Having a big block of hot to dump current into is a very useful thing to have if you're testing batteries, power supplies, high power LEDs, electroplating, or any thing else that would normally require a huge resistor. [Jakub] found himself in need of an electronic load, and instead of a transistor and a pot, decided to make something more automatic: a programmable load built around an Arduino shield.
The idea behind this load is pretty simple: connect a device to a FET and shunt resistor to measure current. Drive the gate of the FET with an op-amp that maintains either constant current or constant voltage. Control everything with a DAC, and you have a programmable load controlled by an Arduino.
With such a small form factor, getting rid of all that heat was bound to be a problem. For this, [Jakub] is using a 50×50 mm BGA style heat sink with a 5V fan. If it's good enough for a big CPU, it should be able to handle dumping 70 Watts into a FET. There's also a conservative application of thermal paste and a very small thermistor underneath the FET that's able to be read by the Arduino. It might slowly heat up your room, but it's not going to catch fire.
With the Arduino sketches [Jakub] wrote for his load he was able to characterize a pair of Idea batteries and figure out how much charge a three-year-old recyclable battery had. It's a great piece of work, and if [Jakub] is willing to go through the hassle of a Kickstarter, it would make a fine crowdfunded product.
Why not slap an atmega on the board itself, instead of attaching it to an arduino ?
Less hipster creds, but more usefulness. It's a tough call, I agree.
It's not about "hipster creds," you obnoxious cretin. If you want a programmable load cell in a complete package, you can buy one. This one is designed to plug into an existing development board for use in your own projects. That is a useful and sensible route to take.
Of course you can make it standalone, the possibilities are endless. But having some Arduinos always at my hand, I chose to save some money and development time and use the Uno.
In fact, I started with a bigger project – a load with CPU fan (good over 150 W), 12V supply and ATSAM4S ARM processor connected via USB HID. But it turned out to be an overkill for my needs so I made this simpler and smaller version.
The development time isn't really that much more. You can copy the relevant parts from the Arduino schematics. The atmega chip itself is only a few bucks. Compared to the cost of the PCB and the other components, it doesn't seem to be a deal breaker.
Also, the development time is a one-time investment. For a next project, you can just copy & paste what you have.
Arduino is just an Atmel development board, some C++ libraries and a bootloader. All normal AVR code, even assembly, will work with Arduino.
Every time someone uses an Arduino in a project there's the get off my lawn crowd with their mantras: just use an Atmel, back in my day we programmed 8051s in assembly uphill, both ways in the snow and we liked it, why didn't you just use a 555 timer, etc etc.
Consider that one can get an Arduino mini pro clone which has an Atmega328, an xtal, a reset button, a voltage regulator, supporting passives, male pin headers, a pcb, and pre-assembled for $4 delivered. Given that you get all of that for only one dollar more than just the mcu, I find your argument a bit weak.
Nice project, what is really cool is if someone wanted to take your work and make it single board system, stand alone system with a keypad and display, or even one that uses bluetooth your have created a good prototype to work from.
I like PC connection and no controls on the actual device. But that is just my personal preference.
hi jakub! can you help me build one like this? i'd like to make a bigger version around 300W 12-15V input voltage and 20A of current. can you send me schematic and codes for my guidance?thanks!
Nice one, I'm surprised he can get 70 watts out of that heatsink, at least for any appreciable time.
I recently made one about the same size, 50×50, and using what looks like about the same size heatsink, salvaged from an old Socket-7 machine. Anyway, long story short, with just passive cooling, 10 watt is about the limit for constant dissipation, above which my overtemp protection will kick in after a while (at about 65 degrees on the heatsink).
60c@10w sounds about right for passive cooling, if you add even a small fan expect to see a 5-10x improvement in cooling capacity for small dense heatsinks (they have very little natural convection). If you look at the stock cooler that comes with even a quad core I7 processor there is not much more cooling area that on this heatsink!
FET has the advantage that you can run it at much higher temperatures than PC processor.
I was a bit surprised to get 70 W without any problems. I was hoping for 50. But it is not easy to estimate the junction temperature. From thermal camera, I got 105 °C case temperature @ 70 W (ambient 22 °C) and the thermistor reports 92 °C. I guess the junction temperature is "a couple of" degrees above the case temperature.
And I run it for few hours @ 70 W but the temperature stabilizes after 5–10 minutes. I even measured the time constant (from thermistor data) and it was around 60 seconds.
There is no need to guess, when you know the case temperature, power dissipation, and Theta JC from the datasheet, you *could* calculate what the junction temperature is.
I am not worrying about operating temperature of the rest of your parts, just that at elevated temperature the accuracy would be less.
Sharing ground means that there would be *other* current paths that goes through the PC ground etc. which would interfere with measurements/operation/accuracy of DUT etc.
Actually, you cannot use Rth in this case because I am measurning the temperature underneath the FET, not at the FET-heatsink interface.
Relatively little power is dissipated through the open sides (measured with thermal camera) or the part that lies on the board (measured with thermistor). So the heat flux is lower and hence the difference between case temperature and junction temperature is smaller.
You were the one that said "I got 105 °C case temperature" from the camera… not the side of the package. So basically your measurements cannot accurately tell what the junction temperature is.
So looks like there are no display, keypad which means this is not stand alone and have to be controlled from a PC and shares the same ground connections to the PC. If you are measuring stuff that requires a floating ground, then you are SOL with this setup.
The board temp rises, yes. All the parts are rated at least 85 °C although the board temperature won't go much over 70 degrees at 70 Watts. I measured the total temperature coefficient for voltage and current and found it to be 20 to 25 ppm per degree. So 50 degrees more, the change was around 0.12%, which is fine for me.
There are no controls on the shield. My plan was to control it over PC (and log data) and I have a windows application for it.
The ground is shared so it is not good for things that require floating ground unless you run it from laptop on batteries. However, the minus is directly connected to the ground via 200 mA PTC fuse so some common-ground things can be tested relatively safely.
Batteries and floating power supplies are the best things to test, although I have tested a common-ground power supply and it ran quite OK.
Put the whole thing in a container of mineral oil.
Why make a mess with oil when air cooling works fine ?
Well Jakub, I'm impressed. I think I'm more impressed by your shield design than the shield function! Way to go, and I'd love to see your name on HaD again.
very nice project – good to see what parts you're using.
First of all. Great idea and great implementation. Capacitive loads on op-amps often give rise to problems, in part because they can reduce the output bandwidth and slew rate, but mainly because the phase lag they produce in the op amp's feedback loop can cause instability.
This dude got just about everything right.
He used the right FET, he used the right current sense technique. Bingo! Winner!
Very impressive. Obviously not his first power electronics project.
Only thing I'd change is the heatsink, and maybe temperature sensing.
The best price/value heatsinks are CPU heatsinks. But that means making the board much bigger and introducing 12 V rail. But any suggestions regarding the heatsink are welcome!
FYI someone, whom I assume is Jakub, has created a version 2 of this device and it's on Tindie.


