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Making tequila: A distillery tour
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Kristin Conard
July 24 is National Tequila Day, and while legally only tequila made near the town of Tequila in Mexico can use the name, the agave liquor made in other parts of Mexico is made with the same ingredients and in the same way. Like how champagne can only be called champagne if it's made in a certain area of France, but other wineries use the same techniques.
LOS OSUNA is a family-owned agave distillery near La Noria in the western state of Sinaloa. The Osuna family started growing blue agave plants and in 1876, they began making 100% blue agave liquor. The factory is small, and the award-winning liquor can be bought in Mexico in Sonora and Sinaloa and in America in only Illinois and California. Not because the citizens of those states are particularly enamored with tequila/agave liquor as compared to any other, but because the factory just can't make more.
There are two basic types of tequila/agave liquor – 100% pure agave or mixto. Mixto is only required to be 51% blue agave, and isn't as high quality as the 100% pure agave. With 100% pure agave, it is divided into categories depending on how long it has been aged with each type a darker color than the last. Blanco has been rested, but it has never been aged in wooden barrels. Joven is a mix of blanco and reposado; though it can also be a mixto, so ask if it's 100% agave. Reposado has been aged in barrels for two to 11 months, añejo has been aged for at least 12 months, and extra añejo has been aged over 36 months. Los Osuna makes blanco, reposado, and añejo.
As a part of the Huana Coa "experience," I toured the factory after ziplining, which was fun but left me hot and sweaty. So the taste of smooth tequila (excuse me, agave liquor) sipped in the shade was just about perfect.
All photos by the author. Editor's note: tour and stay was arranged by the Mexico Tourism Board.
Blue agave fields
Tequila and agave liquor both come from the blue agave plant. The agave are planted and harvested by hand by jimadores. The leaves of the plant have to be cut off with a coa, a rounded knife at the end of a long pole or hoe. Depending on the soil the agave is grown in and the yeast used to process the liquor, each distillery in Mexico produces a subtly unique product.
Daniel Osuna, our tour guide, started with explaining the different types of liquor produced in the factory. The clear Los Osuna Blanco has never been aged in wood. The Los Osuna Añejo is aged for three years, which is why it's the darkest. And the most popular label, Los Osuna Madura, is aged for 9 months. All of the varieties have won awards at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
The piñas, or pineapples, are the heart of the agave. Once the leaves are taken off, this is what's used to make the liquor. It takes about 6 to 8 years for an agave plant to mature and be ready to be distilled.
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Roasting pits
Four tons of agave are roasted for 40 hours in giant underground pits.
Tasting roasted agave
We sucked on small pieces of roasted agave; the juice is very sweet, which is why it's such an ideal plant to use for making liquor. The best time to harvest agave is right at the end of the dry season, because that is when the plants have the most sugar.
Old school sugar extraction
This was once used to crush the roasted agave to collect the juice.
Modern sugar extraction
Nowadays, they use a machine. The leftover pulp is then used like compost to help fertilize nearby fields.
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Researchers worked for two years to develop a special yeast for the Los Osuna. The juice ferments in open barrels.
Distillation, part 1
The distillation process is in two steps. In step one, the alcohol rises and is condensed and cleaned, and what is left is a 30% clear alcohol.
While the first step of the distillation is done with modern machinery, the second step uses more traditional equipment. It ends with a 60% alcohol referred to by Daniel as, "To-kill-you."
The liquor for the añenjo and maduro is aged in American white oak barrels made in Kentucky. The barrels are reused up to five times for maduro and two times for añejo. It's the wood of the barrels that gives the liquor its color. Some distilleries will use old whiskey barrels to give the liquor a different flavor.
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Look at the legs
After purified water is added to the aged liquor, the tequila is bottled and capped by hand. It can then be tasted like a wine - swirling it, smelling it, looking at the "legs."
After all the work
The end result is a smooth drink, best appreciated like a fine whiskey and sipped slowly instead of as a quick shot with salt and lime.
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After the disappointment of the San Francisco Sourdough according to Kline, et al, it was even more of a pleasure than usual to pull this San Francisco Baking Institute Miche out of my oven.
The formula was the same as that I originally posted. (Miche from SFBI Artisan II - 2 kg) I've settled on a 50/50 mix of AP and Central Milling's "Type 85" organic, unmalted flour, as first suggested by brother Glenn. This has always provided a wonderful crust and crumb and a delicious flavor. I did alter the procedure in a few ways for this bake. I mixed the dough in my Bosch (for 5 minutes) rather than by hand, and I proofed the formed loaf at room temperature for a couple hours before retarding the loaf for about 12 hours. It then finished proofing in my Brod & Taylor Folding Proofer for about 3 hours at 85 degrees F before baking. At the end of proofing, the loaf was expanded by about 75%. The "poke test" indicated it was "fully proofed, yet there was great oven spring and bloom.
The crust was very crunchy after 18 hours' rest in bakers' linen. The crumb was chewy-tender, moist and cool in the mouth. The flavor was deliciously wheaty and complex with moderate sourness. What a delicious bread!
That is a beautiful looking loaf. I have also had lots of success with CM's Type 85 as well, but I've been using the malted version. Just wondering why you chose the unmalted? Did the warmer 85˚ final proof help to even out the density in the center (your critique of your last loaf)?
My brother Glenn got the Type 85 unmalted flour at the Petaluma warehouse. Nicky Giusto must have recommended it. I don't know why. I would point out that the AP flour I used was KAF AP, which is malted. I have also used the unmalted flour alone for making miches, and they didn't seem to suffer for lack of the enzymes malt provides. Maybe Nicky gave Glenn some information regarding this choice, and he'll share it.
It seems reasonable to hypothesise that the warmer environment helped with the dense center. This is a big loaf, and it is still cool to the touch after 4 hours sitting at room temperature. The center of the loaf has probably not warmed up. Perhaps at 85° F it has, and more fermentation has occurred.
Nicky Giusto must have recommended it. I don't know why.
I believe I procured that flour on my very first visit to Keith Giusto Baking Supply. The reason I got the unmalted Type 85 is because that's what they had available in 5 pound bags that day. Nicky also gave me a little bag of malt powder to add if I wanted to.
That is a gorgeous loaf, David. I also love that bread, and need to get it back in my rotation. I remember I solved the problem of the loaves being too big for my usual use. I divided the dough into two mini-miches, and they were just as good (if not as impressive to behold).
Thanks Glenn. I use the Type 85 in a number of breads as a substitute for whole wheat - it has a great flavor - and it gives a Tartine-style bread a wonderful crumb. I've been up to the warehouse a couple of times now, but haven't gotten to meet Nicky. I was last up there in November, and it looks like they are expanding their "retail" offerings with stocked shelving units in the front as you walk in. They were also willing to break open anything they had in stock and make a smaller bag (5 lb). I was able to get several types, including organic semolina and dark rye.
