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Here Comes the Train!
Imagine if you will, seven thousand people gathering around the train tracks at the corner of Telfair and Monroe Streets. Where they there to greet the president, a military hero or an exciting circus troop? No, Dubliners and Laurens Countians came by the thousands to see a train filled with exhibits on farming. Yes, I said farming. It was the largest crowd in the history of the Emerald City and they gathered to catch a glimpse of ways to better their lives one hundred years ago today.
The agricultural train had been to Dublin before, back on February 26, 1908. A mere three thousand persons showed up to see the exhibits and attend the lectures of W.A. Worsham and local congressman and agricultural expert, Danville's Dudley M. Hughes, in the Chautauqua auditorium. The "college-on-wheels" was sponsored by the State Agricultural College in Athens. A second annual tour was canceled in 1909 when top educators could not make the necessary arrangements to travel.
The event was again postponed in 1910. The delay allowed the college to make the "education special" even better. The 1911 train was more elaborate and made longer stops, three stops a day for three to four hours at time - depending on the size of the crowds. The train consisted of seven cars. One car featured the most modern examples of farm equipment. Another contained exhibits demonstrating new techniques for improving livestock production. General agricultural and soil exhibits filled two more cars. In towns where no lecture hall was close by, two cars were used for lectures. The last car was a Pullman and was used for sleeping quarters for the cadre of lecturers, teachers, and specialists. The train was under the direction of Dr. A.M. Soule, head of the State Agricultural College, who was aided by Agriculture Commissioner T. G. Hudson and other state officials.
W.A. Worsham, an agricultural chemist of the State Agricultural College, believed that the train would do wonderful work to arouse Georgia farmers. "I think a new era is dawning in Georgia, and the forces at work to arouse agricultural advancement is one of the most important works we have ever attempted," Worsham remarked.
In order to properly prepare for the big event, Dublin mayor L.Q. Stubbs named O.L. Anderson, J.S. Simons, Jr., J.R. Baggett, W.B. Rice, Hal M. Stanley, and J.E. Burch as a committee to oversee the arrangements and to meet the train in Danville. Mayor Stubbs set out to make sure that the crowd would set a local record. Stubbs also believed that the people of Dublin, Laurens County, and surrounding areas would constitute the largest crowd to see the train as it cris-crossed the state.
The main welcoming ceremonies were held in the Opera House, formerly the Chautauqua Auditorium where the event was held before. The site was chosen because the sidings at Telfair and Monroe were best suited to handle the massive multitude of attendees. Stubbs and the committee escorted the college officials to the Opera House where Stubbs issued a formal welcome on behalf of the city. Dr. Soule addressed those lucky enough to have seats in the overflowing auditorium. Soule, in stressing the need to improve farming methods, presented Guy Cochran a certificate honoring Cochran's largest yield of corn on a single acre of land. Cochran, working with the Boy's Corn Club, produced ninety-two bushels of corn on his small plot. Soule pointed out that Cochran, a mere child, produced four to five times the average yield per acre for the area.
Soule commented that the large crowd pointed to the fact that Laurens County farmers were progressive and he had no doubt that the county would mark an epoch in agricultural activity. Also on the dias was state school commissioner, Prof. J.M. Brittian, and Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas G. Hudson, who addressed the crowd on the need to make improvements in all areas of agriculture in the state.
The passage of the train through nearly every railroad depot town in the state was made possible through the cooperation of the state's railroads. The Wrightsville and Tennille established a special rate to insure greater attendance from persons living outside of Dublin.
School officials in the city allowed their seven-hundred students to leave school just prior to lunch to see the exhibits. County school students had the entire day off to accompany their teachers to town.
A.M. Soule's comments on the county's future in agriculture were correct. That same year, county farmers produced more than 60,000 bales of cotton, weighing thirty-million pounds. The production that year set a state record which stood until the latter years of the century when large machines picked cotton on the mega farms of Southeast Georgia. The record that year exceeded the output of all of the farmers in the state of Missouri.
As the dreaded and deadly boll weevil began to infest and destroy a substantial portion of the county's cotton crop, Laurens farmers attempted to diversify by growing more corn and sweet potatoes. Other farmers attempted to expand their livestock, dairy, and poultry operations to keep their farms going. In 1924, more than four thousand farms nearly covered the non-wooded landscape of the county.
Despite the economic hardships of the Great Depression, agriculture continued to be an integral part of the county's economy until the 1970s when high fuel and labor costs, coupled with escalating interest rates brought about a substantial decline in farming in the county. Agricultural programs in the schools and through the Co-Operative Extension Service have continued until the present day. But nothing compared to that day first day in March, one hundred years ago today, when one of every five people in Laurens County came to town to see the "College on Wheels."


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Iraq's Sadr orders no attacks on US troops before pullout
Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr has ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before the completion of their pullout from Iraq scheduled for by the end of the year.world Updated: Sep 11, 2011 13:45 IST
Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr has ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before the completion of their pullout from Iraq scheduled for by the end of the year.
"In order that Iraq can recover its independence through the withdrawal of the invaders from our territory, I judge it indispensable to halt all armed resistance operations until the complete withdrawal of the occupying forces," Sadr said in a statement received by AFP on Sunday.
"If the pullout is completed and there is no longer a single US soldier on our territory, the military operations will end definitively but if that is not the case and Iraq remains in a state of dependency, they will resume with greater vigour," Sadr said.
In July, Major General Jeffrey Buchanan, spokesman for US forces in Iraq accused three Shiite militia groups of being behind attacks on US troops.
He named them as the Promised Day Brigades, formed by Sadr in November 2008, and Kataeb Hezbollah and Assaib Ahl al-Haq, two splinter groups which broke away from Sadr's former Mehdi Army militia which fought US-led troops from 2004 to 2007.
The new US Army chief warned on Thursday against leaving too large a force in Iraq after a year-end deadline, saying too many boots on the ground could feed the perception of an American "occupation."
General Ray Odierno commanded US forces in Iraq until last year and was one of the senior officers who spearheaded the troop "surge" in 2007, which the military believes turned the tide in the war and reduced sectarian violence.
He spoke amid a debate in Washington over the scale of a possible future US military mission in Iraq and after Defence Secretary Leon Panetta endorsed a tentative plan for a force of 3,000-4,000 troops.
Some US lawmakers have criticised that number of soldiers and say senior officers favour a larger force of at least 10,000, which would include a unit deployed in northern Iraq to defuse Arab-Kurdish tensions.
But Odierno told reporters the United States had to carefully balance how many troops were needed to assist Iraqi forces while scaling back the American profile in a country where anti-US sentiment still runs high.
"I will say when I was leaving Iraq a year ago, I always felt we had to be careful about leaving too many people in Iraq," said Odierno, who took over as army chief of staff on Wednesday.
"The larger the force that we leave behind ...(the more) comments of 'occupation force' remain," he added.
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Cattle going directly to slaughter are not required to have official individual ID or a CVI but must have paperwork, such as an owner shipper statement, a bill of lading or bill of sale, that includes all of the following:
However, animals that are designated as slaughter animals but are not being sent directly to a slaughter establishment or directly to an approved federal facility and then directly to a slaughter establishment must meet import requirements above.
