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I am always amazed how Eric Carle is able to tell a story as well as inform young readers. Mister Seahorse is yet another example of this.
After learning that many fish fathers take care of the eggs until they hatch, we created seahorses inspired by Eric Carle's artwork.
First, we used transparencies and a green permanent marker to draw our seaweed. I told them to draw 4 to 5 "stems." Afterwards, I showed them how to draw the leaves. I asked them to try to overlap some leaves.
Then, we used tissue paper to a cover our seahorse. Need a seahorse? Look here.
Finally, we placed the seahorse under the transparency to camouflage it just like it the book.
My kids are absolutely loving learning about sea animals. Perhaps, it has to do with the fact that we are also doing lots of art projects to go along with this unit. :)
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These are gorgeous and just today I was planning 6 different mini art projects for sea animals and I had the seahorse as a tissue paper art. WoW! Thanks for posting these and now I have an outline. Perfect!ReplyDelete
Super cute! I bet the kids had a lot of fun making these!!ReplyDelete
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Wheels within wheels, to confuse the metaphor. Sometimes the research road forks in several directions. Exploring all of them, tangential though they may be, can add or eliminate extra indirect evidence to a troublesome problem.
Following Frasers Parts 19 and 20 ... the main goal is testing the hypothesis that these two women are sisters. So far we have no clues from the women, although like-minded Scottish and French customs identified married women by their birth surnames. Neither woman has been found in the 1861 census.
Catherine McIntyre was born ca.1777 in Scotland; she married John Cameron before about 1803.
Margery McIntyre was born ca.1785 in Scotland; she married John Fraser 17 August 1808.[1]
Margery is my ancestor. Her year of birth is consistent with her stated age at marriage, the 1851 census, and her burial record. She came to St Andrews East some time before her marriage. Her husband came to St Andrews East "from Inverness-shire" between about 1804 and 1806[2]—the years of birth in Scotland and Quebec, respectively, for the last two children of his first marriage.
Catherine is more of a challenge. Her age is available only in the 1851 census. If she and Margery are sisters, the gap in their ages could imply intermediate siblings. Catherine's husband in 1851 (and father of her children from 1803 to 1814) was John Cameron who may or may not be the man known as Preacher John Cameron, said to have come to St Andrews in 1802 "from Fort William, Scotland."[3]
We first turn to their husbands in case there are common denominators (records of their adult children could also be useful, but that is still in progress with no relevant results to date). The place names attached to Preacher John Cameron "from Fort William" and John Fraser "of Inverness-shire" are compatible; Fort William was in Kilmallie parish, Inverness-shire. Those place names are secondary information from a derivative source.
Yet we know only that Catherine McIntyre was married to a John Cameron[4] ... the tangent! That John is definitely the man who fathered Catherine's children as per numerous baptismal entries and his will. That John was illiterate—clearly stated in his will (" ... the said Testator having persisted therein had made his mark having declared that he could not write his name ...")[5], in his land transactions, and at the baptism of a son in 1807 ("parents don't write").[6]
So Cameron researchers are in as much a quandary as I: Is it possible to be a preacher without being able to read the Bible? Still ... the evidence does not preclude rhetorical ability in a pious pioneer to witness the faith and inspire others, based on his own aural learning. So I am told by colleagues with knowledge of similar situations.
The identity of Preacher John Cameron has been extremely difficult to pin down, aside from a few anecdotal statements in Thomas' local history compilation. There it was said:
■ he lived in Lachine for about a year after arrival from Scotland;
■ he came in 1802 to the St. Andrews area (Cote du Midi to be precise—the lots of which were slightly east of the River Rouge lots);
■ he preached in Gaelic;
■ he was a Volunteer serving six weeks at Lachine during the War of 1812;
■ he had sheep on his farm;
■ his eldest son Hugh later lived on the homestead;
■ a son also bore "the same cognomen," i.e. Preacher;
■ grandson John owns the original land (when the book was published);
■ he had seven sons and six daughters;
■ he died about 1867.[7]
(The last two statements immediately above are not entirely clear if referring to John or son Hugh.)
After relaying the above information, Thomas refers us to another section of his book for more about the same man, where the Presbyterian incumbent of 1896 wrote:
"The district was much in need of Gospel ordinances, no minister having ever been settled in it. Mr. Easton of Montreal occasionally came to attend to the Presbyterians. An Episcopal minister preached once a fortnight to the people of that body, while a good man, Hugh Cameron of Cote du Midi, was wont to exhort the people, and even, it is said, sometime to baptize children. He was usually spoken of as 'Hughy the Minister,' and his descendants are still distinguished by the cognomen of 'the minister.'"[8]
Woops! John or Hugh? Here is an example where the often-valuable clues provided by a local history (derivative source) run amok. Stories about the same individual fail to coincide. I have not heard John Cameron descendants mention a son also known as a preacher or 'minister,' or of the appellation lingering in the next generations. Who had the better memory—the local historian giving the tale to the clergyman (who arrived in Quebec more than fifty years after the fact) or the informant for the Cote du Midi section of the book? Alas.
What I know from the historical record (original sources) is that not only was a John Cameron in the parish of St. Andrews interacting occasionally with my John Fraser, but a Hugh Cameron was even more visible at Fraser church sacraments. A network of Cameron researchers has done extensive work to find relationships. My thanks to them for sharing with me even though my main McIntyre interest skirts the edge of their large project.
The will of John Cameron (naming his wife Catherine McIntyre) does not mention a son Hugh. He does refer to his eldest son Donald! Now it's not unusual for older children to have been provided for, before a man executes his will, but generally they are acknowledged. In fact, he mentions eight children by name, although researchers still wrestle with the possibility of some from a previous marriage. Therein lies the crux for descendants of an early Hugh Cameron, who is present in various records of the period. Was he a son unacknowledged in the will?
John Cameron executed his 1836 will "in the dwelling house of said Testator at the place [???] Riviere? rouge" [as transcribed by a descendant]. He later deeded River Rouge land to younger sons Alexander and Angus in 1845.[9] The document refers to "where the donor currently lives," specifically lot 28 in the River Rouge settlement.
The 1851 census enumerates elderly John and wife Catherine between married daughter Catherine (Cameron) Lavigne and son Angus, the lot 28 recipient. The next folio indicates the Lavigne family was the sole family in one residence, whereas Angus Cameron has two families occupying his home (the column for type of residence and number of families "belongs" to Angus, not his parents in the two lines above him in the personal schedule). Even if most of his lifetime the Preacher was known to be "of" Cote du Midi, he may have moved in his old age to one of his children for care. At this point I conclude John and Catherine Cameron were living with son Angus, probably since 1836 at the least.
