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He may not have been your teddy bear, but whenever you felt gloomy back in elementary school Mickey Mouse was always there to cheer you up. Either he was being all cute and educational on Clubhouse Disney or introducing you to the magic of animation as Steamboat Willie before one of those classic feature presentations. For generations of children stretching all the way back to the 1920s, Mickey Mouse and Disney have been the gatekeepers for a whole world of imagination and discovery. It seems only fitting that after such a personal connection to all that magic fashion designers would want to try and capture the iconic wonder of Walt Disney's creations in wearable form. Like any enduring entertainment collaboration, some designs turned out much better than others, but no matter what failures it faces, the legacy of Disney, Mickey, and fashion seems destined to continue. Here are the best things it's produced so far.
DISNEY x THE HUNDREDS
It took months of creative conversation for Los Angeles-based brand The Hundreds to convince Disney that The Lost Boys from Peter Pan could wear hoodies and sunglasses to represent Cali youth culture. When the deal finally went through, it gave us one of the most innovative Disney fashion collaborations to ever make it onto high street.
DISNEY x VANS
Fashion has proven again and again that simple designs win the day. Vans knew this lesson well and went into their 2010 collaboration with Disney with a very straightforward plan. Mickey Mouse smashing a guitar and the slogan: "When things get tough, Mickey Mouse goes into action!" Bold and clear, the idea sold and new Mickey-printed Sk8-Hi's were out in mere months.
DISNEY x STUSSY
Stussy dared to ask a question no other brand had even considered before. Do we have to feature Mickey Mouse and the Disney logo to collaborate with the entertainment company? Turns out, this label didn't want everyone's favorite mouse but one of Walt Disney's original characters from the silent era, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. In a rare change to protocol, Disney gave permission and Oswald finally had his day in the modern spotlight.
DISNEY x BLACK COMME DES GARÇONS
Minimalist and stark, the stacked mouse heads from this fashion collaboration had an eerie hipster effect. Very much a runway-worthy graphic tee, these shirts are still popular today. If you find one in a local thrift store, make sure your wear it or sell it at the right price. Comme des Garçons may only have debuted the collection in 2011, but value rises fast these days.
DISNEY x NEFF
Realistic florals were just becoming a thing when Neff proposed they superimpose Mickey Mouse's classic look from 1928 on their unique men's tee. The rest, as they say, is history. Disney didn't become as viral as florals in the coming years, but they can say they had a part in building the colorful blossom craze we see today.
Mickey Mouse should step aside and let Minnie have her moment in the spotlight too. Proving from her impressive collection with famed shoe designer Oscar Tiye, the mouse has excellent fashion and glam sense. Maybe Mickey could even learn a thing or two.
There have been many more Disney fashion collaborations, but none quite measure to these unique partnerships. Whether resurrecting old characters or modernizing classic ones, Disney is a strong voice for imagination in the fashion industry. In a world full of social media and virtual reality, an authentic touch can go a long way.
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This year a couple of classic fluffy '90s video game characters are hitting the big screen in their first live action iterations. Ahead of Detective Pikachu's release next week, the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog darted its way onto the internet this morning and it looks like there are quite a few changes from the video game fans know, love … or love to hate anyway.
Besides the character's glaring buff and blue human legs, it looks like Sonic will also be an alien in his first big-screen iteration. In the trailer, the speedster says "looks like I'm going to have to save your planet". Followers of his games probably don't remember the blue hedgehog being an extraterrestrial before, but looks like he will be in the upcoming movie!
Back in 2018 when the film was seeking approval to be filmed in the town of Ladysmith, British Colombia, the film's location manager, Abraham Fraser confirmed this Sonic is not of this world when he briefly explained the film. In his words:
A blue hedgehog being of this world does make a lot more sense in an animated video game world than in a live-action one, but the movie does look to be ignoring the roots of the Sega game, even if they aren't widely known. According to the "Sonic Bible", which contains the complete background of the character, here is the iconic video game character's true origins:

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Compass Minerals: A High Dividend Stock With Unique Assets
Compass Minerals (CMP) boasts an operating history dating back to 1844 and is a leading producer of essential minerals, with 22 global production facilities around the world. Specifically, Compass Minerals primarily sells:
- Salt: used mainly by cities for deicing roads but has many consumer and industrial applications as well.
- Specialty potash: a premium fertilizer that improves the quality, yield, and shelf life of high-value crops.
- Micronutrients: essential minerals that maximize plant yields.
- Magnesium chloride: used in numerous ways including roadway deicing, dust control, and as plant nutrients for wheat crops.
Compass Minerals owns a handful of salt mines (including the largest rock salt mine in the world in Canada) and solar evaporation facilities (including the only sulfate of potash production site in North America) that it uses to produce most of its minerals.
The business has shifted its mix significantly in recent years. Salt accounted for nearly 80% of sales in 2015 but was less than 60% of revenue in 2018 as Compass diversified the business into specialty plant nutrition products.
The company organizes its business into three segments:
- Salt (57% of 2018 sales): about 60% of this segment's revenue is generated from sales of highway deicing salt. The remainder consists of salt sales to consumer and industrial markets for use in water conditioning, ice control, food processing, table salt, animal nutrition, plastics, and more.
- Plant Nutrition South America (26% of sales): consists of the operations of Produquímica, a Brazilian company which Compass Minerals acquired for $465 million in October 2016. This business makes a wide array of specialty plant nutrients, and supplements developed and formulated from essential primary and secondary nutrients, micronutrients, and biostimulants. Over 70% of sales are related to agricultural products, with the remainder derived from chemical solutions mostly used in water treatment.
- Plant Nutrition North America (16% of sales): sells specialty potash fertilizer used on high-value or chloride-sensitive crops. This segment also sells micronutrients, which play important roles in plant development (nutrient deficient soils must be replenished to obtain higher crop yields).
Overall, 38% of the company's revenue is from deicing salt, 26% from consumer and industrial salt (most of which is also used for deicing), and 36% from plant nutrition.
By geography, the company's revenue breaks out as follows: 52% from the U.S., 26% Brazil, 18% Canada, 6% U.K., 1% other (mostly the EU).
Compass Minerals increased its dividend every year since going public in 2003 but has kept its payout frozen since early 2017 in light of several macro and company-specific challenges.
Business Analysis
Compass Minerals' primary advantages are its mineral production sites and logistical networks, which create meaningful barriers to entry and pricing power. Before diving deeper, it's worth mentioning the relatively attractive characteristics of salt.
Compass Minerals increased its dividend every year since going public in 2003 but has kept its payout frozen since early 2017 in light of several macro and company-specific challenges.
Business Analysis
Compass Minerals' primary advantages are its mineral production sites and logistical networks, which create meaningful barriers to entry and pricing power. Before diving deeper, it's worth mentioning the relatively attractive characteristics of salt.
Salt is mostly a non-discretionary purchase that has no economic substitutes or alternatives today. Governments must buy salt to keep their roadways safe, regardless of how well the economy is doing.
Over the past 30 years, the production of salt used in highway deicing and for consumer and industrial products in the U.S. has increased at a historical average of approximately 1% per year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Over the past 15 years, salt prices in the US have grown at a 3.9% average annual rate and hit $74 in 2018.
The cost of salt typically represents less than 1% of a government's budget, helping Compass Minerals' pricing ability because its products are a relatively small burden on the budget.
Governments purchase salt by taking in bids between April and October. They award a 12-month contract to the lowest bidder, and most contracts have a minimum volume clause (typically 80%) and fix pricing over the duration of the deal.
Governments keep only enough rock salt on hand for 2-3 applications because it's too bulky for them to store in large quantities. They reorder as their supply is used, which can significantly shift the supply-demand dynamic in favor of salt producers during extreme winter weather events. Compass Minerals' average price on awarded highway deicing contracts rose by 25% in 2014 as a result of an unusually high number of snow events, for example.
With that said, rock salt is a commodity. What makes it an attractive business for Compass Minerals?
For one thing, with Compass Minerals' highway salt fetching an average selling price of $74 per ton in 2018, the weight-to-value ratio is extremely high for salt. It quickly becomes clear that production and shipping costs define a salt company's service area. In fact, transportation costs typically account for 30-40% of the total delivered cost of salt.
Compass Minerals is the lowest cost producer for the Midwest area because it owns the largest and highest-quality grade rock salt mine in the world in Ontario, Canada, and has a network of 90 supply depots along navigable waterways to reach customers affordably and quickly (its Goderich mine is located right next to Lake Huron and Cote Blanche is near the Mississippi River, which connects to the Ohio River).
Water transportation is about half the cost of rail and one-third the cost of trucking, meaning that Compass Minerals' operations are very cost efficient. The company's presence in the Midwest also protects it against import competition, which is only somewhat effective on the East and West coasts of the U.S.
Rock salt must also be near customers before winter starts; they can only store so much salt at a time and might need to order some for quick delivery in the event of a severe winter storm. Compass Minerals' network can get salt to customers quickly by rail, truck, barge, or vessel.
Competitors in the market lack Compass Minerals' economies of scale (their mines can't produce as much salt and have higher costs) and waterway network advantages. Compass Minerals' asset network allows the company to execute a very competitive bidding strategy that significantly protects its market share thanks to its greater efficiencies.
Outside of salt, Compass Minerals' sulfate of potash (SOP) business is also unique. Compass Minerals' solar evaporation pond complex in Utah is one of only four in the world (and the only one in North America) that can produce SOP from a naturally occurring brine source using solar evaporation. This production method has the lowest cost profile in the world.
Outside of salt, Compass Minerals' sulfate of potash (SOP) business is also unique. Compass Minerals' solar evaporation pond complex in Utah is one of only four in the world (and the only one in North America) that can produce SOP from a naturally occurring brine source using solar evaporation. This production method has the lowest cost profile in the world.
With limited pond-based feedstocks available in the country due to geological constraints, especially in cost-effective locations for transportation purposes, barriers to entry are extremely high in Compass Minerals' regional markets. SOP's limited availability contributes to it accounting for less than 10% of all potash consumption.
SOP is also primarily used on high-value or chloride-sensitive crops such as citrus fruits, grapes, almonds, and tobacco. Unlike major global crops such as corn, many of these "specialty" crops have demonstrated more stable economics. It's also worth mentioning that Compass Minerals' SOP is approved for organic food production, which should only see increased demand over the coming years.
While Compass Minerals' SOP business will be sensitive to broader trends in agricultural markets (most notably farmer's income), its barriers to entry, high value provided to growers of specialty crops, and solid pricing power make the business much less volatile and more profitable than traditional potash fertilizer (which, unlike SOP, includes chloride).
Compass Minerals' former CEO Fran Malecha joined the company in 2013 and made a big push to diversify the business even further into the agriculture industry. From 2000 to 2013, Malecha worked at Viterra, a global agribusiness company based in Canada where he served as chief operating officer of the global grain business.
Given his background, it's not a big surprise Malecha decided to double down on similar businesses at Compass Minerals to drive growth. The push to expand more into the agriculture business is also intended to smooth out the company's salt-driven earnings, which are sensitive to winter weather conditions.
In October 2016, Compass Minerals significantly expanded its plant nutrition business with the acquisition of Produquímica, a company operating two businesses in Brazil – agricultural productivity, which manufactures a range of specialty plant nutrition products, and chemical solutions, which manufactures specialty chemicals, primarily for the water treatment industry. The company also bought Wolf Trax, a premium micronutrients supplier, that same year.
Compass Minerals' former CEO Fran Malecha joined the company in 2013 and made a big push to diversify the business even further into the agriculture industry. From 2000 to 2013, Malecha worked at Viterra, a global agribusiness company based in Canada where he served as chief operating officer of the global grain business.
Given his background, it's not a big surprise Malecha decided to double down on similar businesses at Compass Minerals to drive growth. The push to expand more into the agriculture business is also intended to smooth out the company's salt-driven earnings, which are sensitive to winter weather conditions.
In October 2016, Compass Minerals significantly expanded its plant nutrition business with the acquisition of Produquímica, a company operating two businesses in Brazil – agricultural productivity, which manufactures a range of specialty plant nutrition products, and chemical solutions, which manufactures specialty chemicals, primarily for the water treatment industry. The company also bought Wolf Trax, a premium micronutrients supplier, that same year.
These deals significantly shifted Compass Minerals' overall revenue mix, reducing its dependence on salt (and winter weather variability).
Similar to the company's SOP business, Produquímica focuses on selling higher margin, differentiated products. Brazil's soil profile is also weaker than North America's so the need for specialty minerals and fertilizers to boost crop yields is higher. As Brazil's economy continues developing, farmers should increasingly use more specialty fertilizers, and Produquímica's products can also be exported around the rest of the world over time.
