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So much for David Cameron's video blog, full of infant chatter and totems of wholesome family life. So much for the save-the-planet clothes rack (no nasty tumble driers in camera shot), the eco-detergent and the cereal bowls. They may be eating marshmallow-flavoured Froot Loops down at Boris's, but it's healthy porridge here. Short of adopting a Malawian baby, as Madonna is alleged to be doing, it is hard to think of how Cameron might further boost his child-friendly credentials.
Mr Blair, however, is no slouch either in the superdad stakes. Having imparted the secrets of his spaghetti bolognese to Blue Peter, he is now squatting on a playrug in the SureStart centre, among a sea of two-year-olds, asking a young mother where she gets her antenatal care. Watching Blair at work is interesting.
He wears little, or even no, tangerine foundation and shows few signs of tiredness, apart from the world-weariness of protracted power. 'Do you want your picture taken with me?' he asks one mother. 'It's all we're good for.' The mums queue up to be photographed with the PM's arm around their shoulders. They must like him, then?
'Well, he's going soon, isn't he?' says one, as if the new screensaver on her mobile phone is more collector's item than icon. But Blair seems popular in this deprived and multi-racial community. He is also awesomely frank. A brief meeting with the editors of parenting magazines suggests that almost no topic, from stretchmarks to Suzuki violin, might exceed his expertise.
Blair's visit last Thursday marked a milestone for SureStart, the government's talisman of social equality. Each new centre, and 3,500 are planned for 2010, is a marker on the path to a fairer tomorrow. Part sacred cow, part punchbag, the scheme is beyond criticism to its admirers. Its denigrators think it the most odious example of the nanny state.
'One of the things that worries me about SureStart is that it takes a bit of get up and go to get involved in it,' Blair tells an administrator. Worry? To a SureStart evangelist, such doubt is like pulling wings off fairies. When he hinted, last May, at disappointment over the failure to reach some desperate families, he was practically accused of heresy, which seems perverse. The world might be less dangerous if only the Prime Minister had been as sceptical on foreign policy as he is about whether the poorest women are making it to baby massage sessions.
SureStart began as a loose franchise of locally owned projects. But you cannot evaluate a service that ranges from glorified playgroups to centres staffed by midwives and speech therapists. Nor is it possible to run, and grow, the sprawling last frontier of the welfare state as if it were a finger-painting session. And so the whole lot has been handed over to the bureaucrats of local government, which isn't ideal either.
Then there is the complaint that the middle classes are hijacking SureStart. Imagine how delighted everyone would be if they started muscling in on sink-estate comprehensives as well. But Blair is right to warn that the scheme must work harder to reach the poorest.
The oddest thing is that he is still slogging on, still down there on the playmat with the mums (plus a lone dad) and babies after all the battering of 10 years in power. I ask him whether he now feels more like those infants' grandfather? He looks offended. 'Definitely not a granddad,' he says. 'Sometime, but absolutely not yet.' Does he now look forward to leaving and spending more time with his family?
'Yes, of course. Though if you're not careful, you can talk a lot of bulldust about this, because looking after kids is tough. Still, in such a high-pressure job, you can go on as much as you like about quality family time, but you miss out on your kids to an extent, even though you try and make it up to them in all sort of different ways.'
I tell him, cravenly, I thought his conference speech powerful. 'Just as well, really,' he says, a trifle bitterly. 'Otherwise they'd have wanted me out the door.'
Is he still on target to abolish child poverty by 2020? 'Yes, although it's going to be a big stretch.' Perhaps impossible, as he does not say, without radical tax and benefit changes on top of the £3bn ploughed into SureStart. What's top of his to-do list before he goes? A solution in Iraq? 'No,' he says. 'It's seeing the whole programme though.'
He cites pensions, health and education reforms, energy and 'tying the whole thing back together again' in Northern Ireland. 'Look, I kinda think people will make their own judgments about the 10 years. But something like this, I'm really proud of. SureStart doesn't hit the headlines every day. But when I look back, I'll be as proud of this type of thing as anything else.'
So, for him, this overrides his geopolitical record? 'Yes, or even the big ticket items, such as health, pensions and the rest.' His legacy might look very different if he had demanded of the US President and intelligence services the evaluation now required of children's centres. But, here at least, Blair has a good story to tell.
By contrast, Cameron is floundering. The woman from Wythenshawe, whom he once quoted as saying that SureStart was rubbish, has taken on the significance, for social commentators, of the man from Porlock who disastrously interrupted Samuel Taylor Coleridge when he was composing 'Kubla Khan'. Like Coleridge, Cameron has never quite rediscovered the plot. Does Blair, who thinks family politics a new battleground, consider Cameron a threat? 'No, provided we're always pushing forward. This should be a big, big issue between the political parties. The Tories are catching up. They were five stages behind; now they're two, so we have to push another three stages ahead.'
The government has invested £20bn on early years and childcare. SureStart alone will get £1.8bn in 2007, which is encouraging, though not enough. Blair can say, without inviting mockery, that human capital is the key to Britain's success and that 'progressive values should be able to govern the 21st century'. As domestic visions go, it may still be incomplete, but it certainly beats the wilting basil plant in David Cameron's kitchen.


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The clean-line rooms are decorated in russet, taupe and white. The Classic rooms are equipped with flat-screen TV, espresso machine, safe, free low-grade WiFi, L'Occitane toiletries — and luxury of luxuries, free mineral water! Superior rooms have baths. Moving up the scale, Luxury rooms include high-grade WiFi, free choccies and qualify for late checkout, a free drink at the bar and access to the executive terrace with fine views over the city. The suites have a separate living room, Hi-Fi, DVD player and very slick bathrooms.
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The large lobby is an elegant blend of glossy blacks, browns and muted greens, with orchids and minimalist steel-and-leather sofas. The BE restaurant and BE bar share the same room. The BE restaurant has padded walls and smart black tables, but the multicoloured under-lit bar steals most of the attention.
