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Both President Barack Obama and his State of the Union address had serious competition for the attention Tuesday night on Capitol Hill.
All eyes and minds were on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Democrat from Arizona who was shot and seriously wounded last year in a shooting rampage in Tuscon. She announced her resignation last week, and her attendance at the Capitol tonight is one of her last duties before retreating to Houston to focus on her recovery and rehabilitation.
No one, not even the president, received bigger applause when arriving. Everyone in the room, Democrats and Republicans alike, rose from their chairs to applaud Giffords, and the ovation lasted for several minutes.
Another thunderous ovation broke out when the president greeted Giffords, who was seated on first row in a bright red suit, with a lingering hug.
During the speech, Giffords' husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, sat in the first lady's box above the House floor. He was seated between Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden.
When the speech came to an end, she had as many people flocking her as the president did.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Houston, expressed admiration for Giffords' decision to show up.
"She was an inspiration to be here tonight. She looked wonderful up close and personal as well," Jackson Lee said.
Like many other congressmen, she considers Giffords to be a modern-day hero.
"Today I called her an American hero. We in Houston are very proud of her progress that she's made, and we wishes her very, very much good luck and success."
It is not the first time Giffords serves as a peacemaker between the two parties. Last year, several congressmen from both parties decided to sit next to a member of the other party as a gesture to her. This year, more than 180 congressmen joined the gesture.
In August, Giffords surprised everyone by showing up at Congress for the first time since the shooting rampage. She returned to cast a vote for the debt-ceiling deal.
Back then, her appearance united the Congress in ovation after several weeks of bitter fighting over the accord. Though it may only be for one night, her appearance at the president's third State of the Union address tonight succeeded in doing the same.


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The Royal Commission is currently working with staff from the Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, on the laser scanning of heritage sites. Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship student (KESS), Marek Ososinski from the University, is working with Commission Investigators, Sue Fielding and Louise Barker, on a process for capturing and processing 3D laser-scan data of a range of historic buildings and archaeological sites, including the use of robotic vehicles to investigate the possibilities of autonomous surveys.
On 14 November, the team, including project supervisors Dr Fred Labrosse and Dr Mark Neal, spent the morning scanning the interior of the Old Quad of Aberystwyth University's Old College building (nprn: 23303 ). Most remarkably, the origins of the Old College lie in Castle House, a marine villa designed by John Nash in 1794 for Uvedale Price, one of the founders of the Picturesque movement. The villa was adapted and enlarged by John Seddon in 1864 as the Castle Hotel for the entrepreneur Thomas Savin to take advantage of the newly completed railway to Aberystwyth. But after Savin's bankruptcy, the unfinished hotel was bought by the newly-founded University College in the early 1870s and converted in various stages, but was badly damaged by a serious fire in 1885. Castle House villa was subsequently demolished and replaced in 1894 by a new central block, designed in the Queen Anne style by C.J. Ferguson. The interior of the Old Quad is full of rich architectural detail, including intricately carved stone capitals, stained glass windows, and wooden bosses to the barrel roof, making it ideal as a test for recording through laser scanning.
The project will run for three years, and the scan data from all surveys will be archived in the National Monuments Record of Wales and made accessible to the public.
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Manage risk with crop insurance and marketing tools
One of the most challenging responsibilities of a farmer is to manage risks—and deciding how much money to spend to control those risks. That's where crop insurance comes in. It allows producers to reduce downside risk without forfeiting upside potential.
To show how marketing and crop insurance go hand-in-hand, let's take a look at three marketing scenarios for a hypothetical central Indiana farm. With gross costs of $760 per acre and an estimated corn yield of 160 bu., basic costs total $4.75 per bushel.
Scenario No. 1. If a farmer decides to forgo crop insurance, takes on all the risk himself and sells early December corn futures at $5.62 (as of late March), the market offers a $100 per acre contribution to land, management and overhead.
If prices drop below recent market values, profits quickly follow suit. The only way for profits to improve is if individual yields increase at the same time prices rally. This is what happened in 2012 for northern Midwest corn producers who weren't suffering from the drought.
In summary, 160 bu. yields and low prices could be financially painful unless your costs are significantly lower than the suggested $4.75 per bushel basic costs plus the 25¢ basis.
Scenario No. 2. Assuming the same basic costs as the first scenario but adding 85% revenue protection at $19 per acre caps maximum downside risk at $58 per acre while leaving upside potential in place.
Scenario No. 3. Based on an 85% revenue protection coverage level, let's diagram how crop insurance and adjusting option positions based on market conditions can maximize returns.
This strategy involves placing long puts first in the September futures, then rolling to the December futures at $5.62. The current 30¢ premium makes the current net return higher than expected. This strategy reflects buying deep-in-the-money September $7.20 puts for $1.35 to create an artificial futures position, but with a cap on cash flow exposure that does not exist with a net short futures position. Note: The worst day for cash flow is the day it is implemented (not in June and July if we get a full-blown weather event).
At the same time, buy deep-out-of-the-money December $7 calls for 12¢ to provide upside price protection for the expensive put premium, which will be liquidated as soon as the risk of yield loss seems to have passed.
The downside of this strategy is the eventual time value decay cost of 10¢ for the puts plus 12¢ for the long calls, which will not be reflected until later in the year.
The table at left indicates this strategy is more profitable at the 160 bu. per acre yield level regardless of whether prices go up or down ($98 per acre). If yield increases relative to price, the bottom line improves. The risk is a farmer's yield falling relative to price. In the coming months, he must try to recover the time value paid in the September puts (for example, roll up the puts if the market rallies), and finally liquidate the long calls once the risk of yield decline is over. Granted, he has more decisions to make than the farmer using the "do nothing" strategy, but the decisions are much easier to manage than the guessing game.
In addition to the direct marketing decisions, there are several other factors that will influence profitably:
- How long should I store corn? When should I roll short positions to take advantage of spread changes?
- When do I lock up basis bids against cash sales?
- Do I need to have long call protection into the fall months if spring planting is delayed and there's an increased likelihood of an early frost later this year?
- What do I need to do to reduce the net cost of crop insurance premiums if the market would rally or if it significantly breaks between now and early September?
- How aggressive should I look at selling my 2014 crop if we assume there will be 96 million corn acres and a 155 bu. average yield for the next two calendar years?
To see how crop insurance and marketing tools can work together as the market fluctuates, visit www.FarmJournal.com/crop_insurance
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Troy I am very proud of you these are very good pictures. I think you have great talent. You need to set it up so I can buy some of these I really like a few. All though I think I should get a discount for being your ONLY sister. lol


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Hotele w Derby
Discover a city bursting with life and prepare yourself for surprises. UK's most central city offers so much to see and do, that one visit might not be enough. Derby is also a gateway to not only other districts, but also Paris which is only 4.5 hours away. Based at Radisson Blu you will have adventures at the tips of your fingers, whether it is sports, culinary delights or exploration of the UK.
