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Project Design Engineer
- Recruiter
- Huxley Associates
- Location
- Lancashire
- Salary
- £35000 - £36000 per annum + group benefits
- Posted
- 09 May 2013
- Closes
- 06 Jun 2013
- Ref
- Contact
- Natalie McEwen
- Sector
- Engineering
- Function
- Design & Creative
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Located in Lancashire, this fantastic role is for a highly successful company specialising in the manufacture of mechanical components, sub systems and engineered polyurethane elastomers for a diverse range of industries, from digital printing to offshore renewables and sub-sea marine engineering.
Due to the changing needs of the business, internal promotions and a large increase in projects we are now urgently seeking to recruit two experienced and resourceful Design / Project Engineers to join the expanding Product Development Department, ideally from a flexible, batch manufacturing background. Candidates with knowledge of the offshore renewables industry or oil and gas would have a distinct advantage.
Working within a committed Engineering team, the successful candidates will be responsible for new product development projects, from customer RFQ through commercial feasibility to product launch and production. The role requires familiarisation with a wide range of materials, including metal pressings, turnings, injection mouldings, polyurethane elastomers and industrial textiles.The successful candidates must be able to demonstrate the following;
Hold a minimum Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
- Possess a thorough understanding of 2 & 3D CAD packages, able to generate detailed engineering drawings preferably within Autodesk products
- Experience in using project management software such as Microsoft Project
- Have several years experience within a flexible, customer responsive batch manufacturing environment
- Familiarity and experience with ISO9001 design and development procedures and requirements
- Have excellent oral, written and presentational skills
- Knowledge of FEA packages and their applications would be an advantage
If you are interested in this position and meet the above criterion, please send an up to date CV to Natalie McEwen at Huxley Associates.
*This role is URGENT & we are looking to move quickly for the right candidate, do not miss out on this opportunity if this positions fits your skill sets please get in touch before the 13th May 2013!*
To find out more about Huxley Associates, please visit www.huxley.com.
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Across from the United States Supreme Court, two hundred people gathered at the Library of Congress to celebrate Monday and not because of the court's immigration decision. From suited university presidents to red-shirted Boy Scouts from Cincinnati, these partiers gathered at a symposium to commemorate a troika of American institutions: the land-grant university, the National Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie libraries.
The celebration was marked by a keen awareness that libraries have been vital engines of America's social mobility from their earliest days. Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and former New York Public Library president who raised a $327 million to revive the institution in the 1980s, led an afternoon panel discussing libraries' foundational importance to a democratic America. Gregorian's central point: the Library of Congress is and must continue to be the "guardian not only of our nation's memory but of humanity's."
Libraries across America share this task thanks to Andrew Carnegie, who gave some 1400 grants to build libraries across the country, worth $41 million at the time, or several billion in today's dollars. His gift of the New York Public Library tops the charts of philanthropic acts in American history. "The library in his mind was the quintessential educational institution for the whole community," said David Nasaw, history professor at City University of New York.
Carnegie's influence on education expanded social possibilities for everyday Americans. "There are now more public libraries in the United States than McDonalds restaurants," noted Clara Hayden, CEO of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library. Libraries provide people with cultural capital, she explained lectures, music, debates, and news, all free and accessible. Libraries were even some of the first places open to all races. Today more than 70% of all libraries offer free internet access, and in a struggling economy where even applications for dishwashing jobs must be filled out online, that is no small public service.
Today America's library system sits at a critical juncture. The Library of Congress alone has lost some 1300 staff since the onset of the digital media age two decades ago. Until last week, four of the six largest American publishing houses did not lend digital books to libraries, president of the New York Public Library Anthony Marx noted. And last month, the NYPL's move to renovate its landmark headquarters to include more computers and resources for the general public prompted protests from scholars and writers who wanted to preserve the space for research.
Despite these challenges, the transition to digital media continues to open doors for innovative public service. The Library of Congress is spearheading the creation of a new World Digital Library with 145 institutions worldwide. The project allows the United States, often criticized for supplanting other cultures identities, to help with the repatriation of other countries' unique cultural memories, said the Librarian of Congress James Billington. The Digital Public Library of America, an online project shepherded by Harvard University to spread knowledge beyond traditional library shelves, aims to launch in April of next year.
As both the national economy and print empires shift, it may be tempting to take America's library system for granted. Marx reminded the audience to keep investing in the country's public educational opportunities, especially public libraries. "You cannot have a functioning economy if you do not have innovation," he said. "You cannot have a functioning democracy if you cannot have the citizenry able to inform itself." Nasaw agreed: "We should emphasize that libraries are not frills. They are not luxuries, but a sacred component of American education and American democracy."
The symposium also commemorated the act that granted 17.4 million acres to states in the 19th and 20th centuries to launch land-grant colleges all across the country. "The Morrill Act provided a blueprint for America's first continent-wide plan for education," Librarian of Congress James Billington said. Representative Justin Morrill of Vermont, he noted, crystalized a vision for fostering agricultural, mechanical, and liberal arts studies. Over 100 public universities have been created as a result.
Land-grant university presidents at the conference panels touted the contributions that their public institutions have made to society. University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams praised his students for their recent discovery that the Peach State is actually better suited to growing blueberries as a result of their research, Georgia has since shifted gears to produce more berries than their official state fruit. Montana State University President Waded Cruzado noted that without funding for land-grant institutions, one of her school's graduates, renowned vaccinologist Maurice Hilleman, might not have been able to afford higher education. Hilleman developed eight of the 14 vaccines given to prevent childhood diseases, such as measles, mumps and pneumonia around the globe. "It is claimed that he saved more lives than anyone in the world," Cruzado said.
Although the Morrill Act and the library system are often praised for helping Americans break the glass ceiling, the 150th celebration served as a reminder that some parts of the ceiling have yet to be shattered. Allen Sessoms, President of the University of the District of Columbia, expressed frustration that higher education is becoming more of "a private good than a public necessity." Some schools now offer more merit-based scholarships than need-based aid, he said, and that's a drift from their public mission. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn), who earlier told the gathering that he got his first library card at age three, closed with a final challenge for Washington: "Why not celebrate this anniversary by taking steps to make our institutions work?"
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- Controversial 50-year U.S. 36 operating agreement between CDOT and Plenary a done deal
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- Protesters tossed from U.S. 36 contract hearing before panel OKs pact
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- Strange political alliances form in U.S. 36 contract debacle
- Lawsuit, protest planned this week against 50-year U.S. 36 management deal
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- CDOT releases 600-page U.S. 36 management contract for public review
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- CDOT director says U.S. 36 contract with Plenary will close within two weeks
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- Harsh words for CDOT at public meeting on 50-year U.S. 36 contract
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- Contentious public-private U.S. 36 deal to get public airing this week
LOUISVILLE — Colorado Department of Transportation officials took another public flogging Thursday night from a crowd of about 300 gathered to get questions answered about CDOT's plans to partner with a private firm to maintain and operate U.S. 36 between Boulder and Denver for the next 50 years.
At the onset of the second such public meeting in two nights, CDOT officials conceded they had failed to adequately educate the public on a pending deal last year with Plenary Roads Denver, a multinational six-company consortium, that allows the firm to collect revenues from toll lanes being built in both directions of the highway in exchange for operating the road and providing ice and snow removal services on U.S. 36 and parts of Interstate 25 until 2063.
"We thought we were communicating what was going on and why this deal would work," CDOT spokeswoman Amy Ford told the standing-room-only crowd inside the cavernous space of the former Louisville Sam's Club building. "But clearly, given the attendance here tonight, we failed at doing so."
The U.S. 36 Managed Lanes project, a $425 million endeavor that will add a toll/transit/high-occupancy vehicle lane in each direction of the highway, has been under construction since the summer of 2012.
The primary complaint of many in Thursday's audience was the perceived secrecy of the contract with Plenary, and CDOT's refusal to release more than a summary of a 600-page document.