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2012 Manufacturing Trends Survey: Can Production This Year Top 2011?
Processors can't get a break from uncertain markets, rising costs and changing safety standards, but they continue to grow and keep optimism high.
Despite lingering overall economic uncertainty, food & beverage processors apparently have come off a pretty good year. Those with plant operations responsibility remain cautiously optimistic for their prospects for profits and growth for the new year, according to Food Processing's 2012 Manufacturing Trends Survey.
That optimism is tempered by what may turn out to be a structural shift as consolidation and outsourcing give rise to greater uncoupling of brand owners and the plants that produce their products.
Capital expenditures, automation, energy and sustainability issues continue to make gains, albeit with mixed messages as to the rate of growth. Still, the overall picture for 2012 is healthy, given the challenges processors face and factors beyond the industry's control – such as rising commodity costs, government regulations and worldwide financial uncertainty in this increasingly global business.
The big question may be: Can we beat 2011?
Our first question on the survey, "What are your manufacturing priorities for 2012?" (Figure 1) saw not a single change in the order from last year – but some tiny movements up and down within the 10 priorities. Food safety, of course, remains Job One; cost control remained about even with last year's votes; sourcing & materials garnered a few more first-place votes and a gain in its average score; labor concerns nearly doubled its first-place votes; environmental concerns rose, too.
Only 4 percent saw a pay cut in their factories last year; 41 percent think it will increase this year. Other top-line results:
- 45 percent say their companies are growing.
- 23 percent expect plant expansion.
- Less than 6 percent expect a decrease in production.
- 63 percent say they're optimistic going into the new year – that's less than the 66 percent of optimists in both 2010 and 2011, but way above the 44 percent of in 2009.
Processors volunteered write-in statements, as well. There were multiple comments that placed maintenance high on the priority list, in large part because the discipline serves to maximize asset health and lifecycle costs, thereby conserving or delaying capital expenditures. Others cited cost and budgetary constraints; capacity management and utilization; managing staff as plants close or are consolidated; and maintaining product quality.
By the way, the survey was taken between Nov. 14 and Dec. 20, 2011. We had 205 responses, and all should have been food & beverage processors with plant operations responsibilities.
'We're growing'
When asked, "How is your company dealing with the economy?" 45 percent said "We're growing," indicating sustained optimism, just a point over last year's response. Since the financial meltdown, perhaps driven by optimism or confidence in long-term planning, there's been a steady uptick in the number of respondents have said they expect to make "no great changes," from 32 percent to 36 percent to 40 percent over the past three years.
In our survey, one-tenth of respondents cited "other" ways of dealing with the economy. These included efficiency improvements, cost and waste reductions, price increases and generally "minding every output" in the face of rising commodity costs.
Some noted the difficulty of finding qualified employees, while another seemed to answer those comments by saying: "We are growing with process design and moving toward mechanical automation to increase production."
On the negative side, expectations of staff reductions are up to 18 percent of respondents vs. last year's 13 percent, which itself represented a drastic reduction from the prior year's 34 percent. The other side of that coin: 28 percent expect an increase in hiring, better than last year's 26 percent.
Now, much like the proverbial "other shoe dropping," comes outsourcing. Last year, 3.6 percent said they would outsource within the U.S. and Canada and another 3.6 percent outside of those boundaries. Today, 6.5 percent of respondents plan to outsource to manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada and 5.5 percent will outsource further afield. While staff reductions and more outsourcing could put employees on the streets, it also may be a net neutral for the industry – but with the same workers and plants operating as low-cost contract manufacturers and packers for the brand-owners, who have retrenched to focus on their core competency, marketing.
This view is perhaps bolstered by a 6-point decline in those expecting their companies to expand (23 percent). Nevertheless, 72 percent of respondents' anticipate that their plants will see a production increase in 2012, up roughly 3 percentage points from a year ago.
Asked specifically about staffing levels for 2012, 28 percent think their companies or plants will increase the size of the workforce -- up 2 points from last year -- while 18 percent plan to reduce the workforce compared to only 13 percent who expected layoffs or attrition last year.
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Computerandvideogames writes:
"An internal Microsoft email has revealed the full extent of the company's plan to phase out XNA; its development framework that had become popular among numerous indie developers."
LAME!I HOPE Nintendo and Sony in some way try to help this new developers and be supportive on new ips from indie devs, they need.M$ only thinks in themselfs and the cash they can rip,i hope they sunk next generation;competiton beteween brands is good for consumers but i really cant stand this methods that some companys use to hurt an in development market.If M$ goes out of gaming market for good i wont miss them in anyway,i will miss one or two of the Ips they own but ...i hope they go for good from the gaming market.
I'm waiting for Microsoft to say so. Honestly, I imagine that even if they do phase this out, they'll have something else to take its place. Microsoft, Sony, and Valve have worked closely with indie devs this generation and it's nice to see Nintendo opening up to them with the Wii U. I can't imagine any of them would backtrack and lose that support.
I used this to play custom rock band songs, it was pretty fun...shame this might be going away
lol Most people are confusing XNA devs with devs like mark of the ninja. This is for all those 1 dollar games or games up to 4 dollars.
XNA only cost like 100 bucks to get a game on the indie tab and theres a lot of crap on it.


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Consensus Report
Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice (2012)Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond the flood zone. Broadening dam and levee safety programs to consider community- and regional-level priorities in decision making can help reduce the risk of, and increase community resilience to, potential dam and levee failures. Collaboration between dam and levee safety professionals at all levels, persons and property owners at direct risk, members of the wider economy, and the social and environmental networks in a community would allow all stakeholders to understand risks, shared needs, and opportunities, and make more informed decisions related to dam and levee infrastructure and community resilience. Fundamental shifts in safety culture will be necessary to integrate the concepts of resilience into dam and levee safety programs.
Key Messages
- The dam and levee community comprises dam and levee safety professionals, and other individuals, groups, and institutions that benefit from the continued and safe functioning of dam and levee infrastructure—whether or not those benefits are recognized by the individual community members.
- Community resilience is a community effort, and dam and levee safety professionals are part of the community.
- Those subject to the direct or indirect impacts of dam or levee failure are also those with the opportunity to reduce the consequences of failure through physical and social changes in the community, community growth planning, safe housing construction, financial planning (including bonds and insurance), and development of the capacity to adapt to change.
- Current policy and practices restrict access to information critical to public risk awareness, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and community capacity for adaptation. Dam and levee safety processes and products (such as inspections, Emergency Action Plans, and inundation maps) are intended to support decision making and enhanced community resilience, but are not readily available to all community members and stakeholders who make those decisions.
- Enhancing resilience will be most successful when dam and levee safety professionals and other community members and stakeholders identify and manage risk collaboratively in ways that increase understanding and communication of risks, shared needs, and opportunities.
