An animator, Andy Martin, asks questions through his animation. -"Who are you? What is the image you want to project? How will the artist manipulate it?" You see a cute clay-made rabbit transforms man, a duck, and a vampire. Andy also made this music for the video, and you listen to beautiful instruments' sounds while you are watching this animation. The puppet is made of clay, but we can see the face parts and some accessories are illustrated by the computer. Andy created this stop-motion film for Character Portrait Exhibition 2014 of a contemporary character design and art organization called 'Pictoplasma'. This film music also created by Andy. Please check Andy's cute stop-motion animation short, "Pictoplasma".
"I am a…" from Handymartian on Vimeo.


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This article " How to Build Your LinkedIn Network? ", is about the three steps to build a valuable LinkedIn network to improve your business.
How to Build Your LinkedIn Network?
Three steps to build a valuable network for you and your business.
Upload your contacts from Outlook, webmail like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, or other address books. You can do this via the "Add Connections" tab. Then you can log into your email and find who has a profile on LinkedIn.
While you are waiting for people to accept the invitations you sent, you can add more people to your network via a different method. Again, you are first focusing on the people who are already on LinkedIn because they will be more open to accepting your invitation.
Use the tools LinkedIn provides for retrieving colleagues and classmates. Since LinkedIn works with the information in your profile, it is important that you already have completed the information about the companies you have worked for and the schools and universities you've attended.
You can do this by visiting someone's profile and looking at their connections on the right-hand side. If you see someone interesting, invite that person to connect.
Use the "advanced search" option to search for people If you find someone with whom you'd like to connect, see if you share any mutual connections.
Ask that connection if he or she can make an introduction to the new person. Please remember that what you are now doing is building a relationship. Don't sell at this stage.
This will give you a genuine opportunity to interact with individuals of those groups and will help you increase your visibility. People will start to contact you.
Save your people searches and create an alert If you set up an alert, LinkedIn will send you an email every week with new prospects.
Follow your network's updates and your contacts' interactions As you watch who your network interacts with, you might notice opportunities for building valuable relationships.
This article " How Can You Market on Facebook? ", is about how you can utilize your Facebook pages, ads, and groups to market your products or services.
While profiles require a mutual relationship between friends, pages can be liked by anyone, without a requirement for the page creator to accept a fan. They also don't have a restriction on the number of friends/fans they can have (unlike profiles, which are limited to 5,000 friends).
Advantages: Pages are free and easy to set up.
Disadvantages: It can be hard to get a foothold and build a fan base with a page.
Advantages: Ads have powerful targeting parameters.
Disadvantages: Ads can get expensive, depending on your goals.
Facebook groups are similar to discussion forums, but with additional features that pages and profiles have (like a wall). You can create groups related to your industry or product offerings as a way to reach out to potential customers.
Advantages: Groups are free and have high levels of engagement.
Disadvantages: Groups can be very time-consuming.
This article " 10 Tips For Building Twitter Followers ", is about the best tips that will help you in building your twitter followers.
Twitter is a very powerful tool for business when used correctly. It can help you in branding, generate new leads and build the connection with your prospects.
To increase your Twitter followers you need to concentrate on creating informative/enticing Tweeting content so it's likely to be retweeted.
Make your id simple and rememberable. There are only 140 precious characters available in each Twitter post. The longer your Twitter ID, the more space it takes up, So make it short If possible.
Please stay away from numbers or underscore. As your community grows, you'll have many names and IDs to remember. Throwing in numbers and underscores makes it more difficult. This could ultimately minimize your interactions.
Users who want to find out more about you will inevitably visit your Twitter bio. Make sure it's professional, complete and that it does a great job of representing you and your business.
Understanding the basics of Twitter is a must when building a community.
Tw + any other word. A fun practice on Twitter is to develop a new twist on old words. For example, Tworld = Twitter world, and Tweeples = Those who use Twitter.
Use Twitter's advanced search or a Twitter directory to search for people that you'd like in your community. You can search by topic, keyword and more to discover who's tweeting about the things you're interested in. Then, follow a handful of these accounts each day, and you'll be surprised by how many follow you back.
Influencers can amplify your message, and get it in front of a large, targeted, engaged audience. Try building relationships with a handful of influencers in your industry to tap into an even larger community.
This applies to both timing and topic. The more regularly you tweet throughout the week, and the more on-topic you are (whichever topic that may be), the more targeted followers you will attract.
Use links in your tweets. Tweets with links get more retweets than those without. Use relevant hashtags in your posts. Tweets with hashtags get at least 2x more engagement and will help you attract new followers who are searching for those keywords.
Give before you ask. Offer to help someone – whether they have asked a question, need a favor or they are simply new to Twitter – and they will remember you. Do this enough times, and you'll build a loyal following of folks who know where to turn when they need something.
You probably already have an offline community, especially if you're tweeting on behalf of a business – so use it! Let your in-store customers, the people you email, and everyone you're connected to professionally know you tweet by adding your Twitter handle to store signage, your email signature and more.
In this article " 5 Ways to Improve Your Website Traffic ", I am discussing the best ways to get more organic traffic to your website.
Creating a blog and publishing some fresh new content every 2–3 days might help to grow your traffic steadily. But, you cannot publish any type of content. Give a thought before selecting a topic for your content.
Follow these guidelines whenever you plan to add new content on your site.
Think of titles that can attract the audience.
Pick competitors on the basis of keywords. The more competitors you analyze, the more options you will have for yourself.
Use Ahrefs.com to find the top pages of your competitors' websites and try to get something similar on your own site.
With the help of SEMrush tool, track which keywords are of importance for your campaign. Find out the keywords that are sending traffic to your competitor's website.
Pick those keywords where the competition is low.
You can also use software like RankWatch to perform a thorough analysis of your online competitors.
Choose social media site as per the theme of your business.
Remain active but don't poke the users often. Study the strategy of your competitors and try to get some ideas.
Increase followers and most importantly, increase engagement.
Test and see at what time your post receives the maximum engagement, follow that time schedule.
Remain regular on all the channels you select to promote your brand.
Trusted seed sites are those sites that are trusted by Google the most. This means a backlink from such sites can increase your ranking and ultimately traffic. One major example of such a site is Wikipedia. If you wish to get a backlink from Wikipedia then you will have to earn it. Earning something is more difficult than creating or buying something. This is why "EARNED BACKLINKS" are "NATURAL BACKLINKS" and those have a lot of value in the eyes of Google.
Influencer marketing is a new term that is quickly gaining popularity. The idea is to identify influencers in your industry and use them to promote your brand or service.
Use Traackr to identify influencers in your niche.
Once you have identified the influencers, the next step is to contact them personally one by one and win their confidence so that they become the face of your brand.
It takes time and even if you are able to convince 1–2 influencers in 60 days time, it will do enough good for your branding.
In this article " 3 Metrics that Matter for your Digital Marketing ", I am discussing the main metrics which actually measure your digital marketing efforts.
The Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is a metric used to determine the total average cost your company spends to acquire a new customer.
Take your total sales and marketing spend for a specific time period and divide by the number of new customers for that time period.
CAC illustrates how much your company is spending per new customer acquired. You want a low average CAC. An increase in CAC means that you are spending comparatively more for each new customer, which can imply there's a problem with your sales or marketing efficiency.
Your sales team could have underperformed (and consequently received) lower commissions and/or bonuses.
How to Calculate It: To calculate the LTV: CAC you'll need to compute the Lifetime Value, the CAC and find the ratio of the two.
What This Means and Why It Matters: The higher the LTV: CAC, the more ROI your sales and marketing team is delivering to your bottom line. However, you don't want this ratio to be too high, as you should always be investing in reaching new customers. Spending more on sales and marketing will reduce your LTV: CAC ratio, but could help speed up your total company growth.


