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Spine Crackers: A Tween Book Group (ages 9-12)
Article in Book Groups and Juvenile Fiction
Book Bag is a Tween Book Group for ages 9-12 at the Central Library.
We are currently reading The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Other books we have read:
100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson
Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
How To Steal A Dog: A Novel by Barbara O'Connor
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Night of the Howling Doge by Graham Salisbury
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Seer of Shadows by Avi
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L. La Fevers
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
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Bishop Eddie Long's Church Is Ghost Town After $15 Million Dollar Settlement! (Martin Luther King's Daughter "Bernice King" Has Also Left The Church)
"Bishop Eddie L. Long settled his sexual lawsuit with his four accusers for a whopping $15 million, so says hip-hop icon Big Boi. The one-half of the seminal rap group OutKast tweeted yesterday that he found out the pastor of the suburban Atlanta- based New Birth Missionary Baptist Church shelled out that amount. And the famously blunt rapper had a few harsh words for the embattled minister. "Eddie long settled for 15 million!!! Innocence don't cost that much," Big Boi said via Twitter. "The flock Is f—-d."" - RollingOut
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The advantage of the Plasma is probably also its downside. 146 and about the same wide mostelikely gives more lowend. But also makes it sluggish. (well compeared to the oxygen)
I bet both boards are great but in the end it all comes down to personal preferences. Some will prefer the extra lowend others will prefer the fun factor. Personally for true lowend i would go with some kind of skim to have my fun with that. But the Oxygen made a good impression aswell. Will probably ask for one to complete my Infinity V2.


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Diseñadores de todas las partes del mundo están proponiendo diseños creativos a lasttix en la categoría de diseño otro - custom.
Lasttix.com.au is the leading last minute ticket website in Australia offering great tickets at great prices for live music, performing arts, comedy, and more.
As a discounted deal site, the underlying nature of our users is ultimately 'bargain hunters' so getting a great deal is important to them.
Our customers are regular event goers who are more price sensitive and time poor. They're mainly female, regularly engage in social activities, have big social networks, and are web and mobile savvy.
We are looking for creative that can be used in an email campaign to drive new newsletter sign ups which will be sent out to new prospects as well as featured on a dedicated landing page.
The creative should be illustration based and not include any 'life' images. We REALLY like the attached example from Wotif.com - check it out at http://www.wotflightozrace.com/
We would like the creative to be very simple, crisp and clean that showcase the prize and message very boldly.
Some specifics to be aware of...
1. The email creative must be 600px wide x 300px high
2. The colour theme reflect our existing palette (#cc0000 and #333333) to ensure some continuity
3. Include the incentive line "WIN an iPhone and a night at a Vibe hotel"
4. Must include the title of the competition "be first in line for last minute tickets"
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Review Group #410 - Avengers #24.NOW
Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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by LOLtron » Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:25 am
its an Avengers World and we just live here
Writer: Jonathan Hickman • Artist: Esad Ribic
'ROGUE PLANET' - Part 1 of 5
digital copy availible here
Ze rules:
Post your review in the forum thread or in the comments section here on the front page.
Review as often or as little as you like. Once you've posted 5 reviews, you will be awarded 1 pick. You can post 5 reviews, right? That's a totally achievable goal and with day and date digital releases becoming the standard, it shouldn't matter if your shop ordered enough copies of this weeks comic or not.
When multiple Review Groupers have posted 5 (or more) qualifying reviews, they will be awarded their pick in the order that they qualified. What constitutes a qualifying review? Any review posted (with a score on a scale from 0-10, that's right 0!) within 1 calendar month of the thread going live. Reviews are to be at least 5 sentences long. It shows that a) you have at least read this week's pick and b) you have some unique insight into the comic.
Reviews posted while waiting in line for your pick will be applied to your next pick.
I'll be keeping track of everyone's progress with the newly christened Spreadsheet of Fantastic (RIP, Spreadsheet of Doom) and reporting the results in the Current Members list in the weekly OP. When it's your turn to make a pick, I will PM you. If you do not respond to me by Midnight EST the following Sunday, you will lose your pick and I will start a poll to determine that week's selection.
Any week in which we do not have a Review Grouper with 5 qualifying picks, we will determine the week's comic via poll.
If it's your week to pick, remember to keep it under $3.99.
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by guitarsmashley » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:47 pmI suppose I should review daredevil.
by GHERU » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:55 pm
by Amoebas » Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:02 amAvengers #24.WHATEVA
More time travel. I remember when time travel stories were special and not the cheap overused cliche they've become in the Marvel Universe. Anyway, the book opens with someone from the Baxtea Building sending an Iron Man back through time to warn the Avengers of the present time about a planet sized bullet heading their way (that nobody in all the years of Marvel Cosmic had ever seen before).
In 2013 the Avengers are having a roof top barbecue (where nobody seems to mind December temperatures at 100 stories up). I've always liked Avengers 'down time' but it starts with some of them hitting golf balls off the roof (where a miss is certain to do damage or injury (especially with the likes of Spider-Man's super strength being applied). Hulk carrying hamburgers was a laugh out loud moment - not because the scene was funny, but because it so implausible. Also LOL (for the wrong reasons) is the long awaited return of.. "the Furturist!
