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Sandford Fleming
|Sir Sandford Fleming
Portrait of Sir Sandford Fleming by John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
January 7, 1827
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
|July 22, 1915
(aged 88)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
|engineer and inventor
|Known for
|Inventing, most notably standard time
Sir Sandford Fleming, KCMG (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor. He proposed worldwide standard time zones,[1] designed Canada's first postage stamp, left a huge body of surveying and map making, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Royal Canadian Institute, a science organization in Toronto.
Early life
In 1827, Fleming was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland to Andrew and Elizabeth Fleming. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed as a surveyor and in 1845, at the age of 18, he emigrated with his older brother David to colonial Canada. Their route took them through many cities of the Canadian colonies: Quebec City, Montreal, and Kingston, before settling in Peterborough with their cousins two years later in 1847. He qualified as a surveyor in Canada in 1849.
In 1849 he created the Royal Canadian Institute with several friends, which was formally incorporated on November 4, 1851. Although initially intended as a professional institute for surveyors and engineers it became a more general scientific society. In 1851 he designed the Threepenny Beaver, the first Canadian postage stamp. Throughout this time he was fully employed as a surveyor, mostly for the Grand Trunk Railway. His work for them eventually gained him the position as Chief Engineer of the Northern Railway of Canada in 1855, where he advocated the construction of iron bridges instead of wood for safety reasons.
Fleming served in the 10th Battalion Volunteer Rifles of Canada (later known as the Royal Regiment of Canada) and was appointed to the rank of Captain on January 1, 1862. He retired from the militia in 1865.
As soon as he arrived in Peterborough in 1845, Fleming became friendly with the family of his future wife, the Halls, and was attracted to Ann Jane (Jeanie) Hall. However, it was not until a sleigh accident almost ten years later that the young people's love for each other was revealed. A year after this incident, in January 1855, Sandford married Ann Jane (Jean) Hall. They were to have nine children of whom two died young. The oldest son, Frank Andrew, accompanied Fleming in his great Western expedition of 1872. A family man, deeply attached to his wife and children, he also welcomed his father Andrew Greig Fleming, Andrew's wife and six of their other children who came to join him in Canada two years after his arrival. The Fleming and Hall families saw each other often.
After the death of his wife Jeanie in 1888, Fleming`s niece Miss Elsie Smith, daughter of Alexander and Lily Smith, of Kingussie, Scotland, presided over his household "Winterholme" 213 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Ontario.[2]
Railway engineer
His time at the Northern Railway was marked by conflict with the architect Frederick William Cumberland, with whom he started the Canadian Institute and who was general manager until 1855. Starting as assistant engineer in 1852, Fleming replaced Cumberland in 1855 but was in turn ousted by him in 1862. In 1863 he became the chief government surveyor of Nova Scotia charged with the construction of a line from Truro to Pictou. When he would not accept the tenders from contractors that he considered too high, he was asked to bid for the work himself and completed the line by 1867 with great savings to the government and at profit to himself.[3]
In 1862 he placed before the government a plan for a transcontinental railway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.[4] The first part, between Halifax and Quebec became an important part of the preconditions for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to join the Canadian Federation because of the uncertainties of travel through Maine because of the American Civil War. In 1867 he was appointed engineer-in-chief of the Intercolonial Railway which became a federal project and he continued in this post till 1876. His insistence on building the bridges of iron and stone instead of wood was controversial at the time, but was soon vindicated by their resistance to fire.[5]
By 1871, the strategy of a railway connection was being used to bring British Columbia into federation and Fleming was offered the chief engineer post on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Although he hesitated because of the amount of work he had, in 1872 he set off with a small party to survey the route, particularly through the Rocky Mountains, finding a practicable route through the Yellowhead Pass. One of his companions, George Monro Grant wrote an account of the trip, which became a best-seller.[6] By 1880, with 600 miles completed, a change of government brought a desire for a private company to own the whole project and Fleming was dismissed, with a $30,000 payoff. It was the hardest blow of Fleming's life, though he obtained a promise of monopoly, later revoked, on his next project, a trans-pacific telegraph cable.[7] Nevertheless, in 1884 he became a director of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was present as the last spike was driven.
Inventor of worldwide standard time
After missing a train in 1876 in Ireland because its printed schedule listed p.m. instead of a.m., he proposed a single 24-hour clock for the entire world, located at the centre of the Earth and not linked to any surface meridian.[8] At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute on February 8, 1879 he linked it to the anti-meridian of Greenwich (now 180°). He suggested that standard time zones could be used locally, but they were subordinate to his single world time, which he called Cosmic Time. He continued to promote his system at major international conferences[9] including the International Meridian Conference of 1884. That conference accepted a different version of Universal Time, but refused to accept his zones, stating that they were a local issue outside its purview. Nevertheless, by 1929 all of the major countries of the world had accepted time zones.
Later life
In 1880 he retired from the world of surveying, and took the position of Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. [10] He held this position for his last 35 years, where his former Minister George Monro Grant was principal from 1877 until Grant's death in 1902. Not content to leave well enough alone, he tirelessly advocated the construction of a submarine telegraph cable connecting all of the British Empire, the All Red Line, which was completed in 1902.
He also kept up with business ventures, becoming in 1882 one of the founding owners of the Nova Scotia Cotton Manufacturing Company in Halifax. He also helped found the Western Canada Cement and Coal Company, which spawned the company town of Exshaw, Alberta. In 1910, this business was captured in a hostile take-over by stock manipulators acting under the name Canada Cement Company, which action was said by some to lead to an emotional depression that would contribute to Fleming's death a short time later.[11]
In 1880 he served as the vice president of the Ottawa Horticultural Society.[12]
His accomplishments were well known worldwide, and in 1897 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. He was a freemason.[13]
In his later years he retired to his house in Halifax, later deeding the house and the 95 acres (38 hectares) to the city, now known as Sir Sandford Fleming Park (Dingle Park). He also kept a residence in Ottawa, and was buried there, in the Beechwood Cemetery.
The town of Fleming, Saskatchewan (located on the Canadian Pacific Railway) was named in his honour in 1882.[14]
Fleming Hall was built in his honour at Queen's in 1901, and rebuilt after a fire in 1932. It was the home of the university's Electrical Engineering department.