I was there Friday and saw the retail display for the first time. They had 5 pound bags of 6 or 7 wheat flours (including Type 85) and several other grains and legumes. It's been a long time since I ordered anything unusual there; good to hear they're accommodating home bakers.
Gorgeous loaf David, simply gorgeous!
Just beautiful David. There is something about those large loaves that look and taste better than their smaller cousins.
I became convinced in the SFBI Artisan II class that the larger miches do really taste better. The instructor talked about "the mass effect" of larger dough batches at several steps in the bread making process. I have trouble accepting things I cannot explain, but my experience attests to something real going on.
That's a world class loaf, David, no doubt about it! What wonderful crumb (colour and texture) and crust (dark and flavourful) you got here. Absolutely stellar, and very inspiring!
I love the color or the crumb and crust. All around delicious looking.
Delicious tasting, too, I assure you!
Beautiful Miche, David! Very open crumb, and lovely crust. This is a truly perfect Miche. you must be having a long serrated knife to cut the Miche so evenly.
I used a Victorinox bread knife with a 10.25 inch blade. You know, it is almost long enough to handle this miche, but not quite.
It's good to get back to the SFBI miche. It's been a consistently great bread for me.
I baked your original SFBI miche formula yesterday for the first time. It was also my first time using cast iron to bake with. I baked a 2kg miche in a 10qt. dutch oven. I didn't get the exact crust result I was looking for and I have not yet sliced yet for a crumb inspection. Thanks for posting these miche formulas. As always, your posts are intersting and informative.
Good to see this one revisited.
And what a superb-looking miche, David! I'm one of those types who is constantly trying new breads, mostly from folk here, the rest plucked from my under-explored library of bread books. That's fine - the strategy has yielded many wonderful breads, a few ordinary ones, and a couple I marked "not worth repeating." Not to mention quite a lot of experience in different processes, which have gradually arranged themselves into the process I now use most of the time, give or take a variation or three.
While trying new breads is an exciting aspect of home baking, of course I have my favourites - 5 or 6 of them - that I repeat regularly. Over time, and with the sometimes over-zealous baker perhaps distracted by all the new breads, these regular faves slowly change, one dropping out as another takes its place.
This happened with your San Joaquin. For no good reason, it dropped off my regular bake list until I rediscovered it a couple of months ago. I developed a new appreciation for it on trying it again, and have baked little else since! That's highly unusual for me, but I've slowly realised that there is much to be said for baking the same bread time after time. Something gels in a way that it doesn't when you're cycling through different breads.
Perhaps it's just the development of one's appreciation of the qualities of the bread. Just about everything develops in time if you give it a chance - it's all about nuance and context. If you don't stay still long enough, you never get to understand this. And the lesson needs to be learned and re-learned, at least in my case.
I'd better curb this tangetial meditation and get to the bleedin' point! Which is, simply, that this post of yours has compelled me to re-investigate this bread. I recall that I loved it on the couple of occasions I baked it, but as with so many others, it faded into obscurity as I forged ahead with new bakes and regulars without pausing to look back. Time to resurrect this beauty!
Thanks, Ross! I've been on the same path.
For the past few months, I have also been baking my favorite few breads almost exclusively. I agree wholeheartedly with you regarding the virtues of gaining intimacy with breads through repeated bakes. My list of favorites numbers about 7, though, and provides a fair variety.
There are still new challenges, of course, and there are some very good breads I have haven't made in a long time. So each weekend's list of possible bakes is always longer than my schedule permits actually baking.
I'm very happy that the SJSD is providing you pleasure.
That is one mighty miche, David!
Beautiful bake, color, crust, crumb! Outstanding!
Wow! A near perfect bake!
Thank you, David, for posting this wonderful miche. I have a bag of 2 kg of T80, a french organic flour (brand France Nature) and I must use it asap. Your miche is the answer to my dilema "what to do with that flour?"
I'll do my best to get a result as good as yours. That will be a very dificult task, cause your miche is perfect.
Your T80 flour should make a delicious miche. Let us know if you make one with it and how it turns out.
Beautiful! The Miche is still one I have to try. I just got a Bosch mixer, & noticed that you mixed in yours for 5 minutes.
From what I read, this should get to an intermediate mix. Would you share what you have learned about your mixer, please?
david, I made it this weekend. I didn't use the T80, because I found a bag of T110 that expired in january 2012 and I decided to use that, I sifted it and I removed the large brans. I didn't used the wheat germs, and I kneaded by hand, I made 1100 g of dough and I tweaked the formula as follows (to fit my schedule in a busy day): after the first fermetation (3:30 hours at room temperature, with 3 folds in the bowl in the first 1:30 hour, then with S-F at 45 min interval) I realised it was too late in the evening, and I didn't felt like shaping and cleaning afterwards... so I placed the dough in the fridge for 10 hours. The next morning I removed it, let sit 1 hour at room temperature, preshaped it, shaped it in a round boule, proofed it for 2:30 and baked it. It was a little bit underproofed, I should have left it proof another 20-30 minute, but it was hard to estimate at that moment.
This bread is fabulous! It's one of the best I've made recently, and I think I usualy make good bread. The taste gets better after a day or two, and the texture of the crumb is elastic, cool and chewy! I'm a happy baker!
I'll put some pictures this week, when I'll have time to blog about it.
ps 1. This method of retarding the dough before shaping it's something I first did (by mistake) two weeks ago with a Vermont Sourdough (the one with whole wheat from hamelman's book), and repeat it again, last week, with 25% whole-wheat Vermont. I'm impressed with the result. Very nice dough texture, a pleasure to work with. Maybe you'll like to try it.
ps 2 . I made your san joaquin many times in the last year. You can see my results (incredible amount of pictures :) on my romanian blog, link here (I don't know if I'll have time to post about it on TFL).
I'm delighted you are enjoying these formulas.
A $10 loaf this time because of its size and beauty. Another fine peice of work. Beautiful photos too.
Late comment/query on an oldie-but-goodie post of yours: This 2k miche was clearly proofed in a cane brotform, not a linen-lined banneton. As a miche afficianado, I wouldn't mind having a brotform proofing option. The only round one I've seen on the market big enough to handle 2k of dough is a 30x8.5cm cane round from Masterproofing (China). Can you share the source of yours?
This is what I use for large rye loaves as well as miches.