I should not lose sight of the possibility that "my" John Cameron could have owned property in both River Rouge and Cote du Midi and could indeed be one and the same as the Preacher. More work can be done in earlier census returns (household heads only: 1825, 1831, 1842) to compare and correlate John Cameron occurrences. Do we have two "senior" men living in the same general area at the same time? Four names appear in the 1842 census for Argenteuil, but two can probably be eliminated because of occupation or single person status. Perhaps we will be able to analyze enough evidence to say John Cameron—age 88 and the husband of Catherine McIntyre in the 1851 census—is also the father of Hugh and thus the Preacher. Camerons are discussing DNA testing of known descendants of both Catherine's husband and Hugh, the Preacher's alleged son.
The previous version of this post concluded that Catherine's husband seemed to have three strikes against his being the Preacher—which doesn't directly affect the sister hypothesis. Now my mind is open again.
Recently I learned the Preacher John Cameron homestead location at Cote du Midi is known to his descendants. Most surprising to me was the discovery (uncovery might be a better word) this month of a burial ground on that farm. Its existence had been long suspected but was apparently heavily obscured by bush and undergrowth. Descendants have second- or third-hand information that ten people are buried there. Hopefully another expedition can ascertain, with the appropriate tools, if there are sunken stones or markers of any type. In an ideal world, we'd find that it's the resting place of Preacher John Cameron and identifiable members of his family.
Besides the potential of DNA testing, another big challenge is access to more Quebec-based documentation, i.e. off-line, on-site materials, especially land transfer records and wills. The fact remains that if my John Cameron was not the Preacher, I can forget the assumptive Fort William origin—once a weak point in my rationale, but a fascinating byway on my McIntyre road journey. It's safe to say this is not the end of my detour, by any means.
[1] St. Gabriel Street (Montreal, Quebec) Presbyterian register of baptisms, marriage, and burials, 1808, Fraser-McIntyre marriage, p. 47; Archives of Ontario (AO) microfilm MS 351 reel 1. Also, "Quebec Vital and Church Records, Drouin Collection," digital image, Ancestry.ca (www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 19 April 2008) where he is indexed as John Francer.
[2] Cyrus Thomas, History of the Counties Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario (1896; reprint Belleville, ON: Mika Publishing, 1981), 149.
[3] Thomas, 144.
[4] John Cameron household, 1851 Census Canada East, County Deux Montagnes, enumeration district 11, parish of St. Andrews, sheet 21, stamped p. 41; Library and Archives Canada (LAC) microfilm C-1147.
[5] Cour supérieure, District judiciaire de Terrebonne, Répertoire du notaire Michel-Gaspard Thibaudière de LaRonde (1825-1882), (Saint-André Avellin, Québec), document no. 3211, 20 September 1836 and codicil 13 August 1840, will of John Cameron; Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Quebec (BAnQ) at Montreal, CN606, S5.
[6] "Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967 (Drouin Collection), digital image, Ancestry.ca (www.ancestry.ca : accessed 5 March 2012), baptism Allan Cameron, 30 October 1807, "parents don't write"; citing St. Gabriel Street Presbyterian Church (Montreal, Quebec).
[7] Thomas, 144.
[8] Thomas, 106.
[9] A transcription of the John Cameron notarial document was provided by third-party Cameron researchers; the citation is incomplete until details can be provided or unless I can see the original documents: District of Montreal, County of Two Mountains, notaries J.Geo. Lebel and F.H. Leclair of St. Hermas, document no. 944 (20 January 1845), John Cameron to Alexander and Angus Cameron.
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The great thing about a blog; I am able to write about whatever I am feeling or thinking or what may be inspiring me. Given the time of year and last week's heat wave I considered an esoteric look at grilling and barbecue. But, in all honesty, the outdoor grill has never has been my forte. Cinco de Mayo had possibilities as cuisine from south of the border is infinitely more inspirational to me than a gas grill, a Weber or a hibachi--and practically anything made into a taco is delicious.However, as we approach Mother's Day, I decided to take it home.
My Mom was a great cook which was no minor achievement for an Irish woman who married into an entirely Italian family. I'm not simply referring to pot roast or a weekday casserole. No, she was creative in her use of spices and seasoning. Mom was instinctively technically correct and taught me the importance of making food visually appealing before we had top celebrity chef royalty or cable networks devoted to food with culinary game shows and cooking competitions. As a child I would sit and play quietly each afternoon while my mom watched Julia Child or Graham Kerr aka The Galloping Gourmet. As they explained the dish featured on the episode she would comment "oooh, I think I will try that on Dad's birthday" or "Julia is sure using a lot of cream today!"
My mom was also a great hostess and loved to entertain. Monthly cocktail parties were particularly exciting for me. Although I may not have sampled the libations, the yummy and abundant little treats made for the occasion were so tasty it was just cause for excitement-- especially if mom's delicious mini meatballs were on the menu! I knew while the adults milled about, that evening I would host a private party of one with my own little array of goods. With a Shirley Temple stuffed with more cherries than liquid in hand, off I would go to my bedroom for an evening of sitcoms du jour and yummy bits from the gala. Mom checked on me to replenish my sustenance but eventually I would nod off to the sound of canned laughter from the TV and the comforting banter of my parents and friends enjoying a festive evening in the background.
I guess I inherited mom's love of entertaining and hopefully, her talent of being a great hostess as I have the distinct joy and pleasure of entertaining guests at the Castello on the 'Royal Paring', a food and wine pairing experience. With one of the most beautiful settings in the world as my backdrop, and at times with a lump in my throat, I envision my mom smiling and nodding with approval at a job well done.
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PITTSBURGH -- There was a stretch on Saturday night when Francisco Liriano looked the part of the pitcher who confounded the Cardinals' offense every time he opposed it last season. He retired 13 straight at one point, allowing just two balls out of the infield during that stretch.
But that flashback to how dominant Liriano had been was snapped with a home run and was actually preceded by an ambush. The Cardinals scored three times off the lefty before he settled in and tacked on more late, setting St. Louis up to weather Liriano's mid-game return to form and even the series with a 6-1 win in front of 30,092 at PNC Park.
"Finally," Yadier Molina said, knowing what Liriano-related question was coming before it did. "Liriano was missing on the middle a lot. We were ready to hit those mistakes."
"He was really good against us last year, and that was frustrating," added Allen Craig. "I think we made some good adjustments today and gave him some better at-bats."
Joe Kelly, who was outpitched by Liriano in Game 3 of the 2013 National League Division Series, was the better of the two in his season debut. He left with the lead, which manager Mike Matheny put in the hands of Carlos Martinez, who, earmarked for the eighth inning, entered this one in the sixth. It was a clear message to who Matheny trusted most at a potential turning point.
Martinez rewarded Matheny's aggressive move by stranding two in the sixth and pitching another clean inning with a three-run lead. Kevin Siegrist and, after Jhonny Peralta padded the lead with a two-run homer, Pat Neshek took over from there.
"I would say it's probably a little different than what people probably envisioned us doing with our club this year," Matheny said of his bullpen maneuvering. "But we're at that part of the lineup, at that time in the game where we needed to go with our best shot, and [Martinez] did a terrific job."