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The continental breakfast costs a whopping 30 euros extra, with hot options cooked to order. The BE restaurant serves very tasty French/fusion cuisine at lunch (12pm—2.30pm) and dinner (7pm—10.30pm); the bar mixes some seriously sexy cocktails; and 24-hour room service is available.
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There's a rather sparse gym (with free apples), a candlelit hammam (massages are available), 11 meeting rooms, and free parking.
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The Four Biggest Barriers to Healthy Hydrangeas- Wilting doesn't always mean water. On a hot day, it is completely natural for hydrangeas to "flag," appearing as if the flower is leaning to one side or wilting. Check the soil with your fingers, and water only if the soil is dry. Overwatering can damage or kill the root system, which results in no blooms at all. - Pruning patience. It's common practice for many gardeners to prune old flowers or cut back shrubs in the fall, but Endless Summer hydrangeas don't need it. Instead, wait until spring when new growth is well on its way, then cut back old stems that don't have any emerging green leaves. - Fertilizing for fitness. Overfertilizing can burn the root system, so it's best to fertilize only in the spring. Look for a bloom-booster fertilizer that is high in phosphorus. - Winter warmth. Use 12-18 inches of mulch to protect buds that will bloom next year, especially for new plants that haven't been in the ground very long. This is especially important in cold climates; snow actually provides insulation, but if it melts and a cold spell follows, without mulch you may not get flowers until late in the summer. Gardeners in warmer regions should protect their plants in case of sudden dips into freezing temperatures during the fall, or cycles of warming and freezing temperatures that may kill tender flower buds.
As fall settles in and you start decorating for the holidays, take advantage of the beautiful drying blooms on the hydrangeas in your garden! Try using the blooms on a decorative container or make your own wreath to welcome guests into your home. The process itself is really fairly simple. Our frend Debra Prinzing from SLOW Flowers showed us a really simple way to create a simple DIY hydrangea wreath. Instead of putting fresh blooms straight onto the wreath, we cut blooms as they were starting to fade and dry on the shrub, dried them ourselves and then wired the dried blooms to the wreath. Watch the video above and click HERE for more detailed instructions. Have fun creating your wreath and share your photos on the Endless Summer® Facebook page!
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Even though hydrangeas require more water than some other shrubs, they don't like to be over-watered. It is best to have moist soil and not wet soil. One reason hydrangeas get over-watered is when they wilt in the afternoon sun. Our gut reaction is to run out and douse the plant in water, but STOP! That's not always the best option. Over-watering can actually prohibit future bloom production. Watch the video above for tips on watering hydrangeas!
When your blooms start to fade, it's time to deadhead! Watch the above video for information on how and when to deadhead your hydrangea blooms to encourage re-bloom in late summer and fall.
Did you know how great gardening is for your physical and mental health? Not only do you burn calories while you're enjoying your garden, but you are able to relax, lower your blood pressure and relieve stress! Check out Good Housekeeping's blog for a more complete list of the health benefits of gardening: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/womens-health/health-benefits-gardening.
Here's a quick and easy way to put a holiday spin on your dried hydrangea blooms from fall. We took dried BloomStruck® blooms, put them in a simple basket (we reused this from a gift basket) and slapped on a holiday bow. Voilà - holiday hydrangeas!
Thank you to all of our fantastic Facebook followers for telling us how hydrangeas make you feel! Enjoy this beautiful image as we enter the chilly winter months.
It's the time of year that we all secretly get excited for until we realize that winter's chilly footsteps are quickly approaching: the cool down of fall. The blooms of hydrangeas are maturing to their beautiful deep fall color, the trees are starting to change and hypericum berries are blazing in an array of colors. But what do we see when we look at this year's Farmer's Almanac predictions for the impending winter months? The Polar Vortex is coming back with a vengeance. Especially for the for the Northern Plains and Great Lakes regions, it's time to hunker down; we are told to expect temperatures that could drop to 40 below during the end of January and early February. So what does this mean for our gardens? How do we protect them from yet another extreme winter?
1. Hydrangeas: Hydrangeas took a massive hit last winter and many of us missed the big, beautiful blooms of hydrangeas all season long. To keep them safe this winter, start by tracking the weather, and when temperatures will be consistently below freezing, cover the crown of your hydrangea with mulch, leaves and/or straw before snow arrives. Snow insulates the crown and keeps it alive, so if you do not have snow cover, be sure the crown is fully protected from cold and wind. Covering the full plant with a garbage bag full of leaves, as well as the crown, is also effective on extremely cold nights. Another option that requires less work is to plant a re-blooming hydrangea from the Endless Summer Collection, as they bloom on previous year's growth AND new growth. That means that even if the cold winter kills the buds on this last season's growth, you will still see blooms on new growth in the late spring and summer. Endless Summer's newest introduction, BloomStruck, has also proven extreme cold tolerance and has shown to be the earliest blooming and most floriferous hydrangea to bounce back after last year's winter.
2. Roses: Roses can mean apprehension for many gardeners – especially when it comes to cold winter hardiness in the northern part of the United States – but with the right rose, they are an easy-care beauty just like any other shrub. We suggest the Easy Elegance Rose Collection, a stunning group of shrub roses that is bred for cold hardiness, heat tolerance and incredible disease resistance. Truly crown hardy through zones 4 and 5, depending on the specific variety, this is a tested collection of no-fuss roses that can survive even the coldest Minnesota winters and come back with blooming beauty each spring. These roses require little pruning, no rose cones and no special covering after their first year in the ground. In northern climates, we suggest covering new plantings with mulch, oak leaves or marsh hay in an 8" mound from the crown once the temperatures are below 32 degrees and the plant has gone completely dormant. An added tip to keep the plants disease-free throughout the winter and spring is to rake away fallen leaves and petals before mulching or snow setting in.