"I know you're frustrated. I'm frustrated," State Sen. Matt Jones, D-Louisville, told those in attendance. "Many of you know that I've expressed concern. My concern is we can't see the contract. I've asked for it for some time now — months, actually."
CDOT government relations director Herman Stockinger said the state, CDOT included, doesn't release contracts that are still being negotiated and doesn't disclose to the public how it plans to deliver a project.
"We follow what the legislative branch tells us to do. We follow that process," Stockinger said. "Any good contract is going to be questioned by the general public. If they have concerns, they'll be expressed."
State Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, said the contract needs to be reviewed.
"The bottom line is if we're going to get into this deal, we need to make sure it's vetted and that it's a good deal for the public," Foote said.
CDOT officials said the global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is working to redact the contract prior to possible release.
The selection of foreign-based Plenary also didn't sit well with Thursday's crowd. But, Ford said, CDOT "did not have a single company consortium that applied for this job that was solely based in the United States."
Mike Cheroutes, director of the High-Performance Transportation Enterprise — created in 2009 as a government-owned business within CDOT — said the plan is something that CDOT is proud of.
"Given the nature of the road, given the fact that we want to keep freeflow in the managed lanes for the buses, the thought is that the option to do public financing was less valuable than going into the public-private partnership," Cheroutes said. "CDOT does not have money in the bank to assume costs in the hundreds of millions of dollars."
However, CDOT will end up assuming the burden if Plenary defaults or declares bankruptcy — a revelation that drew a raucous response from the Louisville crowd.
CDOT maintains that the planning process was done with full public disclosure.
"The managed lanes solution was the preferred solution following a very public process," Ford said.
Lafayette resident John Martin said the members of the public who showed up Thursday would disagree with Ford's description of the process.
"This whole process is suspect. I find it suspect that this whole project has been planned in secret," Martin said. "The people of northern Colorado voted for a train, not an L.A. freeway."
Jeff Chu, a Superior resident and former member of the Superior Board of Trustees, said the formation of the High-Performance Transportation Enterprise itself begged questions.
"Creating boards always seems to be a means for circumventing the public process," Chu said. "This appears to be an effort to drive people toward paid tolls."
The deal with Plenary won't be finalized until a financial agreement is signed later this month, Ford said, giving some of those in attendance hope that it isn't too late to see changes made to the deal.
"The people of this state do not want this contract," Boulder resident Patricia Lomas said. "How do we stop it?"


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(Reuters) - Two of Major League Baseball's most storied franchises will meet with a World Series berth at stake when the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers open the best-of-seven National League Championship Series on Friday.
The Cardinals, whose 11 World Series crowns is the most for any National League team, and the Dodgers, winners of six and losers in a dozen other Fall Classics, remodeled their teams in distinctly different ways to get within one last hurdle of contesting MLB's pinnacle prize.
NL Central champions St. Louis, who host the first two games of the series, dramatically changed their cast of characters since winning the World Series in 2006 and 2011, retooling in the Cardinal way - by relying on the next wave of young talent percolating up through their envied minor league system.
The West winners from Los Angeles have gone the opposite route, executing their makeover by opening wide the deep wallets of new owners emboldened by a rich regional television contract and intent on becoming Southern California's glamour team.
St. Louis advanced with a 3-2 series win over the Cinderella wild card Pittsburgh Pirates, while the Dodgers prevailed in four games over the NL East champion Atlanta Braves.
Of the 25 players on the Cardinals' Division Series roster, 18 were homegrown, including a rash of 2013 rookies.
They have played a key role in the St. Louis success story including starting pitchers Michael Wacha, who nearly threw no-hitters in his last two starts, and Shelby Miller, and four bullpen arms led by Trevor Rosenthal, who took over as closer late in September.
On offense, the Cardinals scouting and development system delivered an ideal replacement for first baseman Allen Craig, the team's top clutch hitter. When he went down to injury they inserted stocky rookie Matt Adams, who homered in Wednesday's Game Five clincher against Pittsburgh.
The rookies join seasoned veterans including Matt Holliday, Carlos Beltran and homegrown All-Star catcher Yadier Molina to help make the Cardinals the National League's top seeds.
A massive transfusion of talent enabled a dramatic about-face for the Dodgers.
Early in 2012 the Dodgers' fortunes literally changed when an ownership that included NBA great Magic Johnson took over from bankrupt Frank McCourt with a U.S. sports franchise record bid of $2.15 billion.
The Opening Day payroll topped $216 million this season compared to $105 million in 2012 and resulted in a runaway victory in the race for the West Division crown.
Of the 25 players on their Division Series roster, 13 were not with the organization when the new owners took over.
Trades included a mega-deal late last season with the Red Sox in which the Dodgers took on almost $265 million in salary commitments in adding players including Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, and another deal with the Miami Marlins that brought them Hanley Ramirez.
Los Angeles did not stop there, doling out a six-year, $159 million free agent deal to starting pitcher Zack Greinke, who formed a formidable one-two with Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw.
The Dodgers also spread the wealth internationally, handing out a $12 million bonus and seven-year, $42 million contract to Cuban defector Yasiel Puig, whose combination of speed, power and youthful enthusiasm sparked the Dodgers this summer.
Last offseason the Dodgers deepened their rotation by paying $25.7 million for negotiating rights to Korean left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin before giving him a six-year, $36 million deal. Ryu has slotted in admirably as number three starter.
The Cardinals are in the postseason for the 10th time in 14 years and looking for their third World Series title in seven years, while the Dodgers aim to return to the winner's circle for the first time since 1988.
One edge for the Dodgers is that due to their earlier finish in the Division Series, and manager Don Mattingly's decision to bring ace Kershaw back to start Game Four, Los Angeles has Greinke available for Game One and could have Kershaw for Game Two.
The Cardinals, meanwhile, were forced to use ace Wainwright for their Game Five decider and will likely look to their youth brigade to hold the fort until Wainwright is able to return.
Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue


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And I don't see any reason why Farnese should know about the Band of the Hawk/Falcon other than cheap fan service.
I also hate all the cuts between 2D and 3D, not because it's jarring, but because it's a constant reminder of what could have been.
I'm cringing at the thought that next episode we might get to learn if they know how to draw the reproductive parts of a horse.
@hearTes About Farnese´s knowledge. She saw the Falcon´s in the 2nd film during during the victory ball, i guess. The show should acknowledge the film continuity though, for that to work. Not that they will. (The public knowledge that Guts is the Black Swordsman will rip more holes in the continuity later too, not that we will get that far.)
7. Please tell me we will get to see the legendary Rape Horse in the next episode.


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Editor's note: The following are letters from readers about the Daily Pilot's three-part series, School Flight, which was published Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Congratulations on the wonderful and insightful story on Sunday's front page. Staff writer Mike Reicher has done a great service to Costa Mesa to so intelligently and objectively examine a sensitive subject that is often avoided. The editorial was also excellent. The Daily Pilot has really matured under your leadership.
We have lived four houses from Adams Elementary School for 49 years and have seen many changes. Every day, I used to enjoy watching scores of little ones walk past our house on the way to school. Now, I see them being driven away.
Our seven children attended Adams, TeWinkle Intermediate School and Estancia High School. They all are college graduates and most have graduate and professional degrees. Their children are now in Newport-Mesa Unified School District and are experiencing a different world — changing demographics and more competition for college admission.
We joke in our family that there are the Newport Forbaths and the Costa Mesa Forbaths. We have a grandson at Adams and two grandsons at Mariners Elementary School. The Adams student is achieving at the same level as the Mariners kids.
We have granddaughters both at Estancia and Newport Harbor High School. Each school provides its own benefits.
The academic challenge at Newport Harbor might be greater because of the competition and more resources, but because of its size, Estancia provides greater opportunity to actively participate in sports, drama, student government, journalism, etc. — all important pieces of a well-rounded education. Our oldest grandson graduated from Estancia and now attends UC Berkeley, as does a Latina classmate.