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Summary Financial Results - Total Standex
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4Q21
Y/Y
Q/Q
$ 176.4 $ 139.4 $ 172.2 26.6 % 2.4 %
Operating Income - GAAP
$ 22.4 $ 10.1 $ 5.7 121.4 % 296.8 %
Operating Income - Adjusted
$ 23.5 $ 12.1 $ 21.0 94.0 % 11.9 %
Operating Margin - Adjusted
+460 bps
Net Income from Continuing Ops - GAAP
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Net Income from Continuing Ops - Adjusted
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$ 30.4 $ 18.6 $ 13.7 63.8 % 122.6 %
EBITDA margin
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$ 31.5 $ 20.6 $ 29.0 53.2 % 8.5 %
Adjusted EBITDA margin
Diluted EPS - GAAP
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Diluted EPS - Adjusted
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$ 0.24 $ 0.22 $ 0.24 9.1 % 0.0 %
Net Debt to EBITDA
-29.6 % -30.5 %
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results
Commenting on the quarter's results, President and Chief Executive Officer David Dunbar said, "We completed a very successful fiscal 2021 with strong fourth quarter results and solid execution on our growth strategy. Our Electronics, Engineering Technologies, and Engraving segments all reported meaningful sequential margin improvement. These trends were complemented by robust free cash flow generation further adding to our substantial financial flexibility. We expect stronger financial results in fiscal 2022 reflecting positive demand trends, further leveraging of our productivity initiatives, and our significantly strengthened operating profile.
"The transformation of our portfolio around businesses with attractive growth and margin profiles, as well as strong customer value propositions, was evident in the quarter on several fronts. From a revenue perspective, four of our five segments reported year-over-year growth led by the Electronics and Scientific segments. Total company backlog realizable in under one year increased approximately 19% compared to fiscal third quarter 2021."
"Our deep technical and applications expertise and innovative solutions continue to resonate with customers. For example, at our Engraving segment, we recently delivered prototype modules to support projects in the renewable energy sector for a global energy company. We are very excited about the potential opportunity to further scale up our production to support this client's plans and expand our range of organic growth opportunities," continued Mr. Dunbar.
"In addition, our consolidated adjusted operating margin of 12% in fiscal 2021 represented a ninety-basis point increase year-over-year, and our fourth quarter margin of 13.3% is the highest quarterly margin that Standex has ever reported, despite experiencing a work stoppage in Specialty Solutions plants during the fourth quarter. This work stoppage has since been resolved but did have a moderate impact on our fourth quarter financial results in this segment. In fiscal 2022, we have a healthy pipeline of productivity and efficiency initiatives which will provide further margin opportunity. In particular, our focus on mitigating material inflation and improving our cost position in the Electronics segment through changes in reed switch production and material substitution are expected to be substantially complete by the end of fiscal 2022.
"We also had a very strong quarter for cash generation reflecting solid working capital management. We reported free cash flow of approximately $26 million, a nearly 36% year-over-year increase, and generated a free cash flow to GAAP net income conversion rate of 118% in fiscal 2021. At year-end, the Company had approximately $245 million in available liquidity and a net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio of approximately 0.57x. We continued to repatriate cash in the quarter bringing the total to $38 million in fiscal 2021, slightly ahead of our initial guidance. For fiscal 2022, we expect to repatriate between $30 million and $35 million.
"We are entering fiscal 2022 well-positioned for improved financial performance as we continue to build on our portfolio of high-quality businesses. We expect positive trends in end markets such as electric vehicles, renewable energy, and smart grid. In addition, there are new business opportunities in the space and aviation sectors complemented by ongoing company-wide new product development efforts. Our consistent free cash flow generation and significant financial strength provide a strong foundation for future growth," concluded Dunbar.
In fiscal first quarter 2022, the Company expects a slight decrease in revenue, but similar operating margin compared to fiscal fourth quarter 2021. Revenue and operating margin will increase year-over-year compared to fiscal first quarter 2021.
Compared to fiscal fourth quarter 2021, the Company expects a slight increase in Electronics and Specialty segment revenue with continued broad-based end market strength and growth in these segments. Revenue in the Engraving and Engineering Technologies segments is expected to have a slight to moderate decrease due to the timing of projects. The Scientific segment is expected to have a moderate revenue decrease due to lower demand for COVID-19 vaccine storage refrigeration units.
Fourth Quarter Segment Operating Performance
Electronics (41% of sales; 50% of segment operating income)
Electronics ($M)
$ 72.8 $ 44.8 62.7 %
15.7 5.9 168.8 %
21.6 % 13.1 %
Revenue increased $28.0 million or 62.7% year-over-year reflecting a 42.2% organic growth rate with approximately $1.9 million of the total revenue increase or 4.2% related to foreign exchange. Organic revenue growth was due to a continued broad-based geographical recovery as well as increased demand for relays in solar and electric vehicle applications. The recent Renco acquisition contributed revenue of $7.3 million or approximately 26% of the increase in year-over-year segment revenue growth.
Operating income increased approximately $9.9 million or 168.8% year-over-year which reflected operating leverage associated with revenue growth, profit contribution from Renco and pricing and productivity initiatives.
In fiscal first quarter 2022, the company expects a slight increase in revenue and a moderate operating margin increase reflecting continued end market strength compared to fiscal fourth quarter 2021.
Engraving (21% of sales; 18% of segment operating income)
Engraving ($M)
5.6 2.6 119.0 %
15.4 % 8.1 %
Revenue increased approximately $5.0 million or 15.9% year-over-year with operating income growth of approximately $3.1 million or 119% year-over-year reflecting a favorable geographic mix, timing of projects, and increased soft trim product demand leveraged over segment productivity and cost initiatives.
In fiscal first quarter 2022, the Company expects a slight to moderate revenue and operating margin decrease compared to fiscal fourth quarter 2021, primarily due to the timing of projects and regional mix.
Scientific (12% of sales; 13% of segment operating income)
Scientific ($M)
4.1 2.8 48.7 %
Revenue increased approximately $8.0 million or 62.7% year-over-year reflecting positive trends at pharmaceutical channels, clinical laboratories, and academic institutions primarily attributable to demand for COVID-19 vaccine storage compared to fourth quarter fiscal 2020.
Operating income increased $1.4 million or 48.7% year-over-year, reflecting the volume increase balanced with investments to support future growth opportunities and higher freight costs.
In fiscal first quarter 2022, the Company expects a moderate sequential decrease in revenue and slight decline in margin reflecting lower demand for COVID-19 vaccine storage refrigeration and increased freight costs partially offset by pricing actions.
Engineering Technologies (11% of sales; 10% of segment operating income)
Engineering Technologies ($M)
$ 20.5 $ 26.2 -21.8 %
3.1 4.1 -25.6 %
On a year-over-year basis, revenue decreased $5.7 million or 21.8% and operating income was $1.1 million lower, representing a 25.6% decrease. This primarily reflected the absence of the recently divested Enginetics business which contributed $3.6 million in revenue to fiscal fourth quarter 2020 and the economic impact of COVID-19 on this segment's end markets.
On a sequential basis, operating margin increased to 15.1% compared to 6.2% in fiscal third quarter 2021 reflecting a continued broad-based sequential end market recovery and favorable mix complemented by ongoing productivity initiatives.
In fiscal first quarter 2022, the Company expects a slight to moderate decrease in revenue and operating margin reflecting the timing of projects.