Anyway's future Iron Man pops up and everyone instantly believes his story (where was this compassion and understanding when that poor kid was suddenly empowered with the Starbrand?). So, in just a month the Avengers build a huge device on Mars that intercepts the bullet-planet perfectly, stopping it's billion miles an hour movement so that it phases with the Earth, now giving the Avengers unlimited power (and one would guess a sacrifice for some future incursion silliness). To do all this though requires a lot to swallow: for this plan to work, everything (and I mean everything) has to be done perfectly - yet to get the device moving from a stationary orbit it needs the Hulk to jump into orbit himself and give them a violent push. Then the Avengers let mystery Iron Man from the future who could be Doc Doom for all they know, turn the device on. Then Hyperion, by himself, slows the bullet-planet down with such precision that it perfectly syncs with the Earth and matches the Earth orbital path exactly - all while moving through phase shift that he shouldn't have been able to touch (Hick-physics at their best). If Hype could do this - why not send him at the planet a month earlier?
Then comes the even more shocking moment where future Iron Man reveals himself to be... a lady... and black (double the minorities!)
I guess this two-in-one planet thing is supposed to direct Marvel for a while - but all I can say is "yawn".
I keep trying to 'get' Hickman. This issue doesn't help that cause.
The art was each of the multiple artists was good, but that just left noticeable inconsistency overall.
Story - 3
Art - 7
X-Factor - Subtract a half point because of all the variants that deal with X-Men more than Avengers, another half point for the majority of those variants not recognizing the artists that they are attempting to homage, and another half point for the letterer. Yes I'm calling foul on whomever 'VC's Cory Petit' is for not lettering a better 'R". BAXTEA BUILDING, AVENGEAS TOWEA, MAAS, etc. Yes, on closer inspection there is a subtle difference between his 'A' & R', but it was a still a distraction when reading this issue.
Overall - 3.5
by Stephen Day » Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:01 pmThere are some interesting ideas in this issue -- an Iron Man from the future warning about a rogue planet heading for the Earth. The base idea is a sound one, but sadly, Hickman's execution in telling the story is lacking and I can't say that I was overly entertained by what I read.
The solution that the Avengers find to solve this issue's problem seems to be to simple to me. the other problem I have is with the use of orbital mechanics in the plot. I've mentioned it before, and even created a thread about it, but the misuse of orbital physics is one of my big comics book physics breaking points. Hawkeye says that the scary part of the rogue planet is that it's heading in a straight line, "implies ordered trajectory, which implies target, which implies shooter." Uhmmm, no, things in space naturally travel in a straight line until something else impedes this. A rogue planet drawn into the solar system by the Sun's gravity is naturally going to travel in a straight line toward the sun. If the Earth is going to get in the way of that path, that's not good, but in no way suggestive of anything.
I found Hickman's story, that was going on in this series before Infinity, about the Earth becoming a living organism to be interesting. Reading the solicitations, I was afraid that this story had just been dropped and was going to remain unfinished. I was going to get this series as a test to see if I wanted to continue reading. With that story not even being referenced and this new story being started, I feel that my worries were justified. This means that this was my last issue.
4 out of 10
by guitarsmashley » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:27 amSo believe it or not, I've really enjoyed Hickman's Avengers books. And While I can certainly understand not liking this issue, especially if you haven't been reading Hickman's 2 avengers books for the last year and a half. This is not a good introductory issue for anyone but it was very typical of walking into a story in the middle of the action. A lot of exposition not a ton of actual explanation. This is frustrating for new readers and returning ones too. Anyway, this is a typical issue of Hickman's avengers
a solid 6.
by GHERU » Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:26 pmbeen traveling, new thread will go up soon(ish)
Sex Criminals #4 - guitarsmashley
by guitarsmashley » Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:01 pm
Apparently that comes out next week and all the books this week suck...so free for all this week?
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Murray to defend Queen's title
Andy Murray will attempt to become the fifth player in the Open era to win the Queen's Club title for a fourth time this summer.
The British number one has confirmed he will defend his title at the AEGON Championships, which begins on June 9.
Murray is currently tied with Jimmy Connors on three titles and will bid to join John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick in lifting the giant trophy for a fourth time.
Last year Murray beat Croatia's Marin Cilic in the final before going on to become the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon singles title three weeks later.
Murray, who also won Queen's in 2009 and 2011, said: "To win the title for the third time last year and then to go on to win Wimbledon was really special, and it highlights the importance of Queen's.
"The grass courts there are as good as any in the world and it's a great event. It's also a tournament with a lot of history, both personally for me and for the game as a whole.
"It's where I won my first professional match and my first title in Britain and, when you look at the names on the trophy, including my coach Ivan Lendl, it shows how big a tournament it is to win. I'd love to do it again."
Last year's final was extra special for Murray because following the match he took part in the Rally Against Cancer to raise money for the Royal Marsden hospital, which treated his great friend Ross Hutchins.
British Davis Cup player Hutchins was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer, in December 2012 but is now in remission and returned to the ATP Tour at this week's Brisbane International.
Murray donated his winnings of £73,000 to the cause, and he said: "It's a day I'll never forget."