After some reading in a variety of places, I decided a test-drive of Redshift might be worthwhile… to fill-out the request form, you need a AWS account number… which lead me to looking at the AWS account levels… and signed up for the free-tier…. which brings me to the title of my post "Amazon – Give it a try".
This is literally my first experience using this services, so I struck out, remaining in my comfort zone, and started a RDS database instance for sql-server 2012, and within 15 minutes (including provisioning time) had a 20gb database instance up-and-running, automatic patching, backups and all…. The alerts and notifications with CloudWatch rival what you can get in most any well constructed commercially available product ranging from CPU utilization to queue lengths and beyond, at the global as well as instance level, overall, I am impressed so far. I still have much to learn, and play with… hopefully… will be able to report some findings on Redshift, which is what kicked me off on this Amazon journey in the first place.
So for now… take my advice… Give it a try… there is something there for everyone (for free).
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After departing from the port of Saint Denis in Réunion on 6 October, the mission has been pursuing its aim of collecting data in order to better understand the way the Southern Ocean operates and its impact on climate change. To accomplish this, the on-board teams must deploy two types of instruments – Bio-Argo floats and instrumented moorings – which will enable them to take measurements over the next several months.
While violent winds blew across the Kerguelen Plateau, the scientific team of the SOCLIM mission took shelter in Table Bay. It was a perfect opportunity to observe and sample the water in the bay, which consists of sea water and water from the immense Cook Glacier. As the salinity levels of these waters are very different, they do not mix with each other. The boundary between these two waters is therefore perfectly visible from the surface.
In the Kerguelen Archipelago, the scientific teams dropped anchor to explore this wild and inaccessible environment. The crew took the opportunity to explore the main island and observe the elephant seals in the Anse du Pacha, one of their major rookeries.
In the Kerguelen Archipelago, Soclim's team discovers the local wildlife.
The mission sometimes takes delightful turns and includes its share of unexpected encounters with the local wildlife!
While the rhythm of life on the Marion is punctuated by the various operations carried out by the scientific teams, the two journalists, Yseult Berger and Julien Boulanger, are documenting day-to-day life aboard the ship and the work of the researchers.
The photographs and interviews included in the logbook of two journalists aboard the ship take us behind the scenes of the mission: the deployment of the instruments, the measurements and analyses of the samples in the laboratory... all while facing the extreme conditions that prevail in this region.


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Five must-experience saunas in Finland
Credits: Julia Kivelä
Amuse-bouche saunas across Finland
With an estimated three million saunas in Finland, it's practically an impossible task to spotlight just five. Here's a sampling of sauna experiences in different parts of the country – consider it an amuse-bouche for more in-depth explorations.
Credits: Harri Tarvainen
Classic: Rajaportin sauna, Tampere (Lakeland)
Located in the old district of Pispala in Tampere – the sauna capital of the world, Rajaportti is the oldest public sauna in Finland's that's still in use today. Dating back to 1906, the sauna was originally built by Hermanni Lahtinen and his wife Maria. Still heated by wood in the traditional manner, Rajaportti offers soft, pleasant steam and has the power to transport guests back in time. Pop by the cosy courtyard café for traditional sauna sausages, freshly baked cinnamon buns, comforting soups, and select artisan beers from local brewers. A traditional massage is a good way to complete the experience.
See all must-experience saunas in Lakeland.
Credits: Laura Vanzo / Rajaportin sauna
Modern: Löyly, Helsinki
Löyly is one of the most iconic and well-known public saunas in Finland – and for good reason. Offering visitors sanctuary from the city in a former industrial area on the Helsinki waterfront, the sauna's sculptural wooden building was designed by Avanto Architects' Ville Hara and Anu Puustinen and features three wood-heated saunas, an outdoor swimming pool, and a welcoming restaurant that serves Finnish classics like meatballs and creamy salmon soup. On a summer day, there's nothing better than soaking up the sun on the large outdoor terrace while enjoying a refreshing drink and stunning views of the Baltic Sea.
See all must-experience saunas in the Helsinki region.
Credits: : Joel Pallaskorpi / Royal Restaurants
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Smoke: Kuurakaltio, Kiilopää (Lapland)
Surrounded by the mesmerizing Lappish landscape, Kuurakaltio sauna in Kiilopää is situated next to a crystal-clear stream – perfect for a cooling dip after a stint in this authentic smoke sauna. What is a smoke sauna, you might ask? It doesn't have a chimney; instead, smoke fills the sauna during the warm-up phase. Once the sauna is properly ventilated, guests experience an incredibly smooth löyly (hot steam). During the summer season, Kuurakaltio basks in the midnight sun, while winter nights might provide a glimpse of the Northern Lights, so it's no wonder this sauna attracts visitors from around the world.
See all must-experience saunas in Lapland.
Traditional: Forum, Turku
Founded in 1926 and currently run by sauna therapist Mervi Hongisto, Forum Sauna in the coastal city of Turku is where time seems to stand still. With its old-world approach to health and wellbeing, Forum is the perfect choice for bathers looking for an authentic experience and traditional treatments like peat masks and cupping therapy. While this sauna doesn't serve food or drinks, guests are welcome to bring their own.
See must-experience saunas on the coast and in the Finnish archipelago.
Intimate: Personal saunas, all over Finland
Get to know the locals, and chances are one will invite you to their home sauna. Not in the mood to chat? Book a private cabin with its own sauna. After all, Finnish sauna isn't one thing, it's a rich cultural phenomenon. Some saunas are heated with wood, and some with electricity. Some are by a lake in the woods, and some are in city apartments. In short, saunas are everywhere. And if you're lucky enough to get invited to one, you'll discover why Finnish sauna culture made UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Want to learn more? Explore 10 sauna tips for beginners.
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"El ma7al ma7lkoun" tries to overcome several urban barriers that stand in the way of making Beirut a more cycling friendly city through a grassroots, value-based community organizing path.
The real goal of this initiative is to incrementally create a cycling path to replace one of the street lanes dedicated to cars. Cycling enthusiasts and activists will join forces with local shop owners willing to free up their parking space by replacing it with a bike rack at first. This will eventually turn the whole street into a cycling friendly street that boasts a dedicated path for cyclists, eventually replacing all cycling racks.
The main incentives that we (activists) will use revolve around "Bikenomics" principles that reiterate the fact that cyclers and pedestrians benefit local shops more than car owners and thus benefit the neighborhood and the community as a whole. This makes shops sustainable and its people resistant to gentrification.
The incentive program will focus first on a reward system that offers badges of recognition to local shops willing to eventually replace one of their parking spaces into a cycling rack. All shop owners who will cooperate will be tagged on FourSquare and Zawarib, creating a robust tracking map of all these shops.
Shops will be given two indicators of their participation, the first being a sticker for their door and the other a triangular flag with their star accreditation. The flags are meant to increase visibility from the street, especially to cyclists.
This tracking map will serve as pit stops for the critical mass rides that will be undertaken weekly/monthly and thus serve as an additional incentive for shop owners to keep these cycles racks in front of their shops. This incremental change in the streetscape will help gradually achieve our goal and make the neighborhood a more cycle friendly.
This symbiotic relationship should be maintained by the planning team to be able to increase the number of cyclist enthusiasts attending the critical mass rides. This will increase the number of cooperative shop owners and, in that way, increase the number of cycle racks in neighborhoods.
The main component of these critical mass rides is advocacy for making Beirut a more cycling friendly city.
Increasing the number of cycle racks in front of local shops gives cyclists the incentives to shop there, especially since they will know where they are through the tracking system.