Specialty Solutions (15% of sales; 9% of segment operating income)
Specialty Solutions ($M)
$ 25.8 $ 24.1 7.1 %
On a year-over-year basis, Specialty Solutions revenue increased approximately $1.7 million or 7.1% as its end markets, particularly in food service and specialty retail continued to recover. Operating income decreased $0.7 million or 18.7%. This reflected the impact of a work stoppage in the segment's plants and material inflation which the Company is seeking to recover through pricing actions.
In fiscal first quarter 2022, the Company expects a slight sequential increase in revenue and operating margin primarily due to growth in Merchandising and Pumps businesses partially offset by the impact of a prior work stoppage at one of the plants.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights
Net Debt: Standex had net debt of $63.1 million at June 30, 2021 compared to $82.1 million at the end of the fiscal third quarter of 2021 and $80.3 million at the end of fiscal 2020. Net debt for the fourth quarter of 2021 consisted primarily of long-term debt of $200 million and cash and equivalents of $136.4 million of which $92.2 million was held by foreign subsidiaries.
Standex repatriated approximately $6.8 million in fiscal fourth quarter 2021 and $37.6 million in fiscal 2021. The company expects to repatriate between $30 million and $35 million in fiscal 2022. The Company's net debt to adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio was approximately 0.57x at the end of the fiscal fourth quarter 2021.
Cash Flow: Net cash provided by continuing operating activities for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was $32.5 million compared to net cash provided by continuing operating activities of $25.2 million in the prior year. The Company generated free cash flow after capital expenditures of $26.4 million compared to free cash flow of $19.5 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2020. The year-over-year increase is primarily a result of improvement in working capital metrics.
Share Repurchase: During the fiscal fourth quarter, the Company repurchased approximately 50,000 shares for $5.0 million. There is approximately $22 million remaining under the Board's current share repurchase authorization.
Capital Expenditures: In fiscal fourth quarter 2021, Standex's capital expenditures were $6.1 million compared to $5.7 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2020. Investments were focused on maintenance, safety, and the Company's highest priority growth initiatives. The Company expects fiscal year 2022 capital expenditures to be between $25 million and $30 million compared to $21.5 million in fiscal 2021.
Dividends: On July 22, 2021, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share, a 9% year-over-year increase. The dividend is payable on August 25, 2021 to shareholders of record on August 2, 2021.
Standex will host a conference call for investors tomorrow, August 13, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. ET. On the call, David Dunbar, President and CEO, and Ademir Sarcevic, CFO, will review the Company's financial results and business and operating highlights. Investors interested in listening to the webcast and viewing the slide presentation should log on to the "Investors" section of Standex's website under the subheading, "Events and Presentations," located at www.standex.com.
A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Company's website shortly after the conclusion of the presentation online through August 13, 2022. To listen to the teleconference playback, please dial (877) 344-7529 in the U.S. or (412) 317-0088 internationally; the passcode is 10158341. The audio playback via phone will be available through August 20, 2021. The webcast replay can be accessed in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website, located at www.standex.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP adjusted income from operations, non-GAAP adjusted net income from continuing operations, free operating cash flow, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA to net debt, and adjusted earnings per share. The attached financial tables reconcile non-GAAP measures used in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. The Company believes that the use of non-GAAP measures including the impact of restructuring charges, purchase accounting, insurance recoveries, discrete tax events, loss on sale of a business unit, and acquisition costs help investors to obtain a better understanding of our operating results and prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts the Company's performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods. An understanding of the impact in a particular quarter of specific restructuring costs, acquisition expenses, or other gains and losses, on net income (absolute as well as on a per-share basis), operating income or EBITDA can give management and investors additional insight into core financial performance, especially when compared to quarters in which such items had a greater or lesser effect, or no effect. Non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a replacement for, the corresponding GAAP measures, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
About Standex
Standex International Corporation is a multi-industry manufacturer in five broad business segments: Electronics, Engraving, Scientific, Engineering Technologies, and Specialty Solutions with operations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, India and China. For additional information, visit the Company's website at http://standex.com/.
Statements contained in this Press Release that are not based on historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "should," "could," "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "estimate," "anticipate," "intend," "continue," or similar terms or variations of those terms or the negative of those terms. There are many factors that affect the Company's business and the results of its operations and that may cause the actual results of operations in future periods to differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. These factors include, but are not limited to: the impact of pandemics such as the current coronavirus on employees, our supply chain, and the demand for our products and services around the world; materially adverse or unanticipated legal judgments, fines, penalties or settlements; conditions in the financial and banking markets, including fluctuations in exchange rates and the inability to repatriate foreign cash; domestic and international economic conditions, including the impact, length and degree of economic downturns on the customers and markets we serve and more specifically conditions in the automotive, construction, aerospace, transportation, food service equipment, consumer appliance, energy, oil and gas and general industrial markets; lower-cost competition; the relative mix of products which impact margins and operating efficiencies in certain of our businesses; the impact of higher raw material and component costs, particularly steel, certain materials used in electronics parts, petroleum based products, and refrigeration components; an inability to realize the expected cost savings from restructuring activities including effective completion of plant consolidations, cost reduction efforts including procurement savings and productivity enhancements, capital management improvements, strategic capital expenditures, and the implementation of lean enterprise manufacturing techniques; the potential for losses associated with the exit from or divestiture of businesses that are no longer strategic or no longer meet our growth and return expectations; the inability to achieve the savings expected from global sourcing of raw materials and diversification efforts in emerging markets; the impact on cost structure and on economic conditions as a result of actual and threatened increases in trade tariffs; the inability to attain expected benefits from acquisitions and the inability to effectively consummate and integrate such acquisitions and achieve synergies envisioned by the Company; market acceptance of our products; our ability to design, introduce and sell new products and related product components; the ability to redesign certain of our products to continue meeting evolving regulatory requirements; the impact of delays initiated by our customers; and our ability to increase manufacturing production to meet demand; and potential changes to future pension funding requirements. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent management's estimates only as of the day made and should not be relied upon as representing management's estimates as of any subsequent date. While the Company may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company and management specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if management's estimates change.