- Risk-informed approaches allow dam and levee professionals to improve their understanding of infrastructure-system operations, performance, vulnerabilities, and the consequences of potential failures, and allow them and the broader community to make better decisions related to dam and levee infrastructure and resilience.
- Improving dam and levee safety programs to emphasize processes that enhance community resilience requires a culture shift among dam and levee professionals. This new emphasis requires embracing the responsibilities—and the benefits—associated with developing and implementing collaborative risk-management processes that facilitate enhanced community resilience.
- The federal government can aid resilience-enhancing efforts by identifying cataloging, further developing, communicating, and facilitating the use of tools and guidance that already exist in the published literature and in federal and state guidelines. Many existing tools may need little or no modification to be useful for enhancing community resilience for specific situations. Cataloging existing tools is a first step in identifying and setting priorities for developing necessary new tools.
- Collaborative efforts that become a normal part of community functioning will enhance resilience more successfully in the long term. Continuous improvements in community resilience are more likely if such processes as community and stakeholder engagement assessment are institutionalized by dam and levee safety programs and the broader community.
- Enhancing resilience requires frequent and collective evaluation of risk, safety, and collaborative processes. The report proposes a Maturity Matrix for Assessing Community Engagement that can be used by dam and levee safety professionals, community members and stakeholders, and government entities at all levels to benchmark and manage the progress of industry and community processes related to safety and engagement. Details of assessment are necessarily unique for each community. The federal government can assist communities by providing an initial framework for the assessment tool, and providing information and training for its development and continued use at the community level.


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At 23:45 -0400 9/7/03, Jeffrey Forbes wrote: >Hello all, > >For students who do most of their programming assignments >on their own computers, I am struggling to stumble upon >an appropriate method for helping the students with their >assignments. > >Instead of a "go to a computer lab for help" model, I would like to >employ some sort of a "virtual helper hours" model where students >could ask the course staff questions wherever the students >or the staff happens to be. > >I'd like to hear any advice or comments about how you have used >systems for this purpose. Some initial questions: >- Instant messaging systems (e.g AIM, Jabber, ICQ, etc.): are they > effective and appropriate? How should they be tailored for > virtual helper hours. >- Anyone had positive experiences using chat rooms for teaching > and consulting purposes? >- How about using a software package particularly for this purpose? > Does one exist? Is it any good? > >Please send any comments to me and I will summarize the results >for this list. > >Thanks, >Jeff > I've used a lot of these things with different kinds of success for each. One of the most effective tools is a mailing list to which everyone is subscribed. Everyone gets to ask questions. Everyone gets to see the answers. Most important, everyone gets to answer. This way questions can be answered 24 by 7 even if no instructor/lab assistant is available. You need to correct errors quickly, of course. I use the chat facility in AOL/IM to hold periodic chats in some courses and occasional/emergency chats in others. For example, I was ill once and missed a lecture, but held a "virtual" lecture using chat. You have to get used to running simultaneous multiple threads of discussion, though. Some find it hard to do. When I have a chat, I capture the entire chat as html and then publish it for the benefit of those who could not "attend." They are also helpful in adding a "personal" touch to an internet based course: where are you from -- what is that like... Finally, you should investigate a wiki, which is an interactive web site. Every visitor can edit any page. I spoke about this in a tips session at ITiCSE in Denmark a year ago. It is more permanent than either of the above and some things you do in one term can be easily carried to the next. Two features of my wikis (I have one for each course I teach) are AnonymousFeedback which is a page on which you can rant if you like, and other students can reply if they like, and a GrowYourOwnFAQ where you can ask questions that will be answered in a growing list. There are different wikis. I use a simple one (source code available from my front page) written in Java. There are others in perl, smalltalk, ... The original is the virtual home of the Patterns community http://c2.com/cgi/wiki. If you want to have a private wiki, however, keep it private and don't link to it. Otherwise you will get spam. We had this problem only once. My wiki has anti-crawler meta tags to help prevent this and it has been effective. BTW, you can also run a wiki at localhost and just use it as a personal multi-page note pad. Finally, information from the mailing list and the chats can be transferred to the wiki and really important stuff can be moved from the wiki to less volatile web pages, though you can make wiki pages read only as well. Hope this helps. Joe
When I speak about computer programming as an art, I am thinking primarily of it as an art form, in an aesthetic sense. The chief goal of my work as an educator and author is to help people learn how to write beautiful programs...My feeling is that when we prepare a program, the experience can be just like composing poetry or music...Some programs are elegant, some are exquisite, some are sparkling. My claim is that it is possible to write grand programs, noble programs, truly magnificent ones!...computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty. Programmers who subconsciously view themselves as artists will enjoy what they do and will do it better. - D. Knuth (Computer Programming as an Art. Turing Award Speech 1974)
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Ran across it while searching for Undernet #linuxhelp (http://www.xgoogle.com/details?channel=%23linuxhelp&network=222)
That is, like, _so_ cooooool. That is, like, waaay cool.
I'll need to give another quiz on arrays - make sure they know how to declare, create and use arrays. They also need to pay attention to the length part.
They also need to practice using loops to go over an array.
- Reverse an array - Check if something is a palindrome. - Add a number to the end of an array. - Insert a number into the middle of an array. - Print out every other item in an array.
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Many sewing projects require a small amount of hand stitching. Consider it aerobics for your hands and cross off that workout for the day.
The Tools
- Needle: For information on selecting the right hand sewing needle, read Hand Sewing: Selecting the Right Needle for the Job.
- Thread: For information on selecting the right thread, read Selecting the Right Thread for the Job.
- Thimble: A thimble is optional, but it's helpful with heavier fabrics or when pushing the needle through several thicknesses.
Using a Thimble
A thimble protects your finger from pain as you push the needle through layers of fabric. Choose a thimble that comfortably fits the middle finger on the hand you use when hand sewing.
- Place the thimble on your middle of your right hand if you're right handed and vice versa if you're a lefty.
- Hold your needle between your thumb and index finger.
- Insert the needle into the fabric and push it through with the side or end of the thimble.
Hand Stitch Types
The stitches types shown below are just a few of the many stitches that can be done by hand. For anyone using a sewing machine for most of what they do, these stitches should be all you need to fill in those little hand-sew-only tasks.
To begin, thread your needle and knot the thread. To learn how to do this, read Hand Sewing: Thread a Needle, Tie a Knot. Next, determine which stitch to use from the list below. When you finish hand sewing, use the securing stitch to prevent your stitches from coming undone.
Basting Stitch
A basting stitch is used to temporarily hold together pieces that may shift as you use your sewing machine. When basting, it's a good idea to use a contrasting thread so it's easier to remove the basting stitches after the permanent sewing is complete.
You can use your sewing machine to create a basting stitch, but there are times when it's better done by hand, for example, when you want a stripe or plaid to match perfectly across a seam.
Weave your needle in and out of the fabric creating the look of a dashed line. Stitch about 1/4-inch stitches with equal length spaces between.
