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This week, we decided to share some of the stories we learned on the Story Tours tour of Ogden's famous haunted hotspots. We highly recommend this tour to anyone out for a good ghost story and local history buffs. Ogden's known as one of the most haunted cities in the country. And 25th Street has a history of illicit gambling, murders, robberies, prostitution, bootlegging, opium dens and gang wars.
Story Tours guide Eric Bolton led our tour—first on the bus, then on foot, then on the bus again.
Here's what he told us about Ogden's famous haunted places:
Ogden Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave.
Our tour was on the evening of Friday, Oct. 21, which also happened to be the night of the Zombie Crawl at Ogden Union Station—our first stop.
When the first transcontinental railroad was dedicated in 1869, trains began rolling through Ogden at a faster rate. By 1889, Ogden had a train coming through every 15 minutes and the Union Station was abuzz with passengers. It burned down in 1923, killing many, and the building that's now the ballroom was a temporary morgue.
When it was being rebuilt, a construction worker also died.
Now, workers at the station have claimed unexplained occurrences with the plumbing—particularly in one of the lady's bathrooms. And some say the station houses two portals to "the other side." A flirtatious ghost, nicknamed Yehudi, has been known to mess with the alarms and touch female guests.
Roosters Brewing Co., 253 25th Street
The property has changed hands many times, and it actually sat vacant for about 40 years, but before Roosters was created in 1994, it was Judi's Attic Antiques.
The owner brought an antique bar back to the shop and soon heard footsteps and witnessed lights and water turn on and off without any explanation. The phenomena stopped when she finally sold it. More strange things happened when she brought in an old photograph of a five-year-old boy with a ruffled shirt. The photo kept falling off the wall, and a psychic who looked at it said it's full of spiritual energy.
When the owner took the photo home, she says she witnessed water coming from the ceiling at night, but it went away as soon as she turned the lights on. Plumbers couldn't find anything wrong.
Thomas Hardy Salon, 248 25th Street and The Athenian, 252 25th Street
Look at the windows above the salon and you'll see six windows, but only five are accessible from the upstairs.
The famous madame Dora Topham "Belle London" owned the building and the one right next to it. The sixth window is actually connected to the building to the right—now The Athenian restaurant. The room was used by the upper-class customers of London's prostitution business.
And for the lower-class customers? There's a reason the alley between the buildings was named "electric alley."
London's front for the sex business was her ice cream parlor. Look up when you visit The Athenian, and you'll still see the sign for London's Ice Cream. That's why feminine ghosts seem to appear most often.
One witness claims a mysterious figure appeared in a mirror at the salon, and other figures have been seen in the basement. Supposedly, an entire family of ghosts (mom, dad and son) has been seen coming through the floorboards at The Athenian. One part of the restaurant had so much activity, it was closed off to customers.
Bistro 258, 258 25th Street
Tenants staying in the rooms above the bistro have claimed computers would turn on and off on their own. And a ghostly old man with a white collar and dark jacket has also been said to appear.
Union Station Fermentation, 274 25th Street
Belle London hated root beer. During prohibition, it's all drinkers were left with, and she was known for throwing barrels of root beer out of this building's top windows.
Nigel, the current owner of this building, invited the tour into his shop and told about some of his experiences—like the root beer display constantly being ruined, a clock crashing off the wall and what might be a ghostly little girl grabbing his hand. One night, his wife called him frantically saying she heard jazz music from the upstairs rooms.
Egyptian Theatre, 2415 Washington Boulevard
Once the Arlington Hotel, the building burned down in 1923, killing many.
It's suspected one of the ghosts who died in the fire still haunts the theater. When ghost investigators asked her for her name, she said 'I'm the keeper of the children.' The theater's most famous ghost is Allison, who is said to have died at the theater by falling off a scaffold when she came to bring her father, a construction worker, his lunch. Allison is usually seen in the opera boxes, carrying a lunch box.
Ogden Cemetery, 1875 Monroe Boulevard
You've probably heard about Florence "Flo" Grange, whose ghost appears when headlights are flashed at her tombstone.
A groundskeeper also claims to have heard unexplained sounds of children playing and laughing in the part of the cemetery known as "babyland," where many children and infants are buried. He also says he saw a man disappear, and during a lighting storm, he spotted a black-caped figure when lightning struck a tree.
Local lore says Stephen King was inspired to write Pet Cemetery after visiting the Cemetery.
Some Others:
Olive and Dahlia, 215 25th Street Some say tools have been found in different places then they were left when the store closed at night.
Nicholas Building, 204 25th Street Reports of flickering lights, apparitions and a woman being locked inside the building.
Kokomo Club, 216 25th Street A ghostly '80s dude wearing an Izod shirt has supposedly been spotted.
Check out our other Ghost of the Week posts:
Lavender and the Kissing Tree of SLC
The Ghost of Every Blooming Thing
The Headless Man and Lights of Scofield
The Grave Outside Sandy City Cemetery
Not Just Witches at Gardner Village
Salt Lake Readers' Ghost Stories!
Click here for a Google map of more haunted hotspots.


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I'm a college teacher and an author who wants to change the world. I've written an engaging book letting young adults 18-28 know about ways that they can do work that helps change the world ("fixing" poverty, education, the environment, ... ) AND make a living.
18-30 year olds, probably with some college. Of course, this group is very web savvy (so nothing stuffy, please!). I'm trying to let them see that they can take some action to _design their life_ (instead of just waiting for it to happen), and end up working on truly meaningful assignments AND make a more than decent living
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This is a game associated with activities during Solar Week, a twice-yearly event in March and October during which classrooms are able to interact with scientists studying the Sun. Outside of Solar Week, information, activities, and resources are... (View More) archived and available online at any time. During this game, learners use clues to find out the color, average size, temperature, and location of the Sun. This activity is scheduled to occur during Monday of Solar Week. (View Less)
In this activity, students create a scale model depicting the vertical distance from Earth's surface to various features and objects, including Earth's atmospheric layers, the Van Allen Radiation Belts, and geocentric satellites. Students also... (View More) compare the vertical distances to these features and objects with distances from their classroom to other common points on the ground. Includes background science information; student reading, handouts and worksheet; teacher information; and suggested extensions and adaptations for students with vision impairment. (View Less)
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This is an activity about scale. Participants will arrange imagery of Earth and many other space objects in order of their size from smallest to largest, their distance from Earth's surface, their temperature from coolest to hottest, and/or their... (View More) age from youngest to oldest. By manipulating these images and discussing their ideas, children and adults represent and confront their own mental models of space and time. (View Less)
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The following dates have been established for processing transactions affecting the 1998-99 fiscal year:
1. Monthly paper payroll requisitions must be received by the Bureau of State Payrolls by 12:00 p.m. on June 21.
2. Biweekly paper payroll requisitions must be received by 12:00 p.m. on June 25.
3. Supplemental paper payroll requisitions must be received by 12:00 p.m. on June 23.
4. CJIP paper payroll requisitions must be received by 12:00 p.m. on June 09.
5. Class C Meals must be entered into the Employee Travel Screens by 5:00 p.m. on June 24.
All payrolls and related transactions submitted in accordance with this schedule will be processed as 1998-99 transactions. Payroll warrants that are issued from accounts with insufficient cash or budget will not be released until such shortages are resolved. We strongly recommend that agencies closely monitor account balances in order to avoid delays in paying employees at the end of the fiscal year.
1. Vouchers presented to the Comptroller's Office for payment by 5:00 p.m. on June 30, 1999 will be processed as 1998-99 disbursements.
2. Disbursement transactions below the voucher audit threshold must be input into Departmental FLAIR by 6:00 p.m. on June 29, in order to be processed as 1998-99 disburse-ments.
3. Vouchers input into Departmental FLAIR on or before June 29, but not delivered to the Bureau of Auditing by 5:00 p.m. on June 30, will be deleted from the Comptroller's pre-audit file. These vouchers will have to be corrected in FLAIR and resubmitted as 1999-00 vouchers.
4. Departmental FLAIR will not process disbursement transactions entered on June 30 because the vouchers would not be available until after the June 30 deadline. Consequently, all disburse-ment transactions entered into Departmental FLAIR on June 30 will have to be backed out and subsequently reentered. FLAIR will purge the voucher print file on the night of June 30 to ensure that no vouchers will print on July 1, 1999.
