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We continue our conversation with former NAACP chair Julian Bond and Rustin's partner, Walter Naegle. Rustin played a central role in organizing the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which the nation is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of in the coming weeks. [includes rush transcript]Aug 12, 2013 | Web Exclusive
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the nation's capital on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, originally held on August 28, 1963. People filled the National Mall as speakers reflected on the progress in achieving the goals outlined by the event's most famous speaker, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln...Aug 26, 2013 | Story
Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, A Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin and other civil rights leaders spoke at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But where were the female civil rights activists? At the historic march, only one woman spoke for just more than a minute: Daisy Bates of the NAACP. Today we are joined by civil rights pioneer Gloria Richardson, the co-founder of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee...Aug 27, 2013 | Story
Historian Taylor Branch on the March on Washington and the Kennedys' Aversion to Dr. King's StruggleAs we continue our coverage of the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, we're joined by the acclaimed chronicler of the civil rights movement, Taylor Branch. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Branch is best known for his landmark narrative history of the civil rights era, the "America in the King Years" trilogy. His new book...Aug 29, 2013 | Story
Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. On Sept. 15, 1963, a dynamite blast planted by the Ku Klux Klan killed four young girls in the church: Denise McNair, age 11, and Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins, all 14 years old. Twenty other people were injured. No one was arrested for the bombings for 14 years. We...Sep 16, 2013 | Story
Since 9/11, the New York City Police Department has established an intelligence operation that in some ways has been even more aggressive than the National Security Agency. At its core is a spying operation targeting Arab- and Muslim-Americans where they live, work and pray. The NYPD's "Demographics Unit," as it was known until 2010, has secretly infiltrated Muslim student groups, sent informants into mosques, eavesdropped on conversations...Sep 17, 2013 | Story
Fifty years ago this week, four young girls — Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins — were killed when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The bombing came less than a month after the landmark March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Hundreds gathered in the nation's capital last week to honor their memory when lawmakers posthumously awarded the girls...Sep 17, 2013 | Story
Part two of our conversation with Sarah Collins Rudolph, who is often referred to as the "fifth victim" of the Sept. 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Rudolph's sister, Addie Mae Collins, was killed along with three other young girls. Collins Rudolph was hit with shards of glass, lost an eye and was hospitalized for months. She is struggling to pay her medical bills. [includes rush transcript]Sep 17, 2013 | Web Exclusive
Ben Jealous is stepping down as president of the NAACP after a five-year term. After a busy tenure that saw him lead campaigns around issues including the death penalty, voting rights and police racial profiling, Jealous joins us to discuss his future plans: spending more time with his family, educating youth, and exploring the formation of a new political action committee.Sep 20, 2013 | Story
The FBI and Justice Department are being urged to renew its investigation into one of the most shocking political murders in recent U.S. history. Twenty-eight years ago, on October 11, 1985, a prominent Palestinian-American leader named Alex Odeh was killed by a powerful pipe bomb planted at the Santa Ana, California, offices of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, where Odeh worked as the group's western regional director. The...Oct 17, 2013 | Story
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17 November 2009
Environment Minister Peter Garrett and Member for Dawson James Bidgood today congratulated Burdekin Christian College on being awarded the Community Connection Award for their involvement in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) Reef Guardian Schools Program.
Burdekin Christian College is one of ten Queensland schools that will receive $1000 for future on-ground school activities in recognition of their work in encouraging whole of community behaviour change to protect and improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
"Through the GBRMPA Reef Guardian Schools Program Queensland schools are working to protect the Great Barrier Reef and improve its outlook and these awards acknowledge the hard work schools have undertaken over the last 12 months," Mr Garrett said.
"Our Great Barrier Reef is a national treasure and it is fantastic to recognise future generations who are working towards protecting this great Australian icon," he said.
"With the Reef at a crossroads it is has never been more important than now to focus on activities that keep the Reef strong."
Mr Bidgood said the College had been integral in working with other local schools, environmental agencies and natural resource management groups.