Kelly wasn't thrilled with his individual performance -- "I can pitch a lot better than I did," he said afterward -- but he did limit a Pirates offense that scored a dozen the night before to one run in 5 1/3 innings. There was rustiness to shake off, too, as Kelly hadn't pitched in a game since March 23. His final spring tuneup was washed out by rain in Memphis last week.
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After Molina snuck a hit past diving second baseman Neil Walker, Matt Adams capped the scoring with the fourth single of the frame. The three runs were more than the Cardinals had scored off Liriano in his 24 regular-season innings against them last season. Molina had been 0-for-9 against Liriano previously; Carpenter, 2-for-13.
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Molina later registered his second career hit off last season's NL Comeback Player of the Year Award winner, sending this hit several rows deep into the left-field stands. Molina, who had 12 home runs in 2013, now has two in his first five games.
Peralta capped off the Cardinals' scoring with a two-run homer off Jeanmar Gomez in the ninth, his second of the season. In three days, he's contributed half as many homers as the Cardinals had from the shortstop position in all of 2013.
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The run support made a winner of Kelly in what was his first chance to show the Cardinals he was a deserving choice to fill the final spot in the rotation. He avoided trouble with Cardinals nemesis Pedro Alvarez by walking him three times and kept the Pirates without a hit in five at-bats with a runner to scoring position.
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Of the 12 outs he recorded on balls put in play, eight were groundouts, even though Kelly struggled to command his sinker. His changeup also gave him trouble.
"I definitely didn't have all my stuff going for me," Kelly said. "It's the first outing. It will come."
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I'll be posting my wRHG soon (around the same time as my RHG). Could the twins possibly join the Chaos disciples? They have an ability that's like a more personal and invasive version of Chaos Leak. If you're interested I can PM you what I have so far.
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How to Join: PM The Organization a 650 word story of your wRHG observing a previous official wRHG battle. It cannot be a battle in which your wRHG took place, also include a link of the battle. This is the same requirement for complimentary members. You cannot change the events of the battle, but you can explain your character's presence or events that take place before or after the battle(the story itself). You can also claim that events that occurred during the battle were due to the unseen/ignored hand of your wRHG.
In other words, pick any battle you have not participate in, plop your wRHG in there and recreate the story with them as the main character. The main events of the story should be consistent, but anything that happens before or after the story is completely up to you. Any wRHG or sub characters remain true to character however.
I still alive!!!! Just barely O.O
Everything is in order. Thank you for waiting patiently Enjoy your vacation. =D
Hey dude where are you at? You haven't be active since four days ago! I hope you won't forget about our battle! I'm still waiting patiently for your entry
Just did. I'm at work, currently on my break.
Hey man, I've send you a post and a PM, why aren't you responding to me?
Thanks, but hey I'm not trying to be mean or anything. I don't know about my odds of getting in, but I WILL help you guys out. Since OP already has enough members, let's say this: I won't attempt to join them, because they don't need much help, until Sunday. If you cant find anyone, I'll gladly join you guys....are you ok with that?
Re-reading this i kinda sound like a douche, but I promise im not trying to be =/
Well, ok, I guess. The real clan leader is AFK, so our clan is in a bit of a pickle. But after he comes back, we'll do a gigantic make-over. But guess you won't be joining us. Shame. Good luck on joining Observer Protocol.
Sorry I JUST noticed this thing had a notification bar lol. I took a look at the clan and I'm sorry but I'm going to have to decline. I like the group but i don't think I'd fit in so nicely with you guys; I didn't think the clan page looked like it had been maintained very well and I'm often picky with just.....everything.
If you need me for like...some kind of regulation or requirements I'll join, but more as a "benched" member.
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Sunday, 29 March 2009
Friday, 27 March 2009
12 ways to keep going
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Thursday, 26 March 2009
Invisible Pollution that causes health problems
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Test for Fibromyalgia being developed.
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Sunday, 22 March 2009
Standing At My Fork in the Road
Blessings to you!
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Going to Court
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Friday, 13 March 2009
but the other thing, is books.
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Thursday, 12 March 2009
When We Struggle....
If you never felt pain, Then how would you know If you never had to pray, How would you know that I am a Deliverer? If you never had a problem,How would you know If you never had any suffering, Then how would If I never corrected you, How would you know that I love you? If you had all power, Then how would you learn If your life was perfect, Then what would you need me for?
that I am a Healer?
If you never had a trial, How could you call yourself an overcomer?
If you never felt sadness, How would you know that I am a Comforter?
If you never made a mistake, How would you know that I am a forgiver?
If you knew all, How would you know that
I will answer your questions?
If you never were in trouble, How would you
know that I will come to your rescue
If you never were broken, Then how would you know
that I can make you whole?
that I can solve them?
you know what I went through?
If you never went through the fire, Then
would you become pure?
If I gave you all things, How would you appreciate them?
to depend on me?
Love, Jesus
If you never felt pain, Then how would you know
If you never had to pray, How would you know that I am a Deliverer?
If you never had a problem,How would you know
If you never had any suffering, Then how would
If I never corrected you, How would you know that I love you?
If you had all power, Then how would you learn
If your life was perfect, Then what would you need me for?
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Did You Ever Eat This?
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Monday, 9 March 2009
Trigeminal Neuralgia-The Suicide Disease
I TRIED TO EMBED THE VIDEO HERE SO YOU COULD WATCH IT HERE WITHOUT YOUTUBE PAGE OPENING UP, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK, SO I GUESS I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO EMBED VIDEOS. PLEASE WATCH THIS VERY SHORT VIDEO ABOUT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS I TRY TO FUNCTION WITH. BEFORE YOU CLICK ON THIS VIDEO TO WATCH IT, CLOSE MY BLOG WINDOW, OR TURN OFF MY MUSIC BY GOING TO THE MUSIC BOX IN THE RIGHT COLUMN, AND CLICKING ON THE BUTTON THAT LOOKS LIKE 2 VERTICAL LINES . THAT WILL STOP THE MUSIC SO YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND ON THE VIDEO. Click here:
Meanwhile, back at my everday life...
I am slower and slower each day getting to the hospital for my Mom. They moved her to the surgery floor last night, which means surgery will come soon. I am hoping it will change her life for the better, and will not take her, like the doctors fear.
The reason I went to the storage unit was to get a suitcase to go to court with. When I saw the luggage and other things were stolen, I started looking for another one I could afford. The cheapest one I found was one suitcase with wheels for $35, but then I went to the biggest hardware store in the country, and for Saturday and Sunday only, they were selling a set of rose colored rolling suitcases that fit inside each other for storage for only $35. My receipt said "You have saved $70.89 today." So it was 60% off! If I would have gone to the storage unit at any other time, I would not have found that lovely luggage set that I was able to afford. I love that they are not black (like 90% of rolling luggage), because it's so hard to tell those apart at airports. Another little consolation gift from the Lord to help me through this stream of crisises. He knows our needs, and even our wants, and often helps fulfill them.
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New Understandings of Fibro
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Friday, 6 March 2009
I Was Robbed!
