We really experienced "WINTER" this Season and I can say we had plenty of snow compared to previous years... This last round of snow caught us in the Hunter Mountain where we went with some friends. I personally relaxed almost every day lounging in the cabin with Noah while everybody else went skiing. Here are some photos from the day after the snow storm when I decided to try to come out (just for a little while). I was bundled up enough to stay warm (you don't want to know how many layers I had) but I could feel the cold on my face mostly because of the strong wind... Well, with this post I finished my trip in the mountains and now I am dreaming of a warmer destination!
Love the jacket-scarf combo. Stay warm!
Beautiful photos, but too BRR-R-R-R-R for me to want to venture out in that weather !!!


New York— Many broad-line mass merchants are already writing off March, arguing that a late Easter is deferring sales to April. But Bank of America Securities (BAS) retail analyst Aram Rubinson believes that high energy prices — even more than war worries — is the real culprit that's eating away at comps. According to a BAS analysis based on the latest energy price forecast by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), consumers spent an estimated $33.5 billion on gasoline, home heating oil, natural gas and electricity during February, which is nearly $5 billion more than they did a year ago. Dividing that amount by last year's February retail sales indicates a 3.1 percent bite in last month's comps, Rubinson said, while forecasts suggest same store sales could be impacted by 2.5 percent in March, 2.3 percent in April and a more moderate 1.5 percent in May. His conclusion: "We would go so far as to say that higher energy prices may have affected comps as much as the weather."
Bellevue, Wash. — Specialty retailers' e-commerce sites tend to provide a better online experience than those of full-line merchants, according to a new study by the Customer Respect Group, an international research and consulting firm, here. The report, "Winter 2003 Online Customer Respect Study," rated the Web sites of the 500 largest U.S. retailers based on 25 different attributes, including customer privacy, respect of customer data, simplicity and responsiveness. The highest-ranked CE chain was Best Buy, which earned 8.9 on a 10-point scale, followed by Circuit City (8.5) and RadioShack (6.3). Within the office supply channel, OfficeMax earned 6.2 and Office Depot 5.7. Full-line discounters generally scored lower, with Wal-Mart rating 7.2, Kmart 6.8 and Sears 6.7. The highest score, 9.4, went to Walgreen's, followed by Costco and Dollar General at 9.3. But 37 percent of surveyed sites failed to respond to online inquiries. "If 37 percent of companies refused to answer questions from customers in a physical store, that would be considered unacceptable," said Customer Respect Group CEO Donal Daly. "Putting the customer first needs to be the mantra for everything a company does online, as the competition is just a click away."


Free Christian Teaching By Dr Richard Kent.: Jesus Was Condemned To Death For "blasphemy"
Jesus Was Condemned To Death For "blasphemy"
Caiaphas then condemned Jesus to death. In Mark 14:63-64, we read: "Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "What further need do we have of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" And they all condemned Him to be worthy of death."
Caiaphas then had to persuade the Romans to execute Jesus. Israel was an occupied territory, and the Jews did not have the authority to execute prisoners.
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Though it is not possible to show exact boundaries for historical tribal lands, the following maps give general ideas of where tribes were located.
Maps of United States Indians by State lists the tribes for each state with links to web sites.
Map showing locations of tribes in the early 1800s.
Indian Nations map for the entire United States shows regions and tribes. The American Indian Tribes site also has histories of tribes (you need to scroll down after you click the name of the tribe).
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FG, States, LGs Expenditure On GDP Grew By 42.81% In 2015 – NBS
by	magna	/ Friday, 05 June 2015	/ Published in Capital Market News
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday puts the final expenditure on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the three tiers of government at 42.81 per cent in the first quarter of the year.
This development is contained in a statement made available in Abuja by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr Yemi Kale.
Kale added that the figure was higher than the -7.53 per cent and 16.56 per cent recorded in the first and fourth quarters of 2014 respectively.
According to the NBS, during the first quarter of the year, the general government final expenditure grew by 42.81 per cent year-on-year in real terms, higher than the -7.53 per cent in the first quarter of 2014.
It noted that the -7.53 per cent was also lower than 16.56 per cent recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014.
It said "In real terms, the share to expenditure on GDP declined from 8.54 per cent in the fourth quarter in 2014 to 8.34 per cent in the first quarter of the current year."
The NBS said that the shares recorded in the first quarter were however higher than the shares recorded in first quarter of 2014 which was put at 6.0 per cent.
"In real terms, the expenditure on the Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Investment) component of the GDP grew at a slower rate, both relative to the preceding quarter and to the corresponding quarter of 2014," the NBS added.
It stated that non-residential buildings and purchases in machinery and equipment year-on-year growth was put at 9.72 per cent in real terms.
The NBS said that the figure was down from 20.08 per cent and 12.45 per cent recorded in the first and fourth quarters of 2014 respectively.
"While net exports of goods and services maintained a positive balance in the first quarter of 2015, growth has slowed considerably as a result of decline in exports.
Nominal growth declines
"Nominal growth declined by 57.70 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, lower than the 50.49 per cent growth recorded in the first quarter of 2014.
"In real terms, net exports also slowed, growing by 36.23 per cent year-on-year, down from 35.81 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of 2014," the NBS said.
It stated that Compensation of Employees (COE) slowed during the first quarter of 2015, decreasing by 2.49 per cent year-on-year (nominally) and in real terms, declining by 9.99 per cent year-on-year.
"In nominal terms, National disposable income grew by 3.61 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 10.56 per cent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2014.
"During this period, household consumption accounted for 76.10 per cent of national disposable income and 16.34 per cent of income was devoted to savings.
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jessica was telling me about a photo shoot she assisted on for a clothing company called forth & towne. she said she thought i would wear almost everything they shot. i think she's basically right, only there are not any stores near me for me to try everything on. with any luck they'll come to philly or king of prussia soon.