In Peterborough, Ontario, Fleming College, a Community College of Applied Arts and Technology bearing his name, was opened in 1967, with additional campuses in Lindsay/Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Cobourg.
Also, the main building of University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and Sandford Fleming Academy are named after Fleming (Sandford Fleming building).
Sir Sanford Fleming elementary school was built in Vancouver in 1913.
Sir Sandford Fleming Academy, formerly a public high school in North York (1960s-2011) and now Dante Alighieri Academy (Catholic) Beatrice Campus, was named for him as well.
See also
- ↑ Sandford Fleming was not the first to propose universal time and worldwide standard time zones. Both were invented 21 years earlier by the Italian mathematician Quirico Filopanti in his book Miranda! published in 1858. However, his idea was unknown outside the pages of his book until long after his death, so it did not influence the adoption of time zones during the 19th century. Filopanti proposed 24 hourly time zones, which he called "longitudinal days", the first centered on the meridian of Rome. He also proposed a universal time to be used in astronomy and telegraphy. See Quirico Filopanti from the University of Bologna, Italy.
- ↑ Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903) [1]
- ↑ Grant, W. L., Fleming, Sir Sandford, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved 25 Jan 2013<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Fleming, Sandford (1862), Suggestions on the Inter-colonial Railway, retrieved 25 Jan 2013<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Creet, Mario, FLEMING, Sir SANDFORD, Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Grant, George Monro (1873 rev 1877), Ocean to Ocean, retrieved 25 Jan 2013 Check date values in:
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- ↑ Creet
- ↑ Clark Blaise, Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the creation of standard time (New York, First Vintage Books: 2000) pp.81-82. ISBN 0-375-40176-8
- ↑ Including Geographical Congress at Venice in 1881, and at a meeting of the Geodetic Association at Rome in 1883 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_29/October_1886/Universal_Time , page 799
- ↑ Sandford Fleming, C.M.G., Chancellor of Queen's University 1880-1915
- ↑ The Western Canada Cement and Coal Company, 1910 (CIHM microfilm collection); Journal of Commerce, July 1930
- ↑ Premium list of Valley of Ottawa Horticultural Society.
- ↑ A few famous freemasons
- ↑ Fleming in The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
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- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Biography from Sir Sandford Fleming College website
- Reverend Shirra and Sir Sandford Fleming Plaque in Kirkcaldy
- Sir Sandford Fleming circa 1885
- Sir Sandford Fleming in 1903
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, Sir Sandford Fleming
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One of the things I forgot to mention about Oceania Cruise Lines is the country club casual attire. Neither Dianne nor I like to dress up. Sure, I'll do that for weddings or a funeral, but I stopped the suit and tie gig after I sold my pension administration company in 1989.
Now it's either jeans or shorts and Hawaiian shirts in the summer or jeans and long sleeve work shirts in the winter. And that's fine for most dining on the ship that I want to attend. We also knew ahead of time that the weather would be rainy and chilly at 65 degrees most of the time.
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We had a reservation for the Italian restaurant, Toscona, for the night of our 15th wedding anniversary. Guess what? I had no proper pants to wear. However, our cabin neighbor, Randy, loaned me a pair of his pants. I'm a 32 regular, and he's a 40 tall.
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BOONETOWN – North Central High School is looking for a new head football coach to guide the Knights program.
Louis Clyburn, who has led the Knights football team for eight seasons, has resigned as the NCHS head coach.
The Lancaster News, in a salute to the year's best, presents its annual awards highlighting top athletes, coaches and teams for 2016.
The Lancaster News 2016 honors for the athlete of the year are shared by four state champion performers – Buford High School wrestler Dakota Barton, Buford High track athlete John Elliott, Indian Land High Lady Warriors' distance runner Kaitlyn Rodman and Andrew Jackson High golfer Emily Cox.
KERSHAW – Andrew Jackson High School senior football standout Heath Gandy is the first recipient of the Crenco Food Stores Player of the Year Award for high school football.
Gandy played a key role for the Volunteers who posted an 8-3 record, their first winning season since the 1997 campaign.
Gandy, an all-region pick, had 26 catches for 543 yards and two scores. He ran for 804 yards and eight touchdowns on the season. He also was 15-33 passing for 144 yards.
YORK – Buford's opening night in the Cougars Holiday Classic was rocky against Class AAAAA foe Rock Hill.
The Bearcats, in the three-day tournament at York Comprehensive High School, took a 65-44 win over the BHS Yellow Jackets on Wednesday night.
Rock Hill opened a 13-3 lead after one period and extended its edge to 30-13 at the half.
The Cats led 51-34 after three periods before taking the 21-point win over the Yellow Jackets.
The Lancaster Bruins, after a tough start to their play in the W.C. Winborn boys basketball tournament in Rock Hill, rebounded to finish on a high note.
Lancaster capped its three-day holiday hoops tournament play with a 47-33 win over Class AAAA Chapin High School at Rock Hill High School.
The LHS boys, 7-6 on the season, opened play with a tough 48-47 loss to Marvin Ridge High School of Union County, N.C., on Wednesday, but rebounded for a 66-58 win over Class AAAA Orangeburg-Wilkinson and then wrapped up its tourney play with a 14-point win over Chapin.
The calendar says it's the yule holiday season, but a host of county hoops teams will be in action during holiday tournament basketball play.
Andrew Jackson will host two days of holiday tourney action on the hardwood with its annual Comporium Christmas Classic Invitational at the Vols gym where action is set for Thursday and Friday.
The Buford boys basketball team will also be involved in holiday basketball play as the Yellow Jackets venture to York Comprehensive High School to play in the Cougar Holiday Tournament.
Buford High had a tough time on the wrestling mat in a quad match at Class AAA Chester High School on Wednesday night.
The Jackets dropped three losses in the matches, which included Class AAAAA Northwestern High of Rock Hill, Class AAAA Union County and Chester.
Northwestern topped the Jackets, 53-27, Chester topped BHS, 58-21 and Union County posted a 49-21 win over Buford.
The Lancaster News' 2016 all-county defense sports big hitters on a strong stop unit.