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Thursday, 5 March 2009
This week's Mantra
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Monday, 2 March 2009
It's Going To Be a Long Road.
Mom will be in the hospital at least 2 more weeks. (If she lives.) They have to get rid of the pneumonia, then she'll have surgery, then will be there for a while to recover because I really can't be the nurse she needs at home when there are 4 nurses working on her various tubes at one time. In 3 weeks I have to go out of town to court to try to get my husband here, and when I return from that, I know how my body reacts to traveling and stress, and I will be barely able to move for days after that trip. I will be praying that I will be stronger and healthier than ever to get through the next month or more, because there will be much more required of me whether mom lives or dies. I will have to hold moving sales and find another place to live if Mom passes. I know I keep repeating it but it just seems so very difficult for me that I am shaking.
I remember how much paperwork the government needed Mom to do for Dad when he died last year. I wondered how the government expected people who had no family to do all that paperwork for them after they die. I remember Mom spending more than 80 hours on it. I will be much slower than her if I am moving and going to court and having moving sales and sick all at once. I wish my husband was already here, or that Mom would live until he does get here so I will have his help. I will be praying for her to live, or for her death to be delayed, but the Lord does know better than I do what needs to happen and why,
so I will trust Him to do what is best for all concerned.
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Sunday, 1 March 2009
Thanks again for all your loving comments and emails and calls. Mom called me yesterday, telling me to get my sister and brother from out of town here, they were going to operate as soon as possible. They got here, and still no surgery, so I asked the nurse when it was going to happen, and she said mom now has pneumonia, so they can't operate while she has that. My sister is with Mom today, letting me get a rest, because I am in pretty rough shape myself. If she passes away, I will be happy she is not suffering anymore, but it will be so very hard for me because my disability income is not enough to live on my own, and I will have to have estate sales to sell everything in the house, and then find someplace to move to that I can afford. (nearly impossible.) My lupus is getting worse day by day through this, and I can barely lift 10 kilos (20 pounds), and I'm getting slower each day when getting up and getting to the hospital, and resting more and more often on my walker with a seat as I go up there. It's a bit expensive to have Mom in the hospital for me too. I pay $5-10 a day parking, $4-$8 for 1 small item to eat for each meal at the hospital cafeteria, and quite a bit in gas. I'm happy to do it for her, but with my little income, it might run out soon. Well I'm going to try to have a nap since my sister is relieving me at the hospital. I have not been eating or drinking enough, and my doc said that could bring back the kidney stone attacks, so whenever my back starts to hurt again, I tense up and pray for it to go away and go get a drink. It's quite a walk to where a visitor can go get a drink of water or bottled water from where Mom's room is, and lately I have not had the strength to even make it that far to buy the drink of water. They advise us not to drink the hospital water from the tap, maybe it has something dangerous in it or something. The patients get filtered water, but Mom is not allowed to have anything by mouth, she is getting her fluids from IV (intravenous needles and tubes) and now they put another tube from her arm into her heart and pump IV foods (proteins and fats and vitamins) into that IV to strengthen her...so we are praying that with enough of those nutrients, her body will start to fight off the pneumonia. HOPE is so important. I think hope is the very thing that keeps us alive. If you lose hope, you lose reason for living. So hope is a catalyst for staying alive.
Continued prayers for my strength, my siblings strength, for softened hearts of my landlord and anyone else I may have to deal with through this ordeal, as well as my mother, are felt and appreciated. I need to approach the church and ask for volunteers to sit with her for a few hours a day to help her reach kleenex and scratch her nose or adjust pillows or answer her phone and hold it up to her ear, etc. They have pretty much forgotten us even though my parents worked almost full time for them for 50 years.
PEOPLE SAY STUPID THINGS WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. There is a lady from church who was assigned to come check on us once a month, but she is so very insensitive and doesn't understand pain or illness at all. Her husband has been suffering with kidney stones for months and she is quite mean to him about it all. She came to the door the other day and I told her Mom was in serious condition in the hospital, and she said "Well you and she are just barely existing anyway, not living, so maybe it would be better if the Lord took you both ASAP." I was so shocked and hurt I didn't even answer her. So I guess according to her, if we can't do all that she does, we have no right to be alive. I wonder what happens when she gets injured or in 10 years when she is in her 80s and can't do as much. I bet she will still think SHE has a right to stay alive. Needless to say, we will be requesting another lady to come to check on us instead of her. It feels awful that they have to ASSIGN someone to come visit us, but we have no way to go out and make friends, so that friends would check on us instead.
Well, I do remember that ALL THINGS (no matter how hard) work for good for those who love the Lord...I just don't feel like I have the strength, money and manpower or local friends I might need to get through all of this and do the funeral and move and then travel to another city to go to court to get my husband here for our hardship.
Just tired out me.
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Hello all,
POV, aside from their demo compilations, released several .mod disks (or at least, they made a .mod player and 'the demo club' cobbled together a load of mod disks) and I'm after one of them.
It's mod disk #7; it featured a tune I loved (possibly two, I'm a bit hazy on the specifics) called 'KINGTUT'. I don't know where it was from but all I recall from the text within the mod tune (usually containing the instrument names but was very quickly used for messages and greets) it simply said "DO NOT SHARE".
However if anyone has any other POV mod compliations they've uploaded or links to them (I've had a good* search, but to no avail) I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance,
*I've google'd, bing'd and duckduckgo'd, for around 10 minutes..


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What is Encapsulation in Java
Since this code is not well encapsulated i.e. not confined in one place you need to change everywhere you are calling this constructor i.e. for one change you need to modify several file instead of just one file which is more error prone and tedious, though it can be done with refactoring feature of advanced IDE wouldn't it be better if you only need to make change at one place? Yes, that is possible if we encapsulate Loan creation logic in one method say createLoan() and client code call this method and this method internally create Loan object. in this case, you only need to modify this method instead of all client code.
private int duration; //private variables examples of encapsulation
private String loan;
private String borrower;
private String salary;
private Loan(int duration, String loan, String borrower, String salary){
this.duration = duration;
this.loan = loan;
this.borrower = borrower;
this.salary = salary;
// create loan can encapsulate loan creation logic
//processing based on loan type and then returning loan object
Advantage of Encapsulation in Java and OOPS
Design Pattern based on Encapsulation in Java
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Life Before The Interneton May 23, 2013 at 12:00 am
Though it's hard to believe, life did exist before the advent on the internet.
(This comic strip was previously published on April 16, 2009.)
Our good friend Soma Mukherjee made this Wombie graphic for her CODE NAME CHOCOPO story that she recently posted on her blog. In the story, the Wombies are superheros, and save the world! Well, the weekend at least.


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Dear Friends,
The safety and well-being of the USF Contemporary Art Museums student and community visitors and staff are our highest priority. The university has directed that events scheduled over the next month be canceled as USF works to maintain the health and wellness of our community. Therefore, we will not be hosting the opening reception on April 3 nor the artist conversation on April 16 for Battin A Hundred: 2020 MFA Graduation Exhibition. At this time, we do not know the extent to which the MFA exhibition will be available to be viewed by the public. As information regarding our events and programs becomes available we will communicate it to you as quickly as we can.
