His goal is to turn the Al Copeland legend into a legacy. To do that, he’s adopted a mission that is, in its own way, as audacious as any of the fried chicken king’s exploits.

Along with several choice novels, eighth graders in my school read three core texts: “The Giver” by Lois Lowry; “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” by Mildred Taylor; and “Night” by Elie Wiesel. We often make connections to current events and how conflicts of the past are still prevalent today. In addition, these texts raise students’ awareness of themselves, and of the people, ideologies and experiences that shape a person’s identity.

Al Copeland Jr. reflects into a portrait of his father at Copeland Tower in Metairie, La., Tuesday, June 26, 2018.

Almost 300 reviewers of the National Tree Folding Tree Stand on Amazon gave it four or five stars. The positive comments about this stand center on how stable it keeps the tree. We did not find any reports of trees falling over because of the stand.

Search by community, law enforcement agency or type or item. For instance, you can type "Oakland" to see what the county sheriff, "state police" to see what the Michigan State Police received, or "rifle" to see which communities got military rifles.

Copeland said a new concept is now in the works for the former Cheesecake Bistro on St. Charles Avenue, though he wasn’t ready to discuss details. The hotel around the shuttered restaurant, also run by Copeland’s company, is scheduled for its own revamp this summer.

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Because my subject, life sciences, cover health, medicine, the environment and biotechnology as well as the traditional biological processes, it is really important to address current events. I love the idea of using The New York Times’s ScienceTake video series to begin a class. This one, on how spiders fly, was fascinating and relevant.

“You’re doing great all the way up until the very end,” Matt told me. “Then you’re pulling your punch too much.”

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The guttural sound of the horn sounded a sense of finality, a "yes" that the Celtics had somehow blown a huge second half lead and the series was all but over. The air collectively whooshed out of the raucous Garden crowd and their faithful.

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