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Resonant Frequency Derived from the Rayleigh‐Wave Dispersion Image: The High‐Impedance Boundary Problem
Lee M. Liberty, Boise State UniversityFollow
James St. Clair, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
T. Dylan Mikesell, Boise State UniversityFollow
William D. Schermerhorn, Boise State University
We present a simple and automated approach to estimate primary site‐response resonance, layer thickness, and shear‐wave velocity directly from a dispersion image for a layer over half‐space problem. We demonstrate this for high‐impedance boundary conditions that lie in the upper tens of meters. Our approach eliminates the need for time‐consuming dispersion curve picking and 1D shear‐wave velocity inversion for large data volumes that can capture velocity structure in profile. We highlight important relationships between dispersion characteristics and resonance parameters through synthetic modeling and field data acquired over Atlantic Coastal Plain sediments. In this environment, shallow soil conditions are critical to accurately estimate earthquake site response. We suggest that this image processing approach can be applied to a range of high‐impedance conditions, at a range of scales, or can provide model constraints for more complex velocity structures.
This is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this article. The final, definitive version of this document can be found online at Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, published by Seismological Society of America. Copyright restrictions may apply. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200230. The content of this document may vary from the final published version.
Liberty, Lee M.; St. Clair, James; Mikesell, T. Dylan; and Schermerhorn, William D.. (2021). "Resonant Frequency Derived from the Rayleigh‐Wave Dispersion Image: The High‐Impedance Boundary Problem". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(1), 77-86. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200230
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Emmaus College provides a unique educational opportunity for your child, boasting dedicated Middle and Senior School campuses equipped to meet the needs of students of all ages. The Yaamba Road campus is home to students in Years 7, 8 and 9 with the Main Street campus serving students in Years 10, 11 and 12.
First class educational facilities with the latest technology and modern responsive learning spaces.
You can read more about the offerings of each campus below.
Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 are encouraged to take pride in their school and themselves on the Yaamba Road campus. Our priority on this campus is to ensure students are making a positive transition into the high school environment. We want them to establish and maintain healthy relationships, employ helpful thinking and be mindful of their own mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
There are many structures in place that we use to help students develop and feel comfortable within their school environment. Year-level specific eating areas and the Tutorial group are important to the growth and wellbeing of all students in the Middle School.
Opportunities for students to engage in leadership and student advocacy activities exist in the Middle School. Student Councils are elected for each Year level to work in tandem with teachers and campus staff to work towards meeting the unique needs of these students. Student Councils and various other committees are also afforded opportunities to organise key school events such as liturgies, assemblies, retreat days and the Middle School Dance. Our Middle School students also have opportunities to participate in over 20 interschool sports throughout the year; the Instrumental Music Program, which caters for first-time instrumentalists through to advanced musicians; numerous community service initiatives as well as opportunities to be a part of the annual musical production.
Students can also participate in a number of special interest groups such as Reader's and Writer's Group and the information technology-focussed Coding Club.
a range of outdoor lunchtime activities such as table tennis, Giant Chess and Giant Connect 4.
The Middle School aims to instill clear standards into students. Middle School staff insist on the highest standards of work and behaviour in the classroom and in the playground. We expect students to be punctual, to be adequately equipped with all materials for their classes; and at all times we expect that they wear the uniform neatly properly and proudly.
The Responsible Thinking Process is employed consistently and effectively on Yaamba Road. Students are expected to respect the rights of the teacher to teach and the rights of their fellow students to learn. The Planning Room on this campus is a facility to help students who choose not to follow these expectations reconfigure their outlook towards their peers' and their own learning.
We look forward to welcoming your child to the Middle School campus.
Our Year 10, 11 and 12 students are afforded increased independence and treated like young adults on the Main Street campus. Increased privileges such as driving to school and home study during examinations reinforce the ideology that our Senior students are capable, mature, self-directed citizens, ready to take on the responsibility that comes with growing up and life after school. They are prepared for the real-life expectations associated with employment, further study and engaging with life.
Students have access to specialised academic support in the form of tutes for a range of subjects such as Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Information Technology and Design.
Throughout their Senior years at Emmaus, students are encouraged to explore their potential by trying new things; to develop their skills in time management and leadership; and to manage the balance between academic, social, family and other commitments. Additionally they are also encouraged to participate in a wide range of opportunities where they can share these skills with younger students and the wider community.
Students can be involved as members of the Student Council; can be elected as one of six Leaders for each of the College's sporting houses; and contribute to the improvement of their campus experience as part of the Liturgy, Interact, Academic or Campus Activities committees.
Students have access to a wide variety of work experience opportunities to complement their academic pursuits. Work experience opportunities range from ongoing, regular contact with an employer through to week-long group programs aimed at students interested in particular occupations or study disciplines.
The Main Street campus shares a boundary with local aged care facility Leinster Place. Emmaus shares an active and ongoing relationship with the facility and its residents. Our Eco Group visits fortnightly during term to undertake numerous gardening and sustainability projects,; and our Interact Committee runs activities for residents on significant religious and other occasions.
Positivity – feeling safe, a sense of belonging, interest, contentment and cheerfulness as well as a capacity for mindfulness and optimistic thinking.
Relationships – experiencing ongoing positive relationships with peers and teachers to develop prosocial values and social skills.
Outcomes – making progress towards goals, feeling capable of doing schoolwork and understanding that accomplishment depends on hard work, effort and persistence.
Strengths – involves self-knowledge about one's character strengths and ability strengths as well as the understanding of how to apply these strengths in different contexts.
Purpose – believing that what one is learning at school is valuable and feeling connected to something greater than oneself.
Resilience – the capacity to 'bounce back' after setbacks, mistakes and difficulties, and being courageous in the face of challenge.
The Responsible Thinking Process is employed on this campus also, however places more emphasis on the student resolving any issues that may inhibit learning.
We look forward to continuing with your child's Emmaus journey on the Main Street Senior School campus.