Please visit usf.edu/coronavirus for University of South Florida closures, policies, and directives that may impact the museum.
Thank you,
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USF Contemporary Art Museum
The USF Contemporary Art Museum opened its current facility in 1989, adjacent to the USF College of The Arts. The museum has presented numerous significant and investigative exhibitions of contemporary art from Florida, the United States and around the world, including Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Changing exhibitions are designed to introduce students, faculty and the community to current cultural trends. Exhibitions to date have included the work of Vito Acconci, Atelier van Lieshout (AVL ), Frances Barth, Bili Bidjocka, Jim Campbell, James Casebere, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Emily Cheng, Keith Edmier, Zhang Hongtu, Alfredo Jaar, Los Carpinteros, Allan McCollum, Lucy Orta, Pepón Osorio, James Rosenquist, and Ed Ruscha among numerous others.
USFCAM maintains the university's art collection, comprised of more than 5,000 art works. There are exceptional holdings in graphics and sculpture multiples by internationally acclaimed artists, such as Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and James Rosenquist, who have worked at USF's Graphicstudio. Contemporary photography and African art are also important areas of the collection.
The USF Institute for Research in Art is recognized by the State of Florida as a major cultural institution and receives funding through the Florida Department of State, the Florida Arts Council and the Division of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, as well as numerous private foundations on a project basis. The Contemporary Art Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
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The primary mission of the USF Contemporary Art Museum is to bring to the University and the Tampa Bay community vital, investigative and scholarly contemporary exhibitions, while simultaneously contributing to the dialogue within the international arts community by organizing exhibitions, producing relevant catalogues, scheduling critically significant traveling exhibitions and by underwriting experimental projects of artists emerging on the national and the international fronts.
Parallel to this purpose is an ongoing commitment to provide the educational underpinnings necessary for the assimilation of issues at the core of contemporary art for an audience that includes community and corporate members, students, faculty, staff, administrators, scholars, critics, historians and artists.
The Museum's educational philosophy, consistent with the approach to exhibitions, is to contribute to the ongoing research of leading artists, critics, and historians by organizing symposia, conferences and lectures to discuss and analyze current issues in art and society. The museum is a laboratory for scholars, museum professionals, students, interns and artists. The USF Contemporary Art Museum collects and maintains a collection of contemporary art and makes it available as a visual library for students, and as an enrichment to a broad and varied constituency through loans and direct access. Museum Memberships, both Private and Corporate help subsidize the museum's operating and exhibition costs.
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A Bountiful man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly engaging in long-term sexual abuse of an underage girl who played on his soccer team, beginning when the girl was 13 years old.
Steve Dale Green was arrested by Bountiful police on suspicion of multiple sex crimes, all first-degree felonies. According to a probable cause affidavit, Green allegedly began having sex with a 13-year-old player on his soccer team in 2007. Green was a friend of the girl's family, and most of the encounters occurred at Green's house, happening "almost every day" between 2008 and 2011, according to the affidavit. The alleged crimes lasted until 2011 when the girl was 17.
Police arrested Green on Wednesday morning at the South Davis Recreation Center, according to jail records. Bountiful Assistant Police Chief Ed Biehler said Green was at the center to work out, and he did not believe Green worked as a soccer coach for the center, which hosts youth soccer leagues in the spring.
Green was booked into the Davis County Jail on suspicion of rape of a child, sodomy upon a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, rape, sodomy and forcible sexual abuse.
Detectives believe Green may still be a coach, but they were unsure with what team or league he may be affiliated, Biehler said. Details about Green's status as a coach were scarce Wednesday because Green refused to answer investigators' questions.
Biehler encouraged any other potential victims to contact Bountiful police at 801-298-6000.
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Danny TEFLA necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 123 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
Corporate Overview:
TEFLA is an international language center specializing in English immersion learning in and out of the classroom. The inaugural campus is a beach resort on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, but plans include the development of an additional 9 campuses (Canada, Hawaii, Singapore, New Zealand, England, & Australia). We will offer two types of programs: intensive classroom learning, and the "rolling classrooms," which feature adventure-based learning excursions like diving, trekking, and camping along with a mobile classroom study schedule.
The target audience is East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, & Taiwanese) university students requiring the development of English language skills. Plans, however, do include the eventual development of professional training and team-buliding programs for international corporations.
Our success requires that we differentiate ourselves from the competition, and the selected logo should reflect that. North East Asians consider education the most important expenditure they make. The successful logo will establish TEFLA as:
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Serial entrepreneur and startup investor Jason Calacanis launched a new app this morning, Inside.com. Its mission: to change the way you find and read news on your smart phone.
At a glance, Inside.com is a lot like one of Calacanis' startup investments, Circa. It's a mobile-first news reader that's full of external links and story summaries. Readers can follow certain topics and thumb left or up and down to find new stories. Topics range from traditional, like "Technology," to unique, like "Wonder Woman" or "WTF Florida."
Calacanis has a team of 15 people and money left over from a previous venture-backed startup, Mahalo, to run Inside.com. Blackberry is also an investor. The small staff is producing 1,000 stories — or "updates" which are no longer than 300 characters — per day. The headlines are straight-forward to avoid link-baiting.
Calacanis' team is also selective about which stories they promote on the app. They strive to highlight articles that are either fascinating or informative; Inside.com has a list of publications which are blacklisted because they don't do enough original reporting. Calacanis likens the product to Whole Foods. When you go there, you know you're only going to get the healthiest food. With Inside.com, he wants readers to feel there's a high-quality selection of content to choose from as well.
But the biggest difference between Inside.com and most of its news-producing competition is its masthead.
"The mission of Inside is to build the world's best news product," Calacanis told Business Insider at his Culver City headquarters. "But we want to do that without any journalists."
Calacanis wants Inside.com to be the starting point for news consumption on mobile devices, like Twitter is right now. He doesn't want users staying on his app for very long. He wants them checking in multiple times per day and clicking out to the newest stories in a matter of seconds.
"We want to be the starting point, not the destination," says Calacanis. "We don't do any original journalism and we're never going to."
Calacanis has wanted to launch Inside.com for a while. Earlier, he released a product to test the idea, Launch Ticker. "It was a minimum viable test, and more than 10% of users converted into paying customers," says Calacanis. Earlier this month, Calacanis brought on Gabriel Snyder, former editor of The Wire, to lead Inside.com's editorial direction.
Registering the domain Inside.com proved to be difficult. Over the course of ten years, Calacanis tried to buy Inside.com four times from three different owners. He finally succeeded in acquiring it and the Twitter handle "Inside" from their last owner, The Guardian.
Calacanis found previous success as both an entrepreneur and investor. He made a name for himself running Silicon Alley Reporter during the dot-com bubble in New York. Then he started and sold Weblogs to AOL for ~$30 million. But the company that will make him the most money is Uber.