Ademir Sarcevic, CFO
e-mail : InvestorRelations@Standex.com
Standex International Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Operations
Year Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)
$ 176,435 $ 139,386 $ 656,232 $ 604,535
65,808 46,918 241,261 215,455
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Restructuring costs
Loss on sale of business
- - 14,624 -
Acquisition related costs
81 110 931 1,759
Income from operations
Other non-operating (income) / expense
400 (456 ) 473 (1,021 )
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
20,433 8,930 52,700 54,074
Provision for income taxes
6,002 2,832 14,157 13,060
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
(482 ) (4,263 ) (2,070 ) (20,826 )
$ 13,949 $ 1,835 $ 36,473 $ 20,188
Basic earnings per share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
(0.04 ) (0.35 ) (0.17 ) (1.69 )
Diluted earnings per share:
Average Shares Outstanding
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Current assets- Discontinued Operations
- 2,936
Property, plant, equipment, net
Deferred tax asset
Operating lease right-of-use asset
Total non-current assets
Income taxes payable
Operating lease long-term liabilities
Accrued pension and other non-current liabilities
Stockholders' equity:
Total stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
Standex International Corporation and Subsidiaries
(2,070 ) (20,826 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Non-cash portion of restructuring charge
Gain from extinguishment of debt - PPP loan
(713 ) -
14,624 -
- (1,302 )
Contributions to defined benefit plans
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities
Net cash provided by operating activities - continuing operations
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities - discontinued operations
1,716 (7,435 )
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment
(21,752 ) (21,521 )
Expenditures for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
(27,406 ) (622 )
Proceeds from sale of business
(1,611 ) 1,523
Net cash (used in) investing activities from continuing operations
Net cash provided by investing activities from discontinued operations
Net cash (used in) investing activities
Proceeds from borrowings
(17,000 ) 106,500
17,000 (105,300 )
Contingent consideration payment
Activity under share-based payment plans
Purchase of treasury stock
Cash dividends paid
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
Net changes in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
Selected Segment Data
$ 72,844 $ 44,773 $ 253,369 $ 185,294
20,471 26,178 75,562 104,047
Specialty Solutions
3,088 4,149 6,164 14,027
(1,000 ) (1,877 ) (3,478 ) (4,669 )
(81 ) (110 ) (931 ) (1,759 )
- - (14,624 ) -
(8,067 ) (6,911 ) (29,674 ) (29,599 )
$ 22,422 $ 10,129 $ 59,165 $ 60,528
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In thousands, except percentages)
Adjusted income from operations and adjusted net income from continuing operations:
$ 176,435 $ 139,386 26.6 % $ 656,232 $ 604,535 8.6 %
Income from operations, as reported
$ 22,422 $ 10,129 121.4 % $ 59,165 $ 60,528 -2.3 %
Income from operations margin
12.7 % 7.3 % 9.0 % 10.0 %
Adjustments:
Restructuring charges
Acquisition-related costs
Property insurance deductible
Purchase accounting expenses
- - 592 -
Adjusted income from operations
$ 23,503 $ 12,116 94.0 % $ 78,790 $ 66,956 17.7 %
Adjusted income from operations margin
13.3 % 8.7 % 12.0 % 11.1 %
Interest and other income (expense), net
- - (1,302 )
Discrete and other tax items
1,774 253 1,578 (1,164 )
Tax impact of above adjustments
(224 ) (338 ) (3,434 ) (1,716 )
Net income from continuing operations, as adjusted
$ 17,062 $ 8,000 113.3 % $ 56,312 $ 43,260 30.2 %
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
Net income (loss) from continuing operations, as reported
$ 14,431 $ 6,098 136.7 % $ 38,543 $ 41,014
Net income from continuing operations margin
8.2 % 4.4 % 5.9 % 6.8 %
Add back:
$ 30,420 $ 18,577 63.8 % $ 91,933 $ 93,843 -2.0 %
17.2 % 13.3 % 14.0 % 15.5 %
- - - (1,302 )
$ 31,501 $ 20,564 53.2 % $ 111,558 $ 98,969 12.7 %
Free operating cash flow:
Net cash provided by operating activities - continuing operations, as reported
Less: Capital expenditures
Free operating cash flow
Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, as reported
$ 1.18 $ 0.50 136.0 % $ 3.14 $ 3.31 -5.1 %
- - 1.01 -
- - - (0.11 )
Discrete tax items
0.15 0.02 0.13 (0.09 )
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, as adjusted
$ 1.40 $ 0.65 115.4 % $ 4.60 $ 3.49 31.8 %


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by Henry Jenkins on September 1, 2007
In Medias Res, Fall 2007
William Uricchio
The new GAMBIT lab facility over at 5 Cambridge Center (two stories above Legal Sea Foods) opened mid-summer and has transformed how CMS operates. If you haven't been over to GAMBIT yet, you should do so. The Lab space was created with support from the Singapore Media Development Authority and National Research Foundation and from MIT to help sustain a new center designed to do the kind of research and development that is not taking place within the games industry but which will stretch the medium in important new directions.
As you walk through the door, you will see an image of the screen of Spacewar! etched in glass. Here's the back story: Spacewar! is believed to be the first interactive computer game, built in the early 1960s by the Tech Model Railroad Club, which was at the time housed in MIT's legendary Building 20. The game deployed the Artificial Intelligence Lab's PDP-1 computer. Soon, the game was widely deployed as a test whenever PDP-1 computers were installed. More importantly, it set the stage for subsequent experiments with computer and video games. Oddly enough, there is no plaque honoring the Tech Model Railroad Club for its place in video games history amongst the various memorials to Building 20 in the new Stata Center, so we've chosen to recognize it within CMS, one of a number of recent efforts to help our students recognize the fit between their current projects and a much larger history of media theory and production at MIT.
If you walked past the Spacewar! memorial this summer and into the heart of GAMBIT, you would have seen something truly remarkable: a team of 40 students from 9 different Singaporean institutions working hand in hand with undergraduate and graduate students from CMS and Computer Science to develop cutting-edge games. The projects they built were creatively interesting and technically challenging; they had compelling graphics and engaging soundtracks; and they were all developed through an eight-week rapid prototyping and development process which would put most professional game companies to shame. To visit the lab at that point, you would have found walls plastered with artist sketches, flowcharts, and development schedules, signs of a creative process at work. What these students did this summer has already attracted media attention in both the United States and Singapore; participants are scoring top level jobs in game companies around the world; and the projects themselves are being closely reviewed by game companies in the hopes that some of them will get picked up for commercial distribution.
With the start of the academic year, CMS has taken over much of the lab space to serve our own expanding pedagogical and research needs. (If you don't think CMS is expanding, just look at all of the announcements of new staff and students in this issue!) Each of the CMS research initiatives now have designated spaces, which means that we have room for teams of students to work together on projects. The result has been a dramatic shift towards greater collaboration throughout the research process and a fuller integration of learning and research activities. It is also resulting in greater collaboration across the teams because people run into each other in the hallways at GAMBIT and start to talk about the work they are doing. Increasingly, we are using the GAMBIT space for teaching with several of our required graduate subjects being hosted there this term.