Both of the company's agriculture businesses are also expected to benefit from several secular themes. A growing global population creates demand for more food, and arable land (i.e. land suitable for growing crops) per person is expected to decline. As a result, significant improvement in crop yields will be needed to support higher crop production, bolstering demand for Compass Minerals' specialty fertilizers and plant nutrients.
At the end of 2018, the plant nutrition market was estimated at $10 billion per year, and that is likely to only grow over time. For context, Compass generated less than $1.5 billion in total revenue in 2019, showing just how large of a potential growth runway plant nutrition represents for the company.
Besides acquisitions, the company also completed a $500 million investment program in its key assets to improve the efficiency of its North American businesses and boost SOP production capability, which further increases its exposure to the agribusiness.
Over the long-term Compass believes it can achieve 10% annual revenue growth from its plant nutrition business and 25% EBITDA margins, which should slightly increase the company's overall operating margin.
On the salt side, Compass Minerals has completed a $225 million investment program to install continuous mining and haulage equipment. Management expects these investments to reduce the company's mining costs by approximately $30 million annually (25%) beginning in 2019 and improve the safety profile of its largest mine, which suffered a ceiling collapse in 2017 that resulted in severe business disruption for over a year.
In 2018 a strike (30% of its global workforce is unionized), the Goderich roof collapse, and a slower than expected ramp-up of its continuous mining system further hurt volumes, increased unit costs, and resulted in significant decreases in profitability. Fortunately, those issues appear to have been resolved by the end of 2018, and management expects higher salt volumes in 2019.
While Compass Minerals' assortment of hard-to-replicate assets, low production costs, and long-term growth potential are intriguing, the company faces a handful of meaningful risks.
Key Risks
Over the short term, Compass Minerals' business is under quite a bit of pressure. Management's aggressive investment plans and large acquisition of Produquímica stretched the company's balance sheet at an inopportune moment.
Mild winter weather, soft agricultural markets, unfavorable foreign currency exchange rates (26% of revenue is derived in Brazil), and operational challenges (e.g. temporary mine closure) have hurt the company's results in recent years and have potential to create future headwinds.
While Compass Minerals' expansion into global plant nutrition markets reduced the company's exposure to winter weather, this diversification effort also increased the firm's sensitivity to other factors, like global agricultural and specialty potash prices.
Uncontrollable macro factors can have big impacts on the company's profitability, due to Compass' high fixed costs and the capital intensive nature of this industry. For example, back-to-back mild winters in 2016 and 2017 hurt the salt business, and a multiyear downcycle in agricultural markets caused Compass Minerals' adjusted earnings per share to fall from $4.69 in 2015 to $1.77 in 2018.
As a result, the company's payout ratio spiked above 100% and remains at elevated levels, leading management to freeze the dividend.
Making matters worse, Compass Minerals' leverage has remained dangerously high following its acquisition of Produquímica in 2016. Thanks to unfavorable macro conditions, various operational setbacks, and substantial growth spending, since 2015 Compass Minerals has failed to generate enough free cash flow to cover its dividend, much less reduce its leverage.
Due to its elevated leverage profile and lack of substantial positive free cash flow, both Moody's and Standard & Poor's have assigned the company a junk bond credit rating. Moody's even lowered its rating a notch in April 2019, citing "continued elevated leverage and our expectations for limited debt reduction over the rating horizon."
Compass is finally bringing several of its major growth projects online, which increased operating cash flow by 30% in 2018, but its free cash flow still did not cover the dividend (a free cash flow payout ratio of 104%). Moody's also projects modestly negative free cash flow in 2019 and 2020 after paying dividends, assuming normal winters.
As a result, the company's ability to finance future growth and deleverage to safe debt levels is very challenging. When a business pays out more in dividends than it generates in free cash flow, the shortfall must be paid for with cash from its balance sheet ($44 million), selling new shares (which raises future dividend costs), or taking on debt.
None of these options is a good long-term strategy for a capital intensive and cyclical company that sells commodity products and is largely at the mercy of the weather or global agricultural markets.
Cyclical companies can endure a free cash flow payout ratio well over 100% for a period of time if they are prepared. In fact, Compass Minerals' free cash flow payout ratio exceeded 100% in both 2009 and 2012. However, in the past the company's balance sheet was much stronger before its push into South American agricultural nutrients.
While management has started to reduce its net leverage ratio in recent years, a trend that's expected to continue, the company's ambitious and ill-timed acquisitions of plant nutrition businesses have elevated its risk profile and put it on the brink of violating the credit agreement governing its $300 million credit facility.
Specifically, as Compass Minerals noted in its 2018 10-K, if its "leverage ratio exceeds 4.5x, we would be in default under our credit agreement." The firm's leverage ratio, as calculated under the terms of its credit agreement, stood at 4.3x at the end of 2018. Should a violation occur, then Compass Minerals' creditors could force it to reduce or suspend its dividend.
Compass Minerals currently has $1.3 billion in debt, with about $1.1 billion maturing from 2019 through 2021. As a junk bond-rated company, the firm is at higher risk of tightening credit conditions, which could increase its interest expense or make future borrowing difficult, especially if a recession occurs.
The company's dividend costs $100 million per year, which doesn't sound like much, but that's nearly double its 2018 interest costs of $63 million (bond interest always comes first before dividends).
If the U.S. suffers a recession in the next couple of years, then Compass's still debt-heavy balance sheet could come under pressure and lead management to cut or even eliminate the dividend to secure the company's financial future.
Speaking of management, that has also been a source of drama in recent months. In November 2018 Malecha stepped down as CEO and Richard Grant, who has served on Compass's board for 15 years, became interim CEO.
In May 2019 Kevin Crutchfield became the new permanent CEO. Crutchfield has over 30 years of mining experience, though mostly in the coal industry (he was CEO of two coal companies for the past decade).
The risk is that Compass' new CEO might take the company in a new direction, given how disappointing its ambitious push into agricultural products has been. He might also view the firm's $100 million annual dividend cost as an easy source of cash should Compass run into continued executional challenges that crimp cash flow, or face tighter credit conditions during a recession.
Changes in capital allocation plans are unusual, but the odds are higher following management changes, especially at struggling businesses. Only time will tell. For now, on the firm's May 1, 2019, earnings call Compass Minerals' CFO Jamie Standen said that the team continues to view the "dividend as manageable" and remains "confident that we will continue expanding our free cash flow generation."
Fortunately, management is guiding for modest annual capex spending of about $100 million going forward now that it's completed most of its investments. That should result in free cash flow eventually rising to $150 million to $200 million per year, representing a 50% to 67% payout ratio. The company also sees leverage falling by a significant amount this year.
If management is able to deliver on its guidance, which can change quickly for a cyclical, commodity-sensitive business), and the economy avoids a recession in the coming years that could pressure the company's refinancing ability, then Compass's dividend may be sustainable.
However, it's important to remember that guidance isn't a promise, only the current forecast based on the best available market data. For example, here's management's free cash flow and leverage guidance from early 2018.
As you can see, despite the company's "success" in achieving cost-cutting and capacity expansion, free cash flow by 2020 was supposed to be $250 million, or $50 million to $100 million higher than the current forecast. Meanwhile, leverage was supposed to decline to management's long-term target of 2.5 by the end of 2019, which is 1.2x less than the current forecast.
Until the company makes more significant progress paying down debt and generating free cash flow after dividends, Compass Minerals' dividend will continue to look speculative. A change in leadership at the top adds to the uncertainty, and the company's cash flow will always remain volatile due to its exposure to factors beyond management's control.
For these reasons, Compass Minerals does not appear to be an appealing dividend stock for conservative income investors.
Closing Thoughts on Compass Minerals
Compass Minerals was a reliable dividend growth stock for over a decade and has an even more impressive operating history dating back nearly two centuries. The company's businesses are relatively simple to understand and very durable thanks to their unique assets, which are practically impossible to replicate in many cases.
However, a prolonged stretch of unfavorable macro and operating conditions, combined with previous management's aggressive investments, stretched the balance sheet and have increased Compass Minerals' risk over the short term.
While the firm's CFO seems committed to maintaining the existing dividend until the company's cash flow improves, new leadership at the top could place greater priority on accelerating deleveraging efforts. Either way, conservative investors may be better off waiting on the sidelines until Compass Minerals is in better financial shape and has more breathing room.
After all, while the company's big diversification push into plant nutrition expanded its long-term growth opportunities, it also means that Compass now plans to maintain debt and payout ratios far higher than it has in the past. The company's deleveraging efforts require the economy and various commodity markets to remain at favorable levels in order to be achieved, too.
With a new CEO leading the company, there is especially a lot of uncertainty about how safe Compass Minerals' dividend would be in an economic downturn, when crop prices would likely decline and credit markets could tighten.