The city of Derby in the East Midlands has always been a powerhouse for industry and production. Its foundations were built around the railways, train manufacturing and the mills on the River Derwent and its success was shaped by the industrial revolution. Derby is also a hot spot for cars manufacturers - Rolls Royce arrived in 1907 and Toyota still has a plant just south of the city.
If you're a big fan of the smell of melting Tarmac then you're in luck – the city's Donnington Park Circuit has been roaring with engines since 1931, although today you are more likely to see a superbike whiz past than the elegant motors of the 1930s. The Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands Airport is well placed if you want to visit – it's just three miles away from all the action on the track.
Derby gained city status in 1977 and its Cathedral Quarter has been revived into a buzzing area with markets, restaurants, shops and cafes. Derby also has a few museums which are worth a visit, including the Derby Silk Mill, which is part of the World Heritage Site along the river bank. It's known as the oldest factory in the world and you'll get a real sense of Derby's social history as you walk around. Derby Museum and Art Gallery has both national treasures and international pieces and the house of Derby architect Joseph Pickford, Pickford's Museum, will give you an insight into life in Georgian times.
If you're more interested in the Great Outdoors then Derby has a few tricks up its sleeve. On the grounds of the old gas works and industrial sites where the trains were manufactured is the 10 hectare Pride Park Sanctuary Bird and Wildlife Reserve. Here you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of lapwings, skylarks, sand martins and reed buntings against the backdrop of the city. And if that doesn't satisfy your thirst for the natural world, Derby also has a Grade II Listed Arboretum. The park was the gift of one of Derby's successful mill owners, Joseph Strutt, to give something back to the people of the city. It's still a popular place to visit just south of the city centre.
Whether you're catching a flight from East Midlands Airport or using the hotel as a base for exploring Derby and the surrounding area, we've picked five things you should do.
- Derby is surrounded by beautiful countryside and part of the city's industrial past has been converted into a playground for nature lovers and rare birds. Pride Park Sanctuary Bird and Wildlife Reserve is a fantastic space where you can take a walk and spot swooping skylarks and hear reed buntings chattering in the old Gas Works' grounds.
- If you prefer something a little more fast-paced you should head out of the hotel to the nearby Donnington Park Circuit. This is a must for adrenalin junkies and you'll see superbikes as well as Formula Four speed cars and even huge trucks as they race around the track. On some evenings you can ride around the track on push bikes – just check at the hotel which evenings they do this so you're not disappointed.
- The River Derwent has sections which are protected under the UNESCO World Heritage as it is such a key part of Derby's history – without water the silk mills would never have been productive. You could walk along this stretch of river for 15 miles from Derby to Matlock Bath taking in all the mills along the way including the Derby Silk Mill – the oldest factory in the world.
- If you want to know more specifically about Derby and its social and industrial history then the best place to head to is Derby Museum and Art Gallery. This has both local and national artefacts and paintings including Derby's own Joseph Wright who captured the social scenes and etiquette of the 18th Century.
- In the evening why not go for a pint at one of Derby's award-winning pubs. Spend a couple of hours at the Bell and Castle or the Exeter Arms for some Real Ale and get to know more about Derby as you chat to friendly locals.
- After a couple of pints of Derby's Real Ale you may have the courage to take on of the city's famous ghost walks – Derby is known as one of the most haunted cities in the UK. You never know you may even get to see a ghost – there have been 315 sightings on Derby's streets. Now who's that behind you?
When you stay with us at East Midlands Airport there are lots of places you can shop from the airport to designer outlets and independent stores in Derby.
At the airport
East Midlands Airport has all the essentials for your travels including a Boots, Dixons, WHS and World Duty Free for tax free shopping. There's also a place to indulge in a massage before or after your flight. For peace of mind remember you can take a shopping bag as well as your hand luggage on board so there's no need to hold back!
Designer outlet
A short drive from the hotel and the airport is McArthurGlen Designer Outlet East Midlands which has more than 70 shops and great prices with lots of items reduced by 70 per cent. You'll find top end designer brands including Lacoste, Kurt Geiger, Ghost, Jaeger, CK Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger, Fossil, Antler, Bench, Ben Sherman, Superdry, and high street names such as M&S too. There are plenty of cafes and restaurants for when you need a break from the shops and the free parking makes it an easy trip.
Derby city centre
Derby is an easy place to shop as a lot of the centre is pedestrianised. You'll find all the usual high street names here and the Cathedral Quarter with its pretty 16th century buildings is also a lovely place to browse and stop for a coffee. Derby also has a large shopping centre, Intu Derby, which has a leisure centre with cinema, more than 100 shops and a food court. The shopping centre is open until 8pm on a Thursday and Friday.
Derby has quite a few markets so if you're here on the right day then it's well worth a visit. Market Hall in the city centre offers a mix of clothes, food and fresh fruit and vegetables. There's a fresh fish market in Lock Up Yard and a farmers' market in Market Place once a month – check with the concierge as it may be on when you are staying with us.


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I'm not given much to begging nor posting on the forums but I can keep silent no longer. Please can a little dev resource be given to adding a violin to the music system.
I wonder sometimes if you realise what a priceless USP you have in the music system. It is, as far as I know, pretty unique and is much loved by many of your customers. But it has the air of something introduced and then forgotten about and could do with some love (I could argue the same for housing and hobbies).
A great many of the tunes played by the bands and serious musicians is of Gaelic origin, usually traditional folk tunes, and these almost always use a violin (fiddle). It can be pretty hard substituting for this although some fantastic transcriptions are available.
I know you are busy with all the usual development work but perhaps a little resource could be used for this (and even housing one day); after all you don't need to keep fiddling with classes, we could all use a little stability there for a while.
If it is not possible or in your plans, I would appreciate you saying so, then we know to stop bothering you.
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People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities1 must have access to both public and private transportation to lead full, independent lives.
Our constituents lack sufficient access to mass transit, paratransit, trains, ferries, airplanes, their own vehicles, and other modes of transportation to perform everyday activities. Even where accessible public transportation exists, adults with disabilities consider transportation inadequate. In the U.S., 24 million individuals with disabilities use public transit to maintain their independence and participate fully in society. For many, it is their only transit option.
Although federal and state legislation encourages more people with all types of disabilities to go to work, getting to work requires transportation. Inadequate transportation inhibits community involvement. Those living in rural areas often face the greatest challenge of all due to total lack of public transportation and long distances between destinations.