A crackerjack linebacker corps features players, in football terms, who "bring the wood" with their signature big hits.
Big-play performers, including a pair of 1,000-yard rushers, head The Lancaster News' 2016 all-county offense.
Senior standouts Farrika Grier and Isaah Nesbit lead the all-county backfield.
Grier, the Lancaster Bruins' top rusher in his senior campaign, produced a stellar season with 1,090 yards on 175 carries and 13 touchdowns to earn all-region honors.
KERSHAW – Few expected the kind of season the 2016 Andrew Jackson Volunteers produced, but by late fall, AJ had earned a ton of respect for its resurging football program.
The Vols, coming off a 3-7 season, turned heads toward AJ's "Big Orange Country" with an 8-3 showing for second-year coach C.J. Frye.
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Out of all the mainstream brands included in the Fiat Group and Chrysler LLC portfolio, Alfa Romeohas the most potential to achieve a global reach and bring in some much needed cash and sales. The Italian company's boss Sergio Marchionne is well aware of this and that's one of the reasons he doesn't want to sell Alfa Romeo to Volkswagen, despite Ferdinand Piechs' persistent efforts.
However, one of the most pressing problems with Alfa Romeo is the constant delays, be that for the successors to models like the 159 series or the company's long-awaited return to the U.S. market.
Suffice it to say, there's no way of being sure that the Fiat Group has managed to sort out the time schedule-related problems when it comes to Alfa Romeo. Nevertheless, at a recent event for investors, the Fiat Group introduced an updated plan for the Milanese brand, which it hopes will revitalize Alfa Romeo through the presentation of new models.
The company's product plan calls for the introduction of two types of cars, described as "brand igniters", which refers to vehicles designed to strengthen the brand's image, and the mainstream "brand sales pillar" models to improve sales.
The first new vehicle to arrive is the carbonfiber-bodied, mid-engined 4C supercar that will also signal Alfa Romeo's return to the US market in 2013. Although it will be a low-volume seller, the two-seater model's design and advanced technology promise to act as 21st century reminder of Alfa's sport history and credentials.
The second model that falls under the "brand igniter" umbrella is the brand-new 2014 Spider. According to Alfa Romeo, the roadster will offer both sporty driving characteristics and distinctive styling, while its low weight construction will give it a high power-to-weight ratio.
Of much more importance to Alfa's expansion and financial viability is the new Giulia saloon and sportwagon, which will be based on an enlarged version of the Giulietta platform. It will replace the 159 in 2014, two years later than originally planed.
Since Alfa will cease production of its current mid-size luxury model at the end of 2012, this will leave the company without a contender in the Audi A4 / BMW 3-Series segment for more than a year. The reason for this gap is that Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne has reportedly rejected the Alfa Romeo styling team's proposals more than once.
The second volume-seller in Alfa's "brand pillar" range will be a compact SUV available worldwide. Along with the Giulia, it is expected to contribute greatly to the carmaker's goal of reaching 400,000 units by 2014 – quite a leap from the 155,000 sales expected this year.
The compact SUV, which will be built in Italy and compete with the likes of the VW Tiguan and Ford Kuga, promises to combine the typical attributes expected in this category with "true Alfa Romeo" styling, handling and performance.
Fans of the brand will be glad to hear that Alfa will launch the first mass-produced rear-wheel drive model since the 75 (sold in America as the Milano) gave its place to the FWD 155 in 1992. The as-of-yet unnamed sedan will be the brand's luxury flagship model and will most likely share its platform with the Chrysler 300. Apart from being RWD, Alfa has also revealed that it will be powered by a V6 engine with production set to start in 2014.
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Compartmentalisation via liquid-liquid phase separation in cells
Co-workers: Leon Babl, Michael Crabtree, Jack Holland
A central organising principle of eukaryotic cells is the compartmentalisation of biochemical reactions by membrane boundaries into organelles. However, not all processes are organised like this. Cells also contain a variety of organelles and compartments such as nucleoli, Cajal bodies, P-granules and nuage that lack a membrane boundary. These membraneless organelles are readily observed with a light microscope, and form by the condensation of macromolecules like protein and RNA into liquid-like droplets. Membraneless organelles are predominantly associated with DNA and RNA biochemistry, and can rapidly assemble and dissolve with changes to the cellular environment or cell cycle.
Our research on model membraneless organelles made of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins shows that the organelle interior is a unique solvent environment, with surprising emergent biochemical properties.
For example, model membraneless organelles can selectively absorb and traffic proteins and structured RNAs, and melt nucleic acid duplexes without the input of ATP, essentially acting as passive helicases.
Our major research aims are to explain how the liquid properties of membraneless organelles provide a general organising principle in cells, and to understand why cells perform certain reactions inside them. To tackle these fundamental biological questions, we take a creative and interdisciplinary approach, using tools and techniques from cell biology, structural biology, polymer theory and bioinformatics. Our research is supported by the world-class Micron Advanced Bioimaging Unit and the superb suit of biophysical instruments within the Department of Biochemistry.
Selected Publications
- Nott, T.J., Craggs, T.D. and Baldwin, A.J., 2016. Membraneless organelles can melt nucleic acid duplexes and act as biomolecular filters. Nature Chemistry, 8(6), pp.569-575.
- Nott, T.J., Petsalaki, E., Farber, P., Jervis, D., Fussner, E., Plochowietz, A., Craggs, T.D., Bazett-Jones, D.P., Pawson, T., Forman-Kay, J.D. and Baldwin, A.J., 2015. Phase transition of a disordered nuage protein generates environmentally responsive membraneless organelles. Molecular Cell, 57(5), pp.936-947.
- Chen, C., Nott, T.J., Jin, J. and Pawson, T., 2011. Deciphering arginine methylation: Tudor tells the tale. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 12(10), pp.629-642.
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Figure 1. Membraneless organelles are liquid droplets with unique solvent properties. Model membraneless organelles made from Ddx4 protein, in which the DEAD box-helicase domain (DEADc) is replaced by yellow fluorescent protein (YFP), are shown in cells and in vitro. Scale bars indicate 10 μm (in cells) and 50 μm (in vitro).