Our Newport grandchildren have wonderful friends, so do our Mesa Verde grandchildren, but they're lucky to have developed close friends with many young people and their families from the Westside.
We've attended many functions at Estancia, Adams and TeWinkle, and are moved when we see the beauty of mixed cultures and when we see the tears of joy and pride on both brown and white faces as their kids perform, receive awards and graduate. There's no greater common denominator than parents' love and pride in their children.
All I can say to those who hesitate to send their children to our Costa Mesa Westside schools, you're missing a lot of great experiences. You should give it a try.
Jean Forbath
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I am a teacher at Adams Elementary School, and I would personally like to express my gratitude for the unbiased way you presented the issue of "white flight" at my school. Susan Sanchez is one of my former students, and I loved seeing her smiling face in the paper.
In the six years I have taught at Adams, I have seen many neighborhood families leave for other schools, but have also witnessed huge gains made by our Latino students. I think it's important to clear up the misconception that classrooms at Adams are full of non-English-speaking students.
In six years, I have only had two such students enter my classroom. One boy entered my class as a fifth-grader knowing fewer than 10 English words. He was such a diligent student and hard worker that, when I was assigned to teach sixth grade the following year, I insisted he remain under my tutelage.
He showed up at my classroom door recently. I was stunned to discover that, after only four years in America, he is not only speaking English fluently, but he was accepted to start ninth grade at Early College High School and is earning college credit along with his regular high school classes. He is also a part of ASB and was placed in an advanced English class.
It is a huge misconception in our neighborhood community that these immigrant children can't learn. My former student is proof that schools like Adams and TeWinkle Intermediate School can help students reach success.
I just had to share that with you. Thanks again for presenting both sides of this argument without being nasty. Adams is a wonderful school and I hope, after reading your article, more neighborhood families give us a second chance.
Alison Walske
Costa Mesa
Adams couldn't meet our needs
I moved into Mesa Verde almost eight years ago with my wife and then-10-month-old daughter. We now have three kids. None of them go to Adams Elementary School. It's not racism, and it's not test scores.
My wife and I are both public-school educators in Orange County. I work in a diverse, urban school district and love the diversity of my own school. I know the power of diversity in education, but school choice for my family has everything to do with meeting the needs of my children.
When my oldest was of school age, we went to Adams, toured the school and attended the town hall-style information night. We were excited about the possibility of simply walking our daughter around the corner to her school in the same way I walked to school when I was a child.
Then we started asking questions, and the answers were disturbing to us. In a class of 20 students, an average of 16-plus would be English learners. We asked a simple question.
"How do you meet the needs of the three or four students in the class that don't need any English-language instruction?"
The answer: "We have the fluent speakers work as helpers in the classroom."
Question: "Do you differentiate reading instruction in the upper grades where children move to different classrooms based on reading levels?"
The answer: "No."
The answers to these two questions decided the situation for us. This school will not meet the needs of my child. I'm glad to see that Principal Gabe Del Real is trying to set a different tone by addressing children's individual needs, but our choice has nothing to do with our children fitting in. Our children are now in a school they love, where their needs are being met, and we have no intention of moving them.
What I see as the biggest problem in this whole situation is not racism, not low test scores, or fitting in or perceived violence. The problem is that Newport-Mesa is a basic aid district. The district has no motivation to meet the needs of its customer base because it gets paid whether my child attends its schools or not. If that changed, the schools would change.
Brendan Keegan
Mesa Verde
Return to our schools
My wife and I have lived in Mesa Verde for more than 32 years. We've raised four daughters here and all four have attended California Elementary, TeWinkle Intermediate and Estancia High schools.
I am a 13-year volunteer for various N-MUSD programs and committees. I was honored to serve as Estancia's Eagle Pride Foundation's first president, and was co-founder and first president of the Estancia & TeWinkle Schools Foundation.
All my daughters were senior class presidents. All excelled in scholastics, graduating with top honors. All graduated either magna or summa cum laude from California universities.
Two are now educators, including my daughter Dana, who teaches AP English at Costa Mesa High School. Interestingly, her husband, Scott, teaches history at Estancia. Clearly, attending their neighborhood schools had a very positive effect on my daughters, and I suggest that doing the same would benefit other Mesa Verde families who are trying to decide which schools their kids should attend.
My bona fides now established, let's address a question unasked by Reicher: What sort of change do you suppose Adams, TeWinkle and Estancia would undergo if Mesa Verde families didn't choose to ship 500 of their kids to Huntington Beach and another 500-plus to other N-MUSD schools?
I submit that the addition of more than 1,000 of our neighborhood children to our neighborhood schools would have an immediate and materially beneficial effect on the makeup of those schools. Doing so would provide an immediate boost to school test scores, serve to smooth out ethnic percentages for those who are concerned about such things, enrich the kids' educational experiences, enable neighborhood children to attend school with their lifelong friends, and prove to be a more efficient use of scarce and expensive educational resources.
I submit further that choosing to send one's child to another school or another city because of a perceived problem that might occur, but is not occurring, can prove to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Choosing your child's school based on fears or rumors or unfounded perceptions perpetuates a negative stereotype and sacrifices the opportunity for your kids to experience the wonderful educational experiences awaiting them just down the street at our great neighborhood schools.
Visit these schools. Make an appointment to talk with the principals and the teachers. They'll be glad to meet with you. Then ask the kids attending them what they think. Ask the parent who chose a local school for their kids what his or her experiences have been, and then decide based on the facts as presented.
I think you may elect to take advantage of what your local schools have to offer. For your sake and that of your kids, I certainly hope so.
Chuck Cassity
Costa Mesa
Diversity helped her grandkids
I found the article about flight from diversity in Mesa Verde schools to be interesting. I personally found that diversity in all areas — economic, religious, racial — as well as full inclusion for children with challenges to be beneficial to my children, who attended California Elementary, TeWinkle Intermediate and Estancia High schools. I have four grandchildren who graduated from Estancia. Three of the four have earned bachelor's degrees and one currently enrolled in a master's program.
Recently, a grandchild who lives in a neighboring school district had a tough time working through some bullying the first semester of eighth grade. These were peers that she was in scouting with during elementary school!
Her grades had dropped to Ds. After all appropriate steps were taken, and after no real solutions to her situation, it was suggested that she come to live with us and attend the second semester of eighth grade at TeWinkle.
I want to tell you that the teachers, counselors and students at TeWinkle made this a wonderful experience for my granddaughter! The music director was wonderful, the science and math teachers took a great interest, the English and history teachers even showed a one-on-one interest. The office staff helped her get involved with the drama club and she was promoted in June with straight As!
You know, it really does "take a village." These students will be working with and/or for the very ethnic groups with whom they attend school! Why can't we applaud the diversity in this school district, start helping others to get involved by volunteering in the classroom or help raise funds to finance the projects that this unique "village" requires?
Patti Smith
Costa Mesa
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A breath of fresh air!
Tom Egan
Costa Mesa
Abandon racial preferences
Whites are being lured back to Adams Elementary/TeWinkle Intermediate/Estancia High schools with promises that the English-proficient-fast-learner-selective-college-aspiring students will be taught differently and placed in separate classes. Won't this widen the achievement gap and foster segregation within the schools?
This is the burning civil rights issue of our time, we are constantly reminded. Has no one told these school administrators?
But Reicher's story ignores the new political reality in California. Mass migration has changed it from toss-up to deep blue, a one-party state, with Latinos central to the governing coalition.
Spouting fairness, inclusion and other platitudes, the state Legislature, i.e. the Democrats, have pressured the University of California to exclude better-qualified whites in favor of blacks and Latinos. Every shift in this direction was cause for another official celebration of diversity, with never one official word of concern for excellence.