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willc453 replied to Crazy Snap Captain's topic in General DiscussionBeen busy building a bunch of things to use in my zombie/apocalypse dioramas. Currently working on building 3 dioramas: The Fountain, Childhood Forgotten and The Alley...at least that's what I'm going to call 'em. Find I keep my modeling mojo up by skipping between these 3. The fountains base was made by using the inside of a large sour cream lid, with the small ones from a smaller sour scream lid. The base for the fountain and the fountains themselves are from a plastic wine glass cut to size, along with some sheet styrene. Used a spray can of Krylon stone fine texture on the main part of the fountain to see how it'd look. Also, had never used canned spray paint before...it's always been my airbrush. Even though not finished being painted, the base looks great...kind of like a flat granite color. Thinking of painting the rest of the fountain steel, then black, then rub some of the black off and add rust streaks to it. In attempting to hollow out the 2nd level of the base, it broke on me twice! Used JB Weld to hold the pieces together and it actually looks better with the cracks as I'll be adding at least 1 tree and some bushes growing from these cracks. Fountain diameter is 6" and 6-7" high. Idea for fountain from photos of one in NYC. Built a 3/4" hexagonal square using styrene and once I have at least 6 castings made from plaster of paris, will make a silicone mold of them as I figure I'll need several dozen to have around the fountain. There will be a woman with her dog, pack and weapon leaning against this empty/over grown fountain. Been checking Ebay for miniature children praying who will be on the 1st level with an angel on the 2nd. Which will be weathered of course. For women, have the Master Box pinup set, but all but one is wearing high heels, so will be attempting to make molds from Miniarts Afrika Korps....using the parts of the legs from the knee down. From what I measured, they should match up with little trouble. At least that's my game plan. The fence in Childhood Lost is made from bug screen and tube styrene. Merry go round from styrene and for the handles, solder. Still haven't finished assembling the monkey bars/ jungle gym and forgot to add dinosaur "horsey" rides when I took the photo. Have what I need to build a static grass applicator, but just haven't gotten to assembling everything. This diorama measures 11x14 inches. Will post The Alley separately as I need to clear off my modeling desk to take a photo of it. Also tape the beginning of the building (foamboard), along with using a sheet of cork which I hope will realistically represent asphalt. I have built a dumpster and grease bin, but none of this stuff is painted. Looking at a 3 story tall building, with 2 set of stairs. I can buy Trumpeters stairs set, but they're $15 each, so going to try making my own as I saw a Japanese modeler do it. There is no lhs and the local gamers store carries a VERY limited amount of styrene, so everything is being bought via the net which slows me down at times. Well, WAS going to post photos of everything I've been talking about, but my files are too big. Now have to figure how to downsize them or post them somewhere online. Only online photo storage I've used is Flicker and don't know yet if they'll post here. Comments/thoughts/suggestions welcomed.
Think the M-577 crew you're looking for is Tamiya's 1:35 Military Miniatures US Command Figures on Ebay. Figures are bent over/standing, checking out maps on a table. As to Milliput, found a Youtube (modifying miniatures for search) video that's really helped me, especially when the figure is bent over like he's ducking/trying to hide or bending down to pick up something. Currently working on the bottom 2 figures and trick I learned was to roll a VERY small (sewing needle diameter) rope of Milliput on edge of the inside of the lower torso. Add a little bit of super glue to the inside of the upper torso and press them together. Milliput oozes out, but super glue keeps the parts together. Then use a sculpting tool/#11 Xacto blade to remove excess Milliput. And DEFINETLY keep your fingers/tools wet.
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willc453 replied to skyhawk174's topic in Armor General DiscussionKnow what you mean.....getting back into modeling late last year after 15 years of being away from it and found getting back into modeling started getting expensive as I'm going for zombie/apocalypse dioramas. Wanted a wide variety of figures....Italeri, Trumpeter, Zvezda, my old WW 2 Tamiya figures, etc. which I've just started modifying as civilian figures. With resin civilian figures going from $10 to $30 each and me looking at a dozen, maybe more in some of the dioramas...... Since there's basically no modern day cars/trucks as plastic kits, went the route of diecast in 1/32nd and 1/36th scales which I'll modify to have more accurate interiors, along with being crashed, abandoned, etc. And of course, need military vehicles, some which will represent active duty, abandoned or mil surplus. And accessories....must have 400 or so weapons alone when Squadron had a sale on them earlier this year, along with Trumpeters soda machines, barricades, etc. Let's not forget basic modeling stuff like styrene whether as sheets, tubes, etc. which I'm using to make tool chests, refrigerators, playground equipment, etc. Which is easy enough, but then making molds of the basic shapes so I can add detail to the resin copies for different things. Two part resin & silicone supplies are NOT cheap, but all said and done, wouldn't have it any other way considering the amount of time spent working on various things vs watching tv, surfing the net, etc.
Kit build is looking great. Know what you mean about not being satisfied with figure poses out of the box. Working on a combination of Tamiya, Italeri, Master Box & Trumpeter figures for some dioramas and found out working with Milliput isn't as easy as I thought it would be after watching various Youtube videos on its use.
Mark 38 Heavy Lifting Suit ("Igor") from Iron Man 3
willc453 replied to Dr. Brad's topic in Sci-Fi ModelingWow, great job.
engraving resin part & sanding resin parts
willc453 posted a topic in Tools 'n' TipsGetting back into modeling and mentioned I'm going for zombie/apocalypse dioramas. Want to make my dioramas as real as possible and via Googling for images and just plain looking around, there's all sorts of stuff that needs to be built to add realism such as gas pumps, tool chests, lockers, book cases, cabinets, etc. None of course, are available in 1/35th scale. Didn't want to scratch build 6 gas pumps for example, so been making a variety of different sized styrene boxes, then making a mold of them for quick additional resin copies. Plan on using styrene strips to add detail where needed, but what about one of those big Snap On tool chests where the drawers are flush? How do I engrave an outline to simulate them? Or simulate boards on a china cabinet? Think a Dremel even on low speed would have me skipping all over the casting and of course, don't think there's a really tiny engraving/cutting tool for this kind of thing. Would an engraver work with the piece in a small vise and a metal ruler clamped to the resin piece so I don't skip all over the place? Or am I over engineering this? I have 2 different bottles of 2 part resin, one by Micro Mark that's 10+ years old, the other is Aluminite bought earlier this year. I get a lot of bubbles from Micro Marks stuff, but don't know why as I mix/pour it the same as Aluminite's. It also rise above the mold every time except when I don't completely fill the mold with resin. Then of course, it doesn't rise to the top of the mold, but remains at the level I poured it at. Thinking of getting a cheap palm sander (Harbor Freight) with some fine wet/dry sandpaper to sand these Micro Mark parts. Good or bad idea? Will try using a new #11 Xacto blade. Thanks in advance for any help & tips given.
1/35 Trees, shrubs, other plant life
willc453 replied to Fishwelding's topic in Work in ProgressLike Lancer512 said, check out Luke Towan's youtube videos as there's a lot to learn that can be applied to 1/35th scale. As far as leaves go, check out the miniature leaf punch sold on Evilbay. Use miniature leaf punch for your search there. Punch allows you to make 4 different leaves in 1/35th scale. I tried using green paper, looked like hell. Instead, use real leaves. Spray 'em with a Mod Podge matt coating, let dry, then punch away. The "fun" part is separating them, but the result is excellent. Since you're doing Europe, check out dioramadebri series of brick wall molds, curbs, etc. Simon Kemp has a series of Youtube videos using these molds. Title for his videos is 1/35 diorama builds. He's been building a WW 2 house using different dioramadebri molds. Have several copies of the brick wall molds and they're really good, though 2 things about 'em. Took me almost 3 months before I was finally able to buy all the molds I wanted at one time. Guess with his videos, sales have really jumped. The other was trying to get the end caps for the wall pieces to come out in one piece. Simon uses something that's only available in England and Hydrocal & plaster of paris didn't make it when it came to popping these pieces out of the mold. The wall themselves, had no trouble with, the end pieces cracked EVERY time. Tried Perfect Cast (Amazon) which says it's 5 times stronger than plaster of paris and I've had no trouble since then. Because of the price, use Perfect Cast for the end pieces, while the wall gets plaster of paris. The other thing is the brick work detail is only on 5 of 6 sides Europe's got a lot of stone walls/boundaries around farm land and Hirst Arts molds will do the trick for them. Number 701 is your basic field stone mold, so you can make your wall as long/tall as you want. The molds are made for 28mm, but I see no problem using them as you can stack 'em as high as you want, which I'm doing right now for a zombie/apocalypse 1/35th scale diorama. Hope this helps.
Hi - Getting Back in After 10-Year Hiatus
willc453 replied to MA Cooke's topic in Tools 'n' TipsWelcome back. Late last year started getting back into modeling after 15 years or so and things certainly have changed since then. Heard the same about Testors enamel paints in that they're going to discontinue them and going to acrylic only. Squadron doesn't carry them or at least I couldn't find 'em, but Evilbay does. Can't help you on your airbrush---still have my Paasche airbrushes that I hope to be using very soon. One's single, the other double action. Used the heck out of the single action and bought the double action one real cheap on Evilbay. Just checked Evilbay and someone's got one for sell (BRAND NEW) w/case, attachments, etc. with a bid of $20 plus shipping which ends a little over a day from now. Apparently there are different versions of your airbrush, up to a -9 model. Hopes this helps.
US Special Forces vehicles
willc453 replied to Dave1089's topic in Armor General DiscussionGoogle special forces Humvee and you'll get a lot of photos
Air Force Special Forces Humvee
willc453 replied to niart17's topic in Armor General DiscussionIf you're interested, how about a Humvee with a motorcycle rack? Oops, to many bits or what ever to post . After your reply, used Humvee with gas rack as my search and came up with these photos and some others. Hope it helps.
Build started in April.....any more progress? Got a couple of these in my stash bought way back when...as when it was a state of the art kit. Built their mortar M-113 version & the one with the Saladin turret.
Blackdog 1/48 Infantry Equipment sets
willc453 replied to scotthldr's topic in Armor General DiscussionDid you ever get what you wanted? EBay's got them.
Air Force armor conversion
willc453 replied to ikar's topic in Armor General DiscussionJust got 2 of the Hobby Boss M-706 kits. One will be built as a 706, other altered as V-100. Earlier this year, Squadron had a sale on their In Detail books with it showing a lot of photos of the different versions of this vehicle along with close ups. I like the shot of the dog in the hatch... adds a personal touch to the vehicle.