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Principles for a second century of film legislation
Daithi Mac Sithigh
Following a century of legislation about film and the film industry in the UK, and the latest in a series of reports on 'film policy', this paper investigates the relationship between law, policy and film. Case studies on the definition of 'film' in a time of technological and cultural change consider the privileged position of the cinema in terms of censorship and tax, including the new phenomenon of 'alternative content'; that is, live relays of theatrical performances. Institutional change is assessed and criticised, particularly the abolition of the UK Film Council and the steady move from statute to executive action. The paper sets out a case for the role of the state to be set out in legislation and the cultural consequences of legal definitions to be taken more seriously.
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Cells are also involved in energy saving and recycling. In this case it entails histones, the proteins which keep the cell's DNA packed by spinning it around itself like thread around reels of thread. The complex of DNA and histones is referred to as chromatin and it may be packed more hardly or loosely. The level of packing controls which genes are currently expressed by affecting how easy it is for transcription enzymes, referred to as RNA polymerase, to bind to DNA and read the DNA sequence. During transcription of active genes, the histones are temporarily removed from the chromatin so that the RNA polymerase can access the DNA.
In the current study, researchers studied how gene expression impacts the composition of the chromatin. Previous studies have shown that it is often newly-formed histones which are built into the chromatin during transcription.
"Instead we show that continuous transcription results in recycling of old histones," says Peter Svensson at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, one of the researchers behind the study.
Histones in the chromatin often have a number of modifications in the form of chemical markers. The modifications differ between the active and quiet closed regions in DNA, and help the cell to remember which genes are not used.
"Patterns of these modifications take a long time to create and by recycling the histones the cell can keep the region active. We have also seen that the protein complex FACT is necessary to restore mature histones which are temporarily removed from the chromatin during transcription," says Peter Svensson.
The discovery indicates that transcription of genes has a histone-preservation function and that the cell can efficiently recycle the original histones. In this manner, it can save energy and at the same time preserve a cellular (epigenetic) memory in the chromatin. However, new histones which lack chemical markers or have other modifications than the mature histones are added in the chromatin when the genes move between the quiet and active stage.
In the new study yeast cells are used as the model system, while the involved proteins and their functions are largely evolutionarily preserved in human cells, and researchers believe that similar mechanisms probably have a general significance. The work was conducted with support of grants from the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Cancer Society and Karolinska Institutet.


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Balala the Fairies: The Magic Trial (Chinese: 巴啦啦小魔仙之魔法的考驗), is a 2014 Chinese children's fantasy adventure film directed by Ren Yu and Hao Lui. It was released in China on 23 January. It is a live-action film adaptation of an animated magical girl series of the same name created by Guangzhou Toy company Auldey. It's the second film in the Balala the Fairies film series, following 2013's Balala the Fairies: the Movie. It was followed by 2015's Balala the Fairies: Princess Camellia.

Cast
 Daisy Cakes as Mei-Xue
Zhao Jinmai as Ling Mei Qi / Maggie
 Chen Yuwei
 Wang Hui

Reception
The film has grossed US$2.03 million at the Chinese box office.

See also
Balala, Little Fairy

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The next stamp issue will be the low value definitives titled "A Pond Life" to be released on 13 April 2011. Details in a previous post here.
Hawker Centres of Singapore will be featured in a four value stamps set to be issued 18 May 2011. This has got to be one of the worst Singapore stamp designs ever!
June 3, 2011 will see the release of an Endangered Animal issue featuring the Oriental Small-Clawed Otter.
This is a beautiful set and is sure to sure to be a winner as the designer happens to be popular local TV artiste Edmund Chen. Singapore Post seems to be cashing in on this fact and the recent hype about biodiversity.
A special serialised collector's sheet will be sold at S$88 and those with "golden numbers" will be sold at S$168!
Thumbs up for the stamps but thumbs down for the price of the collector's sheet.
Singapore Post's participation in PhilaNippon 2011 in July will be commemorated with a special miniature sheet. The Japan World Stamp Exhibition, held once every 10 years, will run from 28 July 2011 to 2 August 2011.


Dara Alizadeh could hardly hide his pride in the Cambridge University Boat Club squad after their successes in the Boat Race and reserve race.
The 25-year-old Light Blues president has led by example this season, and was emotional when he talked about the squad after both crews earned one-length wins.
For the Blue boat, it was the first back-to-back Boat Race victories in 20 years.
"These guys are the best," said Alizadeh. "I love every single one of these guys, this club, our coaches - Rob (Baker), Rich (Chambers) and Donald (Legget) - and Ali (Taylor, the executive secretary), Milosz (Wrobel, the strength and conditioning coach), everyone in this club. What a thrill to be part of.
"The Blue boat is nothing without Goldie (the reserve crew). I can't tell you how many times they have just punished us in practice, and they've helped raise the standard, and the spares as well.
And he had special words for vice-president Freddie Davidson.


Chelsea put an end to Arsenal's title hopes with a dominant win at Stamford Bridge.
Laurent Koscielny has questioned Arsene Wenger's team selection following Arsenal's dismal showing in the 3-1 defeat at the hands of Chelsea on Saturday (4 February).
The Gunners were easily brushed aside by the league leaders and the French defender believes it was a combination of team selection and the players not performing as a unit that led to their downfall at Stamford Bridge.
Wenger made some questionable choices when he selected Alex Iwobi ahead of Danny Welbeck despite the former Manchester United striker, who is coming back from a long-term injury, being rested for the game in midweek. The England international scored a brace in his first start against Southampton a week earlier, and it should have earned him a place ahead of the Nigerian forward.
Gabriel started for Arsenal against Watford with Wenger stating that the Brazilian was preferred to regular starter Hector Bellerin due to the height advantage he provides. The Spaniard returned to the starting XI against Chelsea and it was his lack of height that allowed Marcos Alonso to open the scoring.
The France international, who has captained the side in the league this season, admits that the north London club's title chances are all but over, but has urged his team to get back to winning ways and put up more of a fight in the coming games. Three points will be vital for Arsenal when they face Hull City on Saturday (9 February) with the race for the Champions League places heating up.
"I think we played some players in front of others and I think we should have played more as a team and there was space to do so. They hit us on the counter," Koscielny said, as quoted by the Mirror.
"It will be difficult now. Mathematically, nothing is done but we know that it is going to be very complicated.
"We need to come back to the quality of our game, our passing, movement," the France international added.


And a good time was had by all. Placed in a June Jar, with chemicals.
And that's it. Simon says that the Balham gig is cancelled.
You mean the *&%#*£@ %$!@$ didn't buy enough @#&£~+& tickets.
I would of but I saw another Giltrap Wakeman gig was cancelled (presumably again because of lack of presales) but I was planning to turn up on the night.
The only ones that were cancelled were the ones where Simon was doing the support slot.
I'm not complaining as getting to Balham from Heathrow would have been a real pain.
So it was Simons fault they were cancelled?
Photos from last Saturday are now up.
First one from during the excellent set by Tom Slatter. Simon just sat at the back watching and waiting.
Then Rob in his two pairs of pants.
There are more. You know where to look.
Cheers Mike. It was a normal pub with normal pub lighting, so in other words yes.


