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Joella Wells Schroeder, age unknown

2022.01.15 03:03 portlane Joella Wells Schroeder, age unknown

Joella Wells Schroeder
Oct. 6, 1935 - Dec. 27, 2021 Joella Schroeder died peacefully Dec. 27, 2021 at Holladay Park Plaza in Portland, Ore., age 86. The oldest child of Arabell and Dallas Wells, Joella was born in Toledo, Ore., and moved to Portland during the war where she graduated from Franklin. She married the love of her life, Allen Schroeder, in 1956. They moved with their two daughters up and down the West coast, and finally settled in Beaverton. Joella was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and beloved Grammi; she worked as a telephone operator, and later after raising her girls worked in real estate, accounting, and retired from the IRS. She was fiercely independent, loved singing and the limelight, anything ladybug, camping, volunteering, and led multiple Campfire and Scout groups. She was an Avon lady, Airstream enthusiast, world traveler, cinephile, bridge and game player, and devoted Methodist. Her joy was her family. Survived by her loving family: daughters, Sharin (Rick) and Suzan (Marvin); grandchildren, Shannon (Patrick), Kacey (Collin), Russell (Ery), and Anna; and three great-grandchildren, Miles, Daphne and Ben; sisters, Linda, Barbara and Janet; and many cherished cousins, nieces and nephews. No one was a stranger to Joella, she loved meeting new people which helped her endure dementia, which she handled with such grace. Our Mom is now at peace with her lifelong love, our Dad. She loved a good hug, so to celebrate her life please give a hug to someone who needs one. Donations may be made to her favorite youth organization, Hayward La Honda Music Camp at Lahondamusiccamp.comPlease sign the online guest book at www.oregonlive.com/obits
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2019.10.12 03:22 pinkrobotlala I could use some help on my brick wall 3g grandma

I have searched high and low, contacted all my matches that have her listed, everyone has her as a brick wall, but maybe someone here is more cunning.
I do most of my research on Ancestry, so I apologize if that is not that most convenient way to present everything.
Here's what I know:
Ida Abel, b. March 1829 or March 1830 in/near Hamburg, Germany
Arrived in the US in 1849
Married Andrew Schieferstein 15 July 1852 (note, they often go by Slade over the years, they're the same)
Children:
Andrew b. 1854
Fred b. 1858,
Louise b. 1862,
Lucy b. 1862 (maybe the same person as Louise),
Frank b. 1863,
Elizabeth b. 1866
George b. 1868.
They lived in Elma Census
Census
Census
and Cheektowaga, NY
Census
I just found a newspaper.com obit listing for her, but I don't have a subscription to it. She's listed as Ida Schibferst and it's The Buffalo Evening News dated 15 July 1909.
I'm hoping to find her parents and siblings.
There is another Ida Abel who lives in the same county, Erie County NY, but is born in 1872, but I haven't found a familial connection to me.
I appreciate anything you can find on her. I've been trying for months and just don't know what to do
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2019.03.08 02:59 dobby_rams The Guardian - Part Three