3. Evergreens: We all saw extreme winter burn from the cold wind on hedges of arborvitae last year. To prevent this, try different varieties of evergreen that are extremely cold tolerant and will survive even the worst of winters. We suggest Sky High Juniper from First Editions, a beautiful silvery-blue evergreen that is hardy to Zone 3. If you have a collector plant or two that tends to struggle in the winter, cover it with burlap or a protective material for the coldest and windiest days. Only do this if you have a really special evergreen that is marginally hardy. If you cover an entire hedge, then you lose the winter beauty of the evergreen, plus it simply isn't practical to cover that many plants. A final note about evergreens: if you have heavy snow and are seeing the branches bending under the weight, they will bounce back once the snow starts to melt. Unless you are seeing breakage, allow the snow to grace the boughs and watch for them to perk back up in the spring.
4. Trees: Assuming they are zone-appropriate, there is usually little attention paid to preparing trees for winter. They are typically the reliable stand-by in the garden, and that remains true even with a fast-approaching winter. One thing to note is if your trees are starting to change color earlier than normal, especially in these first weeks of September. Trees that show fall color earlier than is normal for the species may be a sign of stress. This can be caused by poor soil conditions, too much or too little water, or if the tree is planted too deeply. Especially for younger trees, watch this for the first year or two after planting and, if necessary, transplant the tree. If you feel that moisture is an issue and have in-ground irrigation, switch from every other day to a weekly watering of your lawn to allow for a deeper soak and less frequency as to not over-water your tree's root system. If the tree is planted too low, you can try grading the soil down so that the root flare – where the trunk flares out to the root system – is even with the soil level.
5. Container Plantings: Annuals aren't the only plants filling containers anymore. Beautiful shrubs in decorative pots are a great way to create a focal point at an entrance, beautify a deck or patio, and accent a pool or outdoor dining area. Imagine a full container of Endless Summer hydrangeas welcoming your guests into your home! As we prepare for winter, there are a few options for what we can do with these containers: treat them like annuals, tossing the plants away and start fresh the next spring; plant in the ground to over-winter the shrubs; or keep the containers and protect them from the winter cold. Your first option, treating the shrubs as annuals, may be a bit off-putting at first, but if you look at the cost it's the same to buy a beautiful shrub as it is to buy a hanging basket, and it allows you to bring a diverse range of plants to your landscape and home. Second, plant the shrub if you have the space, and keep it living year after year. The final option is to prepare it to over-winter in the container. If you live in Zone 6 or warmer, you can treat it like any other plant and lightly cover the crown and leave the container in place. For the colder parts of the country, cover the crown and move the container into your garage or basement once it has gone dormant. Lightly water the container throughout the winter, as it will not be receiving any moisture from the snow.
Looking ahead to another colder-than-average winter can seem daunting, but with the best plants in place and a few extra preparations, you set the stage for a beautiful and blooming spring. Wrap up, stay warm and enjoy fall before the cold sets in. Dig into the dirt and enjoy!
It's almost that perfect time of year to start decorating with dried hydrangea blooms. One of our favorite garden writers, Debra Prinzing from SLOW Flowers, just wrote a great story on how to build a hydrangea wreath for your home. Click HERE to see how the simple how-to project can be done with hydrangeas from your yard!
This is the beauty of a re-blooming Endless Summer® BloomStruck® hydrangea - a new "blurple" bloom in late summer with the beautifully aged red-purple bloom from early summer, all on the same plant! This container was planted early in the season using 2 BloomStruck plants and the initial blooms are still in their full flower show with bright color. The second set of blooms is flushing out nicely with its striking blurple color set against the aged red-purple. Talk about multi-season interest!
We had a great time decorating KSTP's Twin Cities Live patio this month. We used 3 simple, yet beautiful large containers that are filled with BloomStruck® hydrangea. To create this look, choose the amount of hydrangeas necessary to fill the container without becoming crowded...
Cut 4 BloomStruck blooms approximately 8 inches down the stem. Strip the leaves from the stem, other than the leaves immediately under the bloom, and place in a vase of room temperature water. To extend the life of your cut hydrangeas, here is a tip we learned from our friends at www.HydrangeasHydrangeas.com...
A huge thank you to everyone that joined us at Otten Bros. on June 3 for the "Happy Hour in the Garden" event. It was a great night to learn about hydrangeas, drink wine and eat hydrangea cupcakes! A special thank you to our speakers and Endless Summer® brand ambassadors Alec Charais and Debbie Lonnee. There was a lot to learn and a really fun way to meet BloomStruck™.
Want a behind-the-scenes look at your favorite hydrangeas? Here they are in the greenhouse outside of St. Paul Minnesota as we prepare them to ship for Mother's Day. Look at the incredible amount of buds on our new BloomStruck™ variety! Did you know that this mophead hydrangea was actually bred from our Twist-n-Shout® lacecap hydrangea?...


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Replacing Jones
Picking an effective partner for Michael Carrick in central midfield will be crucial for Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson, I'm sure, would love to be able to call on Phil Jones after the 21 year-old delivered a fantastic performance in the Bernabéu. Jones was everywhere that night, putting out fires with relish, his great energy complimenting natural defensive instincts. But Jones won't make it tonight after straining ankle ligaments a couple of weeks back.
And the bad news for United is they don't have anyone else of his ilk to compete against Mesut Ozil, Angel Di Maria and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ferguson must hope, then, that Tom Cleverley or Anderson can step forward to answer this most important of calls, especially when Real Madrid swarm forward on the counter-attack. Because if the visitors start dominating that vital area in front of United's back four, trouble won't be far away.
Disrupting Alonso's rhythm
Most opposing managers will talk about Xabi Alonso before playing Real, about the need to get on top of this talented midfielder to stop him pinging passes towards Ronaldo and co. Alonso, on form, makes Real tick with that metronomic distribution from the base of midfield. Interesting, then, to see who lines up for United behind Robin van Persie in an effort to disrupt Alonso's rhythm.
Over in Spain it was Shinji Kagawa at first before Wayne Rooney moved inside for the second half. And though Kagawa struggled a little in Madrid, Ferguson may be persuaded to stick with the lad after his morale-boosting hat-trick against Norwich on Saturday. The disciplined industry of the Japan international could again come up trumps going forward but particularly with regard to clamping down on Alonso.