Seeing Proposition 209, the state ban on racial preferences, as an obstacle to further marginalize whites, state Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) has sponsored Senate Bill 185 to abolish it. His bill is expected on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk this month. What use is individual educational achievement when the overriding qualification is race?
Let's have a follow-up article on UC admissions from all N-MUSD high schools, comprising a table with these columns: race (required by UC, delete names), GPA, SAT/ACT, accepted/rejected, with one entry per applicant per UC campus. Let readers have the raw data so that they can decide for themselves if "holistic review" might explain the disparities.
Ned McCune
Costa Mesa


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Britain's Anna Friel has had one of the most diverse and distinctive careers of her generation. Born on July 12, 1976 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, actress Anna Friel shot to fame at age 16 playing Beth Jordache, British television's first lesbian character, on the serial "Brookside."
Between 1993-95, her character was controversial, yet proved to be extremely popular in the UK, inspiring many "Free Beth Jordache" campaigns when the character was on trial for patricide. Despite her status as a household name, however, Friel was dropped from the show in 1995 when writers forced Beth to commit suicide off-screen.
The petite beauty remained visible – in more ways than one – frequently appearing in semi-nude or nude shots in British magazines, while continuing to act in such ventures as an episode of HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" in 1996 and portraying Bella Wilfer in the 1998 BBC adaptation of "Our Mutual Friend." Friel continued to develop a sex symbol persona with her role in the BBC-2 movie "The Tribe" (1998), playing a seductive member of a cult-like Goth group – a role that required full frontal nudity.
She segued to the big screen as the brazen flirt Prue in David Leland's World War II drama, "The Land Girls" (1998). She continued to establish herself as a film actress as Ewan McGregor's wife in "Rogue Trader" (1998), the biopic of Nick Leeson, whose financial dealings brought about the collapse of Barings Bank. She joined a stellar cast that included Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christian Bale and Rupert Everett for another telling of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999), playing Hermia, the love-torn daughter of an overly-controlling father (Bernard Hill) who wants her to marry another man (Bale).
Friel began making more of a name for herself in the United States, first by appearing in small independent films, followed by regular series work on television. She headlined the British-made " Mad Cows" (1999), playing a newly single mother who shoplifts and stages a prison break scheme with her best friend (Joanna Lumley) so she can find the couple who adopted her son. In " Sunset Strip" (2000) Friel was a struggling fashion designer catering to the Strip's myriad rock musicians.
After playing the sultry nurse girlfriend of a barber (Barry McEvoy) who gets a job at an Irish insane asylum in " An Everlasting Piece" (2000), she travelled back to Napoleonic France to play a local woman in love with an army officer (Jean Marc Barr) in the swashbuckling romance, " St. Ives" (2001). Friel then gave a strong performance as the troubled and unpredictable Marina, lifelong best friend to the steady and bookish Holly, in " Me Without You" (2002).
After the failure of " Timeline" (2003), a sci-fi action flick about a group of modern day scientists trapped in 14th century France which starred Paul Walker and Frances O'Connor, Friel decided to try her hand at American television. She landed a regular gig on the short-lived legal drama, " The Jury" (Fox, 2004-05), Tom Fontana's look at the deliberation process, as seen through the eyes of a different New York jury every week.
In the CBS movie " Perfect Strangers" (2004), Friel played a junior ad rep in London who switches jobs with a New York executive – thanks to a company exchange program – and learns how much she has in common with her counterpart.
She finally scored a TV hit with " Pushing Daises," about a man (Lee Pace) with the power to bring the dead back to life – unless he touches them again; sending them back to a permanent death. Friel played his childhood sweetheart Chuck, whom he revives after she is murdered on a cruise ship, only to fall hopelessly in love and never be able to touch her again.
In 2008, Friel earned her first Golden Globe nomination for her role in the highly acclaimed series.
Consistently working, Friel dons a British accent in the big-budget satiric comedy Land of the Lost, opposite Will Ferrell, in which she, Ferrell and Danny McBride end up lost in dinosaur country. The actress will soon appear on stage as the iconic Holly Golightly and has signed on for a number of disparate films. The beautiful actress talked to PAUL FISCHER in this exclusive interview.
Question: But I'd like to start off by asking you how this project came to you, because it seems an odd film, given your previous track record of these really wonderful little English movies that you've done, to be doing something like this.
Friel: I tend to mix it up as much as I possibly can. I've never done a movie of this scale before, or of this kind of genre of film and I think it's important, in this day and age, when there are so many actors of so much talent out there. You never want to get pigeonholed, so if I get the opportunity to do something really different, than I jump at the chance. I'd always been a Will Ferrell fan, and I'd loved Brad Silberling. I'd met him for another project years before, that he'd wanted from the very beginning to be British, and like my own voice, I really jumped at the chance. And I think – and I think it paid off. I can now go – I can tick that box. And it was one of the most enjoyable experiences I've ever had. It was just such fun. Both Will and Danny are just tremendous to work with.
Question: Tell me about the relationship between you and Will. I mean, those two guys are incredible improvisers. Did you kind of fit in with that? Was it easy for you, especially as an English actress and with your background, to work within that particular milieu?
Friel: In that vein. Well, I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't totally intimidated. You know, I'm awestruck just to watch people do it, live, the acting. What makes the cut, and coming up with ten different responses, or skits in certain scenes. If the scene wasn't working, how do you – it's kind of an ongoing process. Usually you can work on – particularly on Pushing Daisies, because I was in the middle of Pushing Daisies. We did the first nine episodes, and I did Land of the Lost and went back, and you weren't really allowed to change a word. And this is much more free-for-all. If you had ideas, you could just throw them in. And there's little improvisation that I had within it. So, I don't have as much to say, or as many of those kinds of gags like that. I'm much more the straight girl, kind of rigid to my story. And she has this kind of inexplicable crush on Marshall. And I did kind of justify that by – it's very easy to fall in love with Will, because he's such a nice, lovely, warm guy. And I just – as an actress, just – made myself – well, Holly, just think all his wild wit and stupidity is just masked eccentricities as a wonderful scientist. And Brad always used to just direct me and say, " You have to take it all seriously." I'm like, " But aren't I just going to be bored, and too serious?" And he's like, " No, no, no. You have to. If someone doesn't root it, then we don't all believe in that world. And we need that to happen."
Question: What was more intimidating? Reacting – trying to keep a straight face working with Will, or dealing with the special effects that you had to obviously confront?
Friel: Well, I think that whole thing is just bringing it back to the elements of when you use your imagination. It's easy to suspend disbelief. So, I'm shouting at, instead of a dinosaur, a tennis ball at the end of a big metal rod and I have to take it seriously. I think, again, it's just – if you can do that, and you can pretend that, then you can do anything. You just have to keep remembering it's on. And I'm good. But then Silberling's like, " No, no, with the effects, really, it'll be perfect." I was guided very much so.
Question: You do go back and forth, I guess, to England, but you're living in LA now, or you moved back to England?
Friel: Well, when I was doing Daisies, before December, I hadn't been home to England for two years. And I went back in December 'til March, because I did a job in England and then came back here to – because my daughter was in school, and I wanted to bring her back. And I'm a homeowner. I haven't got a green card. But I'm looking to buy a house in both countries. So, for instance, I go to Seattle next to do a film called The Detail with James McAvoy and Laura Linney, and Elizabeth Banks. And that's in Seattle. Then I go and do a movie in London, called London Boulevard, with Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell. Then I'm going to go to the stage and play Holly Golightly, and that's in England. So I'm going to be in England until February. And then I'll come back. Because I have to say, I really have enjoyed my time here. I really like it.
Question: Let me backtrack. Did you say you're playing Holly Golightly?
Friel: I am.
Question: So you're obviously not afraid to step into some iconic shoes.