Figure 2. Model membraneless organelles can selectively partition and unwind nucleic acids. The concentration (conc.) of fluorescently-labeled single stranded (ss) or double stranded (ds) nucleic acids with respect to model membraneless organelles are shown in the upper row of images. Short single strands are absorbed very strongly; short duplexes are moderately absorbed; and long duplexes are net-excluded from the organelle droplet. The bottom row of coloured images shows the conformation (conf.) of the nucleic acids inside and outside model organelles. Both short and long double-stranded nucleic acids are significantly destabilised inside the organelle droplet. Scale bar 10 μm.
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Chef Alex Chen's Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar: A Feast Fit For A FoodieAug.13.2014
The Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, rumoured to soon take title as one of Vancouver's best restaurants, hosted a lavish VIP launch party this past Thursday. As one of the most anticipated openings of the year, the alluring white oak-floored and antique-chandeliered venue was packed with the who's who of the city's food scene. Sampling ranged from colossal prawns on stylized ice tiers to signature cocktail creations of Tealeaves ICON, Mixologist Justin Taylor. The succulent party was a huge success, offering a 'feast for the senses' of foodies, bloggers and industry titans alike. What a beautiful way for Chef Alex Chen to celebrate his journey home!
· Chef Alex's Return to Canada ·
With his return, Chef Alex brings back to Vancouver a wealth of experience in the culinary arts, including the honour of competing as Canada's sole representative at the revered Bocuse d'Or international culinary competition in France and his coveted position as Executive Chef at the famous Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles.
Bringing some American influence to the north with him, the restaurant design can hardly be considered to be in classic Vancouver style. Rather, the spacious and enticing bar, expansive seating area and lavish décor is reminiscent of cutting-edge, New York gastronome locations. The interior suggests a subtle harmony of the classic, with patterned ceiling moldings while domed awnings blend beautifully with modern, sleek accents.
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Alex Chen and his incredibly skilled team put together a flavour explosion for the guests, ranging from their immense collection of exquisite local and imported cheeses from around the world, to a mouth-watering array of tantalising chocolates and irresistible truffles. Of course, the Earl Grey Caramel Chartreuse was one of the not-to-be-missed highlights of the impressive dessert table.
· Delectable Hors D'Oeuvres With the Bounty of the Sea ·
With a focus on seafood, there was a multitude of ice-baths overflowing with the tastes of local oysters and prawns, shrimp ceviche and delicately smoked, generously cut, sockeye salmon with capers on a bed of savoury potato pancakes. As if the stationary food feasts were not enough for the guests' delight, servers artfully wove through the multiple champagne and wine bars and the 300+ person crowd, carrying delicately assembled hors d'oeuvres such as albacore tuna spring rolls, creamy risotto balls and mini duck breast towers.
Reaching the bar, we were unable to choose. For the launch of the location, Justin Taylor created two cocktails: the Boulevardier, an Amaro and black walnut bitters creation, and the Professor Suzuki, with thyme infused vodka with cranberry liqueur. Like any great foodie, we threw caution to the wind and decided to try both, which luckily turned out to be the right decision.
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We were delighted to be able to enjoy the evening with so many influential Tealeaves ICONs such as Chef Alex Chen himself, Chef Dan Olson of Railtown Café & Catering (formerly of Los Angeles' famed Hotel Bel Air) and Justin Taylor. Justin comes to The Boulevard from the Four Seasons Vancouver Hotel where he served as the Head Bartender at YEW Seafood + Bar for seven years. In his new role as bar manager he will be continuing to entice taste buds with his seductive conceptions.
· Top 3 Must Have Experiences at the Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar ·
1) Sawmill Bay Oysters: BC oysters from the local Sawmill Bay Shellfish Company were the star of the opening and will remain one of the main attractions, freshly shucked by Oyster Bob himself.
2) The Professor Suzuki, made by Justin Taylor himself: Named after Vancouver's own David Suzuki, this earth-friendly cocktail is sourced completely from British Columbia. We loved the delicate marriage of flavors in the herbal thyme infused vodka, livened up with fruity cranberry liqueur. Such a refreshing and subtly sweet cocktail.
3) The Seafood Tower: Though we didn't have the pleasure of experiencing the entire seafood tower for four, it was so talked about that we have to make our return to try it. This now legendary seafood tower includes wild sidestripe shrimp ceviche, albacore tuna poke, Read Island mussel escabèche, Dungeness crab Louie, snow crab legs and local oysters.


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So I woke up this morning around 8 am and had this heaviness on my shoulders. I felt truly burdened and I didnt know why. The difficulty of issues and concerns are magnifying in different directions. I felt like I was on a never ending rollercoaster. So like every situation I got up and I began to talk to the Lord and pray that He just sustain me. I searched his word and in Psalms 55:22 says."Cast thy burden unto the Lord, and He shall sustain thee:He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved". Sigh so I took that in and I felt like just weeping. What does sustain mean? Sustain means to: support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of. See God with his infinite knowledge of us knows how much we can bear but he tells us "Ill take it". He'll take anything that you want to give him that is making you feel weak and like you cant go on.He would love to hold you in his arms.There is absolutley nothing that he cant handle. So he's there to care for you and to release peace and comfort over you so that youll be strengthened. Why do we hold on to things we cant handle? Itll be less stresssful if we give it to the Lord. I pray that our hearts and minds be set unto the Lord never forgetting our first love. Never forgetting that he truly cares for us and loves us unconditionally.
**1Peter 5:7 Cast all your cares upon him, for he cares for you.


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Notice the not-so-subtle Star Wars reference when Guille sings the line "siente la fuerza" in the music video - the young main character of the video turns on a toy lightsaber at this moment. I suspect Guille is the person who added Star Trek references to Fangoria's latest album, although it may have also been Alaska herself.
Also notice that this song mentions two famous figures who flew and then died - Reichelt in Paris and Icarus. In both cases, it is not clear whether they intended to die. If not suicide, they may have placed survival as a low priority relative to other flying goals. Guille says very clearly "voy a sobrevivir", I will survive.