Exploiting rash Ramos
Whoever plays in that role behind Van Persie, I think there may be some space for United to exploit. Though vastly experienced, Sergio Ramos can't resist getting very tight to his man, often going to ground with a meaty tackle. Van Persie will be expecting that. As someone always aware of his marker's whereabouts, he should see the challenge coming and act accordingly. That can mean dropping off to suck Ramos in, then laying the ball off first-time to someone like Wayne Rooney before Real's captain can leave his mark.
The third-man-running scenario then comes into play as Kagawa or even Ryan Giggs dashes in behind to latch on to Rooney's through ball. Alongside the combustible Ramos, Rafael Varane is a young defender of huge potential but even he might find that kind of movement difficult to stop.
Dealing with aerial challenge
At both ends, aerial balls into the box could play a big part. Look at Real, at how Ronaldo can pull on to Patrice Evra to use his height advantage, as he did so magnificently in the 1st leg. And look at the towering Varane, very dangerous in the air at corner kicks. United must therefore be sure to, firstly, try and stop crosses in open play and, secondly, keep their concentration at set pieces to do their marking jobs properly.
Mind you, the home side can also cause problems with the right ball. Ferguson would have noted, for instance, how uncertain Real's stand-in goalkeeper, Diego Lopez, looked once or twice when asked to make decisions about coming off his line. Ask him a few more questions, the message might be from United's dressing room. Iker Casillas he isn't. Let's see what he's made of.


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Karen Armstrong, Islam: A Short
History (Random House, 2000)
William H. O'Neill described this book in the New York Times Book Review as "a valuable corrective to the hostile caricatures of Islam that circulate in the English-speaking world."
John L. Esposito, The Oxford History
of Islam (Oxford University Press, 2000)
16 leading scholars survey recent scholarship on Islam.
_____________, Islam: The Straight Path (3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 1998)
_____________, Islam and Democracy (Oxford University Press).
Arts and Culture
Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250-1800 (Yale University Press)
Richard Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar, The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250 (Yale University Press)
John L. Esposito, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? (Oxford University Press, 1999)
Nikki R. Keddie describes this book in the New York Times Book Review as "a good summary of 20th-century Islamic political movements in many countries."
General Works
Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism (Columbia University Press, 1999)
Amin Maalouf, In the Name of Identity:
Violence and the Need to Belong (Arcade)
The distinguished Lebanese novelist examines how various kinds of identity have given rise to violence.
Walter Reich, ed., Origins of
Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind (Woodrow
Wilson Center Press, 1998)
David F. Musto writes: " I don't know of another book which has the sweep of this one, the illustrative detail, and the welcome, refreshing recognition that there is no neat explanation for terrorism."
Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg,
and William J. Broad, Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
Individual Terrorists
Yossef Bodansky, bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America (Random House, 2001)
Simon Reeve, The New Jackals: Ramzi Youself, Osama bin Laden, and the Future of Terrorism (Northeastern University Press, 1999)
Religion and Terror
Mark Juergensmeyer, Terror in
the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence (University of California
Press, 2001)
Named the Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of 2000, this is the first comparative study of religious terrorism.
John K. Cooley, Unholy Wars: Afghanistan,
America, and International Terrorism (Pluto Press, 2000)
By an ABC correspondent.
Ahmed Rashid, Taliban: Militant
Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Yale University Press, 2001)
Fred Halliday describes this as "an impressive analysis of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, of its background and impact on our country, and the wider regional and political implications of the Taliban advent power ."
When Oliver Cromwell created his New Model Army, he turned to radical sectarians for soldiers, because he was convinced that the fervently religious would prove to be the most effective fighters. Every major religion has, had, at some time in its recent past, members who have committed terrorist acts: Buddhists, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Protestants, Sikhs. Every religious tradition has texts and precedents which can legitimate violence.
The United States's geographical isolation has provided us with a sense of security and self-confidence we often take for granted. But when our sense of security has been threatened, Americans have sometimes responded with fear and intolerance.
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The people who love trains love everything about them, the history, the stories, the memorabilia. The folks who run railroads, not so sentimental.
At one time the Southern Pacific was San Luis Obispo's leading industry. It was literally and figuratively the engine that drove the area's growth for decades after it arrived in 1894.
Almost 80 years later the depot had to go. By the 1970′s the automobile whittled down the importance of rail traffic. Even the newspaper that lobbied for then lauded the arrival of the iron horse could not be bothered to give the story more than the corner of an inside section. As railroad employees watched a 25-ton-loader bit into the historic depot building reducing it to scraps. The old depot stood just south of the current building.
According to the historian interviewed at the time, Louisiana Clayton Dart, at the peak six or seven passenger trains arrived daily in addition to the freights. Hundreds of employees collected Southern Pacific paychecks. Today the Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight are the passenger trains serving San Luis Obispo.
Old SP depot at end of the line
By Jack Magee
Staff Writer
San Luis Obispo's old Southern Pacific Railroad depot is being moved to a new location–the county dump off of Edna Road.
It was smashed into kindling Thursday afternoon, to be replaced–ironically–by a parking lot for automobiles.
Asked if there had been any effort to preserve the frame and stucco building, Mrs. Louisiana Clayton Dart, curator of the county historical museum said "Not that I know of."
"I knew it was for sale and if not sold was to be wrecked.," Mrs. Dart went on.
The old wood depot was built shortly after the first train came and was one of four bungalow type buildings with wings added later. According to then depot communications manager Sammie A. Free efforts to convert the building to restaurant fell through because of high insurance rates. The building had a waiting room and ticket office heated by a coal stove but the building had sat vacant for at least three years. The small depot from the burned down Ramona Hotel was moved to the Dallidet Adobe grounds.
The current depot was built in 1941 or 1943 (my sources don't agree) and has been remodeled at least once.