The space played important roles during our orientation for new students; it is the location for Friday afternoon game playing sessions designed to bring the community together and familiarize them with new developments in this area, as well as the location chosen to host a half-day series of faculty meetings to help redesign the requirements for our undergraduate major. These sessions brought together 25 members of our (sometimes loosely) affiliated faculty, who cut across almost every part of the HASS school and beyond. Those participating were: Alan Brody, Tommy DeFrantz, Jay Scheib, Ian Condry, Stefan Helmreich, Marty Marks, Philip Tan, William Uricchio, Sarah Brouillette, Noel Jackson, Wyn Kelley, Nick Montfort, Ute Meta Bauer, Glorianna Davenport, Kurt Fendt, Leila Kinney, and Jing Wang. Many of those who came ended up hanging out with students and research staff longer than expected and came away with a much better picture of what CMS is becoming. The Lab space will also host a growing number of post-docs and visiting scholars who are being better integrated into the research process and will bring valuable new perspectives to our ongoing discussions.
Other CMS activities remain scattered across multiple locations on campus (including, of course, our headquarters space in building 14) as we await completion of the new MIT Media complex where our core operations will unfold alongside those of the Media Lab, the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, and other media-related groups.
During the summer, the GAMBIT Lab is emblematic of the ways CMS translates humanistic insights into pragmatic projects and the ways our research is starting to have a global impact. During the academic year, GAMBIT is allowing CMS to reinvent itself, to better achieve our goals both inside the classroom and inside the research laboratory, to bring faculty, staff, and students together in new ways, and to create a context for collaborative work in the future.
Filed Under: in medias res Tagged With: civic media, Ed Barrett, Erin Reilly, GAMBIT, games, iCue, Nick Montfort, Second Life, Singapore
About Henry Jenkins
Henry Jenkins is the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He arrived at USC in Fall 2009 after spending the previous decade as the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities. He is the author and/or editor of twelve books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Cultureand From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. His newest books include Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. He is currently co-authoring a book on"spreadable media" with Sam Ford and Joshua Green. He has written for Technology Review, Computer Games, Salon, and The Huffington Post. - See more at: http://henryjenkins.org/aboutmehtml#sthash.ev25qsgl.dpuf


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Party season is here, and so are our essential dietary tips for helping keeping hair healthy through the weeks of excess ahead.
'Christmas-time, mistletoe and wine' sang the notoriously debauched party animal Sir Cliff Richard while balancing on the office Xerox machine wearing nothing but a wreath of the aforementioned snog-berries and two spilled pints of jagermeister-spiced sangria.
It's time to let our hair down. Some of love to do it in style, some of us just love to do it a lot. But be warned, do nothing to counteract the weeks spent polishing-off most of the prosecco at the Christmas bash and champing down whole boxes of chocolate truffles in front of The Wizard Of Oz, and before you know it you'll really be letting your hair down.
We all know that 'party season' can take its toll on our skin, waistlines, liver and kidneys, but while you'll certainly feel that aching lower back and the pounding inside your head, on the upside of your skull hair remains the silent victim, turning duller, flatter and dryer by the day. And when it comes to 'morning-after' remedies, a large bacon butty with Bloody Mary chaser might feel like they're kick-starting your vital organs, but they won't help lackluster post-party locks one little bit. Instead, consider these nutrient-packed foods, ready to replenish your hair's natural strength and shine while pacifying a heaving stomach and an unquiet mind.
First-off trying settling your insides with a bowl of lentils, not just the comfort food of a whole sub-continent but also a valuable vegetarian source of iron-rich protein, essential for growing healthy hair by producing keratin, the hardened protein that's the very stuff hair is made from. Bell peppers will help the body use non-heme iron (the type found in plants rather than red meat) and they're also rich in vitamin C. Vitamin C is an important antioxidant that will aid hangover recovery - it also produces collagen, a structural fibre that helps hair stay supple. Ditch the greasy fry-up, but do keep the eggs - they're rich in biotin, a B-vitamin that aids hair growth and maintains general scalp health (other biotin rich foods include, almonds, salmon and avocados). Eggs however, also contain an amino acid called cysteine, which helps counter the effects of acetaldehyde, a toxic byproduct of excessive alcohol consumption. When it comes to your perfect non-alcoholic après-party drink, make it coconut water everytime. Alcohol is a diuretic, so dehydration is a major cause of hangover symptoms. Rehydrate with coconut water (preferably before passing out) and you'll swerve the worst of the dry mouth and headache, replenish five of the electrolytes that alcohol depletes, and be drinking a fluid rich in protein and calcium for strong shiny hair. It even contains anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties for warding-off dandruff and scalp infections while your immune system is low!
Couple these dietary hangover hair cures with a quality, moisturising shampoo and conditioner (we recommend products by Redken, Purology, Kerastase or Shu Umera), and your hair should shine like a star this Christmas, even when your eyes still look as red as Rudolph's nose!
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July 11, 2017 – Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management and automation, announced the success achieved with WaterForce, a provider of water management and irrigation solutions in New Zealand. Schneider Electric worked with WaterForce to develop a cloud-based Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) mobile control solution, built on Microsoft Azure and Azure IoT technologies, which enables farmers to operate irrigation pivots with greater agility, efficiency and sustainability.
Agriculture accounts for nearly 70 percent of the world's water consumption. As global food demand grows, water use is expected to rise – making efficient irrigation critical. With Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure architecture, WaterForce developed a cloud-based IIoT solution so farmers can monitor and control irrigation pumps and pivots from their computer, tablet or smartphone.
EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric's IoT-enabled, open and interoperable system architecture and platform. It delivers Innovation At Every Level across connected products, edge control, and apps, analytics, and services, and enables scalable design and operation of connected systems for increased operational efficiency.
Unique to this solution is its ability to work with a farm's existing equipment, such as irrigation and pump controllers.
WaterForce's solution integrates multiple components of Schneider Electric's software and hardware product portfolio, including cloud and mobility solutions, HMI/SCADA, variable speed drives and soft starters. The solution is built using Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, which includes a collection of integrated enterprise tools including devices, software, cloud, data and analytics.
This cloud-based IIoT irrigation control solution is provided through WaterForce, and is currently available in New Zealand.


Zane Musgrove got the win in his Toa Samoa debut as the Samoans bagged a 40-26 win against a Country U23s side that played up to the occasion.
The Country U23s might not have won the match, but they've won over plenty of admirers after a courageous performance against the Samoan World Cup Squad at McDonalds Park, Wagga Wagga.
Facing a side that boasted over 1700 games of First Grade NRL and English Super League experience, the Country side put in a performance to remember in the 40-26 defeat in front of 3500 fans.
Country U23s Coach Josh Cale was thrilled by their performance.
"It was just a credit to them with the way they held themselves," Cale said.
"I know the 23s concept has been knocked, but they are all young, all keen and they still have aspirations and dreams.
Country had the better of the early stages, forcing several line drop-outs, but Samoa looked dangerous every time they touched the ball only for execution to stop them from making Country pay.
Country went close to scoring when they had back-to-back sets on Samoa's line, but couldn't break through.
After the ball was kicked dead, however, Joey Leilua showed his speed to sprint 60 meters from the restart.
While that set broke down, Peter Mata'uita soon opened the scoring after 15 minutes as he sliced through for the opening try.
