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Small in size but not in performance, OMEGA’s LCKD Series subminiature compression load cells are designed to measure load ranges from 1 kg to 1000 lb. Rugged all stainless steel construction and high performance strain gages assure superior linearity and stability. All models include a 5-pt NIST traceable calibration to assure an accurate installation.
Temperature compensation is achieved through a miniature circuit board which is included in the load cell’s cable. These units are designed to be mounted on a smooth, flat surface.
The LCKD is also available in metric configurations, with ranges from 0-10 to 0-5,000 N. Please see the LCMKD in related items below for complete details, or contact our Pressure department for more information..
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Justice League Dark Animated Film On The Way?
While most of the attention as of late has been directed toward DC's tumultuous live-action extended film universe and its ever-growing line-up of superheroic TV dramas, one shouldn't forget about the equally robust world of direct-to-video animated films based on the company's comic book properties. The current focus of DC's animated movie arm is Sam Liu and Bruce Timm's upcoming adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke, which features the return of iconic voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill to the roles of Batman and The Joker, and is also the first animated DC project to receive an R rating from the MPAA.
Fans have wondered whether The Killing Joke would signal a darker direction for the DC animated film universe going forward, and a new bit of info suggests that a darker path is indeed where things are headed. As first noticed by an eagle eyed Redditor named Andyporras, the BBFC has recently approved and classified something called A Sneak Peak [sic] at Justice League Dark, which will seemingly be a near 8-minute video preview that appears as an extra feature on the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Killing Joke. Odd spelling error aside, this classification by the BBFC serves to effectively confirm that a Justice League Dark film is next on the animated DC film slate, despite no prior mention of such a project's existence by either DC or Warner Bros.
For those unfamiliar, Justice League Dark was a monthly comic book series that ran from November 2011 to March 2015, and featured a team of DC's more supernaturally inclined heroes that handled bizarre situations not exactly tailored for folks like Superman or The Flash. The Justice League Dark roster changed occasionally as time went on, although a few of the more prominent members included John Constantine, Swamp Thing, Zatanna, Madame Xanadu, and Frankenstein's Monster.
The arrival of Justice League Dark to the film landscape will be the culmination of a fairly long journey, as writer/director Guillermo Del Toro had been trying to get a live-action movie adaptation of the series off the ground since 2012, only to see his project continue to end up back in development hell. Presumably due in part to the endless delays, Del Toro eventually abandoned the film in 2015, although DC and Warner Bros. maintain that it's still coming regardless.
At least some members of Justice League Dark were also planned to make an appearance on the recent Constantine TV series starring Matt Ryan, but NBC saw fit to cancel the show before those plans could come to fruition. While animation and live-action are certainly too very different branches of filmmaking, at least it looks like readers will finally get to see Justice League Dark hop out of the comic pages and onto their TV sets. With that said, one wonders how long it'll take fans to create a petition urging DC and WB to bring in Ryan as the voice of Constantine.
The existence of a Justice League Dark animated movie has yet to be officially confirmed, but we'll keep you updated on any further news.

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Haskell, an advanced purely functional programming language, has confirmed a security breach in its Debian Builds component.
The project’s security teams stated on February 14th that they were working to restore functionality after the breach, an incident which has apparently left all other Haskell components, including www, Downloads server, Mail, and MySQL, intact.
No external services were affected by the breach. Additionally, out of the six Rackspace data centers that support Haskell, only one—Rackspace ORD, which is located in Chicago—was involved in the breach.
Haskell is an open source community that has evolved over the past 20 years. Its features, which include type inference and statically typed, concurrent programming, were funded by prominent sponsorships, including DataDog and DreamHost.
Several groups are committed to providing an up-to-date Haskell environment and library for different operating systems. This includes the Debian Haskell Group, whose focus is Debian, a free operating system that uses the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel.
Haskell feels that these findings mean that the window for package compromise was small. However, some are not so sure.
In a discussion thread posted on YComb Hacker News, one user ‘kfreds’ notes how Haskell has not disclosed whether the attackers were able to obtain the package signing key, a feature which is used for almost all Linux distributions.
kfreds then goes on to explain that a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack would be required in the event that the package signing key has been compromised.
As of this writing, the Debian Builds server for Haskell `deb.haskell.org` was still offline.

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The coldest month (with the lowest average low temperature) is January (-15.6°C).
The month with the lowest relative humidity is May (51.1%).
The wettest month (with the highest rainfall) is October (107.1mm).
The month with the lowest number of rainy days is February (1.7 days).
The month with the highest snowfall is December (760mm).
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LSU offensive tackle La’el Collins will not be allowed to be in the NFL supplemental draft, league officials determined that he wasn’t eligible for that.
Collins’ draft stock has been damaged badly by Louisiana authorities wanting to question him about the murder of a pregnant woman in Baton Rouge.
Collins isn’t a suspect, according to police.
Collins has said through his lawyer he isn’t the father of the baby or in the area when the woman was killed.
Collins was a projected first-round pick. Now, he might not even be drafted at all.


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Re: iMFP for KM v2?
Yes, the grape vine and you are correct. Pharos does have an all new version of the KM iMFP (version 2.0) that has a web based user experience at the device. The new iMFP has all the same features as KM iMFP v1 for the Uniprint and Blueprint products with an much improved user interface and experience for the user. This new version has passed through the KM certification process and is now in controled customer testing ahead of a full release of the product. I will reach out to you directly to get you the link to the software for your evaluation. We do expect to the release this version to all customers ahead of the end of this year, if anyone else would like to work with this ahead of general release please let me know.
I'm interested in getting access to KM iMFP version 2.
Hi Bill, has this been released to all customers yet?
We too, are curious about version 2 of the Konica Minolta iMFP software.

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The restaurant area offers a casual elegance thanks to a newly renovated dining room which can accommodate up to 80 guests. Surrounded by these modern additions, yet still remaining with a touch of a home-like ambience, we are certain that you will have a wonderful dining experience with us.
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Did you know that 94% of Canadians belong to some type of loyalty program? Globally, Canadians have the second highest participation rate after the British. That said, nearly 70% have lost interest in participating in at least one of their reward programs. With 60% of reward program members feeling that loyalty programs could do a better job communicating.
The growing competition for consumers’ attention requires us to develop truly innovative loyalty programs – to leverage best practices and engage on a deeper level.
Join us to hear a panel of Canada’s top loyalty leaders share their thoughts, challenges, and successes with leveraging customer loyalty programs. The discussion will be moderated by Marketing Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Tom Gierasimczuk and will begin with a re-cap from Maritz Canada’s “Maritz Insights: The Loyalty Report 2012” on key insights and lessons from their research study of 4,000 consumers.
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The Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce has been formed at the request of Government to make suggestions to Government and industry to ensure that the GB energy system is ready for and able to facilitate and exploit the mass take up of electric vehicles.
The Taskforce is chaired by Philip New, CEO Energy Systems Catapult, and is run by the LowCVP.
To put engaging the electric vehicle user at the heart of preparing the electricity system for the mass take up of electric vehicles (EV), ensuring that costs and emissions are as low as possible, and opportunities for vehicles to provide grid services are capitalised upon for the benefit of the system, energy bill payers and electric vehicle owners.
Stakeholder Seminar Presentations Available to Download.
A common strategic understanding of the requirements of the energy system to support mass EV uptake.
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An invitation from BEIS to take part in a stakeholder engagement event regarding smart meters.


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“The president is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the President’s Special Counsel legal team,” Sekulow said in a statement.
Trump added the husband-wife team after John Dowd, a top member of the team, resigned last week.
Sekulow said the conflicts do not prevent diGenova and Toensing from assisting the president in other legal matters, but declined to reveal the nature of the conflicts.
The couple’s firm has represented other clients in the special counsel’s investigation, including former Trump campaign adviser Sam Clovis.
“The president looks forward to working with them,” he said.
Trump boasted earlier Sunday that many lawyers — with the prospect of “fame & fortune” — want to represent him in the Russia collusion investigation, amid news reports that he cannot hire top-rate lawyers for the job.
“Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case…don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on,” Trump said over two tweets.
The legal team is handling special counsel Robert Mueller’s federal investigation into whether the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
Dowd purportedly resigned over Trump’s recent public attacks on Mueller and the president’s desire to be interviewed directly by Mueller.


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The Year One Annuals continue, exploring pivotal events and untold stories of the DC Universe's greatest heroes...and in this case, villains! One of Year One's most unusual Annuals looks at the previous lives of Superman's monstrous killer. Cursed with the ability to return after every mortal defeat, Doomsday has survived countless "Year Ones." Four tales are told of the Armageddon Creature's rampage through the cosmos, before his fateful first encounter with the Man of Steel.
The first time they fought, they killed each other. Now the rematch of the century is at hand as the Man of Steel goes on the hunt for his deadliest adversary in SUPERMAN/DOOMSDAY: HUNTER/PREY!