Transportation agencies, service providers, and advocacy organizations must ensure that:
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Lamu, North Kenya Coast
Kijani House is a small garden hotel with four double and three triple rooms spread amongst three charming original Swahili houses. The houses have traditional coral walls with high Makuti-thatched roofs and are surrounded by large tropical gardens. The grounds extend down to a jetty, where fishermen secure their boats. One can walk 3 km into Lamu Town or 300metres up the beach to the Peponi Hotel. The bedrooms are spacious with high ceilings, Lamu-style wooden furnishings and four-poster beds. Ceiling fans, ensuite bathrooms and private terraces. There is an open dining area, bar and lounge, all shaded by a thatch roof. Within the gardens, are two freshwater swimming pools.
Location and seasons Kenya's Lamu Island, one of her most popular beach holiday destinations, offers clear blue sea, marine parks, excellent water sports, coral reefs, monsoon winds, numerous hotels and beach resorts, family vacations, sun n sand, cultural and beach travel and more. Close to Mombasa, it is also within easy reach of Malindi, Diani and many other popular Kenya safari resort hotels. Lamu is famed for its excellent deep sea fishing opportunities.
Beach vacation facts Hottest time is between November and March, rainy season is May and June (hotel closed 01 May to 15 June); sea weed on beach and strong winds May /August. September to November is cool and pleasant.
Lamu The Lamu archipelago is a cluster of hot low-lying desert islands, which runs for some 60 km parallel to the coastline of northern Kenya. The last survivor of a one thousand year-old civilization, Lamu was founded by the Arabs in the seventh century and traded for centuries thereafter in ivory, rhino horn and slaves. Today it offers a unique showcase for the traditional Swahili culture, a bustling historic town and some of the most pristine beaches in Africa. The most famous in the archipelago, measuring about 16 km by 7km, Lamu resembles a smaller version of Zanzibar. Here, however, transport is by foot, donkey or dhow - there are no cars on the island. A magnificent Swahili settlement and a World Heritage Site, Lamu Town is a maze of winding streets and intricately carved doorways, which lies to the north-east of the island. The fishing village of Shela lies to the south (with a 12 km beach), while Kipungani is the local centre for dhow-building and palm-mat weaving. Transfers to Lamu take around 10 minutes by boat from Manda Island.
Lamu town The oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, Lamu is a centre for the study of Swahili culture. Although founded in the 13th century, the majority of buildings date from the 18th century. Today the town is a living monument to its past. The old houses, built with coral walls two-feet thick are built with a series of alcoves rather than rooms, whose size is decided by the length of the ten-foot mangrove poles that are used for both floors and ceiling. Many are three-storeys high and feature winding staircases, vast carved doors, intricate fret-work screens, balconies and flat roofs. In the winding streets, the majority of women are black-veiled, while the men wear traditional Swahili dress. The majority of the population is Muslims; and the town echoes to the call of the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer at the 23 mosques of the town. Lamu also hosts the important Maulidi Muslim Festival.
Accommodation The house has 10 rooms, all en-suite (safe, ceiling fans). Each room has a private balcony facing the garden or the sea and is surrounded by gardens.
Dining and bars The kitchen offers all types of fish, lobsters, crabs and prawns fresh from the sea, along with meat and fresh vegetables, together with African and Italian specialties. We bake our own bread, produce marmalade and yoghurt with the fresh product from our small farm on the island, which also provides eggs and honey.
What to see and do An idyllic climate cooled by the monsoon, the Swahili coast offers a daily average of 8 hours of sunshine, and the hot steamy climate is tempered by the monsoon winds: the north-easterly Kaskazi , which blows from November to March; and the south-easterly Kusi which blows from April to October.
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A former adviser to late President Ronald Reagan has filed a notice with the City of Palo Alto to circulate a ballot-initiative petition for medical-marijuana dispensaries.
Thomas Gale Moore, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and his wife, Cassandra Chrones Moore, a public-policy researcher at the Cato Institute, submitted the notice of intent to circulate an initiative petition to the City Clerk on May 31.
The petition will ask the City Council to consider creating an ordinance for the dispensaries or to put the measure on the ballot before voters, he said on Wednesday (June 22).
The Moores were approached by the Marijuana Policy Project to kick off the drive, he said.
Petitioners have 180 days to gather 2,178 signatures, if they plan to put the measure on the November 2012 ballot. To schedule a special election for the measure, they need 4,356 signatures, City Clerk Donna Grider said Wednesday.
Palo Alto adopted an ordinance in 1997 stating that medical marijuana is not a permitted use under its zoning ordinances, and therefore it isn't permitted in the city, according to the City Attorney's Office.
The proposed ordinance would allow terminally ill residents to legally obtain marijuana near their homes if they have the approval of a physician.
Proposition 215 was passed by California voters in 1996 to allow people to buy marijuana with a prescription, but the city has failed to implement the law, according to a public notice the Moores published May 27 in the Palo Alto Weekly.
The Moores also contend that a similar ordinance in San Jose generated $290,000 for the city in the first month and that taxes would add to the city's general fund. The notice urges the council to use the revenue for public safety and education.
The law would limit the number of dispensaries to three, and they could not be located in a residential area or near a park, school or day care center. Anyone wishing to operate a dispensary would be required to meet strict qualifications, according to the public notice.
Moore said marijuana dispensaries could be permitted in already existing liquor stores, which require a license and where regulations already control sales to minors and where beverages may be consumed. Alcohol is a permitted use, yet causes more acts of violence than marijuana, he said.
Marijuana helps cancer patients tolerate chemotherapy and helps with glaucoma and chronic pain from multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and spinal-cord injuries, according to the Moores. A Harvard University survey found that almost half of oncologists nationwide said they would prescribe marijuana to their patients if it were legal in their state, they said.
Moore wouldn't mind having a dispensary at a liquor store in his Barron Park neighborhood, he said. But he doesn't know what his neighbors think about that idea.
In Washington state, an effort to allow marijuana sales in liquor stores failed to win approval, after a House of Representatives bill didn't advance out of committees by April 1.
Palo Alto City Attorney Molly Stump said she has not seen the petition and would not comment on it yet.
The sale of alcohol is highly regulated, and she doesn't yet know if marijuana could qualify for sale through liquor stores, she said.
"I don't know if that's possible or if it needs a state-level approval to be enacted. I'm not sure what are the permissible boundaries," she said.
Moore said he and his wife do not smoke marijuana, but they strongly support legalization of all drugs because an international commission found the war against drugs is a "total failure."
The Moores have joined other prominent voices from former conservative administrations that are calling for decriminalization of drugs. George P. Schulz, former Secretary of State under Reagan, and Paul A. Volcker, former chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, have published articles in support of drug legalization.