Calacanis invested in Uber's seed round a few years ago; it presented at one of his Open Angel Forum events in San Francisco. At the time, Uber was seeking a $1 million investment at a $4 million valuation. Uber's most recent round of financing valued the company at $3.4 billion.
But Calacanis is hopeful that Inside.com will also hit big. He thinks he's just ahead of the curve enough to have a shot.
"We believe the smart phone will be the number one device for the consumption for news," says Calacanis. "We want to really save people time and really delight them with interesting stuff."
Here are some screenshots of the app, which is available in the App Store now.
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Melinda Freakin May! 0
It has been almost a month since I made a post, seems like forever. Life got a little hectic and then I went home to visit my family for Easter. I have some new housemates, Boots Kittie, Leo Kittie, my new ball playing buddy Harry the dog, and their mom. My allergies and throwing arm have gotten quite a workout. (Harry isn't very bright but he's fun and pretty adorable)
Butters Kittie is adjusting but Whiskers Kittie is not a fan of the new company. He pretty much hates everyone though.
If you are at all into the comic book genre, or action, you should really check out Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. One of my favorite ladies Ming-Na Wen, is on it and plays the bad ass Melinda "The Calvary" May. I love me some good hand to hand combat and she sure brings it!
So today I have a Melinda May pattern for you, "pillow sized" as per my norm. I have a square block and a knit block chart. Color and B&W, so you can mix up the colors however you like.
Don't worry, I have some charts in the works so you won't have to wait long for more nerdy charts! Please don't forget to catch me on tumblr, or tweet me, or comments, to let me know who you would like to stitch, or just to say hi!
Melinda May Cross Stitch Chart


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Nobody puts Bernanke in a corner.
PIMCO chief Bill Gross noted the squawks from the more hawkish members of the Fed to begin exiting the now three-year-old QE program. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen, however, are advocating its continuation until the national unemployment rate hits 6.5%.
"It is a conundrum," Gross told The Daily Ticker on Monday. "He's in a corner as are all central banks. We have sympathy."
The website notes "sympathy" for Bernanke does not equal support; Gross has been critical of the Fed's QE program. He writes in his latest investment outlook:
"Our global financial system at the zero-bound is beginning to resemble a leukemia patient with New Age chemotherapy, desperately attempting to cure an economy that requires structural as opposed to monetary solutions. Their near-zero-based interest rates and QEs that have lowered carry and risk premiums have stabilized real economies, but not returned them to old normal growth rates. Perhaps, in addition to a fiscally confused Washington, [the Fed's] policies that may be now part of the problem rather than the solution."
Bernanke's "out," it would seem, is to begin tapering, a term that, like "sequester" and "fiscal cliff," will soon enter the general economic lexicon.
"Be prepared to hear the word 'taper,' which is all about how far and how fast the Fed will eventually unwind all the liquidity and roll back the bond buying," T. Rowe Price Equity Series investment board member Stephon Jackson said recently.
Gross notes that the Fed's leadership may be weary of turning off the QE spigots too soon, but that Bernanke has also "exacerbated" the negative consequences of monetary policy.
"It's hard to get out once you get in the quicksand," he quipped to the Ticker.
As a result, he thinks the Fed will have to taper its bond purchases by the end of the year. Lower deficits in Washington mean the Treasury will issue less debt, he said, which could create a shortage of Treasury securities if the Fed continues QE at its current pace.
"It creates a problem … if the Fed owns all the Treasuries," Gross said. "Then there is no market for the bonds. So I think at some point they'd taper if only to permit the rest of us to have a few."
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Thank goodness for at least a little bit of "obligation sewing" -- it gets me back to the machine when I might otherwise choose reruns of "The Millionaire Matchmaker" or some other such drivel on Bravo. (PS. Does anyone else fail to see any "real" in the lives of the "Real Housewives"?)
I took one evening last week and banged out two spider web blocks in a red & aqua color scheme. I know this is an EXTREMELY popular color combination these days, but I (surprisingly) had to dig pretty deep into my scrap bin to find enough pieces to make these two blocks. I guess it's not a palette that I naturally gravitate towards. Love 'em, though!
These blocks were made for the do.Good Stitches charity bee.
(P.S. these pictures were taken on my new back deck. Not a bad substitution for my old back deck, where all of my other pictures have always been taken, huh?)


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June 4, 2012, 6:00 am
Eden, a Five Points bar and cuisine lounge in Denver (Girl Walks Into a Bar)
Eden calls itself a "bar and cuisine lounge," but that's really just the front room.
The multilevel, multipurpose building offers a lot more than meets the eye. From performance space to party rooms, Eden aims to please.
An open iron gate in Eden's leaf-green, Southwestern-style facade welcomes visitors into a spacious entryway/art gallery. A trail of flickering electronic candles guides the way upstairs to the main bar and lounge.


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If you're into old school cars, no doubt you're also familiar with the lyrics to You can go your own way, Fleetwood Mac's hit from their classic album Rumors. And while we can't say for certain whether Lindsey Buckingham had modded Euros in mind when he penned the song, the message should be taken to heart.
As we've mentioned on these pages before, the slippery slope of peer pressure from the Euro scene can often times lead to cookie-cutter cars. And while it may save you some grief (lower it, bigger wheels, more power, different paint!) or gain you 15 minutes of fame, it's not doing the scene any favors long-term.
Of course, it doesn't have to be like that. And here to show us are a couple of friends from Rhode Island: Mike Glossi and David Ferreira; both with Corrado 16v turbos.
What's more, both cars are unique, and exude a quality of their own; offering their own take on the chunky coupe, while neither is what we would consider 'scene'.
Dave's '91
David Ferreira's owned his Corrado a long time – since the junior year of high school, to be specific. It also happens to be his first car. And like most first cars, it's seen more than its fair-share of use and abuse.
"It was a daily driver through high school and college. And I worked retail, so it had lots of shopping cart dents and whatnot," said Dave. "And since it was originally a G60, all the basic stuff that happens to Corrados did… The G-lader blew, the door handles broke…"
Dave went through no fewer than three superchargers on the boosted 8v, which could have put even the most diehard VW fan over the edge. But the final indignity occurred at the hands of an errant Escalade pilot, and it could have spelt the end for the green coupe. "It ran a stop sign and plowed into me," he explained. "My door, fender and quarter panel were caved in. So the car was parked for about a year while I decided whether to sell or keep it."
After its years of faithful service, Dave decided the old girl deserved a makeover. After all, he'd lusted after it from a young age and it saw him through to his current IT administrator position. So the car was stripped in preparation for its transformation at the hands of friend and bodyshop man, John Breault.
The damaged panels were replaced, an SLC hood add, and the shell was re-painted in VW Classic green pearl. "I like green but not the lighter color, so I figured it was a good opportunity to paint the car a shade I actually liked," Dave laughed.
Knowing the weakness of the G-Lader, a ride in friend George Almeida's Scirocco 16v turbo had the gears turning. So Dave approached Rui Mauricio at RM Protune, and before long a Mk3 ABA 8v block was stripped and rebuilt with forged internals. This included new pistons to raise the compression after fitting a Mk2 16v head.