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Samsung has joined Sony in partnering with entertainment subscription service Quickflix, with access to its movies and TV shows coming to Samsung's range of TVs, Galaxy smartphones, and range of tablets.
With the new partnership, Quickflix access will arrive on LED, LCD, and Plasma Internet-capable televisions from 2010 to now, as well as home Internet-enabled home theatre systems from the same time period.
Access to Quickflix won't just be limited to TVs, though, with Samsung aiming to bring it to most products in the Galaxy smartphone and tablet lineup, including both the Galaxy S and S2 smartphone, upcoming Galaxy Note 5.3 inch smartphone, and the range of Galaxy Tab tablet devices.
Samsung hasn't given us any time other than "in the coming months", but when it does happen, customers will be given access to Quickflix either with a subscription service – $14.99 per month with a $12.99 joining fee – or a simple "pay-per-view" payment charging no more than $9.99 per movie or TV show.
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The Water Council and A. O. Smith Kick Off 2018 Competition Supporting Freshwater Technology Startups
October 1, 2018 at 8:01 AM EDT
Dual programs aimed at helping entrepreneurs and inventors in bringing their products to market
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Water Council and A. O. Smith Corporation today announced the next round of the BREW Accelerator competition and BREW Corporate Accelerator competition powered by A. O. Smith Corporation. The programs are designed to help support entrepreneurs and startups that are developing innovative freshwater technologies.
The technology categories, which were announced at the Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition & Conference (WEFTEC) in New Orleans, will focus on six areas of interest:
IoT, machine learning and artificial intelligence
Technology to address agriculture run-off
For a complete explanation of target technologies, application criteria and entry forms, go to watertechhub.com. Applications are accepted from Oct. 1 – Nov. 30, finalists will be announced in February 2019 and the program begins in late March 2019.
"With five cohorts of BREW participants under our belt, The Water Council has developed an expertise for helping water technology entrepreneurs develop their business model, improve their technology, and connect them with market and investor opportunities," stated Steve Glynn, director of innovation at The Water Council. "The BREW is a great way for early stage water tech companies to gain meaningful momentum and advance their ideas in an environment unlike any other."
"A. O. Smith is proud to be in a position to help support promising startup water technology businesses and to help bring their innovations to life," said Sam Karge, president of the North American Water Treatment division at A. O. Smith. "This is a unique and cutting-edge opportunity for freshwater technology businesses, and we're pleased to help expedite their path to market."
"Accelerators are an important tool for helping startups refine their concepts and more effectively use their limited resources," said Aaron Hagar, vice president of entrepreneurship and innovation for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), which has provided $1.4 million in support of the program since its inception. "Industry-focused programs like the BREW provide the inside access to target markets and technical experts necessary for entrepreneurs to build their businesses more effectively and efficiently than they ever could on their own."
Since 2013, the BREW (Business - Research - Entrepreneurship - in Water) program has provided innovative startups in the water industry with a capital investment, low cost office and research space in the Global Water Center in Milwaukee and training and knowledge to move their companies forward. The three-and-a-half month hands-on curriculum includes weekly interactions with mentors and customer discovery activities directed by coaches that will give companies the understanding of their value proposition within their market.
The Water Council is at WEFTEC in the Wisconsin Water Innovation Pavilion (Booth #3345) on Oct. 1 – 3 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and is available for media interviews by contacting Meghan Jensen at mjensen@thewatercouncil.com.
About BREW Accelerator
The BREW (Business - Research - Entrepreneurship - in Water) is the world's leading freshwater seed accelerator. Designed to advance the commercialization of innovation-driven startups in the global water industry, the BREW connects early stage technology ventures with the resources they need to fast track the creation and deployment of real-world solutions to freshwater challenges. Startups from around the world compete for selection into the program by creatively solving water-related technology challenges. Those selected for participation are connected to funding, office and research space in the Global Water Center in Milwaukee, executive level mentors, corporate R&D resources and business training through The Water Council.
About BREW Corporate Accelerator
BREW Corporate is an expansion of the BREW Accelerator program. BREW Corporate offers participants the same framework, funding, and access to resources as the BREW but with pre-existing interest and committed funding from a corporate partner. BREW Corporate is designed to solicit viable technical solutions for specific real-world challenges that have been identified and outlined by the funding corporation. The funding corporation, along with coaches and technical advisors, will help optimize each winners' business model, speed up its technology's commercialization and directly support the startup's entry into the marketplace.
About A. O. Smith
A. O. Smith Corporation, with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., is a global leader applying innovative technology and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a leading manufacturer of water treatment products. Visit www.aosmith.com for more information.
About The Water Council
Headquartered in the Global Water Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, next to the world's largest freshwater system, The Water Council is a non-profit organization that drives economic, technology and talent development to support the global water industry.
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Meghan Jensen, VP Marketing & Communications, mjensen@thewatercouncil.com, (414) 988-8754; Tami Kou, Director of Corporate Communications, tlkou@aosmith.com, (414) 359-4156