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Objective: Learning and applying the concepts of beliefs and values in leadership situations.
1. Introduction: Gain the interest of the learners by starting with an interesting example that illustrates professional beliefs and values or the lack of them. For example, two leaders with high profiles that show a lack of values might be Presidents Clinton and Nixon. Although both held many outstanding values, they are often overshadowed by a lack of certain moral standards. While two leaders who displayed high values might be Mother Teresa, for her care of the poor, or Martin Luther King, for his stand for civil rights.
Beliefs—assumptions or convictions that a person holds to be true regarding people, concepts, or things.
Values—ideas about the worth or importance of people, concepts, or things. They come from a person's beliefs.
What we see, hear, read, reflect upon, experience, etc. causes us to develop an opinion (belief) about something. This belief gives us an understanding or misunderstanding, which in turn, allows us to appraise the worth of it (value). The value we place may not always be correct due to lies, misunderstanding, lack of experience, miscommunication, inappropriate role models, etc.
Which ones do they believe are most valuable for the organization? Why?
Would any of them be hard to uphold within the company? Why?
Do they have any personal favorites that they believe the organization is lacking? Why?
Should any of the values listed be removed? Why?
Why are values important for an organization?
What values are formal norms (official) and are there any informal norms (unwritten rules that govern behavior)?
A value is a concept until tested under stress. Anyone can be ethical when there is no pressure to be unethical. Give some examples.
4. Break the group into small groups and have them discuss one or more of the following short stories. Have each group put their answers and comments on a flip chart. After they have discussed the stories, post all the flip charts in a central place and discuss the answers as a single group.
The 20th Maine marched over 100 miles in the 5 days before the Battle of Gettysburg. In fact, the night before the battle they marched all night to get there on time. They got very little rest, yet they fought ferociously due to the pride they had in their unit.
In recent modern day Army units, it is sometimes a common practice to haze or yell at the troops in an effort to cause artificial stress—the commander wants to “toughen up” the troops.
Which unit was really tough and why? What are some means of creating a tough unit?
After this lesson, you are given a multiple-choice exam. When you come to question five, you know that the answer is A or B, but can't decide which. You deliberate and finally choose A. You are sitting next to the hallway door, and when you are just about finished with the test, you hear one of your fellow classmates in the hallway remark, “Oh no, I thought for sure that the answer for question five was A,” which of course tells you that you choose the wrong answer. What do you do?
You are required to do a physical inventory of all the computer equipment by serial number. You do a quick count, and you have all the equipment you are supposed to have. You are extremely busy and since you have the required equipment, you wonder if you really need to check all the serial numbers?
You get a bonus every quarter if your production team meets its quota. You have made or exceeded quota every quarter. This quarter, due to a number of production equipment breaking down, you are falling short or your quota. Last quarter you far exceeded your quota. One of your peers (who also shares in the bonus plan), shows you that a few numbers could easily be moved from last quarter into this quarter in order to meet the quotas for both periods. He says it would only be fair since the equipment breakdown were no fault of the production team. What do you do?
Prior to your new manager, your department had one of the highest turnovers in the company. Many blamed this on the long hours that people were spending on the job. When your new manager took over, she called everyone in for a meeting and told them that she wanted everyone to use their vacation time, leave work at a reasonable hour, and spend some time with their family. However, since coming on, she has rarely taken a day off, arrives for work at 7:00 A.M. and almost never leaves the office until after 7:00 P.M. The department still has one of the highest turnover rates in the company.
Why does her behavior, not her words create the impression that others should do likewise? As a senior supervisor, what should you do?
Updated November 10, 2015. Created April 10, 2000.

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United States Department of Agriculture USDA has many programs resources available to assist the broad complement of stakeholders to respond to bioeconomy-related issues and opportunities, including basic scientific research to the development and commercialization of new technologies, outreach and education, technical and financial assistance, and infrastructure..USDA is leading the way for a clean energy future for our country.
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text: Biovision’s DiaEasy™ dialyzer (12-14 kDa MWCO) can combines two modes of action, 1) dialysis or buffer exchange at sample volumes between 0.1-3 ml and 2) electro-elution of macromolecules from polyacrylamide or agarose gel. They can also be used for several other purposes as shown below. This device allows rapid and high performance at either mode and extracts the macromolecules without any contamination. By changing the caps, provided with the kit, DiaEasy™ Dialyzer tubes can easily adjust for dialysis volumes between 0.1-3 ml. The DiaEasy™ tube’s membrane is ultra-clean, sulfur and heavy metal free and EDTA-treated which makes it suitable for molecular biology experiments. These tubes are autoclaved and bacteria free. The DiaEasy™ tubes allow rapid, secure and simple loading and recovery. They are very high performance dialysis tubes and are the most convenient, user friendly dialysis system on the market. The sample quality after dialysis can be checked by several assays commonly used for proteins and nucleic acids.

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All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) supremo and perfume baron Maulana Badruddin Ajmal on April 15th, 2019 launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would force-feed pork to the Muslims if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections.
Referring to the recent hate crime incident in Biswanath district of Assam, Ajmal said, “Their (BJP) people force-fed Shaukat Ali pork. I am extremely hurt the way he was beaten up. If voted to power, the BJP will force-feed pork to all the Muslims. Do you want to eat pork? It’s a question of our Quran, Constitution, madrassa, protection of our women-girls,” said Ajmal while addressing an election campaign for Karimganj candidate, Radheshyam Biswas.
Ali was allegedly beaten up and forced to eat pork by a group of people at Madhupur weekly in Biswanath district who were angry over his selling beef in Assam. It may be mentioned that the consumption of pork in a taboo among most Muslims.
Ajmal also accused that the BJP is trying to change the Constitution of the country and convert the Muslims to Hinduism. “If Narendra Modi wins the Lok Sabha election, he will destroy the country by turning it into a ‘Hindu Rashtra’,” he said.

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text: Founded in 2009, Hoka footwear defied the minimalist design dominating the running world in the most extreme possible way. The “maximalist” cushioning of Hoka footwear offered more cushioning than any other shoe, period, while maintaining an overall light weight. The exaggerated outsole required to accommodate the extra cushioning quickly became Hoka’s visual signature, something that made clear that this is a different kind of shoe.


text: With formal gardens, a waterfront gazebo and spectacular views of Old Plantation Creek, this secluded estate village is a natural paradise filled with native flowers and mature trees. Sprawling estates—including several home styles from the celebrated William E. Poole Collection—offer unsurpassed waterfront settings, with small bluffs that overlook the creek and surrounding woodlands. Homesite prices in this gated community start in the mid $300,000s. Custom building packages are available.

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Discussion in 'ESET NOD32 Antivirus' started by fuwafung, Oct 16, 2008.
The protected application will leave this message, "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." after running that application and Nod32 makes CPU usage in 100% for at least 30 seconds. This is a serious problem because many application are protected by ASProtect SKE.
But there is no problem if the computer system uses Nod32 v2.7 . And I use ASProtect SKE v2.2 . Can someone in Eset correct or fix this problem cause I am a software developer and uses ASProtect SKE to protect my application. And I think that this may cause trouble to my customer if he/she uses Nod32 v3.0 too.
Please make sure that runtime packers and advanced heuristics are disabled on access (disabled by default).
Thanks for your reply. Just disable "advanced heuristics" of Nod32 v3.x will let the problem go away(no need to disable runtime packers).
But is there another way for the users those who had enabled the "advanced heuristics" option? Because there are many applications and programs protected by ASProtect SKE and the Nod32 v3.x users may get this problem too when using these applications. This should be some kind of "false positive" alerts to those users but the applications contains none of malicious code that just used ASProtect SKE.
I think that ASProtect SKE users will appreciate if this "false positive" also "disappear" for Nod32 v3.x users with "advanced heuristics" options enabled.
It simply takes time to emulate such files which is probably causing a sort of timeout. Next version will warn the user when enabling this option. Emulation by advanced heuristics is a time consuming operation which may take up to several seconds, we do not recommend enabling it at all unless you don't mind long delays when accessing / running certain runtime packed files.