Running Stitch
The running stitch is done in the same way as the basting stitch, but with short evenly spaced 1/16-inch to 1/8-inch stitches (depending on your fabric -- smaller stitch for lighter-weight fabric). The running stitch is best done using your sewing machine, but this stitch is good for gathering or quickly mending a seam that has come apart.
The backstitch creates a very strong seam. It's used on heavy or dense fabrics and often to repair a seam. Begin at the right end.
- Bring your needle up through the fabric at point 1.
- Insert your needle and go down through the fabric at point 2.
- Bring the needle up through the fabric point 3.
- Insert your needle and go down through the fabric at point 4.
- Repeat until you reach the end of your seam.
Overcast Stitch
The overcast stitch is used to finish cut edges on fabrics that tend to ravel, such as linens and gabardines. Your sewing machine may have an overcasting stitch that will save you from hand sewing.
- To overcast by hand, start on one side of the edge you want to finish.
- Make a series of equal-spaced and diagonal stitches that loop around the edge of the fabric.
Slip Stitch or Ladder Stitch
This is the hand stitch I find most useful. A slip stitch is used to create an invisible seam between two folded edges, or a folded edge and a flat edge. You can use slip stitching for bindings, to close a lining, for the final stitches on a stuffed pillow, or to apply applique invisibly.
- Iron the folds flat.
- Slip your threaded needle inside the fold to hide the knot.
- Bring the needle out through the folded edge.
- Pick up a few threads of fabric and then work through the fold again.
- Slide the needle along, come out of the fold to make the next stitch.
Blind Hem Stitch
If your sewing machine can make a blind hem stitch, you'll find it superior and faster than hemming by hand.
- Slip your threaded needle inside the fold to hide the knot.
- Bring the needle out through the folded edge.
- Using the point of your needle, pick up a few threads from the front side of your project.
- Push the needled back into the fold of the hem edge.
- Repeat for the length of the hem.
Securing Stitch
Regardless of the type of stitch you use, you will need to finish with a securing stitch to prevent your work from coming undone.
- Take one small backstitch and make a loop over the point of the needle.
- Pull the thread through the loop to create a knot at the base of the fabric.
- For a stronger secure stitch, repeat the process to create two knots.


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A full slate of activities in Columbus is planned for Monday, Jan. 21, to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
A full slate of activities in Columbus is planned for Monday, Jan. 21, to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
The day kicks off at 7 a.m. with the 28th annual breakfast, to be held in the Battelle Grand ballroom in the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St.
The keynote speaker is the Rev. Dr. DeForest B. Soaries Jr., the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, N.J.
Bert Castle, executive director of the breakfast, said about 3,000 people are expected to attend, which is anticipated to be less that previous years because the event coincides with the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Nevertheless, it promises to be a powerful lineup, Castle said.
"It's an exciting experience," he said. "It's a burst of multicultural groups.
"Behind the breakfast is a host of volunteers and volunteers are golden in that they provide their time, energy and expertise in supporting the breakfast."
Cost is $35 per individual and $350 for a table of 10. More information is available at mlkjrbreakfast.com.
Following the breakfast, an open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the King Arts Complex, 867 Mt. Vernon Ave. on the Near East Side.
President Obama's inauguration will be broadcast in the center's Pythian Theater.
Participants will have an opportunity to participate in the "Marching On" art project, where children and adults will design and paint a shoe to exhibit in the corridor of the complex.
Officials with the facility invite people to bring a non-perishable food item, to be donated to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.
"It's a big signature event not only for the King Arts Complex, but for the city," said Toni Johnson, marketing and membership director for center.
"We expect a very, very large crowd," she said.
Meanwhile, gathering for the ceremonial march begins at 4 p.m. at Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St. The march, commemorating King's historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965, will begin at 4:45 p.m. and proceed west on Broad Street to the Franklin County Veterans Memorial, 300 W. Broad St.
Doors at Veterans Memorial open at 5 p.m. Attractions include a three-act historical remembrance written by student interns from Ohio State University and live performances from BalletMet Columbus, the Jazz Arts Academy and a 150-voice youth choir.
Napoleon Bell, executive director of the Columbus Community Relations Commission, stresses festivities are open to everyone in the Greater Columbus region.
"We have such a large, diverse population in the city," he said, "and, I think that adds to the celebration.
"When you look out at the crowd, it's not homogenous, it's diverse," Bell said. "People get it: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was there for the rights of all."


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(HawaiiNewsNow) - Mars Comedy and Comedy Hawaii presents "DOUG STANHOPE one night in HONOLULU" comedy show on Saturday, February 23rd 2013 in Aloha Beer Company at 580 North Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, HI 96817. It is a stand-up comedy show starring Doug Stanhope, hosted by James Mane and features Junior Stopka, Michael C. Hall, Chad Wago, and Anthony Nigrelli. Doors open at 8:00 PM and the show starts at 9:00 PM. Tickets are $20 and for sale HERE or by calling 808-779-5579 for reservations.
Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comedian, actor, and author known for his abrasive, intelligent, and controversial comedy style. He started doing stand-up comedy in Las Vegas in 1990 and has since been performing all across the United States as well as in other countries. Such as, Montreal in Canada, Edinburgh in Scotland, and in London, England where his show was placed in the top 5 of the 20 Best Live Shows of 2009 by London's The Guardian newspaper. Doug is also a two-time winner of Time Out New York's "Best Comedy Performance of the Year". He was a host of The Man Show on Comedy Central and has also be seen on "The Howard Stern Show", "Comedy Central Presents", and most recently as the memorable character Eddie on FX's hit show "Louis".
Hosting the show will be Mars Comedy owner James Mane. James is part of the Guys with Issues Comedy Podcast who has recently done successful comedy showcases. Featuring in the show will be Junior Stopka, who won Best of Chicago Stand-Up Comedian of 2010 by the Chicago Reader and has performed all over the country. Also featuring in this show is Comedy Hawaii creator Michael C Hall who has been a key figure in the development of Hawaii's alternative comedy scene as well as a writer for national magazines Comic Bible and MMA Hawaii. There will be two openers for the show Chad Wago, who is a member of the Guys With Issues Comedy Podcast at Mars Comedy, and Anthony Nigrelli, who is a very funny and energetic comedian with a bright future.
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Thing is that you are always dependent on people, even with what you call "reliable sources", dependent on people who have found and interpreted the archeological evidence, dependent on everyone involved in the chain of transmitting that information. You have trust in that information, you have faith in those findings, you take refuge in the system of archeology. It is what you call "proper foundation", is that not so ? Community of archeologists is the true Sangha for you.Astus wrote:
It takes historical and archeological records to establish a theory. Does the Kalachakra tradition say anything about the Roman empire? If so, where?
You may think as you please, just don't expect me to take it seriously when it lacks proper foundation in reliable sources.
We know from experience that humans are not very reliable, expecially when the stakes are so high as they are in the case of archeology. We know from history that various dictators have produced " arghaeological findings" that support their world view. What makes you believe that modern european states are immune to the temptation of manufacturing archaeological evidence that suits their intentions and destroying the evidence they don't like ?
You have much faith, dear friend, I hope you realise that.