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Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan to Perform on CMT Music Awards
By Sophie Schillaci 8:01 AM PDT, May 19, 2015
Just call 2015 the year of Carrie Underwood. (Although, if we're being honest, couldn't every year be dubbed the same?)
The 32-year-old has already welcomed her first child with hubby Mike Fisher, nabbed (another) GRAMMY Award and a People's Choice Award in the last few months. Now, she's poised to take over the CMT Music Awards.
WATCH: Carrie Underwood Rocks the CMT Music Awards Nominations!
Underwood leads this year's pack of awards contenders with five nominations, and CMT announced on Tuesday that she'll also take the stage for her first televised performance since welcoming baby Isaiah in February.
Also on the docket to perform are Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellum, all of whom are nominated for awards.
NEWS: 16 Reasons to Love Carrie Underwood!
It all goes down on Wednesday, June 10, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, airing live on CMT at 8 pm ET/PT. Additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Dr Raghu completed his graduation in dental sciences in 2000 and pursued the postgraduate studies in Prosthodontics in 2003 in India. He was teaching in a dental school between 2003 and 2007 and also achieved DNB (Diplomat of National Board) in 2004 which proved his excellent knowledge of Prosthodontics. Dr Raghu has been practising general dentistry since 2001. He has completed the Australian Dental Council (ADC) exam for overseas dentists in 2007 and registered as a General dentist in Australia.
He is married to Vijaya Gowdar and has two adorable children. He started practising dentistry in Mackay from 2007 and is very well known around Mackay for his compassionate and friendly nature. Dr Raghu and his wife wanted to establish a dental practice that encompassed a professional but relaxed environment for their patients and staff.
Dr Raghu values the relationships that he builds with his patients and continually strives to provide safe, high quality and gentle treatment. He has helped many people to overcome their dental phobias and was nominated by one of his patients for the "Hesta Young Leader Award" in 2013.
Dr Raghu is trained in providing dental treatment under Inhalation Sedation (Happy gas) and General Anaesthesia at Mater Hospital. He is well versed with Cosmetic Dentistry, Crown and Bridge as well as Invisalign – a new clear aligner system to straighten teeth.
Dr Raghu has undergone extensive training in Dental Implants, Bone Grafting and Sinus Lift, Rotary Endodontics procedures. He regularly attends First-Aid training and Continuing Professional Development Education as well as actively participating in Prime Practice workshops.
In his free time, Dr Raghu does gardening, spends valuable time with his family and participates in community cultural activities.
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Vijaya Gowdar is the director of Ooralea dental care. She and Dr Raghu had a vision to set up a family business to provide a comfortable working environment for all the employees and to provide outstanding services to the community. Since 2002, Vijaya and Dr Raghu has built their practice from scratch. She has taken special interest in interior designing of the practice which you can appreciate as soon as you enter the business. Vijaya has worked in all the departments of the dental industry. She is a qualified dental assistant. She is working on her business to get it from good to great and make it more successful.
She has been updating herself with efficient business management skills and leadership skills by attending various courses in Australia to maintain and provide the high-quality customer services and to make every customer's visit more comfortable and enjoyable.
She has 2 beautiful children and a pet. She likes to spend her free time in painting, cooking and listening to motivational & business management talks. She also like travelling and spending time with her friends.
Dr Basheer Ahmad
Dr Basheer has been working at Ooralea Dental Clinic since March 2019. He graduated from the Prestigious University of Pondicherry, India.
After completing his Honors and Masters in Prosthodontics, he decided to move to Australia in 2011 with his lovely wife Dr. Meer who is a General Practitioner and his two lovely daughters Sana and Ayesha.
Dr.Basheer started his career in Australia in the beautiful town of Barossa Valley and had worked at 6 different Practices along the East coast of Australia extending from Tasmania to Queensland including South Australia.
Residing in Queensland for the last 5 years enabled him to reach newer heights both Professionally and socially.
Dr. Basheer has decided to Call Mackay his Hometown and is a Diehard fan of the Cricket, loves watching Cowboys and maintain his love for AFL through his support for the Geelong cats.
Professionally, He maintains a keen interest in Cosmetic Dentistry and Implants, gained 2 years of training at EODO for orthodontics and Digital Smile design and has continued to pursue extra skills on Implants and regularly updates his knowledge through CPD Events. He offers personalized care for every patient, listens to them and explains the entire treatment process and make them feel comfortable.
Dr Jun Yi Low
Dr Jun graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Adelaide in 2019. Upon graduation, he moved to Mackay and joined the team at Ooralea Dental Care. Dr Jun is interested in all facets of dentistry with special interests in restorative work and working with nervous patients. He understands that dental anxiety…
Dr Jun graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Adelaide in 2019. Upon graduation, he moved to Mackay and joined the team at Ooralea Dental Care.
Dr Jun is interested in all facets of dentistry with special interests in restorative work and working with nervous patients. He understands that dental anxiety can have a big impact on oral health and will try his best to make patients feel welcomed and relaxed. His calm and gentle demeanour often manages to help patients overcome dental anxiety.
Outside of dental work, Dr Jun enjoys spending time with friends and family, travelling, cooking, and maintaining his health and fitness. He loves exploring nature with his partner and is especially attracted to beautiful coastal scenery.
Dr Stella Oh
Dr Yu Sun Oh also known as Dr Stella, graduated from University of Adelaide with Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree in 2019. Upon graduation, she was invited to attend Mini Residency program from Australian Dental Graduate of the year award where she will broaden her experience and knowledge. Dr.Stella is interested in all aspects of dentistry including pediatric, restorative and full mouth rehabilitation. Always putting patients' comfort and well-being as the top priority, she pays her best attention on their treatment plans.
Apart from dentistry, Dr.Stella loves travelling, cooking and watching movies during her spare time. Exploring around beautiful Mackay with her partner has been her new hobby. Recently, she enjoys taking photographs, especially after experiencing dental photographs. She is also fluent in Korean.
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Fundraising Telethon
25 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Publicity shots show various staff and alumni taking telephone pledges.
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering - Beam testing
Photographs taken during testing of burned wooden beams.
Campus Views - elevated
Views of campus taken from the roof of University College. Also some images of the roof being repaired.
Toronto Medical Film Festival
Photographs taken during the Toronto Medical film festival held at the University of Toronto in April of 1971. It includes photographs of lecturers, festival attendees listening to lectures and circulating through exhibits.
University Buildings and Campus Scenes
Photographs show University buildings and campus scenes in 1971. It includes photographs of McLennan Physical Laboratories building, University College building and campus scenes on Philosopher's Walk.
Dr. Carol Ann Cowell
Portraits of Dr. Carol Ann Cowell in her office.
Convocation - Honorary degree conferred upon Helmut Kallman
General views of the convocation ceremony including students waiting to proceed across campus to Convocation Hall. Pauline McGibbon is shown in the audience.
Faculty of Pharmacy Alumni dinner
Photographs show a reception for alumni in the Hart House quad followed by a formal dinner in the Great Hall. There are several formal portraits of four alumnus (unidentified).
Commission on University Government - Student sit-in and "Parity Festival"
Photographs taken during a student sit-in regarding parity issues on the Commission on University government (CUG). It includes photographs of striking students preparing signs, and attending a mass meeting in Sidney Smith Hall.
Presidential Search Committee - meeting
Photographs taken during a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Search Committee, - a committee to find a new president to University of Toronto.
University College - installation of Principal A. C. H. Hallett
Photographs taken during the installation ceremony of new University College principal A. C. H. Hallett. It includes photographs of principal Hallett, Claude T. Bissell, and guests.
Northrop Frye speaks to Alumni
Photographs of Northrop Frye taken during a talk on "The Quality of Life in the Seventies" and sponsored by the University of Toronto Alumni Association as part of Seminar 71. It includes photographs of A. G. Rankin, executive Vice-President (non-academic), of Dr. Frye giving his address and the audience.
University College - Anne Hebert Talk
Photographs taken during a talk and reading given by French Canadian author Anne Hebert at University College. It includes photographs of Anne Hebert and audience.
Commission on University Government - Parity issue - Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Science General Committee
Photographs taken before, during and after the meeting of the General Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Science regarding the parity issues in University government at the Medical Sciences Auditorium in 1971. It includes photographs of student protests, students blocking the entrance to the building, and expressing their views on parity during Arts and Science Faculty Council meeting. Some
Department of Physics - installation of radiation chamber for Slowpoke
Photographs taken during the installation of the radiation chamber for Slowpoke, a small nuclear reactor on loan to the University by Atomic Energy of Canada for evaluation, in 1971.
Innis College - Innisfree farm
Photographs taken at Innisfree farm during an open house for neighbours. Includes photographs of the farm and the new conference centre building to be used as a retreat for members of Innis College and Foundation. Also present are Innis College officials, including Professors Robin Harris and Vincent Bladen as well as guests Sam Innis and his wife, Richard Brayley and his wife (Hughena), and Mrs. Lilian Malcolm.
Reception in honour of Dr. Claude T. Bissell
106 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Photographs taken during the reception held in the Great Hall of Hart House in honour of Dr. Claude T. Bissell on the occasion of his retirement as University of Toronto president. It includes photographs of Claude and Christine Bissell with guests including: Professor Vincent Bladen (Political Economy), Miss Mary Cassidy, former Secretary of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor Bernard Etkin (Engineering Science), Professor W. A. C. H. Dobson (East Asian Studies/Chinese), Dean James M. Ham, Principal A. C. H. Hallett (University College) and his wife, Dr. John D. Hamilton (Vice-President of Health Sciences), Principal Donald Ivey (New College), Mrs. Roland R. McLaughlin (widow of the former Dean of Applied Science and Engineering), Alex G. Rankin, Executive Vice-President non-academic, Dr. John H. Sword, Executive Vice-President academic, and Roy L. Jones, Associate Director of Development. It also includes photographs of Bissell receiving gifts: rare volumes inscribed by the author, George Bernard Shaw - and a frisbee which was also thrown by guests.
School of Physical and Health Education - Women's Athletics
Photographs taken during the women's athletics skill instruction registration at Clara Benson Building in 1971. It includes photographs of kiosks and registration, students demonstrating activities such as gymnastics, fencing and golf. There are also photographs of the pool in the Benson building.
Photographs document events for Homecoming 1971 including: the float parade competition; a reception and tour of the newly opened School of Library Science; a dinner in the Great Hall; informal ball playing on back campus; a meeting in Hart House possible relating to the campus plan. This extensive series also includes some elevated views of campus taken from the School of Library Science
Faculty of Arts and Science - Council meeting
Photographs show discussion and voting at this meeting.
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package org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.disk.jdbc.mysql;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.AuxiliaryCacheAttributes;
import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.disk.jdbc.JDBCDiskCacheFactory;
import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.disk.jdbc.JDBCDiskCachePoolAccess;
import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.disk.jdbc.TableState;
import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.disk.jdbc.mysql.util.ScheduleParser;
import org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.behavior.ICompositeCacheManager;
import org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.behavior.IElementSerializer;
import org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.logging.behavior.ICacheEventLogger;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * This factory should create mysql disk caches.
 *