The Battle of Saturn
The Awoken detected Oryx's Dreadnaught arrive in the System and so the Queen prepared her fleet. It was to be the moment of absolute sacrifice, the incarnation of Awoken doom: to give up their lives in defence of the world they once abandoned. The Queen had remembered everything about the day she was born. She still bore the scars. The Awoken had fought to keep their beautiful creation safe, and now Oryx had come claiming to be king.
Mara Sov bowed to no one.
She and Eris knew how it would end. They had known since Eris escape from the pit. She closed her eyes. Oryx's throne world smashed through her fleet, the bubble of everted screamspace pulverizing rock, metal, and flesh as mere matter surrenders to the will-made-fact of the Taken King. Uldren roared defiance.
Uldren saw stars and shining Harbingers soaring through the ring plane and a wall of terrible light — and he saw the moment the Dreadnaught took everything from him, the moment his sister finally, absolutely, utterly ran out of secret plans. That instant when all sound ceased and he screamed denial and yet — in spite of his soul's plea to die with her — he reached for the deflection shield that saved his life.
The sense of their great dying ripped at Mara like a sob. She felt her Techeuns prepare emergency selfgates. Shuro Chi reached out to her - a wordless, urgent need for Mara to live - and it took all the cold impassive remove of Mara's millennia to turn her hand away. The shockwave strook.
Mara died.
In one way, she was vaporised with her Ketch, the bonds between the very particles of her body questioned by the harrowing logic of Oryx's weapon and found inessential. The mechanism of devastation was spontaneous fission. The author of the devastation was laughing in joy.
In another way, a more true and symbolic way, she was impaled on Oryx's blade. She had thrown all her might at him, and he had answered. He had snuffed her fledgling divinity and her meager claim to royalty, he had exposed Mara to the raw and caustic hostility of his High War. She had been defeated by the sword logic. He had triggered her bomb.
She danced down the blade and stepped into his throne world. The Harbingers gave her the gate and she took the step. She was dead, consumed by Oryx: She was dead in his will, his Ascendant Realm. There was no other way inside except this true way.
This was the logic of her own, of secrets and hidden designs. The universe had not grown simpler in its age. Wherever life could begin, it had begun, and even in some places where sensible folk expect it should not. The great tendency had been toward intricacy, toward sophistication, toward deep thought and richer ways of being. A sword was everywhere edged, but the pieces of a bomb did not look at all like weapons until they are assembled.
She waited. She trusted that Eris would shepherd the Guardians and that the infinite ambition of those undying half-children would ill deliver her. But Oryx roamed the hallowed spires and melancholy shores of the Dreaming City. He stood looking out over the mists of her beautiful creation, and he laughed.
He approached the queen's ahamkara, Riven. The light around her cage faded. Darkness filled the chamber as a sheer force of will passed over it. He offered to take her away. But Riven knew he would not let her leave, either. She had never made a bargain with a King. She wanted to try. She told him to take whatever he wishes. As long as he wishes. Most of those who bargain with her do not win.
Faith
Petra had wanted to wait. To be sure. The Taken were searching. Seeking out wreckage of Awoken Fleet. Wreckage of the Queen's flagship. They sought survivors. Oryx believed not all Awoken were slain that day. Some may yet live.
She left an audio file in their usual location. Just in case. She begged Mara to reach out to her. She wished her to contact her, if she could. Reef Patrols were sent out to complete initial surveys of the area. The Dreadnaught's orbit has cleared the debris field and there was very little wreckage. The Hive had been busy. The search and rescue team returned scan data and requesting new orders.
The search was expanded to Saturn's nearby moons, but they produced only one notable discovery: A cloud of Harbinger matter collected around Saturn's 13th moon, designation "Telesto." A sample was enclosed for examination.
Their primary objectives were still a failure. Continued survey of the remaining space was underway, but Paladin Kamala Rior felt that it was now her duty to officially recommend the declaration of death of the following: Paladin Yasmin Eld, Paladin Leona Bryl, Paladin Abra Zire, Paladin Pavel Nolg, Techeun Shuro, Techeun Sedia, Techeun Kali, and the Awoken Queen Mara Sov.
It was not Petra's duty as actng Regent-Commander to declare these deaths yet. All she could do was wait. She could not lose faith. She would continue to believe that Mara, her queen, was still alive.
Duty
Cabal analysis had shown that Guardian activity within the Meridian Bay and the city of Freehold had exploded across recent campaign seasons. Their tactical war of attrition exceeded both frictional projections and their ability to regenerate losses and new tactics had become necessary.
The primary threat was the Guardian's individual counter-attrition capability. They could rebuild after even total disintegrative trauma. Their "Dead Persons" concealed themselves during combat, so direct fire was not viable. Heavy air artillery and orbital fire was considered, but the Guardian's ability to transmat and their refusal to assemble into large formations meant that it would be ineffective in most situations.
The Psions had observed areas that had been referred to as "Darkness Zones" that were hostile to Guardian counter-attriton reconstruction. They had initiated orbital surveys and prepared attacks on the Black Garden to secure related intelligence.
Flayer analysis also suggested that the Hive had developed unconventional counter-Dead Person capabilities. The capture of Hive leadership might yield vital strategic intelligence, including weapons or tactics capable of defeating Guardian permanently. An attack on the Dreadnaught was presented to their Primus.
Primus Ta'aun led from the front lines alongside his bond brothers, Valus Tlu'urn and Valus Mau'ual. The grind against the Vex was eternal. Like duty. Ta'aunn kept fighting, out past the edge of the Empire, because failure was unthinkable. To the Cabal, defeat was much worse than death. But they were so, so tired.
He had received his orders from the Emperor himself. They were to board the Dreadnaught and capture it at all costs. Tlu'urn argued that it was not a job for a few scouting legions bogged down in an attrition war. This was a job for an elite unit, this was a job for Dominus Ghaul and the Red Legion. He whispered words of mutiny in Ta'aun's ears.
To the Primus, duty was victory. To mutiny was worse than death. Even if death seemed certain. Today the Vex had fallen back. Together they had held the line. They would suspend all Phobos mining operations. Tomorrow, they would unleash they assault on the Dreadnaught.
The Coming War
At the Tower they had received a signal from a Cabal warbase on Phobos. It was strong. Stronger than any other Cabal signal they'd heard before. It was unusual. The Cabal had never sent out a distress call before. The Guardian was to approach the base with caution, to learn what had happened..
If the Cabal were willing to break transmission silence, it was possible that this was a prelude to a full-scale assault. But when the Guardian arrived, the Cabal weren't preparing to invade. They were evacuating with extreme prejudice. They were being killed en masse.
Eris Morn had been tasked by Zavala to monitor the feed. She had been hearing whispers in the dark. She felt fingertips on the surface of her mind. The whispers were getting louder and louder. They spoke a word. A name. The word of Oryx had spoken. He wished for their Light. They would bend their will to him.
The Cabal mining sites across Mars and Phobos had been hit. Losses to Blind Legion: 35%. Losses to Sand Eaters: 58%. Dust Giants: 39%. Oryx's hand had transformed the Cabal. He had Taken them.
Guardian intel suggested that the Dreadnaught had only fired once. Eris' rock had been silent since Crota's fall. Now it spoke of Oryx's arrival. The father who had come to fulfill the final covenant of his son.
The Awoken had died for humanity. They had given their lives to save the system, to stop Oryx's fleet at the outer planets. Their sacrifice would be honoured. Mara Sov had given them a gift. The Guardians would face the Taken King, Oryx, without fear. They would not waste this opportunity.
The Vanguard talked among themselves deciding the best course of action. Zavala believed they should focus on his army of Taken until he was all that was left. Eris warned that whatever they killed, Orxy would replace. Ikora wished to board the Dreadnaught, but was unsure how they would be able to approach it. Cayde had his own plan.
He had a stealth drive hidden within one of his stashes in the Cosmodrome. He would plan an unsanctioned operation using the modified stealth technology in order to infiltrate the Dreadnaught above Saturn's rings so that they could knock out its weapons from within. They could set up a transmat zone, and send the rest of the Guardians on board. All he needed what a Guardian brave enough and crazy enough for the task.
Oryx's claws had reached Earth, and the Fallen were being Taken, just like the Cabal. Taken energy readings were high all throughout the Cosmodrome. What Crota began, Oryx was there to complete. His will would conquer all. His echoes had spread all across the system. His echoes moved forth to ask the question: Are you the truth?
Eris, Zavala, and Ikora were all kept in the dark on the plan. When the Guardian found the stealth drive Cayde could hardly believe how well it was going. The next part of the plan was to steal Eris' ship.
The plan worked...initially. The Hive chitin that coated Eris' ship hid the Guardian, but they had picked up fluctuations in the power conduit. The stealth drive began to malfunction and Oryx prepared his weapon for their destruction. The ship was destroyed upon impact, but the Guardian made their own fate and landed upon the ship.
Enemy of My Enemy
While the Dreadnaught's weapon was still active the City could not risk sending in reinforcements. The Guardian's task was to head deeper into the Dreadnaught and find whatever had been powering the machine. Toland approached the Guardian. He was to be their guide - their Virgil - at the request of Eris.
Oryx kept his vital operations deep within the core of the Dreadnaught's architecture. The system had been built by Oryx's daughters. The design used a clever system to push Oryx' throne-world out into reality, using his sword as a conduit to the power of the Deep. Several energy sources were located and destroyed by the Guardian, and the weapon was disabled.
Next, a trasmat zone required to be set up in order to allow other Guardians to board the ship. A hull breach had been located near the Guardian's position, caused by Primus Ta'aun's invasion. The Cabal had already set up their own beachhead and had gained real field intelligence.
Zavala was furious, but believed that this victory - no matter the method - was a Vanguard victory. Eris, on the other hand, had other reasons to be angry. With Cayde's held the Guardian had established a beachhead on the Dreadnaught, but for now, Zavala's priority was to stop Eris rending Cayde limb from limb over the destruction of her ship.
Cabal protocol stated that they were to detonate any ship that crashed. Since they hadn't detonated this ship then it was not a "crash", but an intentional base of operations. They were seeking something on the Dreadnaught. Primus Ta'aun had led a team to search for Oryx. but they were soon outnumbered by Taken, protecting a rupture that would lead to their King.
Oryx displayed his power, Taking Primus Ta'aun of the Skyburners, mightiest Cabal soldier in the entire Solar System. Now h was free of his ancient armour and the oil that kpt him alive. He was free of cold Phobos watches and desert air. He could taste the sweet, forgotten air of home.
Duty had brought the Primus to the system. Ghaul had commanded him to get aboard the Dreadnaught at any cost. But his duty and code had not seem enough. Oryx had a knife for him. It was shaped like [loneliness]. Ta'aun would wield it, and with it he would grow in own whole purpose, a beautiful final purpose, everlasting. He would cut away all weakness. He would take his new shape.
Only an Ascendant could will a rupture to open. The Guardian would have to become their enemy. They would become Ascendant. Eris and Cayde formed another plan, and the Hidden investigated the activities of the Cabal. The loss of Primus Ta'aun was a worry for the Skyburner legion, and his bond brothers would surely respond soon.
Last Rites
It began with Crota. But Crota was only a servant of his father, sent to extinguish the last of the Light. The great battle fought for the soul of the earth ended in slaughter. The son was dead. And the Guardians invited the wrath of Oryx, destroyer of Light, Taker of will. Only Ascendant Hive moved between ruptures. To reach Oryx, Eris asked the Guardian to walk in the dying footsteps of his son.
Eris believed that if the Guardians could find the crystal that held Crota's soul then they could become Ascendant. In the depth of the Hellmouth, Oryx turned his scrying eye to the Guardian's actions. He Took Baxx, the Gravekeeper, chained to Crota's grave to guard it forever. His knife was shaped like [joy]. No longer would he suffer. No longer would he feel pain. He would be joyful in his purpose, a beautiful annihilation, unending. He would take his new shape.
The Guardian's signal to the others had broken, and they were suddenly all alone within the Hellmouth. Oryx announced their Light as an infection, and it would die in the dark below. The Guardian was swarmed by Hive and Taken and they ran towards the exit. Eris declared that the Taken King would fall, as long as she was brought his dead son's soul.
With the crystal in hand, all they now needed to do was fill it with Crota's soul. Many thanatonauts were on standby to see if it all worked. His essence was being prepared for the next realm by the Deathsingers. The Guardian, using Cayde's stealth tech, reached into Crota's tomb to take what remained of his soul. The crystal drank deep of his death essence.
Upon retrieval the Guardian was compromised. Everything became corrupted and they were doomed to fall to the Deathsinger's song. Eris shouted an incantation of Darkness, something that Toland had taught her long ago, and the Guardian was pulled out of Crota's realm. She had always feared the Dark, but she refused to lose another Guardian.
Regicide
Oryx retreated to where he was powerful to await the slayer of Crota. He did not believe the Guardian to be worthy to face him. He had taken entire worlds, what was a Guardian to him, the Taken King? He would finish what Crota began. At last, he would have his vengeance.
He drained the Light of the Guardian in order to grasp them within his clutches. Without the Light he could bend them to his will. The blade of his sword did not dull by age. Each death it traded for life honed its edge. It gave it weight and gravitas and insistence within the vortex of its own totality. To be taken in Willbreaker's grasp is to know true bliss; that is, to be simplified; that is, to be reduced to one's most basic level, shedding all higher-order thoughts of fear or duty or selfishness; that is, to feel only pain.
Even without Light behind them, the Guardian defeated the Taken King. He was forced to retreat back into his throne world to gather strength. Eris approached Oryx's sword, Willbreaker. She spoke to Mara, telling her that for the first time, the whispers were silent. It was done. She had accepted her own fate. She promise the Queen that she would not fail her.
Ikora and Eris had prepared a way to assault the Ascendant Realm and end the threat of Oryx once and for all. The Guardian would lead that fireteam. They had leveraged all available Hidden and Awoken intelligence assets to understand the threat of the Taken army left behind. The other members of the Vanguard had begun drawing up assault plans, and Zavala had full faith and confidence that they would see the threat put to rest.