Friel: I can't look at it like that. If I do, it's going to be far, far too daunting. I've purposely not allowed myself to watch the film, and concentrate on the novel. This is an adaptation of the novel that Truman Capote wrote, which is quite a lot different to the film. And it's my own take. Audrey Hepburn, after all, was an actress, and interpreted a role that was written by Capote. And this is just another interpretation. Otherwise, we could say we'll never do it again. But I don't think a version of the book, which is a bit different, and because it's on stage – I know it's not been done before. So, you know. If I go in there and try and copy Audrey, then I'm going to fall flat. She's too beautiful and too graceful, and she did something completely unique and of her own for that part. It will be different. People will go, " Oh." But – they'll recognize the story. And I just would kind of urge everyone to read the book before they come see the play.
Question: What challenges do you face as an actress working on both sides of the Atlantic, trying to find women to play that you've never played before?
Friel: Well, there's a lot, because there's so few – if I have the question correctly – there's so few good roles out there for women. And there's pressure between the A-list stars. So, you've got to find things that are just going to – individually, or what I do, is – things that are going to stretch me, and make me better, and hopefully create an audience that wants to keep seeing you. Because that's the most powerful thing at the end of the day, is an audience that supports you. It doesn't matter how many producers or casting directors love you, if an audience doesn't want to actually see you. And just – again, not boxing yourself into a certain little bracket, where it will end your career.
Question: Are you surprised by your success?
Friel: I've been working probably since I was 16. So, you know, half my life now. I'm 32. And I think everyone's just always more petrified. You know, you think, " Oh, I'm scared, and what's going to be the next thing? And what's the next thing?" That you actually forget to just enjoy where you are now, and go, " Right." After all this, it's always, " When are we going to go? When are we going to get – how is that going to last?" And I think it's a change in my way of looking at that, and thinking, " This is what I do. And some people like it, and some people – you've just got to stay as true to yourself as you can, and keep as sane as possible, in – you know, what can be quite a mad industry."
Question: You have a family.
Friel: I do.
Question: Is it hard to balance these two sets of responsibilities?
Friel: Yes, it is. Thankfully, I've got a great nanny, and I've got a great partner. He's a wonderful Dad, and an amazing little daughter who was on film sets at only six weeks. So, I did my first job with her having given birth, when she was only six weeks old. So, she went to ten countries. And at this age, that you can kind of take them with you, and let them travel the world, and what she would have been being taught in a school, she's actually experiencing. She's being, as now, very balanced and a very happy, happy child.
Question: And what are you particularly looking forward to next?
Friel: I'm looking forward to all of them. I'm scared about all of them. I'm scared of every job I go into. I'm very excited to go back on stage again. Again, terrified. I think James McAvoy's a brilliant actor, so I'm looking forward to working with him, and this director, Jacob Aaron Estes, who's directing that, he's been just brilliant. I really do like him. So, I'm excited to work with him. And then Bill Monahan, who's – again, a wonderful, wonderful writer. So I'm interested to see him for the first time. That's going to be great.


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RICHMOND, Va. — A statewide effort to reduce smoking among Virginia youths is paying off as high school and middle school rates have fallen to their lowest levels in a decade, a report released Thursday shows.
The number of middle school students who smoke regularly declined 70 percent, from 10.6 percent in 2001 to 3 percent during the 2011-2012 years, the Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey shows.
During the same period, the smoking rate for high school students dropped from 28.6 percent to 13 percent, a decline of more than 55 percent.
The national smoking rate for high school students is an estimated 18.1 percent, according to the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state study surveyed more than 2,600 public middle school and high school students on their tobacco use, attitudes toward tobacco use and advertising, accessibility of tobacco products and other topics. It was conducted in cooperation with Virginia Commonwealth University's Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory.
Gov. Bob McDonnell and Health and Human Resources Secretary Dr. Bill Hazel attributed Virginia's declining rates to efforts by the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to reduce youth smoking.
"The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has made remarkable achievements in its efforts to keep kids from smoking in the past 10 years," Hazel said in a news release.
Marty Kilgore, the foundation's executive director, said the survey's findings show that tobacco prevention works, and that Virginia youths are choosing healthy lifestyles. But he said tobacco prevention must continue because new students are constantly reaching the age where they are at risk for becoming regular smokers.
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Coach Jeff Forehand, whose team is 5-10, thinks that after 15 games the word "new" no longer needs to be used in describing his Bisons.
"I told our players Monday in practice that we can't keeping a new team," Forehand said. "We have played 15 games. After the next 15 we can't still be new and still working through the same issues.
"There is a learning curve. We have guys coming in from high schools and junior colleges. They have all played under different systems. I am hopeful that the next 15 games will be better than the first 15. And the next 15 will be better than that. It's a progression."
Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium they begin the second set of 15 games when they face Middle Tennessee State from the Sun Belt Conference. Middle Tennessee is 10-5 to start the season.
"MTSU is such a good team," Forehand said. "They are arguably one of the top teams in the state."
Forehand is seeing improvements in his team, though he admits some of the changes might not be that noticeable to many fans.
"To this point our record hasn't shown that we are getting better," Forehand said. "But inside I can see we are improving. There are so many things that we are beginning to do a little bit better.
"We have gotten better at understanding some things within our scheme and what we want to do in certain situations. A lot of the situations are not necessarily dictated by me. They should know that depending on the time, the score and the runner on base what to do going in."
Not being able to bring in runners with timely hits has been a problem for much of the season. Forehand points out that in both the Ball State and Michigan losses Saturday in South Carolina that failures to execute within the scheme were costly.
"They don't have to necessarily get base hits for our offense to be successful," Forehand said. "I'm not a huge stat guy but the two things I think about all the time are how many runs a player knocks in and how many times that player steps on home plate.
"Whether a player knocks them in and gets credit for an RBI or that player hits it so hard that the other team makes a mistake then we still scored. I am trying to get our guys to understand is batting average is not the same as on base percentage. The on base percentage makes us a better team because of how fast and how good we are on the bases."
The Bisons expect to start Chris Nunn, 0-0, 12.60 earned run average, against Middle Tennessee. It will be his fourth appearance and second start.
"Chris has a lot of potential," Forehand said. "He throws the ball pretty hard to be a big. lanky left-handed freshman."
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Bisons will be at Shelby Park to face Belmont in the first Atlantic Sun Conference series of the season.
"Everybody we have played has been a tuneup for the Belmont games," Forehand said. "I challenged them that we can't keep tuning up."
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One of the recent NFL tragedies has been Larry Fitzgerald rotting away in his prime these past couple of season with the Arizona Cardinals.
The Pro Bowl wide receiver had three 1,400-yard seasons with Kurt Warner from 2005 to 2009. He's had one since Warner retired and bottomed out with 71 receptions for 798 yards in 2012. That was Fitzgerald's lowest yardage total since his rookie season and the third-fewest number of receptions he's posted in his nine-year career.
The four touchdowns also were a career-low.
The Cardinals have to get better quarterback play in 2013 than what they got from Kevin Kolb, John Skelton and Ryan Lindley. New coach Bruce Arians is known for his work with quarterbacks, but can he get Fitzgerald involved again? Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne saw his numbers plummet with poor quarterback play in 2011 and finished this past season with 75 receptions for 960 yards and four touchdowns.
The Colts force-fed Wayne 194 passes this season -- tying him for second in the NFL with Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall -- in Arians' lone year as offensive coordinator. Wayne finished with 106 catches (second-most in his career), 1,355 yards (tied for second-most) and five touchdowns.
Having Andrew Luck under center certainly helped, but Arians was determined to get Wayne the ball.
"As a receiver, you can't hand it to them, you have to throw it to them," Arians recently told the Cardinals' official website. "They can double-cover him, and you don't throw it to him if he is double-covered and someone else is single-covered. You've got to take what is there as a quarterback, but you do have to get him the ball because he is such a tremendous talent.
"When I first met with Reggie, Reggie had been on the left side for 10 years. The first day of spring I put him over there on the right, and he looked like he had a palsy. I said, 'It'll come. You have to retrain your body here. Wait until I put you in the slot.' There was the buy-in."