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Special books for special folks: Monitor readers' holiday gift recommendations
Last modified: 12/14/2013 12:31:45 AM
We asked Monitor readers and writers to tell us about books that would make good gifts for friends and family this year. Here's what we heard:
In Paris with Hemingway
Paris in the 1920s with Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and F. Scott Fitzgerald. That's the setting and cast of characters in Paula McLain's The Paris Wife.
It's historical fiction with a twist: McLain reconstructs Hemingway's early years of writing and his first marriage, told from the perspective of Hadley Richardson, his first wife. Told through Hadley's voice, it's both a love story and a tragedy. The couple falls in love in Chicago and moves to Paris, where they later have a son and grow apart as their marriage deteriorates. Hadley watches Ernest fall in love with another woman – Pauline, his second wife – and become a successful writer.
The Paris Wife is as much about the Lost Generation of writers in Paris as it is about Hadley's marriage to Ernest. McLain draws readers into that world of parties, cafes and writing.
Readers looking for writing like Hemingway's will be disappointed. But accept the book for what it is – one writer's fictional account of Hemingway's first marriage – and it's an enjoyable read.
LAURA McCRYSTAL
'Bringing Nature Home'
If you have gardeners, nature lovers, or families with children on your holiday gift list, then buy a stack of Douglas W. Tallamy's classic Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (Timber Press, $17.95) and give it to all of them. Now in its seventh printing, this sturdy paperback is small enough to take on a walkabout through the yard. It's packed with color photos, and has two great appendices, one of native plants and insects by region, the second of butterflies and moths and their host plants.
Gardeners will love Tallamy's research-based guidance on how to attract the myriad native pollinators, beneficial insects and birds that help keep flowers, fruits and vegetables productive and healthy. Nature lovers will find the book a comprehensive guide to native flora and fauna, and how to restore habitat and evict invasive species. And for families with children, Bringing Nature Home will provide a great excuse to explore their own backyards, hunting for amazing insects that are found only by those who know where to look. My favorite: the hag moth caterpillar, which likes to hang out on shagbark hickories, and whose protective stinging hairs make it look like a cross between a mustache and a tarantula.
HILLARY NELSON
'They Were Soldiers'
This book is not for the fainthearted. They Were Soldiers explores the multiple harms done to American soldiers by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So far, the story has been inadequately told to the American public, but in her short book Ann Jones goes far to remedying that deficiency.
Put briefly, the harm is much worse than has been publicly acknowledged. The fallen aside, you have the post-deployment suicides, the catastrophic wounds, the traumatic brain injuries and all the PTSD. It is an endless amount of suffering that goes on for lifetimes.
You might think this an anti-war book, but I think it is more a book of witnessing. Jones embedded with our troops in a forward operating base and she follows the wounded soldiers through all stops as they come home.
The book is essential reading. Really we do not support the troops. If we did, we would never let them engage in these awful, endlessly destructive wars. Does anybody know the point now? Jones graphically shows the futility and extreme cost incurred.
JONATHAN P. BAIRD
'The Orphan Master's Son'
This engaging 2012 novel about North Korea, which earned its author, Adam Johnson, a Pulitzer, achieves what few if any before it have: conveying simultaneously a rich academic study on the Communist country, and a downright excellent piece of fiction. Each effort succeeds on its own right, but together they leave readers – me, at least – enriched on multiple levels. Seen through the eyes of his protagonist, Johnson tells the tale of a young North Korean soldier in the recent past who struggles to stay alive as he bumbles up the ladder of government bureaucracy. Romantics and readers with little affinity for world affairs need not be concerned: love and Texas are featured memorably.
JEREMY BLACKMAN
But is he a bad guy?
Yunior, the protagonist of Junot Diaz's latest book begins on the defensive: "I'm not a bad guy." Sometimes, you'll believe him. Sometimes, you'll want to slap him across the face with the fury and frustration and heartbroken disbelief of one of his ex-girlfriends. Yunior is sometimes crude, sometimes profound, sometimes hiding guarded behind impenetrable walls, sometimes a most desperately honest voice. But through the entirety of This Is How You Lose Her, he is a character too tangible to resist.
On the surface, the book is a collection of love stories, linked by Yunior's history of heartbreak. Four of the nine chapters are named for his former lovers. But it is also a collection of stories woven not only out of the trials of those romantic loves, but also another kind of heartbreak. As Yunior loves and loses Magda and Miss Lora, Alma and Flaca, he also tells a story about the way a family's heart breaks from the inside out, the way a brother can break his brother's heart, the way a mother's heart breaks for her wayward sons.
So Diaz gives us Yunior's stories and we follow them, falling in love with him just a little bit, laughing hysterically at his unconquerable hair and his dogged flirtations and his tumultuous sex life, feeling his craving for love in the pits of our stomachs, trying to decide if he's a bad guy – or just a very real one.
MEGAN DOYLE
Powerful, not preachy
Sometimes simple is best. One by Katheryn Otoshi is one of my favorite recent children's books. It tackles the subject of bullying in a way that is easily accessible from a child's perspective. One is a powerful story without being preachy.
Otoshi uses bright colors on a stark white background, to tell the story of Blue. Most of the time Blue is happy being Blue, but sometimes Red comes and makes Blue feel bad. Yellow, Green and Purple will tell Blue privately that Red is wrong and Blue is a great color, but none of them confront Red when Red is being mean. Then One shows up and shows the colors how to stand together to make Red stop. The story doesn't end there. One shows the colors that everyone counts, even Red. They are simple lessons but they aren't not told in a simplistic way.
When I found this book, my kids were on the end of picture books, but I bought it anyway and when I was asked to read to my son's first-grade class, this the story I read. The kids and the teacher loved it. It sparked a conversation about days when they felt they were more like Blue and the times when they had acted like Red.
While researching this bit, I found out there is a follow-up book called Zero. It looks like another winner. I'm hoping Santa will bring me a copy!
LEE LAUGHLIN
The dark side of light
Prompted by recent discussion in Andover about taking down a number of streetlights, including the one across the street from our house which coincidentally just burned out, I was intrigued by the new book titled The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogard.
It's a fascinating read. Bogard, a teacher of creative nonfiction at James Madison University, writes feelingly of his own experiences with the beauty and wonder of darkness, as well as about kids who grow up never really seeing the Milky Way, the harm to wildlife from our over-lit environment, the fact that human eyes adapt quite well to darkness if we give them a chance, and the bottom line that every creature on the planet, including humans, has evolved with the everyday rhythms of light and dark and "none has had the evolutionary time to adapt to the blitzgrieg of artificial light" many of us live with. Unfortunately, Bogard writes, "some two-thirds of Americans and Europeans no longer experience real night – that is, real darkness – and nearly all of us live in areas considered polluted by light."
For Bogard, the American Southwest, particularly our national parks and monuments there, represents the best opportunity we have to experience and hopefully to restore darkness, although I'd also think we have a better chance at finding it here in New Hampshire than in much of the East.
I'm glad our streetlight is gone.
SUSAN CHASE
Seven must-reads
This may not be useful to you if Christmas presents are supposed to delight the recipient. My list reflects books that I think most people should read; it's like a school assignment. Use it as you will.
1. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. The worst aspects of this novel have not (yet) materialized, but the technology envisioned is all around us, as has become increasingly evident by recent disclosures of National Security Agency activities.
2. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. A great depiction of life during an era of rampant laissez-faire capitalism and few legal or union protections for ordinary workers. Some would like us to go partway back to those days.
3. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. A very funny book about the absurdities of war and the military, but with some serious points, set in the Second World War. We don't hear the term "Catch 22," much, so it's obvious this book isn't being read by our youth.
4. Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Perhaps not for everybody, but a great story about counterinsurgency and the fall of the Ottoman Empire in North Africa at the end of World War I.
5. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. A must-read for all parents, teachers and coaches of children. Will change the thinking of any thinking adult.
6. The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation by Drew Westen. Written with a definite Democratic slant, but in urging Democrats to action it gives lots of credit to Republicans for being more effective at influencing public opinion than Democrats.
7. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. A study of how a number of small, ancient societies that once flourished failed and disappeared largely due to their inability to adapt to changes, mostly of their own making. Many lessons for us as we face increasing challenges. Some banks may be too big to fail, but no nation is.
JOHN V. KJELLMAN
Rethinking education
Change isn't easy. Think about moving from the country to the city, taking a different job, getting a new hairstyle. And change in education is one of the most difficult to achieve.
In The One World School House: Education Reimagined, Salman Khan reflects on past and current educational practices which are not effective and, based on what we know about learning theory, could be enhanced by modern technology and redesigning our educational patterns.
When a student gets a grade of 75 percent, it indicates that 25 percent of the material in the course has not been mastered. And yet that student goes on to the next level with a large gap in the foundation knowledge. Based on the belief that all can learn, Kahn advocates various methods to fill the holes. Instead of 100-plus students listening to a professor lecture for an hour with no discussion or feedback, the author suggests "flip" classes in which the lecture is available online, giving students an opportunity to review any parts found to be confusing. Then the class would come together to discuss the material.
Instead of our current egg carton classrooms isolating small groups of students and individual teachers, picture a class of 75-100 students in a large room working in small groups with learners helping other learners and three to four teachers serving as coaches, checking in with each group and then meeting together after the end of each school day to plan how to best meet the needs of the students.
See khanacademy.org for more information and for lessons designed to teach mathematics, computer programming, history, biology and more.
JEAN ROBBINS
A World War II trilogy
For me, the great read of 2013 was The Guns at Last Light, Rick Atkinson's concluding volume of a trilogy about the American Army in World War II.
The first installment covered North Africa, the second Sicily and Italy. The third book moves from D-Day (after a magnificent 40-page prologue that ends with a stunning allusion to Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach") to a coda describing the work of Graves Registration units to identify and re-inter or ship home "more than 250,000 American dead in 450 cemeteries scattered across 86 countries." The final five pages about this effort are my most moving reading experience this year. The Guns at Last Light surpasses An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle in every way, with sharp portraits of the major figures (especially Eisenhower, Patton and Montgomery) and concise scenes of battle that focus on people instead of just moving battalions and regiments around like chess pieces. It is historical writing of uncommon power and, yes, beauty.
My favorite fiction is Beautiful Ruins, a hoot of a novel by Jess Thomas that will undoubtedly make a lot of lists this year, and I consider Dave Barry's Insane City more entertaining than Carl Hiassen's Bad Monkey. The Friedkin Connection is filled with marvelous anecdotes about making The French Connection and The Exorcist. Among slightly older books, Thomas Mallon's historical novel Watergate is a must for anyone who lived through those times.
ROBERT PINGREE
'Democracy in America'
What can a 19th-century French aristocrat teach us about town government in New Hampshire?
Quite a bit, if he's Alexis de Tocqueville.
Democracy in America is a classic, and justifiably so for its insights into early American politics and society. But when I set out to read it this past summer, I was struck most by de Tocqueville's descriptions of New England town government – and how much remains the same today.
The "sovereignty of the people" as expressed by town meeting, the pragmatism and public spirit embodied by the selectmen, and the duties of the township are all reviewed and celebrated in detail.
High offices, such as president of the United States, carry prestige and attract the ambitious, de Tocqueville wrote. "But the township, at the center of the ordinary relations of life, serves as a field for the desire of public esteem, the want of exciting interest, and the taste for authority and popularity; and the passions that commonly embroil society change their character when they find a vent so near the domestic hearth and the family circle."
And if you find yourself needing a refresher on 21st-century town government, just wait a couple months. When the Monitor and other New Hampshire newspapers provide wall-to-wall coverage of annual town and school district meetings, they'll prove de Tocqueville right all over again.
"The township institutions of New England form a complete and regular whole; they are old; they have the support of the laws and the still stronger support of the manners of the community, over which they exercise a prodigious influence," he wrote. "For all these reasons they deserve our special attention."
BEN LEUBSDORF
'The Dressmaker'
I recently read The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott because I am a huge Titanic buff. At first, I was a little disappointed because only about the first 60 pages take place on the Titanic itself. Then it goes on to the survivors getting rescued by the Carpathia and eventually making it to New York. The rest of the book takes place between New York and Washington, D.C. This untold story really piqued my interest.
The main character, Tess, an aspiring dressmaker, finds passage on the Titanic because she wants to get away from her life as a maid who doesn't get paid fairly. She convinces Lady Duff Gordon to take her on the Titanic. Lady Duff Gordon says that Tess will be her maid, but Tess slowly gains Lady Duff Gordon's trust and gets to experience the world of fashion once in New York.
The main theme of the book is morality, and it focuses on the hearings that took place once the Titanic survivors reached New York. Survivors were made to testify as to their actions in the lifeboats. Crewmen were questioned about the circumstances that led to the sinking of an "unsinkable" ship.
The author lets us know in a note at the end that "the basic bones of the story are true," but that the rest is fiction. She also mentions that much of the testimony in the book is taken directly from the transcripts of the U.S. Senate hearings, which I find fascinating.
NOELLE STOKES
'Everything Belongs'
I'd like to recommend the book Everything Belongs, by Richard Rohr. The book is a spiritual work, neither liberal nor conservative, that describes how we must let go of our attachment to the strivings of our ego. The book encourages an inner journey to seek out core values and resist the impulse to sit in judgement of others.
It is particularly important at this moment in history when our world is so bitterly divided and polarized. It speaks to the toxic distrust we have of one another and asks us to approach the world with a beginner's mind, free of preconceptions and prejudice.
It is a book with the power, not only to inform, but to transform its readers.
FRANK WARMAN
Scaredy Squirrel is a hit!
For those looking for a special gift for someone in the 4- to 7-year-old category, I would recommend one of the "Scaredy Squirrel" books by Melanie Watt. Scaredy Squirrel is a nervous little fellow who has all kinds of worries about leaving his home but always finds out that he had nothing to fret. For the past couple years I have been reading to kindergarten classes at the Penacook Community Center, and the children ask me over and over to bring a "Scaredy Squirrel" book for the next reading. There are a number of books available, including Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend, Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Christmas, Scaredy Squirrel at Night, Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach, Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping, Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween and Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party. I think children particularly like these books because Scaredy Squirrel has very silly solutions for the issue at hand.
Another suggestion is to shop for New Hampshire authors. There are many children's books written by New Hampshire authors that are quite good. Gibson's Bookstore on Main Street has a special area in the children's section dedicated to local authors. You might even be able to acquire a signed copy. I like the idea because you can encourage your child, even at a young age, to become an author, using the New Hampshire author as a model.
LYNN WEST
Poets, and more
I stand by the advice I gave last year in this space: Visit your local independent bookstore and public library for expert book suggestions. A gift card from your indie bookstore and a stocking stuffer from the Friends of the Library sale shelf (plus a library card application, if your giftee doesn't have one), with the promise that you'll spend an afternoon together browsing and enjoying a café treat, is a return-proof gift sure to appeal.
That said, here are four widely appealing recent books that would be great gifts for teens through great-grandparents:
Richard Blanco's For All of Us, One Today is a brief memoir of his experience as inaugural poet. He writes movingly of his life, his family, his writing, and why poetry is important to our national conversation as one people in a diverse country.
Billy Collins's new collection, Aimless Love, is brimming with his trademark wit and quirky perception, and is especially appropriate for those who fear they don't get poetry.
And The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence is a tremendously fun, sweet-not-syrupy, thought-provoking coming-of-age book. Told from a teenager's perspective (but not a Young Adult book), this novel also addresses parenthood, aging, friendship, and end-of-life issues, as well as the power of books (and libraries!) to bring people together.
Shopping for a voracious reader? I suggest (and hope to receive) the literary almanac A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year.
Adventure galore for preteen girls
National Book Award winner Jeanne Birdsall struck home with The Penderwicks in 2007, a perfect pick for preteen girls, those 9- to 11-year-olds who are in their prime as strong girls. Any of the Penderwick tales, three in all, would also make wonderful read-alouds for younger children, somewhere along the lines of Arthur Ransome's The Swallows and the Amazons. Rosalind is in charge, Skye is full of beans, Jane is a dreamer, and Batty still misses her mother. Yes, in the best stories, one parent at least must be absent; how else can the children find adventure? With Jeffrey Tifton in tow, and the dog, Hound, an ungainly and occasionally carsick beast, the girls escape from beneath their kindly father's wing and soar through summer. In The Penderwicks on Gardam Street and The Penderwicks at Point Mouette Birdsall deftly showcases family changes and emerging personalities. Buy all three and enjoy the journey.
JANET MOORE
Behind the scenes with Bush, Cheney
My old college friend Peter Baker spoke in Concord earlier this month about his new book, Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House. It's a big one and, try as I might, I didn't quite finish it before Baker arrived.
Now, finally finished, I can report that this is a terrific read.
Baker's premise is that the relationship between George W. Bush and Dick Cheney isn't quite what we were led to believe. Especially in his second term as president, Bush sought the counsel of many other advisers and had gained confidence in his own judgment. For his part, Cheney felt comfortable saying no to the president. (Asked by Bush to lead a special team on rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurrican Katrina, for instance, Cheney declined.)
It's fun to read history that you lived through, and not that long ago. On 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, the aborted Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers, the discarded plan to reshape Social Security and more, Baker puts readers behind the scenes as decisions are made, for good and for bad.
FELICE BELMAN
Local writers, good stories
Feel like supporting some local authors this holiday season? Both New Hampshire and Vermont have newly minted authors in the contemporary romance genre. Lisa Olech is an artist and writer from New Hampshire, and her first book in the Stoddard Art School series Picture Me Naked is available now on Kindle. The paperback will release Jan. 21. Z Z Lambert is an artist on the verge of great things. She recently ended a soul-sucking relationship, and she's vowed to focus on her art. That is until she meets Jagger Jones. Jagger is modern day vagabond taking odd jobs (including working as an art model) as he works his way across the world on an important personal mission. This is a humorous, satisfying story of two people trying to make their dreams come true.
Vermonter Maggie McGinnis burst on the contemporary romance scene earlier this fall with Accidental Cowgirl. In it, Boston native Kyla Bennett is exhausted mentally and physically. She's trying to recover from the double whammy of being wronged by her con-man ex-fiancé and severely injured in a car accident. All she wants to do is find some peace and quiet. Her two best friends drag her away to a dude ranch in Montana for some fresh air and fun times. This is a sweet story filled with fun characters, and it's fun to ride along as Kyla regains her footing in the world.
Laugh out loud!
L ove A Little Sideways by New Hampshire's own New York Times bestselling author Shannon Stacey is the most recent in the series about the Kowalskis of New Hampshire and Maine. The whole series is laugh-out-loud funny.
The stories feature members of close-knit, hardworking New England families. Love A Little Sideways is the story of Liz, the only girl in the Maine branch of the Kowalskis. She has recently returned after spending more than a decade in New Mexico in a dead-end relationship. As she tries to get her life on track, she realizes that the chemistry she felt with her brother's best friend Drew was more than a one-time thing. Real life and hilarity ensue as she and Drew work out their feelings for each other under the microscope of small-town life and the scrutiny of family on a week-long reunion/ATV vacation.
All seven books in the series are light, humorous reads (the perfect break during the craziness of the holidays, no?). The characters are real in their humor and their struggles. Book 1 is Exclusively Yours, but Book 6, All He Ever Dreamed, takes place in part over Christmas.
If people look at you funny as you guffaw uncontrollably while reading these books, don't say I didn't warn you.