This is one of quite a few songs by La Casa Azul that mentions jumping (saltar) or diving (derrumbarse) into the void and then flying away for various purposes, including "descanso" (rest) and "escapar" (to escape, in this song). The song that immediately comes to mind is "Terry, Peter, y Yo", where Terry Melcher and Peter Allen each dive into the void and fly away, in that case to rest. (They are both dead, and they were dead when the song was released in 2011.)


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Price Statement on Endorsement of Hillary Clinton
Congressman David Price, who represents North Carolina's Fourth District, endorsed Hillary Clinton today and issued the following statement:
"Hillary Clinton is the experienced, principled leader we need to continue moving our country toward a more prosperous and inclusive future. In her three decades of public service, she has maintained a steady focus on addressing the causes of inequality: expanding economic opportunity, improving education, making quality health care and housing accessible and affordable, alleviating poverty. In this campaign, she has put forward bold and convincing proposals to deal with gun violence, financial system abuses, big money in politics, mass incarceration, wage stagnation, and access to college."
"Her foreign policy experience is unmatched by any other candidate in the field. She is well-prepared to be Commander-in-Chief, but fully understands the power of diplomacy and has the record as Secretary of State to prove it -- establishing the foundations of the Iran nuclear agreement and a global approach to climate change, and making women's and LGBT rights, freedom of information, and economic and political inclusion integral to American foreign policy."
"We have made great progress over the past eight years, but the work of building an America that delivers on its promise of liberty and justice for all must continue. I believe that Hillary Clinton is the best candidate to continue this critical work and to guide our nation through the many challenges ahead."
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Los Angeles: A wildfire that chased some 6,000 people from homes, vacation cabins and campgrounds in the mountains of Southern California roared through dry brush and timber for a fourth day on Thursday as crews battled to keep flames away from popular resort areas.
The blaze erupted on Monday afternoon about 100 miles east of Los Angeles in the scenic but rugged San Jacinto Mountains overlooking Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and several smaller low-lying desert towns.
No injuries have been reported, but authorities say seven mountain residences, including three mobile homes, have been destroyed, along with five commercial structures, about a dozen outbuildings and several vehicles.
Authorities on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of the mile-high resort area of Idyllwild, along with the adjacent village of Fern Valley and all the parks and campgrounds in the vicinity as the blaze burned largely unchecked.
Several smaller communities in the area had already been evacuated during the first three days of the fire.
The latest evacuation notices brought to roughly 6,000 the total number of residents, vacationers and campers displaced by the so-called Mountain Fire, said Steve Gut, a spokesman for the US Forest Service.
Gut said the blaze was moving in different directions but that flames were still several miles from the outskirts of Idyllwild, a popular mountain getaway known for its hiking, rock climbing, horseback riding and music scene.
Fire incident commander Jeanne Pincha-Telley told a news conference in Idyllwild that one flank of the blaze had reached to within two miles of the extreme southern edge of Palm Springs at the foot of the mountain. Palm Springs itself was not under evacuation.
Pincha-Telley said the towering column of smoke and cinders pouring skyward from the blaze might complicate efforts to contain the flames as hot embers carried aloft could ignite new spot fires in the area.
In the next two days, she said, that column is "predicted to go right over the top of this town".
By early Thursday, the fire had charred some 2,800 acres of drought-parched chaparral and timber, much of it in steep, remote wilderness terrain inside the San Bernardino National Forest.
That was more than three times the acreage reported burned two days earlier.
With nearly 3,000 firefighters, 17 water-dropping helicopters and 10 air tankers assigned to it, the blaze ranked as one of the most severe of more than a dozen large wildfires that crews were battling to contain in several western states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho.
Experts say this year could see one of the worst US fire seasons on record. In recent weeks, a Colorado wildfire ranked as that state`s most destructive on record ravaged more than 500 homes and killed two people. In Arizona, 19 members of an elite "hotshots" crew died while battling a separate fire on June 30.
In California, as of Thursday morning, firefighters had managed to carve containment lines around 15 percent of the Mountain Fire`s perimeter. The cause of the blaze remained under investigation, authorities said.


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I had pretty much finished off all my Laphroaig before getting a cold. The cold then saw the end of my emergency medicinal purposes only whisky....
I decided I better get a bottle or two to enjoy. Almost got more Laphroaig, but with family heading overseas later in the year, I figured I'd wait until then to get some duty free :)
So, I decided to buy a bottle from my regular online retailer Whiskey & More.
This is what I got....
Too much maybe? :)
To be fair the Glenmorangie is to drink with my Personal Trainer at his leaving do (well ex-trainer now I guess since he is moving on to bigger and better things).
The rest are all mine though. Looking forward to trying them all out :)


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My tag is NoC-Devon and my name is Rob. Been playing fps since Delta Force, have been in alot of leagues, basically Im really old but love playing.
Found your server and runs really well, has a lot of good players in it, not a whole lot of bitching.
I tend to lean towards servers with little to no rules, as was pretty much has no rules (for the most part)
I was in your server on Tuesday, pretty much all day and at about 6:20 I tagged a helo from its spawn and was going to wait (outside of spawn) for it to fly off and shoot it down. As soon as I tagged it, I was shot then kicked.
What I am trying to find out, and this is not just towards your server but towards a majority of servers out there. Remember that the TRR server IS one of the best servers I have found yet. A good mix of rush and conquest, will a good mix of maps and NO Heavy Metal.. thats a good thing.
I think we would all agree that the game is about winning the round, not about individual kills or streaks, right?
If I see that a helo is turning the tides towards the opposition, then I would like to be able to do whatever it takes to get that thing out of the air. Now, when the military strikes wherever, the first thing that they strike is the airfield, the point to gain control of the air. Does this not apply to this game?
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(NEW YORK) — While there hasn't been a request made of him or his office, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday a preemptive step tied to a federal corruption investigation focused on two of his donors.
"I authorized yesterday a lawyer representing my 2013 campaign to reach out to the U.S. Attorney's office," de Blasio said on Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors and the FBI have been investigating two businessmen who donated to the mayor's inauguration and who allegedly showered police officers with gifts in exchange for favors.
To date, nobody has been charged but the New York Police Department has disciplined several high-ranking officials in connection with the ongoing probe.