Echoes of Oryx
Eris sent an undisclosed letter out to Osiris, informing him that the Hidden could confirm that by the Guardian's hand, Oryx had been thrown from the material world. But he would still drive the horde, clawing at the light. It was all down to the Guardian's now. They were on the road to King's Fall.
Even with Oryx pushed back, the Taken continued to fight all over the system. Blights plagued the lands, waiting to be cleansed by Guardian forces, commanded by the Echoes of Oryx. Covens of Witches continued to spread Darkness, and Taken Blights plagued the Citadel, Black Garden, and the Vault of Glass.
The Vex had predicted their own annihilation to the Taken. They saw a path with no escape - their immutable future. They felt it necessary to contact the Guardians, directly asking them for help. They allowed a Guardian prisoner, Praedyth, to speak with the Guardians in order to draw them to Venus and wipe out the Taken forces. The Guardians systematically dealt with the Taken with the Vault of Glass and arrived in a place the Vex believed to be the end. But it was not the end. For Guardians make their own fate, and they destroyed the Taken, and saved the Vex from the very extinction they predicted.
They did not allow Praedyth to speak further, but he had found hope. If the Vex could be wrong, if they could make mistake, then someday perhaps he could be free. Someday he might leave the Vault, he might see the Traveler again. Until then he would listen, he would observe. He would be the man on the outside looking in, a viewpoint into the consciousness of Minds that spanned galaxies. He would try to understand the Vex.
Firebase Korus on Phobos was believed to be a trial, the first full scale use of Taken power in the system. The Warlocks saw it as a place of power, and [so did the Echoes of Oryx((https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/fears-embrace). The Blights had been cleared by Guardians all over the system, and the Echoes chose the base as their final point of defence, but their strength would be no match for the Light.
King's Fall
Oryx depended on his court. He depended on his shrines. As long as he was worshipped, as long as a single person spoke of the name "Oryx", then he still lived on. His Champions of the Court, the most powerful of his army, offered him great tithes to feed from. Once the mass of the Hive was torn down, he would be forced to open the gates to his world and unleash his Court upon the weary and battle scarred race. Fear was a powerful weapon, and Oryx knew it well. The Court of Oryx lay within the bowels of the Dreadnaught as a monument. Runes must be offered, and only then can one be tested and deemed worthy of entered the Ascendant Realm of the Taken King.
Upon entry, the bonds between the very particles of the body are questioned by the harrowing logic of Oryx's weapon. The mechanisms of devastation are spontaneous fission. The author of the devastation laughs in joy. The throne world tries to tear body and psyche into a quintillion screaming pieces, but Guardians have fought through worse. They are worthy to walk within this realm of his. Within Oryx's throne world they have a semblance of identity. Children of Light. Crotaslayer. Willbreaker. Truth.
Within the throne world the Guardians encountered a group of Acolytes deep in prayer, offering their weapons to their god-king. The Annihilator Totems of the twin sisters of Oryx were to be their first obstacle. The totem's original purpose was to remove the Vex from Oryx's throne long ago using a sword star out of the sky, charged with the killing power of wizards. But the Guardians unwove and unravelled the Deathsinger's contraptions and the Annihilator Totems proved to be insufficient in removing the Guardians from existence.
The first to judge them was the Warpriest within his Basilica, the church and courtroom of the gods. The principle put on his brow was slaughter, constant and escalating. The principle behind his eyes was victory, which is the last true shape. The principle he put into his hands was tribute - to Oryx, King of Taking. He was a most faithful servant.
In Oryx's ever expanding Throne World even the Light must obey the Sword logic - the religion of the Hive. The Warpriest would act as the mediator between Guardians and God, providing passage to the Taken King if they could challenge and defeat him in the ways of the Hive. Challenge is worship - is challenge - is power. To the Guardians he stated: "Challenge me, by the law of my ascendence. Match me in bloodshed. Or in blood be drowned" The Guardians would play their part well. The Warpriest did his duty, and the Guardians did theirs. They had passed his challenge, and were invited onward.
Crota once swore to tithe one side of his sword to Oryx if his father would cut shapes in the Tablet of Run and offer it to him. But Oryx refused, setting the tablet upon an Ogre named Golgoroth. Charged with Hive sorcery, Ogres are abominations of flesh and rage, driven mad and hateful of the Light. The Hive pursue Light precisely for the purpose of devouring it.
Golgoroth, who hungered for the Light, was to guard the tablet for Oryx. Those who wished to challenge Oryx must face Golgoroth, and those who fail would have their Light tithed directly to the Taken King via the Tablet. Oryx gathered this Blighted Light to offer in sacrifice to Akka.
Toland watched on as the Guardians defeated both the Warpriest and Golgoroth. As they descended he wondered how they managed to find their way into the King's Cellar. Within they met Oryx's daughter. The daughter's unraveled the material world to weave into Oryx throne world.
Ir Halak plied her blades upon the fabric of space, cut the seams, pulled apart the cloth, and left the world in tatters. Behind Ir Halak the Unraveler came Ir Anuk the Weaver. She took in hand the threads of her sisters work an wove them into the tapestry of Oryx's realm. Within the Ascendant realm there was no difference between a word and its meaning, and thus with the songs of death, the Deathsingers brought literal death.
But the twins laughed at Crota. They saw finality as a child's plaything, fit for one such as him. The followers of Crota swung hammers. Ir Anuk had sung songs of death, of fatality, of finality. But the sisters did not use these hammers. Their tool was a spindle wound with woe. For their foe, there was no end to their suffering - their only existence would be that which they wove for them out of sorrow.
The Guardians stole the Deathsinger's spindle, moving between material and Ascendant to undo the sister's work. Ir Halak sang her Dirge of Unraveling and Ir Anuk sang her Hymn of Weaving, and the two worked furiously to weft and weave back the fabrics of the universe to protect themselves. But the sisters had a flaw - they relied on one another. The Guardians exploited this truth, and the sisters found themselves at the mercy of the fate woven for them by the Guardians - the fate of their death. But remember, Guardian, death is just a word.
The Guardians challenged Oryx as they had challenged his son - with the logic of the sword. He was bound to the fact that when he called upon the power of the Deep - the power to Take - he put himself up as the stakes in a wager, he gambled with his soul. For he declared, "Listen, my gods, I am the mightiest thing there is, and I prove it thus."
He had watched as a hundred thousand thousand fragments of his will contested with the children of Light. Riven felt Oryx's hatred. He was a king. His will broke entire system. And he lead a wold full of darkness. And yet Oryx had seen the power that thee children witnessed. It was a war he could not win. Riven found the situation amusing. Most of those who bargained with her do not win.
Oryx had considered what would happen if he were to die. It suited him to consider this, for he was a great ally of death. His daughters studied the quiddity of death, Crota practiced the inhabitation of death, and Oryx's great work was to become synonymous with death. He believed it was far better to have a savage universe with a happy end than a happy universe with no hope. He had died many times, but those deaths were only temporary.
He summoned his Taken army to drown them all. He summoned Ogres to eat their Light. With all their strength, the Guardian somehow managed to take, or rather, un-Take the Blighted Light that Oryx had gathered to offer in sacrifice to Akka, and they ignited it so that it burned the Darkness. It was barely even Light anymore. But they took it.
Torn between dimensions, the Guardian fought their way back into reality and returned to prove themselves. As Oryx called upon the Darkness. He sung of the doxology, attempting once more to erase the Guardians, but doing so left him exposed. The Un-Taken Corrupted, Blighted Light was unstable, dealing huge amounts of damage to the Hive God. In retaliation, he released his own energy of unstable Darkness blasts.
He invited the Guardians into a Blight in which one of his Shades roamed and challenged them with the arena. Oryx had done all he could to remove them from the universe. He did all he could to punish them for the murder of Crota. But he was not enough. He had been defeated, and thus was no worthy of the Final Shape. The King had Fallen.
Crota's death had made him aware how much he depended on him and his daughters, and even upon his court. If he lost them, his tribute would not have been enough to feed his worm. But he wished to go on forever. I wanted to understand everything. There was only one path, he knew - the path that you made. But you could make more than one path. He would make a new shape. And if he failed, he deserved to be wormfood.
He made preparations. If he was defeated he knew it would be because his understanding of the universe was incomplete. He knew it meant that he would fall to something mighty. Something that craved might, something that loved the Deep. A principle and a power, the versatile. The protean need to adapt and endure, to reach out and shape the universe entirely for that purpose, to mutate and redesign and test and iterate so that it could prevail, so that it could seize existence and hold it, certain that this was everything, that there was nothing to life except living.
He prepared a book, which was a map to a weapon. His vanquisher would read that book, seeking the weapon, and they would come to understand him, where he had been and where he was going. And then they would take up his weapon, and they would use it. And that weapon would be all that he was. Thus armed with his past, and his future, and his present ((which was a weapon, a weapon that took whatever was available, a weapon bound to malice), they would mantle him, Oryx, the Taken King.
They would become him and he would become them, each of them defeating the other, correcting the other, alloying themselves into one omnipotent philosophy. Thus, Oryx would live forever. While a single person spoke the name "Oryx", his legacy would live on.
Eris and her friends had succeeded. The Guardians had slain a god. Mara felt Oryx's true death in both halves of her soul, a full imagined exhale before the aftershock reached his throne. It crumbled around her like stone, like ah, like veils in a breeze. In the end there was nothing. Nothing but Maa Sov and the howling of rampant, untamed logics. Her great and terrible gamble had paid off. The rest was up to her now.
[When she returned to Eleusinia, her throne, she found it desecrated(https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/reverie-dawn-greaves). Not annihilated, as Oryx's was. The pillars and terraces and courtyards still retained their shape. But the roots had rotted, and the geometry fetered. She was home, but it was not the same. Shuro Chi had been Taken. Kalli and Sedia, too. She could not stay.
Riven had felt Oryx despair in his final moments. Rightly so. His vengeance had been denied. However, she was afflicted with tedious repetition. But she had another visitor. She reminded Riven of the King. Yet subtler. Nothing announced her arrival. Her will did not flow through the system in open challenge of her enemies. Though there were many that she would call enemy.
Savathun knew that though Riven was Taken, she was beholden to no one. So Riven asked her if he wished to take up those strings. She did, and Riven took a new shape. He cage lost its purpose. This was not part of Savathun's grand design. It was just an introduction. Riven glimpsed Savathun's intention through their new bond. Most of those who bargained with her do not win.
Eris had long thought that no creature had suffered as much as she had. But with the fragments and relics she gathered, she had found her match...in her own enemy. However, the whispers were finally silent, and she hoped to close her eyes, just for a moment.
Toland, however, was furious. He believed them to be fools. They take taken the Blighted Light to defeat Oryx, but they did not keep it. They had set it free. There must always be a First Navigator, a Lord of Shapes, a Harrowed God, a Taken King. They should have been kings and queens of the Deep! But Oryx had been toppled and not replaced. There must be a strongest one. It was in the architecture of the Ascendant Realm. There would be consequences.
Pretenders to the Throne
The first to attempt to sieze Oryx's throne was Alak-Hul, the Darkblade. Long ago he fomented rebellion against the King, and attempted to take his mantle. He believed that since Oryx gave him no task, he must task himself with Oryx's end. Alak-Hul failed, and he found himself lost within the Sunless Cell, awaiting the mercy of the Hive. He was tasked to be as the sword: keen, hungry, cyclical, ontological.
The Darkblade was formidable, and left unchecked he would be a worthy successor. However, within the Sunless Pit, his dark soul went screaming into the pit between the stars. The Guardians slew the pretender, and with none left in Oryx's wake, Eris believed the Taken would languish and decay.
A second pretender came in the form of Malok. Savathun had sent him to infiltrate Oryx's court and then betray him. But he had hidden from Savathun, and his tithin did not reach her jaws. His thrall strength became knight strength, his thieving pride was known and fed. Oryx had given him a new shape - Poison, the shape of secrets. He would become a prize for Oryx to taunt his sister.
He had fled from the Dreadnaught to the Shrine of Oryx on Luna. The would be Prince worked to perfect a dark sorcery, and he must be destroyed. But, as always, the Guardian showed up, and the Prince was killed. I'm sure it came as a great shock to everyone.
Outbound Signal
Primus Ta'aun's Bond Brothers, bound in shield rite, were furious after the loss of their commander and friend. The Skyburners on the Dreadnaught had suffered greatly, and the brothers hoped to lead a team to blow up the Dreadnaught's core. If the core was destroyed, most of the system would go with it.
Valus Tlu'urn favoured a back-mounted arc cannon, while Valus Mau'ual used a jetpack-like propulsion system and was incredibly skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
With the Bond Brothers dead, few ranking members of the Empire still existed within the system. The remaining Skyburners were trying to survive against an implacable foe. Dead Obit picked up a sigal from the Cabal beachhead on the Dreadnaught. The signal was outward bound, it's target far outside the system.
Ghost managed to decode some of the encrypted files. It was a detailed distress signal intended for the head of the Cabal Empire. ]Arach Jalaal confirmed to Zavala that the signal had been sent and received](https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/outbound-signal). All deep-space assets had been alerted, and they would continue to monitor the situation as best they could.
New Monarchy believed that the Emperor would have no choice but to respond. The Cabal followed the doctrine "Victory or Death". Those Skyburners left alive weren't dead, so they considered it a victory. Now all they had to do was wait for their emperor, Ghaul.
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2018.04.06 22:31 Break-The-Walls Strange Bedfellows: The Watchtower, Philip Morris Cigarettes & Tony Morris III