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The Ravens' penchant for employing chop blocks has caused quite a consternation in Pittsburgh and Nashville.
First, several Steelers players accused the Ravens of illegal chop blocks in their 35-7 victory over Pittsburgh Sunday. According to an article in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, those players asserted that the blocks were dangerous and toeing the line of competitive legality.
Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton specifically named right guard Marshal Yanda, but Yanda declined to comment on the allegations, saying he had to prepare for the Tennessee Titans, the Ravens' next opponent.
But no penalties were called against the Ravens, and as Pro Football Talk pointed out, a chop block is illegal only if the two offensive linemen involved were not lined up next to each other at the snap.
In a report in The Tennessean, Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray promised that the team would have something in store if the Ravens used chop blocks on Sunday.
"They're trying to cut you and do those things," Gray said. "You've got to make sure you're doing something that's hopefully going to hurt them, too. You can't just be the recipient of everything. You've got to start doing something that's going to get you back on track and hopefully they'll tone that stuff down when you do something else."
On Friday, Ravens coach John Harbaugh responded to Gray's veiled threat.
"I'm assuming what he's talking about is you counter it," Harbaugh said Friday. "The blocking scheme that's come up this week is one that almost every team in the National Football League runs. We've been running it for years. Some teams do it better than other teams. The block is absolutely legal. It's 100 percent legal, and it's 100 percent ethical, and there is no danger whatsoever in the way the block is being executed because it's in front. An adjacent offensive lineman in a play that's away can cut the next defender. It's the defender's responsibility to not hold the center and keep him from getting up on the linebacker the center's trying to block and expose himself. It's his job to let that guy go and to defend himself. So, when you choose to keep that center off the linebacker, you're choosing to leave yourself vulnerable to being cut in front. So, just play defense, I would say."
Harbaugh defends chop blocks
The Ravens' penchant for employing chop blocks has caused quite a consternation in Pittsburgh and Nashville.


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Drowning Victim Identified
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(2/5/13) An Amish teenager who drowned in a farm pond while chopping ice blocks for his family has been identified as 17-year-old Lester Mullet of the Vernon County town of Clinton.
Sheriff's officials said other boys had just delivered ice blocks to the family's farm-house when they returned and saw only Lester's gloves on top of the water. Vernon County rescue divers recovered the boy's body about two-and-a-half hours after he fell in. The pond was 8-to-12-feet deep.


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That up there is my one-of-a-kind, custom made DODOcase for the iPad. I was invited to try out DODOcase's latest service, Build-a-DODO, offering customers the opportunity to customize their iPad case inside and out. First pick a solid or two tone exterior, an exterior fabric (including patterns and leather), an interior fabric, whether you want a camera port or not, and the color of the elastic band. Proving I'm a little design cuckoo over here, I found inspiration from our Hay & Scholten & Baijings' bedding, and now my iPad blends right in. Quality and finish is excellent as expected from the handcrafted work of DODOcase, but the real appeal is the opportunity to bring your own sense of fashion to your iPad's exterior protection. Holiday gift idea...just saying.


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Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Farm has announced 2013 stud fees for 18 stallions standing in Kentucky, New York and Ontario, Canada. All 2013 seasons are being offered on Stands and Nurses terms.
The Kentucky roster is lead by Awesome Again, who will stand the 2013 season for a $75,000 fee. He's the co-leading active sire of Breeders' Cup winners with four and ranks among the active leaders with 12 career Grade 1 winners, including Game on Dude and Paynter in 2012. Awesome Again's Horse of the Year son Ghostzapper is in the midst of his best year as a stallion with 14 stakes winners and 10 graded winners, ranking second behind only Giant's Causeway in that category. The 2012 Hall of Fame inductee will stand for a $40,000 fee.
Macho Uno, whose multiple graded stakes-winning son Mucho Macho Man ran a game second in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), will stand for $20,000. Among Macho Uno's other 2012 graded winners are Hollywood Oaks (G2) winner Potesta and West Virginia Derby (G2) victor Macho Macho. The Adena Springs Kentucky roster is rounded out by 5-time Grade 1 winner Einstein ($7,500), Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo ($5,000) and his multiple Grade 1-winning half-brother winner Tiago ($3,500), who returns to service after missing 2012 to recover from colic surgery.
The Adena Springs Canada roster features three of the Top 10 sires in Canada and the country's top Second Crop sire. Milwaukee Brew ($10,000), North Light ($7,500) and Sligo Bay ($6,000) all rank among the Top 10 General Sires in Canada and North Light is also the leading sire of stakes winners in Ontario and the #1 Turf sire in Canada. Silent Name ($5,000) ranks as the clear #1 Canadian Second Crop sire in 2012 with over $1.5 million in progeny earnings. Also standing at Adena Springs Canada are Giant Gizmo ($4,000), Plan ($4,000), Mast Track ($2,500), Showing Up ($2,500), Singing Saint ($2,500), and Musketier ($2,500), who will stand his first season in 2013.
Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Touch Gold ($7,500) and Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Alphabet Soup ($6,000) represent Adena Springs in New York. Both stand at McMahon Thoroughbreds of Saratoga and both rank among the Empire State's Top 10 sires in 2012. Touch Gold is the leading New York sire by lifetime Grade 1 winners and Alphabet Soup is the sire of 44 stakes winners and the earners of over $36 million.
(All stud fees on Stands and Nurses terms)
Adena Springs Kentucky
Awesome Again $75,000
Ghostzapper $40,000
Macho Uno $20,000
Einstein $7,500
Giacomo $5,000
Tiago $3,500
Adena Springs Canada
Milwaukee Brew $10,000
North Light $7,500
Sligo Bay $6,000
Silent Name $5,000
Giant Gizmo $4,000
Plan $4,000
Singing Saint $2,500
Showing Up $2,500
Mast Track $2,500
Musketier $2,500
Adena Springs New York (Standing at McMahon Thoroughbreds of Saratoga)
Touch Gold $7,500
Alphabet Soup $6,000
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Jez Tozer, Millie Brown and Omer Asim
Oct 13 2014
Filmmaker Jez Tozer teams up with Omir Asim for the second time to showcase the designer's S/S 15 collection. Inspired by Asim's long standing fascinat...
Tony Ryan, Pinny Grylls, Patricia Belford, Kate Storey, Helen Storey and Alice Dellal
May 26 2008
Product of a groundbreaking collaboration between artist and fashion designer Helen Storey and scientist Tony Ryan, 'Wonderland' used fashion as a 'Tro...
Nick Knight, Kate Moss, Ruth Hogben, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Gideon Ponte and Joe Corré
White Wedding
Apr 28 2008
The product of a grand collaboration between Nick Knight and lingerie giant Agent Provocateur to mark the launch of the label's bridal range, 'White We...
Nick Knight, Daphne Guinness, Marie Schuller, Kev Stenning, Daniel Brown, Andrew Tomlinson and Alexander Fury
Visions Couture
Dec 21 2011
Daphne Guinness is the iconic model for 'Visions Couture' - featuring Spring/Summer 2012's finest mixed with Guinness' own legendary wardrobe, captured...