The town got sentimental about the railroad and created a special historical district after most of the landmarks were demolished. Original depot, gone. Roundhouse, gone. Turntable, gone all at the behest of the Southern Pacific. They were a little slower removing underground relics. When a new housing development was located over a former oil bunker the red faced company had to clean up the property they had sold to a developer.
The only original example of the original type of depot remaining in the county is in Oceano. Paso Robles remodeled their building in a more updated style but at least they did not send the whole building to the dump.
Train fans have something to look forward to The first Central Coast Railroad Festival is scheduled for October 8-12, 2009. Organizers want to make this an annual event. There will be a few rail related posts over the weeks leading up to the event.
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Westboro Mingle: Where Hate & Love Come Together
With the hordes of absurd niche-based dating sites cropping up across the internet, a well-thought out parody was sure to follow. And here it is. When you hate everyone and want to find someone that hates the way you do, you need to head over to Westoboro Mingle: It's where hate and love come together:


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Mattia De Sciglio has again played down comparisons with Milan legend Paolo Maldini. "I have a long way to go."
The young full-back, 20, has broken into the Rossoneri first team over the last two seasons and he was recently handed his first full international cap.
"I'm honoured to be compared to Maldini, but I have a long road ahead of me," the defender told La Stampa.
"Perhaps they just say that because I also grew up in the Milan youth sector…"
De Sciglio's side will next be in action on Sunday against Juventus, a club he admits he followed as a youngster.
"I was a Juventino at first like my dad," he added. "But then my mother and my grandfather got me to change my mind.
"I liked Gigi Buffon, Alex Del Piero, Pavel Nedved and Lilian Thuram. But only because I was influenced by my father…"
The 20-year-old has played in 24 League games this term, as well as five in the Champions League.
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No it's not some secret code deciphering the exact moment of the second coming.
As I looked back at this past year I visited some of my more memorable post, gave my pictures a review and thought about all the things that I have done over the course of the last 365 days.
Including this post I will have graced y'all with my opinion of life with 186 post added to the old published folder.
I have taken a whopping 5,043 pictures, yes you read that right 5,043. Out of 365 days this past year I missed a total of 64 days without taking a picture. That means 290 new digital folders to commemorate 2010.
I completed 5 prayers shawls this year and am working on a sixth which will have to wait to be completed until some time next year.
I got to ride in a Race Car and enjoyed it way too much, but that did not even come close to the joy I experience watching the hubs take his turn behind the wheel!
We spent 10 days traveling to 8 different states and visiting 6 National Parks and driving a total of over 3700 miles.
I had loads of fun with Muffinhead.
Cooked a lot of meals, put up dozens of jars of pepper jelly, apple butter, etc, baked bread, broke in my new cookware, immersed myself in God's word, began a new role as facilitator for Disciple Bible Study, fixed a lot of Latte's and worked in my garden, picked a lot of produce for the local co-opp, went to lunch with Skoots1mom, started painting again and even checked a few projects of my to do list.
2010 was a year of mood swings and hormonal fluctuations, it was hot then it was cold, I was up then I was down. I loved my family then I wanted to run away and hibernate. I am praising Jesus fully that I did not run anyone over with my car or actually speak the words going through my mind out loud. Sadly I fear that this process will last a bit longer so I am braced for yet another year of hormonal fun!
I will continue on with Project 365 for next year and beyond that my plan for the new year is a blank page. There is another fun vacation planned, however given our last unexpected travel snafu I will postpone sharing about that until I know it will actually happen.
On my to do list for next year, well I am still on the hunt for a desk so I can convert the sitting room of my master bedroom into a quiet place/study area for me.
I have stated working on painting #2.
The DD will be driving, she has been eligible for her learners for sometime, however I have been a bit resistant to the concept. Kicking and screaming is more like it!
The Hub's and daughter head back to the mission field next year and little miss Muffinhead will turn two years old.
All in all it was a wonderful year.
You have all been a part of it every time you stopped over and left me a comment. Thank you for choosing to spend a few moments of your day with me and for sharing your thoughts, your laughter and your encouragement with me.
I wish all of you a safe, happy, healthy, prosperous and joyous New Year!


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When our tomato plants were still alive and well (before a week straight of rain killed them with root rot), we got quite a bounty of ripe red tomatoes from them. I decided to make a yummy "wing-it" type pasta sauce with them.
So first I cut them up and de-seeded them, but really I should've peeled them first, because tomato peels bother me in cooked tomato stuff, and I kept picking out peels as the sauce cooked.
After sauteing some garlic in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, I added the tomatoes and a little bit of water to my sauce pan.
I dumped in some milk and white wine… not sure how much of each, because the milk was "whatever looked good" and the wine was "the rest of the bottle."
After everything was mixed together and thickened a bit, I added my cooked pasta to the pan to heat through.
And as a last-minute inspiration, I added some steamed broccoli. I topped our bowls with fresh garlic from the garden, and it all made for a very flavorful, delicious supper.


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Funny, Sad, Too True
The Rogue got his prorogue to save his democracy-destroying Regressive hide.
What next? Kristallnacht? Burn down the Parliament buildings and blame the coalition?
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Can the Housing Recovery Continue?
Wayne Ferbert
Don't bet on it. The recovery in housing is still years away.
There has been a lot of press about two factors that seem encouraging to the housing market:. First, the Case-Shiller home price index rose in June. Second, new permits are increasing for new homebuilders.
Both of these factors have driven a
run in homebuilders and construction indexes that track closely to the homebuilding industry. But I am
If you have bought the
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(XHB) and enjoyed the run-up of the last three months (+23%), then it is time to take your profit. Don't be greedy. Just ask yourself the following question: Do I know a lot of people that think the economy is improving? Is the job picture improving or even getting any clearer?
You know the answer to those two questions. Without a better job situation, the low mortgage rates alone cannot drive this market up. Housing prices might drift up a little, but are houses really selling for more in your neighborhood? If the economy continues to trudge along, will people really be lining up and creating demand for existing or new homes that will make any dent in the five-year crater that we call "home equity"?