"We've created violence in Latin America. We've destroyed much of Mexico," Moore said of cartels that profit from U.S. drug policies. Prohibitions only serve to force use underground where sales are in the hands of violent criminals, Moore said.
"Al Capone was the result of Prohibition in the 1920s," he said, noting the country's murder rate rose while it was in effect and dropped after repeal.
In 2001, Portugal decriminalized all drugs and instituted rehabilitation. There, drug use is not going up. The same has been shown to be true in other countries where drugs have been legalized or decriminalized, he said.
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'Changing Horizons: Pads & Drones' is an ultimate collection of 100 Ambient WAV samples including multi-layered pads, dark atmospheres, subtle drones, intense harmonies, synthetic ambiances and all sorts of atmospheric sounds for Ambient/Cinematic producers.
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Directly from Temporal Geometry studios, this pack has been engineered to be used either in multiple projects or as a single track Kit. All the samples of this pack have been created, reworked and mastered using plenty of cutting-edge plugins like Alchemy, Omnisphere and Reaktor, which gives this pack a very modern and futuristic edge.
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The Black Swallowtail caterpillar is also known as the Eastern Black Swallowtail, the American Swallowtail, Parsnip Swallowtail, or simply, Parsley worm. The Black Swallowtail caterpillar is a common butterfly larvae throughout most of the United States. This species lives and dines on members of the parsley family (including carrots, dill, fennel and parsnips), which is how it got its nickname, Parsley worm. If you want to attract the black Swallowtail, be sure to plant many of these for them to enjoy.
Adult Black Swallowtail butterflies lay small, yellowish eggs one at a time on the underside of leaves. Within a few days, tiny caterpillars begin to emerge from their eggs, first eating the egg shell and then turning their ferocious appetites to the host plant. The Black Swallowtail caterpillar moves through at least four instars, the technical name for stages of development before entering into the pupa stage and transforming into butterflies. During each instar, the caterpillar molts its exoskeleton, which begins to change its appearance. Newly hatched B.S. caterpillars, also called first instars, are small black, fuzzy looking worms with dark spikey hairs and a lighter band near the middle. As they progress from first to fourth instar, the caterpillar loses the black hairs and forms the unmistakable banded pattern of the mature caterpillar. In the last instar, no hairs are visible at all. After reaching the final stage of its development, the caterpillar attaches itself to a branch or other structure by spinning silk and eventually builds a chrysalis in which the transformation into the pupa begins. Within just a couple of weeks, the pupa undergoes a metamorphosis and emerges as an adult butterfly. In our region, Black Swallowtail are able to reproduce at least three generations throughout the year.
Swallowtail caterpillars are beneficial insects; however, if you are a parsley farmer, you may have a different opinion! Caterpillars forage heavily on their host plants, but they also serve as a food source for songbirds and other wildlife. After their metamorphosis into butterflies, they become pollinators, which is important because one-third of the world's cultivated crops depend upon the work of pollinators like butterfly and bees. In addition, butterflies are beneficial to humans for their aesthetic qualities. Many species are brightly colored and so capture the attention and marvel of many people. Just watching the whimsical flight of butterflies is enough to lift the spirits!
I came home after work yesterday to discover this big guy munching down on the parsley. I knew immediately what he was and ran inside to grab the camera. Judging from his appearance, I'd say he is in his third or fourth instar and almost ready to create a chrysalis.
After trying to get a good angle on him, I accidentally bumped him. I was shocked to see two large orange antenna poke out of his head, much in the same way as a slug's eyes pop out. I thought this was his way of checking me out, until I noticed a very foul odor. I've smelled that smell before when I was a kid playing with certain kinds of beetles. Smelling my hand, I realized that he had just sprayed me with some sort of chemical. After repeated failed attempts to wash the smell off, I hopped online to discover an interesting fact about Swallowtails.
Swallowtails possess a defense mechanism whereby a Y-shaped organ called the osmeterium inverts itself as a bright warning to prey. The osmeterium also produces a chemical secretion containing terpenes, which are foul-smelling and serve as a further deterrant. I just so happened to set off his defenses!
What's even more weird is that when I woke up this morning, I saw a black worm crawling on a used washcloth on the floor in the utility room. I'm not one to kill bugs, so I picked it up for a better view. Under closer inspection, I realized it was another (albeit tiny!) Black Swallowtail caterpillar in its first instar! As I picked it up from the rear, it threw its head back towards my fingers and it's osmeterium popped out to warn me. Luckily, the younger caterpillars don't smell as bad. I took him outside and put him on the parsley, which I hope he appreciated! Now, HOW did he get in the house? Riding on someone's pant leg? I found him again (I think!) in the evening when I returned from work, so I snapped a pic.
In case you need convincing of the benefits of the black swallowtail caterpillar, take a look at how magnificent an adult is!


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Welcome to the Terrordome: My 1990 Seahawks Story
My 1990 Seahawks story actually starts in December 1989, when I was lucky enough to attend Steve Largent's final NFL game. We all hoped he'd catch 15 balls for 200+ yards and 4 TDs, capped by an OT game-winning touchdown, but the stupid reality ended up being just two catches for #80 in a soul-crushing 29-0 beating. I cried as Largent left the field, and I wondered if my relationship with the Seahawks would ever be the same.
Just like those kids who grew up during the depression and were shocked when they realized that someone other than FDR could be President, in some sense it felt weird to me that the Seahawks franchise would continue to exist without Steve Largent. Largent WAS the Seahawks... not just the best player in team history, but the public face of the franchise as well. If the casual NFL fan knew ANYTHING about the Seahawks (beside trivia about that Boz jackass), they knew about Largent and his All-Pro exploits. After the '89 season ended, the future looked bleak in multiple ways.
In my personal life, I was dealing with my the disintegration of my parents' marriage (which was OK... my Dad was an emotionally distant, immature fucktard who could only really connect to me at all through our common interest in the Seahawks), a lot of other turmoil in my family life, and the grim death march that high school can be for us nerds...
I was a freshman at Richland High School, and I had recently quit football to write for the school paper (the Bombers had little need for a short, slow wide receiver with awful hands). I had dates once in a while, but most of my Saturday nights were spent with Dr. Crusher and Counselor Troi. I was also developing an obsession with Public Enemy, which for a white kid in Eastern Washington was... odd. With all this going on in my life, and with the end of the Largent (and Curt Warner) era, my interest in the Seahawks was at a low ebb as the 1990 season began.
Starting the season with a shutout loss in Chicago seemed like a particularly bad omen, and the Hawks followed that pummeling up with losses to the Raiders and Broncos by a total of 7 points. Things just looked dank. The team seemed like a bad combination of faded veterans and young newbies without enough talent to make up for their rookie mistakes.