5. Batch disbursement transactions processed through Departmental FLAIR must be presented to the Bureau of Production Control by 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, in order for the resulting voucher schedules to be available for printing on the morning of June 30. Batch transactions processed on file transfers by the State University System (SUS) must be received by FLAIR on the night of June 25 in order for the vouchers to be available for printing on June 30.
6. Expense tape batch input into the Central Accounting system must be delivered to the Bureau of Production Control by 1:00 p.m. on June 30. The supporting documentation must be received by the Bureau of Auditing by 5:00 p.m. on the same day.
7. No SUS accounting file transfers will be accepted on the night of June 30, 1999. FLAIR will accept only Property update transfers the night of June 30.
1. The Treasurer will receive bank deposit slips that have been validated by 2:00 p.m. on June 30 via facsimile or hand delivery until 5:00 p.m. on June 30. Wire transfers received by the Treasurer on June 30 will be processed if confirmation is received by the Treasurer and the deposit is entered into a 'T' status in FLAIR prior to 5:00 p.m. on June 30. Unverified receipts on the Treasurer's pending file on June 30 will remain on the file for subsequent verification in 1999-00. If ultimately verified, they will be posted to the Treasurer's and Comptroller's records for 1999-00 using 1998-99 Statewide Document numbers. Agencies must then record 1998-99 correcting entries in Departmental FLAIR with a BKI=N in order to reconcile with State Accounts.
2. Cash refunds which includes Refunds for Overpayment of Salary should be received by the Comptroller's Cashier's Office, Bureau of Budget and Fiscal Services, Room 121 Fletcher Building, by 5:00 p.m. on June 18, 1999. This will allow time for notification and correction of rejected items affecting 1998-99.
3. Cash Receipts may be input on June 30, transmitted to the Treasurer, and verified on June 30. Supporting documentation that is validated by 2:00 p.m. on June 30 must be delivered to the Treasurer by 5:00 p.m. on June 30 in order for the deposit to be posted to 1998-99.
4. Those agencies depositing through the Treasurer's Concentration System must deliver a bank validated deposit slip on deposits made before 2:00 p.m. on June 30 to the Treasurer by 5:00 p.m. on June 30. No deposits, except for wire transfers, made after 2:00 p.m. on June 30 will be receipted by the Treasury in the 1998-99 fiscal year.
5. Cash receipts transactions for current year refunds must be deposited into the Treasurer's Concentration System account by 2:00 p.m. on June 28 and verified by the Treasurer before 3:00 p.m. on June 29 in order for the resulting JT-2 to be available for printing on the morning of June 30 and delivered to the Bureau of Auditing by 5:00 p.m. on June 30. Expense refunds verified by the Treasurer on June 30 will remain in the Refund account(001800).
6. Cash refunds in Clearing Accounts must be cleared to the Treasurer by the close of business on June 28 so that they may be transferred to the Treasurer and verified on June 29. Expense refunds cleared from Clearing Accounts after this time will remain in the Refunds account (001800).
7. Please review all uncleared Clearing Fund deposits by requesting the Immediate Detail of Clearing Fund Deposits report through the CP function. A report of Clearing Funds not cleared is also available in the Standard logon.
8. The Treasurer's last day of processing debit memorandums for returned checks for agencies will be on June 25 for the 1998-99 fiscal year. The Treasurer's last day of processing debit memorandums for returned EFT transactions will be on June 30, for the 1998-99 fiscal year.
All warrants returned for cancellation that are received by 5:00 p.m. on June 30, will be processed as current year business. Please note that payroll warrants for cancellations are retained by the agencies and must be added and approved online by 5:00 p.m. on June 30. Agencies should review their accounts to ensure that the appropriate prior year cancellation revenue category code, 003700, has been established.
Proposed or provisional settlement agreements must be received by the Bureau of Auditing, Room 434I, Fletcher Building, not later than 5:00 p.m. on June 11 to allow time for review and approval. Previously approved proposed or provisional settlement agreements attached to payment vouchers received by the Bureau of Auditing by 5:00 p.m. on June 30 will be processed as 1998-99 disbursements.
Timely resolution of settlement agreements is encouraged and recommended; however, settlement agreements must be submitted with sufficient detail and in a form sufficient to enable a prompt pre-audit. Those settlement agreements with voluminous detail that may hinder timely processing of other settlement agreements should be considered for processing as Certified Forward items. All settlement agreement payment vouchers not meeting the requirements of Bureau of Auditing, Voucher Processing Handbook, Chapter 1, Page 10, will be returned for rescheduling as charges against FY 1999-00 appropriations or certifications forward, as appropriate. Any questions relating to this process and/or documentation requirements should be directed to the Bureau of Auditing.
1. Because of the heavy workload experienced at year-end, it is our intent not to accept manually prepared vouchers from agencies. Requests for exceptions to this policy should be directed to the appropriate Bureau Chief. Your cooperation in minimizing these exception requests will help us to close out the fiscal year in a timely manner.
2. All functions of FLAIR will be operational for the entire day on June 30. However, please realize that no disbursement transactions entered on that day will produce vouchers. FLAIR will purge the voucher print file on the night of June 30 to ensure that no vouchers will print on July 1, 1999.
3. Statewide document numbers will be reset to begin with the number x0000000001 on July 1, where x denotes the data base that the number is used on. The number in the first position is incremented each year to avoid duplication of statewide document numbers across fiscal years.
4. Departmental FLAIR will be available on Saturday, June 26,1999. However, all work will be processed as Monday input as usual.
No changes are known for the Certifications Forward process on June 30, 1999. Below is a summary of the Certification Forward information:
1. As was done in prior years, the CFI (Certified Forward at June 30, 1998) and NCFI (Certified Forward at June 30, 1999) fields will be available in FLAIR. Certifications forward at June 30, 1999 will be processed based on the NCFI. All items marked for certification on or before June 30, 1999, will effectively be marked in both the CFI and NCFI. FLAIR will read all subsidiaries on the night of June 30, 1999, and set the NCFI to a blank.
2. At the agency's request, FLAIR will reset the NCFI=C on all non-FCO state fund items (except those in SF = 8) on the accounts payable and/or encumbrances subsidiaries at 6:00 P.M. on June 30, 1999 for certifications forward, and agencies must "unmark" those items not to be certified. Receivables and memo encumbrances without a vendor will not be automatically marked.
Agencies should request automatic marking of subsidiary files in writing by Monday, June 7, 1999. Letters should identify which subsidiaries, if any, should be marked and be mailed to:
Mr. Raymond B. Marsh, Director
No subsidiaries will be marked for requests received after June 7, and telephone requests absolutely will not be honored. The letter should also include a request for FLAIR to create an FCO Certifications Forward file from your Project Information file records, if you so desire. Otherwise, these records will have to be built manually as part of the FCO Certification process. FCO Certifications records from last year have been purged from the file and are not available for update.
3. For those agencies not using the FLAIR automated marking, certifications forward may be manually marked in one of the following ways :
a. Enter the "C" on the appropriate 60, 80, or 90 transaction (NOT 6S, 8S, or 9S subsidiary updates) as part of the original input. Use this method only after June 30, 1999, because FLAIR will reset the NCFI to a blank on that night and any markings prior to that action will effectively be lost. After June 30, transactions 60, 80, or 90 which carry a "C" will update NCFI (Certified Forward at June 30, 1999) regardless of the PPI. However, to record the balances as of June 30, 1999, the appropriate PPI must be entered.
b. Call the items up on subsidiary inquiry/ update screens and update them with a blank PPI to carry the "C" in a single update mode. Subsidiary inquiry screens will show both the CFI and NCFI fields.
c. Call the items up on the 1S-X screen and update them to carry the "C" and the date received for accounts payable in a multiple update mode. 1S-X may only be used for items which have had no 1998-99 activity.
4. To "unmark" items that will not be certified forward, the item should be retrieved using the appropriate subsidiary update with a BLANK PPI, or the 1S-X screen ( if there has been no current year activity ), and erase the "C" in the CF field. This will remove the "C" from the NCFI. Follow the table above for guidance in subsidiary updates.