"We've seen some great work by Burdekin Christian College to encourage whole school and community involvement through dance, theatre, art and drama and this award is great recognition of their very good work.
"The Reef Guardian Schools Program leads the way in focusing young Australians on what they can do to protect the Reef and I am delighted that one of my local schools has been recongised in this way."
Throughout the year Reef Guardian Schools have initiated and delivered a number of innovative activities and programs all focused on protecting the Great Barrier Reef.
"I congratulate all schools involved in the Reef Guardian Program for their outstanding commitment to the Reef," Mr Garrett said.
"It is a pleasure to be able to recognise students, teachers and the local communities making a difference to the future of the Reef."
The Reef Guardian Schools Program is an education initiative of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. In its seventh year, this education program sees more than 60 000 students across 194 Queensland schools committed to the protection and conservation of the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef.

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on May 12, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Let's all hope it does not pass.
on May 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Interesting, because I hope it does pass.
on May 13, 2009 at 9:05 am
I'm in the Monta Loma neighborhood regularly and don't see the "blight" that the day workers hanging out at El Camino and San Antonio display. Plus, I regularly hear how they help the neighborhood out. The fact is, the day workers aren't going away. Shuttling them around at the behest of the NIMBYs only prevents them from integrating into the community, which if anything would cause the problems people worry about. What I *do* see in the monta loma neighborhood is that there's plenty to work on to improve property values that has nothing to do with day workers, but rather the property owners themselves.
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EDMONTON - Not a hope in hell.
After golf architect Jeff Mingay presented his proposal to the Derrick Golf and Winter Club's board of directors, he said he got on the plane to return to Windsor, Ont., thinking there was no chance he was going to get the job.
That's because Mingay didn't want to just do a few tweaks here and a few revisions there. For Mingay it was either go big or go home. What Mingay envisioned was essentially a new, exciting and fun-to-play golf course.
Thanks to the far-sighted approach of the Derrick's board and the free reign the club gave him, that's just what the course is getting with nine holes of the new layout opening 1-1/2 weeks ago and the other nine possibly playable as early as this fall.
"It's not that I wanted to rip it up; I just thought that there were so many fundamental problems with drainage, the routing and sequence of the course, trees and the lack of variety that you couldn't truly improve the course without basically starting from scratch," said Mingay, 40. "I just didn't think the club would want to go ahead with such a large-scale project on the golf course. I was thankfully wrong."
Everything on the course has been touched; everything is essentially new: bunkers, fairways, greens, tee boxes and a complete rerouting of the course. One of the most peculiar aspects of the "old" Derrick was that there were no fairway bunkers. Now there are 75 bunkers.
To complete his plan, Mingay removed almost 2,000 trees and used three million square feet of blue grass sod for the fairways and 150,000 square feet of A-4 bent grass for the greens.
Furthermore, a new drainage system — which, Mingay called the "most comprehensive system" he has ever seen — was installed.
"The old course was very poorly drained. There are now 12-inch pipes 20 feet in the ground servicing all of the new holes," he said.
The results are already in evidence. The new holes, which just opened, were all "bone dry" this spring, said Mingay.
"There was no standing water anywhere after the snow melted; the greens, bunkers, fairways, tees were all dry."
More than anything, Mingay has taken the Derrick from vanilla to 101 flavours.
"The old course lacked variety," he said of a course where three of the par 3s were basically the same — long and tedious — while the par 4s were also pretty much the same — a succession of abrupt, 90-degree, dogleg rights which all seemed to play 390 yards.
"With the Derrick, I was focused on creating more variety and this is always the case, whether working from a blank slate or completely redoing an existing course. Variety is very important," said Mingay, who worked with golf architect Rod Whitman at Edmonton's Blackhawk Golf Club along with other highly ranked Canadian courses like B.C.'s Sagebrush and Cabot Links in Nova Scotia.
"The new Derrick has long holes and short holes and ones that fit in between. The new course has four par 4s that can be played from 440 yards, as well as a 300-yard par 4, and the par 3s range from 140 to 235 yards. It has good variety in lengths of holes and the look of the holes, too," Mingay said. "I still like the idea of having one long par 3 on a course, just as I like the idea of having one short par 4."