Then the Twin Peaks intro happened....
Being a total geek, I was obsessed with ABC's new cult hit Twin Peaks... So when Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman popped up in the intro for the Seahawks-Bengals MNF game, my dorkgasm was probably felt miles away. After some trademark weird David Lynch banter, Cooper and Truman lifted their coffee mugs and both said "Go Seahawks!" SquuuuEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
The Seahawks made Yakima native Kyle MacLachlan proud (I assume) with a 31-16 beating of the playoff-bound and previously unbeaten Bengals. It was the beginning of a 7-3 stretch for Seattle, which included the single greatest play/finish in Seahawks history... As I said about that win in this space before:
Thomas couldn't QUITE wrap up Mudbone for that 8th sack, could he? That loss would ultimately cost KC the AFC West title, a home game in the playoffs and a first-round bye. Heh.
My mom let me turn our basement TV room into a "Seahawks Cave" during football season, with posters, banners, newspaper clippings, and so on blanketing the walls.
We were getting ready to move to Kennewick, and that day the realtor was having an open house (yes, my little punk-ass insisted on staying put to watch the Hawks that day rather than, you know, watching the game elsewhere). The whole tribe was packed into the "Seahawks Cave", and when Krieg hit Skansi for the winning TD we all went completely luggage-throwin'-ape-shit. I jumped so high I hit my head on the roof of the basement, and the realtor came running downstairs thinking that we were murdering each other... All we could do was scream incoherently and point at the TV. We didn't get any offers on the house that day, obviously.
Fun fact: after that joyous day in 1990, the Seahawks would lose 14 out of their next 15 games against the Chiefs. That single win in 1994? By one goddamn point.
The Hawks would then scratch out a pair of 13-10 wins over the Chargers and Oilers, and.... wait to be shocked.... WIN A GAME AT LAMBEAU FIELD IN DECEMBER! Derrick Fenner emerged out of nowhere as a more than adequate replacement for Curt Warner, and John L. Williams was busy earning a Pro Bowl roster spot and leading the Seahawks in receptions. As Xmas approached, the Seahawks were 7-7 and still alive for a playoff spot, and the Broncos were coming to town for SNF on ESPN.
Sure, Denver was a pathetic 4-10, but Mr. Ed was still under center, and radiating waves of hate buffeted the Broncos as usual. Also, as usual, weirdness was in store: On the final play, Elway rolled out and fired a hail-mary into the back of the end zone. Michael Young snagged the ball off a deflection, and tapped two feet in bounds.... Touchdown! Broncos win! Seahawks choke! Ehhh... not so much. Coach Knox smugly pointed to the flag laying on the Kingdome astroturf: Illegal motion on Denver. Game over. Seahawks win!
Almost a year to the day after I said goodbye to Steve Largent with 64,000 of my closest friends, I returned to the Dome with my love for the Seahawks rekindled. A win would keep Seattle alive for the playoffs (but they'd need Pittsburgh to beat Houston in the SNF game too), and the electric Barry Sanders was coming to town with the rest of the Lions in tow.
The tandem of Fenner/JLW clearly outplayed the NFL's leading rusher, as Sanders was held to only 23 yards while the Seahawks piled up 151 yards rushing. The Seattle defense sacked Detroit QBs 5 times, and Eugene Robinson scooped up a fumble and returned it for a TD... A tie game at the half became an easy 30-10 Seahawks win, and the Twelve Army was sent home happy but nervous...
I had the particularly terrible experience of listening to Seattle's playoff dreams die on the long, treacherous drive over the pass and back to the Tri-Cities. Houston pounded the Steelers 34-14, which meant that the 9-7 Oilers and Bengals made the playoffs despite the fact that both teams lost to the 9-7 Seahawks (The Bengals won the AFC central, and Houston had a better conference record that the Seahawks and the 9-7 Steelers). Grrr.
In spite of the frustrating finale, the '90 Hawks reminded me why I loved the team in the first place: Not because of any particular player, but because no matter what else was going on in my life, they would be there for me on Sunday afternoons. Sometimes, amazing things would happen, and bring me closer to folks who shared my passion for the Hawks.
It's never been "just a game" for us, has it? What are your memories of the 1990 Seahawks?
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- bleedshawkblue said...
Sorry, dude, most of that era was a blur. The memories I treasure most are of John L. lead blocking out of the I formation and smacking a defensive player so hard it sounded like a howitzer going off on my dinky assed black and white tv with the 1 inch speaker, springing an aged Curt Warner for about 15 yards.
And the road game in Chicago where Krieg basically drew up a play in the dirt that they never had run before, dumping off to a wide open John L in the flat and rumbling free for the TD and the road win over those...Ditka-fluffing...morons!!!!!
Seems we're only good when we have great fullbacks.
- May 21, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- Kevin said...
I remember that season. It was my first year after high school and my love for the Seahawks, like yours, was at a crossroads. I loved Largent and Warner, but my favorite all time Seahawk, Dave Krieg, was still in charge or the troops and at my age I still believed that Krieg could will the Seahawks to victory.
I remember thinking after the 17-0 beating by the bears.. Fuck! My heart was in the crapper, but not for long since I was rewarded a few weeks later with a glimpse of what I would consider one of the best football games I had ever seen, and surprisingly it was a LOSS to Denver. But that game woke me up for the Season I learned that this team was still playing hard, trying and forging it's own identity. Dave Kried did miss many passes that day and Derrick Fenner kicked serious ass. Granted the D couldn't stop Elway, but the Seahawks hung with the best Denver could throw at them IN DENVER too. I loved it.. it was the first time a loss felt ok.. Since I KNEW they would turn the corner, I KNEW that better days were ahead for this team.
I next week against the Bengal's.. I remember False starts and Rufus Porter messing people up. I loved that game and it was good to see the Seahawks put it all together after the previous weeks ALMOST win. I really thought at that moment that the Seahawks could run the table. I really believed they were better than anyone else in the league. Uh-oh.
The Kansas City game.. Wow. I turned the freaking game off when Tommy Kane was hit after making a catch and it popping out into the Chief defender. I thought, what the F do the Seahawks have to do to win! I was pissed.. My girlfriend and I headed over to her parents for dinner (and our usual Sundays together – her dad was a Seahawk fan too) and when I got there I could here the radio…. "Seahawks Win" and I thought for sure that some kind of commercial where "Seahawks Win" is followed by "…. and so can you with a Domino's" or something like that… I walked by and didn't really pay attention. My girlfriends brother (he's 12) and says.. "Did you see the game!! They won!" and I said "Come on man, don't try to play that game with me. The Chiefs had the ball with a minute to go"…. He said, "Come on Dad recorded it…" So we went upstairs and watched.. I couldn't believe it. I laughed my ass off. I swear we watched the last play 100x and we laughed and cheered every time. BTW I still have that videocassette.