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I know, I know. Taylor is a pretty, little girl who sings pretty, little songs. But every time, I hear Taylor (and Ed) sing this song, my head fills with visions of my wedding day and a beautiful, bearded husband. That's a vision that I'm not going to fight.
'Cause all I know is we said, "Hello."
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All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
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Hard fought, tense, exciting, what a finish, just a few of the adjectives that could be used to describe this game on Saturday. That Emlyn came away with the victory was no more than they deserved for this was a game they more or less dominated territorially but were unable to turn pressure into points, through their own failings, against a very determined Rhydyfelin defence. 'White line fever' was their downfall as time after time they looked to score only for the ball to be knocked on, or the wrong option taken by an individual, following a patient team build up.
On their first ever visit to Dol Wiber the visitors were nothing if not determined and organised in defence and in full back David Gratton they had a siege gun boot to complement their efforts. Gratton in fact was well known to the home side having played full back for Ystrad Rhondda in the WRU Bowl Cup Final a few years ago, when his performance in that game earned him the man of the match award at the then Millenium Stadium. His place kicking looked as if it would win him the award in this game but fortunately for the red and whites his accuracy with the boot deserted him in the second half.
As is their habit Emlyn started off positively and took the game deep into the visitors half. A quick tap penalty by scrum half Mike Jones took play deep into the visitors twenty two and winger Llyr Jones made a decisive line break only for hooker and captain Alex Williams to be tackled just short of the line. Rhydyfelin conceded a penalty and Williams spurned the shot at goal and went for the line out. Second row Dan Havard, as he did all day, took an excellent two handed catch and the forward drive ended in Williams being accredited with the touchdown and opening score.
Once again Emlyn's failure to gather the restart cleanly resulted in the visitors being awarded a penalty on the Emlyn twenty two which Gratton converted. Emlyn were looking comfortable with the ball in their hands, going through sequence after sequence and retaining possession very well with outside half Mitchell Jones controlling matters. When Jones had to leave the field midway through the half with a serious looking ankle injury replacement Dyfan Dafydd slotted comfortably into the role and Emlyn continued to put together attack after attack but to no avail. Emlyn did, however, extend their lead with a Dan Davies penalty.
As the half hour approached hard working flankers Owain Morgan and Joel James combined well together to take play some thirty metres up the left touchline to the visitors twenty two. The ball was swiftly transferred to the right hand side of the field and when that attack was halted, from the resultant ruck the ball reached Havard in midfield. The big second row looked certain to score but when his space was closed down by Gratton he was unable to find the scoring pass to one of his supporting team mates. Spurning the simple penalty Emlyn went for the try from a scrum but the ball was knocked on just short of the line.
This heralded a period of constant Emlyn pressure on the Rhydyfelin line but, three times the red and white players were guilty of having the ball knocked from their grasp by a last ditch tackle. The visitors defence was superb and totally committed but Emlyn should have scored at least two more tries in this period leading up to half time. As often happens in injury time, Rhydyfelin managed to just get into the Emlyn half and were awarded a penalty which full back Gratton converted from fully forty five metres.
The second half began at a frantic pace with both sides running the ball from anywhere on the field and defences were at full stretch. To be fair both sets of defences were outstanding and the large crowd were beginning to wonder when the next try would be scored. Rhydyfelin possibly came the closest in this period when a long kick downfield by Gratton was pursued by speedy right winger Jordan Rees, but his opposite number Tomi Jones managed to get back and fall on the ball just short of the Emlyn line. Emlyn got back in sufficient numbers for half back Mike Jones to have time to clear the ball to touch.
This spurred the red and whites into another series of attacks but yet again they failed to score through a lack of patience by certain players as they neared the try line. Against such committed defenders Emlyn must appreciate that often scoring opportunities have to be created through team work rather than an individual thinking he can bulldoze his way through tackles. Similar to the end of the first half Rhydyfelin withstood the pressure, just came into the Emlyn half and were awarded a penalty which Gratton converted from forty plus metres to give the visitors the lead.
The game took a fairly significant change now when the visitors had to replace their second prop and opted for uncontested scrums. Up to this point the Emlyn front row of props Dai Jones and Dai Bryant, along with hooker Alex Williams, had given their much vaunted opponents a torrid time at the scrum. Indeed the veteran Bryant was fully deserving of his man of the match award with a powerful display in the tight, making life extremely uncomfortable for his opponent.
Unfortunately Emlyn took some time to adapt to uncontested scrums and their game went off the boil allowing Rhydyfelin to start to exert pressure of their own. Within the space of a few minutes Emlyn attempted to run the ball out of defence only for the player in possession to run into tacklers, concede a penalty for not releasing the ball on both occasions. Fortunately for the home side Gratton just missed with possibly his two easiest kicks of the day. Emlyn's generosity knew no bounds at this juncture and from the second twenty two metre re-start they conceded another penalty which Gratton converted from some thirty metres to give them a four point lead.
With time beginning to run out Emlyn threw everything at attack but could not find a way through the visitors defence. Full back Dan Davies looked certain to score when he entered the line at pace and was clean through. With only Gratton to beat he decided to pass when possibly he should have taken the full back on, unfortunately his scoring pass to Llyr Jones went into the hands of the Rhydyfelin winger instead. Emlyn kept the pressure up from the resultant line out but found it difficult to set up a driving maul as the visitors sacked the ball carrier as soon as he had caught and landed with the ball.
Eventually as full time approached Emlyn did score the all-important try. After a series of forward drives were held up just short of the line replacement scrum half Dafydd Evans cleverly chipped over the top of the defenders into the in-goal area. Obviously not accustomed to the large in-goal area at Dol Wiber the visitors cover hesitated expecting the ball to cross the dead ball line and only stood and watched as speedy winger Llyr Jones shot past them to touch the ball down for a try.
Unfortunately the conversion failed which meant that all Rhydyfelin had to do was get into Emlyn territory and hope the red and whites would concede yet another penalty kick. The nerves of the Emlyn supporters were on edge as the kick off was fumbled, conceding possession to the visitors, and their pack went through a series of drives around the ten metre line. Fortunately Emlyn's defence was equally as determined and they managed to last out the few minutes of injury time without conceding a penalty, and a great sigh of relief was heard as the final whistle was blown by the excellent referee Andrew Moule.