 * @author Aaron Smuts
 */
public class MySQLDiskCacheFactory
    extends JDBCDiskCacheFactory
{
    /** The logger */
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog( MySQLDiskCacheFactory.class );

    /**
     * This factory method should create an instance of the mysqlcache.
     *

     * @param rawAttr
     * @param compositeCacheManager
     * @param cacheEventLogger
     * @param elementSerializer
     * @return MySQLDiskCache
     * @throws SQLException if the creation of the cache instance fails
     */
    @Override
    public <K, V> MySQLDiskCache<K, V> createCache( AuxiliaryCacheAttributes rawAttr,
            ICompositeCacheManager compositeCacheManager,
            ICacheEventLogger cacheEventLogger, IElementSerializer elementSerializer )
            throws SQLException
    {
        MySQLDiskCacheAttributes cattr = (MySQLDiskCacheAttributes) rawAttr;
        TableState tableState = getTableState( cattr.getTableName() );

        MySQLDiskCache<K, V> cache = new MySQLDiskCache<K, V>( cattr, tableState, compositeCacheManager );
        cache.setCacheEventLogger( cacheEventLogger );
        cache.setElementSerializer( elementSerializer );

        // create a shrinker if we need it.
        createShrinkerWhenNeeded( cattr, cache );
        scheduleOptimizations( cattr, tableState, cache.getPoolAccess() );

        return cache;

    }

    /**
     * For each time in the optimization schedule, this calls schedule Optimization.
     *

     * @param attributes configuration properties.
     * @param tableState for noting optimization in progress, etc.
     * @param poolAccess access to the pool
     */
    protected void scheduleOptimizations( MySQLDiskCacheAttributes attributes, TableState tableState, JDBCDiskCachePoolAccess poolAccess  )
    {
        if ( attributes != null )
        {
            if ( attributes.getOptimizationSchedule() != null )
            {
                if ( log.isInfoEnabled() )
                {
                    log.info( "Will try to configure optimization for table [" + attributes.getTableName()
                        + "] on schedule [" + attributes.getOptimizationSchedule() + "]" );
                }

                MySQLTableOptimizer optimizer = new MySQLTableOptimizer( attributes, tableState, poolAccess );

                // loop through the dates.
                try
                {
                    Date[] dates = ScheduleParser.createDatesForSchedule( attributes.getOptimizationSchedule() );
                    if ( dates != null )
                    {
                        for ( int i = 0; i < dates.length; i++ )
                        {
                            this.scheduleOptimization( dates[i], optimizer );
                        }
                    }
                }
                catch ( ParseException e )
                {
                    log.warn( "Problem creating optimization schedule for table [" + attributes.getTableName() + "]", e );
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if ( log.isInfoEnabled() )
                {
                    log.info( "Optimization is not configured for table [" + attributes.getTableName() + "]" );
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * This takes in a single time and schedules the optimizer to be called at that time every day.
     *

     * @param startTime -- HH:MM:SS format
     * @param optimizer
     */
    protected void scheduleOptimization( Date startTime, MySQLTableOptimizer optimizer )
    {
        if ( log.isInfoEnabled() )
        {
            log.info( "startTime [" + startTime + "] for optimizer " + optimizer );
        }

        // get the runnable from the factory
        OptimizerTask runnable = new OptimizerTask( optimizer );
        Date now = new Date();
        long initialDelay = startTime.getTime() - now.getTime();

        // have the daemon execute our runnable
        getScheduledExecutorService().scheduleAtFixedRate(runnable, initialDelay, 86400000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS );
    }

    /**
     * This calls the optimizers' optimize table method. This is used by the timer.
     *

     * @author Aaron Smuts
     */
    private static class OptimizerTask
        implements Runnable
    {
        /** Handles optimization */
        private MySQLTableOptimizer optimizer = null;

        /**
         * Get a handle on the optimizer.
         *

         * @param optimizer
         */
        public OptimizerTask( MySQLTableOptimizer optimizer )
        {
            this.optimizer = optimizer;
        }

        /**
         * This calls optimize on the optimizer.
         *

         * @see java.lang.Runnable#run()
         */
        @Override
        public void run()
        {
            if ( optimizer != null )
            {
                boolean success = optimizer.optimizeTable();
                if ( log.isInfoEnabled() )
                {
                    log.info( "Optimization success status [" + success + "]" );
                }
            }
            else
            {
                log.warn( "OptimizerRunner: The optimizer is null.  Could not optimize table." );
            }
        }
    }
}