The rest of the year was followed by close wins and even closer losses. I remember reading the in the Seattle Times.. They called them the "Cardiac Kids" and at the time that was the first time I had ever heard that term used before. I totally loved it.. It summed up the emotions of the team for me. They kept me on the edge of my seat all year long – well except for the Detroit game they kicked ass in that one.
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Unfortunately, the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 feels almost like a disappointing prequel, rather than a full-fledged "we've improved everything" sequel.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is both slightly heavier and a bit less svelte than its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It still sports the same plastic backside, but now comes in titanium silver as opposed to white.
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The IR blaster found on the Tab 2 7.0 makes its way to the Tab 2 10.1 and, in conjunction with Peel's included Smart Remote app, helps turn your tablet into a remote control for your TV. Peel can take the place of your cable or satellite channel guide and display a list of shows currently playing locally on your cable or satellite provider's channels. Go to the currently playing tab and click on a show, and your TV switches to the appropriate channel. Peel does a great job of holding your hand initially through a step-by-step setup wizard. The setup only requires that you know your TV manufacturer's name, your cable/satellite provider, and your ZIP code. Thankfully, Peel spares us from having to know any more-detailed information; however, be aware that Smart Remote does not work with regular monitors, only TVs or monitor/TV combos.
Once it's set up, you can browse shows by category, mark shows as favorites, or prevent shows you'd rather not see on the list from showing up again. Thankfully, Smart Remote now syncs with over-the-air listings, but its accuracy as to which shows and channels were available to me left a bit to be desired.
Navigating the interface took some getting used to, but was easy enough to pick up; however, I took issue with the method by which cable TV screen menus are controlled by the interface. Peel went with a swipe interface that requires you to flick the screen in one of four directions to highlight different menus. While this method works and after some time could be gotten used to, I would have much preferred more-direct directional controls.
As I learned with the Tab 2 10.1, Smart Remote's accuracy is very closely dictated by the information cable and satellite providers choose to release. So, while the Smart Remote guide might indicate that "Law & Order" was on right now on Channel 12, selecting it didn't always take me to the appropriate channel. In addition, sometimes the channel wasn't available to me or there was a different show on the channel at that time.
While Peel's Smart Remote is still missing some features, it's well-implemented overall. However, I'm still waiting for Hulu and Netflix integration, and an actual search feature would be useful. Also, while I found that the remote reliably functions from 10 to 20 feet away, performance is definitely more reliable within 8 feet. Also, the tablet does not handle obstructions like coffee tables as well as my normal remote does, requiring you to be much more precise when aiming it.


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Over the years I have become less and less in love with the autumn season. Not because I don't love what goes on around here every fall (namely football and volleyball season and the kids starting up school fresh again), but simply because of one thing: fall means winter is close behind. I actually love and appreciate the change of seasons Utah affords, but I absolutely hate to be cold. I also hate snowy road conditions. These two aspects of winter have led me to dread its arrival and pray for its early departure.
As a result of my disdain for winter to arrive, I usually find myself moaning and groaning when fall arrives and the evenings cool down. I simply can't seem to enjoy it when I know snow and freezing temperatures are right around the corner.
That is, until this year.
I decided instead of loathing an absolutely beautiful time of year I was going to breathe it in. Literally. So I started leaving my house for a brisk morning walk every day before my children left for school. And I made sure I took deep breaths, lots of them, just to really appreciate all that surrounded me. The results have been magnificent! Not only does it feel great to begin the day with a little exercise, but more importantly, it is wonderful to breathe the fresh crisp fall air and take in the beauty that surrounds me right here in Kaysville, Utah.
Here is what it looked like yesterday morning as I rounded the corner near the elementary school.
So, maybe you aren't so in love with mountains and skies as I am, but seriously, aren't those clouds on top of the mountains beautiful? I absolutely love the mountains around here. They make me feel happy and safe and fulfilled every time I look at them. They are like therapy.
And this isn't actually the best picture of the amazing trees around here, but I love this row of them anyway. Very soon they will all be red and orange and flaming gold, and it will be stunning.
This is the view I found when I rounded the corner just yesterday. Can you see the blanket of puffy cotton clouds resting on top of the mountains? It's so cool!
Here is another look just a ways down the street. The sun is just getting ready to make its debut and that blanket of fluffiness is sleeping on the tops of the mountains like a dream. Seriously! So stunning!
I haven't even shared all the amazing sunsets around here. God's masterpiece is truly splendid, and I am incredibly grateful for it! To be able to walk out my door and see such refreshing beauty all around me is a blessing I don't ever want to take for granted.


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SONOR Beech Infinite the house kit at this year's CROATIAN DISCOGRAPHY AWARDS
SONOR Beech Infinite the house kit at this year's CROATIAN DISCOGRAPHY AWARDS
The 18th Croatian discography awards "Porin" will be held on the 15th of May, for the 3rd time in the charming city of Biograd na moru at the Croatian seaside. Backline for this year live performances are provided by SONORs Croatian distributor, Euromusic Agency/Music Centar. All drummers will use a beautiful SONOR Beech Infinite Drum set in Crème Laquer.
The whole show will be broadcasted on Croatian National Television (HRT) on Sunday at 9PM so if you have a chance , watch it :-). Some of the artists that will play live this year are TBF, Elemental, Kinoklub, Bambi Molesters, Markiz, to name a few.
Porin is the most prestigious discography award in Croatia established in 1993 and is covering all musical ranges from pop to rock, ethno, jazz and classical music. Furthermore it is also the most important national award for artists, with professional musicians, composers, music editors, music producers, arrangers and critics being nominated.


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Pre-Colonial and Colonial Architecture of St. Augustine
Prepared by Michelle Kane, Jay Best, Monica Diba, Lori Monkman, Linda Torrible, and
Judith Hall
Intended Grade: Any grade, can be modified
Subject Area: Language Arts, Social Studies
Correlation to National or Florida Sunshine Standards: [unspecified]
Performance Standards: [unspecified]
Objectives: Students will:
1. Identify building materials during the pre-colonial, Spanish Colonial and British
Colonial periods of St. Augustine (and how they were used by the Native
American tribes, the Spanish and the British.
2. Design a building from one of the periods.
3. Construct a representative building of one of the four architectural styles used
in St. Augustine during the different historical periods (or an artist's rendering)
Students will also learn vocabulary by playing the Fly Swatter Game.
Required Materials:
Building materials:
Palm Fronds
Drawing materials:
Poster Board
Sketch Paper
* Papier-mache
* Play Dough
* Sticks
* Pencils
* Rulers
* Tape
1. Divide students into collaborative groups of 4 or 5.
2. Students will design the model of the building structure they have previously
chosen through research.