5. Memo Accounts Receivable and Memo Encumbrances without vendors may not be marked for certifications forward.
6. NCFI will be retrieved from the appropriate subsidiary upon payment/receipt in 1998-99, but may be overridden before processing.
7. As was done last year, Fixed Capital Outlay will be certified forward through the FLAIR Certified Forward system. Consult the EOG - Office of Planning and Budgeting for instructions in this area. In keeping with the policy of prior years, no FCO accounts will carry a certified forward indicator, but instead, will utilize the year indicator to identify appropriations to a specific year.
8. Certified Forward processing must run before you close the year and cannot be run on the night of your year end closing. This process is requested through the PE function. Certified forward information will be transferred to EOG upon request to the FLAIR Help Desk by the agency. Requests must be called into the Help Desk by 2:00 p.m. on the day that you wish the transfer to occur. Only subsidiary records with positive balances will be processed and reflected on the certified forward reports. The Certified Forward processing and EOG transfers are separate independent processes, and must be scheduled/requested as such. If you close the year without first completing the certified forward processing, the transaction 07's to record GL's 122xx, 131xx, 134xx, 911xx, and 931xx will not be recorded.
9. You do not have to run certified forward processing before you can pay items to be certified. The prior year, or June 30, 1999, subsidiary file balances are utilized for certified forward processing, but the current year on-line subsidiary function continues with updates to current year balances. Records with prior year balances will not be purged while you are in dual year processing.
Each agency can assist with closing the 1998-99 fiscal year in the following manner:
1. Make every effort to submit substantially all of your vouchers to the Bureau of Auditing by Friday, June 18. This will enable us to complete processing of FY 1998-99 transactions by the end of the first week in July.
2. Carefully check cash and appropriation balances in all accounts to ensure that sufficient amounts are available. This will eliminate delays or rejections of payments due to fund shortages.
3. Agencies using selected operating accounts for consolidating salary payments must adjust these accounts to reflect the correct salary disbursements before the close of the fiscal year. Transfers of salary charges must be made to the applicable accounts to eliminate year-to-date negative disbursement balances.
4. Carefully review year-to-date disbursement balances in all accounts to ensure that appropriations are not over-expended and that negative disbursement balances do not exist. Generally, accounts must not be closed out showing negative year-to-date disbursement balances.
For additional information, please contact the following:
Bureau of Accounting 410-9951 210-9951
Your assistance and cooperation is appreciated.


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Science Scoops: What's in Vesuvius' Belly?
by Stephen James O'Meara
Lava! And lots of it! That's right. According to a team of European researchers, a giant pool of magma (what lava is called when it is underground) lies beneath Mt. Vesuvius, the volcano that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in a.d. 79. The molten reservoir is at least 390 square kilometers in size and lies 8 km below the surface, under some of the most scenic coastline in Italy. It stretches from the nearby Apennine Mountains to the Phlegraean Fields—the series of volcanic structures upon which the city of Naples is built. "It was really unexpected for the reservoir to be that size—so very wide and large," says Paolo Gasparini (University of Naples), the lead researcher.
The scientists determined the size of the molten pool by setting off a series of explosions in the earth and then monitoring the seismic signals—a technique called seismic tomography. The echoes they got back from their explosions were used to build a three-dimensional picture—sort of like the way sonar (underwater sound wave technology) is used to map the topography of the ocean floors. The researchers hope to watch for seismic clues that should provide a tip-off before the next eruption, which could happen at any time.
Meanwhile, Italian archaeologists have also discovered one of the world's best-preserved prehistoric villages, a "Bronze Age Pompeii" buried in volcanic ash near that Roman city. The ancient settlement was overwhelmed by volcanic debris when Mount Vesuvius erupted around 1800 b.c., smothering the village near present-day Nola in southern Italy many centuries before Pompeii suffered the same fate.
- seismic: Of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
- topography: Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map, indicating their relative positions and elevations.
- One of the reasons that scientists study volcanoes is to gather information to help them predict when a volcano might erupt. What other reasons might scientists have for studying volcanoes? What might scientists be able to learn about the different layers of the Earth and the Earth's plates?
[anno: Answers will vary but could include that scientists can learn about the different kinds of gases and rock that are present in the Earth's mantle. Scientists can also learn more about the movement of different tectonic plates by studying some volcanic eruptions.]
- Mt. Vesuvius is a composite volcano. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano How are these two volcanoes different?
[anno: Since Mt. Vesuvius is a composite volcano, it has steep sides that are composed of rock fragments that erupted from the volcano. Since Mauna Loa is a shield volcano, it is wider than Mt. Vesuvius because the lava that erupted from the volcano poured out slowly.]


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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Next question!
But I'm having a problem, and perhaps you have some insight into this as well?
No matter what I do, the top thread shows through the bottom of the quilt. Now, the manual says that this is because of the thread tension, but changing the thread tension doesn't help or creates the opposite problem. There appears to be no balance. So I did some reading and concluded that perhaps it is the tension of the bobbin thread, which I am told is adjusted using a small screw on the side of the bobbin case. Now, I can barely get that screw to move at all, and what little I did move it made no discernible difference. I changed to a finer needle, and that seemed to help a wee bit, but the problem remains.
What do you do to achieve thread parity on your sewing machine? Please note that I am not into voodoo or any other kind of spooky ritual and will not sacrifice a goat, but I am willing to consider explosives and the judicious use of baseball bats.
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- Vicki W said...
I don't understand why it's difficult to change your bobbin tension. Maybe you have a bad bobbin case. I change the tension on my bobbin all the time. Some people advocate NEVER changing bobbin tension but once you get into free-motion quilting or specialty threads you need to be able to be able to adjsut everything. If you are concerned about losing the "right" tension, use a Sharpie to mark hash marks on the screw and case so you know where you started. But I'd keep playing with that bobbin tension if I were you.
- October 11, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Barbara said...
Could be a multitude of things. Needle, thread or tension. Some threads just don't work well together without a lot of ajustments in both the top tension and the bottom tension. Try different weight thread for the bottom. Try even a different size needle (I always check the Superior Thread website on what size needle for certain weights of thread and go from there.) If all else fails, use the same thread color and all for both the top and bottom and it won't be an issue.
As far as your bobbin, maybe you should turn it the other way. When you hang a thread from your bobbin case it shouldn't roll out unless you "bounce" and then it shouldn't that much. Hard to describe in words. But, I'm kind of lazy and if I have to go through so much trouble, I just change the threads that I know play well together. Good luck.
- October 11, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- Brenda said...
I am totally lazy and just use a print on the back so my quilting doesn't show much and use the same thread for the top and the bottom. Good luck to you!
- October 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
- Andi said...
Longarmers struggle with this ALL the time, so I rarely use different colors of thread. I heard an explanation that it's not really a tension issue, but the fact that the thread will almost always be thinner than the hole made by the needle, so you are actually seeing the thread that is in between the layers of your fabric. Find a tension you can live with and just go for it.
- October 11, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Leah Day said...
I agree with what everyone else has said - it may be a tension issue, but it may also be the alignment of the planets and your astrological sign. Since adjusting your tension didn't work, it's probably the latter.
Your machine just likes you better when you use the same thread in the top and the bobbin.
Changing brands, weights, and even color can make my Juki have fits. Don't fight your machine or your quilt, you won't win.
Good luck!
Leah Day
- October 11, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- 2ndAvenueStudio-Rachel said...
If this is a quilt your going to use some of this will "wash out" meaning when you wash it it will fluff and cover. But there is no way to prevent dark purple dots showing on your yellow(so skip those small areas). Thread choice is so tough to master. Try a medium purple on the back as light as you dare to better match the front.
I have to admit I am with Brenda on this. Having a quilt back that is the same level of color saturation and in a print is the secret. imoho.
- October 12, 2009 at 2:29 AM
- Liz Schaffner said...
