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Wellman Man Embarks on Fantasy Novel Series 

The District 207 Board of Education honored three students as “207’s Best” in the area of career exploration during its March meeting. The students recognized in career exploration were Jada Byrd from Maine East, Athena Demeros from Maine South and Christine Sullivan from Maine West.

Plans to upgrade the country's next Great Walk are out for tender, with hopes the project remains on track.

Jun. 11—A North Carolina school district is defying the state's COVID-19 health requirements that face masks must still be worn inside schools. The Harnett County school board voted 4-1 this week to make face coverings optional for everyone in its summer school program, including students and teachers. The vote came after Superintendent Aaron Fleming told board members that the N.C. Department ...

Rabbits: A million holes in one Newsroom 8 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom It’s no secret the rabbit population is taking off - again - in Central Otago and Southland, with some landowners struggling to keep their numbers down. But are government departments the worst offenders? It’s a catchcry all over the rabbit-infested regions of Otago and Southland  - that public spaces are to blame for the recent explosion in numbers. Individual landowners are responsible for keeping their rabbit ...

This image shows the study participant performing a squatting activity with different prosthetic devices. When the participant used his daily prosthesis (left picture) he had a limited range of motion and had to bend his back significantly to lift objects off the ground. When using a neural controlled prosthetic ankle (right picture) he was able to voluntarily control his prosthesis ankle joint force and angle and keep a healthy posture while lifting weight from the ground. Image credit: Aaron ...

A new study shows that, with training, neural control of a powered prosthetic ankle can restore a wide range of abilities, including standing on challenging surfaces and squatting. The researchers are currently working with a larger group of study participants to see how broadly applicable the findings may be. “This case study shows that it is possible to use these neural control technologies, in which devices respond to electrical signals from a patient’s muscles, to help patients using ro...

Date Time Study Shows Powered Prosthetic Ankles Can Restore a Wide Range of Functions for Amputees A recent case study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill demonstrates that, with training, neural control of a powered prosthetic ankle can restore a wide range of abilities, including standing on very challenging surfaces and squatting. The researchers are currently working with a larger group of study participants to see how broadly applicable ...

    Raleigh, N.C.     Legislation giving North Carolina families the choice to attend in-person summer learning programs in public schools cleared multiple state House committees on Tuesday with support from local superintendents who spoke in favor of the bill.     House Bill 82 Summer Learning Choice for NC Families would provide six weeks of classroom instruction, five days a week, for families who choose to participate this summer. The programs are targeted to students falling behi...

TACI first announced its plans to build the technical trails in June 2019, but president Vaughn Filmer said the project was on hold while DOC reviewed its conservation management strategy for the area. In the meantime, funding had been received from Meridians Manapōuri Power Up Fund, The Backcountry Trust, and the Kepler Challenge Mountain Run Trust; and with the designs complete, TACI was just waiting for consent. Filmer agreed that technical tracks for experienced riders would bring touri...