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- Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
- Area(s) of Law: Administrative Law
- Date Filed: 03-16-2016
- Case #: A155575
- Judge(s)/Court Below: Lagesen, J., for Court; Ortega, P.J.; & Garrett, J.
Plaintiff appealed a judgment dismissing his complaint under ORS 192.680 (permitting a suit by a citizen affected by the decision of a public body against that body to enforce Oregon's Public Meetings Law) against the Board of Parole for violations of Oregon's Public Meetings Law for the Board's use of the "file-pass" procedure in handling psychological evaluations of offenders. ORS 192.610-95. The Court held that the "file-pass" procedure did not constitute a "meeting" under the Public Meetings Law, as under the standard announced in Handy v. Lane County, 274 Or App 644 (2015), a "meeting" is a convening of a governing body for which a quorum is required to in order to make a decision on any matter, and a "convening" is a contemporaneous gathering. Because the "file-pass" procedure involves a serial consideration of a file, it does not fit the definition of a "meeting." Affirmed.


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Old blue and gold banners around the UC Davis campus are getting new life thanks to Christina Johnson (B.A., design, '14) of Upcycle It Now. The company owned by Johnson and her mother Liz Bordessa recently started transforming the banners into bags and wallets.
"UC Davis reached out several years ago and kept reaching out to make it work," said Johnson, who lives and works in Long Beach. "We've had lots of people getting excited about it and some sales are starting."
Johnson's family has long been in the apparel design and tailoring business in Long Beach. Once Johnson came to UC Davis and learned how much the Department of Design emphasized sustainability, she knew she was at the right place.
"I found out that not only could I do design, I could make things that aren't meant to be thrown away," said Johnson. "My ultimate goal is getting people to think about how they consume. We don't have to deprive ourselves, but we can take the resources we have and create goods that are durable."
This isn't the first time the company has upcycled banners. They've done similar projects with Disney, Long Beach Museum of Art, and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Upcycle It Now's biggest project is turning old rain jackets into small bags for outdoor clothing company Patagonia. Johnson and Bordessa launched Upcycle It Now in 2011 during the recession in part to create new streams of work for long-time employees in the family business.
At UC Davis, Johnson took a wide range of classes in the humanities, social sciences and science. After graduating, she spent six months in India working with groups turning plastic bags and inner tubes into useful products.
"Each and every piece added to my knowledge about things, like how do you start a business, how do you work abroad?" she said.
All that gives her insight into the larger challenges of sustainability. The most difficult thing about working in upcycling is overcoming a system that makes sending products to the landfill an acceptable and cheap practice, she said.
"The biggest uphill battle is we have to make recycling more convenient than throwing things away," Johnson said.
Sustainable Wool for a Warm Head
Another design graduate Carol Shu (B.A. '07, MFA '12) has been doing her part for the environment as senior sustainability coordinator at The North Face.
Her most recent project there is the Cali Wool Beanie, made from the wool of sheep raised using carbon farming practices in Northern California.
"We started exploring what we at The North Face might be able to do to support carbon farming with a USA-made product," Shu said. "The ranch that we worked with, Bare Ranch, is expected to offset six to nine times the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their wool production each year by following specific grazing and soil maintenance practices."
Shu was originally a psychology major, but was always interested in clothing design. "I took two design courses one summer to test it out and loved the content and my professors," she said. "After that, I knew design was the right path for me. The department's focus on both creative and interdisciplinary research-based studies were very important to me. I'm still grateful to the school and Davis community for fostering such strong social and environmental awareness."
After graduation, she worked for a small sustainable design firm for a few years before returning to UC Davis for graduate work.
Shu retained psychology as a minor. "The concepts you learn in psychology are really relevant and valuable to design," she said.
— Jeffrey Day, content strategist in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science


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For 17 hours, a man locked himself in a Sembawang flat with his girlfriend's two-year-old son as police officers stationed themselves outside to ensure that the situation did not get out of control.
Then at noon yesterday, a loud bang was heard, followed by sparks. Special Operations Command officers had broken into the fifth-floor unit through a window, rescuing the boy unharmed and ending the dramatic stand-off at Block 462.
The 39-year-old man, who was unarmed, was arrested for wrongful confinement and drug-related offences.
The boy's mother, who seemed to have fought with her boyfriend before the stand-off began, was arrested at the scene for suspected drug-related offences.
The boy is now in the custody of the authorities.
The stand-off started when police received a call at 6.44pm on Tuesday. But even before that, neighbours said they heard the couple fighting.
According to Ms Rosli, a 36-year-old housewife and daughter of a neighbour on the fifth floor, the couple had moved into the one-room rental flat early this year, but hardly opened their door.
Her 57-year-old mother had heard them quarrelling loudly and intermittently in Malay at around 5pm for about two hours.
The woman left the flat and cried, but came back later with an older woman. They asked her boyfriend to open the door and let her son go, as the boy was not his child.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force's Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team set up a safety life air pack at the foot of the block on Tuesday evening, and a safety net was deployed yesterday.
According to the police, officers "waited for the right opportunity" before breaking in. The Straits Times understands that officers entered the unit through the corridor window.
Relief security officer Azlamia Saini, 54, who lives on the sixth floor, said she heard someone shouting "Stop it!" when officers attempted to break in.
"That was the first time I heard them (the couple) quarrel," she said, describing the couple as "polite". "But we always hear quarrels in this block; it's normal."
Sembawang GRC MP Lim Wee Kiak, who was at the scene yesterday morning, said police tried to negotiate with the man. He added that the mother has three other children, who are with their grandmother in Woodlands.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Lian Ghim Hua called it a "challenging operation" as it involved the child's safety, and negotiations were also protracted.
"Securing the safe release of the child was my top priority in the operation," he said.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Social and Family Development said it has placed the boy in "safe care temporarily" and will work with the family and professionals in ensuring his safety and well-being.