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The Ranger class in Guild Wars 2 is arguably one of the most underpowered classes at the moment. This is due to an over-nerf of several builds and traits during the beta weekend tests and a sudden shift to a more beastmaster-esque idea instead of the Ranger we're all familiar with from a game like World of Warcraft with its Hunter class, where you can choose to spec further into Beastmater, Survival or Marksman. In Guild Wars 2, you also have this choice. However, the choice is not as clear-cut and there are several slight differences between them. The skills and traits you can take determine which facet of Ranger you focus on. What's nice about the Ranger class is that they can do everything well. This is a double-edged blade in the fact that they can't really do anything better than anyone else.
I've played Ranger since PBW1, and I've logged over a thousand hours on my Ranger. It's been my experience that a Ranger is often an excellent choice to fill any role, and they are best when the Ranger realizes that he's not just one person, he's two. With the right skills and spec, you can be two people whereas other classes are just one. You can revive two people at once, you can revive someone while your pet deals damage or vice versa. Your quickness revives are the strongest in the game. With a vast multitude of pets within arm's reach, you can pick a pet for every situation. My recommendation is to take a Drake and a Devourer, as they have a nice mix of tankiness and damage, and you also get the melee and ranged choices on your F4 swaps. As for weapons, I usually rock the Shortbow/Greatsword for the conditions and control they offer, as well as the increased bleeds and damage for your pets. My build is a mix of condition trapper/beastmaster, focusing on keeping my pet alive so he can make up for my lower damage.
My gear is a mix of healing power/condition damage gear to help my heals and the passive regen for my pet as well as the spike/flame traps I carry with me at all times. The elite I take is usually Rampage as One because I can rapidly stack might on my pet and myself with the fast attack speed on the shortbow. Using a Drake's F2 with over ten stacks of might deals a considerable chunk of damage, same with the Lashtail Devourer's F2, which also increases the damage of bleeds applied by the F2.
This build is good for both PvE and PvP. In PvP, try to kite the enemy around as much as possible and keeps slows up so your pet can get his auto-attacks in and try to land that F2. Done properly, a Ranger can even handle 2v1's with ease. The amount of regen provided by Natural Healing and Signet of the Wild should keep you up if you time your active heal properly. I tend to use Healing Spring for the condition removal, since this build is in desperate need of it.
If you're leveling a Ranger, focus on beastmastery so your pet can tank all the random trash you'll have to kill for you, and your pet will also likely deal more damage than you do while you level because he doesn't depend on gear. Your weapons don't matter as much, but a Shortbow/Greatsword choice would be preferable, just like before, or perhaps add an Axe-Warhorn to replace your Greatsword if you want more AOE damage and swiftness.
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Yet more reason to take everything on the internet with a grain of salt.
A man who posted a video of "strange lights" above Canberra which went viral last week has revealed how he crafted the video, fooling many media outlets with what he claims was a rudimentary practice exercise with new software.
The original video, posted to Youtube on January 3, purportedly showed an odd green haze in the night sky over Canberra as lightning flashed. A large, glowing circular pattern then emerged in the middle of the shot, flashing then quickly disappearing.
The video was covered by several major news outlets, including the ABC and the Canberra Times. The ABC spoke to an astronomer from the Australian National University, whose opinion was that the phenomenon was ball lightning; the Daily Mail, news.com.au and Tech Times floated the idea it could be linked to extraterrestrial activity.
The truth was revealed to be far more mundane as the original YouTube poster 'Johnson Thompson' uploaded another clip claiming the lights video was an artfully forged fake, taking viewers on a step-by-step guide on how it was done.
Using a suite of computer video and photo editing equipment, Thompson said day and night images of Canberra were combined to give the effect of flashing lightning, that images of the Northern Lights were added to give the green hue, and that the "ball lightning" was just a computer simulation.
A user claiming to be Johnson Thompson also posted on Reddit, giving an explanation of how the hoax video made its way to the media.
"I didn't intend for it to be taken seriously, but i made an error in judgement and titled the video as if it was real. Because of this the video went viral. It was reported on by the abc & canberratimes among many others. It was even in the paper," the user wrote.
"During the week the video has been live i have refused to say anything about it or respond to the many journalists trying to get in contact with me. I honestly didn't know how to respond. I also did not license or monitise the video. I have posted a second video explaining how the first video was made. Once again, i did not mean for this to happen. I just hoped it would get a few laughs. I'm sorry if this has caused any grievances."
In the description of the explainer video, Johnson Thompson wrote "Thank you to all who picked that this was not real, and provided great critique. I will use your constructive criticism to improve my compositing skills,"
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The Entrepreneurial Journey Begins with a Single Student
I was teaching an SEO training class at the Hult International Business School in San Francisco when I first heard of Udemy. In my classes, and when students have questions, I always tell them to ask via Twitter, rather than just raising their hands. During my first lecture, one of the students in the class asked if I had ever considered creating a Udemy class. I looked it up and decided, almost immediately, to change my direction for the company. Over 250 students later I couldn't be happier.
Making the Offline to Online Transition
Transitioning my class from the offline to the online world has brought on new challenges, and I've been tackling them in a dramatically different style than I was previously. The process of converting my class into an online course was fairly straightforward, but rather than worrying about class handouts, paper quality, and where to go to lunch, my concerns in creating this class were more closely aligned with sound quality levels, what type of HD camera to use, and whether or not a particular segment needs to be cut short.
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Once we had all of the raw footage from a few of my in-person lectures, we simply had to collect screen shots of the content and apply them, with transitions, to the footage. Editing is definitely an art, and I had some fantastic help in pulling it all together from my intern, Bruno Wong, but it isn't something you should be intimidated by. I highly recommend cutting your footage into logical, topical slices. This seems to be much more valuable to the user, so that they can come back and access specific classes or subjects at any time. Overall, the process of converting my class from the offline world to the digital world was seamless. It's an upfront cost for sure, but once you're done, it's almost entirely hands-off.
Partnering with Hult was essential in this transition. They allowed me to use the class space to film my course and offered plenty of feedback on how to make my training better. By lecturing and providing an SEO class for their students, the natural transition to get attendees to enroll in the online class was easy. The students, all Masters in Digital Marketing candidates, having already been exposed to much of the content, wear eager to enroll in the class. It provided a very natural continuation for what they had already seen.