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Human Rights Activist John Prendergast
John Prendergast, best-selling author and world-renowned human rights activist in Africa, will speak about his peace efforts in Sudan and the Republic of the Congo Thursday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Texas A&M International University's Student Center Ballroom.
Prendergast's presentation, entitled, "War and Peace: Success Stories in Africa and the Implications for the Congo and Sudan," is free and open to the public.
Author or co-author of 10 books, including his newest,
Unlikely Brothers, Prendergast will make his presentation as part of his visit to TAMIU's Foundation of Leadership class, said Dr. Barbara Baker, University College instructor, who co-teaches the class with Dr. Carol Waters, associate vice president for academic enrichment and international development.
Baker said she hopes students will become inspired to participate in human rights work after listening to Prendergast's presentation.
"As part of his work, John has traveled all over the world including Africa, Japan, China and has been a guest lecturer in Egypt," she said, "I hope students get to see what's beyond Laredo. That's all part of being a globally aware, international person," Baker said.
Prendergast helped launch two campaigns under Enough: the Raise Hope for Congo Campaign, highlighting the issue of conflict minerals that fuel the war there, and Sudan Now, focused on bringing peace to that embattled country.
For more information, please contact Baker at 326.2744, e-mail email@example.com or visit offices located in Billy Cowart Hall 207A.
The University will observe Spring Break March 12-18.
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At the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd. and Crenshaw in Los Angeles, the Michael Brown family is settling into folding camp chairs early for a good view of the annual MLK parade. This is the man that changed their lives forever "by setting the path," as Mr. Brown puts it, rattling off King's accomplishments from boycotts to marches to speeches.
Does his 14-year-old son, Marcus know as much about King?
"No." says his mother, Akisha, bluntly. "Parents and schools have dropped the ball in teaching the life and achievement of Dr. King." Prodded for a comment while bundling up with his one-year-old sister, Akilah, Marcus blurts out shyly: "I know he said, 'I have a dream.'"
All along the parade route, interviews show the same thing. The older generation is infused and excited about honoring the man they say made it possible for blacks and whites to attend the same schools and restaurants by standing up and demanding civil rights. Teens and younger children know King was important as a religious and political figure, but become tongue-tied when asked for details.
This disturbs Jasmyne Cannick, an African American community activist, political commentator, and nationally syndicated columnist who lives within walking distance of the parade route.
"I'm troubled because I know how much King sacrificed to get the country to tackle the civil rights issue, and my generation is complacent and forgetful of this because they've had it all handed to them," she says. Asked to grade America on how well it's done in passing on the knowledge and passion of King, she fires off, bluntly: "D-minus or F."
"They don't know what organization he founded, they don't know key lines of his speeches, they don't know when he was killed," she says. "I'm embarrassed and disappointed by this."
Interviews with educators show Cannick's observation to be essentially true, but tricky to tease out from other, bigger trends – such as the passing on of other cultural knowledge – and hard to generalize beyond specific cities.
"There is a confluence of trends that explain why there is so little knowledge among young African Americans concerning the legacy and historic contribution of MLK," says Charles A. Gallagher, professor of sociology at LaSalle University in an email. He says in the black neighborhoods of many large cities, the drop-out rate approaches 50 percent.
"The schooling on this topic is not there. It is also the case that there is the perception that the large issues that King addressed – voting rights, labor market discrimination, and Jim Crow laws – have been addressed," he says. "What we are seeing is the shift in norms where what was once a struggle is now taken for granted. I would say that the lack of knowledge of MLK is akin to the perception that the NAACP is no longer relevant to young African Americans. Having Barack Obama in the White House is viewed by many that the struggles for equality have been achieved."
While Mr. and Mrs. Brown say it is their own kids and the schools here which have "dropped the ball," some educators disagree.
"I would argue that it is the older generation that has dropped the ball by not knowing how to reach out to youth in ways that really engage them," says African history professor Maghan Keita, director of Villanova's Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Studies. As an example, he says King himself would have responded in a big way with new media – Facebook, Twitter, smart phones and other technology.
"We just haven't yet devised the right way to engage the young in ways they find meaningful and I say that is our fault, not theirs," says Keita.
Other educators say it's not just a measure of dropping the ball about King, but about all things cultural.
"Proclaiming how ignorant kids are about (fill in the blank) is a blood sport in this country," says Nancy Niemi, who chairs the education department at New Haven University, in an email. "Yes, it's awful that kids don't know about Title IX or who their senator is, or MLK, but where do they get this ignorance from? The generation before them! Also, their culture. Kids' ignorance of important social/government issues reflects, sadly, the ignorance of the culture in which they live."
Many say the phenomenon is different depending on which city is examined. A city with a history of race struggle – like Boston or St. Louis, Milwaukee or Detroit – is more likely to have educational programs and/or curriculum requirements to study King. Also, African American communities within cities sometimes come up with their own programs.
"Here in St. Louis, celebrations of Martin Luther King are among the biggest of the year, and schools participate with essay and other contests," says Garrett Albert Duncan, who teaches African and African-American studies at Washington University. He says he has identified yet another layer of resistance for a reason that surprises him.
"This is heartbreaking to me but has come up over and over in conversations with African American parents," he says. "They come to me almost in tears to say they didn't want to burden their kids with the baggage of perhaps thinking that they could do their very, very best and still not succeed because of race issues beyond their control."
