHS. "We need to open up space for our incoming cats. We did this program last summer, and it was extremely successful, so we thought we would repeat it."
"Choose Your Adoption Fee" is simple. For cats who are six months or older and who have been at the shelter for 30 days or longer, BHS will let you decide what you'd like to donate for their adoption fee. Before going to their new homes, all adopted cats leave BHS with appropriate vaccinations, spayed or neutered, dewormed, micro-chipped, and more.
Although adopters can determine their own adoption fee, they'll still need to complete an application and meet with an adoption counselor at BHS or Purradise. As Perreault emphasized, "Our process and integrity will not change. Our goal is to always do quality adoptions and find the right cat for the right home."
For more information about BHS and its "Choose Your Adoption Fee" program, please stop by or call the shelter in Pittsfield at 447-7878, ext. 24, or Purradise in Great Barrington at 717-4244.


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Getting more out of Postgres 9.1 on Engine Yard
Hello again from your friends on the Engine Yard Data Team. We've been quite busy over the past few months, and we wanted to share some exciting news with you. In this post, we'll go over some cool new features in our latest data release and also give you an idea of what our next big projects are. So, find a comfortable spot because there is a lot to cover!
PostgreSQL 9.1 is now GA
As of today, PostgreSQL 9.1.3 is available on Engine Yard Cloud and Engine Yard Managed as a fully supported GA release. This milestone is very dear to us since it includes significant changes in our overall release process. We've established a new and improved QA cycle for all databases, and we used this process to confirm the readiness of this release. We are very happy with the results and hope you will be too!
Taking advantage of PostgreSQL's extensions
When you select PostgreSQL 9.1 on your Engine Yard environment, you get an extremely reliable and robust database server. Did you also know that PostgreSQL comes with extensions that allow you to do fancy string searches?
To follow the examples on this post you'll need:
- To deploy the Engine Yard [to-do application](https://github.com/engineyard/todo) on a solo environment
To clone the [ey-cloud-recipes](https://github.com/engineyard/ey-cloud-recipes) repo locally and enable the following extensions in the postgresql9_extensions cookbook:
- fuzzystrmatch
- pg_trgm
- Apply the custom recipes to your test environment ([instructions here](https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/entries/21009867-customize-your-environment-with-chef-recipes))
__Note: __Code examples are meant to be run against your postgres shell. You can access the shell by executing the following command from your solo instance.
psql -U postgres todo
You should see the following output
psql (9.1.3)
Type "help" for help.
Levenshtein Matching
The fuzzystrmatch extension gives you the Levenshtein string comparison algorithm. This algorithm compares how similar two strings are by counting how many steps are required to change one string into another. Each change is counted as one step and the distance is the total number of steps required for strings to match. This extension is particularly helpful when searching for strings like titles or names that can be easily misspelled.
For example, say we are terrible at spelling, and we want to search for the string Engine Yard but provide EngneYrd instead. The Levenshtein distance between these two strings is 3 because only three changes (adding an 'i', an 'a' and a space) are needed to make both strings equal.
todo=# select levenshtein('Engine Yard','EngneYrd') as distance;
(1 row)
As you can see, we can make our searches tolerant of people with bad spelling by relaxing the match to a given number of steps.
todo=# select id, name, done from tasks where levenshtein(lower(name),lower('r0kc on')) < 5;
id | name | done
5 | Rock on! |
(1 row)
Along with Levenshtein matching, the fuzzystrmatch extension gives you a way to compare strings based on the way words sound. The metaphone algorithm constructs representative code for a given input string that you can then use for phonetic comparison.
For example, here is the 5 character representation of the word 'Engine Yard'
todo=# select metaphone('Engine Yard',5);
(1 row)
Say we wanted to search again for the 'Rock on!' task, and we don't know how the word is spelled but we've heard it pronounced. We can issue the following statement and still get a match:
todo=# select id, name, done from tasks where metaphone(name,7) = metaphone ('rukon',7);
id | name | done
5 | Rock on! |
(1 row)
Check the fuzzystrmatch documentation for double metaphones, soundexes, and more examples.