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Outside of the technical considerations, creating a comprehensive, scalable, marketable class has been incredibly valuable to me, and has dramatically changed the scope of my business. The trick for me was to promote directly to the students who already knew me. I sent them this e-mail:Hey Hult students, Thanks to everyone that came to one (or both) of my search engine optimization training classes. We've used some of the footage in our new online class, so I really appreciate everyone that participated in making it happen. We have about 5 hours of footage hosted on Udemy, and are in the process of adding the finishing touches. I wanted to reach out and give all Hult students a discount code to check out the class. We'll be sure to collect feedback and make changes based on what you think. The code expires in one week, so make sure you sign up soon! Here is the link: ***link redacted*** and feel free to send it to any friends that might be interested as well. Once you sign up, you have lifetime access to the class, so I highly recommend signing up, even if you're not sure you want to take the whole thing. Thanks!
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- Dozens of students joining my Meetup group
- And an offer for two MBA candidate interns to work with me for their 3-credit summer internship.
Now, rather than focusing on offline training, I can focus on marketing, which I love. My "product" is no longer a glorified version of weekend tutoring. It's a digital embodiment of what I love to teach, without the taxing, all-day training that comes along with that. Even though my value-add to the consumer is effectively the same, the time I've freed up for myself and my ability to market has expanded significantly.
The Udemy platform has been an essential piece of taking my course online. I don't know what I would've done without it, and I'm ecstatic about where this will take my business going forward.
Tommy Griffith has been doing search engine optimization for the last 4 years. He was the co-founder of an online medical tourism agency based in Taiwan and worked at a boutique digital marketing agency in Singapore. He is currently the SEO Manager for Emerging Markets at PayPal. Last year he started ClickMinded, a San Francisco-based SEO training company, and has been holding live SEO training classes for startups in silicon valley on the weekends.
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The Rev. Marian McClure Taylor, former director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Worldwide Ministries Division in Louisville, has been named executive director of the Kentucky Council of Churches. She succeeds the Rev. Nancy Jo Kemper, who served as the council's executive director from 1991-2008.
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The Presbyterian Media Mission (PMM) in Pittsuburgh has won a Golden Remi Award at the prestigious 42nd annual WorldFest of the Houston Film/Video Festival.
PMM's video short — "Faith Questions and Expressions" — was chosen from among more than 4,300 entries for the award. The 10-minute video captures stories and scenes from the 10th anniversary of the Summer Youth Institute held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. In it, young people raise deep questions related to God, life, and faith within a visual tapestry of sights and sounds from the conference.
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The Rev. William R. McSwegin, a long-time pastor and presbytery executive in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) died April 18 after a long battle with mesothelioma. The Synod of the Trinity expresses sadness on receiving the news of the death of the Rev. William R. McSwegin on April 18, 2009 after a long battle with Mesothelioma.
Ordained by what is now Salem Presbytery in North Carolina, McSwegin began his career as associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Reidsville, NC. He later served for 17 years as pastor of Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church in Barboursville, WV.
At the presbytery level, he served as interim executive presbyter for the Presbytery of West Virginia from 1997-1998 and as executive presbyter for Lackawanna Presbytery from 1999-2007. Upon his retirement in Lackawanna, he was named executive presbyter emeritus.
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Jack Kemp, the national political figure who died May 2 at age 73, was a Presbyterian. According to the Associated Press, Kemp – who was born into a Christian Scientist family – became Presbyterian when he married his college sweetheart, Joanne Main.
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Let the Party Begin, Part 2
So, Tuesday night I went out with my friend Florence to celebrate my birthday! Yeah! We started with dinner at Bombay Bistro. I haven't been to this one yet and I really enjoyed it. I was craving chicken curry, so I went off the menu and got that. It was delicious! We also had the vegetarian sampler appetizer, which was very tasty also. They knew it was my birthday and brought out some Gulab Jamun (Deep fried wheat and milk balls, soaked in sugar syrup)with a birthday candle - so fun! After dinner we headed over to the Lynx game:
Florence gave me some very cool gifts:
Florence is a printmaker and one of her instructors made this card - I love it!!
This is an assortment of stationary, cards and other fun stuff. Last summer we spent some time at a cabin up on the North Shore of Lake Superior with her husband, her teenage daughter and her daughter's friend. The girls had one of those Tiger Beat type of magazines and we were looking it over and took one of the quizzes. We found out that we are BFF (Best Friends Forever), so we always refer to each other as such. Thank God for that quiz, because otherwise I don't think we would have realized how much we care about each other ;-) I'm tickled by how cute and cheesy this stuff is, but I especially love how obsessive she was in getting absolutely everything there was with this theme.
This is a horrible picture because I took it into the sun instead of with the sun at my back, but hopefully you can kind of see the Gunflint Trail logo on the keychain. That logo is also on the glass. Besides that trip last summer we've been up to the North Shore a couple of other times, always having an AWESOME time. I'm always dying to see moose when we're up there and hardly ever catch a glimpse of them. I can't wait for our next trip up north!
And finally, this beauty! You've seen a couple of my cuffs in this style. Florence and I took the class to learn this project together and she made this gorgeous one for me!! I love it! Those are such great, elegant colors.
Thanks for a great night, Florence! I love ya!!!
I also bought a few birthday presents for myself:
I was shopping for some of this discontinued 1824 cotton for Susan for her birthday, because I knew she liked it and was sad to see it go. When I saw this awesome purple, I knew I had to get some for myself also. I got enough for a summer top for me.
While I was in the sale room, I also picked up some other single skeins that I like. I love Provence cotton and I really loved this color. I also got some of my favorite cotton, Tahki Cotton Classic:
I also decided on a skein of Lamb's Pride Bulky for felting:
Yeah, I like red a lot. What about it?
I've also been doing a little actual knitting. I finished all of the button bands on Florentine Flattery and started sewing it together. I've got one of the sleeves sewn in and seamed:
There's one weird spot where the bind offs stopped and the decreases started. I think that will be hidden in the underarm, though. Hopefully.