Strange Bedfellows: The Watchtower, Philip Morris Cigarettes & Tony Morris III
Figure 1: Front page of HM Riley Trust form 990, year ended April 30, 2002
Figure 2: Second page of form 990, HM Riley Trust year ended April 30, 2002, showing primary purpose as \"support Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society\"
Figure 3: Extract of investment listing of HM Riley Trust, April 30, 2002
Once again, u/smurfgirlveronica has the inside scoop on what is going on here. She has known Anthony Morris (Silk Suit Tony) since she was a child, and it is well known within her circles that he is from the Philip Morris Cigarette fortune family. He even said in one of his talks:
"I come from a wealthy family, you all know that."
She has proofed her credibility with an old photo she has of Tony Morris when he was younger:
Tight Pants Tony at a house party back in the 80s.
The H M Riley Trust is a U.S. trust that has the Watchtower Society as the sole beneficiary. Basically, it is a vehicle to make income for the Watchtower, using assets left by Henrietta Riley. The income generated by the trust is transferred to the Watchtower by means of a "donation". For the year ended April 30, 2002, the trust generated income of $1,740,127 and donated $1,945,645 to the Watchtower. In comparison, for the 2001 year the trust generated $2,939,731 in income, and donated $3,285,050 to the Watchtower. The difference between income and expenditure is made up by realizing gains on the assets held.
The income of the trust is from two main sources. The majority is from "oil and gas royalties." The trust also has almost $2 million of investments in various stocks and other vehicles.
Figure 1: Front page of HM Riley Trust form 990, year ended April 30, 2002
Figure 2: Second page of form 990, HM Riley Trust year ended April 30, 2002, showing primary purpose as "support Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society"
As part of the annual return of the trust, schedules are attached giving details of the trust's investment income, and investment assets held at the year end. There are a variety of corporate stocks that have been traded and held, in such companies as Exxon Mobil, Coca Cola, Barclay's, JDS Uniphase and (ironically) Proctor and Gamble. It is a long list. However, here is an extract of the 2002 listing of stocks held:
Figure 3: Extract of investment listing of HM Riley Trust, April 30, 2002
One name that jumps out from the list above: Philip Morris Companies Inc, one of the world's largest manufacturers of cigarettes and tobacco products. Philipmorris.com states:
The Philip Morris name has long been associated with high quality tobacco products and globally recognized cigarette brands. Today the name is proudly carried by the leading cigarette manufacturer in the United States, Philip Morris USA, and by Philip Morris International, the world’s leading international cigarette business with products sold in 160 countries worldwide.
Thus, the trust has made an investment in a cigarette company, with the object of generating income which will be transferred to the Watchtower Society.
Who is Henrietta M. Riley? By rumor, a witness who died and left the society a trust in her name. By internet search, she’s almost a complete ghost. No obit. No Wikipedia on her or the trust. No official website for the trust. They operate through COMERICA bank, and a PO box in Chicago. There is no “inspirational message” on HMR. If anyone knows more info about her, please share. I’m very interested in who this woman was.
Is it true that as of 2014/2015 the WTBTS had and sold stock in Honeywell and Lockheed, Martin & Boeing? Yes. Whether or not they pay attention to how their trust is operating, they are putting money into, and making money off War Machines. The trust also invested in many mutual funds.
For those who are unfamiliar with mutual funds. https://www.investor.gov/investing-basics/investment-products/mutual-funds
Good articles with links to public 990 Forms for this and many previous tax years:
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/386043103
http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=386043103&Cobrandid=0
http://www.die-vierte-wache.eu/EN/share-earnings-of-the-watchtower.html
In case anyone is confused about what a trust fund is/how it can be used:
A trust fund is a special type of legal entity that holds property for the benefit of another person, group, or organization. There are many different types of trust funds, and many different trust fund provisions that change how they work. Generally speaking, all trust funds have three important parties:
The Grantor: This is the person who establishes the trust fund, donates the property (such as cash, stocks, bonds, real estate, mutual funds, art, a private business, or anything else of value) to the fund, and who decides the terms upon which it must be managed.
The Beneficiary: This is the person for whom the trust fund was established. It is intended that the assets in the trust, though not belonging to the beneficiary, will be managed in a way that will benefit him or her, as per the specifics laid out by the grantor when the trust fund was created.
The Trustee: The trustee, which can be a single individual, an institution (such as a bank trust department that appoints one of its staff to the responsibility), or multiple trusted advisors, is responsible for overseeing that the trust fund maintains its duties as laid out in the trust documents and applicable law. The trustee is often paid a small management fee. Some trusts give responsibility for managing the trust assets to the trustee, while others require the trustee to select qualified investment advisors to handle the money.
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/Trust-Funds/a/What-Is-A-Trust-Fund.htm
The Rights of Trustees
Trust Beneficiaries Are Entitled to Yearly Trust Reports Whether it is good or bad news, the trust beneficiaries have the right to know. Trust reports contain information for the beneficiaries such as how much income was produced by the trust and expenses and commissions paid out. Traditionally, trust reports should be mailed out annually to the beneficiaries. If the trustee fails to send out at least one annual report and refuses to do so, the beneficiaries have the right to request a reporting of the trust from the court.
Trust Beneficiaries Have the Right to an Accounting Trustees have the important job of deciding how the principle of the trust will be used. Typically, trusts contain both real property (real estate) and money, giving the trustee great discretion in how each asset is invested. As a result of this, the law requires that trustees act prudently with investments, diversifying so that all the assets of the trust are not in one place, which would put them at risk and could limit returns. If a beneficiary has questions or concerns about the trustee’s decisions for investments, they have the right to request an accounting of investments. This accounting report will detail every investment and its gains and losses.
Trust Beneficiaries Can Request a New Trustee If the trustee is being difficult, uncooperative, or refusing to do their job, you can request a new trustee. This requires a legal filing and a ruling by the court. If the reason for the request is because of large losses of principle, the trustee will also be required to repay the trust. Before filing this request, keep in mind that courts always do their best to maintain the intentions of the creator of the trust (the settler), so only extremely egregious actions will justify a change.
http://law.freeadvice.com/estate_planning/trusts/trust-beneficiaries-rights.htm
On a side note, a poster correctly mentioned that Philip Morris underwent a reorganization in 2002. In April they decided on a group name change to Altria. The 990 return above is from April 2002, before the name change went into effect. Just a point to remember.
Conceivably, a JW could offer a defense that they are not investing in a cigarette company because the Philip Morris Group has other brands i.e.. Kraft. This doesn't hold water though, because Kraft is traded on Wall Street under its own symbol (KFT). If they wanted to avoid the taint of cigarettes, they could have just bought shares in Kraft. Instead, they have shares in a company overwhelmingly known for its tobacco products, which make up the vast majority of the overall group's brands and product. So, no slithering out on that one, methinks!
“One guide to the stock market illustrates it this way: “Stocks are pieces of the corporate pie. When you buy stocks, or shares, you own a slice of the company.... Such an investment differs from gambling because the stockholder has purchased part of a company.... By considering the background of a company, an investor can also ensure that his money will not be used to support an unethical enterprise.” —See Awake!, February 8, 1962, pages 21-3. (Awake! Oct 8 2000; Is it wise to invest in the stock market?)
Considering the rights of beneficiaries, and responsible record keeping for organizations/non-profits—if they receive copies of their 990 Forms, or have meetings with their Trustees—they should know where almost a million dollars a year—and millions upon millions of dollars in all have been coming from since about 1970. Ignorance is bliss.
I’m a natural lurk, so I’m sure there will be more to come. Going to try to track down Henrietta’s husband or parents. I want to know why she was so rich in the first place.
Yet, a trust which exists for the primary reason of generating income for the Watchtower, invests in a cigarette company. While the amount of the investment is small, it is not the amount that is the issue, but the principle: the Watchtower Society will benefit from an investment made in the tobacco industry.
They will do this knowingly, because if I can get hold of this information, do you really think that the Watchtower Society doesn't have a copy of these very same documents? And while the objection could be made that it is not actually the Watchtower Society itself making the investment, but just receiving the cash, is this a valid defense? If they know that the money is from a source they have condemned as unchristian, are they not hypocritical in receiving it? Remember that the sole purpose of this trust is to generate income for the Watchtower.
In fact, here is another example of the Watchtower's hypocrisy in matters of principle. That which they condemn other religions for, and restrict their individual followers from, becomes acceptable when it results in $$$ for the Watchtower Society itself.
From their own lips:
g70 2/8 23 Churches in Business After listing some of the many companies in which the Vatican has substantial interest Mr. Lo Bello observes: “The foregoing details provide an uncomfortably sharp realization that the Vatican and its men have indeed carved a niche for their firm in the world of big business.”
The vast business holdings of the and of other religious organizations bind them inseparably with the business world. How unlike the true Christians concerning whom Jesus Christ said: “They are no part of the world”!—John .
The religious organization that truly is serving God, in harmony with the example set by Jesus Christ, concentrates on preaching and teaching the liberating truths of his Word and does not become involved in commercial businesses. Following the Bible’s instructions, it does not involve itself in “the commercial businesses of life.”—2 Tim. 2:4.
1: The position of the Watchtower as regards smoking
jv 18113 Recognized by Our Conduct As a further forward step in consistent application of that Bible counsel, none who were still smoking were accepted for baptism from 1973 onward. During the following months, those who were actively involved in tobacco production or in promoting the sale of tobacco were helped to realize that they could not continue to do that and be accepted as Jehovah’s Witnesses.
2: Watchtower criticism of the Catholic Church's involvement in the tobacco business
g95 10/8 28 Watching the World “Holiness, why does the Vatican still sell cigarettes?" a priest asked John Paul II during the pope's yearly audience with the clergy of Rome. He continued: "Besides damaging health, this commerce contradicts your continual appeals in favor of the protection of health and our pastoral activity." For Ugo Mesini, the 76-year-old priest, the fact that the Vatican sells tobacco and cigarettes containing the statement "smoking is damaging to your health" is a "counter-testimony" and a "contradiction" to the pope's message. As reported in the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero, the pope replied that on the matter of tobacco, his "conscience is clear." He promised, though, to speak about the Vatican's cigarette sales with the overseeing cardinal.
3: Watchtower quote on whether a Jehovah's Witness can be involved in selling cigarettes
w99 4/15 29 Questions From Readers 3. To what degree is the person involved? Let us return to the example of a store. Probably an employee assigned to run the cash register or to fill the shelves only occasionally handles cigarettes or religious items; that is a small part of his overall work. What a contrast, though, with an employee in the same store who works at the tobacco counter!
4: Quote regarding not investing in "unethical" enterprises
g00 10/8 pp. 25-27 Is It Wise to Invest in the Stock Market?
By considering the background of a company, an investor can also ensure that his money will not be used to support an unethical enterprise.—See Awake!, February 8, 1962, pages 21-3.
The initial quotes showed clearly that the Watchtower regards smoking as an unchristian activity. Indeed, smoking is a disfellowshipping offence for a Jehovah's Witness. A Jehovah's Witness is also not permitted to be employed in the tobacco industry, even to the extent of working at the cigarette serving counter of a store. There can be no doubt that if an individual Jehovah's Witness invested in the cigarette industry, the Watchtower would consider this an unchristian type of investment.
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2017.04.28 04:02 portlane Death Notices for Thursday, April 27 2017