The pg_trgnm extension gives you trigrams. A trigram is a group of three consecutive characters taken from a string. We can find matches between strings by counting the number of trigrams shared. The string with the most matches is the most similar.
Trigram matching is a very useful tool when used in conjunction with a GIST (Generalized Index Search Tree) index. Let's create an index on task names:
todo=# create index task_name_trigram on tasks using gist(name gist_trgm_ops);CREATE INDEX
Now, let's query the task table with another misspelling of the "our blog" to do item. We still get the correct result:
todo=# select id, name, done from tasks where name % 'We blog enineyrd bolg';
id | name | done
4 | We blog http://www.engineyard.com/blog/ |
(1 row)
As you can see, this extension is also useful for doing searches when you want to be tolerant of slight misspellings or even minor words missing. Our query returned all tasks that are sufficiently similar to our provided criteria of 'We blog enineyrd bolg', sorted from best match to worst. The index we created will be used to make this a fast operation, even over very large datasets.
There is a lot more to learn about trigrams, so make sure you check the documentation for more information and examples.
This is not all that PostgreSQL can do! We'll continue to introduce features in future posts. Stay tuned for information on how to enable full-text search on a PostgreSQL database.
Sneak peek into our work queue
We hope you enjoy the PostgreSQL GA release. Customer feedback is always very important to us, and we use it to fine tune our QA process, so let us know if you experience any problems.
Here is a preview of our current roadmap:
- Enhancing database slaves on Engine Yard Cloud for both MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Removing the db-master requirement for customers who are using hosted solutions
- Working towards a GA release for MySQL 5.5 (currently in beta)
Additionally, we are actively working on expanding the supported NoSQL stack on Engine Yard Managed. Are you an Engine Yard Managed customer interested in Riak or Cassandra? Let us know!
Remember that you can always influence our roadmap by submitting data feature requests.


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enable UB students to turn their dreams into real-world success,
Henry Panasci Jr., a pharmacist and business executiveturnedventure
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Award with a $1 million gift. The award provides two annual
prizes of $35,000 and $15,000 for the two most promising business
plans submitted by UB students, or recent graduates, each year.
With his gift, Panasci is giving UB students a helping hand
along the path to entrepreneurial success while stimulating
the economy of New York State.
contemplative life received an equal boost with a gift from
a philosophy professor whos sharing more than his teaching
excellence with the university. SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Peter H. Hare gave two gifts totaling $1 million to support
activities of the philosophy department, where he has taught
since 1962. Along with establishing an endowed chair, Hares
gift will provide much-needed funds for everyday expenses, including
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In a place as filled with as many hidden traps, dangerous beasts and hostile enemies as the Island, there are bound to be some cuts and bruises. This page documents significant injuries and illnesses occurring both off and on the island.
Due to the island's healing properties, injuries that would normally take months to heal (such as gunshot wounds or broken limbs) can be mended in a matter of weeks. However, this effect can be erratic and unreliable, healing some wounds at random and others not at all; see healing properties for more information.
Fatal injuries are marked in bold. Note that this list is by no means exhaustive.
Before the crash
Ana Lucia
- Shot four times in the chest by Jason McCormack, resulting in a miscarriage ("Collision").
Locke after the fall that left him paralyzed. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
John Locke
- Broken spine resulting in paralysis, after being pushed out an eighth floor window by his father ("The Man from Tallahassee").
- Broke her leg while skiing in Vermont ("The Other 48 Days").
- Suffered from an unknown mental problem resulting in institutionalisation at Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute.("Dave")
Michael Dawson
- Severely injured after being hit by a car ("Special").
Rachel Carlson
- Unspecified cancer, resulting in sterility due to chemotherapy ("Not in Portland").
Sarah Shephard
- Severe injuries resulting from a car accident, including a broken spine and ruptured spleen ("Man of Science, Man of Faith").