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Raimundo Fagner is a highly successful artist, with several gold albums. He recorded in the U.S., England, Spain, and France, with Fito Paez, Astor Pazzolla, Mercedes Sosa, and others. His songs were recorded by Roberto Carlos, Elis Regina, Nara Leão, Chico Buarque, Cazuza, and others.
Involved with music since early childhood, at age five he won a radio contest. In 1968, he won the IV Festival de Música Popular do Ceará with "Nada Sou" (with Marcus Francisco). Together with Belchior, Rodger Rogério, Ednardo, and Ricardo Bezerra, he formed the gang known as Pessoal do Ceará. In the next year, he presented "Luzia do Algodão" (again with Francisco) in the Festival de Música Popular da Rádio Assunção Cearense. The song was his first to be recorded through label Orgacine. Until 1970, he stayed in Fortaleza, CE, where he shared a weekly radio show with Pessoal do Ceará. In 1971, Fagner moved to Brasília and enrolled at the architecture college at the Brasília University, abandoning the course at the end of the first year. However, the university promoted the Festival do Centro de Estudos Universitários de Brasília, for which Fagner inscribed three songs: "Manera, fru-fru, Manera" (with Ricardo Bezerra, which won sixth place), "Cavalo Ferro" (Best Interpreter and Best Arrangement and the song was re-recorded by Elis Regina), and "Mucuripe" (allegedly with Belchior, winning the competition, although the song is another plagiarism and was in fact written 70 years before by Henrique Voegeler).
After moving to Rio, he formed a duo with Cirino and recorded a single for RGE. In the next year, Sérgio Ricardo instituted the Disco de Bolso series in the critic humor tabloid O Pasquim, and Fagner recorded "Mucuripe" on the second album released in that series. Elis Regina recorded the song in the same year, with huge national success, which had a decisive impact over Fagner's career. He then recorded another single for Philips, which had "Quatro Graus" (with Dedé), a song which was also presented at the VII FIC. The next year, "Cavalo Ferro" was recorded by the Pessoal do Ceará (Ednardo, Rodger Rogério, Teti, and Cirino) on the album Meu Corpo, Minha Embalagem, Tudo Gasto na Viagem. Fagner recorded the first LP, Manera, fru-fru, Manera (the title was an irony directed against Caetano Veloso, yielding a mutual enmity which endures until today), which had Naná Vasconcelos, Ivan Lins (at the piano), Bruce Henry, and Nara Leão as guest artists. The album brought one of Fagner's biggest hits, "Canteiros," which consisted of his music for a poem by Cecília Meirelles, who was not credited on that album. It generated intense polemics and after a long court battle, the album was put out of circulation by judicial decision.
Fagner wrote the soundtrack (together with Chico Buarque) for Cacá Diegues' film Joana, a Francesa. In Paris, France, he performed in a collective Brazilian show at the Olympia (attended by 2,000 people), and worked with Pierre Barroux and Naná Vasconcelos, abandoning the contract with Philips. He recorded a second LP, Ave Noturna, in 1975 (Continental), which had "Fracassos," re-recorded later by Cauby Peixoto. In 1976, he recorded Raimundo Fagner (CBS), mixing rock and romanticism. In 1977, Orós had the arrangements by Hermeto Pascoal, representing an advanced album with poor commercial repercussion. Even then, "Cebola Cortada" had national expression. With Quem Viver Chorará, he had a real selling breakthrough (150,000 copies), having the hits "Revelação," "As Rosas não Falam" (Cartola), "Motivo" (once more, a non-credited poem by Cecília Meirelles), and "Jura Secreta." The album also had Alceu Valença as guest singer on "Punhal de Prata."
At the invitation of CBS, he created the label Epic to specialize in new talents, launching through it Amelinha, Zé Ramalho, Elba Ramalho, Robertinho de Recife, Petrucio Maia, Manassés, poet Patativa do Assaré, violonista Nonato Luiz, and others. In 1979, he released the LP Beleza (200,000 copies sold), which had "Noturno," the theme of the major soap opera Coração Alado, which yielded a great national success. The show Beleza, in Belo Horizonte, gathered 60,000 people in an open park and the stage was invaded by fans and the show canceled. In the same year, he won TV Tupi's Festival 79 with "Quem me Levará sou Eu" (Dominguinhos/Manduka). In 1980, he recorded Raimundo Fagner, with poems by Patativa do Assaré; "Eternas Ondas" was the biggest hit. Traduzir-se, in 1981, had Mercedes Sosa, Manzanita, Joan Manuel Serrat, and Cameron de La Isla as guest stars. The album was released simultaneously in Brazil and Spain. Fagner also had a hit with "Qualquer Música." "Pensamento" was included on the major soap opera Final Feliz. Palavra de Amor (1983) is dedicated to the romantic repertory, with "Guerreiro Menino" (Gonzaguinha) and guest stars Chico Buarque and Roupa Nova.
A Mesma Pessoa (1984) had beautiful music, but didn't sell. In the same year, he recorded with Luís Gonzaga an album for RCA Victor, which had both singing northeastern classics such as "Boiadeiro," "Súplica Cearense," "O Chero de Carolina," "Xote das Meninas," and others. In 1985, he released Fagner with guest stars Chico Buarque ("Paroara"), Cazuza ("Contra-mão"), and Beth Carvalho ("Te Esperei"). In 1986, he released Fagner on RCA, with the hit "Dona da Minha Cabeça," (Geraldo Azevedo/Fausto Nilo). The album had guest stars Gonzaguinha, maestro Isaac Karabtchevisky, and an orchestra. Romance no Deserto is really commercial, with "Deslizes" (Michael Sullivan/Paulo Massadas) scoring a big national hit. In 1987, Fagner worked as an actor in the series A Rainha da Vida, which had his "Rainha da Vida," "Preguiça," and "À Sombra de um Vulcão" on the soundtrack. In the next year, he recorded another album with Luiz Gonzaga. In 1989, he released O Quinze with "Amor Escondido," "Retrovisor," "Cidade Nua," and "Oração de São Francisco." It had special guests Chico Buarque and Michael Sullivan. Pedras Que Cantam (1991) had northeastern songs, boleros, and sertaneja music. "Pedras que Cantam" was the theme of the prime time soap opera Pedra Sobre Pedra, and "Borbulhas de Amor" made national success. Guest stars included Roberta Miranda and Roupa Nova. Demais (1993) is dedicated to samba-canção, accompanied by Roberto Menescal, with whom he released a live recorded album in Japan. Caboclo Sonhador (1994) is a return to northeastern roots, with less commercial success. Retrato (1995) is another genuinely northeastern and artistic album with minor commercial results. In 1996, he released Bateu Saudade, which is in fact a compilation where only the title track was then unpublished. In that year, he also released Raimundo Fagner, and recorded Terral (1997), Amigos e Canções (1998), and Fagner ao Vivo (2000). ~ Alvaro Neder
Espumas ao Vento
Amigos & Canções
Canteiros
Fanatismo (Sobre Poema de Florbela Espanca) (Ao Vivo)
FagnerZé Ramalho
Fagner & Zé Ramalho (Ao Vivo)
Asa Partida (Ao Vivo)
Fagner (Ao Vivo)
Raimundo Fagner
Pássaros Urbanos
Romance no Deserto
Caboclo Sonhador
A Arte De Fagner
Me Leve Ao Vivo
Fagner Ao Vivo, Vol. 1
Fagner "Ao Vivo" - Vol. 2
Pedras Que Cantam
Eternas Ondas
Belaventura (Music from the Original TV Series)
Pensamento 2017
No Relógio
Mc Wagner Vox Rã
Ela É Demais
Festa Na Piscina
A Festa Começa Aqui
DJ HK
A Nova Conquista / Copa Luz
Sirino
Deslizes
Dois Querer (Ao Vivo)
Mucuripe (Ao Vivo)
Borbulhas de Amor (Tenho um Coração) [Borbujas de Amor]
Kamikaze (Ao Vivo)
Eternas Ondas (Ao Vivo)
A Terceira Lâmina (Ao Vivo)
Romance no Deserto (Romance in Durango) (Ao Vivo)
Pelo Vinho e pelo Pão (Ao Vivo)
Admirável Gado Novo (Ao Vivo)
Garoto de Aluguel (Taxi Boy) (Ao Vivo)
Noturno (Coração Alado) (Ao Vivo)
Jura Secreta / Revelação (Ao Vivo)
Pedras Que Cantam (Ao Vivo)
Chão de Giz (Ao Vivo)
Canção da Floresta (Ao Vivo)
Tanto Faz (Videoclipe)


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Global food security meeting "failed" while millions are pushed to hunger – Oxfam reaction
Published: 12th February 2021
In reaction to the outcomes of the Committee on World Food Security meeting which was held over the past four days, Thierry Kesteloot, Oxfam's food policy advisor said:
"Oxfam is outraged that the world's foremost platform on global food security and nutrition has failed to agree on any action close to sufficient in tackling the world's COVID-fuelled food crisis.
There are over 270m people in the world going hungry each morning, many of whom are on the brink of famine. COVID, conflict, and climate change are combining in a perfect storm. The CFS platform that reports to the UN and is mandated to tackle this, has frozen in response.
"The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) should have agreed to protect local markets and smallholder farmers whose value chains have been devastated by COVID-19. Instead, rich food-exporting member states have chosen to protect their own interests and global food companies.
"The CFS must immediately increase support to developing countries to provide social protection to the most vulnerable people, including particularly women small farmers, and develop resilient food systems. It must also take bold steps to transform our global broken food systems which have exacerbated inequalities within and among countries."
• Hunger figures are from WFP Global Update on COIVD-19 November
For more information, or to arrange an interview please contact
Nesrine Aly | nesrine.aly@oxfam.org | +201222486964 / +447503989838
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60 million people are facing a food crisis but the public hasn't heard about it. It is a global phenomenon but it has not made the headlines because it was a slow, creeping disaster. Learn more about it and take action.
Hungry in a world of plenty: millions on the brink of famine
Today, the world stands on the brink of unprecedented famines. 30 million people are experiencing alarming hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and north-east Nigeria. Check out our map to see where Africa's most acute food crises are.