Megan...do NOT touch the screw on you bobbin case!!! Unless you have another one with the original setting! Once you start messing with trying to adjust the bobbin tension all you will do is a lot of swearing! Trust me on this one!! LOL
Most of the experts use the same thread on top and bottom to avoid this trouble. I use a fabric on the back side of the quilt (busy designs help) that matches the thread that I wish to use on the front. In your case a fabric that the pale green or lavender would disappear into so that if your quilting isn't perfect (whose is?) then you wouldn't be so noticeable.
Save yourself ALOT of frustration and use one thread color but if you really want to try adjusting your bobbin write me privately and I will try and explain it.
Good Luck!
P.S. Diane Gaudynski has a lot of good tips.( I love her quilting)
- October 12, 2009 at 7:28 AM
- Liz Schaffner said...
I forgot to mention that if you really want to use 2 different thread colors ...use a very thick batting, it helps balance it out. Thin battings show the problem even more.
- October 12, 2009 at 7:31 AM
- Pokey said...
again, funny! You have good advice, here. And it is true, moving the bobbin screw can give trouble, you only want to move it a hair's width turn. Solution? Seriously, printed backgrounds cover a multitude of sins! pokey
- October 12, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Lisa said...
I have also struggled with this issue. Lots of good advice.
- October 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution defender Darrius Barnes and midfielder Chris Tierney will step behind the bar at McGreevy's and will serve drinks for charity on Wednesday, June 23 at 5:30 p.m., immediately following Germany-Ghana and Australia-Serbia World Cup matches that afternoon.
A portion of all sales generated during the players' visit will benefit the Claddagh Fund, the non-profit organization founded by McGreevy's co-owner and Dropkick Murphys member Ken Casey. The Rev Girls will also be in attendance with give-aways and to oversee a raffle in which all proceeds will also go to the Claddagh Fund.
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Film Review: Godzilla (2014)Hollywood's latest attempt to claim the Japanese movie icon as its own understands the scale of Godzilla, but not necessarily the entertainment value.
Having long since shed his Atomic Age skin as a metaphor for the perils of nuclear weapons, Gojira a.k.a. Godzilla largely exists today as a brand name to be revived, rebooted and reimagined as frequently as your average comic-book superhero. This latest iteration, for example, is Hollywood's second run at launching an all-American franchise on the spiny back of Japan's biggest international movie star, who first rose from the ocean's briny depths 60 years ago in 1954.
The good news is that the makers of the new Godzilla would have to have worked exceptionally hard to come up with a worse creature feature than Roland Emmerich's dire 1998 affair, which unwisely and unsuccessfully tried to marry the campiness of '60s and '70s Japanese kaiju fare with vintage '90s American blockbuster bloat. Unlike Emmerich, incoming director Gareth Edwards clearly understands the series' somber roots (at the time and still today, the original Godzilla is quite stark in its depiction of Godzilla's Tokyo-destroying rampage—in contrast to latter-day disaster movies, the destruction is horrifying rather than fun) and has a respect for the fearful majesty of the title character. Edwards landed this gig on the strength of his debut feature, Monsters, which displayed many of the same qualities in its depiction of plus-sized critters—in that case hailing from outer space—despite being made for a fraction of Godzilla's music budget. (The director's resourcefulness and striking use of homemade CGI effects helped distract from the fact that Monsters' human characters were all deeply irritating.) His Godzilla is subsequently serious-minded almost to a fault, especially as it also seeks to offer the guilt-free eye candy endemic to the summer movie season.
Since atomic energy is an essential part of the character's DNA, Edwards opens the film with a 1999-set prologue that unleashes a nuclear meltdown upon a power plant located in a mid-sized Japanese town. Among the many casualties is regulations consultant Sandra Boyd (Juliette Binoche), who leaves behind a husband, Joe (Bryan Cranston), and a son, Ford. Fifteen years later, the latter (played as a grown-up by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is a bomb-disposal expert with the U.S. military while the latter is a nuclear "truther," career paths that, needless to say, mean they don't talk much anymore. Following Joe's latest arrest, Ford journeys across the Pacific to Japan—temporarily leaving his own wife (Elizabeth Olsen) and son behind in San Francisco—with the intention of bringing his old man home once and for all. Instead, he discovers that Pops may not be so crazy after all, as the supposedly abandoned plant is buzzing with a team of scientists overseen by Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe), who is monitoring what resembles a gigantic cocoon. And wouldn't you know it? Not long after their arrival, the cocoon hatches, revealing…well, you know.
Actually, you might not know, because the filmmakers have done a nice job keeping certain plot details under wraps and it would be a shame to give the game away here. Suffice to say, Godzilla isn't the creature that emerges from the ruins of that nuclear plant (this particular monster has wings), but he does arrive on the scene soon after because, as Dr. Serizawa helpfully exposits, he's essentially a giant environmental defense mechanism that's activated whenever the natural order of things is disturbed by the stupid tinkering of mankind. The fact that he's still an enormous monster capable of toppling entire cities means, of course, that the military still feels obligated to target him in addition to the other creatures. Ford reluctantly participates in some of these missions, which take him from Honolulu back to his home turf in the Bay Area.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Monsters was the way that Edwards used his low budget to his advantage, depicting the damage wrought by the aliens, while keeping glimpses of the E.T.s themselves few and far between. He brings the same approach to Godzilla for much of the movie's runtime, eschewing full body shots of the various monsters crashing about the frame in favor of ground-level perspectives that zero in on specific body parts—a leg, a tail, an occasional glimpse of a face— and God's-eye-view images of the carnage they leave in their wake. And in a nice touch, many of the earthbound point-of-view shots are often framed through windows, windshields and other human eye-level objects as a way to further emphasize humanity's role as a spectator in the primal clash of these larger-than-life beings. (Edwards also makes strong use of the new Dolby Atmos technology in choreographing his symphony of destruction; the creatures' roars frequently become part of the geography of a given action sequence.) Where Emmerich went for cheap thrills, Edwards strives to inspire a sense of majesty and awe, and the bold visual choices he makes demonstrate an intelligence and forethought that can seem all too rare in the realm of blockbuster filmmaking.
At the same time, though, he's still hampered by some of the things that torpedo so many blockbusters, not to mention some of the older Godzilla movies: flat writing, poor characterizations, and the absence of any compelling human drama amidst the carnage. At least in the Japanese films, the humans were rarely intended to carry the story, ceding center stage to Godzilla and his ever-expanding cast of friends and enemies. By deliberately limiting the audience's view of the star attraction for so much of the film, Edwards creates a vacuum that the flesh-and-blood actors are required to fill and the results are mixed at best. While reliable character actors like Cranston and David Strathairn (who plays a high-ranking military officer) endeavor to make the most of their underwritten roles, Taylor-Johnson and Olsen struggle to register as heroes whose fates the audience is meant to be invested in. It says something that, when the final battle rolls around, viewers will be far more interested in Godzilla's survival than whether Ford makes it through unscathed.
That climactic sequence also speaks to something else the film, for all its creative ambition, sometimes lacks: a sense of showmanship. As cheesy as so many of the Godzilla sequels are, the filmmakers understood the simple appeal of watching two (or more) giant monsters slug it out early and often. Edwards, on the other hand, holds back on unleashing the full might of his titans until the very end, and while the finale is appropriately rousing, it makes the preceding set-pieces play more like teasers than complete scenes. (In that sense, a showy spectacle like Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is almost a more classic Godzilla movie than Godzilla, as it never stints on the monster action, starting big and routinely upping the ante from there.) Though it understands the size of the character's big-screen legacy, Godzilla errs by not taking full advantage of his might.
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- United States Grand Prix - Qualifying
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Felipe Massa believes the left hand side of the grid will see a "massive" difference compared to the right hand side at the start of the United States Grand Prix.
After Romain Grosjean's gearbox penalty, Massa starts from sixth on the grid and on the left hand side which is concerning drivers to such an extent that Lewis Hamilton said he would ask the FIA to clean it ahead of the race.
The new Circuit of the Americas has been low on grip all weekend, but lap times have been improving as the weekend goes on as a clear racing line has rubbered in. While the right hand side of the grid is on the racing line, the left is untouched and Massa said that a practice start in FP3 confirmed to him that there will be a big disparity between grid slots.
"I think it will be the biggest difference you ever saw in our starts," Massa said. "I think it will be, I don't know, it will be massive. This morning I did a start on the left and I was slower than in the wet, so..."