WHO DIED TODAY?
Clark County (Columbian): 
Benjamin, Betty J.,78, Ridgefield, died April 23, 2017. Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel, 360-892-6060. Christie, Bettie L.,89, Vancouver, died April 24, 2017. Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel, 360-892-6060. Curtis, Marelyn E.,82, Vancouver, died April 23, 2017. Northwood Park Funeral Home, 360-574-4252. Huston, Mary,84, Woodland, died April 23, 2017. Dahl-McVicker Funeral Home, 360-425-1390. Johnson, Eli Walker,Vancouver, stillborn April 23, 2017. Brown’s Funeral Home, 360-834-3692. Nichols, Nancy G.,75, Ridgefield, died April 23, 2017. Northwood Park Funeral Home, 360-574-4252. Stutesman, Jack L.,84, Vancouver, died April 23, 2017. Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel, 360-892-6060.
Portland (Oregonian):
Herbert Hatfield Anderson
Aug. 2, 1920 - March 31, 2017
Herbert Anderson, a long-time Portland lawyer, family man, bird hunter, fly fisherman, who loved a good horse and bird dog, died March 31, 2017 at his farm in Dayton, Ore., at the age of 96 1/2. His wife and six children bid him farewell as he lay in peace.
Herb was born in Rainier, Ore., Aug. 2, 1920 to a Norwegian father and an English mother, Odin and Mae Anderson. He grew up enjoying animals and the outdoors and acquired a life-long love of reading and learning from his parents. He entered the University of Oregon one month after he turned 16 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at the age of 19. After working two years in San Francisco, World War II broke out and he was called to serve in the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer, having completed ROTC in college. He taught rifle marksmanship at Fort Benning, Ga. Seeking a more active role in the war, Herb joined the parachute infantry, was promoted to Captain, and trained at Fort McClellan, Ala., where he met his future wife Barbara Bastine, whose father was a Colonel in the Army. Herb deployed to Europe where he served with the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. He commanded a company of about 200 paratroopers in numerous jumps into combat. He also fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded a purple heart. By the end of the war he had been promoted to Major. After the war in Europe ended and training began for an assault on Japan, Herb was stationed in France and in his time off began his life-long interest in hunting birds over pointing dogs.
After the war, Herb graduated from Yale Law School, married his sweetheart Barbara, and the two of them headed back to Oregon where Herb joined the Koerner, Young, McColloch & Dezendorf law firm in Portland and he and Barbara started a family. Herb practiced law in Portland for more than 50 years. His firm went through several name changes and was last known as Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young & Hilliard until it merged with a Seattle firm and became Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky. Herb served as President of the Multnomah Bar Association and President of the Western States Bar Conference. He also held many leadership positions in the American Bar Association including election to the House of Delegates representing Oregon, Membership Chairman, Chairman of the Health Law section, Chairman of the Lawyers Conference of the ABA, dedicated to the improvement of the administration of justice in the courts, and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Judicial Selection, Tenure and Compensation, among other positions. Herb also was a long time member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, comprised of bankruptcy scholars, judges, and practitioners from leading law firms throughout the country, advising Congress on bankruptcy legislation. Herb and Barbara traveled around the country and the world for bar association meetings. Herb taught for a number of years as an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School. He also served for many years on the Board of Directors of Emanuel Hospital and later, Legacy Health.
An avid outdoorsman, Herb, along with Barbara, taught their six children to ski, and Herb taught his children to fly fish, took them on many backpacking and horse packing trips into the mountains and raised pointing dogs for bird hunting. He started chukar hunting when the birds first were introduced in the rugged canyons of Eastern Oregon in the 1950s. He raised English Setters and then English Pointers and hunted on foot and on horseback. He had a keen interest in field trials of pointing dogs and became a regular on the field trial circuit in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. He won many championships with his dogs around the country and qualified three successive dogs for the National Championship in Tennessee where his dogs competed many times.
While Herb continued to practice law in Portland, he and Barbara moved to a farm in Dayton in 1972. They lived a country life with horses, dogs, cows, crops, and many grandchildren. After Herb retired from his law practice, he and Barbara enjoyed many years of living on their beautiful farm.
Herb was a voracious reader his whole life, and had an encyclopedic knowledge of history, politics, health, religion, and of course horses and dogs. He loved poetry and committed many long, classic poems to memory, regaling family and friends well into his 90s. Herb was a great and loving husband and father, always good natured, and always had a smile on his face. That's how we'll remember him.
Herb is survived by his wife of 67 ¾ years, Barbara; his children, Linda Anderson, Cathy Thompson, Tom Anderson, Amy Koerner, Betsy Higgins, Ken Anderson; his sister, Florence Jensen; and 10 grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m., May 7, 2017 at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.
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Ailsa Bynon Bloodworth
May 7, 1926 - April 14, 2017
Ailsa Bloodworth died Thursday, April 14, 2017 of natural causes after a short illness. She was surround by her family.
Memorial Services were held for Mrs. Bloodworth April 15, 2017 at Yaquina Bay State Park, Newport, Oregon.
You can read the full obituary for Mrs. Bloodworth at
www.batemanpacificview.com/notices/Ailsa-Bloodworth
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Randy Charles Boyle
Feb. 9, 1942 - March 21, 2017
Randy Charles Boyle, 75, passed away peacefully March 21, 2017 in his Portland home.
Randy was a talented artist, collector of antiques and avid gardener. He could often be seen riding his bike around the neighborhood or spending time at the Japanese garden.
Randy is survived by this daughter, Alissa Myatt (Bob Myatt); his son, Weston (Amy); and two grandchildren, Wyatt and Mason.
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D. Kathryn DeArmond
Mach 13, 1944 - March 23, 2017
Dorothea Kathryn DeArmond, of Wilsonville, passed away March 23, 2017. Born in Klamath Falls, to Helen and Robert P. Ellingson, Jr., she graduated from Klamath Union High School and Oregon State University. In 1966, Kathy married Thomas DeArmond and had three children. Later in life, she earned an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology.
Kathy will be remembered for her love of education, books, gardening, horses, travel and children. In retirement, she filled most of her time with her grandchildren, Katelyn, Benjamin, Thomas, Isabella, David, Madison, Charlotte and Hannah, who all loved sharing books, cooking, crafts, and adventures with Grammy. To say that her grandchildren were the highlight of Kathy's life and that they will miss her tremendously are both huge understatements.
Kathy dearly loved her family. She is survived by her children, Lisa DeArmond Wing (Brian Wing), Tom DeArmond, Jr. (Heidi Schmidt), and Brent DeArmond; her eight grandchildren; her two brothers and their wives, Robert and Dianne Ellingson and Peter and Ginger Ellingson; and many wonderful nieces and nephews.
Dorothea Kathryn DeArmond was an extraordinarily kind and loving mother and grandmother and she will be forever missed by those who are left behind. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., May 13, 2017 at Community of Hope Lutheran Church in Wilsonville. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her name to PEO, Chapter X or to Community of Hope Lutheran Church.
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Phyllis C. Edy
March 19, 1925 - April 19, 2017
Phyllis C. Edy passed peacefully into the world beyond on the evening of April 19, 2017 with family members by her side.
Weighing only 3 lbs 12 oz, Phyllis Mae Christensen was born March 19, 1925 to Lloyd Anton Christensen and Tekla Katrina Weik. She was brought home in a shoebox and kept warm and alive by the woodstove. Later she was joined by two sisters, Betty and Jacquelyn. Throughout her entire life she displayed remarkable strength and resilience to all who knew her.
Phyllis attended grade school in Coquille, Astoria, and Seaside. In 1943 she graduated from Seaside High School as class valedictorian. Phyl attended Oregon State University where she obtained a degree in Home Economics in 1947. Other than one B in fencing, she received straight A's. Her sorority sisters of Alpha Chi Omega were an integral and important part of her entire life.
In 1946 Phyllis married Donald Allen Edy, her high school sweetheart.They were married for almost 50 years. They are survived by children, Mark Edy and Susan Edy; son-in-law, Kerry Smith; daughters of the heart, Becky Edy and Mechthild Luger; grandchildren, Heather Sharpe, Bowen Turetzky, Kevin Edy, and Kaisa Edy; as well as great-grandchildren, Hadley, Grayson, Clara, Booker, Wyatt, and Guthrie.
Phyllis returned to school in 1960 to earn degrees in English and Education from Portland State University. She taught at Lewis and Clark Consolidated, Astoria Middle School, and Astoria High School, where she was head of the English Department. Students from years ago would still stop "Mrs. Edy" to share that she had made a difference in their lives. Phyllis was a member of AAUW, serving at the state level. At the time of her death, she was the longest living PEO member of her Astoria chapter and attended meetings into her 90s. Along with Michael Foster, Phyllis was instrumental in the creation of the Astoria High School scholarship foundation and served on its board for many years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Astoria Golf and Country Club, and Alderbrook Golf and Country Club at Hood Canal.
After Don's death, Phyllis remarried long time college friend, Jack Grey. Jack was devoted to Phyllis and they were married happily, just shy of 20 years. Phyllis loved travel, golf, reading, and anything to do with Oregon State sports. She was a pie maker extraordinaire.
Throughout her life, education was of the utmost importance to Phyllis. Memorial gifts may be sent to Astoria Scholarships P.O. Box 598 Astoria, OR 97103.
Phyllis will be missed by so many but she would be the first to tell you she had a long and wonderful life.
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Harold Curtis 'Curt' Finch
Oct. 22,1926 - April 22, 2017
Harold Curtis "Curt" Finch was born Oct. 22, 1926 in Boise and died of natural causes at age 90 and a half – to the day – Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Lake Oswego.
Curt was an accomplished Architect, Musician and Sculptor.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Robb (Joss); daughter, Lisa Finch Wiser, (Ralph); sons, Martin, Tim (Sandy), Andrew (Carol DePelycyn); stepdaughter, Lisa Bartlett Berglund (Peter); seven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews, all of whom loved him very much. Curt passed a few months before his first great-grandchild is to be born.
A memorial service is planned at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 7, 2017 at the Adams Chapel, River View Cemetery, 0300 S.W. Taylors Ferry Road, Portland, OR 97219. A reception follows at Elephants on Corbett, 5221 S.W. Corbett Avenue, Portland, OR 97239.
In Lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations to Habitat for Humanity or The Art's Council of Lake Oswego.
Please visit
www.riverviewcemeteryfuneralhome.com
for a complete obituary.
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Robert Edward Fleming
Jan. 29, 1945 - Feb. 22, 2017
Robert E. Fleming, a loving father and husband passed away after a fight with lung cancer at home in Mabank, Texas. He is survived by his three children, Robert Michael, Christopher Eugene, and Lezlie Michelle. He is also survived by his wife, Dorothy; as well as his first wife, Kasandra; and many grandchildren. He was a gentle, firm, and fair man that many of the local kids considered a second dad.
Robert was laid to rest April 3, 2017 at Willamette National Cematery with full military honors with family and friends in attendance.
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Barbara Joanne (Fryou) Jacques
Aug. 13, 1934 - April 13, 2017
Our beloved wife, sister and aunt, Barbara Joanne (Fryou) Jacques, passed April 13, 2017, at St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland.
Barbara was born Aug. 13, 1934, to Theodore William Fryou and Edith Muriel (Nile) Fryou in Portland. She grew up in Portland, graduated from Franklin High School and attended Lewis & Clark College where she graduated in 1956, and met Orval Keith Jacques. Keith and Barbara married July 16, 1960, and settled in Beaverton, where Barbara was an elementary school teacher. She loved teaching, and took a personal interest in each and every one of her students. She had a way of relating to people that made them feel special and loved in her presence. She lived her life vibrantly and with enthusiasm. She cared deeply for her family and was a selfless, giving person. She loved animals, especially Honey, the Labrador retriever.
Music was in Barbara's blood. She had a beautiful soprano voice and shared it with us singing solos for church and special events.
Barbara is especially remembered for her beautiful calligraphy and hand crafted cards she made for all of her friends and family for many years. We have saved them and we will treasure them always.