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Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont began providing services to people in our region in 1965. The Southern Piedmont territory includes 13 counties in North Carolina and five counties in South Carolina. Locally, Goodwill has a retail store or provides services in eight of these 18 counties: Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster, Lincoln, Union and York Counties.
Although Goodwill has grown in the past 50 years, we cannot rest while so many people still need our services. The demand for Goodwill’s employment and training services continues to increase as a result of the changing economy. This increasing demand magnifies Goodwill’s need for donations.
Last year, Goodwill received more than 1,000,000 donations of clothing, household items and furniture totaling more than 55 million pounds from the Southern Piedmont region of North and South Carolina. The sale of donated clothing, household goods and electronics in our stores, including The GRID: Powered by Goodwill, funds programs that help put our friends and neighbors back on the path to employment success.
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All people in our region have the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential through family sustaining employment.
We believe that work forms the cornerstone of our relations with other people, affects our self-esteem, and allows each of us to become positive, productive, and independent members of our community.
We believe that human dignity and a sense of self-worth are greatly enhanced through working and contributing to the community.
We believe that helping people to be successful in the world of work is critical in preventing and minimizing some of the fundamental social problems that exist in our society.
We believe in the power of work!
Respect: We value the contributions of every individual.
Integrity: We meet the highest ethical standards.
Service: We make life better for individuals, families and communities.
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Steven Greenhouse's article on the Post Office's woes all over its front page yesterday.
I like the fact that the NYT splashed Steven Greenhouse’s article on the Post Office’s woes all over its front page yesterday. There’s not much new here, but it’s a huge and important story and the public is far too ignorant of it.
“The causes of the crisis are well known,” writes Greenhouse, “and immensely difficult to overcome.” This is true. And the big one — the secular shift from snail mail to email — is not something that Congress can do anything about. But just look at how Congress is tying the Post Office’s hands behind its back here — and not just by forcing it to pay $5.5 billion per year into a retiree healthcare fund.
It seems to me that a significant part of the problem here lies with Congress and that a massive bout of deregulation could be just the solution that the Post Office is looking for. Congress is micromanaging the Post Office, telling it how much it can raise postage rates, telling it that it can’t offer financial services (despite its huge business in money orders), telling it that it can’t get into all manner of other businesses either and telling it that it has to deliver mail on Saturdays. Astonishingly, amid all these rules and regulations, the Post Office is losing billions of dollars.
I see a lot of scope for bipartisan agreement here — unshackle the Post Office so that it has a hope of serving the country indefinitely into the future. Republicans like deregulation, right?


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Eye On The World: Indonesia: Police shoot knife man attacking people inside a church.
Indonesia: Police shoot knife man attacking people inside a church.
(Yogyakarta) A priest and three other people were seriously injured when a man attacked a church congregation with a sword during Sunday mass in Indonesia.
Around 100 people were at St Lidwina Church in Sleman on the Island of Java when a man wielding a metre-long blade burst in and began lashing out at worshippers, Christian imagery and a number of books , He also beheaded a statue of the Virgin Mary .
“After the warning shot was fired, the attacker charged towards the officer with his sword. The officer then shot him below his stomach, but he managed to injure the cop before being subdued."
Police have identified the attacker as a university student in his early 20s but could not confirm if the incident was terror-related.

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Star Trek: Discovery is getting a spinoff as it is being reported that the show’s home, the CBS All Access streaming service, has ordered a new live action series centering on co-star Michelle Yeoh’s character Phillipa Georgiou.
Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt are set to write the series with current Star Trek maestro Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serving as executive producers.
Yeoh’s character started off on Discovery as a mentor and friend to series lead Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) but was killed off fairly early on. Yeoh returned in the later half of the season as Georgiou’s evil counterpart from the Mirror Universe where she has assumed command of the ruthless Terran Empire. By season’s end though, she had been brought back to the main Trek universe to work with the Federation.
This spinoff will see Georgiou working with the secretive Black Ops group Section 31, a squad that does all of the dirty work behind the scenes to keep the Federation’s utopian ideals squeaky clean. Section 31 first showed up on the 1990s Trek series Deep Space Nine and fans have been looking for more about them ever since.
Last week it was revealed that the planned fourth installment of the rebooted feature film arm of the Star Trek franchise had recently been shelved. At the time, we speculated that it might have been in part to the studio wanting to concentrate more in developing Star Trek content for their CBS All Access streaming app. With Discovery‘s second season getting ready to debut this coming weekend and animated series and another show which would see the return of Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation, it certainly seemed as if the studio was going all-in on TV Trek versus film Trek. Today’s news further cements that line of speculation.
While I can understand CBS All Access’s desire for more Star Trek as it most likely helps to drive subscriptions for the service, I really wish that they could get Discovery running smoothly first. The initial launch of Discovery on All Access was marked with disruption after disruption. Bryan Fuller, the original showrunner on the series, was replaced after a handful of episodes were already shot. New showrunners came in, some story material was scrapped with new material shot as the season’s story arc was changed. The premier was delayed nine months. The cost of the show continued to escalate until the series that CBS honcho Les Mooves was hoping to be done on the cheap had become one of the most expensive series ever made. Season two has yet to prove itself in terms of its writing, but the fact that this season sees yet another new showrunner suggests that the show will tacking direction yet again.
But even without all the overly painful birth pangs that Discovery has gone through, I am not really that excited for another Trek series as I don’t think that Trek has really embodied the ideals and positivism about humanity’s future that Star Trek‘s original creator Gene Roddenberry imbued his creation with back in the 1960s. Over the years and decades that the franchise has chugged along, it has strayed further and further away from what Roddenberry created in terms of tone and theme. And while there is certainly drama to be found in flawed characters doing bad things, there is also something noble about stories of good characters who inspire ourselves to give power to our better natures the way that the original Trek series did.
Star Trek: Discovery season 2 premiers this Thursday on CBS All Access.


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It’s often assumed that those of us over 40 are completely in control of our lives. We’ve had years to settle into our careers. Our families are solid. Our children are out of their infancy and ready to launch themselves in the world. We’ve travelled, had relationships, successes, failures, life experience.
And in many ways, all this is true… except when it’s not.
Precisely because we’ve settled into our lives so completely, change can shake us up more than we expect. Everything from the empty-nest syndrome to divorce and retirement can hit the unprepared over-40 hard.
Empty-nest syndrome is not new. This feeling of grief and loneliness parents (especially full-time parents) may feel when their children leave home for the first time, such as to live on their own or to attend a college or university, has been recorded since the 1960s.
After years of defining yourself as a parent – a provider and a carer – it can come as a rude shock when your children declare themselves ready to be independent, and move out. Whether for education, career, or just to find themselves, it’s a reminder that they don’t need us any longer. And while you’re proud, it’s also rather disconcerting.
The time you poured into caring for them is suddenly wide open – and if you don’t fill it with new, interesting, productive activity, you’re left alone and lonely, a prime candidate for depression.
The situation isn’t dire, though. It only requires you to find new, different, and rewarding things to do and to meet and connect to new people, in a social club setting such as Mozaic Club.
Try out new experiences with your partner, or with old and new friends. The time you suddenly have is a reward, not a burden. Just remember to treat it as such!
One problem all empty-nesters face is having to re-orient themselves within their marriage. The divorce rate for older adults has doubled over the past twenty years, according to one study. Often, couples who’ve identified themselves as ‘parents’ for years suddenly realise that they no longer identify as ‘partners’.
Other issues, including evolving priorities, not enough time at home, illness, reduced libido or even existential crises might also impact the strength of a marriage – no matter how long-lasting.
Therapy and religion can help re-orient them to focus and work on their marriage. However, the most crucial thing they can do is to find something new to fill their lives, together.
Sharing a hobby can bring couples closer together again from the brink of separation, even after years of poor communication and misunderstandings. Expanding their social circle with a social eClub like Mozaic Club.
Divorce brings with it other issues too. Years of marriage could mean that your circle of friends has shrunk, or often merged with your partner’s. Friends are impacted by divorce, too – just as much as they are by marriage!
A wedding is an occasion when friends on both sides come to wish the couple well, but very few friendships may survive a wedding in the same shape and form.
While not everyone gets married or has kids, as we get older our familial and career responsibilities keep increasing. Parents grow older, jobs get more stressful.
Friendships tend to take last place in the hierarchy of relationships. It’s easier to put off catching up with a friend than it is to skip your kid’s big game or play, or an important business trip! However, studies show that friends are crucial to happiness, as someone to talk to, depend on, and enjoy your time with.
As adults grow, they demand less of their friends. They expect politeness on both sides. They understand that everyone has other priorities, and don’t expect to be put first any longer.
By middle age, people accumulate friends from different jobs, different cities, and different activities. A few decades ago, travel and increased familial and career pressures could have ended friendships entirely. Today, with the number of social media and other communication outlets available, it’s easier for friends to stay in touch.
It’s harder to make new friends, though. With less time available to invest in a friendship, it’s not easy to make new friends in a new place, especially when you are not exposed to people in a social setting any more, as you might have been during your school or university years.
That’s where a social platform, such as Mozaic Club helps out.
Mozaic is the only social meeting and Social Expansion brand in Hong Kong focused on over-40s looking for genuine friendships and an expansion of their social network, giving you an enriching and engaging social schedule.
People can expand their social circles within our eClub. They can meet other like-minded Hong Kong residents with similar interests and experiences. Our eClub gives members the opportunity to join on-line and meet other members off-line, organically.
Our founders are empty nesters who realised that as they got older, thier social status changed. Children left home, friends retired or moved away from Hong Kong and some people divorce. They wanted to connect with new friends and expand their social circles; but found that Hong Kong had limited options for people like them to meet other like-minded, over-40s, and so, Mozaic Club was born!
There are sometimes obstacles in the way of accessing new experiences and making new friends, past your 40s. There’s no denying this. It’s time to break past these barriers now and make the time to meet new people in new settings. Try something different!
For more information on Mozaic Club, an exclusive social eClub with great opportunities for you to meet new people, online and offline, and have new experiences, please visit our Social Calendar.
Interested in joining us? Get in touch today!