With Red Bull set to wrap up the constructors' championship, Massa denied that his primary role would be to help Fernando Alonso in the race with his team-mate starting behind him in eighth place.
"We are fighting with McLaren for the second place in the championship, which is very important for us. The target for tomorrow is to do the best we can to score maximum points for the constructors' championship. For sure Fernando is not starting in a great position and if I can help him for sure I will do all I can to help both."


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Thursday, May 1, 2008
There hasn't been much time for experiments in my kitchen lately. That doesn't mean that I haven't been cooking, just that for the past couple of weeks most meals have consisted of leftovers from my cooking classes or the handful of dishes that I can make again and again without anyone in the house tiring of them.
This week, leftover monkfish from bourride - fish stew with aïoli - and its accompanying new potatoes came back as Thai yellow curry thanks to a tub of spice paste at the back of the refrigerator and a can of coconut milk. For lunch every day I ate a big plate of mesclun with buttery local avocados and the juiciest lemons from the organic shop across the street. With Georges' goat's cheese grilled on pain tonique - sourdough bread with sultanas, pistachios and hazelnuts - from the Moulin du Païou bakery, the meal was complete. Last night I fell back on spicy herbed meatballs served with instant couscous, cinnamon and raisins, my favorite use for the steak haché that is ground in front of me at my local butcher's. It's even better if you replace the couscous with cooked bulgur and whip up some hummus to serve with it.
Today being a holiday in France, I was in the mood to try something new and went looking for inspiration on the astounding blog B comme Bon (never mind if you can't read French, just admire the pictures). Her idea of making gnocchi with leftover fava bean purée appealed to me, even if I can't imagine ever shelling enough fava beans to have leftover purée. The instructions were charmingly vague, which made me a bit nervous as I've had some disasters in the past with non-potato gnocchi. Still, the knowledge that gnocchi and fèves are Sam's two favorite foods in the world - after chocolate, of course - gave me the incentive to try my luck.
For this recipe I looked for fully grown fèves rather than the smaller févettes, which are delicious raw but too tiny to consider using for purée. I came back with what looked like a big bag of the long, knobbly pods, but experience has taught me that no matter how many fava beans you shell, there are never enough. I ended up with about 2 cups of beans, which thanks to Sam's expert help became 1 cup of peeled beans and (sigh) about 1/2 cup of emerald green purée.
To this I added a beaten egg and a pinch of salt, as instructed by B comme Bon, then just enough flour to form the dough into long sausages. I kept in on the very soft side, for fear of producing tough little dumplings. At this stage, Sam got involved again in rolling and shaping the gnocchi. I resisted the urge to demand that they all be the same size and shape, concentrating instead on sautéeing thin strips of smoked duck breast to use as a garnish. I also mixed some chopped chives with crème fraîche, which I dolloped on top of the cooked gnocchi.
The verdict? "Génial," said Sam, who didn't mind that they were firm compared to the fluffy potato gnocchi we usually buy. I enjoyed them too, but wasn't sure that they made of the most of market-fresh broad beans. So please don't feel in the least bit guilty if you are tempted to use the frozen kind - I won't tell.
Fava bean gnocchi
Serves 2 as a main course, 3 as a starter
2 cups shelled fava beans (broad beans), unpeeled (I started with 1.2 kg of beans in their shells)
1 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp water
1 egg
A pinch of salt
About 1 1/4 cups flour (I used Italian 00 flour but all-purpose will do)
Good-quality olive oil
Crème fraîche or fromage blanc mixed with chives
Smoked duck breast or bacon, cut into matchsticks and fried until golden
Blanch the shelled broad beans in boiling water for 1 min, then drain and rinse with cold water. Pop each broad bean out of its skin, making a small slit in the opposite side from the pointy tip. You should have about 1 cup of peeled beans.
In a small pan, cook the beans with the olive oil and water until very soft, then purée in a food processor or put through a food mill. (I cooked them in the Thermomix for 5 mins at 100 C and puréed them on Turbo for 30 secs).
Transfer the beans to a bowl and add the egg, salt and 1 cup of flour. Mix well to form a dough using a rounded pastry scraper or wooden spoon, then add a little more flour bit by bit until the dough is sticky but workable.
Divide it into three and roll it as best you can on a heavily floured board into long sausages. Cut into short lengths and place on a floured plate. (My gnocchi could have been smaller, as they swelled up in the water.)
Meanwhile, heat a large pot of boiling water. Add 1 tbsp of coarse salt, gently add the gnocchi and cook for about 2 mins, until the gnocchi have been floating at the surface for about 30 secs.
Drain, toss with a little olive oil and top with the garnishes.
6 comments:
Wow, this looks SO good!! Love your posts and photos.
Eileen (passions to pastry)@
- May 1, 2008 at 1:11 p.m.
- *fanny* said...
I've been eating avocado as well on a daily basis for the pas few days.
Your gniocchi look superb. I remember bookmarking the recipe back at the time I saw it on B comme Bon; but eventually forgot about them.
Thanks for reminding me how beautiful and delicious they look.
xx fanny
- May 1, 2008 at 3:42 p.m.
- Wendy said...
What a wonderful idea. Adore both broad beans and gnocchi. Bookmarking this now.
- May 1, 2008 at 8:30 p.m.
- Rosa said...
Thanks Eileen! Like I said, they are not as fluffy as potato gnocchi, and I thought they might also be good as a side dish alongside meat.
Fanny, there must be something about spring and avocado. I eat it all year round, but can't stop at the moment.
Glad you like the look of these gnocchi - it's hard to measure up to B comme Bon!
Wendy, it does seem to be an unusual idea - I couldn't find any other recipe like it on the Internet!
- May 2, 2008 at 6:54 a.m.
Hi Rosa,
Just want to let you know that I put you as a link on my web page. I love your site!
Eileen (passions to pastry)@
- May 6, 2008 at 1:42 p.m.
- Susan said...
Nice! I'm toying with the idea of other veggies for gnocchi than the plain, but perfect, potato. I'm keen to try a firmer dumpling.
- May 11, 2008 at 9:18 a.m.


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Paul wrote of beings existing "under the earth." Paul's Hellenistic and Jewish readers were familiar with underworlds in which beings lived, i.e., the Greek Hades, the Roman Tartarus (both terms appearing in the Gospels themselves) and the shadowy Sheol of the Hebrew Bible:
The departed spirits tremble under the waters and their inhabitants. Naked is Sheol before Him [Yahweh].
Job 26:5-6
A witch in Endor calls up Samuel from Sheol. (She is not calling him up from his personal burial site because he was not buried in Endor.)
1 Sam. 28:3,12ff
The dead are not simply lying dead in the earth but "under the earth" and remaining active in some sense, if only in a shadowy sense in the case of early Greek and Hebrew views of Hades and Sheol. Below are verses from Paul and Revelation that mention beings living under the earth. Consider them from the viewpoint of a first century Hellenistic convert:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
Philippians 2:10
English Bibles fail to render fully the meaning of "under the earth" in the above verse—the Greek word katachthonion refers to "the beings down (kata) in the chthonic (chthovios) or subterranean world." The Anchor Bible translation is "those in the world below," with the added comment, "katachthonioi was a designation for the dead in the underworld [the commentary then cites sources from Hellenistic antiquity]… The meaning is spirits above, humans on earth, and the dead in Hades, appropriate for 'the Roman milieu of Philippi.' … The full phrase came naturally for Christians there to describe the universe… Those in the heavens [several 'layers,' 2 Cor. 12:2 'the third heaven']; on earth [1 Cor 8:5; 10:26; 15:47]; and in the world below, Sheol or Hades." [John Reumann, Philippians, The Anchor Yale Bible, 2008, p. 357-58]
The book of Revelation features a similar notion:
No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. Revelation 5:3 … Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" Revelation 5:13
Also consider how a Hellenistic convert might read these verses, starting with talk of a "prince of the power of the air," and also about "descending into the lower parts of the earth":
…in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Ephesians 2:2 … That the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. Ephesians 3:10 … Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things. Ephesians 4:9-10 … Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12
Interestingly, a different letter says that these "things in heavenly places" were reconciled to God:
… and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Colossians 1:20
Further Information On Sheol In The OT
Sheol is typically depicted as a place to which one "goes down" (urd; see Num 16:30;Job 7:9; Isa 57:9; cf. Isa 29:4; Ps 88:3-4). It represents the lowest place imaginable (Deut 32:33; Isa 7:11) often used in contrast with the highest heavens (Amos 9:2; Ps 139:8; Job 11:8). To emphasize further the depth of Sheol we also find it modified by tahtit/tahtiyyot (e.g. Deut 32:22; Ps 86:13; Ezek 31:14-18), usually translated "the lowest parts of the underworld."