Nine minutes into the second stanza Jarome Laui made the most of a pause in play to score from 40 metres out before Leilua completed a 60-metre team try to have Samoa racing ahead a 18-0 lead.
But Country were the next to score as Jacob Gagai swooped on a loose ball to score with a minute left before the long break, much to the delight of the home crowd.
Samoa extended their lead six minutes after half-time when Young Tonumaipea scored off a slick inside ball.
However Country were quick to respond when Gagai plucked an intercept try only to see Samoa score the last two tries of the period to take the scoreline to 30-10.
Despite early tries to Ken Maumalo and Suaia Matagi, Country fired back with three of their own, including a 100-metre team effort to finish with a bang and send the Country crowd to their feet with applause.
Jacob Hickson finished things off when he crossed in the last few seconds following some good work from Gagai to round out a courageous performance.
While he thought his team got off to a slow start Samoa captain Frank Pritchard saw some positives.
"It was a slow start from us, a few boys hadn't played for a while, but at the end of the day it was good to get a hit out," Pritchard said.
Country Centre Ryley Thomas admitted it was a night to remember for himself and his teammates.


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Conference goes off campus
By Annie Lewine
This weekend's eighth annual American Studies conference drew in both students new to the study of race as well as those with backgrounds in American Studies. The conference was designed to include elements accessible to students with varying degrees of experience examining race and racism. Free tickets and transportation were provided for a limited number of students to off-campus events in order to give more students access to the exhibits.
The theme, "Visualizing Race: Three Episodes" included trips to the Science Museum of Minnesota, the Walker Art Center, and a keynote address from Robin D.G. Kelly,
Professor of History and American and Ethnicity Studies at the University of Southern California.
"I went because I had a free ticket and a ride there," Lisa Bruckner '10 said. "I think it's great that they made it so easy for students to see the exhibit on race."
The exhibit was also accessible to a wide range of people, said Kaylie Burns '09, an American Studies and History major and a WGSS minor. "The race exhibit was important because it had the ability to reach such a variety of people," Burns said. "Little kids could go in there and press buttons and actually learn about race […] the Science Museum targeted a broader audience."
The exhibit provided an overview of contemporary American racial issues. Some of the videos featured in the exhibit addressed race in schools, the media, in housing and the Census. These were all featured along with personal stories about the effect of racism and race in individuals' lives.
Saturday began with a panel discussion of the Science Museum's race exhibit, followed by Kelly's keynote address. After seeing the race exhibit Friday evening, Kelly said in his speech that he spent most of the night rewriting his keynote presentation.
On Saturday afternoon students boarded buses to the Walker Art Center in downtown Minneapolis to see Kara Walker's exhibit, "My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love." In his speech, Kelly called the exhibit "disturbing and powerful." Others agreed. "Kara Walker challenges even people who do have a background in the study of race," Burns said. "The Science Museum exhibit targeted a broader audience and Kara Walker makes even me step back—and I've been a student of race for the past four or five years."
Although many took advantage of the free events on campus, some students who are more invested in the study of race felt there was a limited attendance of students not already involved with the American Studies department. In the wake of the politically incorrect party, some felt that the presence of students new to the study of race would have made the issues discussed this weekend more useful.
"I think the people who went were all people who wanted to have this discourse," Burns said. "I want to discuss issues of race and the politically incorrect party with the people who don't want to talk about [them]."
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The iPhone Calendar App is one of the most popular native iOS apps. It helps us easily manage our lives by setting important dates. You don't want to miss your son's birthday or a turn up to work on a holiday. However, what happens when the Calendar app disappears? What are your options? Some users have asked, "How do I get the calendar back on my iPhone?" This article lists the possible reasons and explains how to fix iPhone XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus/6S/6/SE/5s/5 Calendar disappeared.
Is your iPhone calendar missing? Below is a list of possible reasons that explain the disappeared calendar app on your iPhone.
The solutions described in this section are the first cause of action you should take when the calendar disappears.
When encountering a problem with your iPhone or an app, restarting it should be the first solution. To restart your iPhone, follow the procedure below.
If your Calendar app disappeared from your iPhone, you can simply follow steps below to restore Calender app from App store.
Step 1: Go to the App Store.
Step 2: Search for the app. Make sure that you use the exact name of the app. Find the correct name of built-in apps.
Step 3: Tap iCloud Download button to restore the app.
Step 4: Wait for the app to restore, then open it from your Home screen.
Think of this method as a way of refreshing your iCloud calendar settings. To do so, follow the procedure below.
Step 2: Tap [your name] > Sign Out at the bottom of your screen.
Step 3: Sign back in by using your Apple ID.
The Date and Time Settings including your time zone should be in sync with your location. To change the settings, follow the procedure below.
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The problem could be as a result of connectivity issues. To check cellular data settings, follow the procedure below.
Step 2: Navigate to Cellular > Cellular Data and toggle it off then on.
Step 3: Set automatic carrier selection to ON.
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Andre - Name Meaning, What does Andre mean?
Andre as a boys' name (also used less commonly as girls' name Andre) is pronounced AHN-dray. It is of French and Greek origin, and the meaning of Andre is "man, warrior". André is a variant of Andrew. Pianist André Watts; actor André Gregory; composer/conductor André Previn; tennis player Andre Agassi.
Prominent varying forms of Andre (#258 VIA LATEST LIST) are Andrew (#34), Andres (#216), Andy (#326), Deandre (#674), Anders (#818), Andreas (#1155), Dion (#1281), Andrey (#1864), Andrae, Andrea, Andrei, Andru, Dre and Keandre. Usage of these forms of Andre was at its highest in the year 1990 (USAGE OF 2%) and has become much diminished since (USAGE 0.8%, ▼60.2%), with versions such as Dion becoming somewhat outmoded. Anders and Andres are two of the more contemporarily stylish birth names in this list.
Andre is alike in pronunciation to Indra, Ohndrei, Ohndrey, Ondrae, Ondray and Onndrae. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adare, Addie, Ade, Aldred, Alfre, Ander, Andon▼, Andric, Andrik, Ange, Angie, Anse, Ardie, Audie, D'Andre, Dondre, Onfre (see Humphrey) and Onndre (see Ondre). These names tend to be less frequently used than Andre.


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Lee has worked in the media since 2009. Prior to that he worked as an actor – with 'notable' appearances in a Moonpig ad and as a zombie for Film4.
He spent five years working in China, as a features writer for a magazine in Beijing, a script writer and as a presenter for his own 'edutainment' TV show, in the newsroom for China's English language international news channel.
Lee has worked in content marketing since 2014, for an ad agency in Manchester and as a content strategist for MPD Group and ResponseTap.
He loves coming up with creative angles to tell clients' stories and outside of work enjoys theatre, travelling and spending time with his two young kids.
Lee has a BA in Drama with English from the University of Manchester and an MA in Classical Acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
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Look around, at people outside, guess who they are what their jobs are, where they're going. That's the base of a character and storyline.