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Q: Autofac - SingleInstance HttpClient Have read in various places that HttpClient should be reused rather than a new instance every time.
https://aspnetmonsters.com/2016/08/2016-08-27-httpclientwrong/
I am using Autofac on a project.
Would this be a good way of making a single instance of HttpClient available to to inject into services?
builder.Register(c => new HttpClient()).As<HttpClient>().SingleInstance();

Seems to work :)

A: That's perfectly fine if you want one per whole application lifecycle however you might want to configure it different per API endpoint.
builder.Register(ctx => new HttpClient() {BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.ipify.org")})
    .Named<HttpClient>("ipify")
    .SingleInstance();

builder.Register(ctx => new HttpClient() { BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.postcodes.io") })
    .Named<HttpClient>("postcodes.io")
    .SingleInstance();

Then say we have a PostcodeQueryHandler
public class PostcodeQueryHandler
{
    public PostcodeQueryHandler(HttpClient httpClient) { }
}

We'd set up the bindings like
builder.Register(ctx => new PostcodeQueryHandler(ctx.ResolveNamed<HttpClient>("postcodes.io")))
        .InstancePerDependency();

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Yanni: Live At El Morro
Airs Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV
Credit: Courtesy of Krystal Vinck
Above: Yanni, backed by his orchestra, performs at the historic 16th-century Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2011.
On December 16 and 17, 2011, Yanni, music's true world citizen and most popular contemporary composer, fulfilled a 20-year-old dream to perform at the beautiful and historic 16th-century Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Backed by his renowned orchestra, the two sold-out concerts were filmed in HD for PBS.
Connect With Yanni
Yanni is on Facebook, and you can follow @Yanni on Twitter.
Yanni On Tour
Yanni just completed an 80 date concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada and will be continuing his World Tour throughout 2012-2013! Visit his website for a virtual backstage pass including videos of Yanni and his crew as they perform for different cultures, experiencing the rich history of each country, and tasting a variety of ethnic cuisine.
Yanni performed a two-hour set of favorites from his career, including "Santorini," "Felitsa," "Voyage," "The End of August," "The Rain Must Fall," "Nightingale," "Arcoyali," "Marching Season" and more, as well as two encores featuring "Standing in Motion," "Nostalgia," "The Storm" and "One Man's Dream."
During Friday night's performance, Mother Nature interfered when high winds and rainstorms blew through the castle, forcing the band to end the concert early for safety reasons.
Saturday night concertgoers were treated to better weather, and the production went off without a hitch, creating a truly memorable night. "El Morro lived up to its reputation," said Yanni. "The evenings were magical, the weather became part of the show and the audiences were among the best I have ever played for."
The performance at El Morro connects the famed Puerto Rican landmark — a recognized UNESCO Heritage Site — with other spectacular sites such as the Taj Mahal in India, the Acropolis in Greece and the Forbidden City in China, that have played host to Yanni's performances.
"Yanni: Live At El Morro" marks the composer's 10th collaboration with PBS and will air exclusively in the United States. Having sold more than 35 million albums globally, Yanni has found an audience for his music, expansive creations that he designed to be positive and life-affirming. "I want to remind people of their potential for greatness," he says. "I want to inspire as well as to entertain."
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Justia Mergers & Acquisitions Opinion Summaries
Chase v. First Federal Bank of Kansas City
August 7, 2019 by Justia
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' putative class action against First Federal and former directors of Inter-State. Plaintiffs alleged that Inter-State's merger with First Federal was inequitable because Inter-State had $25 million more than First Federal in excess capital. Plaintiffs claimed that the surplus should have been distributed to Inter-State's members instead of becoming part of the merged entity, and that the decision to merge should have been decided by a vote of Intra-State's members. The court held that the district court correctly concluded, based on long-standing Supreme Court precedent, that Inter-State's members did not have an ownership interest in its surplus. Even assuming a provision in Inter-State's charter was unique and that this was a case of first impression, the court held that Inter-State's members would not have an ownership interest in the $25 million surplus based on the provision's plain language. Therefore, without an ownership interest, plaintiffs have not stated a claim against defendants and the district court properly dismissed their claims expressly premised on an ownership interest in the surplus. View "Chase v. First Federal Bank of Kansas City" on Justia Law
Posted in: Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Federal Trade Commission v. Sanford Health
The FTC and the State of North Dakota moved to enjoin Sanford Bismarck's acquisition of Mid Dakota, alleging that the merger violated section 7 of the Clayton Act. The district court determined that plaintiffs would likely succeed in showing the acquisition would substantially lessen competition in four types of physician services in the Bismarck-Mandan area. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction, holding that the district court did not improperly shift the ultimate burden of persuasion to defendants and properly followed the analytical framework in U.S. v. Baker Hughes, Inc., 908 F.ed 981 (D.C. Cir. 1990); the district court did not clearly err in defining the relevant market; and the district court's finding on merger-specific efficiencies was not clear error. View "Federal Trade Commission v. Sanford Health" on Justia Law
Posted in: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Fasano v. Li
The Second Circuit vacated the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, based on forum non conveniens grounds, alleging claims for damages under federal and state law in connection with a ʺgoing private mergerʺ by which certain controlling defendants purchased American Depositary Shares (ADSs) from Dangdang's minority shareholders. The court held that the district court abused its discretion by failing to consider the forum selection clause contained in the relevant documents and its impact on the forum non conveniens analysis. The court rejected defendants' claim that plaintiffs waived their reliance on the forum selection clause by failing to raise the issue in the district court. The court also held that remand to the district court was necessary for the district court to consider the scope and enforceability of the forum selection clause. View "Fasano v. Li" on Justia Law
Posted in: Business Law, Civil Procedure, Mergers & Acquisitions, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Pure Presbyterian Church v. Grace of God Presbyterian Church
August 16, 2018 by Justia
The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court entering an order enforcing a merger agreement between two churches, holding that the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate this dispute. The two churches in this case entered into a merger agreement memorializing a merger between the churches. When one of the churches (Defendant) decided it wished to withdraw from the "proposed" merger, the other church (Plaintiff), instituted this action. The jury returned a special verdict in favor of Plaintiff, finding that the parties had reached a merger agreement and that Plaintiff had performed its obligations under the merger agreement. The trial court entered a final order in accord with the merger agreement and the jury's verdict. Defendant sought to vacate the trial court's order, arguing that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enter it. The Supreme Court disagreed, holding that the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction either to adjudicate a breach of contract claim or to issue a declaratory judgment on the merger contract, and a pending bankruptcy did not foreclose the trial court's adjudication of the merger contract. View "Pure Presbyterian Church v. Grace of God Presbyterian Church" on Justia Law
Posted in: Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Supreme Court of Virginia
Athlon Sports Communications, Inc. v. Duggan
At issue in this dissenters' rights case was the methods by which a trial court may determine the "fair value" of shares of a dissenting shareholder under Tennessee's dissenters' rights statutes, Tenn. Code Ann. 48-23-101, et seq. The Supreme Court overruled Blasingame v. American Materials, Inc., 654 S.W.2d 659 (Tenn. 1983), to the extent Blasingame implicitly mandates use of the Delaware Block method for determining the fair value of a dissenting shareholder's stock and adopted the more open approach set forth in Weinberger v. UOP, Inc., 457 A.2d 701, 712-13 (Del. 1983), which departs from the Delaware Block method and permits fair value to be determined by using any technique or method that is generally acceptable in the financial community and admissible in court. Defendant minority shareholders were forced out of a corporation as a result of a merger. The corporation sought a determination as to the fair value of the minority shareholders' stock. The trial court may have based its decision to discredit the testimony of the dissenting shareholders' expert on the basis that Blasingame compelled use of the Delaware Block method to determine stock value. The Supreme Court remanded the case to the trial court to reconsider its valuation determination in light of this decision to partially overrule Blasingame. View "Athlon Sports Communications, Inc. v. Duggan" on Justia Law
Posted in: Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tennessee Supreme Court
City of North Miami Beach General Employees' Retirement Plan v. Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.
At issue was the availability of appraisal rights under section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Section 262 affords stockholders of Delaware corporations a statutory remedy for appraisal of their shares under certain circumstances. The statute provides that appraisal rights shall be available only for the shares of stock of a "constituent corporation" in a merger or consolidation, and the process for determining a stockholder's entitlement to appraisal contemplates that the stockholder will relinquish its shares in the merger of consolidation. In the instant case, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. and Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. agreed to combine their businesses. Dr Pepper stated that Dr Pepper stockholders would not have appraisal rights under section 262 in connection with the proposed transaction. Two stockholder plaintiffs filed this action challenging that decision. The Court of Chancery held (1) the term "constituent corporation" as used in section 262 means an entity actually being merged or combined and not the parent of such an entity, and therefore, Dr Pepper's stockholders do not have a statutory right to appraisal under section 262(b) because Dr Pepper is not a constituent corporation; and (2) Dr Pepper stockholders are not entitled to appraisal because they are retaining their shares in connection with the proposed transaction. View "City of North Miami Beach General Employees' Retirement Plan v. Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc." on Justia Law