Fitting golf shots and strategies into the contours of the land he was given, Mingay said: "Along with ensuring the course was varied, with regard to the length, challenges and looks of the holes, I wanted to create a course that was not only distinct in the Edmonton area, but hopefully Alberta and Western Canada."
Mingay also likes to give golfers a choice: a safe way to play and a riskier way. The safe way avoids much of the trouble, but is the longer route. The riskier approach makes you deal with the bunkers, rough, trees and water, but is the shorter path.
"The key is providing enough width that golfers can avoid the trouble if they choose to. The new Derrick has width — width many people didn't realize existed out there until we started working on the new holes.
"The old Derrick used to feel claustrophobic; now it feels like a big property," said Mingay, who readily admits to liking the old styles of golf architecture, studying courses designed by the likes of pre-Second World War notables like C.B. Macdonald, A.W. Tillinghast, Dev Emmet and Donald Ross.
Asked about what makes a good golf course, Mingay said: "I always say golf architecture is not about easy versus difficult. It's about interest and beauty. Great golf courses are interesting, not hard, and of course they're beautiful. And beautiful doesn't necessarily mean the course has to be located in an awe-inspiring natural setting. A golf course can be beautiful because of the distinctiveness of its features in any setting."
The total tab for the golf course is $6.2 million. On top of that, an equal amount is in the process of being spent on the facilities: five new world class badminton courts; a multipurpose gymnasium; a new golf shop; and an expanded food and beverage area. Future plans also call for four indoor tennis courts and four squash courts.
Mingay said one of the best bouquets he has got so far was when someone came up to him and said: "I love the simplicity of the design."
"That's a great compliment. Now, I'm hopeful it has some complexities to figure when playing it. And I know it's not overly penal. There's plenty of room to play golf and avoid trouble at the new Derrick," he said.
"I am happy with the results thus far. I think the course will be fun to play, challenging enough, but again, most important, I'm confident it has a distinctive look and feel about it."


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A historic bowls club is set to be revitalised after the club's groundsmen kicked off a training course that will see them invigorate the 86-year-old green.
Seven Kings Bowling Club in Seven Kings Park, Ilford will be restored to its former glory after new council contractors Gound Control rolled out the new scheme.
After becoming increasingly affected by moss and fairy rings, the company has acted to resolve the problems on the green by educating the team through the Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) course.
Gary Armstrong, the assessor, provided the teams with expert advice on maintaining and improving sporting surfaces - from technical adjustments with machinery to managing the long term recovery of the turf.
Neil Huck, Ground Control's national training manager, said the course demonstrates the relentless efforts by the company to improve service delivery.
He said: "To be an industry leader we must recognise the need to demonstrate a passion for progression, something that Ground Control has once again proven by answering the skills gap amongst our new Redbridge teams by up skilling them to an IOG standard for fine sports turf maintenance."
Ground Control has was recently selected as one of the Top 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain by the London Stock Exchange Group. They maintain sites including the Tower of London and the National Maritime Museum.
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You don't drink Mickey's Big Mouths anymore either, so why not add another level of refinement to poker night with the boys? The Mad Deck is a stunning set of illustrated playing cards designed by Turkish artist Ozlem Olcer. This artistic variation on an established theme will impress your guests, leaving you to concentrate on taking their money.
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There are things every man needs in his armory. An impressive poker set is one of them. Restoration Hardware's handcrafted leather case includes 200 official casino-weight clay chips & two Bicycle playing card decks. Want to class it up further? Lay 2 limited-edition decks inside its faux-suede interior. Nice….now, ante up.
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Play your cards right. Bicycle's limited edition pack commemorates the manufacturer's Cincinnati-origin 125 years ago. Available in red or deep blue – every hand deserves a little magic.