Ukrainian Foreign Ministry accused Russia of 'acts of terrorism and discrimination in the course of its unlawful aggression' in the filing to the International Court of Justice.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry accused Russia of "acts of terrorism and discrimination in the course of its unlawful aggression" in the filing to the International Court of Justice, according to a ministry statement issued on Monday evening.
Kiev is also challenging Moscow's actions on its territory at the International Criminal Court and the European Court of Human Rights, while Ukrainian energy firms Ukrnafta and Stabil have asked the U.N.'s Permanent Court of Arbitration to compensate them for investments lost when Russia seized the Crimean peninsula.
Russia's foreign ministry said it had studied Ukraine's claims but that Kiev had not shown interest in dialogue with Moscow.
In Monday's filing, Ukraine accused Russia of violating the Terrorism Financing Convention "by supplying weapons and other forms of assistance to illegal armed groups operating on Ukrainian territory".
Among the separatists' alleged crimes, the filing cited the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014, the bombardment of residential areas in Mariupol and Kramatorsk, and the destruction of a civilian passenger bus near Volnovakha.


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Unsung heroine: For United Way, Jackie Harris used her…
Ernest Moss' long coaching career now lands him at Tiffin University
Published 12:00 am Thursday, January 9, 2020
mark.wineka@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY — Ernest Moss was home during the recent Christmas vacation, taking a break from his duties at Tiffin University where this veteran track coach is in his first year as horizontal jumps coach.
"How long have you been coaching?" his mom, Shirley, asked him, and without waiting for an answer she continued, "You might want to go ahead and tell your story."
The last thing Moss, now 42, wanted to be doing was stopping by the newspaper for an interview, but a proud mother can be persistent.
The answer to Shirley Moss' question, by the way, is that Ernest Moss has now been coaching 20 years at 10 different colleges and universities.
He has coached NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA athletes along the way, helping some to become conference and national champions and guiding teams to conference titles.
"I've always been mentoring, I've always been teaching," says Moss, a 1995 graduate of North Rowan High and 2000 alumnus of Western Carolina University.
Take a deep breath before you hear all of Moss' coaching stops. They include Sacred Heart University, Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Davidson College, Virginia State University, Radford University, WCU, the University of Toledo and Marian University.
He joined the staff at Tiffin University this past fall.
"Every school I was at, I found a way to be successful and leave a mark," Moss says.
With Tiffin, Moss has joined a men's track program which is ranked first in NCAA Division II and a women's program that's 21st in the country. But it wasn't long ago Moss thought he might be done with the long hours, low pay and politics of being a track and field coach.
After two years as an assistant track and field coach at Marian (Ind.) University, Moss left his job and came home to help his family take care of his uncle Ernest McCray, who was in his final days.
McCray earned the nickname "Mr. Touchdown" for his football prowess at J.C. Price High, and he later became the first black officer at the Salisbury Fire Department. The retired captain died in March at age 85.
Meanwhile back home, Moss took jobs as an Uber driver, an Amazon deliverer and even security officer at music festivals. He kept looking for marketing jobs — his bachelor's degree was in communications and public relations with a minor in marketing and sales.
"Nobody was calling," Moss says. "Mom said, 'Why don't you try and get back into coaching?'"
Eric Johnson with Trifecta Athletes gymnasium in Charlotte asked Moss to help him train a high schooler rated as one of the top linebackers in the state, and Moss knew the taste for coaching had not left him.
"Somehow or another, God kept me engaged in the world of athletics," he says.
Moss eventually sent applications for a coaching job in track and field to four different universities, which led him to driving north to Tiffin University, interviewing with head coach Jeremy Croy and being offered the job as horizontal jumps coach in less than 24 hours.
"It reminded me of the environments where I had flourished the most," Moss says of Tiffin, and Croy saw the fact that he had been at 10 different schools in 20 years as a plus, not a negative.
Moss says Croy thought he was bringing a wealth of experience to the program.
"I just put my head down and I work," Moss says. "You really do it for the love of the sport. Every good coach understands the word sacrifice."
Moss works closely at present with 11 athletes. Some 185 men and women are on the Tiffin track and field roster, he says.
Moss's own track career began as a kid with the Durham Striders program, then he was one of the charter members of Hall of Fame Coach Robert Steele's Rowan Express.
Steele also coached the state championship track and field teams at North Rowan High in 1994 and 1995. Moss was a standout hurdler, long jumper and triple jumper, and he considers the North Rowan High team of 1995 as maybe the best ever.
"We were a juggernaut," he says.
Moss considers Steele a mentor who showed him how to manage young athletes and find out about their households and backgrounds. He also learned that you coach your stud athletes the way you coach everyone else.
In high school, Moss was only 5 feet, 6 inches tall. The University of Kansas recruited him as a senior, Moss says, but "they did not sign me because of my height, and I took that personally."
Moss carried that chip on his shoulder to WCU, where he was a triple jumper and long jumper. He also grew an additional two inches in college.
Moss began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Sacred Heart University, where in 2002 he earned a master's degree in art and teaching, with a concentration in psychology, gifted and talented and multiple intelligences.
He took intern coaching positions at Lehigh and Lafayette, before starting a four-year stint at Davidson College from 2004-2008.
Moss says at Davidson he helped in the coaching of three Southern Conference champions and three NCAA regional qualifiers.
From 2008-2010 Moss served as head coach of the cross country and track and field programs at Virginia State in the Central Collegiate Athletic Association.
He was CIAA Coach of the Year in men's cross country, and in women's cross country in 2008, Jenna Arnold won the individual CIAA championship. In 2010, Hoova Taylor won the NCAA Division II national championship in the outdoor high jump while Moss was her coach at Virginia State.
Moss moved on to an assistant coaching position at Radford University from 2010-2012, then was a volunteer assistant at WCU, where he focused on sprints, jumps and hurdles. The women's team at WCU won indoor and outdoor Southern Conference championships and the men won the outdoor conference title.
Moss coached at Toledo University from August 2013 to August 2016, again concentrating on sprints, jumps, hurdles and relays. He also served as meet director for the 2016 MAC Outdoor Championships and says he negotiated the purchase of more than $85,000 worth of equipment for the event.
He was an assistant track and field coach and recruiting coordinator at Marian University from November 2016 until early last year. In 2017, the men's and women's teams won the track and field championships together for the first time in school history.
Moss coached the men's 4X100-meter relay team to a third-place finish at the 2017 Outdoor NAIA Championships. The men's team at Marian won its sixth consecutive Outdoor Crossroads League Championship in 2018.
Moss loves the challenge of his new job at Tiffin and being back in the world of coaching. When his athletes compete, he wants them to hear one voice in their heads — his.
"In year 20, I feel like I'm in year one," Moss says.
Contact Mark Wineka at 704-797-4263.