Posted in: Business Law, Delaware Court of Chancery, Mergers & Acquisitions
Allison v. Eriksson
May 31, 2018 by Justia
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, 60(b) provides the exclusive remedy for dissenting members of a limited liability company that has voted to merge, so long as the merger is undertaken in accordance with Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, 59-63. In this case, a member of a limited liability company (LLC) conducted a merger in breach of his fiduciary and contractual duties. The judge granted equitable relief. At issue was whether distribution of dissenting members' interest in the LLC is the exclusive remedy of minority shareholders who objected to the merger and whether the judge erred in declining to rescind the merger. The Supreme Court held (1) where, as here, a merger was not conducted in compliance with Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, 63, the remedy provided by Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, 60(b) providing for distribution of dissenting members' interest is not exclusive; (2) the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in fashioning an equitable remedy in this case, as rescission of the merger would be complicated and inequitable; and (3) the portion of the trial judge's decision that increased Plaintiff's interest in the merged LLC to five percent is remanded because there was no basis in the record for that figure. View "Allison v. Eriksson" on Justia Law
Posted in: Business Law, Contracts, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Mergers & Acquisitions
Blattman v. Scaramellino
The First Circuit reversed the district court's denial of Eric Blattman's motion to compel Thomas Scaramellino to respond to questions regarding certain documents in this appeal arising out of a civil action brought in a Delaware federal court concerning a corporate merger between Efficiency 2.0 LLC (E2.0) and C3, Inc. As part of the Delaware action, Blattman attempted to depose Scaramellino, the founder of E2.0. At the deposition, Scaramellino refused to answer questions about the documents at issue by asserting attorney-client privilege and work-product protection. Blattman filed a motion to compel Scaramellino to respond to his questions regarding the documents. The district court denied the motion to compel based on Scaramellino's assertion of the work-product protection. The First Circuit reversed, holding that the district court erred in ruling that Scaramellino was entitled to assert the work-product protection to defeat Blattman's motion to compel. View "Blattman v. Scaramellino" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Mergers & Acquisitions, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
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Partly a drily comedic sci-fi mystery and partly an affecting meditation on the ravages wrought by mental illness on both sufferers and their loved ones, Dead Dicks (2019) is a surprisingly moving tale with a deceptively simple premise: a severely depressed man, after attempting suicide, finds that he is unable to remain dead and is reborn in an identical copy of his own body after each demise (each new body is, naturally, birthed from an inexplicable egress point on his bedroom wall with a distinctly vaginal motif). The consequences and complications, for both himself and his beleaguered sister, add up as quickly as the number of corpses in his spacious apartment.
Becca (Jillian Harris) has spent most of her adult life taking care of her emotionally unstable older brother, Richard (Heston Horwin), an artist with a tormented soul and a tragic chemical imbalance. When she is accepted into a prestigious medical program located across the country, she agonizes over how to tell her brother—and whether she is making the right choice in leaving him. As she struggles with this dilemma, she receives a series of messages from him begging her to come to his apartment. Upon arriving, she is greeted by his dead body—and then his live one. The siblings try to solve the mystery of Richard's newfound immortality, figure out what to do with the superfluous cadavers littering his living space, and face off with an irate and unsympathetic downstairs neighbour (Matt Keyes). Throughout this, the tone shifts between delightfully subversive deadpan humour and raw pathos as the two delve deep into their troubled family history and current unhealthy codependency.
In Dead Dicks, co-directors and writers Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer have created one of the most relatable and honest depictions of clinical depression and its impacts that I have seen on film. Richard's gallows humour, pragmatic approach to suicide, and eventual shame-ridden breakdown ring true, as does Becca's potent mixture of love, frustration, resentment, and guilt. Dead Dicks ably and confidently traverses the emotional roadmap of mental illness, often choosing the paths less travelled by other cinematic vehicles and never losing sight of its destination: a gut-punching finale that stole my breath and shook my soul.
The film screened at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2019 and won Best Screenplay as well as Best Actor (for Heston Horwin) at the festival's 2019 Bloodies Awards. The Rising Star Award was shared by Lee Paula Springer and Chris Bavota. Congratulations to all involved!
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The Rabbit Back Literature Society taps into the dirty secret of the writing community—authors are cutthroat, enigmatic, and relentless when it comes to their craft. The image of bespectacled, nebbish types wrapped up in wooly pullovers, sipping cups of tea is what we want you to think.
Okay, so perhaps, this introduction is a bit of a hyperbole, but Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen's novel of an exclusive writers' group is enjoyably bizarre.
Ella Milana is a young substitute literature teacher in a small Finnish town called Rabbit Back who finds herself invited as the tenth and final member of a selective writers' group, which is sadistically run by famed children's book author Laura White. On the night of Ella's welcome party, Laura White suddenly vanishes. Although, barely a corporeal presence in the novel, Laura White is the figure that begins the unraveling of the secrets held by the Rabbit Back Literature Society.
These things happen sometimes. It's not commonly spoken of, but there are quite a few pranksters working in publishing. Thank you for calling it to our attention.
I imagine a harsh, angular older woman of my school days affirming that publishing houses are run amok with Mad magazine aficionados rewriting classic works of literature. Somehow, this doesn't sound entirely absurd to Ella, but it still begins her down the screwy road that will reveal certain secrets of the well-regarded Rabbit Back Literature Society.
As the youngest and newest member of the society, Ella is the reader's surrogate. She doesn't know much more than the audience does on the onset and pulls on the story's many threads. The book is mostly concerned with an uncomfortable activity known as The Game, where members challenge each other to spill information, whether it be revealing personal secrets or history of the society itself. There are no restrictions. If the challenged does not answer the question to the fullest or most honest, the challenger can resort to any method they desire to get the information (there are a bunch of sore cheeks in this book). For the nine other members playing The Game, the idea has always been to elicit inspiration for their own books, but for Ella the activity is an opportunity to try and make sense of the missing Laura White and so much more.
The Game is a marvelous way for Jääskeläinen to reveal information about his characters, especially concerning events that had taken place decades earlier. In their daily lives, the members are egotistical, vain, and selfish, however, they uphold the rules of The Game and when they spill we must take it for what it's worth. As the novel progresses, what is first presented as a pseudo-therapy session becomes quite cruel and ruthless. The momentum builds and the whole process has a feeling of being cold-blooded, but Ella must take it on if she needs to find the answers to the question that is Laura White and the Rabbit Back Literature Society.
There are several mysteries at the core of the book: who (or what) is Laura White? Was there possibly another long-dead member whose name can't even be remembered? And what about these shelved books with their plots changing?
The latter is an unneeded MacGuffin to get Ella involved. But once she is, the idea of a possible book virus changing the words and ideas on the pages of classics gets brushed back. It is an intriguing premise and is sporadically re-examined at a few points in the novel. The connection, however, doesn't really bring any importance to the outcome of The Game.
Rather, the device reads as a curious idea that Jääskeläinen used to get himself rolling with this book, but is a leftover from another draft. It becomes a distraction; occasionally, it's brought up with seeming importance only to be shunted away. It does give the novel a fantastical texture that Jääskeläinen is playing with, but somehow fails in this regard. It is unfortunate, because the result is an unevenness that takes away from the slew of questions it raises and the vicious plan to answer them.
A particular pleasure is the role of memory: what is remembered, how is it remembered, and whose memory should be trusted. The Rabbit Back society members use their fading memories as a defense against revealing too much to Ella, however, they are more than willing to spill, some even going so far as to take a truth serum, which they seedily refer to as yellow. Until the final pages, it is fragmented memories that Ella builds the story upon and it will finally be a memory, which reveals so much to both her and the reader.
The members of the Rabbit Back Literature Society are viewed as celebrities by the residents of the town and among the Finnish reading public. They are unknowable entities grinning from their dust jacket photos. The real pleasure in the novel is seeing the facades of these characters chipped away. Ella unravels the clandestine motives and actions of the group, and in doing so, shows that there is a pulsating darkness in Rabbit Back, one that is unexpected.