3. Distribute appropriate materials to students.
4. Students will construct a 3-d model of their building structure (or draw an artist's
rendering if construction is not possible.)
a. Native American Council House
b. Spanish Colonial House using Common Plan, St. Augustine Plan, or
Wing Plan
c. Castillo de San Marcos
d. Victorian House
5. Provide adequate time for completion of design and model.
6. Monitor progress of student projects.
7. Students will present and discuss their completed building projects to the class
Evaluation and Grading: [unspecified]
Arana, Luis Rafael, and Albert Manucy. The Building of Castillo de San Marcos
(Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1992)
"Beginning the Castillo" pp. 17-24
"Defending San Marcos" pp. 38-50
Gordon, Elizabeth. Florida's Colonial Architectural Heritage (University Press of
Florida, Gainesville, 2002).
Chapter 2, "The Spanish Missions" pp. 35-55
Manucy, Albert. The Houses of St. Augustine (St. Augustine Historical Society,
"A History of Housing" pp. 14-27
"Design and Materials" pp. 48-61
Fly Swatter Game Directions
1. Buy two plastic flyswatters of different colors.
2. On strips of paper, write the definitions of the Architecture Vocabulary below and
put all the strips into a basket or bowl.
3. In large handwriting using a thick black marker, write the Architecture Vocabulary
given below on an erasable blackboard or on chart paper.
For older students, you can write some of the words in circles or vertically to make them more
difficult to find. Part of the fun of the game is trying to find the word on the board.
4. If you are using chart paper, post it on the wall either in the back of the classroom
or in the front.
5. Divide class into two teams, A and B.
6. Set up two chairs facing the blackboard or chart paper and put a flyswatter on
each chair.
7. Rules:
When the teacher reads the definition, the first members of Team A and Team B
sitting in the front chairs get up quickly and try to be the first to slap the
vocabulary word that matches the definition.
No pushing, no blocking, no calling out ANYTHING that may be perceived as
The first to slap the correct word gets a POINT for their team.
Students may slap several words until finally the correct word is slapped.
The teacher marks down a point for that team.
Then the next members of Team A and B come up and the game continues until
all the definitions in the basket have been called.
Fly Swatter Game Directions
Architecture Vocabulary
1....... Hallways
2....... St. Augustine Plan
3....... Common Plan
4....... Wing Plan
5....... Porches
6....... Wattle & Daub
7....... Roof
8....... Wood
9....... Shade
10.....A Week
11..... Plaza
12..... Tabby
13..... Cypress
14..... Coquina
15..... Castillo de San
16..... Peon Lots
17..... Caballero Lots
18..... Fences
19..... Entrance
20..... Rejas
21..... Shutters
22..... Windows
23..... Kitchens
24..... Spanish Stove
25..... Vara
Architecture Vocabulary (DEFINITIONS TO CALL OUT):
1....... There weren't any in Spanish houses.
2....... Entry to home is provided by a porch.
3....... Spanish houses had no hallways.
4....... House has additional rooms added on.
5....... Provided cool shade and ventilation.
6. ...... Type of wall made of wood sticks and clay.
7....... This was sometimes sloped.
8....... Type of English flooring
9....... What buildings provided because the streets were narrow.
10..... How long it took tabby to harden.
11. .... The central square in St. Augustine.
12..... Lime putty + sand + oyster shells.
13..... Type of shingles that resisted insects and rot.
14..... Quarried, cut out of the ground, then it hardens like concrete.
15..... Fort constructed of coquina shellstone.
16..... Measured 44 x 88 U.S. feet.
17..... Measured 88 x 176 U.S. feet.
18..... Provided complete enclosure of property.
19..... Gate in wall leading to a sideyard.
20..... Wooden gratings on exterior of lower street-side windows..
21..... Opened to the inside in Spanish homes for security purposes.
22..... Were omitted from the north side of the house.
23..... Were in separate buildings out back.
24..... Had no chimney, so smoke escaped through a roof hole.
25..... Spanish measurement equal to 33 inches.
r'- .-'-. -= I
Palm Thatching, Crude Logs, & Boards
St. Augustine Plan
St. Augustine Plan
The Common Plan
illustrates the simple, plain lifestyle of the Spanish
colonists in St. Augustine in the 1600's and 1700's
Council House Mission San Luis Florida
Fly Swatter Game Directions
Visual Resources:
Chiefs House


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Tensile testing of composite laminates was performed using 100 kN Hydraulic Wedge grips on a 5900 series frame. To obtain accurate data for measuring modulus and tensile strength an AutoX 750 automatic extensometer was used. It is required to use an extensometer or strain gauge when following ASTM D3039.
ASTM D3039 requires a class B1 extensometer and recommends using a gauge length in the range of 10-50mm. The AutoX can be prompted by the user to move to a specified gauge length. This enables the user to change the gauge length of the extensometer to accommodate a variety of specimens while maintaining a B-1 classification.
Using Bluehill 3 Software, data is recorded and displayed. Parameters such as test control, specimen geometry and calculation can all be added or edited in the software.
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Please review ASTM D3039 to ensure a full understanding of the standard.
Automatic Contacting Extensometer - Model AutoX 750
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Dallas' Toughest Political Publicist
No one in the rough-and-tumble world of local governmental PR plays a harder game—and has been more successful at it—than Carol Reed.
Dallas has always spent an inordinate amount of time primping before its mirror, making sure the hair is perfect and the wrinkles don't show.
That's why publicists and media consultants thrive here. Most spin fluff. For years, Dallas publicists concerned themselves with how often they could get their clients' names in the around-the-town newspaper columns of Helen Bryant and Alan Peppard.
Carol Reed is among a rare breed of publicists who play an edgier game. Lisa LeMaster built an agency around crisis management. Rob Allyn's company, before and after he sold, took on heavy political battles and tough civic challenges. But in the hardball world of Dallas politics and bond elections, there hasn't been a cleanup hitter quite like Carol Reed. Not over the past quarter century, if ever.
Of the many words that might be used to describe her, fluffy and giddy do not spring to mind. In and out of meeting rooms, she is sharp-witted and, when she so chooses, sharp-tongued.
"She's a Mack Truck," says one longtime associate. "But I like Mack Trucks."
She's also brash, cocky, funny, and blunt. Reed became a political player in Dallas more than 30 years ago and forged her own way, from carrying the hors d'oeuvre tray to calling the shots. She's managed or helped manage the campaigns of five of the last seven Dallas mayors: Jack Evans (1981-'83), Starke Taylor (1983-'87), Annette Strauss (1987-'91), Ron Kirk (1995-2002) and now, Tom Leppert. She carried the American Airlines Center election, the Trinity River Corridor Project, Arlington's Cowboys Stadium, and the Dallas Convention Center hotel referendum, all tough issues that began with her side the emphatic underdog.