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BMRR 445A Mining Regulations Summary for Reference - General Provisions Includes Uncodified Regulations
Note: Links below direct users to Nevada's statutes and regulations maintained by the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
Regulations Pertaining to Public Notice Postings (ref. Sec. 5, NAC 445A.402 and Sec. 18, NAC 519A.185)
- Effective January 30, 2019- Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 444, 445A and 519A - Approved Regulations (R186-18 not yet codified)
Regulation and Closure Branches
- Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 445A.300 - 445A.730
- Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 445A.350 - 445A.447
- NAC 445A - Approved Regulations (R046-18 not yet codified) Effective August 30, 2018
Reclamation Branch
- Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 519A.010 - 519A.280
- Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 519A.010 - 519A.415
- NAC 519A - Approved Regulations (R045-18 not yet codified) Effective August 30, 2018


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Chongqing Meeting will take place during the 24th – 28th of July, in Southwest University (SWU). This is the second face-to-face Meeting of TKCOM project. After the design and implementation of a blended (online and face-to-face) teacher trainers' training for Chinese university teachers, the main aims of this Meeting are to close the face-to-face training, and to discuss training evaluation and training transfer. For this reason, the schedule is organised in such a way that there are some sessions devoted to close face-to-face and on-line teacher training, other to talk about the relevance of CBA, transferring the CBA to their teaching, their participation in the project, the institutional commitment in CBA implementation, and the importance of snowball training.
The first day of the Meeting was very successful since members had the opportunity to meet each other, discus and comment collaboratively the basis of future work of the project.


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One day a dad comes home drunk and mad. He pulls out a gun and then turns the gun on himself. His little girl sits behind the couch crying. The police came and took the little girl to a new family.
Her first day to sunday school.
She walks to the building and sees a picture of Jesus on the cross.
The little girl asks the teacher :
"How did that man get off the cross?"
The teacher replied :
"No girl, He never did."
The little girl said :
"Yes He did. The night mommy and daddy died, He sat next to me behind the couch telling me everything was gonna be alright."
God bless you all!


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Last evening I attended a service at one of our local churches which is due to close next week. The congregation of Horizon Methodist Church, situated in Hunter's Bar on the west side of Sheffield, had taken the decision, after much heart-searching, to call time on the life of worship, service & mission in that place.
It was, some might think strangely, a joyous occasion. A congregation had gathered from across the city and packed the church to capacity, and the opening word from the Minister, Rev Gareth Jones, summed up the emotion evident in the place - "Wow!"
We sang; we reflected; we gave thanks and confessed; we looked back, let go and moved on. And the occasion had a certain poignancy for me, as I had not only preached in this church on a few occasions but, for a brief time back in 1987 when I lived in the YMCA that was situated just up the road from the church, I had myself been a member of the church (it was known as Endcliffe Methodist Church then) - the second of only 3 churches of which I have formally been a member. The first (my home church, Grove Road Methodist in Harrogate) closed sadly in 2009: now Endcliffe/ Horizon is closing, and with it another part of my past.
Yet we move on, praising God for all that is past, and trusting God for all that's to come.


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Publicly-owned hospitals across the United States are facing hard times.
Federal and state health reform is placing ever greater emphasis on quality, bundled or population-based payment methodologies while reimbursements overall continue to shrink. While private for-profit and nonprofit systems prepare to meet these challenges by integrating with physicians and payors, many publicly-owned hospitals face structural limitations that hamper similar partnerships.
As health systems continue to expand geographically, publicly-owned hospitals are typically constrained by statute, ordinance or potential taxpayer revolt to their traditional political boundaries. Worst of all, many publicly-owned hospitals are forced to face these challenges with outdated, multi-tiered systems of governance devoid of physician leadership and prone to political tinkering.
Certainly not all publicly-owned hospitals fit this description. Many—particularly state-run academic medical centers—have defied the odds and their own bureaucratic weight to succeed, at least to a point.
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- The desire for greater access to capital of the sort large-scale systems can provide, "risk-free" to taxpayers
- The need to strategically re-position the hospital with a dominant health system
- The avoidance of public levies and/or increased debt backed by levy pledges
- Occasionally, the desire by cash-strapped county or municipal governments to "cash-out" their health facilities in order to re-deploy current and future resources elsewhere
What options do publicly-owned hospitals and their community stakeholders have in these circumstances?
Some will cling to the status quo, allowing tradition and emotion to dictate direction, come what may. Stakeholders in this camp too frequently forget that most public hospitals have their roots in innovative state or local legislation and community-representative governance structures that were ideally suited for the post-war, self-pay, primary care-dominated, Hill-Burton financed world. Public ownership was merely a means to an end.
Others will argue—often joined by members of the local business community—that only a sale of the facility to a larger, private system can save the hospital from its own inadequacies while ensuring that the public is "repaid" for its decades of perceived "investment" in the hospital. Those in this camp often overlook the fact that any tax or levy support that historically may have been provided to their hospital pales in comparison to the service revenues the hospital raised—not to mention the substantial returns achieved through community development, growth of the tax base, skilled jobs and numerous other returns on the taxpayers' investment.
Hospital management, regardless of its talent or past success, is frequently relegated to the status of prophets in their own land, ignored or even suspected of self-dealing if it presumes to oppose the "sale" forces. And public hospital boards feel increasingly torn between their fiduciary duty to preserve the institutions they serve and the increasingly vocal self-interest of the tax-payers who directly or indirectly appointed them.
This is the first of a series of articles designed to help management and boards of publicly-owned hospitals assess their options, engage stakeholders in honest discussions concerning them and choose a clear path based on commonly-held, objective criteria. Most importantly, this series will help publicly-owned hospitals explore whether they have another option other than the status quo and sale/merger—one which preserves local autonomy, opens the door to physician leadership at the highest levels, eliminates many of the legal impediments accompanying public status, and positions the hospital for the current and future waves of health reform.
This "third option" may be independent privatization. The next article in this series will focus on the key attributes of this model of privatization.


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If you follow me on Instagram, you might remember my post about the Sangobion Go Love Life 15 Day Challenge.
The rules were simple. Take a selfie with a pack of Sangobion and fill in the blanks — "As a Sangobion woman, I promise to______________ and take Sangobion everyday so I can go ahead and love life!". Then take Sangobion for 15 days. Easy, right? Get this, 40 lucky challengers would be chosen to win P5k worth of beauty products and another 40 will get a P4k shopping spree!
Awarding day for the first batch of 40 winners came sometime around two weeks ago. We proceeded to Crowne Plaza Hotel for the Sangobion Go Love Life 15 Day Challenge's first culminating event.
I can personally vouch for Sangobion's efficacy as it really helped me survive on maybe 4 hours of sleep every single day for a week during my dad's wake earlier this year. Imagine the boost I get under normal circumstances! You can really go ahead and love life with Sangobion everyday!
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I opted for Go Fish, Blo's trademark braid. The stylist said he was inspired to recreate Elsa's (from the movie Frozen) 'do, lol!
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Wonderland Adventures
- 3D cartoon graphics.
- Unique gameplay style.
- Customizable characters.
- Enter a world of adventure and mystery in Wonderland Secret Worlds
- OS : Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8
- CPU : 600 Mhz
- Memory : 128
- DiretX : 6.0
- Hard driver (MB) : 65
Review for game: Wonderland Adventures
The safety of Wonderland is threatened, and it's up to you to save the day. Explore this vast world as you meet and interact with other characters, go on adventures, learn to use magic, and encounter new surprises around every corner. This original puzzle adventure has 3D visuals that will transport you into the world of Wonderland like never before. Test your wit and challenge your reflexes in Wonderland Adventures!
Find your A-HA! moment with mind-bending puzzles and jigsaw games.
6694 points
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REQUIRES Windows/MacOSAges: 3 YEARS & UP
Game Description:
Test your wit and challenge your reflexes in this puzzle adventure filled with a fun storyline and tons of mini-adventures!
AFERON - BigFishGames
I liked this game and thought it was very fun! Good Parts: A great storyline As usual with the Wonderland Games, some good graphics Very, very fun! Adorable characters and voice-overs The levels were a great challenge OK Parts: At certain parts I would get stuck and not know what to do Bad Parts: The only way you could move around was by clicking. This became really annoying afer a while and it would've been so much better just to move with the arrow keys. I liked this game and I know it will provide fun for all ages! You'll definitely love it!
Although the challenge level was a bit above what the visual style and storyline suggested (this is not really a kids game, though it is appropriate for kids), this is probably my favorite game besides the sequel. As a bonus, there is a level editor for it that you can find at the official website, Midnight Synergy.
I played this game to test the skill level for my 6 year old nephew. The graphics and story line appeared to be aimed towards that particular age group, but boy was I wrong. I got stuck on a level, and could not go any further. I searched the web for hints or help, but could not find anything, so there I was.... stuck. I ended up uninstalling the game and moving on to something else.
i enjoy all different challenges on wonderland, it did get borring for a few minutes then it was more fun after tht enjoy the picture quality i rae this game 4/5 stars because it was good but no game will ever get 5 outa me because it look relateable