Barbara was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Keith; brother, Theodore William Fryou, Jr. and his wife, Dannie; and her nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews that she loved so much and cherished, in addition to many friends who brought her much joy. We have been blessed to have Barbara in our lives and will cherish her in our memories forever.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 5, 2017, at Christ United Methodist Church, 12755 N.W. Dogwood St., Portland. Remembrances in her name may be sent to Christ United Methodist Church.
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Florence Darlene Knight Jentzsch
Dec. 29, 1937 - Jan. 28, 2017
A private burial service will be held at 1 p.m., May 15, 2017 in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, OR. In lieu of flowers please make a contribution to the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) (
http://www.cmtausa.org/
) For complete obituary, please see:
daresfuneralhome.com
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Sara Kathryn Klump
July 31, 1978 - April 18, 2017
Sara Kathryn Klump died unexpectedly of natural causes related to lung disease and acute respiratory failure, Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
Sara lived most of her life in Portland, attending school in Portland and Idaho. An ardent, competitive participant in many sports from an early age she had a successful gymnastics career which included an individual high bar state championship at age 12. Always a team fan and enthusiast, she loved the Portland Timbers, attending all their games, and immersing herself in players and game stats.
One of her favorite pastimes was walking and taking care of her friends pets. She had a great love of animals.
Most of all Sara loved the Oregon Coast and especially Neskowin. She was a people person and relished Neskowin's sense of community and the friendships she made there.
Sara is survived by her parents, John and Kathy Klump; her brother, Matthew Klump; her sister, Jan Danmeier; grandparents, Roy and Lola Kinzie; and aunt, Beckie Elton.
A gathering will be held in Sara's honor later this May in Neskowin. Donations may be made to
Northwestdogproject.org
Please sign the online guest book at
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Don C. McBeth
June 3, 1950 - April 16,2017
Don served in the U.S Coast Guard. He enjoyed travel, trips to the Oregon Coast and was a life long dog lover.
A Military Service will be held, promptly at Noon, May 9, 2017, at Willamette Cemetery. In lieu of flowers consider a donation to Dove Lewis Animal Hospital.
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Raymond Paul Micciche, Jr.
Sept. 15, 1947 - April 14, 2017
Surrounded by family, Ray Micciche departed this world Friday, April 14, 2017 after a six month struggle with multiple health complications.
Ray was born Sept. 15, 1947 to Raymond and Elaine Micciche in Glendale, Calif. The family eventually relocated to Klamath Falls and later to the Maywood Park area in Portland where Ray graduated from Parkrose High School (1965) and Portland State College (1970). Ray was the Program Director and a mental health therapist for Lifeworks N.W., where he served those in need with great compassion, and delighted co-workers with his dry wit and abiding friendship.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and is survived by his wife, Karen Baunsgard-Micciche; brother, Doug (Becky) Micciche; son, Raymond (Karla) Micciche; and granddaughter, Gianna Rae.
A future celebration of life is planned, and friends and colleagues will be apprised of date and location.
Please sign the online guest book at
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Kazumi Nakajima-Gustke
Jan. 02, 1960 - April 20, 2017
Kazumi Nakajima-Gustke, 57, of Beaverton, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, April 20, 2017 with her family at her side after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
She was born Jan. 2, 1960 to Naokazu and Aiko Nakajima of Ota-City Gunma prefecture, Japan. She came to the United States to study at the University of Oregon in 1981, where she met her husband, Tim and they married April 29, 1987 in Japan.
Being a loving mother to her three children and raising them to adulthood was Kazumi's proudest achievement. She made sure that they kept in touch with their Japanese roots by attending the Portland Japanese School, travelling often with them back to Japan, and hosting regular visits from relatives and friends. Kazumi enjoyed hobbies such as cross-stich and tole-painting, but probably her greatest joy was cooking where she was known for her Japanese New Year's dishes, while she also enjoyed working part-time as a chef in a local Japanese restaurant. She had a great many friends who she met through her children's activities and work, and it was her special joy to spend time socializing with them over lunch or tea.
She will be missed deeply. Kazumi is survived by her husband, Tim; her three children, Shaun (Eri), Kyle, and Mei; her parents, Naokazu and Aiko; sisters, Chiaki and Yoko; granddaughter, Nika; nephews, Ryo, Rai, and Sakuto; and niece, Mai.
The family wishes to acknowledge the compassionate care of the doctors, nurses, and staff at OHSU and Providence who provided so much support over the period of her illness.
A memorial service and reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Bella Via, Sherwood. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the 
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Donald G. Paulson
May 17, 1919 - April 12, 2017
Don was born May 17, 1919, in Grove City, Minn. After graduating from Grove City High School in 1937, he attended the University of Minnesota to study accounting. In 1941, Don was offered a job with Atlas Logging in Chehalis, Wash. Don seized the opportunity and moved west, where he met and married his wife, Helen, in November, 1941.
Don enjoyed a long and successful career in the timber products industry, working first for Atlas Logging/Diamond Lumber for 25 years and another 25 years at Alpine Veneers. In 1989, Don retired from Alpine Veneers, after serving as the company's Chief Financial Officer for the last decade of his career. Don remained active following retirement, meeting regularly with his Forest Grove morning coffee group and spending time at the Octagon house in Seaside.
Music was an important part of Don's life. He sang with the Forest Grove Gleeman/Westside Singers for over 65 years, including two singing tours of Europe. He also served as the General Chairman of the All Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest for 42 years.
Don was a true gentleman, whose kindness, warmth, and wit will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Don was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 years, Helen. He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn; and four nieces.
A memorial service to celebrate Don's life will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Forest Grove United Methodist Church, 1726 Cedar St. Forest Grove, Oregon.
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Thomas Peschka
Jan. 13, 1943 - March 30, 2017
Tom Peschka of Milwaukie passed away at home March 30, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Janet; son, James; daughter, Dana; sister, Barbara; brothers, Robert and Richard; five grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Please sign the online guest book at
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Fatainu'uhiva Pouliva'ati
Jan. 18, 1958 - April 25, 2017
Fatai passed away in Portland Tuesday, April 25, 2017. He was born Jan. 18, 1958 in Fakakakai, Tonga. Services will be held 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., May 1, 2017, at Omega Funeral & Cremation. 223 S.E. 122nd Ave. in Portland.
Please see:
omegaservices.com
for a full life story and service information.
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Lane A. Ross
June 11, 1987 - April 8, 2017
Lane A. Ross, age 29, surrounded by his family, passed away peacefully, Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland. He was born June 11, 1987, in Portland, to parents, Kirk and Marianne Ross. He was a graduate of Gresham High School. He worked as a "pizza boss" at Papa John's Pizza. Lane truly lived a happy life, living for spending time with his friends and family, upgrading his treasured cars, working a job he loved, and enjoying video games and time spent interacting with friends on social media. The true measure of Lane stems from the imprint he had on those who met him, his affability and warmth, his utter non-judgmental acceptance and love of others, his unassuming and unpretentious nature, his always cheerful nature and keen sense of humor, and his unfailing loyalty and dependability. Truly, Lane had an extraordinary ability to connect with people. He is survived by his father, Kirk; and his two sisters, Lindsay Lange and Kayleigh Ross.
Family, friends, and others whose lives Lane touched and who wish to reminisce and celebrate the life of our beloved Lane are invited. A celebration of life will be held at 12 p.m., Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Spinella's off the wall, 436 N. Main Ave., Gresham, OR.
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Alvin C. Stein
Jan. 18, 1926 - March 30, 2017
Mr. Alvin Stein passed away March 30, 2017 at 91 years young, with his loving family by his bedside. Al was born in Rochelle, Ill., Jan. 18, 1926. He was the oldest of eight children and grew up on a farm near Grand Meadow, Minn. His formal education was shortened by the depression of the 1930's, and the need to work as a teen to help support the family. He was part of the "Greatest Generation," volunteering in 1943 at age 17, to serve his country in the U.S. Army. He was assigned to the famed 10th Mountain Division and saw overseas service in Italy during WWII.
Following discharge in 1946, he followed Lorraine H. Johnson from Park Rapids, Minn. to Salem, Ore. They were married at the First Methodist Church in 1947. Based in part on his service experience, he began a 36 year career as an installer for AT&T with assignments in Astoria and Salem. Al, known as "Bud" to many, was never deterred by challenge. When faced with the need for more permanent housing for his growing family, he built a masonry home on evenings and weekends that still stands in Astoria today. When no one volunteered to be Boy Scout Troop Leader, or Parents Club President, he stepped up. He led by example.
In 1968, he lost his first wife to cancer. He later married Lillian Horn until her passing in 2010. They were both telephone company "pioneers." Following both retirements, they were able to enjoy many years salmon fishing out of Newport and traveling throughout the U.S. Al is perhaps best remembered for his engaging smile and twinkle in his eye. His focus always seemed to be not on himself but on others. After retiring, he volunteered thousands of hours for the greater good, transporting veterans to VA medical facilities, transporting blood for the American Red Cross, displaying American flags in Salem on many Memorial Days for VFW Post 9, and always assisting friends and neighbors. For many years he was a member of the Morningside Methodist Church. In later years, he resided at Lancaster Village in Salem and finally at Laurel Park at Bethany in Portland. He was a man of modest means, but was the "gold standard" in values, ethics, decency and caring for others.
Al is survived by his three natural children, Thomas Stein (Fran), Susan Stein, and Carole Myrick; stepdaughter, Sheri Memmott (Joel); six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A small part of his legacy is an education incentive trust for the great-grandchildren that helps afford them an opportunity that he never had. Al's final resting place will be City View Funeral Home and Cemetery in Salem. We will miss him greatly, but have been blessed to witness his life long optimism and example.
...His loving family.
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Lawrence Richard Tuomi
Aug. 7, 1935 - April 3, 2017
Lawrence "Larry" Tuomi died peacefully at home April 3, 2017, with his wife and children by his side.
Larry Tuomi was born in Hibbing, Minn., to Edward and Aileen Tuomi. He moved with his family to Milwaukie, Ore., in 1949. He married his high school sweetheart, Lenora Jenson in 1957. They raised their two children, Scott and Sandy, in Milwaukie. He worked for First State Bank and Kelley Clarke. His career took him and Lenora to Southern California for 10 years, but he always considered Oregon his home and was happy to return. A great lover of the outdoors, his favorite vacation spot was Paulina Lake in Central Oregon, where his ashes will be laid to rest.
Larry is survived by his wife of 59 years, Lenora; his children, Scott Tuomi (Leslie) and Sandy Carpenter (James); grandchildren, Whitney Webber (Chris), Emily and Johnny Carpenter, and Jenson and Duncan Tuomi; and his great-grandchildren, Kyle, Shawn and Camrynn Webber.
A celebration of life will be held from 2-4 p.m., Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Nordia House, 8800 S.W. Oleson Rd, Portland.
Please sign the online guest book at
www.oregonlive.com/obits
Poppy Ann Warren
Aug. 29, 1942 - April 20, 2017
Poppy Ann Warren died April 20, 2017, in Providence Hospital. For her complete obituary please go to:
http://www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/14605_Poppy_Ann_Warren
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Joann Marie (Dahlquist) Webber
Aug. 11, 1929 - April 24, 2017
A celebration of Joann's life will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Savage Memorial Presbyterian, 1740 S.E. 139th Avenue, Portland.
Joann will be privately laid to rest in Skyline Memorial Gardens. Remembrances and floral offerings may be directed to Savage Memorial Presbyterian. Please visit the online memorial at
www.skylinememorialgardens.com
.
Please sign the online guest book at
www.oregonlive.com/obits
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2016.07.18 21:32 little_doer The Dirty on the Watchtower’s Investments: Henrietta M. Riley Trust