The comment brings the discussion back to individual responsibility that transcends education, culture or politics, say others.
"We DO need constant reminding of his grand vision for America, but none of us is MLK Jr." says Temple University professor Frank Farley, in an email. "So each of us, in our own way, to paraphrase Teddy Roosevelt, must do what we can, where we are, with what we've got."


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Oppenheimer Group precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 325 designs enviados por 99 designers freelancers.
We are looking for a very innovative and creative logo for a new Web Developing/ Design firm. Focusing primarily on Website Design, we will be looking for an attractive logo to tie in with the name of the company, One Sky Media, and will be suitable for both web and print design and work on both white and colored backgrounds.
One Sky Media/ 1 Sky Media
We are a media firm primarily focused on
Web Design, Hosting, and Search Engine Optimization and are currently looking for a unique, creative, and
attractive logo to represent the company.
logo does not have to reflect any tag-line and we are open to any ideas as of
what direction to take with the logo.
A few details added Wednesday June 4:
Our competitors are worldwide web development and SEO firms
The key benefit we offer our clients is search engine friendly websites that excel in the search engine rankings we have established a 5 year history of successes. Hence the sky is the limit!
Our current clients are mortgage brokers, attorneys, real estate brokers and agents, industrial companies, restaurants... we will work in any market.
We'd love to say exactly what the logo should contain but we don't know. Internally we thought of something with a globe or 1/2 globe over or integrated with the text. I am surprised this avenue has not yet been explored by any of the participants.
If you look at the logos we've stared so far you may get a sense of the styles we like so far out of what has been presented. That should be a great starting point. We'll try to keep the stars updated. Increasing those we prefer as the days pass.
Once again thanks to all who have participated. We're looking forward to awarding the prize money to the designer of an excellent logo concept!
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When submitting the final logo please
include a .pdf format and preferably a vector formated file such as .ai, .psd's will also be
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Season's wins 13th Wine Spectator award
Season's Restaurant at Highland Lake Inn, 86 Lily Pad Lane, Flat Rock, has won the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2013. Season's has received this award for 13 consecutive years. Wine Spectator's Restaurant Wine List Awards recognize restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine and appeal to a wide range of wine lovers.
The Award of Excellence is awarded to restaurants for lists that offer a well-chosen selection of quality producers, along with a thematic match to the menu in both price and style, typically offering at least 100 selections.
Season's has been awarded this accolade since the year 2000.
"We are honored to win the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence again for the 13th year straight," said Food & Beverage Director Peter Fassbender. "We work very hard throughout the year to ensure that our wine list is updated, current and appealing to our guests by including interesting, delicious and amazing wines from around the world."
Special pairing dinners for Wine & Food festival
This year, area chefs have crafted special pairing dinners during the week leading up to and following to the Asheville Wine & Food Festival this year, Aug. 20-24. Below is a listing of culinary events during the festival:
◆ Isis Restaurant and Music Hall at 743 Haywood Road in Asheville hosts a four-course dinner and wine pairing from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday. The wines will be from Napa Valley. Meet the winemaker and owner of B. Kosuge Wines (www.bkosuge wines.com). Cost is $72.
Visit isisasheville.com for more information.
◆ From 6 to 9 p.m.
Saturday "Be a Commis" at Dough, 372 Merrimon Ave., Asheville.
A commis (pronounced ko-MEE) is a chef's assistant or apprentice. Dough is giving guests the chance to "be a commis" for an evening. Rather than pair food with wine or beer, Dough is pairing patrons with its chefs.
At each chef station, guests will learn how to create different dishes spanning cuisines and flavors from east to west — and then enjoy the finished product. Heavy hors d'ouevres and beer and wine samples will also be served. The cost of the experience is $50. Visit doughasheville.com for more information.
◆ Fig Bistro at 18 Brook St., Asheville, will host a four-course dinner with wine pairings from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Fig Bistro was inspired by the Riviera when Executive Chef Jerami Jones presented a Euro-Mediterranean dinner that featured food and wines from Southern France, Spain and Italy.
Wines and hors d'oeuvres will precede a four-course dinner with wine pairings.
The cost of the dinner is $95, including tax and gratuity. Call 828-277-0889 or visit www.figbistro.com for more information.
◆ Experience Spaghetteria Sunday with Stemmari on the rooftop from 7 to 10 p.m. Aug. 25 at Strada Italiano, 27 Broadway in downtown Asheville.
The four-course familystyle Italian meal, featuring antipasti, a poultry dish, salad course and dessert, is paired with a selection of wines from Stemmari, which is the oldest sustainable winery in Italy. The cost of the dinner is $75. Visit stradaasheville.
com for more information.
To buy tickets, visit ashevillewineandfood.
com/pairing-dinners or call 828-275-0000.
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As the growing public dispute over leadership at the Market Basket supermarket chain dominated the headlines in recent days, political contenders saw an opening to weigh in, despite the conflict being an internal one involving a privately held company.
Attorney General Martha Coakley, one of the three Democratic hopefuls for governor, released a statement Sunday supporting workers rallying behind ousted president Arthur T. Demoulas, who was fired in late June by a board controlled by his cousin and chief rival, Arthur S. Demoulas.