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Joshua Palmon (1913-1994) est un homme politique israélien.

Il est né à Tel-Aviv et rejoint la section arabe du SHAY en 1940. Il est responsable de la section arabe du Da'at de 1948 à 1949 durant la première guerre israélo-arabe et ensuite conseiller de David Ben Gourion pour les affaires arabes de 1949 à 1955.

En mars 1948, il rencontre le commandant de l'Armée de libération arabe, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, de manière à déterminer quelles sont ses intentions exactes dans la guerre.

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Personnalité politique israélienne
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Naissance à Tel Aviv-Jaffa
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Without prior notice, YouTube began either deleting or banning videos related to firearms making or upgrading. Although some American bloggers got under blow, YouTube channel of the Russian arms manufacturer, Kalashnikov Group, managed to escape the sanctions somehow.
Currently, YouTube bans video clips that demonstrate homemade production of firearms, ammunitions, high-capacity magazines or barrel silencers; promote sales of firearms or gun accessories, including high-capacity magazines, and tools that make arms automatic; explain how to make weapons automatic or semi-automatic; demonstrate how to install similar components on the arms or other versions, reports BBC.
In particular, the hosting deleted videos of American arms producer Spike's Tactical, blogger Jörg Sprave, the small arms reviewing channel InRangeTV.
According to Russia's Kalashnikov, no videos has been deleted from the corporation's official channel so far. "From the very beginning, we focused on development of our own platform (Kalashnikov Media – editors' remark) with embedded video player. Sure, we post some videos on YouTube, but prioritize home platform though. We have all content available in two languages there", Sofia Ivanova, Kalashnikov's director for external communications told Mil.Press Today.
Earlier on, she announced that Kalashnikov planned to integrate the software for online purchasing of the company's products through video clips.
In the summer 2017, videos from Syria made by Russia's Federal News Agency (FNA) were put under sanctions. YouTube banned them for demonstration of "cruelty and violence". The FNA reporters decided to post their video content on Rutube then.