After the crash
Aaron Littleton
- Briefly suffered from either roseola or the mysterious "sickness". ("Maternity Leave")
Ben assaulting and strangling Ana Lucia. ("Two for the Road")
Ana Lucia
- Attacked by "Henry". ("Two for the Road")
- Fatally shot in the chest by Michael. ("Two for the Road")
Ben Linus
- Shot by in the chest by Sayid as a child. ("He's Our You")
- Shot through the shoulder with a crossbow bolt by Danielle. ("One of Them")
- Tortured via unknown means by Sayid. ("One of Them")
Ben beaten up by Jack. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Had his kidney sac purposefully sliced open (and later repaired) during surgery by Jack. ("I Do")
- Spinal tumour discovered on his L4 vertebrate, later safely removed by Jack. ("Not in Portland")
- Punched and beaten by Jack after pretending to kill Sayid, Jin and Bernard. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
- Punched by Danielle after referring to Alex as his daughter. ("The Beginning of the End")
- Punched and beaten by Sawyer after mocking him with regards to Kate and Jack. ("Confirmed Dead").
- Lacerates arm after falling down ladder in the Orchid. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2").
- Punched in the face by Sawyer. ("The End")
Boone Carlyle
Jack and the survivors treating Boone's injuries. ("Do No Harm")
- Knocked unconscious by Locke. ("Hearts and Minds")
- Fatally injured from falling inside the drug smugglers plane. ("Do No Harm")
Charlie Pace
- Facial injuries received in crash, resulting in permanent scars. ("Pilot, Part 1")
- Underwent heroin withdrawal. ("The Moth")
- Hung by the neck by Ethan, resulting in near death. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")
- Head wound from one of Danielle's traps, cauterized by Sayid. ("Born to Run")
- Repeatedly punched in the head by Locke. ("Fire + Water")
Charlie beaten up by Bonnie. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Repeatedly beaten as torture by Greta and Bonnie. ("Greatest Hits")
- Drowned after Mikhail ruptured a porthole in the Looking Glass. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
Claire Littleton
- Collapses of dehydration due to low water supplies. ("White Rabbit")
- Suffered from nightmares so severe that her fingernails cut her palm when she clenched her fists. ("Raised by Another")
- Minor cuts and bruises from being caught in a house explosion. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
Desmond Hume
- Hit on the head with a rifle butt by Kate. ("Orientation")
- Knocked unconsicous with a blow to the head with an oar by Charlie. ("Greatest Hits")
- Briefly unconscious after inhaling seawater following chopper crash; rescucitated by Jack. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
- Shot by Ben. ("Dead Is Dead")
- Injured leg after being thrown down a well by The Man in Black. ("Everybody Loves Hugo")
- Broken leg from plane crash, which later became infected and killed him ("The Other 48 Days").
Libby and Donald were both injured in the crash. ("The Other 48 Days")
Edward Mars
- Chest wound from shrapnel received in plane crash ("Pilot, Part 1").
- Gunshot wound to lung by Sawyer in a failed euthenasia attempt ("Tabula Rasa").
- Successfully euthenised by Jack, method unknown ("Tabula Rasa").
- Badly injured during the Discharge ("Further Instructions").
- Mauled and beaten to death by the Monster ("The Cost of Living").
Ethan Rom
- Minor wounds received in a punch-up with Jack ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues").
- Fatally shot in the chest by Charlie ("Homecoming").
Goodwin is fatally wounded. ("The Other 48 Days")
- Receives a chemical burn on his hand while working at the Tempest ("The Other Woman").
- Impaled on a wooden stake by Ana Lucia ("The Other 48 Days").
- Shot with a taser dart by the Others ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1").
- We never got confirmation that he was shot.
Jack Shephard
- Deep laceration to the back, requiring stitches with Kate's assistance ("Pilot, Part 1").
- Dislocated his shoulder during the cave-in ("The Moth").
- Minor wounds and knocked unconscious from a fist fight with Ethan
- Knocked out by an other's rifle butt ("Follow the Leader").
- Passes out due to appendicitis and requires appendectomy while conscious but is later drugged by bernard.("Something Nice Back Home").
- Shot with a taser dart by the Others ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1").
- Knocked unconscious by Juliet ("A Tale of Two Cities").
- "Locke" hit his head with a rock ("The End").
- Engaded "Locke" in a fistfight ("The End").
- The Man in Black stabbed him in the side and the neck ("The End").
Jin Kwon
- Damage to his wrist from wearing a broken handcuff for several weeks ("House of the Rising Sun") ("What Kate Did").
