Developing that passion for reading is crucial, according to Jim Trelease, author of the best-seller, The Read-Aloud Handbook.. Every time we read to a child, we're sending a 'pleasure' message to the child's brain, he writes in the Handbook.. You could even call it a commercial, conditioning the child to associate books and print with pleasure.. This reading commercial is critical when competition for a child's attention is so fierce.
Massachusetts has an unique unposted limit law. If a limit is not posted outside of a thickly settled area, you are not speeding unless you exceed 50 (divided highway) or 40 (undivided) for a quarter mile. In a thickly settled area other than a school zone, exceeding 30 for an eighth of a mile is speeding.
The trip between New York City (Manhattan) and Boston MA (map) is 216 miles (346 km), taking between 4.5 and 5 hours driving time (car or bus) under normal conditions, less by train or plane. Trip time is between 3 and 5 hours, no matter how you travel. Consider three factors: time, cost and comfort/ convenience.