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Filed under: General — Dana @ 9:06 am
Under pressure:
President Biden will sign an executive order on Friday aimed at protecting abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the White House said.
Why it matters: Biden has faced intense pressure from his own party to act more aggressively on abortion. Many conservative states had "trigger laws" in place that banned or severely limited abortions in the days following the ruling and more bans are expected…
The Biden administration said the executive order would include "safeguarding access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception."
The big picture: After the Supreme Court ruling, Biden has said that his ability to enshrine abortion rights is limited without congressional action.
"Until then, he has committed to doing everything in his power to defend reproductive rights and protect access to safe and legal abortion," the White House said.
Republican litmus test of lies in play:
A leading Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, continues to put lies about the 2020 presidential election at the center of her campaign — this week calling it "disqualifying" and "sickening" for a rival candidate not to say that the election was stolen, though it wasn't stolen.
Lake said at a televised Republican debate on Wednesday that she would not have certified Joe Biden's victory in Arizona, which was certified by term-limited Republican Gov. Doug Ducey as required by law. Lake, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, falsely said of Biden: "He lost the election, and he shouldn't be in the White House."
Lake asked the three other candidates on stage to raise their hands if they agreed that the election was corrupt and stolen. When her top competitor, developer Karrin Taylor Robson, was the only one not to do so — Robson said she wouldn't participate in Lake's "stunt" — Lake's Twitter account called Robson's refusal "disqualifying." Lake's account posted video of the exchange again on Friday, this time calling Robson's refusal "sickening."
Dug in:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won't be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war.
"Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to accept that these territories belong to Russia. This is our land," Zelensky said in an exclusive interview aired Thursday on CNN's "The Situation Room."
"We always talk about that, and we are intending to prove it," he added.
Meanwhile, Putin jibber-jabbers:
In his speech, the Russian president dared Western allies to beat Russia "on the battlefield" as his invasion enters its fifth month. "The West wants to fight us until the last Ukrainian," Putin said at a meeting with Russia's top government officials. "Let them try. Everybody should know that largely speaking, we haven't even yet started anything in earnest. At the same time we are not refusing to hold peace negotiations but those who are refusing should know that it will be harder to come to an agreement with us," he boasted.
Taking action on the Southern border:
Governor Greg Abbott today issued an executive order authorizing and empowering the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to apprehend illegal immigrants who illegally cross the border between ports of entry and return them to the border. The Biden Administration's decision to end Title 42 expulsions and the Remain-in-Mexico policy has led to historic levels of illegal crossings, with 5,000 migrants being apprehended over the July 4th weekend, creating a border crisis that has overrun communities along the border and across Texas.
"While President Biden refuses to do his job and enforce the immigration laws enacted by Congress, the State of Texas is once again stepping up and taking unprecedented action to protect Americans and secure our southern border," said Governor Abbott. "The cartels have become emboldened and enriched by President Biden's open border policies, smuggling in record numbers of people, weapons, and deadly drugs like fentanyl."
Misappropriating funds for pet cause:
San Francisco school officials used money voters approved for classroom and other facilities' improvements to pay $525,000 in attorney fees to fight a lawsuit over the fate of a controversial Depression-era mural. The spending is now under review by an official oversight committee.
The district's Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, a statutorily mandated watchdog group, is currently looking at whether the district properly spent Proposition A funds, which were authorized by voters in 2016 to upgrade, modernize or build school facilities.
The committee's interim chairman, Rex Ridgeway, said he doesn't believe bond money meant to ensure safe and modern schools should have covered the cost of a lawsuit over the mural.
"I want them to put the money back," Ridgeway said. "They've been using this as a slush fund as far as I'm concerned."
District officials pulled the money from the bond program rather than using the General Fund, which covers salaries, classroom costs and other operating expenses at school and district offices. Yet, the school board was forced to make significant cuts in that fund to cover a $125 million deficit this upcoming school year…
District officials argue the use of bond money for the legal costs was appropriate because the mural is a part of a school building and "caused psychological harm to students," and therefore presents a health and safety risk, said the district's general counsel Danielle Houck, in a March letter to the oversight committee and school board. The bond program allows for remediation of health and safety risks as well as interior modifications, she said.
Fingers crossed:
A large-scale effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón submitted roughly 717,000 petition signatures to election officials Wednesday in hopes of putting the fate of the county's top law enforcement officer in the hands of voters.
After announcing their initial plans to recall the D.A. back in late January, organizers are prepared to deliver a literal truckload's worth of signatures to election officials at the county's Registrar Office at around 2 p.m.
In all, the petition only needs 566,857 valid signatures — or 10% of the county's registered voters.
Hm:
Records show Donald Trump left the board of his social-media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, in June, weeks before the company was subpoenaed by authorities.
According to a filing with Florida's Division of Corporations dated June 8, the former president, his son Donald Trump Jr., Wes Moss, Kashyap Patel, Andrew Northwall and Scott Glabe all left the company's board of directors. The "board of directors" page on the company's website was blank as of Thursday night…
Trump's social network, Truth Social, denied the report in a post Thursday, saying Trump remains on the board of Trump Media as its chairman. It did not explain the state filing.
Basement levels:
U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating held at the lowest level of his presidency, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Wednesday.
Thirty-six percent of Americans approved of Biden's handling of his job, according to the two-day public opinion poll. That's down slightly from 38% a week earlier and matched the record low first hit in late May.
The president's approval rating has stayed below 50% since August, a warning sign that his Democratic Party could lose control of at least one chamber of the U.S. Congress in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
Harsh criticism from his own team:
"It's infuriating," one top Democratic strategist told The Hill, venting frustrations about Biden and his team. "Our house is on fire and it seems like they're doing nothing to put the fire out. They're just watching it with the rest of us."
Coincidence??:
The IRS said Thursday that it has asked a government watchdog to investigate how two former senior FBI officials frequently criticized by former President Donald Trump were chosen for intense audits.
In a statement, agency Commissioner Chuck Rettig said he had personally contacted Treasury's inspector general for tax administration about the matter.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that former FBI director James Comey and his one-time deputy, Andrew McCabe, were both audited through the National Research Program in recent years.
As few as several thousand returns a year are chosen for those examinations, out of 150 million filed annually with the IRS.
The agency said it was "ludicrous and untrue to suggest" that it targeted Comey and McCabe for those audits, which help the department gauge taxpayer compliance and refine its tools for collecting more unpaid taxes.
But senior lawmakers said Thursday that it was hard to believe Comey and McCabe's audits were coincidental, even if the IRS does have safeguards in place that are designed to prevent politically motivated tax examinations.
Oh:
In addition, the poll shows more Republicans regard Jan. 6 as a "legitimate protest" than a "riot."
The poll asked people in June 2021 and June 2022 whether each of those labels were appropriate descriptors for what transpired on Jan. 6, 2021. And the GOP shifts are pretty uniform:
While 33 percent of Republicans said in June 2021 that Jan. 6 was an insurrection, that number is now just 13 percent.
While 62 percent of Republicans called it a "riot" back then, that's down to 45 percent.
While 47 percent said it was a "legitimate protest," that's now up to 61 percent.
So whereas more Republicans once said it was a "riot" than that it was a "legitimate protest," by a 15-point margin, that has been flipped, with Republicans favoring the "legitimate protest" label by 16 points. A majority of Republicans no longer even regard Jan. 6 as a "riot."