It defies logic. So if you have profits, get out. Look at the chart of the Homebuilders ETF and the
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(ITB) compared to the
(^GSPC) over the last three months. If ever a chart screamed for profit taking, this is the chart.
When you see data about the economy, a particular industry, or housing prices, ask yourself this simple question: If the trend is up, is demand out-pacing supply? If the trend is down, is supply out-pacing demand?
In this case, what is your answer on the housing market? I can't believe that demand is out-stripping supply. Nor can I believe that people are creating bidding wars for properties -- not in this economy. Anecdotally, I have heard of more people putting in one price and that is it. Take it or leave it, buyers. That approach doesn't seem like it will drive home prices up.
In addition, banks are still increasing their unfortunate ownership of homes through foreclosures. This trend is still in place with over two million homes in that process. This will only increase supply. The banks still carry a lot of mortgages on their books – and they want it off their books. That selling pressure will not help prices, either. Lastly, the economy has been terrible for over five years now. Five years! How will the young buyers be able to step in the market and buy when they have struggled to grow income and find employment during the last five years?
I think the Case-Shiller data is a small spike that might continue for three to six months. But another decline is right around the corner. I don't think we will free fall. We just aren't at the bottom yet. The recovery in housing is still years away.
So if you are long housing, take your profits. It was a gift. If you aren't invested in homebuilders, find an alternative. There is nothing to see here!
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Just another Friday afternoon in Big D, doing all the usual things to finish up the week while making mental notes for the weekend. While stopped at an intersection, I pick up my Samsung Galaxy Note to see who just emailed me and it was a link from one of my brothers, which I open.
I don't know how long it was before the deep breath I took was expelled. I couldn't process what I was reading and didn't want to…American racing legend Carroll Shelby dead at 89.
As the light changed and traffic began to move again, I was numb. If the song "The Sky Is Crying" had been playing it would have been apropos, as it was raining and my tears were rolling down the street.
I was in my very early teens when I first heard of Carroll Hall Shelby, after the introduction of his first car, the Shelby Cobra. It took the automotive world by storm, following Carroll's simple philosophy for performance…"small car, big engine."
The man and his machines impressed a young man that was a 'car guy' from an early age. I'm convinced my Dad, an aircraft engine mechanic in WWII, put gasoline in my juice bottle and bearing grease on my toast. The beautiful lines of the A/C Bristol body and it's compact size, along with good old Detroit iron under the hood made men realize they too have nipples when they saw it for the first time. I experienced that same sensation, along with another that young men often experience, while peering through the show room window of a Ford dealership in downtown Shreveport, La. The unobtainable Shelby Cobra sat there in its gleaming glory, right next to the "Kooky Byrnes" hot rod from the hit TV show, 77 Sunset Strip.
The legend of the Shelby Cobras continued to grow and the enthusiasm for his products did, as well, as they got better and more powerful, while everything Shelby waved his 'magic wand' over continued to win races. It is important to note that no other man has accomplished in racing history what this former East Texas chicken rancher did:
Carroll Shelby is the only man to have won the prestigious Le Mans race as a driver, team owner and automotive manufacturer.
In Shelby's view of his long and illustrious career, his greatest accomplishment was not his racing success, his car building or his being the world's longest living heart transplant survivor, it was forming The Carroll Shelby Foundation. As Carroll Shelby stated:
"when you hear those words 'i think we found you a heart' there is nothing so sweet"
More than anything else, Carroll Shelby was one of my personal heroes because of his character and inner strength. In his many endeavors, he always faced adversity, but not once did he ever shrink or slink away in defeat, he just cinched up his overalls and got to work again.
Here is a brief synopsis of his working life:
*WWII flight instructor
*Dump truck operator
*Chicken rancher
*Dallas sports car dealership
*International champion race car driver
*Bonneville Salt Flats world speed record setter
*Two time Sports Illustrated "Driver of the Year"
*Created the Texas Chili Cook-Off in Terlingua 1968
*African Safari Hunting Operator
**Created some of the most iconic American muscle cars-his Ford and Shelby created cars are in the below photo:
I, as well as many, many others, have lost a friend, a hero and an inspiration. Posting this is a small consolation to the many who admired and loved this perpetually smiling entrepreneur. I wish nothing but the best for his family and the many dedicated employees of Shelby American and sincerely hope they will continue the many endeavors he created.
In a way it is only fitting that Shelby left us at this time, just one month after the 50th Anniversary celebration in Las Vegas of the founding of Shelby American, even if he was unable to attend.
Godspeed and a heartfelt THANK YOU, Mr. Shelby, for being such a fine example of an American and a Son Of Texas.
The race is run, the flag unfurled, the champion now will rest. God speed, Carroll Shelby, we will never forget you. Jan. 23, 1923 – May 10, 2012.
~Carroll Shelby Foundation
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MacPhee, I. M. and Menshikov, M. V. and Popov, S. and Volkov, S. (2006) 'Periodicity in the transient regime of exhaustive polling systems.', Annals of applied probability., 16 (4). pp. 1816-1850.
We consider an exhaustive polling system with three nodes in its transient regime under a switching rule of generalized greedy type. We show that, for the system with Poisson arrivals and service times with finite second moment, the sequence of nodes visited by the server is eventually periodic almost surely. To do this, we construct a dynamical system, the triangle process, which we show has eventually periodic trajectories for almost all sets of parameters and in this case we show that the stochastic trajectories follow the deterministic ones a.s. We also show there are infinitely many sets of parameters where the triangle process has aperiodic trajectories and in such cases trajectories of the stochastic model are aperiodic with positive probability.
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Etruria to Hazlehurst
Hanley Park recently had very pleasant visitor moorings added and events are often held in the park on summer weekends. This is also the closest place to Hanley city centre on the Caldon Canal that has good moorings.