- Knocked unconscious by a rock thrown by Ethan ("Homecoming").
- Minor burns to his hands while trying to douse the burning raft ("...In Translation").
- Knocked unconscious by Eko ("Orientation").
John Locke
Ben leaves Locke to die at the grave. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Slashed across his right eye by plane wreckage during the crash, resulting in a permanent scar ("Pilot, Part 1")
- Hit in the leg by shrapnel from his trebuchet, temporarily losing his ability to walk (though this may have been unrelated) ("Deus Ex Machina").
- Minor injuries from a physical beating by Jack after Boone's death ("The Greater Good").
- Cuts his hands while lowering Kate into the hatch ("Man of Science, Man of Faith").
- Leg broken and impaled when trapped by a blast door during a lockdown in the Swan ("Lockdown").
- Shot through the stomach by Ben ("The Man Behind the Curtain").
- Shot in the leg by Ethan on the day that Yemi's plane crashed on the island ("Because You Left").
- Broke a leg when he fell down the original well that was replaced by the Orchid station ("This Place Is Death").
Kate Austen
- Shot with a taser dart by the Others ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1").
- Shot in the left shoulder by one of Widmore's men ("The Candidate").
Leslie Arzt
- Killed in a dynamite explosion caused by his own mishandling ("Born to Run").
With her last breath, Libby warns Jack of Michael. ("?")
- Minor scrapes and cuts to her shoulders as a result of the crash ("The Other 48 Days").
- Fatally shot in the stomach by Michael ("Two for the Road").
Michael Dawson
- Gored in the leg by a boar while hunting ("Walkabout").
- Minor injuries received from a violent punch-up with Jin ("House of the Rising Sun").
- Briefly poisoned by accident by Kate and Sun, recovers with no long-term damage ("Born to Run").
- Knocked unconscious by Eko ("Orientation").
- Severe injuries, including neck trauma, from a car accident ("Meet Kevin Johnson").
- Physically beaten by Keamy ("Cabin Fever").
- Kicked in the face and knocked unconscious by Ana Lucia ("The Other 48 Days").
- Broken neck by Goodwin ("The Other 48 Days").
- Stabbed through the arm by Sayid, puncturing an artery; wound treated by Jack ("Confidence Man")
- Shot in the left shoulder by Tom; later pulled the bullet out himself, though the wound still became infected and nearly killed him ("Born to Run").
- Knocked unconscious by Eko ("Orientation").
- Shot in the ear lobe as a warning by the Others ("The Hunting Party").
- Shot with a taser dart by the Others ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1").
- Shot with a taser dart by Juliet ("A Tale of Two Cities").
Sayid Jarrah
- Head wound after being knocked unconscious by an unknown assailant (later revealed to be Locke) ("The Moth").
- Tortured by Danielle, using electrocution ("Solitary").
- Shot in the arm by Mikhail, who then removed the bullet and stitched the wound ("Enter 77").
- Head wound sustained during fight with Keamy ("The Man from Tallahassee").
- Shot in the stomach by Roger during the 1977 Barracks battle.
Seth Norris after being mauled and killed by the Monster. ("Pilot, Part 1")
Seth Norris
- Head injuries from plane crash, resulting in unconsciousness for at least 12 hours ("Pilot, Part 1").
- Severely mauled and killed by the Monster ("Pilot, Part 1").
Shannon Rutherford
- Suffered from an asthma attack ("Confidence Man").
- Fatally shot in the chest by Ana Lucia ("Abandoned").
Sun-Hwa Kwon
- Had a bag put over her head and knocked unconscious by Charlie ("The Long Con").
- Chased by Man In Black and knocked unconcious by a tree, causing her to be unable to speak English for a short period ("The Package")
Tourniquet man
- Leg severely injured by plane wreckage ("Pilot, Part 1").
Off the island
Jack Shephard
- Superficial injuries sustained while saving people from a car wreck ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1").
Sayid Jarrah
- Shot in the shoulder by Elsa, received medical treatment from Ben ("The Economist").
Benjamin Linus
- Scratches and broken arm from fight with Desmond Hume who also threw him in the water ("This Place Is Death").