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Burr Brown is the fourth HDCD licensee to announce an audio chip with HDCD technology.
The standard is also designed to be "backward-compatible" to allow HDCD players to play standard CDs or any intermediate density between one and four times standard CD density.
Marantz CD Changers are equipped with HDCD*, MP3 and WMA decoders to let you enjoy regular audio CDs, HDCD discs, and MP3 and WMA encoded CD-R/RW discs.
The changer, like the DVD player, incorporates 24-bit Alpha processing and built-in HDCD decoding.
The HDCD is such a beautifully vast database, it's perfectly suited to CD-ROM," said Carol Cohen, HarperCollins Interactive vice president and publisher.
The CS98100 offers progressive scan output, as well as DTS, HDCD, MP3 and WMA decoding capabilities.
The Rotel RCD-02 ($500) is a slim-line full-width chassis with the Burr-Brown 1732 "24 bit" D/A that also includes the HDCD circuitry.
Both of the CDs reviewed (one sold alone and one as part of the two-disc set) are identical and were given HDCD processing, while the DVD-A disc offers up Dolby Digital (448 kbps) and DTS (1509 kbps) alternate tracks on the flip side.
One is an HDCD mastered compact disc, done in the usual two channel-form.
Other leading audio algorithms, such as HDCD, Dolby Digital, ProLogic, and MPEG-5.
The primary key to Cirrus Logic's success has been using programmable DSPs to provide a variable platform supporting the multitude of DSP algorithms utilized in digital audio such as: Dolby Digital, MP3, DTS, Musicam, MPEG-2 Multi-channel, AAC, THX and HDCD.
Couple that with the fact that one of these, in its HDCD edition, was picked for last year's article, and you see, I hope, my dilemma.


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The following solar oven recipes have been sent in by avid solar cookers who want to share the good things they have discovered when solar cooking.
Make These Delicious Solar Oven Recipes in a Sport Solar Oven!
Solar Cooking- A Primer/Cookbook by Harriet Kofalk; Book Publishing Co.


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We love to tell you about the products that have kept our pack healthy and happy through the years, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t highlight the complete awesomeness of the HyperDog Play Pack.
Our boy Frosty, a couture assumed mix of Labrador, Greyhound, and Pit Bull, loved running and toys. When we found the HyperDog Play Pack, he instantly fell in love, and we no longer feared another rotator cuff injury.
Frosty finally met his match with the HyperDog Launcher. As he would run to retrieve a launched ball, I had another ready to roll when he returned. When he saw us pull the HyperDog Launcher from the cabinet he would run, sit, and wait in anticipation, knowing that a ball was soon to be launched for him to fetch.
Tristan loved the smaller size and shape of the tennis balls and soon started chasing them down. Not bad for a dog who deemed most toys “unworthy” of a good chase.
Grandbury loves Frisbee, but fearing he would injure a tooth, we never felt comfortable throwing one his way. The HyperDisc allowed him to catch some air again. As for replacing the band/pouch on the launcher, we didn’t find it necessary for over a year. Your use will vary, but we’ve found the HyperDogs products are long lasting and quality made.
Get your complete play pack while we’ve got’em in stock! Remember: a tired dog is a good dog. This pack is great for multiple dog households and portable for trips to the park and lake.
The HyperDog 2 Ball Launcher can shoot the tennis balls 220 ft., has hands free pick-up, is collapsible for easy transport and storage, and is made from a rust resistant steel. The Launcher gives you arm and hand support that will keep you in the game until your dog has had his/her fill of the fun.
The HyperDisc is a fun flying disc for your dog. Soft sided and covered with a paw print repeating pattern, you’ll always be able to locate your disc at the park. The HyperDisc is soft for safety and your dog’s mouth (no hard plastic to injure your dog’s teeth), it floats, has a gently arched shape for easy pick up, catches some great air and height, and is durable. The HyperDisc is a great tool for training.
Frosty and Tristan race to get the ball.
Almost… Grandbury shoots past the ball, almost capturing it mid-air.
Tristan proudly displays his catch.
Frosty returns the ball to have it launched again!

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Thanks to the Google Earth Blog I just learned about the release of an updated version of Google Earth Pro. Google Earth Pro (it's free despite the "pro" designation) is the desktop version or "classic" version of Google Earth. The latest version includes thirteen improvements to Google Earth Pro. You can see the full list of improvements here, but I'm going to highlight the ones that will probably matter the most to teachers and students.
The first notable updated is support for Windows 64-bit. This matters if your school's computers operate on the 64-bit versions of Windows.
The latest update to Google Earth Pro provides improved handling of large KML files. If you have previously had Google Earth slow or freeze when launching large KML (AKA Google Earth files), you should experience that less often now. Speaking from experience, there's nothing more frustrating than trying to get all of your students to launch a KML file only to hear half of them say, "Mr. Byrne, it's not doing anything, it's frozen."
Finally, the latest version of Google Earth Pro has resolved the inconsistency issues associated with the elevation measuring tool.
One of the most popular posts that I published last year was this one in which I highlighted ten ways that you can use Google Earth. The list is not limited to just social studies lessons. In the list you will also find some tutorials.


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This package is designed to identify your current physical health obstacles and assess your overall physiological stress burden.
Once we’ve identified what is causing you the most pain and explore what you really aim to achieve, I will tailor an introductory holistic lifestyle program designed specifically for your individual needs.
Committing to a sustainably healthy lifestyle can require long term coaching support. After completing the “Vital Boost” program, clients who want deeper and more powerful healing can continue onto the “Vital Awakening” phase of holistic living.
In this phase we go deeper into mental/emotional blocks to healing, patterns of addiction, challenges in personal relationships and personal identity, expression, and acceptance.
If you would like to schedule a 30 minute inquiry with Lauren, please fill out the form below and she will contact you within 72 hours.

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Customized cabinets and server racks manufactured by the company have been exported to many countries including Dubai (UAE), Bahrain, Nepal, Jordan, (Doha) Qatar, UK, USA, Seychelles, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Liberia (West Africa), Kuwait, Uganda, Myanmar and Maldives for use in telecom, electrical and/or IT applications.
combiner / array junction boxes, main junction boxes, ACDB, DCDB for photovoltaic PV application in India. more information.
Hulasi have provided a 2500A capacity AC combiner [ACCB] panel for a MW scale solar power plant in Rajasthan. Panel is having a 2500A ACB and 10 input MCCBs of 250A each.
June 2015: Hulasi is an approved supplier of junction boxes in RRVUNL [Rajasthan] and L&T-MHI Boilers Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad.
June 2015: Hulasi is an approved supplier of LT panels in Uttarakhand power corporation.
Read our newsletters to see the good things happening in Hulasi.
Hulasi India has ready to deploy outdoor telecom cabinet solutions for Ericsson BTS 2964, Ericsson BTS 6201 and Ericsson BTS 2204. Also for deploying NSN's flexi and Ultra BTS.
Hulasi India has pole mountable outdoor telecom cabinets to house IDUs and RTNs. Successful deployments with two leading Indian mobile operators.