Please contact Tracy Gangl to add Class Reunion and Alumni information to this page - 262.619.4301 or tracy.hanson@rusd.org.
Relive the Summer of 1969!
Members of the Class of 1969 are invited to join us August 2 & 3 for the biggest and best reunion ever! 50 years!
We are teaming up with Case, Park and St. Catherine's to bring you a weekend full of a variety of activities, August 2 & 3, culminating with the big bash on Saturday night. You must register to attend.
Please help up find ALL our fellow 1969 classmates!
To register or for more information, visit www.Horlick69.com. This website is not just for the reunion, but our gathering place for years into the future. Whether or not the reunion interests you, it is fun to find old friends! The website is free, and private...just for us!
Ceck us out on Facebook... "William Horlick High School Class of 1999".
It's getting to be that time, for our 30th Class Reunion. Preliminary planning is being done for a reunion on August 10, 2019, to be held at Buddy's SPorts Grill located at 6633 Douglas Ave.
All steps are being taken to keep cost low so as many people can attend.


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Taseko Delivers Solid Operational Performance and $51 Million of Adjusted EBITDA in the Second Quarter
Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO) (NYSE American: TGB) (LSE: TKO) reports earnings from mining operations before depletion and amortization* of $50.3 million, Adjusted EBITDA* of $50.9 million and Net income of $18.7 million, or $0.08 per share, in the second quarter of 2020.
Russell Hallbauer, CEO and Director, commented, "In March, in response to a lower copper pricing environment, we seamlessly implemented a modified mine plan at Gibraltar and are very pleased with our operating results for the first half of 2020, and our response to the changing market conditions. The copper price recovery from the lows in mid-March is remarkable and demonstrates how strong the fundamentals for copper really are. With current pricing at US$2.95 per pound, copper is 20% higher than the second quarter average price. This price increase flows straight to Taseko's bottom line and directly increases cash flow from Gibraltar. While we remain very bullish on the prospects for copper, it is still early days in the recovery and we have no intentions to adjust this current mine plan."
Stuart McDonald, President of Taseko stated, "Strong second quarter production of 36.8 million pounds of copper and 644,000 pounds of molybdenum resulted in a significant uptick in quarterly financial performance. Total operating costs (C1)* of US$1.34 per pound combined with average copper prices for the quarter of US$2.43 per pound provided Taseko with a strong operating margin of $50 million (excluding depletion and amortization) for the quarter. Our cash balance increased to $64 million at the end of June, after making the C$15 million interest payment on our outstanding bonds."
"Copper production for the first half of 2020 was right on plan and in line with the higher end of our original guidance. Production and site spending in the second half of the year is expected to be at similar levels as the first half," added Mr. McDonald.
Mr. Hallbauer continued, "As previously disclosed, we are expecting the draft Aquifer Protection Permit to be issued by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality tomorrow. This is a very exciting milestone to have achieved and is another important step closer to adding 85 million pounds of low cost copper production to our Gibraltar base."
*Non-GAAP performance measure. See end of news release.
"The US Environmental Protection Agency is nearing completion of their technical review and no significant issues have been identified. While progress is being made, the COVID-19 situation in Arizona has had an impact on the permitting process and this has extended the timeline by a few months, but we still expect to have a fully permitted project in early 2021."
"Discussions with potential joint venture partners and lenders, as well as streaming and royalty companies, continue. Interest on all fronts remains at a high level and we believe a financing package will be finalized and committed prior to final permits being issued. For the most part, this process has not been hindered by COVID-19," concluded Mr. Hallbauer.
Second Quarter Review
The Gibraltar Mine (100% basis) produced 36.8 million pounds of copper in the second quarter, a 14% increase over the first quarter. Copper recoveries were 85.2% and copper head grades were 0.281%;
In April, management implemented a revised mine plan and budget for Gibraltar which has reduced site spending in the current year while maintaining long-term mine plan requirements. Total operating costs (C1)* were US$1.34 per pound produced in the second quarter, which is US$0.48 per pound lower than the prior quarter, and in line with the revised operating plan;
Earnings from mining operations before depletion and amortization* were $50.3 million, and Adjusted EBITDA* was $50.9 million;
Cash flow from operations were $37.1 million and the Company had an ending cash balance at June 30, 2020 of $63.6 million;
Gibraltar sold 39.3 million pounds of copper in the quarter (100% basis) which resulted in $106.0 million of revenue for Taseko, a 71% increase from the first quarter. Revenue included upward provisional price adjustments of $10.1 million;
Net income (GAAP) for the second quarter was $18.7 million ($0.08 per share). Adjusted net income* was $8.3 million ($0.03 per share);
On April 24, 2020, Taseko concluded an amendment to its silver stream with Osisko Gold Royalties and received $8.5 million in exchange for reducing the delivery price of silver from US$2.75 per ounce to nil;
Gibraltar also concluded a spot tender for copper concentrate in the second half of the year at a TC/RC rate approximately 40% below the 2020 benchmark level as buyers competed for clean, high quality concentrate like Gibraltar's;
With all required production test results completed, Florence Copper made the decision to begin the wind-down of the production test facility and to commence the final phase of rinsing the small section of the orebody where the test wellfield is located. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ("ADEQ") has informed Taseko it plans to issue the draft Aquifer Protection Permit on August 6, 2020; and
In May 2020, Taseko published its first Environmental, Social, and Governance report, which includes an examination of the Company's sustainable performance, with specific details for 2017, 2018 and 2019. The report is available on the Company's website at www.tasekomines.com/esg.
Operating Data (Gibraltar – 100% basis) Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
2020 2019 Change 2020 2019 Change
Tons mined (millions) 20.5 26.6 (6.1) 49.0 50.0 (1.0)
Tons milled (millions) 7.7 7.7 - 15.2 14.5 0.7
Production (million pounds Cu) 36.8 34.7 2.1 69.2 59.5 9.7
Sales (million pounds Cu) 39.3 32.3 7.0 70.4 55.6 14.8
Financial Data Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
(Cdn$ in thousands, except for per share amounts) 2020 2019 Change 2020 2019 Change
Revenues 106,005 86,521 19,484 168,089 156,795 11,294
Earnings from mining operations before depletion
and amortization* 50,336 18,646 31,690 56,259 34,375 21,884
Adjusted EBITDA* 50,860 14,660 36,200 56,206 24,905 31,301
Cash flows provided by operations 37,079 11,073 26,006 54,750 18,264 36.486
Adjusted net income (loss)* 8,335 (17,471) 25,806 (13,312) (31,890) 18,578
Per share – basic ("adjusted EPS")* 0.03 (0.07) 0.10 (0.05) (0.13) 0.08
Net income (loss) (GAAP) 18,745 (11,012) 29,757 (30,205) (18,943) (11,262)
Per share – basic ("EPS") 0.08 (0.04) 0.12 (0.12) (0.08) (0.04)
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
Gibraltar Mine (75% Owned)
Operating data (100% basis) Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2019 Q3 2019 Q2 2019
Tons mined (millions) 20.5 28.5 25.8 24.7 26.6
Tons milled (millions) 7.7 7.5 7.8 7.5 7.7
Strip ratio 1.9 2.7 2.1 3.0 2.3
Site operating cost per ton milled (CAD$)* $7.66 $9.52 $10.46 $10.83 $11.51
Copper concentrate
Head grade (%) 0.281 0.259 0.253 0.249 0.256
Copper recovery (%) 85.2 83.4 84.5 87.7 87.7
Production (million pounds Cu) 36.8 32.4 33.4 33.0 34.7
Sales (million pounds Cu) 39.3 31.1 33.3 33.5 32.3
Inventory (million pounds Cu) 3.8 6.4 5.0 5.0 5.5
Molybdenum concentrate
Production (thousand pounds Mo) 639 412 728 620 653
Sales (thousand pounds Mo) 656 403 791 518 708
Per unit data (US$ per pound produced)*
Site operating costs* $1.15 $1.64 $1.85 $1.88 $1.92
By-product credits* (0.11) (0.11) (0.16) (0.16) (0.21)
Site operating costs, net of by-product credits* $1.04 $1.53 $1.69 $1.72 $1.71
Off-property costs 0.30 0.29 0.32 0.33 0.30
Total operating costs (C1)* $1.34 $1.82 $2.01 $2.05 $2.01
Second quarter results
To-date, there have been no interruptions to the Company's operations, logistics and supply chains as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective health and safety protocols continue to be implemented. There have been no known cases of COVID-19 at any of Taseko's locations in Canada and the US to-date.