We won't claim fired Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt ignored one of the NFL's best receivers. His 153 targets ranked No. 7 in the NFL this past season. The Cardinals, however, never schemed of a way to get Fitzgerald more quality targets, despite the quarterback play. Arians will have to find a way -- even if he's stuck with the same group of signal-callers.
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Jeff Robinson 12/4/2010 8:52:55 AMOutstanding captures and DD work Allen!! Jeff #1332784
Dale Hardin 12/4/2010 10:22:03 AMVery impressive processing Allen. That on top of a very good shot to begin with. Nice composition also. #9079959
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Mark Dodge 1/23/2011 3:20:17 PMAllen... this is such a fantastic shot(s). Brilliant execution. Perfect monthly theme entry. Congratulations on receiving gold. Right on! #9187809
Martin J. Wells 1/23/2011 3:32:48 PMnicely blended for a fantastic final image. congratulations #9187889
Claudia Kuhn 1/23/2011 5:10:24 PMSo cool, congratulations on your winner! #9188250
Christopher Budny 1/23/2011 6:20:16 PMWhat a capture and composite! Congratulations! #9188568
Patrick Rouzes 1/23/2011 7:52:53 PMCongratulations again, Allen! WTG! #9189014
Steve M. Harrington 1/23/2011 9:16:32 PMA most worthy winner! Good on you, Allen!
Cindy Bendush 1/23/2011 9:49:18 PMSuperb work Allen - congratulations on your compelling win! #9189141
Robert K. Bemus 1/23/2011 10:30:52 PMCongratulations on your well deserved Win, Allen!!! #9189168
Katarina Mansson 1/23/2011 11:20:54 PMCongratulations on your outstanding winner Allen! #9189223
Patti Coblentz 1/24/2011 2:35:09 AMA winner in all categories, Allen...big congratulations, Allen!!! #9189404
Michelle Alton 1/24/2011 3:14:01 AMWay to go, Allen. This is a superb piece of work...glad to see that the judges agree! Congratulations! #9189489
Kara L. Hendricks 1/24/2011 3:58:15 AM#9189667
Lorna Shutter 1/24/2011 5:58:57 AMCONGRATULATIONS on your 2nd Place Win for this fabulous image, Allen!!!!! Very cool work!!! :) #9189967
Debra R. Harder 1/24/2011 9:12:41 AMWTG, Allen! Huge congratulations on your BRILLIANT GOLD WINNER! Deb #9190522
Maria Morrow 1/24/2011 2:17:06 PMCongratulations on this awesome winner! #9191181
Millie A. Talarico 1/24/2011 7:53:31 PMAmazing and creative result, fabulous image,Allen!! Congratulations on the Gold. #9191813
Karen E. Baumann 1/25/2011 7:54:57 AMthis is indeed a wonderful action image, Allen!!! Very nicely presented! Congratulations on your win! #9192748
Usman M. Bajwa 1/27/2011 8:15:05 AMCONGRATULATIONS.....!!!
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 1/27/2011 8:43:56 PMGreat action Allen, congratulations on your win! #9198131
Pranay Koka 1/28/2011 8:48:06 AMspectacular work!! congrats!! #9199039
Dianne Brin 4/23/2013 10:29:31 PMWonderful image! Congratulations #10665318
Liz blahh 8/17/2013 8:38:47 PMFantastic timing and capture, congrats! #10811727
Robert Jensen 10/2/2013 12:10:06 PMwow - outstanding #10860229
Monthly Theme: Action
Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz, California
Hard time choosing which category to enter this under; Digital Darkroom or The new MT, Action.
The figure 2nd from the right is the background photo. I layered 5 more photos over that then erased and repositioned to blend.
PhotoShop Elements 8
f/8 @ 1/1000 (shot at 8 frames/sec)
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As a B-movie actress in the 1940s, Elyse Knox was perhaps best known for the only horror film she ever made, "The Mummy's Tomb," with Lon Chaney Jr. as the monster who kidnaps her.
She later recalled working through the night on the abduction and graveyard scenes with Chaney, miserable in heavy makeup and wearing a strap around his neck to help support her weight as he carried her.
"After it was over, he thanked me for being petite," Knox recalled in the 2009 book "Ladies of the Western."
Knox, who appeared in nearly 40 movies, died Thursday at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was 94.
As a model in the late 1930s, she caught the eye of Hollywood studios when she was featured as a bride in a fashion newsreel.
Throughout the 1940s, she was a contract player at several studios before settling in at Universal.
One of her first leading roles was opposite Roy Rogers in the 1941 movie "Sheriff of Tombstone." She played the love interest of fictional boxer Joe Palooka in a series of low-budget films and a nurse in the 1943 Abbott and Costello comedy "Hit the Ice." Her final film was the 1949 musical "There's a Girl in My Heart."
Making movies was "a lot of fun but at the time I had two children," she said in the book. "I'm just a mother at heart, so I decided it was time to retire from the screen."
Off screen, Knox made headline news in 1944 when she married Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon wearing a wedding dress fashioned from the parachute that saved his life during World War II. Her husband later became a television sportscaster. He died in 1990 at age 70.
In time, she was surrounded by her family's celebrity.
Her son, television and film actor Mark Harmon, was a UCLA quarterback in the early 1970s. Daughter Kristin also went into acting and married teen idol Ricky Nelson. Knox's other daughter, Kelly, also pursued modeling and acting.
Her nine grandchildren include actress Tracy Nelson and singer-songwriters Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. Besides her children and grandchildren, Knox is survived by two great-grandchildren.
Born in 1917 in Hartford, Conn., Knox studied oil painting in high school and remained an artist throughout her life. In 1981, she exhibited her Impressionist-style paintings at a Beverly Hills shop along with artwork by her daughters.
After attending the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York, she was working as an artist's assistant at a design studio in New York when she stumbled into a new career.
"One day the model didn't show up and they said, 'Let's try Elyse,'" Knox told The Times in 1981. Soon, she was regularly appearing in top fashion magazines.
While filming at Paramount, Knox met her future husband, who was taking a studio tour.
Her unique bridal gown — made from the silk parachute her military pilot groom used after being shot down over China — made the pages of Life magazine.
"Tom had played dead in the parachute," she later said, so it "had great sentimental value."


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The 50th anniversary Mid-South Farm and Gin Show is just two weeks away, and thousands of farmers, agribusiness representatives, and others are expected for the big event March 1-2 at the downtown Cook Convention Center.
The show is co-sponsored by the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and Delta Farm Press, and is the largest indoor exhibit of agricultural products, equipment, and services in the Mid-South, and the largest cotton equipment trade show in the nation.
The 80-page official program, which includes information about the show, exhibitors, things to do, places to eat, along with stories and photos spanning the show's half century of service to Mid-South agriculture, is included with this issue of Delta Farm Press. It also went to Alabama subscribers in the Feb. 13 issue of Southeast Farm Press.
"We feel we have an outstanding program, that will provide growers with helpful information in making plans for the 2002 cropping season," says Lee Todd, executive vice president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and show manager.
"We're grateful to everyone for their support over the years and for helping it become the success that it is.
"It's a tribute to all the leaders of our association who've had a hand in guiding the show along, to all the hundreds of companies that have been faithful exhibitors over the years, and to Mid-South farmers and everyone connected with agriculture for helping to make our show one of the best in the nation."
Showgoers will find a convention center full of new equipment, as manufacturers continue improving and expanding their product lines. Most major agri-chemical and seed companies will also be represented at the event, offering growers the latest information about their products.
It is the largest indoor exhibit of agricultural products, equipment, and services in the Mid-South, and the largest cotton equipment trade show in the nation. Several thousand people attend the event each year.
"These are very challenging times for agriculture," says Todd, and farmers attending the show will have an opportunity to get the latest news on agricultural issues and crop outlooks, as well as seeing firsthand the newest and latest products and services.