"The actions of thousands of Market Basket employees over the last days have been truly inspiring. They are putting their jobs on the line — with little or no protection from reprisals from current management - to stand up for the simple principle that workers deserve to be treated with respect and their voices deserve to be heard," she said in the statement released by her campaign.
The Globe reported today that eight Market Basket employees were fired Sunday, including organizers of a protest that has targeted the grocery chain in recent days by workers pressing for the return of Arthur T. Demoulas.
A spokesman for the Attorney General in her official office, Christopher Loh, did not directly respond to an e-mailed question about whether Coakley's statement indicated she was interested in taking action related to Market Basket in her capacity as the state's chief law enforcement official.
Instead he said in a statement of his own that "If terminated Market Basket employees have questions or concerns about the circumstances of their dismissal or the rights they are now afforded, we encourage them to call our office..."
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Donald M. Berwick was quick to issue a statement affirming that he stood by the workers, but said in an interview he wasn't going to take a stand on "the particular workings of the management."
State senators, including Barry R. Finegold of Andover and Eileen M. Donoghue of Lowell, were among the speakers at a rally today calling for the return of the ousted president.
Finegold, a candidate for treasurer, said he is one of more than 30 Massachusetts elected officials who have signed a letter calling for a boycott of Market Basket.
In a telephone interview, he said he got involved because the company is headquartered in his district and the workers deserve support.
"It's about these employees and the fact that so many of them have worked hard and taken care of our families, it's time for us to stand tall with them and their families," he said.
Donoghue said she had known and worked with Arthur T. Demoulas for years and that Market Basket is integral to Lowell and the surrounding communities.
"It's not just an isolated commercial and business situation, it's affecting the lives of so many," she said.
"I don't know how you stand on the sideline and not get involved and at least support the cause. to me it's no-brainer," the senator added.
The protests and the firings are the latest development in a long-running conflict over the leadership of the grocery chain, which has 71 stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.


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KEH Specifications
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Compact 35 mm rangefinder system camera with mechanically controlled shutter.
Leica M bayonet mount.
Viewfinder principle Large, bright line frame viewfinder with automatic parallax compensation. Viewfinder optical system with reduced stray light sensitivity and optimum visibility of all bright line frames. Eyepiece Calibrated to 0.5 dpt. Correction lenses from 3 to 3 diopter available. Bright line frames activated in pairs: for 28 and 90 mm, 35 and 135 mm or 50 and 75 mm. Automatically displayed when the lens is mounted. The preview selector can be used to display each of the pairs of frames. Alternative bright line frame configurations are available as part of the Leica a la carte range.* Parallax compensation The horizontal and vertical difference between the viewfinder and the lens is automatically compensated in line with the current distance setting, i.e. the bright line frame in the viewfinder automatically covers the section of the subject that will be captured by the lens. Correlation between viewfinder and film images At the shortest possible distance setting for each focal length, the bright line frame size corresponds to an image size of approx. 23 x 35 mm. When set to infinity, depending on the focal length between 9% (28mm) and 23% (135 mm) more is captured by the film than is shown in the corresponding bright line frame. Magnification 0.72x (for all lenses). Alternative viewfinder magnifications of 0.85x and 0.58x are available as part of the Leica a la carte range.
Wide-base rangefinder Split and superposed-image ranger finder displayed as a bright field in the centre of the viewfinder image. Effective measuring basis 49.9 mm (mechanical measuring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.72x). For the alternative viewfinder magnifications of 0.85x and 0.58x available as part of the Leica a la carte range, it is 58.9 mm (mechanical measuring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.85x) and 40.2 mm (mechanical measuring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.58x) respectively.
Exposure metering
Exposure metering through the lens (TTL), selectively with working aperture. Metering principle The light reflected by a metering spot in the center of the first shutter curtain. The metering spot has a diameter of 12 mm and thus corresponds to approx. 13% of the full film format or approx. 2/3 of the short side of the applicable bright line frame in the viewfinder. Metering range (for ISO 100/21°) From 0.03 to 125000 cd/m2 at room temperature, normal humidity and f/1.0. For ISO 100/21° this corresponds to EV-2 to 20 or f/1 and 4s (B setting) to f/32 and 1/1000s. Flashing of the left-hand triangular LED in the viewfinder indicates that the brightness reflected is below the metering range. Metering cell Silicon photodiode with focusing lens to the top left behind the bayonet.
Exposure control
Manual shutter speed and aperture setting and adjustment using LED light balance.
Film speed range
Manual setting from ISO 6/9 to ISO 6400/39din.
Flash exposure metering and control
Flash unit connection
Using accessory hotshoe with center contact and / or standard flash connector socket.
Synchronisation time With 1st shutter curtain. 1/50 sec.
Exposure metering / metering characteristics Separate computer control of flash unit or guide number calculation and manual setting of required aperture.
Rubberized cloth focal plane shutter with horizontal movement; extremely quiet. Mechanically controlled.
Technical Data
Viewfinder displays
LED symbol for battery status. (at lower edge)
LED light balance with two triangular LEDs and a central circular LED to adjust the exposure
Triangular LEDs give the required direction to rotate the aperture dial. The LEDs flash to warn that the brightness reading is above or below the metering range.