Sheol is also associated with terms for chaotic waters, including Sea, River, breakers, waves, and the deep. So Sheol is associated with primeval waters lying beneath the earth as well as with judgmental waters loosed by God (water that God is depicted elsewhere as miraculously holding back in order to maintain creation, see "The Cosmology of the Bible" chapter in The Christian Delusion). Ancient Near Eastern imagery also links a crossing of water with one's travel to the underworld and the imagery is so common from Mesopotamia to Greece that it probably played a role in the Hebrew linkage of water with the land of the dead.
The inhabitants of Sheol are called the Rephaim, and a great deal of literature has been written on the nature of the Rephaim since the publication of Ugaritic texts where they are mentioned extensively.
As already stated, it is not a matter of being forced to choose between totally metaphorical usage versus all other usages or understandings. In early usage Sheol is like a metaphor for the Uber-grave, but even metaphors do not preclude other meanings, depictions, definitions rather than purely "burial imagery." In fact, recognition of ideas shared by biblical and ANE sources makes the likelihood of belief in a three-tier cosmos more likely, not less so. Same goes for NT conceptions, see below.
Further Information On The Underworld In The NT
The underworld is depicted not only as "Hades" in the NT (into which Christ descended in order to preach to the spirits of the dead, 1 Pet 3:18-20; 4:6—such a "descent into hell" becoming part of the Apostle's Creed), but the underworld is also depicted as the "Abyss" (abussos), often translated as "Bottomless Pit" (Luke 8:31; Rom 10:7; Rev 9:1-2,11; 11:17; 17:18; 20:1,3). "Tartarus" is another word derived from Greek mythology and employed by NT authors, it's a place that Greeks depicted as lying as far below Hades as earth is below the heavens, so much so that an anvil could fall for nine days and nights until it reached it. Tartarus is described as a prison with gates and sometimes personified (as was Hades, and also Sheol in the OT). The author of 2 Peter 2:4 mentions rebel angels being cast into Tartarus, based on a story found in the inter-testamental work, 1 Enoch (or at least based on a general knowledge of the "Watchers" myth in 1 Enoch):
1 Enoch 10:2-3, 10:11-14 — A deluge [Flood] is about to come upon the whole earth … And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind [the evil angels] in the valleys of the earth till the day of their judgment … is consummated. In those days they shall be led out to the abyss of fire: and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever.'
Compare 2nd Peter 2:4-5 — God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness [Tartarus], to be reserved unto judgment; and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah … when he brought a flood …
Portions of the Book of Enoch can also be found in the NT books of Jude and Revelation. Interestingly, 1 Enoch depicts a flat earth.
[Much of the information in the above sections on Sheol and the NT underworld was derived from Theodore J. Lewis, "Dead, Abode of the," Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. 2, Doubleday, 1992]
Final Point Of Interest: Did The Ancient Israelites View Sheol As Real Or Not?
"A cursory overview of modern interpretation of biblical thanatology quickly reveals the lack of current consensus among scholars. There is pressing need for further study and clarification. Was Sheol real or not for ancient Israelites? If it was real, were all souls expected to end up imprisoned there? How did Israelites interact (or refrain from interacting) with the shades of the dead?"—Stephen L. Cook
Cook's complete paper is online: Funerary Practices and Afterlife Expectations in Ancient Israel
Prior to the publication of his paper Stephen L. Cook also composed these shortened presentations of various points:
- To Be Gathered To One's People
- Burial and Afterlife in Yahwism, Part 2
- Burial and Afterlife in Yahwism, Part 3
- Burial and Afterlife in Yahwism, Part 4
- Burial and the Hereafter in Yahwism, Part 5
- Burial and the Hereafter in Yahwism, Part 6
- Yahwism and Life after Death: Part 7
- Life after Death, Part 8
See also this new book on the afterlife, L'homme face à la mort au royaume de Juda: Rites, pratiques et représentations by Hélene Nutkowicz. Cook comments: "Nutkowicz suggests that the Hebrew people believed in amortality. At first glance, it seems to me that this might be a helpful term, since it stresses that the soul does survive death, but it does not view death as positive or beatific as might be implied by the term immortality. N. also discusses the relationships between the living and the dead, the repa'im [also spelled, Rephaim], the 'elohim, the practice of necromancy, the duties toward the dead and toward the living, inscriptions, and the cult of the dead and of the ancestors."Labels:afterlife, Book of Enoch, cosmology, creationism, flat earth, Hades, Hebrew afterlife, hell, inerrancy, Sheol, Steve Hays, Tartarus, Triablogue
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We in Shelby County awoke Monday morning warmed by the pure, serene blanket of Currier & Ives-caliber snow.
We roused to the joy that we could have a day away from school to frolic in the not-so-cold stuff, to embrace the beauty of winter without its treachery, to enjoy a postcard from a departing season.
It was just sort of elegantly pastoral and winterfully wonderful, wasn't it?
Did you go walking in our winter wonderland?
Or did you curse it all because it caused disruption to your morning routine, created a slickened mess on your particular road or left your electricity blinking an incorrect time on the clock?
Or did you like me bow your head in a prayer of thanks for its blessing?
There was a calm and peace to that snowfall that more than anything spoke of the grace of the Lord and the serendipity of life.
If you don't agree, just take a look a few miles north or a few miles east or a few miles south and see how you feel about it all.
Folks in Henryville, Ind., and West Liberty had snow, too, but there was very little beautiful and exciting about it. School already was out, and so was the electricity for thousands.
And there was most certainly nothing peaceful.
No, there is no peace when your home is a pile of sticks, when a loved one has lost her legs or his life, when a grandchild is found flung in a field by the simple fury of a random spring storm.
And it's in that word, "random" – uttered often by my fourth-grader – that lies the ultimate message in all of this for me.
We in Shelby County were randomly blessed to have been spared by the fury and embraced by the wonder, and as long as I live, I never will understand fully why.
Sure, some of you in our southern extremes were pelted and spiked by large and furious hailstorms on Friday evening. Maybe you have holes in your roof, your siding, your gutters…maybe your windows were broken.
More of you awakened Monday to find all that beautiful snow was heavy and wet and had caused power outages that lasted into the middle of the day.
Yes, those were hassles.
Yes, those were nothing.
We in Shelby County were spared in the velvet hand of mercy as the storms darted north of us and south of us, cutting their deadly furrows across the landscapes of two states.
The images are overwhelming, the stories heartbreaking and the serendipity inconceivable.
I understand weather and nature and how fronts collide and cause catastrophe. I understand how some people are better prepared, some communities better organized. I can understand what happened.
I just can't understand why it happened to someone else and not to me.
Can you?
If you believe everything happens for a reason and that God ordains all, then can you grasp why the lives of folks in New Pekin and Paintsville were chosen to be left in ruins and yours was not?
Believer though I am, I'm just not that smart, intuitive or connected to be able to grasp that divine process.
The wind blows another way, and those hailstones could have been funnel clouds not tapping on our roofs but using them for Frisbees.
That discomfort of the visit of an insurance adjustor could be replaced by the horror of a visit from death itself.
Twenty miles one way, 50 miles another.
Those are the distances that decided how Friday evening went for us. For those in Henryville and West Liberty, it was a matter of yards and blocks.
Yet, some were unaffected and others were lying in their yards or the lot of a nearby business. Some would rise and move along; too many never would move again.
All of us who have lived more than the 5 minutes of youth have witnessed this over and over. Some of us have been beneath or beside the danger, with the clouds passing overhead and the winds blowing past.