The tuner also decided to go with OBD2 fuel management, which was wired in, allowing for trouble-shooting and tuning through the functional OBD port. Even the air conditioning was carried over from the Mk3. "That was my only qualification. I wanted A/C because summer trips are a killer without it!" Dave said.
A fuel pressure problem following a switch to a larger Precision Turbo on Rui's custom set-up has kept the car from the dyno, but the power is impressive at the current 12psi boost.
"For a small engine, I'm always surprised at how much power and torque this thing has," Dave enthused.
The final touches included A6 handles, a de-badged rear-end, as well as an RS front bumper, chosen to accommodate the
front-mount intercooler. M3-style side skirts and a rear valance were bought to match, giving the car a lower look without being slammed on its 17x7.5" BBS replicas. Indeed, the H&R Race springs and Koni Sport shocks are highly rated by Dave.
Inside it's almost OEM, with custom touches like the cruise control stalk being wired to the high/low settings on the boost controller.
It's a nice package but, as we hear so often, things aren't quite finished. Different wheels, more interior changes and an engine bay clean-up are on the menu. "When you own a VW, and especially a Corrado, you're never done modifying it," Dave proclaimed.
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1991 VW Corrado G60
Owner: David Ferreira
Location: Cumberland, RI
Occupation: IT administrator
Engine: 2.0L four-cylinder ABA 16v with OBD2 harness and CPU, custom C2 Motorsports chip, forged JE pistons, 42 lb Green Top injectors, OBX fuel pressure regulator, Euro intake cam, BBM short-runner intake manifold and fuel rail, custom valve cover, ARP bolts, oil cooler, Precision 5431E CEA T3 .63A/R 54mm turbo, custom turbo-back 3" stainless steel exhaust with VR6 cat, Magnaflow and Borla XR-1 mufflers, Turbo XS dual-stage boost controller, 2.5" front-mount intercooler with custom piping under transmission, Forge DV, Mk3 alternator and A/C, Gruvenparts billet rad neck & Y-pipe, SpoonFedTuning carbon rain tray cover, BBM solid front mount
Drivetrain: G60 O2A five-speed manual transmission, Quaife LSD, lightweight flywheel, Clutchnet six-puck clutch
Brakes: Powerslot rotors, EBC Greenstuff pads, Autotech lines
Suspension: Koni Sport shocks, H&R Race springs, Autotech stress bars
Wheels & Tires: 17x7.5" BBS LM replica Wheels, 15mm front, 20mm rear spacers, 205/40 R17 Kumho Ecsta AST tires
Exterior: SLC hood, Mattig SLC badgeless grille, Kamei eyelid spoiler, RS-style bumper, M3-style side skirts, DDI rear valance, Euro G60 clear turn signals and E-Code headlights, FK crystal smoked and red tail lights, TM Tuning OEM aero wiper, Sprinter fender vent, Audi A6 handles, Audi A4 smoked markers, shaved rear emblems, rolled fenders, shaved side moldings, car painted SLC Classic green pearl
Interior: Passat cup holder, OEM Euro seatbelts with pillars, under-dash parcel trays, and door sills, Sparco steering wheel, shift knob and pedals, Auto Meter boost/vac, air/fuel, oil and fuel pressure gauges, custom boost controller switch on cruise control lever, custom OBD2 check engine light, 160mph UK cluster, custom dash trim
Thanks: Petra, George, Peter, Steff, Rui, John, Alex, Paul, Mom and Dad
Mike's '90
Mike Glossi's Corrado is more typical of what you might see on these pages, with its staggered BBS. But that's not the result of his desire to be on point. His goal was period-correct OEM+ and, in our humble opinion, he succeeded.
"I've always been an OEM+ guy. Lots of people talk to me about the car and most think it's relatively stock – they can't tell the amount of work that's been put into it, and I like that. It's not loud and flashy, I like being subtle."
Mike bought the car as a rolling shell in '07, with only the 16v motor installed in the engine bay. "The previous owner ran out of steam before finishing the project. I found it locally and scooped it up because I wanted to get back into a Corrado," he explained. "I've just been piecing it together over the years."
An auto technician by trade, Mike traded work for a '93 SLC chassis and proceeded to swap the hood, fenders, interior and plenty more. "I'm meticulous about having every last clip and cover," Mike said. "So it's pretty much 100% complete now."
With the panels in place, a European lip spoiler was added along with minor de-badging and smoothing, before several coats of GM Super Jet black were applied.
Attempting to remain period-correct, Mike stuck with the original Digifant 1 injection on his transplanted 2.0L 16v. With a T3 Super 60 turbo and forged JE pistons, it delivers 14psi but has again never visited the dyno.
"The engine's been super-reliable and, to be honest, lots of people ask about dyno numbers but most cars are out of this world these days. I'm just happy it runs well and has the power to get out of its own way!" Mike enthused.
FK Silverline coilovers provided a modest drop, but being super-low wasn't a priority: "To be honest, my car is a bit lower than I'd like," he said. "I like a car that runs, tracks straight, has no rattles, etc. So at a show I might not be as low as the guy next to me, but I can go on the road and actually drive the car."
The drop brought the body down to meet the Porsche-sourced BBS RS017 wheels – a classic choice and perfect for the OEM+ theme. G60 cars often came with BBS wheels, although not the 16x9" front and 16x9.5" rears with stretched Yokohama tires Mike fitted, but that's the point of the "+" movement: like stock, but better.
With plenty of time behind the wheel, Mike wanted comfortable and theme-appropriate seats, which is where the Recaro SRDs came in. Retrimmed in a perfect shade of tan, the upholsterer matched the OEM stitching patterns. "I wanted them to look like they belonged in there," he said. "I like the idea that they look as if they might have come from the factory."
It's interesting that Mike and Dave expressed similar goals in their builds – both looking to make changes that could pass for factory, but with something extra. While they arrived at different conclusions, neither was afraid to build the car of their dreams.