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Jingle Bell Rock and The Carpenter's Miracle are both being produced and distributed by Entertainment One.
B.C’s lower mainland is the location for the shooting of two original GMC World Premiere feature films.
The production and international sales for both are being handled by Entertainment One, while both are being directed by Emmy Award winner K. T. Donaldson (Judging Amy, Falcon Beach, jPod).
The first is Drew Lachey starrer Jingle Bell Rock, which is currently underway, and the other is The Carpenter’s Miracle, staring Cameron Mathison (All My Children, Good Morning America), which has just wrapped.
In Jingle Bell Rock, a jaded former rock star agrees to fulfill a child’s Christmas wish list, a commitment that to his consternation eventually requires him to front a small town’s Christmas concert. It is written by by Tippi and Neal Dobrofsky (Goodnight For justice, $5 a Day) whom also serve as executive producers; the cast also includes country singer/actress Mackenzie Porter as the romantic interest.
Randolph Cheveldave (Goodnight for Justice) serves as producer along with executive producers from eOne, John Morayniss, Ira Pincus. Jonathan Schwartz is production associate for eOne. David Pelletier (Continuum, Dark Universe) is director of photography.
The second, The Carpenter’s Miracle, based on a novel by Judd Parkin (who also exec produces), follows an average small town tradesman’s life after it gets turned upside down when he saves a boy who almost drowns in a lake. Its cast includes Sarah-Jane Redmond (Smallville, Arrow, Emily Owens M.D.), Anna Mae Wills (I Love You, Beth Cooper), Aaron Pearl (The Accidental Witness, Christmas Miracle) Adrian Holmes (Smallville, Baja Dunes), Alex Sparling (Smallville), Stephen E. Miller (Cole, Endgame) and Viv Leacock (Becoming Redwood).


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The campaign comprised a number of measurement types, including multiple moorings with current, turbidity, temperature and salinity sensors; current transect runs; water quality and sediment sampling; as well as weather measurements. Balancing this diverse range of measurement types proved challenging, especially when taking into consideration the majority of these collection sites were inside the busy Dar es Salaam Port.
The two twelve-hour transect runs proved quite challenging in terms of logistics and operations, as the survey and water/sediment sampling vessels had to work around ships entering or leaving the port alongside the numerous ferries and fishing boats operating in the channel area. MSI collaborated with the University of Dar es Salaam to ensure sediment-related samples were collected and stored correctly before being handed over to the university for analysis.
The bottom-mounted current meter frames also had to be placed with care so as not to jeopardize either the equipment or vessels. Deployment and recovery of these frames were handled safely but speedily to avoid impacting normal port operations. Making use of a local vessel and skipper proved invaluable in ensuring efficient and safe completion of all sampling activities.
At the completion of the original measurement programme, it was decided to leave the weather station in place towards a possible continuation of the measurement programme, and specifically water levels, in conjunction with TPA.

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Father's Day is coming up and I am getting homesick. Wish we could spend it with Dad, I really want to spend more time with my father now that he is able to enjoy our company. This occasion didn't really bother me that much before but now that I am a father myself, I see how it feels to be with your kids all the time.
Jennings Senior and Jennings Jr.
We are missing you so much Dad. Six more months and we'll be there soon. Hang in there for us.. We love you!
For sure your dad is a good man because you're a good person. pictures of kids with their grandparents are always good to look at.
about your comment on one of my posts, my husband has dvd of We Were Soldiers and it is on of my favorite among his collections.
happy fathers day to you and your dad!
Oooh.. you're such a sweet son! It shows the good person in you, John! Rose is so lucky to have that good son as her husband!
Advanced Happy Father's Day Joops. Nice family picture, take care and God bless.
Thanks for the visit John. I really like that picture with your dad and your prince sleeping...LOL.CUTE! Anyway,6 more months and you will see your dad again. Advance Happy Father's Day to you and your dad.
Hi John, advance Happy Fathers day to you and to your Dad. Your right we don't know the difference not until we become one. Mommy Rose is so blessed to have you.
It is nice to see a dad love his family and enjoy them. Your time will fly by and you will be with your dad. Hope you have a nice weekend.
It's really hard living away from the place and people you love. But life is like that.
Your Dad and son look so cute together!
Very nice blog you have here. That little Jenning Junior sleeping in grandpa's arm is very cute!
What fantastic photos you have. Your kids really know how to pose in front of the camera. I commiserate with you on your dilemma. I hope and pray that you can be with your father on Father's Day as you are with your own kids. Nice to know that you have realize the significance of such event now that you are already a father too. Thanks for the meaningful post. God bless you always.


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It was pretty cool to have to mix stuff together before making breakfast. You know, like the 2 tbs of baking powder, which was supposed to be a 1/2 tbs - woops - scrape out the powder that doesn't look like flour and re-read the directions! Oh, and the egg that rolled off the counter and into Blue's water bowl, making a very kinda cool floating ball of yolk. Oh- and if you pour cold water into melted butter, it's ... well, gross. Wash out and start anew!
Now, of course, I want to do it again, but better - with more perfectness - confectioners sugar, or whipped cream, or fresh fruit!!!
Weeeeeeeee... weeeeeee ... weeeee ... weee... uh oh - carbcoma about to hit!!!
I'll be heading off to the wilds of the Southern Florida landscape tomorrow. Gots to get down to the Raton of Boca and pick up the new wheels... Boo keeps saying I can't have stickers on the car, but I think she'll be okay with the ones I put on it. What do you think is gonna happen?
I had hoped to have a roady trippin' adventure, complete with sidekick and scavenger hunting, but my timeline doesn't permit that at the moment - sorry Pips and Steph, sorry Bubby.
Things about Hobbit House continue to evolve - got a shelf unit into the den - immediately filled it up with stuff and rearranged the dvds in the living room - why does it seem to be an endless chase of stuff around the rooms of our lives?
Have I mentioned the The Ultimate Steal? It's Microsoft pricing it's Office Suite at about what rational people would want to pay for it. I'm working on getting an .edu email so I can purchase Office 2007 - wwweeeeeeee..... if you have an .edu addy, I'd suggest getting the license for $60 - it's a real bargain.
Wow - thought I'd have more insightful post to offer, but no - the pancakes are making me a happy ball of happiness - not necessarily a productive ball. Oh well... a little on what's going down, and there ya go!


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Builders of the Fort St. John Hospital and Residential Care project have reached a major milestone.
The group has completed the 15-month design stage which involved more than 150 clinical personnel working at the existing hospital and the North Peace Care Centre.
The design stage allowed staff, that will use both facilities, to help create the layout for each department.
Northern Health says the outside walls, windows and roof are intact on both the hospital and one of the two residential care buildings. They add that orders for equipment have been placed and large mechanical and electrical systems have also been installed.
The $279.9 million project is still on schedule to officially open in the summer of 2012.


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NAVBLUE have designed RNP AR departure procedures for Vágar Airport (IATA: FAE, ICAO: EKVG) to allow for improved operations for its airline operators, to ensure airport arrivals and departures are more efficient for passengers.
The project follows on from recent work to introduce RNP AR APCH procedures for public use, published in the Danish AIP earlier this year.
There are no common design criteria procedures for RNP AR departures currently in existence. NAVBLUE have developed these criteria and work with regulators and authorities world-wide to ensure they are accepted. RNP AR procedures mean airline operators still need dedicated approvals from authorities and NAVBLUE supports diverse stakeholders, such as the Danish Transport Authority throughout the entire approval process to achieve this.
The implementation of RNP AR departures allows for the reduction of workload for the crew, a definition of fully managed procedures, predictable and repeatable trajectories which together contribute to enhanced safety. It allows for the reduction of lateral protection areas to let a corridor be threaded through challenging terrain to reduce the angle of ascent. This reduced thrust on take-off allows for more passengers or optimized fuel consumption.
“The operational environment at Vágar can be challenging so we want to give operators every advantage possible so that they can get the best from their aircraft.” says Jákup Egholm Hansen, COO and Airport Manager of FAE Vága Floghavn.
NAVBLUE technical pilot Etienne Tarnowski with Vágar Airport COO Jákup Egholm Hansen during a Full Flight Simulator session demonstrating the new RNP AR depature procédures.
NAVBLUE is an integrated Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Services company providing end-to-end, innovative and integrated flight operations solutions for a wide-range of customers around the world.

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Some people might dismiss synchronised swimming as a bit of fun and not a serious sport - but the opposite is in fact the case.
Some people might dismiss synchronised swimming as a bit of fun and not a serious sport – but the opposite is in fact the case.
Synchronised swimming is actually one of the most demanding sports around and well deserving of its Olympic status.
“It is best defined as a series of dance steps performed over and under the surface of water.
“The choreography may look a little cheesy, but it’s loads of fun and one tough workout.
“While it may appear to be nothing but a glamorous sport, with the swimmers all decked up in elaborate makeup, the reality is far from it.
SporteX is the best place to learn synchronized swimming in the UAE.
The Artistic Swimming experts have been running now for over six years under the guidance of an Olympic level coach.
The academy has grown steadily to now operate in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi with almost 120 swimmers involved.
“All girls from five years and above, who are water safe, are welcomed to join our academy,” explained co-founder Ahmed Hossam.
Although a relatively new sport in the UAE, SporteX have more than 10 different nationalities among their synchronized swimmers, including four Emiratis between 5-13 years old.
SporteX have also managed to register the sport as the 4th UAE swimming federation activity beside swimming, diving and water-polo.
You can see more about Sportex on Facebook (Sportex Artistic Swimming) or Instagram (sportex_artistic_swimming).