Looking for an easy Halloween costume? Go vintage! You can capture the essence of your favorite film characters for a fraction of the price by pairing vintage basics, key accessories, and character-appropriate hair and makeup. Not only will you have an authentic Halloween costume—but you'll be left with a few staples you can wear again and again. The best part? No one else at the Halloween party will have the same costume as you!
This look isn't for wallflowers—to pull it off, you have to be willing to dance! You can find a plethora of seventies attire at a vintage store near you. For men, pair a loud shirt with tight pants and slick your hair back. Bonus points if you have sapphire blue eyes like John Travolta. For women, be bold with a jumpsuit! Renata Salons used her natural texture to create a super disco look and had some fun with blue eye shadows and an orange lip color.
Don't stress about finding the exact dress from the movie! Any cocktail-length little black dress will do. Bonus points if you find one with an extra elegant detail or two. Pair with pearls, black gloves, black sunglasses, and pin your hair in an Audrey-esque 'do with a French twist. Don't forget the pink lipstick!
This is such a simple Halloween costume! Find a long black gown or repurpose a black formal from your closet and add a black cardigan with fun sleeves. The key here is the hair and makeup. Use a flat iron to create a finger wave in your hair. Play up Morticia's sharp features with lots of contouring and a dramatic red lip. Don't have black hair? Use a wig, part down the middle, and add a widow's peak with black eyeliner. Red lipstick and a steely stare are musts.
No need to hit up the costume shop for your historical reproduction gowns! You'll find great quality for a fraction of the price at your local vintage store. The gown shown here is actually a bridesmaid dress from the 1970s. Find the dress with the most ruffles and add a hat and hoop skirt for an extra dramatic effect. Brunette curls are a must, either free-flowing or pinned up. Go with soft makeup and a natural rose lip.
All clothes and accessories from Vintage Tex, an upscale vintage clothing store located on Main Street in historic downtown Grapevine at 603 S. Main St, Ste. 300, Grapevine, TX 76051. Open from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily, Vintage Tex carries items from the 1920s – 1970s at reasonable prices. A few designer treasures can be found on the Vintage Tex Etsy shop. For more information, visit VintageTex.com.


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The Velvelettes
The Marvelettes
Martha & the Vandellas
Four Tops
The Velvelettes had three small chart hits for Motown in the mid-'60s, including "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'," revived with great success in Britain by Bananarama in the early '80s, and "Needle in a Haystack," which almost made the pop Top 40. Very much in the Motown girl-group mold shared by the Marvelettes, Martha & the Vandellas, and the Supremes, they never broke out as those other groups did. In part, this was because they didn't carve as identifiable a sound as any of those other acts had, and in part it was because the group's personnel changed rapidly before they disbanded around 1970. The Velvelettes were formed by Bertha Barbee at Western Michigan University in the early '60s, with Cal Gill ending up as the lead singer, although she was only 14 years old when she joined. With encouragement from one of Berry Gordy's nephews, they auditioned for Motown and released their first single on the label in 1963. Several of Motown's biggest guns wrote and produced for the group between 1963 and 1967, including Norman Whitfield, Mickey Stevenson, and Sylvia Moy, although one original member (Betty Kelly) left to join Martha & the Vandellas for several years in 1964. However, the Velvelettes only did about a half-dozen singles for Motown in the '60s, and although an album was scheduled for release, it never came out. Cal Gill brought in two new singers to keep the group going at the end of 1967, but they broke up shortly afterwards. A reformed version of the Velvelettes began playing in 1984, and a compilation of their '60s Motown material finally came out on CD in 1999. ~ Richie Unterberger
Needle in a Haystack - The Best of the Velvelettes
The Very Best of the Velvelettes [Motorcity]
The Very Best of the Velvelettes [Motown]
He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
I'm in Love (And I Know It)
Since You've Been Loving Me
Running out of Luck
Throw a Farewell Kiss
Lonely, Lonely Girl Am I
These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
Je Veux Crier
Come See About Me
Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longer)
It Keeps Reminding Me
I'm So Glad It's Twilight Time
A Bird in the Hand (Is Worth Two in the Bush)
That's When the Tears Start
Searching for My Man
Through the Test of Time
One Door Closes, Another Opens
That's the Reason Why
Everybody Needs Love
Puisque Je Sais Qu'il Est À Moi
Ain't No Place Like Motown
Pull My Heartstrings
I Know His Name (Only His Name)
55 Best Motown Songs
Legends Of Motown
Dad's Kitchen
The Contours
The Elgins
Jimmy Ruffin
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Kim Weston
Eddie Kendricks
The Spinners
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Match-fixing: Lou Vincent banned for life
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WELLINGTON: Dishonored former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent revealed that he have been banned for live over match-fixing.
"My name is Lou Vincent and I am a cheat. I have abused my position as a professional sportsman on a number of occasions by choosing to accept money through fixing," he said in a statement.
The confession has been made by the 35-year old cricketer and also provided the evidence to International Cricket Council anti-corruption which exposed that he was involved in fixing in five countries between 2008 and 2012. He also said that he is ashamed over what he did and now wants to ease his conscience by having punished.
"Speaking out. Exposing the truth. Laying bare the things I have done wrong is the only way I can find to begin to put things right," he said.
"The time has come for me to now face them like a man and accept the consequences."
The middle order batsman has played 23 Tests and 102 one-dayers for his country. He joined domestic leagues after being retired in 2007
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This week update, and how will go those melta gun to be in front of the enemy? Well, tha answer is easy...transport! My client is thinking he would like to have two Rhinos in the army, so be it. The first one is a corrupted loyal Rhino, made with a standar box and the upgrade kit from Wargames Exclusive...an amazing kit but also a nightmare...so many details! Sometimes I didn´t know what I was painting...flesh? fungus? deformed metal?
Why Salamander? Well, first of all, this client already has the Space Hulk Terminators converted by me to look like Salamanders, and in some way this is a hint to that comission. Also, the green is a good contrast to the white-bone of the army, is true that is not a "focus model" but this way would also look more special.