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HOUSTON – Megan Frankum,The Pickler Next Door, shares her recipe for pickling fresh veggies on Houston Life.
Megan's Directions For Pickling Fresh Veggies:
What You Need:
- Organic veggies
- Water
- Pickling salt
- White vinegar
- Big pot for brine
- Big pot for end bath
What I like to do first is soon as I Pick the vegetables that I want a pickle I go ahead and I pick them and I let them soak in water for about 10 minutes and that gives me time to prep the jars and lids for sanitation.
Then I go ahead and start the brine which is water, vinegar and pickling salt. (Bring that to a boil)
After the jars have been washed and placed In the oven to heat(250 degrees) for about 15 minutes I take the jars out (with heat pad) and sprinkle some dill seed and the bottom and I start to pack the vegetables inside the jars. I try and be a little creative with them and the dill weed. I like to see it on the side of the jar. Or you can add some color with some bell pepper or onions.
After all the vegetables are in the jars good and packed I get a measuring cup and fill the jars up with the boiling Brine( make sure the brine in at the very top of the jar).
After I take the hot lids and get them on as tight as I can.
So after the lids are all on the jars I give them a good soak in a hot boiling bath for about 10 minutes and pull them out and place them on a towel to cool.
When the lids start to POP that means you did the job right!


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An overview of the different web-based administration portals and PowerShell connection methods for administering Office 365 services.
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Senate hearings into President-elect Trump's proposed cabinet members began Tuesday, with anti-science politicians and fossil fuel executives being considered for key posts, threatening to undermine the worldwide fight against global warming at a crucial moment.
Given Trump's campaign promises to rejuvenate the coal sector and boost drilling for other fossil fuels, it's little surprise that he has assembled a team that could strive to pare back federal environmental protections affecting the energy sector, which is America's greatest source of greenhouse gas pollution.
Stunning many experts, however, is the preponderance of nominees who dispute established climate science and have profited from global warming. Trump's cabinet could combine President Reagan-era attacks on environmental protections with science denialism reminiscent of the George W. Bush administration.
"It is, first of all, an extreme right-wing ideological cabinet," said David Goldston, director of government affairs at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, which helped the Obama Administration develop its climate rules and strategies. "Those who are not ideologically far right wing are very corporate in their orientation."
Trump's nominees will each require blessings from Congress. The House and Senate will both be controlled by his fellow Republicans, suggesting they will support a team focused on repealing climate protections. Despite most voters telling pollsters they support efforts to slow warming, Republicans have become fierce opponents, frequently citing principles championed by fossil fuel industry-funded think tanks.
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Choked flow is a phenomenon that limits the mass flow rate of a compressible fluid flowing through nozzles, orifices and sudden expansions. Generally speaking it is the mass flux after which a further reduction in downstream pressure will not result in an increase in mass flow rate.
The discharge coefficient is a dimensionless number used to characterise the flow and pressure loss behaviour of nozzles and orifices in fluid systems. Orifices and nozzles are typically used to deliberately reduce pressure, restrict flow or to measure flow rate. This article gives typical values of the discharge coefficient for common orifice and nozzle designs.
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PARIS -- France is joining the fray to develop autonomous trains, an area where it would likely take on Chinese and Japanese rivals if it exports the technology.
State-owned railway SNCF said Wednesday that it plans to begin operating trains in 2023 that handle acceleration and deceleration on their own but still have operators on board. The railway aims to expand the project to its TGV high-speed intercity service in 2025, and roll out fully autonomous service on regional lines that year.
Autonomous trains will be able to transport more people using less energy, SNCF President Guillaume Pepy told reporters.
The project's cost is estimated at 57 million euros ($66 million), with the French government and SNCF shouldering 30% each. The remaining 40% of the costs will be taken on by private-sector participants including Hitachi's Italian subsidiary Ansaldo STS; French multinationals Alstom, a train builder, and Thales, a defense equipment maker; and German auto parts maker Robert Bosch.
Cameras and radars will capture the trains' surroundings to read traffic signals and identify obstacles, and artificial intelligence will be used to adjust speed. Security mechanisms will also be developed to block system hijacking.
An autonomous subway system is already operating in France, but factors such as snowfall make it difficult to run above ground. Train speeds often operate faster than cars, so the system must be able to respond instantly -- such as when an obstacle suddenly appears.