Some suggest this is just good luck. But if luck truly is the marriage of preparation and opportunity, there is no luck in this at all.
You can be only somewhat prepared for devastation, and you certainly don't embrace the opportunity.
Hurricane season in Florida would bring fear and even paranoia to those in coastal regions, but I've seen huge storms come right to the brink of the nearby shore and then veer off north, as if taking an exit on I-95.
Tornadoes dance across the floor of our country in what seems to be an ever-growing cha-cha. The rhythm is constant, but the downbeat never seems to arrive.
On a February night in 1998, dozens of funnel-laden clouds blew over the top of my small home in Central Florida.
They stopped just west and took the lives of dozens in a single mobile-home park. They bounced a couple of miles south and grazed the neighborhood where my precious son and daughter lived.
They split east and west and took more lives in suburban neighborhoods and an RV park.
The storms did all this dancing, and you begin to wonder if this isn't really a game of musical chairs, that we all are dancing around those chairs, and, sooner or later, the music will stop and our seat will be gone.
The moral here is that life is just a lovely little dance that brings with its beautiful snowfalls, autumn color shows and warming, greening summer sun the potential of a storm cloud swooping from anyplace and blowing away our serenity.
We never will understand why someone is chosen to feel the ill side of that wind.
We just have to go on believing that there's a reason.
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Mayor Don Wesely today invited neighborhood representatives to participate in the Neighborhood Leadership Program, a joint project of the city's Urban Development Department, the Heartland Center for Leadership Development and Neighborhoods, Inc. The project's first event is a Spring Training Day from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the new "F" Street Recreation Center, 13th and "F" streets.
"Lincoln is very fortunate to have strong neighborhood identity in all parts of the city," said Mayor Wesely. "The goal of this project is to build leadership skills within the neighborhoods, which can lead to stronger neighborhood associations and, in turn, to a stronger community."
The Mayor will open Spring Training Day, which will include a keynote address from J. Otis Smith, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Smith is an officer and senior consultant with Stand By Systems II, Inc., which specializes in team development, conflict resolution, diversity and leadership motivation.
Workshop topics will include newsletters, youth activities, clean-up projects, filing applications for non-profit status, housing rehabilitation resources, gardening and landscaping, media relations, meeting management, strengthening membership, managing conflict, fund raising and working with local government. The Spring Training Day will be followed by a fall workshop series to be held over a two-month period.
The registration fee of $10 includes lunch, refreshments and an optional Internet Training Lab from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 at UNL's Architecture Hall. The registration deadline is April 22, and forms are available by calling the Heartland Center at 474-7672 or on the city web site.
The Neighborhood Leadership Project is funded by the Community Development Block Grant Program, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and the Woods Charitable Fund with in-kind support from the Heartland Center.
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Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau Housing Survey indicate that homeowners annually spend billions of dollars improving outdoor living areas.
One of the most popular ways to do just that is to add a deck to a home. Decks are beneficial in many ways. Grillmasters love decks because they make the perfect place to set up a grill and a table and cook for family and friends. Those who simply love being outdoors find decks the perfect place to relax and soak up some sun or idle away the evening hours.
But homeowners who want to build a deck should know a few things before that process begins.
• Permits are necessary. Unless the deck is going to be especially small, you will likely need a permit to build it. Before buying any materials or consulting any contractors, make certain you know which permits you need and how to get them. If the proper permits are not secured before the project begins, you might have to tear down the whole project and start all over again.
• Decks don't have to go on the back of the house. If the back of your house sits in the blazing sun all day, then it's probably best to build the deck elsewhere, and that's perfectly alright. So long as the property and permits allow, decks can be built on the side of a home as well, and putting a deck on the side might be more comfortable.
• Decks don't have to be made of wood. It's easy to assume all decks are made of plain wood. However, decks can be made out of a wide variety of materials, natural or synthetic. Manmade materials that are a mixture of recycled plastic and wood bits or sawdust are popular because they require no maintenance. But homeowners should know that manmade materials can get hot in the sun, which will require those enjoying the deck to wear shoes.
• Expect to do some digging. If you're going to build your own deck, expect to do some serious digging. Local building codes will dictate how deep you will need to dig for the pier footings, which support the deck's weight. Just how deep you'll dig depends on your climate's specific frost line, but it's safe to assume you'll get a workout in when digging.
• The deck can have multiple levels. Though many people associate decks with one level, it's possible to have a multi-level deck if you simply don't have enough room to build a deck that will be big enough to meet all of your needs. A multi-level deck can break up those long flights of stairs while ensuring you will always have somewhere to go to escape the sun on a hot day.
• You will want to protect the deck. Decks are a costly investment, and you will want to protect that investment. If you're building a wood deck, keep in mind the sun will beat down on the deck for most of the year. You can protect the deck by painting it. Paint provides sunscreen for the deck, stopping the sun from breaking down the material. Once you've finished painting, apply sealant, whether it's oil- or water-based.
• Don't forget fasteners. Fasteners will hide the screws for aesthetic appeal. But not all woods and fasteners are the right fit, as certain woods are only compatible with certain fasteners. Find out which fasteners make the right fit ahead of time. Because fasteners conceal the screws, they also make it possible to go barefoot on the deck.
A deck makes a great addition to many homes, but homeowners should learn as much as possible about decks and what goes into building them before making any decking decisions.
Now's the time to think about building a deck for summertime enjoyment.


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Kelly, Cardinals blank Cubs at Wrigley
CHICAGO -- Having already stopped separate losing streaks at four and seven games over the last three weeks, Joe Kelly halted the potential for another extended skid on Saturday.
With six scoreless innings, Kelly helped the Cardinals bury Friday's defeat with a 4-0, series-evening win over the Cubs. A two-run homer by catcher Yadier Molina and heads-up baserunning by Jon Jay punctuated the victory in front of 41,981 fans at Wrigley Field.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Having already stopped separate losing streaks at four and seven games over the last three weeks, Joe Kelly halted the potential for another extended skid on Saturday.
With six scoreless innings, Kelly helped the Cardinals bury Friday's defeat with a 4-0, series-evening win over the Cubs. A two-run homer by catcher Yadier Molina and heads-up baserunning by Jon Jay punctuated the victory in front of 41,981 fans at Wrigley Field.View Full Game Coverage
"We needed to win," said Molina, who went 2-for-4 in his second game since coming off the disabled list. "Right now, [Kelly] is not taking anything for granted, and he's going after hitters. He did a great job for us."
Kelly has emerged as the Cardinals' most consistent starter over a 23-game stretch in which the club has limped to an 8-15 record. Coining him the team's current stopper would seem plenty appropriate, too. That's because half of those eight wins have been garnered by Kelly; each has followed a Cardinals' loss. Kelly's only winless start since the All-Star break came when he gave the Cardinals 6 1/3 scoreless innings against Atlanta on July 27.
Since moving Kelly from the bullpen to the rotation in July, the Cardinals have won six of the right-hander's seven starts. He has a 2.23 ERA during that span. Kelly has not been scored upon in three of his last five outings -- and he has made those three scoreless appearances (each lasting at least six innings) since it was last done by anyone else in the rotation.
"We didn't know necessarily what we were going to do, and he's stepped up and taken advantage of it and been one of those guys who, you can tell, he can't wait to get the ball," manager Mike Matheny said. "When he goes out there with that kind of confidence, it just transfers over to everybody else. And he's getting better."
His continued growth is explained by improved fastball location and less hesitancy to throw offspeed pitches in big spots.
Kelly opened the afternoon by matching Cubs All-Star starter Travis Wood with three scoreless innings, though it took Kelly 34 pitches to work around problems in the third. Two infield singles and a walk loaded the bases for the heart of Chicago's lineup. Kelly responded by striking out Anthony Rizzo on a 95-mph fastball and getting Nate Schierholtz to ground out.
"That was really critical," said Kelly. "Those types of situations, I'm just trying to bear down as much as I can and get a grounder somewhere or a strikeout. I was just trying to battle right here."
His own offense -- which went hitless despite putting several hard-hit balls in play the first time through the order -- then got to work.