Reed avoided the fluffier, more traditional approach to public relations by parachuting into the Dallas scene from above. She started as a political director for U.S. Sen. John Tower (R-Texas) in the late 1970s, helped organize the Reagan/Bush presidential campaign in 1980, and was the North Texas political director for U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas). She lived for most of that time in Dallas, built impressive contacts here, and in 1981 decided to put her primary focus on the city.
"That's the way the guys have done it," she says, "and that's the way Dallas works. There was nobody like me that was on the boards of the commissions, and now today I'm at the table with them, making the decisions about what we do, instead of being the one that just implements what they've decided. Which is kind of neat."
One particular election—Ron Kirk's first mayoral campaign—was the catalyst for her prominent rise as a difference maker. From his Washington, D.C., office where he serves in the Obama administration as United States Trade Representative, Kirk looks back and laughs and says, "I have had to remind Carol, 'It ain't the jockey; it's the horse.' I'd like to believe I brought something to the table.
"But I can't imagine having run the campaign we did without her," he says. "To the degree that I do have some political ego—I honestly believe candidates matter—I can tell you Carol saved me a lot of money, and she saved me from making a lot of mistakes."
She did it by beating the good ol' boys of Dallas on their home turf. And then she paid them back by becoming one of them.
"I'd be the first one to say old white guys just don't get it anymore," Reed declares. "But they're the ones that support me. They're the ones that made me who I am. I have this wonderful relationship."
A Crucial Meeting
The year was 1994, and Dallas had never had a black mayor. As Gov. Ann Richards' Secretary of State, Kirk mustered a mere 12 percent name recognition in Dallas. But most of the candidates for mayor weren't much higher. Reed asked one of North Dallas' most prominent citizens to call together, as she puts it, "the guys with their names on the freeways," to meet with Kirk.
Kirk and Reed had met earlier that year when they sat on a political panel. He took an immediate liking to her sharp mind and no-nonsense approach. But he wasn't so sure about this meeting. He says, "I would have given you a hundred reasons why it was a waste of my time to go and sit in with a bunch of, for the most part, 60- and 70-year-old, conservative white guys."
Dallas' image of the black leader had been shaped by the loud and proud rantings of John Wiley Price, Al Lipscomb, Diane Ragsdale. Rather than run from the race issue, Reed confronted it—in her own way. She told Kirk to keep his mouth shut throughout the meeting.
"I don't want you to say a word," she said. "They will say things that will be so offensive to you, but you've got to understand they just don't get it. You just be still. And you won't recognize me because I'll be kind of like Little Gidget. But I promise you when we leave, we will have their support."
Kirk laughs out loud now and says, "Every time I wanted to interject, Carol almost pinched my arm off. I'm sitting there thinking, in the words of Ollie North, 'I'm not a potted plant.' At the end of the meeting, one of the guys turns to Carol and says [Kirk's voice growing gruff here], 'We like him; he's just like us.' Of course, that scared the hell out of me."
Reed says, "Ron has got a fairly colorful vocabulary and when we got in the elevator I said, 'Just hush.' When we got downstairs, he said, 'What was all that about? How could they possibly support me? I never said anything.'
"I told him that no one has just sat there and listened to them in so long, without explaining things to them and telling them they are wrong. We got their support, got their money, and the next thing was how to translate that into votes."
For weeks, they spent time and money attending coffees all over North Dallas. Every precinct staged a party in somebody's home. They worked South Dallas and Oak Cliff, but the real battles were waged—and won—in North Dallas.
"And the word got out," Reed says, "'You've got to meet this guy; he's not like John Wiley Price'—and I don't mean to use John Wiley as the whipping boy, because I think John Wiley is great—but at that time he was a signal for not great things."
Kirk won with 62 percent of the vote and no runoff. And when he became mayor, he leaned on Reed for advice. He won a second term with a landslide 74 percent of the vote in 1998. Within that same nine-month span, Dallas had to decide whether it wanted to build a new arena, the American Airlines Center, and whether it wanted to dump money into refurbishing the Trinity River corridor. Reed ran both elections.
Kirk says, "I tell people today that winning the arena campaign may have taken more out of me emotionally than losing my United States Senate race [in 2001]. It was unquestionably the hardest thing we've ever done. The passions against the arena, against the Perots, were so deep. When the early vote came in, we were down 29 points."
Reed completely shifted the strategy.
"She proved her genius," Kirk says. "We stopped mailing to North Dallas. We stopped mailing to voters that we knew hated the proposition. And we ran an Election Day strategy because we knew we were going to have to win on Election Day. That day when the first polls started coming in, we were still down, like 58-42, and Carol Reed told me at 8 o'clock, 'We're going to win.'"
They did, by 2,600 votes.
"That was probably the toughest I've ever done," Reed says, "because there wasn't anybody in town that didn't have an opinion about it. I've never worked with anybody that I developed a closer bond to than I did with Ron at that time. We just went on a mission."
Another vote on a massive urban-development project along the Trinity River provoked more outcries, more divides, and yet another come-from-behind victory. Kirk was always proud of his ability to build coalitions. Those skills, and Reed's strategizing, sealed the $250 million project.
Her game plan, back then and to this day, is to focus on three primary areas of attack. And never stray.
"You find three things, and you execute them well," Reed says. "You stay on message, once you've decided it's the right one. I have a really good gut on when you should say something, when you should just let it alone. Timing is everything, just like in comedy."
Also, no two elections are the same. To approach them with a sameness spells death. "If you get into a cookie-cutter approach," she warns, "you usually do boring and lousy work. A lot of people into print and TV do that. They've got something that worked for them with one race, and they keep trying to re-create it."
Dallas businessman Ward Lay, CEO of Andeluna Cellars winery, describes Reed as an organized person who "cuts through stuff" with personality, charm, and wit. When he was working with Reed on Jerry Rucker's 1990 campaign against Rep. John Wiley Bryant (D-Texas) in the 5th Congressional District, Lay recalls, they were having trouble persuading a party official in Washington, D.C., to release some promised funds for the GOP hopeful. Reed advised Lay to personally phone the official, whom he'd known for years, and state the candidate's case. "I did," Lay says—and the money was soon on its way.


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The Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, NJ, will hold its inaugural conference, Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy, in Orlando, FL, May 18-20, 2014. The conference will be collocated with the PM2014 World Congress on Powder Metallurgy, and the Tungsten, Refractory & Hardmaterials Conference. Learn more at www.mpif.org.
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