Maybe, remember a dream you had and see if you can make something of it.
Start with something completely normal and go off and make it as wacky as possible! Someone invents something that changes the world but maybe it starts of good and gets worse. Use anything around you as inspiration.
Have Fun , or , or be bored?
Pay attention to some kids at your school, observe their behavior, try to think of something you THINK they would do if they were a dark person.
Write a type of science fiction on what you think happens in odd area of your town/city, state, or places you hang out around.
I saw a grown man wearing dark clothing walking down my street, I kept my eye on him cause I thought he would try to pull something fishy off. Out of nowhere, I saw a big beam of a light shoot into the sky, it was weird because he flew away and I didn't see any helicopters above him, and the light he flew inside of went all the way to space.
Your welcome, I was told I was good at writing in my junior year.
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What do vassals do for fun, and how often do they get it?


THIS SUNDAY... Let's get it open ! " Hell is our newest bit of track, it is a 150 metre section of track that links " The Odyssey" into "One Klick". It just needs some roots removing and a bit of vegetation clearing, as well as a bit of surface attention.


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US airline 'broke safety rules'
Filed under: Latest — Tags: American Airlines, BA, British Airways, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, flying, Iberia, MD-83 planes, pilots, planes, repairing, safety rules, Spain, US, US airline — expressyoureself @ 9:53 pm
American Airlines has joined forces with British Airways
US aviation officials are accusing American Airlines of major breaches of safety, including intentionally flying planes known to need repairing.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to fine the company a total of $7.1m (£3.8m).
An FAA statement said two MD-83 planes were used on dozens of flights in 2007, even though repair work reported as necessary by pilots had not been done.
Problems with drug and alcohol testing were also found, officials say.
The FAA statement comes hours after British Airways confirmed it had sealed an alliance with American Airlines, allowing the two carriers to agree fares, routes and schedules together.
The alliance also includes Spain's Iberia, which is merging with BA.
K2 survivors describe avalanche
Filed under: Latest — Tags: Achille Compagnoni, altitude, avalanche, Bottleneck, climb, disaster, disaster struck, Dutch climber., Expedition, froze, Group, ice pillar, Italian, Italian climber, K2, K2's history, Killer mountain, Lino Lacedelli, member, mountain, Mr van Rooijen, Pakistan, pilots, Rescue, rescue climbers, survivor, teams, Wilco Van Rooijen, world's second-highest mountain — expressyoureself @ 3:19 am
Survivors of an expedition to the top of the world's second-highest mountain have described scenes of panic after an avalanche hit the group on its descent.
Eleven climbers died on K2, in Pakistan, over the weekend.
As about 25 climbers descended from the peak of K2 in the darkness on Friday, the avalanche swept some climbers away and left others stranded.
An Italian member of the group has been reached by rescuers and taken to an advance base camp on the mountain.
"People were running down but didn't know where to go," Dutch survivor Wilco van Rooijen told Reuters news agency from a Pakistani military hospital where he is being treated for frostbite.
"So a lot of people were lost on the mountain on the wrong side, wrong route and then you have a big problem."
The Death Zone
Many regard the 8,611m (28,251ft) peak as the world's most difficult to climb.
In the deadliest day in K2's history, the avalanche occurred when a chunk from an ice pillar snapped away on a steep gully called the Bottleneck.
Fixed ropes that the climbers relied on were torn away and several climbers were swept to their deaths.
Others froze to death after they were stranded high on the mountain in the high-altitude level above 8,000 metres climbers call the Death Zone – where there is not enough oxygen to support life.
The Italian climber still on the mountain, Marco Confortola, spoke by satellite phone to his brother Luigi.
"Up there it was hell," Ansa news agency quoted him as telling his brother.
"During the descent, beyond 8,000 metres (26,000 feet), due to the altitude and the exhaustion I even fell asleep in the snow and when I woke up I could not figure out where I was".
Pakistani helicopter pilots are to attempt to reach Mr Confortola on Tuesday at the advance base camp at 6,000 metres where he has been taken by rescue climbers.
Killer mountain
Mr van Rooijen said people in the large group of climbers – composed of several teams that had waited for a break in the weather to climb the mountain since July – had failed to work together after disaster struck.
"They were thinking of using my gas, my rope," he said. "So actually everybody was fighting for himself and I still do not understand why everybody were leaving each other."
He said he spent Friday night huddled in the snow above the Bottleneck with two other climbers, before making his way down the rest of the mountain.
He was airlifted by military helicopter from the mountain on Monday along with another Dutch climber.
He said some ropes had been laid in the wrong position – a mistake which took several valuable hours to correct, delaying the summit push until just before darkness.
Pakistani authorities said three South Koreans, two Nepalis, two Pakistani porters, and French, Serbian, Norwegian and Irish climbers had died on the mountain.
Expedition organisers only learned of the avalanche after a group of climbers arrived back at the mountain's base camp on Saturday evening.
Only a few hundred people have climbed K2 and dozens have died in the attempt.
The fatality rate for those who reach the summit at 27% is about three times higher than that for Mount Everest.
One of the worst single-day death tolls was on Everest on 11 May 1996, when eight people died in summit attempts.
Six people fell to their deaths or disappeared during a storm on K2 on 13 August 1995.
The summit of K2 was first reached by two Italians, Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni, on 31 July 1954.


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Toshiba Corporation's energy supply system has been chosen by Tohoku Electric Power Co. to support a two-year power management study in which it will evaluate hydrogen (H2) in overcoming fluctuations from renewable sources.
Under the terms of the deal, of which financial details were not disclosed, Tohoku Electric will use Toshiba's H2OneTM H2-based autonomous energy supply system in its study.
The independent instrument features a highly efficient cogeneration system based on Toshiba's unique H2 energy management system (EMS) and uses renewable energy and H2 to stably supply electricity. It consists of a solar power generation system, storage battery, H2 production equipment, H2 storage alloy tank and a pure H2 fuel cell.
Over the course of the two-year project, Tohoku Electric will monitor the viability of the H2 power storage system as a solution for offsetting power output fluctuations caused by an expansion of renewables.
"H2 offers an innovative approach to emission-free clean energy and we want to promote wide acceptance of H2 solutions," he added.
In October, Tohoku and Toshiba joined forces with Iwatani Corporation in a government-supported scheme that is investigating the configuration and specification of a H2 energy system which encompasses the world's largest H2 production system.
Toshiba Corporation is constructing a new hydrogen (H2) application centre at its Fuchu complex in western Tokyo.
Toshiba Corporation, a multinational Japanese conglomerate, has unveiled Japan's largest alkaline water electrolysis hydrogen (H2) production system.
Toshiba has won an order to supply a 100KW pure hydrogen (H2) fuel cell system to Showa Denko K.K., a Tokyo-based chemical company.