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As you saw from our review of the Profoto B1, we were very impressed by the capabilities of this portable, battery powered flash head. At the time we wrote the review, the Profoto B1 was only compatible with Canon TTL and support for Nikon TTL was supposed to be announced later. Well, the wait is almost over, because Profoto announced the Air Remote TTL-N for Nikon, with expected availability on September 15, 2014.
Profoto 3′ RFi Octa Softbox Review
While testing out the Profoto B1 500 flash head, I also had a chance to use one of my favorite light modifiers, a 3 foot octabox (also known as "octa softbox", "octabank" or just "octa"), known as "3′ RFi Octa Softbox" by Profoto. Although Profoto carries a wide array of light modifiers and accessories in its arsenal of lighting equipment, I specifically wanted to get a smaller octa for outdoors photography. The primary reason was portability without compromising too much on the size. As you may already know, the larger the source of light in flash photography, the softer it is on the subject. The 5 and 7 foot octas were just too big and the smaller rectangular softboxes were too small for my taste. Quality-wise, both octaboxes and softboxes produce equally good quality light – the only difference is catchlight. I prefer to have more round catchlight in my subject's eyes, rather than a square, so I prefer using octaboxes, umbrellas, parabolic softboxes and beauty dishes for that reason.
Profoto B1 500 AirTTL Review
When Profoto announced their first truly portable setup with the Profoto B1 500 AirTTL battery powered flash last year, the news immediately caught my attention and I requested to get a sample unit for a review. The reason was fairly simple for me – I got tired of lugging around a huge and heavy battery pack for my Elinchrom Ranger lights when working on remote jobs. Speedlights are great for indoors and low-light environments, but they just do not have the juice to run big light modifiers or overpower the sun in mid-day lighting conditions (unless you use packs of them like Joe McNally does). For these reasons, I have been using big lights for sometime now, but with the huge inconvenience of carrying a heavy portable battery. Although the Profoto B1 lights have less power in comparison with a total of 500 watts, I realized that I rarely go full power with my Elinchrom Rangers anyway, so the B1 was plenty for most of my work. The biggest advantage that I saw in the Profoto B1 was portability – no need for any external power sources! Just attach a battery on the side of the head and you are ready to go. And with a built-in slave trigger, the head can be controlled with a radio or infrared remote units wirelessly.
When to Use Flash
Some photographers oppose the idea of using flash or light modifiers. Sometimes because it does not suit their style, sometimes because they do not feel comfortable using flash in first place. While we as photographers often love the feel of soft, natural light, knowing how to utilize artificial light can be of tremendous value in low-light environments. Not to mention that such knowledge and being ready to overcome challenging tasks in pretty much any environment can boost confidence and give peace of mind when working in the field. In this article, I would like to go over situations when flash should be used and how it can work to our advantage. I divided this article into indoor and outdoor photography to make it easy for everyone to follow. Please feel free to add your use cases in the comments section below. Please note that I am not going over the basics of flash photography here – the article assumes that you understand the relationship of flash with ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture.
1) Indoors
1.1) Lighting Ballrooms, Churches, Wedding / Corporate Reception Areas
As a working professional, one should have at least the basic lighting plan to be able to capture the day with ease. High-end DSLRs may be flexible enough to capture images in poorly lit environments, but it is a game of compromises. If light levels are too low, you will have to deal with blurry images due to motion blur / camera shake, or you will have to increase ISO level too high, which obviously increases noise, messes up colors and greatly reduces dynamic range. In short, you are leaving very few options for post-processing. In order to avoid that and potentially reduce your post-processing time and other headaches, why not use flash instead? You can start out with a simple configuration, with flash mounted on your camera, or you could get more creative and use flash in an off-camera setup to make images appear more dramatic and well-balanced.
Impact 20″ Beauty Dish Reflector Kit Review
This is a review for the Impact's Beauty Dish Reflector Kit with an adapter for the Paul C Buff Alien Bee Strobe. The Reflector kit includes a 20″ Beauty Dish Reflector, Honeycomb Grid for 20″ Beauty Dish Reflector, and a diffuse sock.