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Anne Seymour: Lady in Waiting to Henry VIII's Six Wives
Susan Higginbotham (Author)
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Hardback£20.00£18.60(English)

Catherine Parr called her 'that hell', while Queen Mary I called her 'my good Nann'. Lady-in-waiting to each of Henry VIII's six queens, Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, witnessed the reigns of Henry VIII and each of his three children. When her sister-in-law Jane became Henry's third queen, Anne shared her husband Edward Seymour's rise to power - and his tragic fall. Friends with Mary I despite their strong religious differences, Anne had a more difficult relationship with Elizabeth I, who sent her son and his bride to the Tower. Anne gave her daughters splendid educations, befriended a religious martyr, Anne Askew, and feuded with Catherine Parr. Her brother-in-law, her brother, and her husband each died on the scaffold, and Anne herself spent months in the Tower. Yet after a tumultuous life, Anne would die elderly and wealthy - and in her bed.
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Farnborough Air Show
Mexico's Kukulkan UAS On Display For First Time
by Gregory Polek
- July 11, 2012, 6:30 PM
Hydra Technologies has lifted the veil of secrecy from the new S5 Kukulkan unmanned aerial system, showing it off for the first time publicly here at the Farnborough International airshow. Developed with the Mexican government and tested completely under cover, the S5 represents a natural evolution of the highly successful S4 Ehecatl tactical UAS that has accumulated more than 10,000 hours in extreme battle conditions.
Featuring a wingspan of 25 feet and an endurance of 16 hours, the S5 carries day/night imaging payloads and unlimited range due to the inclusion of a satellite link. The partners have tested and integrated other payloads but have chosen not to disclose their identity.
Full redundancy of all the vital components in the Ehecatl make the Kukulkan as reliable as its smaller sibling, claimed Hydra. Furthermore, said the company, its push-pull twin-engine configuration totally eliminates the possibility of a crash due to engine failure.
The Kukulkan makes its public debut only weeks after several S4 Ehecatl UAVs worked their way through strong winds to escort the leaders of 30 countries to the G-20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. Developed entirely in Mexico, the S4s executed persistent ISR missions at the summit that included night and day aerial escort of dignitaries and their staff to and from locations within Los Cabos. Operators transmitted live feeds from the S4s to the central command center established specifically for the summit.
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Pandemic Intensifies Child Care Crunch In Kansas City For Parents Of Kids With Special Needs
Elle Moxley
From after-school programs to adult education, parents in Kansas and Missouri are doing one of two things: fight to keep programs open or create resources to solve their own problems.
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Steve Kraske
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Mega Man celebrates its 30th anniversary with its first new game in 8 years
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Mega Man 11 is real and it's coming out on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in late 2018.
Get equipped with Mega Man 11, coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in Late 2018! Watch the #MegaMan30 livestream at https://t.co/qn8POJ2KIj! pic.twitter.com/wpz3x4rybj
— Mega Man (@MegaMan) December 4, 2017
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Mega Man series, Capcom revealed Mega Man 11 during a live stream Monday, nearly eight years after Mega Man 10 came out.
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Mega Man 11 takes the classic 2D platforming of Mega Man and adds a fresh coat of paint, giving the series an updated, sleeker look than it normally has while still staying true to the heart of the series with all the familiar jumping and shooting.
Mega Man debuted in December 1987 and revolutionized platforming in video games with its nonlinear structure and difficult but fair level designs.
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Mark Blasko, owner of Chuckster's Family Fun Park, points to where waterfalls will be on the new park's Cave Course. Photo by Matt Ingersoll.
Chuckster's Family Fun Park opening in Hooksett
When: Opens to the public on Friday Aug. 11; hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 9 p.m.
Where: 53 Hackett Hill Road, Hooksett
Cost: Pricing for mini golf is $9.50 per one 18-hole round and $6 for ages 5 and under; golfers can play the second course on the same day only for a discounted price of $6.50 per round. The cost for ice cream ranges from $2.25 to $5.25, depending on the size.
Visit: chucksters-hooksett.com
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Chuckster's unveils new mini golf course in Hooksett
Chuckster's Family Fun Park already has the two longest miniature golf holes on the planet, in its Chichester and Vestal, N.Y., locations. So for owner Mark Blasko, recreating the feat for a third time was a charm.
On Friday, Aug. 11, Blasko's latest project is expected to come together, as a new Chuckster's is scheduled to open in Hooksett. The five-acre park has been in the works for more than a year and will feature two brand new 18-hole miniature golf courses, one of which will include a 201-foot-long hole to match the length of those found in Vestal and Chichester.
"The holes are completely different [from the other Chuckster's courses]. There is not a single one that is duplicated," Blasko said.
Crews from the New Jersey-based Harris Miniature Golf have been working for months to build the new course, which has required more than two million pounds of concrete for the holes and thousands of square feet of carpet and wood to create the greens, retaining walls, bridges and steps, according to Blasko. In addition, almost 2,000 gallons of water will be used to fill the ponds and water fountains, some of which are even parts of the holes themselves.
When visitors arrive they will enter through the ice cream barn — featuring 32 flavors of Blake's ice cream — to pick up clubs, balls and scorecards. Heading out through the rear of the building, there are three short holes not affiliated with either of the two main courses.
"The first thing you're actually going to see when you come out here is the 'world's shortest minigolf hole, the 'world's easiest minigolf hole' and the 'world's most difficult minigolf hole,'" Blasko said. "It's just for fun, but the world's longest minigolf hole is actually legitimate."
From there, golfers have a choice between the Fire Tower Course, which will feature a New Hampshire-style fire tower replica you can climb up into, and the Cave Course, which is entirely ADA accessible and begins with a hole played through a makeshift cave sprayed with gunite. At the end of each course, you'll get a chance to win a free game by sinking a hole-in-one on the 19th hole.
Although the designs of the holes are brand new, Blasko said the flow of water plays a major role in many of them, similar to those at the other Chuckster's courses.
"There are actually 12 different ponds, and a lot of streams that interact with the holes," he said. "[What] makes Chuckster's unique is the holes interact with the water. So for instance, there will be one hole where if you hit the ball too hard and it ends up in the stream, it'll actually go downstream and spit back out onto the green."
The first Chuckster's miniature golf course opened in Chichester in 2007. Since then, Blasko has added more attractions like go-carts, batting cages and rock climbing walls. But he never stopped thinking about new ideas for minigolf holes.
"In the back of my head, I kept forming all these new ideas for holes … and I visited courses in Myrtle Beach, Orlando and all these other places where there are these great courses, and I really wanted to put them all in one place," he said.
So, unlike the other Chuckster's, the Hooksett location is dedicated to just minigolf and ice cream.
"Here, we're focusing on minigolf, but on a much bigger scale," Blasko said. "Minigolf and ice cream go hand in hand; you can't do one without the other. But I'm kind of testing a theory of mine that minigolf and ice cream alone on a big scale is very viable and will be very popular."
The new Chuckster's is the first of several businesses planned for Granite Woods, a property off Interstate 93 that Blasko said is also set to include hotels, restaurants and more. Despite its being less than 20 miles away from the original Chuckster's park, his hopes are high for success in Hooksett.
"If you think about it, minigolf is kind of king in that just about everybody on the planet can play, from age 2 to 92," he said. "Not everybody is going to want to hit baseballs or climb a rock wall or do a zip line, but with minigolf, every demographic is represented."