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No. 3 Kansas (1-1) hosts Towson Sunday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m., in its first of four games this week to kick off the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational. The Jayhawks will host Towson and Tennessee State in the first two rounds of the event before playing Ball State and Florida in Las Vegas Nov. 24-25.
Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational Schedule
(all times are local)
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Florida, 7 p.m.
Prairie View A&M at Ball State, Noon
Tennessee State at Western Kentucky, 2 p.m.
TOWSON AT KANSAS, (JTV) 7 p.m.
TENNESSEE STATE AT KANSAS, (JTV) 7 p.m.
Prairie View A&M at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee-Chattanoog at Ball State, 7 p.m.
Towson at Western Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Third Round — at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
Tennessee State vs. Prairie View A&M, 11:30 a.m. (PST)
Tennessee Chattanooga vs. Towson, 2 p.m. (PST)
BALL STATE VS. KANSAS, 5 p.m. (PST)
Western Kentucky vs. Florida, 7:30 p.m. (PST)
Championship Round – at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
loser Tennessee State/Prairie View A&M vs. loser Tennessee Chattanooga/Towson, 11:30 a.m. (PST)
winner Tennessee State/Prairie View A&M vs. winner Tennessee Chattanooga/Towson, 2 p.m. (PST)
Western Kentucky vs. Ball State, 4:30 p.m. (PST)
KANSAS VS. FLORIDA, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) (PST)
The Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational champion will be determined by the overall record in the event. Tiebreakers are: 1. head-to-head of tied teams; 2. Determined under the discretion of the tournament directors.
About Kansas
Kansas enters the Las Vegas Invitational 1-1 after its 78-71 loss to Oral Roberts on Nov. 15. The Jayhawks feature four players who are averaging double figures led by preseason All-America sophomore Brandon Rush at 17.5 points per game. Freshman forward Darrell Arthur is just behind Rush at 17 points per contest followed by junior forward Darnell Jackson and sophomore forward Julian Wright at 11 points each. Wright leads the team with 10 rebounds per contest, while Jackson is pulling down nine boards per outing. Junior Russell Robinson has 10 assists in two games to lead KU and he is tied for the team high in steals with sophomore Mario Chalmers. Both have four swipes in KU's first two contests.
About Towson
The Tigers, picked to finish seventh in the Colonial Athletic Association this year, are playing their 28th season of Division I basketball. Towson opened its season with a 78-64 win over visiting Hartford on Nov. 13 and defeated Samford 69-62 at home Thursday night. Senior guard Gary Neal, the first Tiger ever to be named Preseason All-CAA First Team, has scored 61 points in his first two outings. He led Towson with 20 points in the season opener against Hartford and posted a career-high 41 versus Samford. Neal and sophomore guards Tim Crossin and Rocky Coleman rank third nationally in top scoring among returning three-man backcourts in 2006-07. Crossin is averaging 11.5 points in his first two outings. Senior forward Winstonn Tubbs posted a career-high 15 points and 13 rebounds against Hartford and is averaging 10.5 rebounds per game. Towson returns 10 letterwinners and four starters from a team that finished 12-16 in 2005-06.
Kansas and Towson are meeting for the first time in men's basketball. In fact, this will be the first meeting between Kansas and a current member of the Colonial Athletic Association. Last year, the CAA's George Mason advanced to the Final Four.
Kansas hosts Tennessee State Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse in second round action of the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational. Opening tip is set for 7 p.m. and the contest will air live on Jayhawk T.V. The Jayhawks will depart later in the week for Las Vegas, Nev., where KU will face Ball State Friday and top-ranked Florida Saturday at Orleans Arena.


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Mayor Gavin Buckley, Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan, and the Art in Public Places Commission will unveil the latest art exhibit in City Hall on April 23 during an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. The gallery is located in the foyer of Annapolis City Hall's 1st floor, 160 Duke of Gloucester Street and will run until May 31. The show entitled, "New Homeland" is from Korean-born, American artist Sunhee Kim Jung.
Ms. Jung was selected by the United States Department of State's Art in Embassy Program for the third time in 2016. Her work has appeared in numerous embassies and galleries in Europe and Asia. She earned her Master's in Fine Arts from American University in Washington, DC, following her undergraduate program at the Corcoran College of Art & Design.
Ms. Jung is an Instructor and lecturer with the Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold and a board member of the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County. She has held nine solo exhibitions and more than 70 selected group exhibitions.
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Unlike BMW salons, SUVs do not have respected parents, nor E39 nor E46 to generate nostalgia and unfair comparisons. The X5 has always been competent and has been a commercial success, but has never been exalted. In this way, BMW should not launch the fourth generation of its medium-sized SUV with the promise that the company will return to the track, as with the next new series 3. In contrast, the Bavarians are perfectly happy to prove that this X5 it is simply a better, more powerful and more advanced version of the latest X5. And that is exactly what it is.
A bit larger than ever in terms of wheelbase, width and length, the proportions of the new X5 are well known, even if its calendar has reached almost comical proportions. Its skin extends beyond the corners and the side lining adds a bit of interest to a line that reaches the back door, which makes it more sporty, but not revolutionary.
However, many new things happen. BMW is migrating its entire range to two modular platforms, and the X5 is the latest to move to the so-called CLAR (Cluster Architecture), which is also the basis of the new series 3. Its double front suspension and its rear multi -Link is complemented with adaptive shock absorbers of the series and an optional suspension that now brings the primers in the front on the rear axle; They were available only before. The rear is a new offer and some of the latest X5 options, including active stabilizer bars, variable radius steering and remote control with differential electronic control, continue along this route.
This wide range of chassis technologies is part of BMW's claims that the new X5 is more efficient on the road and better off-road. We can not debate this claim after experiencing the new X5 in a legitimately demanding off-road camp, as well as winding two-lane roads to Atlanta. It is impressive in the dust, with all the necessary systems, including the standard descent control, which allows easy tracking on the rocks, even if the new all-terrain models were equipped with Pirelli P Zero summer tires.
The maneuvers of the X5 are more relevant, since they improve the handling and handling of the old model with a more connected feeling and a greater sense of refinement. The primary controls are always something different: a two-and-a-half-ton SUV will never be delivered clean from a sports sedan, and we will not wait, but there are few changes in the direction and the brake pedal responds gradually in the tickets. The X5 is also extremely quiet and is based on a stable cruise on the road, hardly the sound of the wind or the road that permeates the cabin.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROPULSION TRAIN
You can listen to a six track online that sings softly on xDrive40i in case of strong acceleration, but also the note of the engine is muted. This 3.0-liter turbocharged, 335-horsepower is familiar in the BMW range elsewhere and works on both the X5 and other Bimmers. The eight ZF automatic transmission is fast and the engine is so sweet, satisfying and powerful throughout the range of twists of the V8 twin xDrive50i 456 horses, we were not, it seems exaggerated. The xDrive designations have to say that the traction is standard, even if a RWD pricing model is probably added to the later range with diesel and hybrid rechargeable versions.
The full six-cylinder X5 cargo has resulted in a price tag of over $ 80,000, which counted one of BMW's most beautiful interior in recent memory. While sitting upright, all of the previous X5 is still in effect, the dashboard is an exhilarating rest of the tradition. The molded buttons, the updated air conditioning buttons and the luminous ornaments bring more buttons than we find in the strict and professional cabins of BMW. optional finishes, such as wrapped leather glass orders and instrument panel wood with open pores, placing things at a level that corresponds almost to the interior of the Volvo XC90. The instrument panel of the X5 is completely digital and the 12.3-inch center screen display offers new software in clear, clear graphics and easy-to-understand menu structure accessed through the iDrive family controller.
KNOWING ITS PLACE
The outer cavity offer more space inside, but unlike some competitors, the X5 does not pretend to be a family of seven passengers. The next X7, which will have three rows of seats, will cover this base. The third row X5 is optional, and although the second row is still very accommodating, the sixth and seventh place seems to be, as before, for children. Other advantages include practical motorized carrier option and the rear door in two parts of the X5 family, the lower part is now provided as the top.
With its many mechanical and technological improvements, the new X5 has convinced even the most intrepid of its superiority compared to the X5 that preceded it. As an SUV, you will not get the kind of class that followed the G05 code of the Bavarian legends, but it is the most successful BMW SUV to date, and it brings its many hats with ease.
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Wow! What a nice morning! No wind and finally glassy conditions out on the water. I walked the beach until the sun made it out over the mountain….. then I went for a swim. The water is so clear! Despite the perfect water….. no turtles to swim with today. It was a lovely swim though! Then it just stayed nice so I went out on my board. I headed down to the boat ramp hoping for some turtles. When I arrived about 8:45 a.m…… there was a boat there already with eight people snorkeling…. thats early! I didn't recognize the boat but that was way too early for them to be there. The snorkelers were diving down harassing the turtles so there was no way they were coming up. How annoying! I paddled back in nice conditions and stopped at the point. I saw one small turtle but it was right at the rocks and it was too close to rocks for me. Oh well. It sure was a beautiful day! There might be stormy weather on the way for tomorrow….. hopefully it will be a fast moving storm. I want more perfect days like the past two!