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1990 VW Corrado G60
Owner: Mike Glossi
Location: Warwick, RI
Occupation: auto technician
Engine: 2.0L four-cylinder 16v with Techtonics stage 3 head, street cams and adjustable cam gear, 9:1 forged JE pistons, metal head gasket, Garrett T3 Super 60-trim turbo, 2.5" turbo-back exhaust, Bahn Brenner fuel rail and solid front mount, 440cc Green Top injectors, adjustable FPR, inline Ford fuel pump, APR adjustable boost controller, Digifant 1 injection with SNS stage 5 chip, polyurethane rear mount
Drivetrain: Passat 16v five-speed transmission with 3.94:1 final drive, stock Corrado G60 clutch and lightweight flywheel, G60 hardened mount
Brakes: Girling 60 dual-piston front calipers, stock G60 discs
Suspension: FK Silverline coilovers, new G60 control arm bushings
Wheels & Tires: 16x9" ET62 front BBS RS017 wheeels with 1.5" lip, 16x9.5" ET62 rear with 2" lip rear, half caps with BBS carbon and gold centers, new bolts, gunmetal gray centers with metallic flake, 25mm 4x100 to 5x130mm PCD adaptors, 195/45 R16 front, 205/45 R16 rear Yokohama S.drive tires
Exterior: SLC hood, front fenders, front bumper, foglights, signals and badgeless grille, DD tinted mirror glass, 16v grille badge, Euro Corrado rear badge, deleted rear wiper, 90mm Euro front lip, smoked markers, red tails, Passat B3 glass sunroof with slider, car painted GM Super Jet black
Interior: '93+ tan leather door cards, rear seats, dash, center console, switches, knobs and door handles, tan leather-wrapped knee bars, '93+ gauge needles on early G60 cluster, custom gauge pod for boost and AFR gauges in factory console, Audi A4 shift knob, black pillars and carpet, Mk3 mats, Recaro SRD seats wrapped in tan leather with OE-style stitching, Scirocco Recaro sliders cut and welded
Audio/Visual: Pioneer head unit, Boston Acoustic component speakers
Thanks: Mom, Dad, girlfriend Grace, Sean W, Johnson, Kev Mac, Rich D, OSD, Tony G, LJ, Phil W, Alexi


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WASHINGTON - Americans are growing increasingly optimistic about the future of the U.S. economy, and likely voters trust Republican Mitt Romney slightly more than President Barack Obama to do a better job of managing it, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
On the cusp of an election offering stark choices on how best to handle the economy, 60 percent of Americans still describe the current economic situation as poor, but almost as many think things will get better in the coming year. More voters expect the number of unemployed to go down, too. Forty-two percent anticipate improvement in the jobs picture, up 10 percentage points from a month ago.
For all of the shifting dynamics in economic expectations and voters' growing comfort with Romney, though, the presidential race is still a virtual dead heat, with Romney favored by 47 percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 percent, a result within the poll's margin of sampling error.
And what matters most in the election endgame is Romney's standing in the handful of states whose electoral votes still are up for grabs. And polls in a number of those battleground states still appear to favor Obama.
After a commanding first debate performance and a generally good month, Romney has gained ground with Americans on a number of important fronts, including his overall favorability rating and voters' impressions of his ability to understand their problems. He's also sharply narrowed the gender gap, with women now split evenly between the two candidates and Romney holding a slight edge among men.
At the same time, expectations that Obama will be re-elected have slipped: Half of voters now expect the president to win a second term, down from 55 percent a month earlier.
Seventeen percent of likely voters in the survey reported they've already cast ballots, a sharp reminder to the candidates that they have little time left to sway voters.
Among those yet to vote, the economy is a recurring theme as they explain their decisions.
Monica Jensen, a 55-year-old independent from Mobile, Ala., says she voted for Obama in 2008 but will shift her vote to Romney this time, largely because of the economy.
"I'm ready for a change," she said. "I want to see the economy go in a different direction."
Ginny Lewis, a Democrat and 72-year-old retired district attorney from Princeton, Ky., says she'll vote for Romney because "I'm tired of the Republicans blaming all the debt on Democrats, so let them take over and see what they do."
Not that she's optimistic about how that will turn out, though. "I think things will get worse before they get better," she said.
Lindsey Hornbaker, a 25-year-old graduate student and nanny, hasn't been swayed by Romney's charm offensive.
Hornbaker, interviewed Wednesday in Davenport, Iowa, where she was attending an Obama rally, said Romney can tweak his tone but not what she sees as a record focused far more on top income earners and out of touch with most working families.
"I heard him go out of his way to sound so moderate during the debate," she said. "And I thought: 'Who is this? Where did this come from?' He may sound like he's focused on the middle class. But where's the record?"
As the election nears, Romney has been playing down social issues and trying to project a more moderate stance on matters such as abortion in an effort to court female voters. The AP-GfK poll, taken Friday through Tuesday, shows Romney pulling even with Obama among women at 47-47 after lagging by 16 points among women a month earlier.
But now his campaign is grappling with the fallout from a comment by a Romney-endorsed Senate candidate in Indiana, who said that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended."
Romney quickly distanced himself from the remark by Republican Richard Mourdock.
But Obama was happy to keep the matter current, telling a crowd in Florida on Thursday: "As we saw again this week, I don't think any politician in Washington, most of whom are male, should be making health care decisions for women," Obama said. "Women can make those decisions themselves."
A renewed focus on social issues would be an unwelcome development for Romney: Among female likely voters, 55 percent say Obama would make the right decisions on women's issues, compared with 41 percent who think Romney would.
Romney's pitch to women has been focused squarely on the economy, making the case that what women want most is to ensure their families and their country are on a solid financial footing. The poll shows that message appears to be taking root.
A month ago, women favored Obama over Romney on the economy 56 percent to 40 percent. Now, the split has shifted to 49 percent for Romney and 45 percent for Obama.
Similarly, Obama's lead among women as the candidate who better understands the people's problems has narrowed considerably, from a 58-36 Obama advantage last month to a 50-43 Obama edge now.
Obama, meanwhile, has been working to shore up his support among men, who tend to be more Republican than women. In the 2008 election, men broke 49 percent for Obama to 48 percent for John McCain, even though Obama got 53 percent of the vote overall. The president's job approval ratings among men have tended to fall below his ratings among women throughout his first term.
A month ago, Romney's advantage among men was 13 percentage points. Now, it's down to 5 points, with most of the shift toward Obama coming among unmarried men.
Obama's election chances hinge on turning out voters like Jon Gerton, a disabled construction worker from Jonesboro, Ark. Gerton's a staunch Obama supporter - but he didn't vote in 2008.
"It takes longer than four years to get things to the point where things are going better," Gerton said. "Four years, it's not very long."
There has been a gender gap in every presidential election since 1980. In 2008, women were 7 percentage points more likely than men to vote for Obama.
Count Chrysta Walker, of Cedar Lake, Ind., among the voters who are sticking with Obama because they think he's got the right solutions for the fragile economy.
"He's got the middle class at heart," says the 58-year-old Walker. On the economy, she says, Obama "did as well as could be expected because he didn't get a lot of cooperation."
David Bierwirth, who owns an autograph sales business in Las Vegas, turned out at a Romney rally in Henderson this week to show his support for the GOP nominee. To Bierwirth, his vote for Romney is all about the economy.
"I want people back to work," he says, "because then they will buy my products."
The Associated Press-GfK poll was conducted Oct. 19-23 by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,186 adults nationwide, including 839 likely voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; for likely voters it is 4.2 points.
AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and Stacy A. Anderson in Washington, Thomas Beaumont in Davenport, Iowa, and Ken Ritter in Henderson, Nev., contributed to this report.
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Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood.
The story revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.
Language: English
Published in: 1864
Word count: 268,089 words (≈ about 18 hours)
Source: Gutenberg.org
Copyright: Public Domain