Consecutive doubles by Matt Carpenter and Carlos Beltran to begin the fourth gave the Cardinals their first run of the series. St. Louis tacked on another in the fifth, while taking advantage of Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro's mental lapse.
Jay's one-out double and a walk to Pete Kozma brought Kelly up to bunt both over. He did even better, reaching himself when Wood's 0-2 pitch hit him on the leg. Carpenter, a career .727 hitter with 27 RBIs in bases-loaded situations, popped a pitch up to shallow left field. Castro gave chase and, after waving off outfielder Junior Lake, made the catch as the infield fly rule was invoked.
As Castro gloved the ball, Jay started toward home. When he saw Castro put his head down instead of getting the ball back to the infield, Jay committed. He slid home safely, just ahead of the throw.
"I took a couple steps and then decided to take a gamble, and it worked out," Jay said. "I'm just trying to anticipate in that situation. I'm happy it worked out."
"Jon Jay did a good job staying with the play, just seeing what the infielder was going to do," added third-base coach Jose Oquendo. "Once [Castro] put his head down, he took off."
Cubs manager Dale Sveum met Castro at the dugout steps at the end of the inning and replaced him in the field in the sixth.
"I knew the outs and everything, but I put my head down and made a mental mistake," Castro said afterward. "I don't want to make any excuses for that. It's my mistake, and that's why I paid for that -- that's why I came out of the game. I feel really, really bad that it happened, especially with Woody pitching good."
Molina knocked Wood from the game when he drove a two-run homer into the left-center-field seats the next inning. It was Molina's first hit in eight at-bats since coming off the disabled list. Molina, who entered the day second in the National League batting race, finished with his 37th multi-hit game.
The All-Star catcher had earlier keyed a critical forceout, too, by fielding a backspinning bunt to keep the third inning from compounding on Kelly.
"It's just good to have him in there," Matheny said. "He's going to be an impact [player] for our club."
Seth Maness, Randy Choate and Michael Wacha pitched in relief to preserve the Cardinals' 11th shutout of the season. Wacha, entering after Choate allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, struck out the side. Of the nine batters he's now faced in three innings since moving to the 'pen, Wacha has seven strikeouts.
"His fastball is so good and his changeup is amazing," Molina said. "We really need help over there, because we've been using the bullpen a lot lately. With a fresh arm, a young arm, a good arm like him, it helps."
Deploying Wacha to pitch the ninth allowed Matheny to get a second day of rest for Trevor Rosenthal and Edward Mujica. Both pitched two innings on Thursday.
Coupled with the Pirates' loss on Saturday, the Cardinals climbed back to within two games of the division lead in the NL Central.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB.


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When mobster Mickey Cohen ruled Los Angeles in the late 1940s, his favorite hangout was the legendary Slapsy Maxie's nightclub on Wilshire Boulevard. It's long gone now of course, so to re-create it for the new film "Gangster Squad" the filmmakers had to be creative.
Production designer Maher Ahmad found the right spot for Slapsy Maxie's almost by accident, while driving around with the film's first location manager. They had been looking for a vintage house in a suburban neighborhood when they passed an Art Deco-inspired block of empty businesses in Bellflower.
What caught their attention was a large empty store that had been built as a J.C. Penney in 1952 and had last housed a supermarket. "It was a great find," said Ahmad. "The whole block was built at the same time."
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The exterior and interior were perfect so Ahmad went to work building the floor of the nightclub as well as its backstage area. He even built a replica of the office of Cohen's bookie business in the old department store.


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Phillies will go as far as their health takes them
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- This is going to be interesting.
Phillies president David Montgomery acknowledged as much last month when he discussed his team, which he believes adequately retooled its roster following its first losing season since 2002. The Phillies acquired A.J. Burnett, Marlon Byrd, Roberto Hernandez, Brad Lincoln and Wil Nieves and re-signed Carlos Ruiz in the offseason, but they still open the 2014 season on Monday against the Rangers in Texas with plenty of questions and concerns.
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- This is going to be interesting.
Phillies president David Montgomery acknowledged as much last month when he discussed his team, which he believes adequately retooled its roster following its first losing season since 2002. The Phillies acquired A.J. Burnett, Marlon Byrd, Roberto Hernandez, Brad Lincoln and Wil Nieves and re-signed Carlos Ruiz in the offseason, but they still open the 2014 season on Monday against the Rangers in Texas with plenty of questions and concerns.
"We think we should be a better club," Montgomery said. "How much better? I think it has really created a situation where we're probably more anxious than I can remember in a long time to just play games and see where it goes."
It could go anywhere.
But the Phillies opened camp last month with a simple premise: If they can stay healthy, they can win.
They won a franchise-record 102 games in 2011, but won just 81 games in '12 and just 73 games in '13. The Phillies cited injuries to Ryan Howard, Roy Halladay and Chase Utley as reasons for their stumble in 2012, but they pointed to a 36-24 (.600) finish as evidence that they remained a talented team capable of not only making the postseason, but winning a World Series.
Even though the injuries and losses continued to mount in 2013, the Phillies still believe they can reverse the trend.
They hope so. They are expected to open the season with a franchise-record payroll of about $184 million. If they can't, things could get rough for Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., who is feeling more pressure to win than ever before.
"For the guys that were here last year and the guys that have been here, yeah, you can say that was rock bottom," Howard said. "When one thing doesn't go right, all of a sudden it's done, it's over. When things don't go the way they used to go, it's done, it's over. We've had a bad couple years and had injuries and all that stuff, but I don't think it's over. People are entitled to their opinions and whatnot and that's fine, but it's up to us to go out there and show them otherwise and go out and play our game and do what we do."
The Red Sox lost 93 games and finished last in the American League East in 2012 before winning the World Series last year.
The Phillies wonder, why can't we?
Plenty hinges on the health of Howard and Cole Hamels.
Howard has been limited to 151 games the past two seasons because of left leg injuries. He has hit a combined .244 with 25 home runs, 99 RBIs and a .752 on-base-plus-slugging percentage. Coincidentally or not, the Phillies were 77-63 (.550) when he started games and 77-107 (.418) when he did not. But the spring has not eased concerns regarding Howard, who has not looked comfortable with his swing.
"What do you think I'm capable of?" Howard said. "Are you asking me if I'm capable of hitting 40-plus home runs? Absolutely. … Can't doubt yourself. If I doubt myself, nobody else will believe in me. I feel I'm capable of hitting 58 home runs. I feel that I'm capable of doing that every year. It's just a matter of going out there and let the game come to me. I remember after hitting 58, people were saying to hit 70. You never know what may happen."
Hamels is less of a concern, although he will open the season on the disabled list. He entered camp behind schedule because of inflammation in his left shoulder, but he has been progressing recently. There is a chance he rejoins the rotation before the end of April, which would be a big boost.
Hamels, Burnett and Cliff Lee could be one of the most formidable trios in baseball if they are healthy.
But there is much more than just Howard and Hamels: Jimmy Rollins needs to rebound from the worst year of his career, Domonic Brown needs to build upon a breakout season, Jonathan Papelbon needs to be an elite closer, Mike Adams needs to deliver in the eighth inning as a setup man, etc.
The list goes on.
Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg tried his best to set a tone this spring. He heavily stressed fundamentals and accountability, with players working harder than they have in years. He benched Rollins three games in the middle of camp because of an issue he had with him.
Ryno is not messing around.
"It's setting the tone," Sandberg said.
If everybody stays healthy and produces close their career averages, if Sandberg's tone seeps into the consciousness of the clubhouse, maybe the Phillies can surprise some people.
A rough spring has entrenched the doubters, but stranger things have happened.
"Honestly, a lot of it is just the way people view the organization," Rollins said. "We were the first to lose 10,000 games. We have a long history of not winning. We just had a stretch of winning, but that's still going to be the perception. Then you have an organization like the Yankees. If they make two moves, they're the best team in baseball again. But it's perception. It's always good to be favored, but when you're not ..."
Of course, it isn't just that the Phillies aren't favored. It's that some think they are done.
"They're correct, it is done," Rollins said of the team's run of five consecutive National League East championships from 2007-11, which included two NL pennants and one World Series championship. "But so are the last two. We're onto the next chapter."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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