The yearly Ag Update informational sessions will feature the following speakers:
Friday, March 1: Kenneth B. Hood, Mississippi producer and the new chairman of the National Cotton Council, who will give an update on Council programs and legislative efforts; Richard E. Bell, president and chief executive officer of Riceland Foods, who will give the outlook for rice, soybeans, and wheat; and William "Billy" Dunavant, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Dunavant Enterprises, who will present his annual cotton outlook.
Saturday, March 2: Roy Cantrell, vice president of agricultural research for Cotton Incorporated, will discuss the producer-funded organization's cotton research programs, followed by USDA's William Hawks, and Bruce Scherr, president and chief executive officer of the Sparks Companies, who will discuss the outlook for agricultural commodities.
The doors for the big show open at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday and close at 5 p.m. Friday, 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
Member associations of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association are holding their annual meetings in conjunction with the Farm & Gin Show.
At the group's annual meeting Thursday, Feb. 28, at 1:30 p.m. in the Venetian Room of the Peabody Hotel, speakers will be Michael Hooper, president of the National Cotton Ginners Association; Darryl Earnest, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Cotton Program; Tommy Valco, USDA Agricultural Research Service; and Jerry Gilbert of Mississippi State University.
Anyone interested in hearing these speakers is invited to attend the session.


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Former USS Cole commander to join public affairs firm as executive - Boehner staffer moves to Forbes-Tate - Coalition calls for appointment of new FEC commissioners
With Tarini Parti
EXCLUSIVE … FORMER USS COLE COMMANDER TO JOIN PUBLIC AFFAIRS FIRM AS EXECUTIVE: Kirk Lippold, the commanding officer of the USS Cole when al Qaeda attacked the warship in 2000, will start work this week as senior vice president for military policy and strategic development at D.C.-based grassroots public affairs firm Phillip Stutts & Co.
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Lippold tells PI that his new job will largely focus on working directly with the firm's clients on how to prepare for crises, develop leaders and launch grassroots efforts to influence policy. "I'm not coming on to be a figurehead — I don't do idle time well," Lippold said. "I like getting my hands dirty, and I don't do things half-way."
He added that he also expects to help the firm to expand its client roster, which today ranges from conservative politics groups such as FreedomWorks and the Alabama Republican Party to various military associations and trade groups such as the Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association. Kirk expects his service on the USS Cole will come up frequently among clients, which he says he invites. "But the first thing you do after it comes up is get right beyond that … and get to business," he said.
Firm President and Founder Phillip Stutts confirmed Lippold's hiring, calling him an "American hero" who will "help build out a new portion of business for us." Stutts also said he plans to hire for two other new positions at the firm in coming weeks.
Lippold retired from the Navy in 2007 and has history with Phillip Stutts & Co. — he was a client of the firm during an unsuccessful bid for Congress last year in Nevada and during the promotion of his book, "Front Burner: Al Qaeda's Attack on the USS Cole." The firm has worked with military groups such as Military Families United, the Military Voter Protection Project, Vets for Freedom and Commander's PAC in recent years.
BOEHNER STAFFER MOVES TO FORBES-TATE: Speaker John Boehner's Deputy Floor Director Jeff Strunk is moving to lobbying firm Forbes-Tate as senior vice president, the firm announced. Strunk has more than eight years of experience on Capitol Hill, including the last six years with House Republican leadership.
COALITION CALLS FOR APPOINTMENT OF NEW FEC COMMISSIONERS: Eleven government reform groups today called for appointing new commissioners to the Federal Election Commission and new members to the Office of Congressional Ethics. The terms of five of six FEC commissioners have expired and the terms of most OCE board members will expire at the end of the month.
The FEC has been gridlocked on several money-in-politics issues following the Citizens United decision of 2010, and reformers are advocating for the appointment of new members in hopes of gaining some movement on campaign finance reform.
"In the 2012 elections, candidates and political operatives knew they could do whatever they wanted without campaign finance laws being observed," said Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21. "This problem is President Obama's problem, and it's his problem to solve. All of our efforts have been stonewalled by the White House."
The White House didn't immediate reply to requests for comment. Nominees to FEC would have to be approved by the Senate. The groups calling for the appointments are Americans for Campaign Reform, Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Common Cause, Democracy 21, Judicial Watch, League of Women Voters, National Legal and Policy Center, Public Citizen, Sunlight Foundation and U.S. PIRG.
THE FERGUSON GROUP TO LOBBY FOR MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION: The Magic Johnson Foundation, a nonprofit founded by NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, has signed with lobbying firm The Ferguson Group, according to Senate lobbying disclosures.
The Ferguson Group's Charmayne Macon and Kareem Murphy will be lobbying on behalf of the foundation on issues regarding health, community development, HIV/AIDS and Ryan White Reauthorization, according to the reports. The nonprofit develops programs to empower ethnically diverse urban communities and on HIV/AIDS awareness.
A very dozen-y Wednesday to you, as the twitters are aflutter with the fact that today's the last day during most of our lifetimes that the date, month and year will feature the same number: 12/12/12. Since there aren't many lobbies out there that tout the number 12 — the International Association for K-12 Online Learning and for-profit education outfit K12 Inc. recorded some activity a couple years back — PI would like to humbly submit for your viewing pleasure what's still the most notable example of a repeating number in politics during this election cycle (and maybe ever): http://bit.ly/VVNT7D
Please send us one (or 12) tips, hints or suggestions to email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com, then take a moment to follow us on Twitter at @apalmerdc and @davelevinthal. Tarini is at email@example.com / @tparti.
And don't forget! Friday is the deadline for PI's latest reader contest, in which we want to reward your festive creativity and ingenuity. Here's your charge: Send us a photo (or photos) of your fully decked-out cubicle, office or home. Maybe they're resplendent with 10,001 Christmas lights or are crawling with tiny, mechanical elves. Perhaps they're adorned with menorahs that feature real flames.
Whatever the case, show us your biggest, baddest, loveliest, gaudiest or most ridiculous by emailing the photos to firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to include your name, where you live and, if applicable, what office, firm or company the display is located in. We'll select our five favorite displays (and announce prizes) on Friday, then put them to a vote by all PI readers next week.
Thanks for reading, and now, back to the day's top influence industry news …
LOBBYING FIRM OPENS NEW OFFICE IN PENNSYLVANIA.: Abraham & Roetzel Government Affairs, led by former Energy Secretary and Sen. Spencer Abraham, is opening a new office in Harrisburg, Pa., under a new managing director.
A veteran of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, Lou Crocco will serve as managing director of Abraham & Roetzel Pennsylvania. The firm will host a holiday party Wednesday in Harrisburg to celebrate the opening of the new office.
NEW GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOBBY: Jessica Gross Crawford, a director of government relations at Van Scoyoc Associates and a former legislative assistant for former Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), is joining entrepreneurship lobby America Forward as its director of government affairs. American Forward is a project of New Profit Inc., which describes its itself as an organization aiming to "advocate for policies that foster social entrepreneurship, spur innovation and engage all sectors in order to solve today's most pressing problems."
HOWARD CONSULTING GROUP HIRES TWO: Public affairs firm Howard Consulting Group has hired Jayna Athas as an associate in its public affairs division and Alex Mitchell as a project associate in its communications and media division, the firm announced today. Athas previously worked for UPS's corporate public affairs team and as an assistant to former Rep. Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.), a lobbyist at Akin, Gump, Strauss Hauer and Feld.
DCCC BUSINESS COUNCIL HOSTS COFFEE BENEFIT: The Democratic Congressional Committee 2012 Business Council hosted a coffee fundraiser Wednesday morning at the National Democratic Club on Ivy Street SE.