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A Special Thanks to my first Guest Blogger Jenn Delage
Long Road to Recovery
When an eating disorder spans 16 years, it's hard to know where to begin when you want to share with the world how you began to recover. After 16 years, I am finally beginning recovery. Honestly. No lies. With a therapist (T). A lot of times it's like, "I'd rather rip my face off than tell you what I'm feeling..". I told my T that on Tuesday. Right now I'm all "Heck yah! Gung ho! Let's go! I'll tell you anything you want to know!" Go with it Jenn, go with it. Hey if no one else wants to motivate me, it's up to ME, baby! So move outta my way because here I go! I hope.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference." Ah, the serenity prayer. I think it's a good basis on how to live. Now, I'm not going to say my life is all roses and sunshine with chocolate sprinkles on the side. But the comparison of living with an eating disorder and living without one is almost indescribable. I feel like a completely different person – like I am now just beginning to learn who the real me is. It's an incredible discovery. But I suppose I'd better start at the beginning…when it first started.
I was 14. Long story short, my parents were divorced, my mom was a single mother, and there were three of us. Alcoholism was a problem in my house. I wasn't sure how to cope with everything, and one day in 9th grade health class, I learned a new word: bulimia. Oh they described the negatives. Oh, it's so dangerous. You can die. Blah, blah, blah. But all I could think was "Wow! I can eat anything I want and NOT gain weight. Absolutely perfect!!" I'm laughing to myself right now.
Two years later I was biting down on a plastic sphere while sedatives were being injected into me as the doctor prepared to introduce a long, flexible camera into my esophagus and stomach. Did you know ulcers REALLY HURT?!?! Yep, THAT'S what was causing all the pain. Brought on by ME. So, I switched gears. Bulimia IS dangerous. I'll just NOT eat….HA!
That lasted about 4 years. Holy mother. IT SUCKED!!! I am still regretting throwing away all of my favorite meals! I could have flippin' enjoyed those!! Darn it! So many bad things occured during that time. When I was DEEP into the anorexia, I lost my virginity to my boyfriend at the time. Can you imagine? I was so sick in the head that I just had sex to have sex. It really didn't mean anything to me…I just wanted to be skinny. And skinny I was.
The lengths I went to to be skinny. I ingested deadly chemicals to make myself vomit. That was agony! I remember sweating and being curled up in the fetal position on my bed waiting for the nausea to go away. And yep, I did it a few more times. I learned later that those chemicals store in your heart and can cause cardiac arrest. To this day, I don't know how I'm not dead. I sure passed out enough times.
One day at work, my blood sugar crashed while I was in the bathroom. I passed out on the bathroom floor and just remember waking up and seeing yellow spots. I made it to the break room somehow and just sat in the chair trying to catch my breath. My good friend at the time came in and saw me asking what was wrong. I could hardly speak. All I could say was "bread". She rushed me to the clinic. Goooood tiiiiiimes! Not long after that I asked for help.
I wanted a nap. I will claim that I had the softest bed on the face of the planet! Soooo cozy and warm. Extra padding on the mattress and many blankets. Two pillows…..mmmm…getting sleepy just thinking about it! I was at my lowest weight at that time. I got into bed and cringed. Tears rolled down my face as myhip bones ground into the mattress. Trying to lay in bed felt like trying to lay down on a stone ground. I had to pray or else I would die. I knew I would die. I just mustered everything I had and said "I can't do this anymore." That was my simple prayer to the Almighty up above. That was 10 years ago.
I recently relapsed. Big time and hard. I found it the only manageable way to deal with a suicide in my family. I restricted food like a mad woman and lost an insane amount of weight in such a short period. My doctor didn't know what to do or how to help me. Friends at work didn't know what to do. I even purged while I WAS A PATIENT in the same hospital I work in!! If that's not insane, I don't know what is. One friend made sure I ate lunch every day while I was inpatient.
She came every day. One day when I was still in the ICU I woke up and there she was sitting next to me. I asked her why she didn't just wake me up. She said it looked like I needed the sleep. She just waited for me to wake up. To this day, that just warms my heart. This friend encouraged me to give church a try. Of course I believed in God, but because of my purging, restricting and pill usage, I didn't feel I deserved to go to church. Oh how the devil was playing mind games with me. But I went.
She sat right next to me in church, and it so happened that it was communion that day. I just cried the whole dang service! I wanted to run out!! And she kept looking at me. She knew how I was feeling. I've continued to go, and it's been about two months since then. Between my T, my friend and God, I am feeling like a new person. I feel healthy and for the FIRST time in my life, genuinely happy with who I am.
I am not fully recovered. It'll be a LONG time as my T pointed out. There's a TON of stuff still to work on. And my mind still wanders from different behaviors to different behaviors. Purging still seems enticing. Popping pills seems like a pleasure. Restricting is like a special skill. Losing weight is what I do BEST. But I know that's not true.
There's so much more to me. I'm shy when you first meet me. I love to hug and say "I love you" to everyone I love. I'm a very touchy, feely person. I compliment a LOT. I just like to make people feel good…..is that so bad? And in my recovery, I'm trying to learn what makes ME feel good. It's an amazing journey and a dangerous, slippery one. My eating disorder is so incredibly accessible to me. THAT IS DANGEROUS!! But one day…I swear I will be free of it completely. I am determined. With the help of my therapist, my friend and God…I WILL get there. But I just need a little kick in the behind once in a while. Trying to maintain recovery sucks like a big load of rotten, hundred-year-old, stinky eggs!!! But hey,it's better than the alternative!
God Bless.
Written By: Jenn Delage
Also – You can Find Jenn on Facebook under her name or E-Mail.


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We met at a Catholic Convention Centre, just north of Dublin, and within easy reach of God and Guinness. This Convention (not quite a Conference, and much smaller than a Congress) of Alexander teachers from around the world met to discuss a range of topics centred around how we might proceed as a profession in a future where conditions have changed are are changing so rapidly, particularly given the range of new media available to us, and to our (perceived) competition in the business of helping humans help themselves. Predictably, no-one found a magic bullet, but we did get to share lots of good stories, and there was plenty to learn. We even had a Limerick competition, since we were in Ireland.
The great advantage in being there was the chance to learn from 6 senior teachers who ran workshops everyday for six days, and as there was only about 90 of us attending , there was opportunity for good, close contact and learning in groups which were rarely bigger than 12. Also, I managed to get a private lesson with Giora Pinkas without having to travel from Australia to San Francisco, and given how good the lesson was, I might decide to do that later anyway. The list of teachers presenting were
- Giora Pinkas
- Vivien Mackie
- Glenna Batson
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- Richard Brennan, several of whom are favourites of mine, and some whose work I was getting for the first time. Lyn Charlsen Klein was a particularly happy new discovery, and she had me sailing up flights of stairs like I was floating on air. It's always nice to be reminded how simple this work can be.


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Twenty-eight years of worrying have taken a toll on the family of Michael Dunahee, but they refuse to give up hope.
The four year old went missing from a Victoria playground in 1991.
"Twenty-eight years ago today, my son disappeared. It was the hardest day of my life," his father Bruce Dunahee told CTV News during an annual walk to raise money for Child Find BC.
The file remains open, say police, who believe someone out there knows what happened to Michael.
"We have one common goal, and that is to find Michael Dunahee.... We're asking people to step forward," said Victoria Police Chief Manak.
The annual walk helps keep Michael's story in the public eye.
"For our family, it just shows us that they won't give up as long as we continue keeping the hope alive. We're not giving up, and they're not giving up," said his mother, Crystal.
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|Had not been out to CityWalk on a Saturday night in awhile, so that was remedied last night. First stop, Latin Quarter!
|Resident DJ Leony (Sirius XM 51, Club Phusion, RadioDanz.com), on the boards spinning the requisite Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Reggaeton.
|Always nice views at LQ!
|Leony, who has a national EDM mixshow on Sirius/XM's BPM channel, also plays House sets throughout the night at Latin Quarter!
|The place was crowded but not packed. Ladies Night on Thursday nights remain popular when Ladies get in and drink free until midnight.
|Moving next door to The Groove.
|Good to see resident DJ King (Motion, Rock'n'Roll Beach Club, BET Soundstage, PI Live) in the perch again on a Saturday night!
|The place was crowded yet it's still off-season. Wait until Spring Break hits!
|Doing a nice MJ impersonation while dancing to "Billy Jean"!
|Early on the music was a lot of 80's Classics & 90's Top 40/Hip Hop like you typically hear at TG.
|The Robot aka The Gecko (Pleasure Island)!
|As it got later DJ King got more and more animated, bouncing to the music just as much as the clubbers down below!
|The music also migrated over to much more palatable EDM songs and mashups! The crowd loved it! Miami DJ Erok plays here on February 16th.
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I lost track of BBC Radio 3's online streaming operas during the holidays, but I checked it out today and was surprised by how many options there were! It's a bit misleading though, since certain gargantuan operas need to be split up into several installments… That being said, you can listen to Siegfried, the third installment in Wagner's Ring Cycle, from London's Royal Opera House, as well as Thomas Adès' The Tempest from the Met Opera in New York.
Image by Arthur Rackham
(Ah, nice to see Rackham here again, no? Click on the image above to see his full portfolio of Ring Cycle illustrations.)
Also, check in on Saturday for a new installment, with yet another gargantuan opera: Berlioz's 5-act epic, Les Troyens (more on this later). It's actually a live broadcast, so tune in at 12 noon East Coast time for the full effect…