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We offer a Click and Collect service from our Nursery in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Simply purchase and reserve your plants online with us and collect them at a time to suit you.
Add your chosen plants to the cart and proceed to the online checkout. You will then be given the option of having your order delivered or you can choose to collect your order from our nursery in Bagnall, Stoke-on-Trent by selecting ‘Click & Collect from our Nursery’ and proceed to the payment gateway as normal. You will then receive an automated email from us confirming that your order has been received.
When will my plants be ready for collection?
We aim to have your plants ready to collect within 48 hours from the time we begin processing your order (Orders are only processed during normal working hours Monday – Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm). You will receive an email to confirm that your order is ready to collect, please do not attempt to make a collection prior to receiving this email as we can not be held liable for any costs incurred because your order is not available. On rare occasions our online stock levels may not indicate something is out of stock. If this is the case we will notify you ASAP to inform you that something on you order is not available, we can usually offer you a suitable alternative or we can refund you for any items not in stock.
Please note that the last day for processing Click and Collect weekend orders is Thursday. Any orders received after this time will not be ready for collection until after the weekend. If you would like your plants sooner than this, please call our Garden Centre on 01782 502078 and we are more than happy to reserve them for you, stock permitting.
All plant orders will be held for 7 working days after processing is complete. If you are unable to collect your plants within this time frame, please contact us as soon as possible on 01782 502741 or on sales@jacksonsnurseries.co.uk, quoting your order number and we will do our very best to accommodate you.
How do I collect my plants?
Please print out your order confirmation email or make a note of your order number and bring it to our Garden Centre. A member of staff will then bring your plants to you. If you are not satisfied with the quality of your plants, you are under no obligation to take them home with you. A member of staff will try and source you a suitable alternative from our extensive Nursery.
Refunds for out of stock items or items rejected on collection will be done by our web sales department, funds will be returned via the same payment method used when placing your order.
Our Garden Centre is open from 8:00am - 5:00pm - 7 Days a week, during BST and 8:00am - 4:30pm, GMT.
Jacksons Nurseries is located in the Staffordshire Moorlands, very close to the Peak District. We have a Garden Centre and Nursery on our site with a huge array of plants available. We also have an award winning Tea Room, offering freshly ground coffee, teas, homemade meals, treats and snacks.
Jacksons Nurseries, Thorney Edge road, Bagnall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST9 9LE.
Click and Collect orders placed online or over the telephone are bound by our full Terms and Conditions, please read and understand them before ordering.


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More Than "Cute"...This Is AMA'SING'!!
3. position himself on a chair for greater success and comfort – demonstrating understanding of his physical abilities and comfort.
center. Eli’s melodic range is very narrow because it is centered around his personal pitch. 4. Putting words, rhythm and melody together, ALL at ONCE!
5. Adding the guitar sends this creativity to a NEW LEVEL!
This little fellow is Ama’SING!!!’ One could say, he is doing at least 10-part harmony with himself during this creative process…so many things are happening, layered one on top of the other…all at the same time!! Ama’Sing’!!!


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The year 2017 challenged me personally, professionally and politically. Place at the Table served as a space for exploring creativity in the kitchen, escape and distraction from the world, and pure enjoyment. As I reviewed the last twelve months, I found surprising variety among the five top recipe posts of the year. While I found inspiration for these posts from several sources, each one counts as an original recipe. All posts first appeared in 2017 and ranked the highest number of readers.
Ali Nazik – This Turkish dish can claim the advantage of posting early in January of this year for maximum exposure. I have not made this recipe again since January, but the post drew readers from all over the globe. Enjoy this smoked eggplant yogurt pureé with ground beef stew.
Torta Mortadella – This recipe favorite which some called “bologna cake” proved fun to make. I created this recipe in reaction to several unappetizing videos of a bologna cake posted on Facebook. This version utilizes fancier ingredients. Bologna proved a popular subject on the blog this year (see Battle of the Bologna Biscuits in Memphis).
Sourdough Baking for Beginners – Learn how to maintain sourdough starter and bake your own fresh bread.
Braised Chicken Thighs with Lemon Verbena – The gift of fresh herbs from a friend led to something new in the kitchen.
Poached Egg Omelette – My love affair with soft egg yolk led me to perfecting this breakfast marvel.
Many thanks to all of you who read this blog and share a passion for cooking, hospitality and tasty food. May peace, prosperity and great cooking reign in your new year!

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Éder's superb late goal sent Italy through to the Round of 16 after a somewhat uninspired performance from Antonio Conte's side at the Stadium Municipal.
The Italians were held scoreless up to the very late stages of the game, with Sweden's performance just falling short of any goal threats.
But when Chiellini's throw-in was knocked on towards compatriot Éder, a run along the outside of the box perimeter evaded defenders before a neat finish into the bottom corner booked their spot in the knockouts.
Italy's defence had their hands full with the assignment of Zlatan Ibrahimović proving an tough one for any in the continent. They made a small victory early on though, with Chiellini beating the forward to the ball after a cross was whipped in by Källström on the left flank. His nation started the more impressively, although the Azzurri would grow into the game.
Isaksson was grateful to clutch on to the ball that initially came from Florenzi's strike, taking a deflection and rolling towards him, before Zlatan went down in the box at the other end, although play was off before that for a foul by Guidetti on Barzagli.
Both teams were pushing forward but as has been the case with many opening stages of the Euro 2016 fixtures, the quality didn't follow suit, with only one shot towards goal after half-an-hour.
That goal would not be threatened by Guidetti either, who smashed it well off target after good play by Zlatan picked out Larsson. With the first half winding down, they controlled possession and on another day could easily have had a penalty after their talisman was felled by Chiellini when trying to head Källström's cross.
Sweden knew they needed something from the game after a drab 45 minutes. But Italy, with little impetus to win the contest, did do well to set up Pellè although his volley would fizz off target. A few players were suffering some knocks though with heavy challenges, as Giaccherini was clattered into while Ibrahimović knocked into Éder.
Up until the final third, Sweden were indeed excellent. They moved the ball around and dictated possession, but at the business end they could do little. Even though it was ruled offside, Zlatan highlighted this struggle, blasting over the crossbar from 3 yards.
With the full-time whistle quickly approaching, Sweden were beginning to settle at the prospect of a draw, although late at the death Éder would break their hearts. It was a spectacular goal too which was only fitting of breaking the deadlock.
A throw-in was headed on to him on the left, where he ran parallel to the box, evading numerous defenders as they tried to contain him, before unleashing a low, powerful strike to the far right corner and putting Italy through.
They could have ran away with it when, just a minute later, Candreva forced a stop from the keeper after he found space in the box from the right. The Azzurri were keen to run down the clock in stoppage time, with Buffon receiving a booking for time wasting.
Huge penalty appeals late on were waved off by the referee as Italy just about managed to get rid of the threat inside the area, keeping a clean sheet to start off the tournament with 2 straight victories. It was another Italian Job.


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I think it's worth a mention that one of Sea World's former General Managers, Dr Fabian Fay, passed away last month from Parkinson's Disease, aged 58. He was General Manager of the park in the early 90s. After being diagnosed he sold his practice and shifted to Sea World, where he was for around 10 years until it became too difficult.
It’s a very sad passing, and one that certainly hasn't gone unnoticed in the park. Many people who still work at SW remember him, and the positive impact that he had on the park when it was going through the "glory days" of the late 80's. He truly was a great GM and a great man, and will be greatly missed by all those who knew him, and worked under him.

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Most families have an evacuation plan in case of fire, however, few families have any idea of what they would do after their family is safe and they have to deal with the devastation to their home caused by the fire. For homeowners throughout the country, and in DeKalb, Illinois, knowing what to do after the fire is just as important as that evacuation plan.
Providing local disaster recovery and additional services to DeKalb area property owners including , repairs from storm damages, emergency water cleanup, and flooded basement services.
Disaster Pros of DeKalb, Illinois is just such a contractor. We have been in business for more than 30 years and during that time, we have worked hard for our customers doing what we can to make the process as stress and hassle free as possible. Nothing gives us more pleasure than seeing a homeowner having their property restored to pre-fire condition. This is so important to us that we don’t consider any job completely until you, our customer is 100% satisfied with our work. We have earned and maintained an “A” rating with the Better Business Bureau partly because of this policy. We believe our hard work and integrity is the other reason for that rating. For a homeowner, knowing that the contractor repairing their home after a fire is going to work hard to repair their home and cares about their satisfaction with the work is important.