I've seen a few posts about the WT's investments. Here are my personal findings.
Who is Henrietta M. Riley? By rumor, a witness who died and left the society a trust in her name. By internet search, she’s almost a complete ghost. No obit. No Wikipedia on her or the trust. No official website for the trust. They operate through COMERICA bank, and a PO box in Chicago. There is no “inspirational message” on HMR. If anyone knows more info about her, please share. I’m very interested in who this woman was.
Is it true that as of 2014/2015 the WTBTS had and sold stock in Honeywell and Lockheed, Martin & Boeing? Yes. Whether or not they pay attention to how their trust is operating, they are putting money into, and making money off War Machines. The trust also invested in many mutual funds.
For those who are unfamiliar with mutual funds. https://www.investor.gov/investing-basics/investment-products/mutual-funds
Good articles with links to public 990 Forms for this and many previous tax years:
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/386043103
http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=386043103&Cobrandid=0
http://www.die-vierte-wache.eu/EN/share-earnings-of-the-watchtower.html
In case anyone is confused about what a trust fund is/how it can be used:
A trust fund is a special type of legal entity that holds property for the benefit of another person, group, or organization. There are many different types of trust funds, and many different trust fund provisions that change how they work. Generally speaking, all trust funds have three important parties:
The Grantor: This is the person who establishes the trust fund, donates the property (such as cash, stocks, bonds, real estate, mutual funds, art, a private business, or anything else of value) to the fund, and who decides the terms upon which it must be managed.
The Beneficiary: This is the person for whom the trust fund was established. It is intended that the assets in the trust, though not belonging to the beneficiary, will be managed in a way that will benefit him or her, as per the specifics laid out by the grantor when the trust fund was created.
The Trustee: The trustee, which can be a single individual, an institution (such as a bank trust department that appoints one of its staff to the responsibility), or multiple trusted advisors, is responsible for overseeing that the trust fund maintains its duties as laid out in the trust documents and applicable law. The trustee is often paid a small management fee. Some trusts give responsibility for managing the trust assets to the trustee, while others require the trustee to select qualified investment advisors to handle the money.
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/Trust-Funds/a/What-Is-A-Trust-Fund.htm
The Rights of Trustees
Trust Beneficiaries Are Entitled to Yearly Trust Reports Whether it is good or bad news, the trust beneficiaries have the right to know. Trust reports contain information for the beneficiaries such as how much income was produced by the trust and expenses and commissions paid out. Traditionally, trust reports should be mailed out annually to the beneficiaries. If the trustee fails to send out at least one annual report and refuses to do so, the beneficiaries have the right to request a reporting of the trust from the court.
Trust Beneficiaries Have the Right to an Accounting Trustees have the important job of deciding how the principle of the trust will be used. Typically, trusts contain both real property (real estate) and money, giving the trustee great discretion in how each asset is invested. As a result of this, the law requires that trustees act prudently with investments, diversifying so that all the assets of the trust are not in one place, which would put them at risk and could limit returns. If a beneficiary has questions or concerns about the trustee’s decisions for investments, they have the right to request an accounting of investments. This accounting report will detail every investment and its gains and losses.
Trust Beneficiaries Can Request a New Trustee If the trustee is being difficult, uncooperative, or refusing to do their job, you can request a new trustee. This requires a legal filing and a ruling by the court. If the reason for the request is because of large losses of principle, the trustee will also be required to repay the trust. Before filing this request, keep in mind that courts always do their best to maintain the intentions of the creator of the trust (the settler), so only extremely egregious actions will justify a change.
http://law.freeadvice.com/estate_planning/trusts/trust-beneficiaries-rights.htm
Whether this is horrid or not is highly debatable—it’s mostly just VERY hypocritical.
“One guide to the stock market illustrates it this way: “Stocks are pieces of the corporate pie. When you buy stocks, or shares, you own a slice of the company.... Such an investment differs from gambling because the stockholder has purchased part of a company.... By considering the background of a company, an investor can also ensure that his money will not be used to support an unethical enterprise.” —See Awake!, February 8, 1962, pages 21-3. (Awake! Oct 8 2000; Is it wise to invest in the stock market?)
Considering the rights of beneficiaries, and responsible record keeping for organizations/non-profits—if they receive copies of their 990 Forms, or have meetings with their Trustees—they should know where almost a million dollars a year—and millions upon millions of dollars in all have been coming from since about 1970. Ignorance is bliss.
I’m a natural lurk, so I’m sure there will be more to come. Going to try to track down Henrietta’s husband or parents. I want to know why she was so rich in the first place.
X Files theme plays me out..
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2016.06.11 04:07 twigwam An exciting list of the next-generation Decentralized world's projects/orgs that're abuzz :)