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Embryology of Angiosperms
By Dr. Khursheed Ahmad Ganai | Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar
Learners enrolled: 618
Embryology of angiosperms is a course which reflects the various events which are met in during the sexual reproduction of angiosperm plants. This course maps the sequence of all important developmental events such as flower formation, development of male and female gametophyte, pollination, pollen-pistil interaction, double fertilization, endosperm development, embryo development, seed and fruit formation, seed dispersal and seed dormancy. This course encompasses all these above mentioned topics which string together into a story explaining how angiosperms bring about the formation of sexual off-springs and how the gametophytic and sporophytic generations alternate in them.
Start Date : 23 Aug 2021
Enrollment Ends : 31 Aug 2021
Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
Development of Flower as a Modified Shoot
Structure of Flower & its Variations
Structure of Stamen & Male Gametophyte
Structure of Carpel & Female Gametophyte
Angiospermic Ovule: Structure & Types
Types of Female Gametophyte in Angiosperms
Pollination: its Types & Floral Adaptations to them
Pollinators: Attractions & Rewards for them
Co-evolution of Flowers & Insects
Sexual Incompatibility
Pollen Pistil Interactions
Double Fertilization: Process, Mechanism & Significance
Endosperm: Development, Structure & Types
Embryogenesis: Development of embryo in monocots and dicots
Seed: A unit of genetic recombination and replenishment
Structure of Angiosperm: Seed & Embryo
Fruit Development & Maturation
Evolution of Fruits & Seeds in Relation to their Dispersal Agents
Seed Dormancy (Types) & Seed Germination
Vegetative propagation: natural means and methods
Vegetative propagation: Artificial Methods and their economic values
1.	Bhojwani, S.S. and Bhatnagar, S.P. (2011). The Embryology of Angiosperms, Vikas Publishing House. Delhi. 5th edition.
2.	Johri, B.M. l (1984). Embryology of
Angiosperms, Springer-Verlag, Netherlands.
3.	Maheshwari, P. 1950. An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms. Mc Graw Hill, New York.
4.	Pandey, B.P. (2010). Modern practical botany volume II.S. Chand & Company Ltd. New Delhi.
5.	Pandey, B.P. (2001). Plant Anatomy. S. Chand and Company, New Delhi.
6.	Pandey, S.N. and Chadha. 1996. Embryology. Vikas Publishing house, New Delhi.
7.	Raghavan, V. (2000). Developmental
Biology of Flowering plants, Springer, Netherlands.
8.	Shivanna, K.R. (2003). Pollen Biology and
Biotechnology. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. Delhi.
9.	Singh, V., Pande, P. C. and Jain, D.K. 2010. Structure, Development and Reproduction in Angiosperms. Rastogi Publications, Meerut, India.
Dr. Khursheed Ahmad Ganai
Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar
Dr Khursheed Ahmed Ganaie holds a PhD and a master's degree in Botany from the Department of Botany, University of Kashmir. Having qualified NET (JRF) in 2000, he has more than 20 years of teaching experience and currently teaches postgraduate and undergraduate students at the Department of Botany, Islamia College of Science and Commerce (ICSC), Srinagar.
Dr Khursheed has more than 20 publications to his credit in journals of national and international repute. Having guided several MPhil and PhD students, he has been heading the Department of Botany, ICSC, since August 2017 and is the Chairman of PG and UG Boards of Studies in the college, apart from being a member on the Academic Advisory Committee and a member convener of various committees of the college.
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9-year-old girl shot to death in York
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York, PA – A 9-year-old girl was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon.Ciara Savage, of Lancaster, was in the 500 block of South Duke Street when she was shot in the back about 2:35 p.m., York County Coroner Barry Bloss said.
Darren Moore, who lives further north on the block, said he worries about his own daughter. Kids can't be kept inside all the time, he said. But he said he frequently hears gunshots outside at night. They echo, and he said it's hard to know where they came from, much less the reasons behind them.
"That's pretty much commonplace," Moore said. "A couple of times a week."
Witnesses told police the shooter was in a red or burgundy vehicle, and an abandoned vehicle matching that description was found nearby, city police Lt. Tim Utley said. He could provide no further details about the vehicle. More on York Daily Record
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Youth Empowerment: Obaseki inaugurates 13-man SPSC, SCU World Bank IDEAS Project
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated a 13-man State Project Steering Committee (SPSC) and the State Coordinating Unit of the World Bank Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS) Project.
During the inauguration, the governor said his administration has engaged both local and international agencies to source for more resources to develop capacity of young people, which will enable them obtain jobs in the real sector.
"The United Nations through the World Bank is supporting the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Government and some selected states to promote technical and vocational education in Nigeria," he said.
Obaseki expressed excitement over the World Bank's IDEAS Project, which he said would assist his administration to accelerate programmes targeted at youth empowerment.
According to him, the state government is building the Government Science and Technical College (GSTC) with the support of some partners, adding that the IDEAS Project has prompted the state to embark on rehabilitation and building of other technical colleges.
He noted, "We have decided on three other technical colleges, namely; Eguaholor in Isi, Uhunmwode LGA; the technical college at Irrua in Esan Central LGA and the technical college at Igarra in Akoko-Edo LGA.
"IDEAS Project needs to focus on collaborating with us in training teachers to impart technical education knowledge and create a culture of technical education. This can't be driven by the government alone but through collaboration with the private sector to prepare the youths for a great future."
Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Christopher Adesotu, thanked the governor for the confidence reposed in the committee, pledging that the team will work towards actualising various initiatives and programmes of the state government especially in the areas of skills acquisition, innovation and development of programmes in Government Science and Technical Colleges in the state.
The State Project Coordinator for Edo IDEAS, Blessing Osahon-Osemwota, said the project is geared towards enhancing the quality and relevance of skills in the country, noting, "The IDEAS project is in six states across the federation, namely; Edo, Imo, Abia, Ekiti, Gombe and Kano."
National Project Coordinator, Blessing Ehi Ogusu, said IDEAS will reduce the rate of unemployment among youths as well as improve technical college and the informal sector.
While congratulating the Edo State Government on her status as the first state in Nigeria to inaugurate a steering committee for the project, representative of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Engr. Suleiman Yusuf, said the project will groom young people, adding that skill acquisition is now a 'global currency.'
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (3rd left); Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Christopher Adesotu (2nd left); Project Coordinator, Edo IDEAS, Blessing Osahon-Osemwota (left); Programme Lead Consultant, Government Science Technical College Benin Rehabilitation Programme, Giles Omezi (3rd right); National Project Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Education, IDEAS, Mrs. Blessing Ogwu (2nd right); Representative of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Mohammed Yusuf (right), at the inauguration of State Project Steering Committee and State Coordinating Unit of the World Bank IDEAS Project, at Government House, Benin City, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
R-L: Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Christopher Adesotu; Project Coordinator, Edo Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS), Blessing Osahon-Osemwota; National Project Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Education, IDEAS, Mrs. Blessing Ogwu, at the inauguration of State Project Steering Committee and State Coordinating Unit of the World Bank IDEAS Project, at Government House, Benin City, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
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