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Two weeks ago, Bontrager launched a new set of helmets featuring Wavecel, its new exclusively licensed technology, that is claimed to decrease linear impacts and duplicate MIPS’ proven ability to lessen the rotational motion associated with potential brain injuries such as diffuse axonal injury, subdural hematoma, and concussion. MIPS made initial tests, which were communicated last week, and have now completed additional relevant testing.
According to MIPS, such claims are impossible to make as no two crashes are the same and no two people are the same. However, rotational motion itself can be measured objectively, so that is the metric MIPS reports and addresses.
MIPS tested the helmets with commonly used test methods for helmets in angular fall and following the same test protocol as WaveCel. When tested at the speed of 4.8m/s MIPS found no difference in risk injury reduction between helmets equipped with WaveCel and those helmets just equipped with EPS foam. In the 6.2m/s impact case, there was a slight reduction, but not consistent with the communicated claims.
dummy neck in its test (“Bliven” (1)). The use of this neck for oblique helmet testing has been questioned and the HIII dummy neck isn’t used by Virginia Tech, MIPS nor FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) in their testing protocols. The HIII dummy neck was designed for automotive crash testing. It was neither developed nor validated for compressive loading as used in the Bliven study. The neck has been found to be too stiff in compression in several independent studies [2-4]. For this reason, the test setup used in the Bliven study must be questioned and MIPS didn’t use the HIII dummy neck in the comparative test to keep the test as close to an industry standard as possible.
While MIPS finds it encouraging that more and more helmet brands are acknowledging the importance of reducing the effects of the damaging rotational motion, MIPS are concerned that there is still a lack of an industry-wide standard from third party testing organizations to ensure accurate information for consumers – something MIPS called out earlier this month. The lack of a standard increases the risk of unsubstantiated claims which could cause consumer confusion and in worst case put consumers at risk.
 Bliven E, Rouhier A, Tsai S, Willinger R, Bourdet N, Deck C, Madeya SM, Bottlang M. Evaluation of a novel bicycle helmet concept in oblique impact testing. Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 124, March 2019, Pages 58-65.
 Herbst B, Forrest S, Cheng D. Fidelity of anthropometric test dummy necks in rollover accidents. Biomechanics Institute. United States. Paper Number 98-S9-W-20.
 Sances AJ, Carlin F, Kumaresan S. Biomechanical analysis of head-neck force in hybrid III dummy during inverted vertical drops. Biomed. Sci. Instrum 38:459-464, 2002.
MIPS specializes in helmet-based safety and protection of the brain. Based on an ingredient brand model, MIPS Brain Protection System (BPS) is sold to the global helmet industry. MIPS solutions are patented in all relevant markets and are based on more than 20 years of research and development together with the Royal Institute of Technology and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. MIPS is the world leader in this field and cooperates with 78 helmet brands that offer 448 models equipped with MIPS BPS on the global helmet market.


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The company has an landscape design office, but also it often collaborates with external firm, always proposing innovative solutions.
The company’s workers are specialized and with many years of experience in the public and private green fields and the environmental interventions.
The company has about 2 hectares of vivarium in “open field” and “pot plants” to the production and cultivation of ornamental and native plants.


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ThePro6410 NeonColor printer is the easy-to-use, time-saving and affordable alternative to screen printing. Allowing you to quickly and cost effectively deliver unique output with little to no setup costs.
Unsurpassed by rival technologies, the Pro6410 NeonColor printer is taking specialty printing to new levels, with a simplicity and ease of use that practically guarantees fast ROI.
Innovative OKI NeonColor toner – NeonCyan, NeonMagenta, NeonYellow and NeonWhite – generate the WOW! factor when brought to life under UV black light. They make it possible to create spectacular fluorescent graphics and designs for every kind of product.
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Lectins are a group of proteins that bind specifically to monosaccharides, disaccharides, and oligosaccharides and are characterized by the ability to agglutinate cells, polymerized oligosaccharides or precipitate polysaccharides and glycoproteins (1). The agglutination and precipitation reactions are based on the multivalency of the majority of lectins; there are monovalent lectins which will not support agglutination, polymerization, or precipitation (2-4). Ricin from castor bean was the first lectin identified in 1888 by Hermann Stillmark but there was no substantial interest in the proteins until much later (5). Lectins are found in a variety of organisms including plants (6) and fungi (7). There a variety of animal lectins characterized by specificity, tissue localization, and function (8,9). Galactins bind to β-D-galactoside and are associated with inflammation(10). C-lectins, so named because they require the presence of calcium ions for binding, include endocytic lectins which are membrane proteins which bind and participate in the endocytosis of certain glycoproteins (11,12), collectins which are characterized by the presence of collagenous domain (13) and are pattern recognition molecules (14), and selectins which mediate the interaction of leukocytes with endothelial cells (15) Mannose binding lectins which are classified as collectins initiate the lectin complement activation pathway(16,17). Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) as pattern recognition molecule binds to repetitive microbial surface patterns resulting in the activation of the MAST (MBL-associated serine protease) pathway which in turn can activate either the classical pathway or alternate pathway.
1. Sharon, N. and Lis, H., Lectins, 2nd edn., Introduction, Chapter 1, pps. 1-4, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2003.
2. Thomasson, D.L. and Doyle, R.J., Monovalent concanavalin A, Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 67, 1545-1552, 1975.
3. Tanaka, I., Abe, Y., Hamada, T., Yonemitsu, O., and Ishii, S., Monovalent monomer derivative of concanavalin A produced by photochemically induced alkylation, J.Biochem. 89, 1643-1646, 1981.
4. Shahzad-ul-Hussan, S., Gustchina, E., Ghirlando, R., Clore, G.M., and Bewley, C.A., Solution structure of the monovalent lectin microvirin in complex with Manα(1-2)Man provides a basis for anti-HIV activity with low toxicity, J.Biol.Chem. 286, 20788-20796, 2011.
5. Sharon, N. and Lis, H., Lectins, 2nd edn., History, Chapter 2, pps. 5-32, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2003.
6. Puztai, A., Plant Lectins, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,United Kingdom, 1991; Plant Glycobiology: A Sweet Role of Lectins, Glycoproteins, Glycolipids, and Glycans, ed. C.A. Albenne, E.J.M. van Damme, E.I. Janet, and N.I. Lannoo, Fronteirs Media, S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland, 2015.
7. (Varrot, A., Basheer, S.M., and Imberty, A., Fungal lectins: structure, function and potential applications, Curr.Opin.Struct.Biol. 23, 678-685, 2013.
8. Lectins Biomedical Perspectives, ed. A. Duszta and S.Bardocz, Taylor & Francis, London, United Kingdom, 1995.
9. Animal Lectins A Functional View, ed. G.R.Vaste and H. Ahmed, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2007.
10. Sundblad, V. Morosi, L.G., Geffner, J.R., and Rabinovich, G.A., Galactin-1: A jack-of-all-trades in the resolution of acute and chronic inflammation, J.Immunol. 199, 3721-3736, 2017.
11. McAbee, D.D., Jiang, X., and Walsh, K.B., Lactoferrin binding to the rat asialoglycoprotein receptor requires the receptor’s lectin properties, Biochem.J. 348, 113-117, 2000.
12. Johannes, L., Wunder, C., and Shafaq-Zadah, M., Glycolipids and lectins in endocytic uptake processes, J.Mol.Biol. 428, 4792-4818, 2016.
13. Howard, M., Farrar, C.A., and Sacks, S.H., Structural and functional diversity of collectins and ficolins and their relationship to disease, Semin.Immunopathol. 40, 75-85, 2018.
14. Degn, S.E. and Thiel, S., Humoral pattern recognition and the complement system, Scand.J.Immunol. 78, 181-193, 2013.
15. McEver,R.P., Selectins: initiators of leucocyte adhesion and signalling at the vascular wall, Cardiovasc.Res. 107, 331-339, 2015.
16. (Speth, C., Prodinger, .M. Würzner, R., Stoibert, H., and Dierich, M.P., Complement, in Fundamental Immunology, 6th edn., ed. W.E. Paul, Chapter 33, pps. 1047-1078, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens/Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2008.
17. Paréj, K., Dobó, J., Závodszkym, P., and Gál, P., The control of the complement lectin pathway activation revisited, Mol.Immunol. 54, 415-422, 2013.