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"""See docstring for AcrobatProCustomizationWizardRunner class"""
#
# Based on a simple Customization Wrapper script from:
# https://gist.github.com/timsutton/212bfed9da2056a070a12ac27febeb71

from __future__ import absolute_import

import os
import plistlib
import subprocess
import tempfile

import FoundationPlist
from autopkglib import Processor, ProcessorError
from autopkglib.DmgMounter import DmgMounter

__all__ = ["AcrobatProCustomizationWizardRunner"]

class AcrobatProCustomizationWizardRunner(DmgMounter):
    """Executes the Acrobat Pro Customization Wizard given a download
    DMG of Acrobat Pro DC, and given parameters from the recipe."""
    description = __doc__
    input_variables = {
        "wizard_dmg_path": {
            "required": True,
            "description":
                "Path to the Acrobat Customization Wizard DMG."
        },
        "acrobat_pkg_path": {
            "required": True,
            "description":
                "Path to the Acrobat Pro installer pkg within the DMG."
        },
        "output_pkg_path": {
            "required": True,
            "description":
                "Path to the final built package."
        },
        "serial_number": {
            "required": False,
            "description": "Serial number for volume license installs"
        },
        "disable_browser_plugin": {
            "required": False,
            "description": "Disable installation of PDF browser plugins."
        }
    }
    output_variables = {
        "acrobat_pro_customization_wizard_runner_summary_result": {
            "description": "Description of the built package."
        }
    }

    # This actually needs to be set to this
    PROV_XML_PATH = '/tmp/Acro12000prov.xml'

    def gen_prov_xml(self):
        '''Configures the prov.xml content at the known path so that it
        can be later passed to pdptool.sh'''
        with open(self.PROV_XML_PATH, 'w+') as fd:
            fd.write(plistlib.dumps({'EULA_ACCEPT': 'YES'}, fmt=plistlib.FMT_XML).decode('utf-8'))

    def main(self):
        self.gen_prov_xml()
        if not self.env.get('FEATURE_LOCKDOWN_PLIST'):
            raise ProcessorError(
                "This recipe requires the FEATURE_LOCKDOWN_PLIST Input "
                "variable to be set")
        lockdown_plist = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
        lockdown_plist.write(plistlib.dumps(self.env['FEATURE_LOCKDOWN_PLIST'], fmt=plistlib.FMT_XML))

        # Mount both the Acrobat and Customization wizard paths
        (custwiz_dmg_path, custwiz_dmg, custwiz_dmg_source_path) = \
            self.parsePathForDMG(self.env['wizard_dmg_path'])
        (acro_dmg_path, acro_dmg, acro_dmg_source_path) = \
            self.parsePathForDMG(self.env['acrobat_pkg_path'])

        try:
            if custwiz_dmg:
                custwiz_mnt = self.mount(custwiz_dmg_path)
                custwiz_app_path = os.path.join(custwiz_mnt, custwiz_dmg_source_path)
            else:
                self.output('No result trying to mount wizard dmg at path: %s' % self.env['wizard_dmg_path'])

            if acro_dmg:
                acro_mnt = self.mount(acro_dmg_path)
                acro_pkg_path = os.path.join(acro_mnt, acro_dmg_source_path)
            else:
                self.output('No result trying to mount Acrobat dmg at path: %s' % self.env['acrobat_pkg_path'])

            custwiz_bin = os.path.join(custwiz_app_path, 'Contents/Resources/pdptool.sh')
            cmd = [
                custwiz_bin,
                '--input', acro_pkg_path,
                '--output', self.env['output_pkg_path'],
                '--prov', self.PROV_XML_PATH,
                '--featurelockdown', lockdown_plist.name
            ]

            if self.env.get('serial_number'):
                cmd.extend(['--serialnumber'])

            if self.env.get('disable_browser_plugin'):
                cmd.extend(['--disablebrowser'])

            self.output(
                "Calling Customization Wizard with command: "
                "'%s'" % "' '".join(cmd))
            exitcode = subprocess.call(cmd)
            if exitcode:
                raise ProcessorError(
                    "Customization Wizard output exited with code %s" % exitcode)
        finally:
            if custwiz_dmg:
                self.unmount(custwiz_dmg_path)
            if acro_dmg:
                self.unmount(acro_dmg_path)
        self.env['acrobat_pro_customization_wizard_runner_summary_result'] = {
            'summary_text': 'The following Acrobat Pro custom packages were built:',
            'data': {
                'pkg_path': self.env['output_pkg_path'],
            }
        }

        # clean up
        lockdown_plist.close()
        os.remove(self.PROV_XML_PATH)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    PROCESSOR = AcrobatProCustomizationWizardRunner()
    PROCESSOR.execute_shell()


Yes, you'll want to see ALL the films at the 2015 Greater Farmington Film Festival but here are 10 good reasons to see Fed Up on Saturday, March 7th, at 7:00 pm at the Farmington Civic Theater.
2. Hear journalist and author Katie Couric narrate the film. Couric, who has been interested in health and nutrition news since her coverage of the topic on the Today Show, is also a producer of the film.
4. Listen to former President Bill Clinton discuss the long-term health damages Americans are facing with too much sugar intake.
5. Learn why you don't see daily value percentages for sugar listed on federally mandated nutrition labels.
6. Listen to Michael Pollan, a well-respected journalist and author known for such books as In Defense of Food, talk about how preparing your own meals helps you avoid the health hazards of too much sugar.
8. See the movie that was nominated for a Grand Jury prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
9. Learn why Mark Bittman, a well-known food author and journalist for the New York Times, compares the behavior of junk food companies to that of tobacco companies thirty years ago.
10. Be inspired to learn more about what goes into the food you consume and how you can make healthier decisions.
Yes, you'll want to see ALL the films at the 2015 Greater Farmington Film Festival but here are 10 good reasons to see Ernest & Celestine on Saturday, March 7th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Farmington Civic Theater.
1. Delight in the unlikely pairing of a bear and a mouse and what their friendship can teach us all.
2. See an Oscar-nominated film. Ernest & Celestine was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year at the 2014 Academy Awards.
3. Hear the legendary screen actress Lauren Bacall in her final film. Bacall lends her distinctive husky voice to the character of The Grey One.
4. Watch the film and then go read the books. The film is based on books of the same name by the Belgian author and illustrator Gabrielle Vincent.
5. Fall in love with the U.S. version and then go watch the original. Ernest & Celestine was first released in France in 2012.
6. See an animated film that is a trailblazer. Along with its twelve other awards and eleven nominations, Ernest and Celestine became the first animated film to win the 2013 Magritte Award for Best Film.
8. Hear a film that is filled with an all-star cast. Along with Bacall, other talented actors and actresses to lend their voices to the U.S. version include Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Megan Mulally, Nick Offerman, William H. Macy, Paul Giamatti, and Jeffrey Wright.
10. If you are an adult, be just as charmed by the lovely and well-crafted animations as the children in the audience. Ernest & Celestine is brought to you by the same creators of the 2004 Oscar-nominated film The Triplets of Belleville.
Along with Ernest & Celestine, we will be presenting a selection of student films entered into the PTA Reflections program.
Check out the trailer below and join us. The film is FREE!
Yes, you'll want to see ALL the films at the 2015 Greater Farmington Film Festival but here are 10 good reasons to see Crescendo! The Power of Music, March 6th, at 7:00 pm at the Farmington Civic Theater.
1. Learn about El Sistema, Venezuela's youth orchestra program, which has inspired training programs around the globe.
2. Meet Raven, a gifted young violinist whose spirited personality both pushes her talent forward and gets in her own way.
3. Meet Zebediah, a viola player who finds acceptance, friendship and a driving passion through the program.
4. Meet Mohammed, an exceptionally gifted trombone player who is caught between his love for playing and the pressures of his father to do better in school.
5. See the film that won the Audience Award and the award for Best Local Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival.
6. Be inspired by Stanford Thompson, the Founder and Artistic Director of the El Sistema-inspired program Play On, Philly!, who works tirelessly with the young musicians in his programs to stay out of trouble and to hone their musical interests.
7. See ten-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin lead the students in a coaching session in the Play On, Philly! program.
8. Be amazed by the students' incredible talent in playing complicated and beautiful classical music pieces.
9. Watch the internationally acclaimed conductor Sir Simon Rattle conduct some of the featured young musicians in a performance they will never forget.
10. Get involved right here in Michigan! Learn more about the El Sistema-inspired programs Crescendo Detroit and Kalamazoo Kids in Tune.
Purchase your tickets at the Farmington Civic Theater, Costick Center, or online at the festival web site.
Yes, you'll want to see ALL the films at the 2015 Greater Farmington Film Festival but here are 10 good reasons to see 1000 Times Good Night on Saturday, March 7th, at 9:00 pm at the Farmington Civic Theater.
1. Watch Juliette Binoche, the only winner of two European Film Awards for best actress, give one of the most heart-breaking and compelling performances of her career as Rebecca, a photojournalist torn between her career and her family.
2. If you are a fan of Game of Thrones, it's a chance to see the actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in a whole new way in his performance as Rebecca's husband Marcus, struggling between his love for his wife and protecting his family.
3. See for yourself why 1,000 Times Good Night is an award-winning movie. It won the Special Grand Prix of the jury at the 2013 Montreal Film Festival.
4. Marvel at the cinematography. The breathtaking principal photography was done by John Christian Rosenlund.
7. See how the fictional film reflects real-life situations. The director, Erik Poppe, infuses the film with autobiographical elements. Much of the film's premise comes from his work as a photo journalist in the 1980s, covering conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia.
8. Be captivated and awed by the war-zone still images. The photographs, which are an important element of the film, are provided by the photographers Marcus Bleasdale and Astrid Sehl.
9. Be enthralled by the quiet beauty of the movie's settings. The film was mainly shot in Ireland and Morocco.
10. Reflect on the precarious role journalists face when covering important news stories around the world. As we witness more and more journalists being captured and killed in war zones and by terrorist groups, this film reminds us all of the important work that they do.
Presentation of 1000 Times Good Night is made possible by the generous support of David and Abigail Viane.