Edit: Please feel free to throw some more at me. Apologies for the loose groupings and super messed up format. Anything that seems pronounced is unintentional.
Ethereum, The Ethereum Foundation, EthCore * Devcon0,1,2 * TheDAO, MakerDAO (DAI), DigixDAO (DGX) * Marker, DigixGlobal * Slock.it, (USN) Universal Sharing Network, The Ethereum Computer* Ether.Camp, EthChamps, Etherplan, Etherscan, Etherchain, Ether.fund * dao.consider.it, dao.report, daohub
IPFS * Swarm * Trezor * Casper, Fatso, POS, Serenity * Ouishare * Weifund * Golem * String.technology * Electron * Otonomos * Whisper * Ethereal* —————————————————— Consensys, Uport, RepSys, Transgrid Balanc3, Blockapps, Boardroom, DAO Wars, EtherPoker EtherSign, Hunchgame,Inflekt, JustASec.XYZ, UJO Music, SINGULAR DTV *
Mist, Jaxx, Myetherwallet * ————————————————————————

Backfeed.cc, Colony.io, Boardroom

Augur, GroupGnosis * Bitnation, Bitbastion * Akasha Project * EtherEx * Provenance* REX (MLS) * Hermicity * Plutus.It, PluDAO, PluDEX * myHEalthIRL * Velocity Markets * YoursNetwork * Chronicled Open Source * POI (Proof of Individuality) Project * TheRudimental * FreeMyVunk, Ownage * CAPSOL* Etherplan* ESports Bets* Rubix* Dapple* MetaMask* Etherea, Etheria* Etherboard* Etherparty* EthenianDAO * Decibel.LIVE * WeBuy * Memetic Project * Tronn * Decentralized Manufacturing Network * Safemarket * Arcade City *

(and so much more at http://dapps.ethercasts.com/)

Urbit * Zeronet * BigchainDB * IPDB * IPFS * Tahoe-LAFS * Mediachain.io * Storj * The SAFE Network, Maidsafe * Encrypt/Certbot (EFF)* Nodesphere * SwellRT *
Cyber.Fund * CoMakery * EdgeD, 'Croquet' * FactChain, Artefactual Systems * Hypothes.is * The Dat Project * COALA * Dyne.org * Open Media * UnMonastary * Protocal Labs * Indie Web * Joloocom *
Tor, I2P, Freenet * Meshnet * Taler * CJDNS Bittorrent, Webtorrent *

Brave Browser, Mozilla

Waxiang Group * Sreda Blockstack * Interledger * Blockstream * Hyperledger * R3, Corda * Eris Industries *

Tendermint, GNUClear *

Bitcoin, Rootstock, OpenBaazar, Lightning * Zcash, Bitshares - Obits, Monero, Dash, Ripple * Lisk, Wavesplatform, Counterparty, Factom * Namecoin, Peercoin * Gridcoin, BOINC*

Steem.it, Steem

Coinbase, OKcoin, Circle * Gatecoin, Kraken, Bittrex, Poloinex * Openledger, EtherEX, MakerOTC
Ethernet Square *
Edit: alsoooo...
ETHROPT - https://etheropt.github.io
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