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Five days after Islamic State militants killed 129 people in a series of coordinated terror attacks across Paris, the French capital remains on edge. On Tuesday, the Eiffel Tower was evacuated because of a bomb scare, police on the scene told VICE News. Heavily armed cops and soldiers cordoned off the area for several hours, while tourists took selfies and watched from surrounding buildings.
Early Wednesday morning, security forces raided a building in the north Paris suburb of Saint-Denis in search of the suspected architect of the attacks. Seven people were arrested in the operation and two killed, including a female suicide bomber blew herself up.
Nevertheless, life in Paris continues. VICE News spoke with Parisians who had gathered to watch the France-England soccer match — in a pub just around the corner from one of Friday night's bloody attack sites.
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 Sophomore guard Mustafa Abdul-Hamid went down in practice on Dec. 6 with a stress reaction in his right foot. He hasn't played or practiced since the injury and will not play this week.
 All-American point guard Darren Collison saw his first action of the year against George Washington (Nov. 28) and made his first start of the season against Texas (Dec. 2) after spraining his left knee (MCL) in the exhibition game against Azusa Pacific (Nov. 2).
 Junior guard Michael Roll worked out on Nov. 27 with contact for the first time since rupturing his plantar fascia in his left foot during practice on Nov. 3. He played five minutes of the Texas game (Dec. 2), 11 minutes against Davidson (Dec. 8) and 19 minutes vs. Idaho State (Dec. 15).
 Sophomore forward James Keefe practiced for the first time with contact this year on Dec. 4 after having surgery on Aug. 10 to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. He will probably use his redshirt season this year.
UCLA sports a national ranking of No. 8 in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and Associated Press poll.
This is just the second meeting between UCLA and Western Illinois with the Bruins winning the only other meeting, 75-60 in Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 23, 2004, head coach Ben Howland's second season at UCLA. Arron Afflalo and Brian Morrison scored 13 points apiece for UCLA and Dijon Thompson had 11 points and 16 rebounds. Five Bruins scored in double figures, including Jordan Farmar with 12 points and Michael Fey with 11. Eulis Baez led WIU with 13 points.
Several Bruin teams will be wearing special jerseys or patches in 2007-08 to commemorate UCLA being the First to 100 NCAA Championships. The men's basketball team will don the new jerseys that have a different-colored 'C' in UCLA. The 'C' signifies the Roman numeral for 100.
UCLA, 1-0 hosts Western Illinois Tuesday (7:30 p.m.) in a nonconference contest in Pauley Pavilion.

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Seriously? OMG! WTF?Jane the Virgin's Brett Dier wore a Pac-Man suit - Seriously? OMG! WTF?
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Nothing says you are a Gamer nerd than wearing a Pac-Man suit to the an Awards show like the MTV Movie & TV Awards or anywhere to be honest. Brett Dier doesn’t care what you think of him because he proudly wore the arcade game like an expensive suit. Which I am sure it was, but who cares! I want to gobble one up like the little yellow guy chomps on those pac-dots and fruit.
Not only does it stand out, it also looks really cool! As cool as Pac-Man was in the ’80s when everyone has such Pac-Man Fever that he had his own song, cartoon and cereal.
The only negative about the man, who made Jane the Virgin change the second part of her title, walking the red carpet like that, is that his girlfriend didn’t wear a Miss Pac-Man dress! Now that would’ve been like totally tubular!


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Now that we have returned and rested for multiple weeks- I would like to take some time to put closure on our trip in Denmark.
When I first left Vermont I felt as though I was swept away- without the proper amount of time to say goodbye. But such is my experience with much of my life; I ride the waves of happenstance, and work with what I have in front of me. That is not to suggest that being away from my home and from my normal everyday life was without frustration- being away from the world was like holding my breath- an adventure, but one with un-comfortability which exaggerates exponentially. The peak of this torment was in our fifth week in Copenhagen- at which point I felt a deep wish to return back to the safety and familiarity of the Green Mountains. After that the anxiety crept to the back of my mind- and I went on more or less unbeknownst to the lurking presence of my insecurity. But that’s enough of this melodramatic monologue of my personal discomfort- a much more interesting topic for consideration would be what I have learned from my experiences in Scandinavia.
You can find some really good pastries in Copenhagen! Very buttery and delicious!
The United States government does not have anywhere near the consideration of environmental issues that the Danish administration has… Also, bike paths are awesome and I am deeply saddened that you can’t find very many in Vermont.
This is mildly connected to #2, but even so I shall continue. Instead of making huge garbage dumps- the Danish people have it burned in an incinerator in Copenhagen. A practice which would normally pollute the surrounding area horribly- a solution for this has been found though, and the incinerator has an extremely useful filtration system which cleans away all the noxious toxins and other bad stuffs which would normally be pumped into the atmosphere. Meaning that the only emissions from the incinerator are water vapor, and carbon dioxide. When I heard that they were pumping CO2 into the atmosphere I was a little disappointed in the Danish government; shouldn’t there be a way to clean that out too? As it happens- yes, there is a way to filter out (sequester) CO2, but it is so outrageously expensive that it costs over a 100 times more to filter the carbon than it does to buy it in pure form… That’s expensive. All the same though- I feel that as long as they can filter out the poisons, I have no problems with them burning their trash. In my humble opinion- I’d say it beats garbage dumps tenfold… bleh.
In Europe they drink beer instead of soda, in Denmark at least. Or that’s the understanding I gleaned from our visit there. Previously I thought that all alcoholic beverages were evil- and that no one should drink them. Now I have a new understanding; as long as one does not drink alcohol excessively- there is nothing wrong with consuming it. This change of heart came from my realization that soda has many more depilating effects on one’s health than wine, for example. In fact, having a single glass of red wine each day (emphasis on single- as having more than that can be very unhealthy), actually can be beneficial to your health- while drinking a soda everyday would likely be extremely harmful to your physical wellbeing.
They smoke in Denmark. A lot. And yet they live healthier lives than we do (perhaps caused by their willingness to bike and walk daily?)… As I understand it- this is directly connected to their more intense laws on what types of foods can be sold (as well as their preference of beer over soda as I mentioned earlier). My personal belief is that in the United States, the government works for businesses- whereas in Denmark the government works for the people.
As a whole, the trip was wonderful. And I consider myself very fortunate to have gone. It wasn’t the trip I originally imagined when I heard we were going to Europe, and I never did get to see Vincent Van Gogh’s grave- but it was an amazing experience, and I know that sometime soon I’d like to return to the other side of the Atlantic, and I know I will enjoy it when I do.


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American parents overwhelmingly -- and more than any other time in history -- want their children to attend college, according to an annual poll jointly conducted by Gallup and Phi Delta Kappa International. The PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools has been conducted since 1969. The 2010 findings are based on telephone interviews conducted in June 2010 with a national sample of 1,008 American adults.
This year, approximately 92% of parents stated they believe their child will attend college. Unfortunately, the reality is that probably only 30% will begin college and even less will graduate. Although the Poll did not distinguish between parents of students with and without disabilities, this overall finding again raises the issue that students with disabilities tend to drop out at twice the rate of students without disabilities. While that figure has dropped slightly over the last 10 years, it remains a significant concern.
Over the last month, CEC’s Policy Insider has shared that Congress has taken significant steps to eliminate the one and only federal program focused on gifted education, the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act.
CEC members together with the National Association for Gifted Children are answering back by urging Congress to reinstate funding for the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act. Join educators, parents, and researchers from across the country in standing up for high-ability students! Taking action is easy and fast using CEC’s Legislative Action Center.
As previously reported in CEC’s Policy Insider, the U.S. Department of Education is soliciting feedback on two sets of priorities: for its research agenda and for its discretionary grant programs. These priorities will directly impact themes and focus areas within the Department.
Earlier this summer, the Institute for Education Sciences – the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education – released its proposed research priorities which will guide the federal education research portfolio and impact the focus of research grants. Read more.
Race to the Top Winners Announced: What Will it Mean for Special and Gifted Education?
Just as students around the nation are heading back to school, U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan announced which of these student’s states won the Race to the Top and which lost: 9 states and the District of Columbia are the Race to the Top winners in Round Two.
Teachers: The Secretary of Education Wants To Hear From You!
This week, the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. is beginning a back to school bus tour to hold conversations with and honor America’s teachers. The Secretary will begin in Little Rock, Arkansas and be stopping in several cities in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine – just to start. Throughout the tour, Duncan will be visiting classrooms breaking ground in closing the achievement gap, early education, school nutrition and safety and teacher recruitment. Duncan will be joined by public school teachers now serving as U.S. Department of Education teaching fellows as well as local leaders.
All events are open to the public, if the Secretary is stopping in your school, let him know what a great job special educators in your district are doing!