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U.S.A.:Identity Crisis: Ford struggles to set Mercury apart
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By AMY WILSON | Automotive News
To most people, Mercury is little more than a Ford with a waterfall grille and $500 extra on the window sticker.
Ford Motor Co. executives are trying to change that perception - even though they acknowledge that future Mercury models still will be Ford derivatives. Mercury will have more models, and the differentiation will be better done, they contend.
By the end of 2005, the Mercury brand will have seven nameplates in its lineup, up from just three last year. New models include:
The Montego sedan, which debuted last week at the Chicago Auto Show. It is a derivative of the Ford Five Hundred sedan. Both the Montego and the Five Hundred will go on sale in September.
The Mariner sport wagon, which is derived from the Ford Escape. It also goes on sale in September.
The Monterey minivan, which is a sibling of the Ford Freestar. It went on sale last fall.
A mid-sized sedan based on the 2006 Ford Futura. It will debut in 2005.
A sport wagon based on the 2005 Ford Freestyle. Mercury's version probably will debut in 2005 or 2006.
Because the new Mercury models remain derivatives of Ford models, Mercury planners must work hard to differentiate the brand. To set Mercury apart, Ford Motor design chief J Mays is aiming squarely at younger, image-conscious consumers - the type willing to spend an extra $2 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
"There's nothing wrong with having derivatives of Ford if they're distinctive," Mays said. "Over the long run we should be able to make the Mercury brand a brand that will ask and get a higher dollar."
It's a balancing act because Mercury's prices can't rise too high. One tactic: Mercury will feature high-tech design touches that will distinguish them from Fords without ballooning the price.
Mercury cues
For example, the Mercury Montego will feature high-intensity discharge headlamps and light-emitting diode taillamps. And some Mercury models will come with seats that can be heated or cooled, while only heated seats will be offered in the matching Ford models. Product planners also could use more robust or refined powertrains to set the Mercury models apart.
Design cues will include the familiar waterfall grille plus satin-finish aluminum trim, which is more modern-looking than chrome, Mays said. And some Mercury nameplates will get new sheet metal on the front quarter of the vehicle.
The Mercurys that debut in a year or two will have more styling differences than those arriving now, executives said. The Monterey minivan, for instance, looks much like the Ford Freestar.
Executives say the new cars should attract people in their 40s, not unlike the buyers of the current Mercury Mountaineer. In contrast, the average Grand Marquis buyer is 68 years old and often is a repeat buyer.
Many target buyers will be new to the Mercury showroom and may own a Toyota or Honda.
"I don't want them to look at a Mercury and think, gee, that's for an older audience," Mays said. "In order to bring the brand up, you need to bring the age group that's buying the vehicles down."
The Mercury price range is $20,000 to $40,000. Company executives won't say what kind of a premium they expect to get for Mercury. But the just-released Monterey may suggest where that spread is heading.
Monterey's volume models are priced at $34,000 to $36,000, while the volume models in the Freestar line range from about $27,000 to more than $30,000.
Company executives admit that Mercury has become a hodgepodge.
"What Mercury was was a collection of vehicles that we stuffed together and called Mercury," said Elena Ford, Ford Motor's director of North America product marketing.
That cobbled-together lineup eroded the brand image. Mercury sales plunged to 202,257 units last year, down from 438,000 in 1999.
The Villager minivan and Cougar coupe were dropped in 2002, and the brand had only three vehicles - the Grand Marquis, Sable and Mountaineer - to sell until the Monterey joined the lineup last fall. Mercury counts its Marauder as part of the Grand Marquis family.
Some industry pundits predicted Mercury would go the way of defunct brands such as Plymouth and Oldsmobile. But that would have left Lincoln Mercury dealers in the lurch, executives said. The dealers rely on Mercury volume to stay in business.
So work on the new lineup began. With the new vehicles, Mercury wants to increase annual sales by at least 50 percent during the next few years, said Darryl Hazel, vice president of Lincoln Mercury.
A family matter
Elena Ford has been one architect of Mercury's turnaround plan. She is the granddaughter of Henry Ford II, and worked for a time as Mercury brand manager. Two years ago, after CEO Bill Ford ordered a Mercury revival, she helped plan the new Mercury lineup. In her current job she will help develop new models.
Mercury's derivative strategy has one obvious advantage:
Ford Motor, still recovering from financial problems, won't have to spend as much money on product development.
But that low-risk strategy suggests Mercury will never free itself entirely from the Ford brand's shadow.
"Having Mercury around as almost-clones obviously will create profitable product," said industry analyst Jeff Schuster of J.D. Power and Associates. "But for long-term image and long-term brand identity, they need to have something unique."
My first car was a 67 Mustang Coupe, 2nd one was a 67 Cougar XR-7, 3rd one was a 66 Mustang Coupe. Why did I get rid of these cars for ? I know why, because I'm stupid, stupid, stupid. :Stupid:
My next Ford.....
Stacy94PGT Feb 12, 2004


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Q: Explicit formula for Neumann heat kernel It is well-known that
$u(x,y,t)=(4\pi t)^{-n/2}(e^{-|x-y|/4t}+e^{-|x-y'|/4t})$, $x,y\in \mathbb{R}^n_+=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^n|x_n\geq 0\}$, $y'=(y_1,\dots,y_{n-1},-y_n)$, is Neumann heat kernel of $\partial_tu-\Delta_yu=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^n_+$, $\partial_{y_n}u=0$ on $\partial\mathbb{R}^n_+$.
Is there any other explicit example of Neumann heat kernels?

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