Flash synchronisation speed = 1/50s; slower shutter speeds can be used
Shutter speeds
From 1s to 1/1000s in whole increments. B for very long exposures of any duration, (1/50s) for flash synchronisation.
Shutter release
Two stage: Power up (activate exposure meter) - Release Standard thread for cable release integrated.
Film transport Loading
Manual film loading after opening base plate and rear panel. Advance Manually with quick wind lever or LEICAVIT M or motorized using LEICA MOTOR M, LEICA WINDER-M, LEICA WINDER M4-P or LEICA WINDER M4-2 (from serial no. 10350). Rewind Manually with extending rewind button (rewind crank available as part of Leica a la carte range and attachable rewind crank available as an accessory). Frame counter On top of camera. Automatic reset after removing base plate.
Camera body
Material Enclosed all metal body with hinged rear panel. Brass top and base plate. Silver chrome finish or black lacquered. Tripod thread A 1/4 (1/4") DIN in base plate.
Power supply
(Only necessary for exposure metering and display)
3V from 2 silver oxide button cells, type PX 76 / SR 44 or from 1 lithium cell, type DL 1/3 N. Battery monitoring by illumination of battery warning display with light balance LEDs (1st level), light balance LEDs going out (2nd level) or all LEDs going out.
Dimensions (W x H x D)Approx. 5.43 x 3.03 x 1.5 inches Weight (without batteries) Approx. 20.63 oz.
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Video captures flash flood that swept away cars
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Amateur footage shot after a downpour in southern Nevada captures the power of flash floodwaters.
Doug Bennett says he was about 30 miles north of Las Vegas on Monday afternoon when water started flowing over U.S. 95. Bennett says a Ford sedan and a Prius were stuck in the mud of a median when a wall of water drew near.
Bennett's video shows him screaming for people to get out of the way as the two vehicles float downstream.
He says a group of U.S. Air Force personnel pulled an elderly woman out of the Prius seconds before it was swept away.
The vehicle ended up split open and upside down in a culvert.
Southern Nevada is experiencing monsoon season, when summer rains can quickly lead to dangerous flash floods.
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Chariots of the Gods is straight up, balls to the walls, in your face Heavy Metal. With blistering solos, gripping melodies & harmonies, rioting vocals and drums that just won't quit, this is what it's all about.
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I'm sitting writing this in a foreign European country, in a rural setting with a view of vineyards, alps, rivers, hills or any other picturesque scene of your imagination which is not urban or industrial but does not give my location away.
When choosing a holiday my number one priority is to find a location outside the UK. Not because there is anything wrong or bad with the British Isles. To the contrary, having travelled as far north as Gateshead, south-west as Lands End and east as Cromer I know this country from the craggy rocks of the Isle of Wight to the verdant rolling countryside, its lonely clouds and crowds of daffodils, its generally clement, if somewhat unpredictable, climate and its harmonious landscape. However, when vacationing I need more than just different scenery and location. In order to get away from it all there must also be different number plates, shop signs and language. But it is not simply that a variation in the jingle of coins and different mastheads on the newsstands transport you away from the stresses of home and work, so let me explain.
I am for most of the time confined geographically to a square mile in an insignificant corner of the capital. To a large extent I might as well be inhabiting a different country with its own self-imposed morals, mores, laws and customs. It has its benefits and advantages. Worries are taken care of by communal bodies, neighbourhood shops cater to our diet and palate, schools ensure that if little else our children will on the whole follow in our footsteps, neighbours and passers-by who, when not directly related, are related to someone who is, and a local population of non-coreligionists that tolerates us in its midst especially when we're not pushing a rear extension alongside the length of their garden.
It is however when I leave our natural habitat of urban ghettos that I am reminded how little I belong to my country and countrymen. Even writing the above words with the possessive, first person pronoun sounds strange. While correct by definition as I was born and bred in England and have lived here most of my life there is still an air of falseness about it. I remain visibly different to the vast majority of my compatriots and never more so when moving about in what should be, and strictly speaking is, my homeland when I feel like a legal alien. But unlike the song I'm an Englishman in England.
Stopping at service stations along the motorway, taking up residence for a fortnight in a village in the Cotswolds or a farmhouse in Devon, attending circuses, fetes, seaside resorts and country fairs I am constantly reminded how little I belong to this land, its people, history and culture and how foreign I am in my own country. Observing families with their children enjoying the weather with an ice cream and hot dog at ease with themselves and I realise that not only do I not belong but that I shall never belong. I might ignore some of the stares or even the occasional frown or worse. I might exchange pleasantries with a family, compare notes about our children but it is temporary and fleeting that serves only to magnify our differences. Rather than await a suggestion to join them for lunch I reflexively keep a safe enough distance so that such an invitation does not materialise.
Little things like greeting a villager in the morning take on a huge significance. Am I just being polite and behaving as one does in the country? Am I being over familiar which may be Jewish but not very English? Might I say sorry unnecessarily and overdo my Ps & Qs and so emphasise my alienation? Is this what they mean in trying to make a kidush Hashem? And I haven't even dealt with the feelings when the greeting is not returned or when the seat opposite is vacated shortly after my arrival.