The next stretch is primarily industrial, but not without interest. Note the numerous potteries along the stretch through Hanley, with bottle kilns clearly visible at several points. Many of the former pottery sites have recently been demolished and the canal is becoming a focal point for regeneration of this part of the city.
A small fleet of purpose built boats, the best known of which was the "Milton Maid" carried pottery until just a few years ago between two factories of Johnson Brothers, one close to Ivy House lift bridge and the other just before the Foxley Arms public house in Milton. Sadly the factories closed but the last Milton Maid survives, now used as a work platform at Streethay Wharf on the Coventry Canal.
The right angle bend at the Foxley Arms indicates the start of a long lost branch of the canal. A point of interest in this location is a small stream, the banks of which are shored up by the remains of a couple of old working boats.
Leaving Milton behind, the canal heads through Engine Lock towards a short feeder at Norton Green where it leaves the valley of the River Trent and heads towards the summit. Five locks at Stockton Brook lift the canal to its summit level.
Just before Endon Basin and the private moorings of Stoke-on-Trent Boat Club a strange circular object is encountered mid-channel. This is the remains of a swing bridge for a light railway which once crossed the canal.
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This is the last facility on the summit level, though there is a water point at Consall Forge and full facilities at Froghall Basin (for those who can make it through the tunnel.)
The stretch from Endon to the junction at Hazlehust is very rural, with good views across the valley towards the Peak District.
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- Q1: Is storytelling a skill you can learn or are you born with it?
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- Q4: How do you involve people in your social media stories?
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DA's interns drink to learn
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It's not often people get intoxicated and fail sobriety tests for officers on purpose; but Friday night, some folks did just that. A group of interns from our district attorney's office took part in what's called a wet lab. It's an opportunity to learn about the process of administering sobriety tests as well as what it's like to blow a .08 and actually perform the tests.
To respect the wishes of the DA's office, we did our interviews before the interns started consuming.
"Well, I'm kind of scared because I don't quite know everyone just yet, and I'm about to get intoxicated in front of them," DA's office intern Shannon Pearce. "We'll see how that goes."
"I don't think that I am going to get drunk," intern Matthew Pierce said. "I don't even think that I'm going to hit a .08, but I really don't know."
Pierce and Pearce are two of the about 15 interns from District Attorney Ben David's office who took part in a wet lab under the watchful eyes of men in uniform. Not only was this a learning experience for them but also a training exercise for the officers.
"I'm excited to take the test because I don't know what goes into it," Pearce said. "I've never had to take a field sobriety test at all, much less a breathalyzer. It'll be interesting to see at what point and how I feel and what I blow."
The interns were instructed to drink while Lt. Todd Radabaugh of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission taught them all about the different field sobriety tests and how they are given. Radabaugh said many people don't realize how intense a .08 really is.
"Even with just alcohol, you can become impaired with less then the .08," Radabaugh said. "But when you combine the alcohol with other drugs, the effects can be compounded."
The interns said while the exercise was interesting and even fun at times, driving while impaired is a very serious issue and one they must know a lot about in terms of policy and procedure.
"You want to know why at a .08 you're so impaired that no one thinks that you should safely drive on the road anymore," Pierce said.
"I think the most important aspect of it is understanding your limit, to when you can and can't drive," Pearce said. "At that point, when you get on the road, you're endangering not only yourself but other people."
This is the third year the district attorney's office has taken part in the wet lab. The participants said the training was very eye-opening.
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How do I choose which applied statistics master's program is best for me?
NYU offers several options to study applied statistics and data science. See the Data Science website for a list of closely related master's programs.
What is the deadline for applying to the Master of Science in Applied Statistics for Social Science Research (A3SR)?
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In addition to a strong academic record and GRE scores, applicants should have majored or minored in a quantitative discipline that provides a solid foundation for advanced study of applied statistics or completed a selection of courses typically found in such quantitative disciplines.
The three programs that are most closely related are:
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Blog Tag: 5 Things you don't know about Chris Armstrong
OK, so it's Christmas and party games time! Thank you so very much Karen! Actually seriously thank you for tagging me while there are still a few untagged people left for me to tag! And so we go... 5 things (most of) you (probably) don't know about Chris Armstrong:
- Back in the sixties, I had long hair and spent a lot of my time surfing (OK, and I listened to the Beach Boys!)
- About 34 years ago I found myself wrestling with a stowaway on the aft deck of a container ship in the Southern Oceans trying to prevent him from jumping overboard. He was outside the rails and came very close to loosing his life... but was not in the least thankful to me for stopping him! When I was joined by the Bosun and I suggested he hit the man to gain us the advantage, he asked me - this rough, tough sailor of many ports - 'How hard?'!
- I once lived for a couple of months in Hamburg at the end of the Reeperbahn (the 'red light' district) in Sankt Pauli in Hamburg. My excuse is that it was while I was in charge of a ship in dry dock just across the river. It was one of the most unusual walks to work that I can think of!
- A more recent walk - for charity - was 10 days trekking in Nepal. The organisers talked up a strong team spirit and the challenge of walking 12 miles a day in countryside that was more up and down than to and fro seemed as nothing!
- I have been to both Pitcairn and the Galapagos; through both the Suez and the Panama Canals; swum in every Ocean; and ski-ed in both hemispheres... but never been to the USA!
- Ian Snowley, colleague and fellow CILIP activist. Because his blog doesn't leave him much scope to surprise us about himself!
- Walt Crawford of Cites & Insights. Because he is so efficient he has already written and published his January issue, so clearly needs something to do over the holidays. Happy Christmas!
- Richard Charkin of Macmillan, who has a really interesting blog that blends his professional and personal interests.
- Paul Miller of Talis and the Panlibus blog so we can discover what came before Library 2.0!
- Val Skelton on the TFPL blog... who will enjoy this!