The invitation lists DCCC National Finance Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Ill.) and DCCC Business Council Chairmen Reps. John Carney (D-Del.), James Himes (D-Conn.) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.) as hosts. The suggested PAC giving price for Business Council members was $15,000 and for patrons and friends $10,000 and $5,000, respectively.
SHUSTER MEETS WITH TRANSPO LOBBY: House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman-elect Rep. Bill Shuster huddled Monday during an introductory meeting with several members of the transportation lobby, including Ryan Bowley, director of legislative affairs for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association; Jodie Moxley, manager of government relations for Airbus North America and Michael Liptak, director of government relations for the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association. The meeting was conducted at the offices of Stanton Communications in D.C.
• With new fiscal cliff issue ads, Crossroads GPS is entering into 2014 Senate races, reports Paul Blumenthal of The Huffington Post. http://huff.to/XOKS9B
• A nonpartisan research firm is criticizing the Romney campaign's advertising strategy, reports Tom Hamburger of The Washington Post. http://wapo.st/VySV46
• The Koch brothers have postponed their semi-annual secretive meeting of wealthy donors, reports Robert Costa of The National Review. http://bit.ly/YWWeK8
• Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is working on getting rid of his Senate campaign's debt, reports Alexandra Jaffe of The Hill. http://bit.ly/Uyte2B
• Keenan Steiner of The Sunlight Foundation has influence profiles for potential successors for Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). http://bit.ly/UAkXxf
Service Employees International Union Local 721 CTW, CLC State & Local — Federal of Los Angeles — Treasurer: Robert Schoonover
Committee to Draft Judge Andrew Napolitano for President of Washington, D.C. — Treasurer: Dan Backer (super PAC)
Defending Our Values of Canton, Ga. — Treasurer: Mark Ross (super PAC)
Progressing Our Liberties of East Walpole, Mass. — Treasurer: Richard D. Sneider (super PAC)
NEW LOBBYING REGISTRATIONS: (Firm: Client)
Constantine Cannon: Merchant Customer Exchange LLC
Dickstein Shapiro: ILC Dover
Engel & Novitt, LLP: Trygg Pharma Inc.
GDS Strategies LLC: National Association of Water Companies
Jim English Consulting LLC: Professional Housing Management Association
Jon Wood & Associates LLC (formerly known as Jonathan Wood): Alpha Natural Resources Services LLC
The Arnold Agency: Bowling Green State University
The Ferguson Group: Magic Johnson Foundation
Tompkins Strategies LLC: Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
Van Scoyoc Associates: Diverse Services Group
Van Scoyoc Associates: VGM Group Inc.
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'Give me Love' opens at birdsall gallery in Old Lyme
Joyful, whimsical, colorful, playful, radiating positive energy all describe "Give me Love: Hearts & Threads," now on view at the diane birdsall gallery in Old Lyme.
The show features the work of two artists - the paintings of Robin Halpren-Ruder of Providence and Westerly; and the stitched and painted dolls of Margarita Hernandez-Maxzon of New London.
"These are two artists who see their art as an extension of a creative life force," says Diane Birdsall, gallery owner. "Both bring a very vibrant palette to their work. Margarita being from Mexico, part of her culture is to use bright colors. Robin's personality is to be very upbeat and positive and has almost vibrating lines in the composition. Similarly, both of their messages are to elevate people's moods."
Halpren-Ruder works in bright colors, accented further by electric and repeating patterns. Her subjects are vases of flowers, tropical greenery, fruit, beach and kitchen scenes - all accentuated with bold patterns of hearts, stars, swirls, polka dots, leaves.
Her frames are an extension of the canvas, painted in the same vibrant palette of acrylic paint. She gets her frames at yard sales, craft stores and donations from friends. She takes out old mirrors or glass, puts Masonite in the frame, primes the whole thing, and paints over it.
She finds inspiration in the paintings of Matisse, Rousseau and Frida Kahlo.
"Every vertical moment is a good one," Halpren-Ruder says. "We need to take advantage of that. We're bombarded daily by world events. There's also a lot of joy in the world we don't hear about. I want to do work that brings a smile to my face and to other people's faces."
She says she's always had an optimistic personality, which emanates from her artwork.
"I've always seen the glass as half full versus half empty."
Halpren-Ruder received her BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was there that a professor told her that her personality should come through in any materials she was using.
"He introduced me to visionary artists - people who in their gut needed to make art," she says. "I started to do what was most comfortable to me."
She went on to study sculpture with Italo Scanga at Tyler School of Art and Temple University; has been a fellow at The MacDowell Colony; and completed a residency at MacDonough 15 in New Orleans.
In the 1970s and '80s Halpren-Ruder was commissioned to paint wall-size murals in hospitals, municipal buildings and universities throughout New Orleans, New England and New York City.
About 10 years ago she began exhibiting her own work, encouraged by a very successful show in Stonington.
Three years ago, Halpren-Ruder and her husband sold their urgent care center business in Providence, which enabled her to focus full time on her painting.
Recently a pediatrician bought Halpren-Ruder's painting titled "Hearts" for her office, affirming for Halpren-Ruder the message she hopes her work expresses.
"She told me it conveyed how she feels when she's with the people she's taking care of," Halpren-Ruder says. "She wants patients to see that when they first come in. I thought that was so lovely."
Originally from the small Mexican village of Tulancingo de Bravo, Hidalgo, Hernandez-Maxzon studied painting for four years at the studio of Alejandro Rodriquez Creel. She came to New London in 2006 after she met her husband, who is from Mystic.
She switched from painting to crafting dolls five years ago when her son Liain was born, to avoid using toxic oil paint and because she didn't have time to spend eight hours in front of an easel.
"I started sewing and playing with clay and plaster," she says. "By the time he was walking, I gave him Plasticine and worked with my own clay. I could be working and he could be playing in the studio at the same time."
Steeped in Mexican folklore and history, the dolls also became a way for her to pass on her heritage to her child.
There's a story behind every doll, Hernandez-Maxzon says.
"I get all these ideas. I see them in my mind and start playing with different materials to see which will work," she notes. "I'm like an engineer more than an artist."
She has crafted several variations of Frida Kahlo and elaborate skeletons in festive costumes, fashioned with her needle and paintbrush.
"I used to get homesick often, and these dolls made me think of home," she says.
Cats are her favorite pet and keep coming up in her work, including her old-fashioned button-eyed felines.
Her "Simply Sisters" multicultural dolls are made out of the same pattern and executed to look very different from one another.
"I used the existence of multicultural communities in the U.S. as a theme, and developed dolls from five different backgrounds," she explains.
She stained fabrics with a variety of tea and coffee to achieve different skin colors and wool yarn hair was styled according to their ethnicity. Their expressive faces were painted with acrylics and colored pencils.
Her "Heart Series" consists of three art dolls symbolizing different emotional states, which can be explained when the viewer explores their hollow chests, covered by hand-sewn garments.
"The Daughter of the Wind" represents open emotions, visible to all, with her heart totally exposed in the chest cavity.
"Tea Time" is an outgoing girl who loves good company. Her chest houses a tea set, which is ready when friends come visiting.
"Tenzin" is a Tibetan monk. His chest is empty and only shows the blue of the sky, because he's found inner peace.
Hernandez-Maxzon created her series of knights when her son was 2 years old and began playing roughly with the dolls. She decided to make soldiers strong enough to endure the occasional pitch and toss.
"I chose the time of the Crusades - I like the look of soldiers then," she says.
She made six prototypes before she came up with one sturdy enough to withstand playtime.
"It's like the structure of a building inside," she says. "It was a lot of fun for me to make them and to do the research to get them historically accurate."
Hernandez-Maxzon's dolls can sit on tables or hang on display or simply function as toys.
"I work to create strong and long lasting evidence of motherhood, childhood, fantasy and dream images," she says.
What: "Give me Love: Hearts &
Threads" exhibit
Where: diane birdsall gallery, 16
Lyme St., Old Lyme.
When: Through Aug. 22
Info: (860) 434-3209 and www.
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