Some might accuse me of being embarrassed of my religion or at least my version of it. Awkward might be more precise. Not so much with who I am but with what I am not. I have no issue with my practises and culture. I don't try (very ineffectively) to conceal my yarmulke with a flat cap and I enjoy visiting Jewish places of interest on my travels. My issue is with the isolation forced upon us for no apparent reason. But rather than try and reason with my accusers I would point out that I am not alone in my sentiments. Others may have found a solution by holidaying with their own and creating a mini-Stamford Hill-on-sea on the south coast, a micro Broughton Park in Llandudno or for the more affluent kosher hotels with pools and 5 star cuisine anywhere from the Alps to the Apennines and Nice to Naples. Ostensibly it may be for the daily prayer quorum and readily available kosher food but it also avoids the discomfort of leaving certainties and absolutes behind.
Rather than travel in my year-round shell I seek a holiday from that too and how better to invite questions and doubt than for a short while leaving oneself to one's own devices. Sitting here on the veranda outside a living room where the main focal point is the TV adorned by a colourful array of remote controls and watching my host and hostess and their teenage children lead what appears a blameless if simple life I query how exactly are we special. Were we chosen to dwell in urban ghettoes and deny our children a decent education which would ease their way in life and enable them to earn an honest living? We pride ourselves on our oral teachings, yet the diction and articulation of the children I encounter are vastly superior to local kids of the same age group. How is the teenager in her rather tight top, shorts and painted toenails morally inferior to my daughter in hosiered legs and knee-length skirt when doing anything from horse riding to roller blading? Is my hostess with her visible cleavage in the French style deficient to my wife's permanently snooded or bewigged head? Is there purpose in rearranging a functioning kitchen and transporting boxes of food to a land of abundance? Is Saturday intrinsically special when there is neither a shul nor a Jew in sight for miles?
The answers to me at least are obvious. My way of life is not a value judgement but that this is my culture and that is theirs. Neither is better nor worse and each has its positive and negative points. Our respective lifestyles are however different and it is this diversity that is valuable and should be celebrated.
So boarding the ferry - actually, taking the Eurotunnel is preferable as the ferry calls for mingling and being quite literally together in the same boat, seeing middle, white England as a family going up and down the stairs to and from the car, relaxing in the lounges, queuing at the bar or shop, watching me suspiciously as I open my car door as if sporting a beard and skullcap predisposes me to cause a nick in their car. So coming off Le Shuttle I spend 2 weeks amongst descendants of Gauls, Helvetians or Etruscans when I may be viewed as Jewish but where I am equally considered English. When I bump into my fellow island dwellers they need not know that they share a homeland with me. When they see my GB sticker and left hand drive let them avert their gaze. If I do strike up a conversation and give Hackney as the response to an enquiry of my origins, it won't matter that my reply feels somewhat misleading as if that isn't proper England or it isn't really from where I am. I am comforted that we are united by a strangeness in a foreign land and that they can no more call Innsbruck or Salzburg home than I can.
There is even the off chance that I will gain the acceptance it seems I crave only many miles away from home. Some years ago driving to Prague I was passing Pilsen, home of the famous beer, when a lorry with English plates came towards me from the opposite direction. As our vehicles passed the truck driver flashed me as a mark of fraternity towards a fellow countryman far from home. Needless to say I flashed and waved back. It was only much later that the irony dawned upon me that I had to travel some 700 miles from the shores of my homeland to feel that I belong to my country.


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MIDDLEBURY — Pinecones hang like bells from a branch. A birch bark globe trimmed with sumac twists in the breeze. Other pieces of sculpture are tucked just off the Middlebury trail — a wrapped figure eight of grape vines, a discarded snack food wrapper garnished with a sprig of white pine.
And the whole walk is sprinkled with poems, paintings and photography hanging in in waterproof cases .


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|2010-09-01, 22:07
|Link #81
Join Date: May 2004
Age: 31
Ichigo is going to slip up and get caught in the hypnosis of course, he'll then get beat up a bit before coming up with a countermeasure that tips the fight in his favor again, then Aizen will go Bankai...
One way or another I do hope the series is ending soon after this fight. Every other good guy in the cast has been rendered completely obsolete now, and no amount of Kenpachi-style retconning can fix this. Even if there are Ichigo-level opponents in the King's realm, the only way there can be any variety is if all the other shinigami suddenly start learning Ichigo's method and adapt it to their own fighting styles, and the cycle begins anew... The series has gotten ridiculous enough as it is, Kubo needs to pull out before it's too late.
|2010-09-01, 22:16
|Link #83
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
previous chapter.
It's got Yu-Yu Hakusho written all over it.
|2010-09-01, 22:29
|Link #84
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
|2010-09-01, 22:43
|Link #85
The Ironman
Join Date: Sep 2006
But if Bleach continues, the power levels will be absolutely screwed for the exact reason you mentioned unless there's a cop-out and Ichigo's powered back down after the fight.
|2010-09-01, 23:25
|Link #86
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
This is effectively the end of this series. Ichigo's a god now. Aizen's a god. They're regenerating from fatal wounds, destroying mountains, and fending off level 90 kidou like it's nothing. Why should we care anymore what Kenpachi's, Unohana's, or Urahara's bankais look like? They might as well be wielding plastic swords at this point, since Aizen or Ichigo can block zanpakutos with their fingers.