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The Matrix in Terms of Authenticity and Heidegger
In 2005 my professor Greg Tropea gave me a copy of his dissertation from his PhD program at Syracuse University (where he received an M.A. in Linguistic Theory, an M.A. in Religion, and a PhD in Religion and Cultural Symbol Systems) entitled Religion, Ideology, and Heidegger's Concept of Falling. Having opened and closed the book several times over the past five years due to a fear of its challenging vocabulary, I recently decided to pick it up again and give it a try, if for no other reason than to honor the note left on the inside front cover, which reads: "Tiffany – with recollections and anticipations of fine insights. Keeping the faith, Greg."
In Religion, Ideology, and Heidegger's Concept of Falling, Tropea provides an analysis of German philosopher Martin Heidegger's concept of "falling" in Being and Time, the 1926 book that attempts to decipher what is meant by the phrase "to be." Central to Heidegger's framework is his idea of authenticity vs. inauthenticity. According to Wikipedia, authenticity is defined as follows: "In philosophy, the conscious self is seen as coming to terms with being in a material world and with encountering external forces, pressures and influences which are very different from, and other than, itself. Authenticity is the degree to which one is true to one's own personality, spirit, or character, despite these pressures." Hence "falling" would be the act of caving into the external pressures of society that distract us from both getting to know and staying in touch with our true selves. In the case of "The Matrix," it would be choosing the "blue pill" over the "red." Tropea writes:
In authenticity, says Heidegger, Dasein chooses itself and wins itself, while in inauthenticity, Dasein chooses the public interpretations of the 'they" and thereby loses itself … To Dasein's state of being belongs falling. Proximally and for the most part Dasein is lost in its 'world.' Its understanding, as a projection upon possibilities of Being, has diverted itself thither. Its absorption in the 'they' signifies that it is dominated by the way things are publicly interpreted. That which has been uncovered and disclosed stands in a mode in which it has been disguised and closed off by idle talk, curiosity, and ambiguity.
In slightly simpler language, Jennifer McMahon discusses authenticity in "The Matrix" from the book entitled The Matrix and Philosophy:
Virtually all existential philosophers speak at length of the sort of choice Neo makes between honesty and ignorance, or truth and illusion. Though some use different terminology, they tend to describe it as a choice between authenticity and inauthenticity. Existentialists define authenticity as a state in which the individual is aware of the true nature of the human condition. In contrast, inauthenticity is defined as a state in which the individual is either ignorant of the true nature of reality or in denial with respect to it.
I find it interesting that Tropea wrote his book long before the popular 1999 movie "The Matrix" was ever conceptualized as there were references within his book that brought to mind ideas from the movie. "The Matrix" underscores this Heideggarian idea of being "lost" in the world, living inauthentically, and falling prey to they "they" (in this case, technology) that dominates the thinking of humans and the way that their world is fundamentally interpreted.
In Tropea's chapter on technology, he discusses how technology can work against us when it comes to living authentically, but how it can also provide us with the ability to get lost in order to be found again. He writes:
Through its unplanned distancing of beings in their Being from authentic or resolute Dasein, technology in some moments forces Dasein away from its (that is, technology's) matrix narrative in its one-dimensional world … Technology provides humanity with the possibility for factical existence grounded in the authentic resoluteness that Dasein achieves with the grasp of death as its ownmost possibility. It provides the occasion for Dasein to see how it can lose itself and how it can choose itself."
To better clarify this concept—if not familiar with the movie—below is a synopsis from the book entitled The Matrix and Philosophy, specifically from the chapter entitled "Popping a Bitter Pill: Existential Authenticity in the Matrix and Nausea":
The film depicts a future state, when, after a long and world-ravaging conflict, computers conquer the human race and enslave it as their energy source. The Matrix is the virtual reality created by the computer that both placates, and maximizes the energy output from, the human subjects who lie captive in a vast complex of energy pods. While the billions inside the Matrix exist in blissful ignorance of their true condition (as immobilized, expendable energy cells for the artificial intelligence that dominates earth), a small number of individuals are free of its digital illusion. Unlike their captive counterparts, these individuals are painfully aware of humanity's authentic state. They constitute a resistance force that seeks to undermine the oppression by the Matrix. As a result, they live on the run from the computers that attempt to annihilate them.
And, below is a link to the original Matrix trailer:
Is it any wonder that the Matrix Reloaded had the second biggest opening weekend of all time in box office history? While some people may attribute the movie's success to it's visual effects and fight scenes, I would contend that it was the scriptwriters' ability to connect with the culture at a much deeper level (albeit subconscious for most) that was responsible for its success.


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COWETA COUNTY, Ga. -- A woman reportedly told Coweta County deputies witchcraft was behind her decision to shoot up and burn a home.
Lindsey Wells, of Decatur, was arrested Wednesday night after calling 911 to turn herself in. She's charged with aggravated assault and first-degree arson, but the home she allegedly targeted was the wrong address.
Jenny King was at work that night, but her teenage daughter and son were home watching TV in the living room.
"They were sitting on the couch and this lady just walked up onto our porch back here and just started pacing back and forth," one of them said.
The teens instantly got off the couch. The woman looked through the kitchen window and locked eyes with King's daughter.
"They made a really smart decision. They got out of the living room and went to hide," King said.
Investigators said the woman outside was Wells. She had a gun and shot through the back door - twice.
"One of the bullets went into the ottoman where my son had been sitting," King said. "The second bullet hit a throw pillow where my daughter was sitting," said King.
As the teens called 911, deputies said Wells took off and drove to a Waffle House 2 miles away. Per the incident report, Wells called 911 and confessed. She said she was suicidal and had mental disabilities.
She also allegedly told deputies that she practiced witchcraft and was trying to kill her cousin. But investigators said she clearly had the wrong address. Later, they discovered more damage to the Kings' family home.
"Apparently they found some lighter fluid cans in her car and they said we need to come back and check the house," King said.
On the side of the home, they found a swath of burnt grass and a section of siding melted off.
"She tried to use lighter fluid all the way on it and set some paper on fire," King said. "Fortunately, it just fizzled."
King doesn't like to think about what would have happened if the fire had continued.
"I just keep thinking my kids were in there. I could have come home to a much different scene," King said.


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