Viktor & Rolf and Penny Martin
Viktor & Rolf
Oct 8 2003
Who better to have shown you around Viktor & Rolf's historic Louvre retrospective than the designers themselves in a live tour one hour prior to the la...
Nick Knight, Nicola Formichetti, Marie Schuller, Mel Odom, Danni Daniels, Jeff Bhasker and Kristen McMenamy
Jun 22 2011
Inspired by shifting notions of sex, sexuality and physicality and paying tribute to the work of cult illustrator Mel Odom, 'Venus' explores and explod...
Ruth Hogben and Francesca Burns
Nov 3 2009
Ruth Hogben collaborated with stylist Francesca Burns to create this film, exploring the impressionistic qualities of the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection...
Nick Knight, Alexander McQueen, Lou Stoppard, Katy England, Joseph Bennett, Claire Wilcox, Michael Clark, Aimee Mullins, Simon Costin, Nadja Swarovski, Jess Hallett, Judith Watt, Younji Ku, Raquel Couceiro, Trino Verkade, Michelle Olley and Marian Newman
Unseen McQueen
Mar 13 2015
In conjunction with the opening of 'Savage Beauty' at the V&A in March 2015, SHOWstudio celebrates the life of the late Lee McQueen and his fruitful bo...
Marcus Werner Hed, Louise Goldin and Alexander Fury
Feb 18 2009
A ten part series exclusively filmed alongside award-winning designer Louise Goldin and team during the realisation of her Autumn/Winter 2009 collectio...
Nick Knight, Gareth Pugh, Simon Foxton, Rebecca & Mike, Paul Bruty, Marios Schwab, Jonathan Kaye, Giles, Fred Butler, Francesca Burns, Christopher Kane and Alexis Marguerite Teplin
Twelve Days
Dec 6 2006
For 2006, SHOWstudio celebrated the twelve days of Christmas in collaboration with Swarovski and twelve of our most fashionable friends. In true SHOWst...
Tim and Barry, Lucy Orta and Jason Evans
Transgressing Fashion
Jun 24 2004
In response to the Allied forces handover of power back to Iraq on 30th June 2004, artist Lucy Orta staged a 'protest performance' at the Victoria & Al...
Nick Knight, Alexander McQueen, Liberty Ross, Sam McKnight, Michelle Duguid, Bobby Gillespie, Erin O'Connor, Katy England, Shaun Cole and Tom Zambaz
Sep 19 2002
In July 2002 Nick Knight extended an invitation to friends and colleagues including Alexander McQueen, Erin O'Connor, Juergen Teller, Katy England and ...
Nick Knight, Björk, Alexander McQueen, Ruth Hogben and Edward Enninful
To Lee, With Love, Nick
Dec 7 2010
'This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and th...
Nick Knight, Susannah Frankel, Nick Ryan and Daniel Brown
The Sound Of Clothes: Synaesthesia
Apr 4 2006
Using the notion of 'pictures for the blind' as a stimulus, Nick Knight and digital artist Daniel Brown collaborated with synaesthete and sound designe...
Nick Knight, Zora Star, Ross Phillips, Penny Martin, Paul Hetherington, Laura Bradley and Dorian Moore
The Sound Of Clothes: Anechoic
Apr 20 2006
Anechoic is a 'collections story' that uses sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments from the Autumn/Winter 2006 collections b...
Jez Tozer
The Raven
Dec 14 2010
Taking inspiration from Negredo - a 'black blacker than the blackest black' and first element of the mythological process of alchemy - Jez Tozer's fash...
Nick Knight, Sam McKnight, Miranda Joyce, Jonathan Kaye, Agyness Deyn and Adam Mufti
The Nominees
Jun 4 2007
Created by Nick Knight for the 2007 CFDA Awards, The Nominees features Agyness Deyn clad in the cream of American fashion. Oscar de la Renta, Proenza S...
Dean Chalkley
The New Faces
Mar 9 2012
Focusing on the sartorial passion and commitment of young British Mods in the twenty-first century, 'The New Faces' is a documentary showcasing the con...
Nick Knight, Sam McKnight, Amanda Harlech, Molly Bair, Cierra Skye, Isamaya Ffrench, Chris Sutton, Andrew Tomlinson, Ami Streets, V Magazine and Riana Casson
The Moon and the Cat's Eyes
Nov 13 2015
Nick Knight and Amanda Harlech continue both their creative collaboration and their exploration into the mystical. Motivated by researching witches and...
Marie Schuller, Ciaran Linden Beale, Studio Private and Selfridges
The Masters
Aug 21 2014
Selfridges tapped SHOWstudio and Marie Schuller to create their A/W 14 campaign. 'The Masters' is an exploration of the pioneers and provocateurs that ...
Nick Knight, Kat Marks and Alexander Fury
The Karass
Feb 1 2011
A futuristic ode to retro, Kat Marks' ground-breaking collection of fashion-cum-jewellery pieces transform woman into a hybrid of seductive Vegas showg...
Alice Hawkins
The Good Life
Nov 24 2010
Proper doesn't have to mean prim - Alice Hawkins gives the bourgeoisie mood of the Autumn/Winter 2010 collections a terribly British spin in a tongue-i...
Marie Schuller and Marlon Rueberg
The Glow and the Gloom
Jul 1 2011
An homage to Henri-Georges Clouzot's unfinished masterpiece L'enfer, Marie Schuller's fashion film editorial takes a hypnotic, colour-suffused and trul...
Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben, Lady Gaga, Gareth Pugh, Liberty Ross, Stephen Jones, Raquel Zimmermann, Simon Foxton, Sam McKnight, Marie Schuller, Vanessa Pelz-Sharpe, Amy Ireland, Susanna Lau, Steven Klein, Sølve Sundsbø, Tim Walker, Simon Costin, Shaun Cole, Sandy Black, Roger Tredre, Rick Owens, Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin, Rachael Adams, Phyllis Posnick, Paul Vincent, Mary Katrantzou, Olivia Marks, NOKI, Nicholas Kirkwood, Natasa Vojnovic, Milly McMahon, Max Berlinger, Margo Fortuny, Louise Gray, Marcus Werner Hed, Lucy McRae, Boudicca, Betony Vernon, Peter Jensen, Louise Goldin, Peter Gray, Liz Hoggard, Judy Blame, Lily Cole, Leisa Barnett, Lee C. Wallick, Lauren David Peden, Kristian Schuller, Kiki Georgiou, Jessica Bumpus, Jason Evans, Jane Audas, Indigo Clarke, Harriet Walker, Fred Butler, Frances Corner, Fleur Britten, Elliott James Sainsbury, Dr Brandt, Deborah Milner, Dean Mayo Davies, Daniel Brown, Craig McDean, Christopher Breward, Cator Sparks, Bart Hess, Anna Dello Russo, Alistair O'Neill, Alice Hawkins, Alexander Fury, Ellie Grace Cumming, Jez Tozer, Nathalie Khan and Marian Newman
The Fashion Body
Jul 16 2010
SHOWstudio's 2009-10 fashion film and essay season, The Fashion Body sought to explore and celebrate the human body through a unique combination of fas...