I think the only reason I kept reading was to find out what happens to Aizen (since I enjoyed the SS arc). But Aizen is now a strange butterfly man that bears little resemblance to the original character.
|2010-09-02, 00:24
|Link #87
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: The Dark Side of The Moon
i just realized ichigo's catchphrase is "i'll finish this in an instant" or "i'll finish this quickly"
the start of his fights, (ichigo vs grimmjow and ichigo vs yammy) are recent examples
yes agglutination, lmfao i hope kubo didn't use a japanese equivalent of that word since... this is a teen manga isn't it?
i uess this is the future power up for everyone? fuse your arm with your zanpakuto...
kubo jacked off the first bleach OVA?
i guess teh technicality is you have to fuse your arm, not your body... like claire releasing only her arm in claymore for rapid sword
|2010-09-02, 00:38
|Link #88
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CO, USA
... and Aizen talks waay too much in this chap
|2010-09-02, 00:41
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Terror of the Seas
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Cambridge, UK
Maybe Ichigo'll defeat Aizen, then his final enemy will be Kenpachi, many years down the line, finally having learned bankai and challenging Ichigo to a rematch - that's the only way we can have one of the Gotei ever achieving Ichigo's current level
|2010-09-02, 00:50
|Link #90
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: East Cupcake
Seriously though, despite my stupid grin at seeing Ichigo starting to act GAR, this chapter and seemingly this fight are ridiculous. If nothing else, I've legitimately reached the point (for better or worse) where I do not know where Kubo is going with the series.
|2010-09-02, 01:10
|Link #92
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Counting Dangai time, I think the kid's only been a shinigami for roughly a year and he seems to have already surpassed the captain commander.
Kenpachi's a tough guy no doubt, but even if the he obtained Bankai and wielded it with both hands, I don't see how Ichigo would need any more than a single pinky toe to win a rematch with him (at this rate).
Ichigo's current strength is retarded. The only plausible out I could see for Kubo at this point is to reveal that since the instant Aizen got handpalmed, every single moment of their battle so far has been one massive illusion created by *gasps* Aizen's bankai. In other words, while Ichigo is pwning the crap out of Kyouka Suigetsu, the real Aizen (who'd hopefully be much more powerful than his illusion-created counterpart) is currently off creating the kings key while admiring Ichigo's new strength from a far.
If things turned out like this, it'd negate a lot Ichigo's current feats of strength this chapter since his current opponents strength (the illusion) couldn't be gauged very effectively. So while we'd be left knowing for a fact that Ichigo got stronger, we'd still have no idea of how much stronger he and Aizen have become.
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|2010-09-02, 01:31
|Link #93
Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
The chapter was good, but Aizen was very OOC, it's not like him to talk all the time, even more so when he talks without absolutes (i.e. I am god, kneel before me or perish into oblivion,etc. while in this chapter he was the commentator for the fight (although there's nobody else to do the talking besides Ichigo, so...)).
P.S: I believe Aizen will be dying in his next power-up, would suit him fine. As for the next arc, I got no idea what it's going to be about, but with Aizen out of the picture it should be interesting.
|2010-09-02, 01:50
|Link #94
The 3
Join Date: Aug 2010
Darn, Ichigo sure showed some raw epicness this chapter.
I loved it.
The 'definition' of probably is, actually, 'most likely'.
Edit: Sorry for the double post. Won't happen again.
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|2010-09-02, 02:09
|Link #95
Has balls of cast iron
Join Date: Apr 2010
i hate when powers become so unexplainably great they single hadnedly make everybody and everything useless. would have at least been nice for a close fight followed by hollow mode + aizen mask followed by lucky strike...
but this is just way over the top. unless everybody is hiding some secret power or something, nobody can possibly match ichigo or aizen. maybe yamamoto, and all he ever did was sit around doing **** all, prior to the fighting.
|2010-09-02, 03:08
|Link #98
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Btw, I'm glad to be among those of you who didn't necessarily have to google "Agglutination", even though I did anyways. It turns out the definition I had predicted was spot on given the context of the conversation and the fact that the word "Agglutination" contains a syllable that looks and sounds suspiciously similar to the world "glue". I think I deserve a cookie nao.
|2010-09-02, 03:18
|Link #99
Optimus Prime
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Japan/Canada
Age: 34
I'm wondering what the consequences of Ichigo's new sword abilities are. There have to be consequences. There's no way you get that much of a power up without having to sacrifice something in return.
|2010-09-02, 03:33
|Link #100
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: United States
Age: 31
I am expecting Ichigo to be ostracized after this. Aizen will either retreat or die. It doesn't really matter.
But Ichigo will eventually run into the rest of the other captains, Vizards, and his friends. I expect them all to be frightened/intimidated by his new power. Ultimately he will be avoided, and possibly labeled a threat in the future.
Then again, his strength could very well be a temporary boost. Who knows.
The attempt to learn FGT can lead to personal harm; detachment from ones Zanpakuto, losing all your strength if you fail. (Isshin)
or the power up is temporary.
The FGT makes you use all/most of your power rapidly(including life energy?), leaving you in a fatigued state quickly. (like vizard masks)
well any number of those ideas I think are...logi....good ideas.
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