1) Overview
I have mostly been a natural light photographer. I believe there is so much beauty in available light. However, I have been playing with studio lighting to have more control over my lighting environment. I am a huge fan of light modifiers that create soft light (like a softbox or this parabolic umbrella). Using a beauty dish was new to me and a little different than what I was used to – it is always fun and beneficial to play around with new tools to give you a new perspective on photography.
Impact 7′ Parabolic Umbrella Review
This review is for Impact's 7′ Parabolic Umbrella. A parabolic umbrella is a 16 panel umbrella that produces a soft and large light source when used with strobes. When open, the umbrella is huge – this one has a 7 foot diameter – and results in extremely efficient light transfer.
Impact Reflector Panel Review
A reflector is a light shaping tool. When shooting indoors, I often like to have a reflector handy to bounce light back onto my subject. For example, if my subject is standing next to a window there is more light on one side, than the other side. A reflector is helpful to soften the contrast of the window light. Reflectors can be used to bounce studio lighting as well. This is a review for Impact's Reflector Panel.
1) Initial Thoughts
I love the size of this reflector. It's quite large, 35″ x 70″ and is the perfect size for portraits. I used it length wise, and it pretty much covered the entire height of my subject. It folds up nicely for easy storage. There are two different reflective fabrics that come with it– one is white/black combination and the other is a gold/silver combination. I use the white/black combination the most, as that combo yields the most desirable results for me.
Bolt Battery Pack Review
This is a review of the Bolt CBP-N1 Compact Battery Pack for select Nikon flashes. Whether used during a portrait session or at a wedding reception, a battery pack can greatly improve and extend the usefulness of an off-camera flash. My hopes for this battery pack are two-fold. First, I want it to extend the battery life of my flash's batteries, giving me more shooting time without having to worry about changing batteries or waiting longer for my flash to recycle over the course of my shoot. Second, I want it to give me a consistently faster recycle time.
Impact Portrait Kit Review
This is a quick review of the Impact Portrait Kit. The kit includes a snoot and a beauty dish with accessories that include grids and colored gels. All of these modifiers are made to fit onto almost any on-camera flash. I was initially skeptical about how well they would work while shooting portraits, especially considering that on the packaging it only shows examples of product photography.
1) Product Specifications
Mounts to Any On-Camera Flash
Dish Reflector with 3 Interior Discs
Three Grids
Neutral Filter to Reduce Light Output
Three Color Filters
Snoot for Narrow Circle of Light
Snoot has 2 grids
2) Packaging and Field Use
The Portrait Kit is shipped in three boxes: a beauty dish, beauty dish accessories and a snoot. Each box is the standalone retail box that you would receive if you were to purchase them individually. They are securely packaged inside of the boxes.
Impact Quickbox Softbox Review
This is a review of the Impact Quickbox Softbox. It's a 24"x24" collapsible softbox that's made to be used with any hot shoe mountable flash unit. I was pretty excited to use this softbox, as I've never had a light modifier for my Speedlights that I felt was suitable for portraits. Would this be an acceptable, more portable replacement for my studio lighting kit?
1) Product Specifications
Size – 24 x 24″ (61 x 61 cm)
Shape – Square
Compatibility – Shoe-mount flash
Removable Front Face – Yes
Removable Interior Baffle – Yes
Accepts Grids – Yes
Required Speed Ring – Included
Weight – 2.8 lb (1.270 kg) [entire system]


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Similar to 1940-50 Walter Lampl designs, this gorgeous bracelet features a wonderful floral and leaf design in sterling covered in rose and yellow gold vermeil. It is stamped sterling on the back center and is 7 inches long.
This fun whimsical bracelet features 3 nice sized flowers with a pretty purple amethyst in each center. Each flower measures 3/4" around. There are 3 3-leaf designs in between each flower and they measure 1/2" by 3/4". The flowers and leaves are connected by loops of chain in two layers, 5 sections of chain in all.
Overall condition is very good with some wear of the vermeil in some areas but very little. Total weight is 30 grams. Circa 1940-1950.
Item ID: 000312
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