Nick Knight, Sam McKnight, Amanda Harlech, Kev Stenning, Alexia Wight, Ciaran Linden Beale, Tom Wandrag, Jess Hallett, Younji Ku and Marian Newman
The Elegant Universe
Jan 30 2014
Nick Knight and couture doyenne Lady Amanda Harlech unite with model and physics scholar Alexia Wight for a shoot that explores the mathematics of beau...
Kukula and Jennifer Massaux
The Chase
Mar 27 2015
Fashion's eternal obsession, the muse, is explored whimsically in Kukula's film. The artist collaborates with stylist and producer Aline Pimentel and d...
Nick Knight, Katy England, Andrew Tomlinson, Tessa Kuragi, Younji Ku, Andrea Cellerino and Marian Newman
Tessa Kuragi: Reverie
Sep 14 2015
Intrigued by the dual lives of model Tessa Kuragi - days spent pondering psychoanalysis, evenings spent freely exploring her sexuality and engaging in ...
Nick Knight and Gemma Ward
Jun 7 2004
Kate Phelan and the Vogue team enter the SHOWstudio live space for three days to shoot the prevailing themes from the Autumn/Winter 2004 collections fo...
Tara Dougans
Tara Dougans' Couture
Jan 20 2013
Continuing SHOWstudio's exploration of fashion illustration, Nick Knight invited art director and illustrator Tara Dougans to take up residency at our ...
Giles and Hywel Davies
Talking Fashion Giles
Mar 12 2009
Filmed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, this 'Talking Fashion' evening brings together journalist Hywel Davies and fashion designer Giles Deacon. Pro...
Nick Knight and Jane How
Nov 10 2000
Here's something we made earlier: stylist Jane How recreated her favourite looks of Spring/Summer 2000 from sweet papers, cupcake wrappers and doilies,...
Nick Knight, Simon Foxton, Bea Sweet, Lou Stoppard and Younji Ku
Jul 27 2012
Nick Knight's ground-breaking 2012 fashion film 'Studs', pushes gender boundaries. As defined by one of the subjects of the film, a 'stud' is 'a mascul...
Penny Martin and Jason Evans
Stormtrooper In Drag
Nov 5 2001
This is not a love song: Jason Evans dressed up in a combination of Stormtrooper and polka-dot Comme des Garçons to test the parameters of identity and...
Alexander Fury
Spring/Summer 2009
Oct 9 2008
What, when, why, wear: Spring/Summer 2009 in handy microcosm from our place at the London and Paris shows.
Nick Knight, Daphne Guinness, Iris van Herpen, Niamh White, Geoffrey Lillemon, Salvador Breed and Andrew Tomlinson
Mar 13 2013
Iris van Herpen joins forces with Nick Knight and Daphne Guinness to create a new 'Crystallization' dress live on camera. Knight will capture Guinness ...
Gotscho, Emanuel Ungaro and Isabel Best
Solo Gotscho/Ungaro
Aug 4 2004
A collaboration between Emanuel Ungaro and Parisian artist Gotscho, this short film documents an exhibition at the Grand Foyer de l'Opéra Comique in Pa...
Nick Knight, Peter Saville, Mariacarla Boscono, Gideon Ponte, Francesca Burns, Alana Zimmer, Raquel Couceiro and Lou Stoppard
Soft Furnishings
Apr 20 2009
As backdrop to an editorial story for July 2009 Wallpaper* magazine, Peter Saville's febrile imagination constructs an imaginary 'Erotic House' of Pop ...
Nick Knight, Simon Foxton and Jonathan Kaye
Dec 13 2001
On 10 and 11 December 2001, nine top models arrived at The Metropolitan Hotel to participate in the first ever global, live fashion shoot. The girls we...
Simon Foxton and Nick Griffiths
May 1 2007
&Son, the creative consultancy of stylists Simon Foxton and Nick Griffiths, undertook 'Skin' as a way of rethinking traditional motion image advertisin...
Nick Knight
Mar 7 2008
Filmed amidst the nuts-and-bolts of the photographic shoot, Showtime is a sneak preview of Nick Knight's editorial for the April 2008 edition of Britis...
Nick Knight, Paul Herron, Marie Schuller, Stavros Karelis, Anna Trevelyan, Beth Postle, Raf Simons, Alex Mattsson, Shaun Samson, Ashley Williams, Rei Nadal, Sibling, Jon Emmony, Sally Northmore, Lou Stoppard, Raquel Couceiro, Yu Masui, Yasu Asano, Tom Hirota, Tor Hopkins, Niamh White, MACHINE-A, Liam Bendell and Jason Bradbury
SHOWstudio x MACHINE-A
Apr 29 2014
To celebrate our clothing collaboration with MACHINE-A, and in keeping with our tradition of exploring cutting-edge technologies, SHOWstudio 3D scanned...
Nick Knight, Jonathan Kaye and Akufen
Jun 5 2003
Contextualising the Spring/Summer 2003 haute couture collections as photographed for W magazine, 'SHOOT' proves that couture is far more than just dres...
Atsuko Kudo and Simon Walter Hoare
Selling Sex: Atsuko Kudo
May 18 2012
Coinciding with the display of her 'Armour for Prostitutes' in SHOWstudio's 'Selling Sex' exhibition, latex doyenne Atsuko Kudo provides a lesson in dr...
Ruth Hogben and Saloni Lodha
Saloni S/S 13
Feb 15 2013
London-based Indian designer Saloni Lodha commissioned star filmmaker Ruth Hogben to capture her Spring/Summer 2013 collection in a fashion film starri...
Atsuko Kudo, Lou Stoppard, Jon Emmony, Chloe Orefice and Simon Walter Hoare
Restricted Love
Oct 26 2012
Continuing her mission to merge latex-wear with high fashion, Atsuko Kudo took part in the Lingerie London show in aid of the Seven Bar Foundation. To ...
Rei Nadal
Rei, I Don't Exist
Apr 3 2012
Artist Rei Nadal offers a unique take on 'Fashion Fetish' by curating the SHOWstudio Tumblr for a one-week period from 2-8 April 2012 inclusive. Her wo...
Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben, Hussein Chalayan and Antony Hegarty
Oct 22 2007
Shown as part of Paris Fashion Week in October 2007 - in place of a traditional catwalk show - to present Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2008 collect...
Royal College of Art, Marlon Rueberg, Neus Olle and George Tsioutsias
May 28 2013
The Royal College of Art's renowned MA graduate fashion show will be streamed live for the first time in the College's history. The catwalk show, featu...
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1965-1966., Lamborghini 3500 GTZ
Thus, by early 1965 the coupes from Sant'Agata were starting to be noticed. This was the first, great phase of the Lamborghini company, and one of its most prolific and creative periods. Between October 1965 and June 1966, the company presented an astonishing number of new models. Although cars like the 3500 GTZ (with a Zegato body), 350 Spyder by Touring and the Monza 400 by Neri and Bonacini were essentially prototypes, the seemingly extravagant chassis presented at the Lamborghini stand during the 1965 Turin Auto Show was destined to have a profound impact on the history of the company and on the entire automotive industry.
The design of this chassis can be traced to the enormous enthusiasm of the two young engineers hired by Ferrucio to head the technical department of his factory. Both Dallara and Stanzani were young, passionate and enthusiastic. The trust that Lamborghini placed in them by putting them at the head of this new and extraordinary operation quickly spawned new and more advanced ideas in the minds of the two engineers. These ideas were based on the state of the art in race cars during this period, namely the two-seater sports car. This was indeed the concept of the two young engineers from Bologna: to put a barely tamed version of a full-fledged race car on the road, rather than a reinterpretation of the classic traditional GT. Their project, provisionally codenamed 400 TP, thus had the 4-litre 12 cylinder engine of the 400 GT transversely mounted behind the cockpit, with the gearbox and the differential united to the engine base in a single casting. The chassis was made of bent, welded sheet metal that was drilled to make it more lightweight.
As the story goes, when Lamborghini saw the project he approved it immediately, probably shocking the two very surprised designers, who certainly didn't dare hope for such a happy ending to their proposal. For once, however, Lamborghini was wrong in his forecast: he declared that a car like that should be built because it would be good advertising for the make, even though it would clearly never sell more than fifty worldwide. Every so often, even the best make mistakes. The chassis was completed rather quickly, and it was exhibited at the Turin Auto Show in October 1965. One person who believed in that chassis, and above all in Lamborghini's capabilities was Nuccio Bertone. The Turin-based coach-builder was an expert on cars and engines, and as soon as he saw the chassis he approached Lamborghini and said, "I'm the one who can make the shoe to fit your foot". The two shook hands, and this marked the beginning of an extraordinary adventure.
It was up to Marcello Gandini to interpret Bertone's ideas, creating a unique and sensational body for the Bologna-built chassis, something that – in its blend of aggressiveness, elegance, originality and class – was to prove unrepeatable: the Miura was born.
No one actually knows why it was given this name. Above all, Ferruccio never wanted to disclose why he came up with the analogy to this breed of extraordinary and powerful bulls, a Spanish bullfighting legend. For someone like him, a man who was born under the sign of Taurus and had used this symbol for the proud logo of all his industrial activities, naming one of his cars after a fighting bull must have come naturally. If anything what is surprising is the fact that, in choosing the first name for his first car that would have enormous international impact, he instinctively chose the best and most appropriate name. According to experts, Miura bulls are by no means ordinary animals. They are the strongest of all fighting bulls but, above all, they are the most intelligent and fiercest ones, in the military sense of the word. In their books, bullfighters often talk about the unmistakable gaze of the Miura bull: the gaze of a true fighter, shrewd and powerful. The name was particularly apt and, with just five letters, it was also very immediate.
Work to ready the Miura immediately proceeded at a feverish pace. Gandini later recounted that from October to February, everyone worked around the clock, seven days a week, like madmen. A major event was coming up and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to present this now model: the 1966 Geneva Motor Show. And therein lay the miracle: that the chassis presented as a completely experimental prototype in the autumn of 1965 had become the most stunning road car in the world – in just four months. The Miura reigned supreme at the Motor Show in Geneva.
Enthusiasm was sky-high and, in a sensational coup, Lamborghini managed to raise it even higher by bringing the Miura to the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, the most exciting weekend for sports cars in general and for top-level Italian ones in particular. The orange Miura he parked in front of the Hotel de Paris that Saturday afternoon attract so many oglers that they completely jammed the square in front of the Casino, arousing even more enthusiasm, interest and orders. It was, quite simply, a runaway success.


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Posted by Laces Out Crew on July 12th, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Well, its about time.
Mark Sanchez, he of the infamous buttfumble, finally decided to address his almost equally infamous Butt dance. If you remember, the Jets quarterback was filmed dancing with a couple young lasses during a vacation in Napa, Calif. Let us refresh your memory:
Yeah, thats right. For whatever reason (actually, its not a mystery), he decided to ditch his pantalones while shucking and jiving. I guess it happens. But we never got a comment from the dancing diva himself.
Sanchez finally owned up to it while talking to the New York Daily News (via our friends at Larry Brown Sports).
Obviously the videos a little embarrassing, Sanchez said. Its just a good reminder that youre in the spotlight and be ever watchful and careful of who youre with, what youre doing. Whether its harmless, whether youre in the privacy or your own setting and you feel like everythings fine and youre safe, you just got to be careful. Thats just a good example of that.
Let me make it simple for you: When the cameras are you, keep that pants on. Simple. Lets move on.


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Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:22 PM
NBC said Sunday that it's waiting to hear if Jay Leno and "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien will accept its new late-night TV plans after the network decided to end the Leno prime-time experiment.
NBC decided to pull the plug on the experiment after learning some affiliates were considering dropping the nightly prime-time show.
NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin said that "The Jay Leno Show" at 10 p.m. EST will end with the Feb. 12 beginning of the Winter Olympics, which will air in the prime-time hours, including Leno's slot.
NBC wants to begin airing Leno's show at 11:35 p.m. after the Olympics end Feb. 28, but with a half-hour show, Gaspin said.
The plan calls for O'Brien to retain his job with "Tonight" but at the later hour of 12:05 a.m. EST, Gaspin said. Also in the mix is Jimmy Fallon and his "Late Night." Fallon's show would be pushed a half-hour later as well, to 1:05 a.m. EST.
"My goal is to keep Jay, Conan and Jimmy as our late-night lineup," Gaspin said, adding later that they "have the weekend to think about it" and discussions with them will resume Monday.
He said the proposal gives Leno what's important to him — telling jokes at a later hour — and O'Brien his top priority, retaining "Tonight."
"I hope and expect that before the Olympics begin, we'll have everything set. I can't imagine we won't have everything in place before then," Gaspin told a meeting of the Television Critics Association.
He said that despite lower ratings for NBC at 10 p.m. compared to last year, the network was making money off the show.
But affiliates were upset that it was leading fewer viewers into their late news programs, costing them significant advertising revenue. Some affiliates told NBC in December they would go public soon about their complaints if a change wasn't made, or even take Leno's show off the air.
Gaspin said about one-third of the affiliates were really hurt by the Leno show, although he wasn't clear on how many said they might pre-empt his show.
"I asked them (the affiliates) how many are they talking about, because I could have lived with one or two. But I got the sense that it was more than one or two," he said.
Asked if O'Brien and Fallon expressed anger at his proposal, Gaspin said both men were professional and understanding when they talked. "Beyond that, it was a private conversation," Gaspin said.
The decision will leave a gaping hole in NBC's prime-time schedule, at a time the network is already struggling. A mix of reality programming, "Dateline NBC" and at least two hours of scripted shows will be added to fill in the five hours taken up by Leno's prime-time show each week.
AP Television Writer David Bauder contributed to this report.
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