However, the COVID-19 situation has had a significant impact on the global economy which has led to increased volatility in commodity prices. In light of the volatility, management has reviewed a number of mine plan options for Gibraltar and commencing in April implemented a revised mining plan for 2020 that will reduce spending in the near term while still maintaining long-term mine plan requirements and flexibility, and without negatively impacting 2020 copper production. Copper production in the second quarter was 36.8 million pounds as a result of grade and recovery as higher grade ore was mined from the bottom of the Granite pit.
The strip ratio for the second quarter was 1.9 to 1 and was lower than previous quarters due to less waste rock remaining in the Granite pit, but in line with the life of mine average strip ratio. The lower overall mining rate resulted in reduced costs and the operation also benefited from falling input costs, including diesel fuel which was 35% lower than 2019 average prices. As a result, total site spending (including capitalized stripping costs) was 24% lower than the previous quarter. Shorter haul distances in the Pollyanna pit also contributed to lower spending.
Molybdenum production was 639 thousand pounds in the second quarter, an increase from the prior quarter due to higher molybdenum grade, which also increased recovery. Molybdenum prices averaged US$8.37 per pound over the second quarter compared to US$9.63 per pound in the prior quarter and US$12.18 per pound in Q2 2019. By-product credits per pound of copper produced* was US$0.11 in the second quarter, consistent with the prior quarter.
Off-property costs per pound produced* were US$0.30 for the second quarter of 2020 and consist of concentrate treatment, refining and transportation costs. These costs are in line with recent quarters relative to pounds of copper sold.
GIBRALTAR OUTLOOK
Production guidance for 2020 remains unchanged at 130 million pounds (+/-5%), although management expects production to be at the higher end of that range based on its revised plan and the strong first half of 2020. The new operating plan and other identified cost savings will continue to result in lower site spending in the coming months. Total site spending in the second half of the year is expected to be at similar levels as the first half of 2020. Operating a large, open pit mine such as Gibraltar requires adaptability thus management will continue to monitor market conditions and adjust operating plans as required to respond to copper price movements.
Mine site engineering has found opportunities in changing the pit development sequencing by incorporating the Gibraltar pit after completion of the current mining phase of the Granite pit. The Gibraltar pit has not been mined since the 1970s and is the lowest work index ore (softer ore) on the Gibraltar property. Access to, and processing of, this ore type will provide substantial productivity and cost improvements to the operation once developed and active.
Copper prices have recovered swiftly due to recovery in Chinese demand and supply disruptions, most notably in South America. The medium to long-term fundamentals for copper remain strong despite recent volatility caused by uncertain global economic demand arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most industry analysts are projecting supply constraints after an economic recovery, which should bring higher copper prices in the coming years.
REVIEW OF PROJECTS
Taseko's strategy has been to grow the Company from the operating cash flow and credit quality of the Gibraltar Mine to assemble and develop a pipeline of complimentary projects. We continue to believe this will generate long-term returns for shareholders. Our development projects are focused primarily on copper and are located in stable mining jurisdictions in British Columbia and Arizona. Our current focus is on the near-term development of the Florence Copper Project.
Florence Copper Project
The Production Test Facility operated continuously without disruption during the second quarter of 2020. Steady state operation was achieved in 2019 and the focus turned to testing different wellfield operating strategies, including adjusting pumping rates, solution strength, flow direction, and the use of packers in recovery and injection wells to isolate different zones of the ore body. The operating team has used physical and operating control mechanisms to adjust solution chemistry and flow rates and has successfully achieved targeted copper concentration in solution. Pregnant leach solution ("PLS") grade in the centre recovery well (most representative of the performance of the commercial wellfield) has been stable at roughly two grams per litre since November and in June and July the SX/EW plant produced at a rate of approximately one million pounds of copper cathode per year, mainly from the centre recovery well.
The PTF has provided valuable data to validate the Company's modelled assumptions and operating parameters, and this data is being used to refine operating plans for the commercial phase. With all of the required data in hand, we recently made the decision to wind down the production phase of the test facility and commence rinsing the small section of the orebody where the wellfield has been operating.
Two permits are required to commence construction of the commercial scale wellfield at Florence Copper, which is expected to produce 85 million pounds of copper cathode annually for 20 years. These are the Aquifer Protection Permit from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the Underground Injection Control Permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Company has been informed by the ADEQ that it will issue the draft APP on August 6, 2020. After the draft permit is issued there will be a 30-day public comment period and public meetings before the final APP permit is approved. The EPA is also nearing completion of its technical review for the UIC permit, and no significant issues have been identified. While progress is being made, the COVID-19 situation in Arizona has had an impact on the EPA process and this has extended the timeline by a few months, but management still expects the project will be fully permitted in early 2021.
During the second quarter, the Company continued to advance discussions with interested parties regarding the potential sale of a minority interest in the Florence project, and the proceeds of any such sale could fund a significant portion of the capital required to develop the commercial operation. Discussions with potential lenders and other finance providers are ongoing. The Company targets having a committed financing package in place prior to receipt of the permits.
Total net expenditures at the Florence Project during the first half of 2020 were $9.1 million including operation of the PTF and other project development costs.
Yellowhead Copper Project
In January 2020, the Company announced the results of its technical studies on Yellowhead Mining Inc. which resulted in a 22% increase in recoverable copper reserves and significantly improved project economics. The Company filed a new NI 43-101 technical report (dated January 16, 2020) on Sedar. Yellowhead holds a 100% interest in a copper-gold-silver development project located in south-central British Columbia.
The Technical Report outlines a new development plan for the project, which includes an 817 million tonne reserve and a 25-year mine life with a pre-tax NPV of $1.3 billion at an 8% discount rate using a US$3.10 per pound copper price. This represents a $500 million increase over the 2014 Feasibility Study completed by the previous owner. Capital costs of the project are estimated at $1.3 billion over a 2-year construction period. Over the first 5 years of operation, the copper equivalent grade will average 0.35% producing an average of 200 million pounds of copper per year at an average C1 cost, net of by-product credit, of US$1.67 per pound of copper. The Yellowhead Copper Project contains valuable precious metal by-products with 440,000 ounces of gold and 19 million ounces of silver with a life of mine value of over $1 billion at current prices.
The Company is focusing its current efforts on advancing the environmental assessment and some additional engineering work in conjunction with ongoing engagement with local communities including First Nations. A focus group has been formed between the Company and high-level regulators in the appropriate Provincial Ministries in order to expedite the advancement of the environmental assessment and the permitting of the project. Management also commenced joint venture partnering discussions in 2020 with a number of strategic industry groups that are interested in potentially investing in the Yellowhead project in combination with acquiring the significant copper offtake rights.
In May 2020, the Company announced it has entered into an agreement with an Indigenous Nation regarding Taseko's intentions to commence the regulatory approval process of the Yellowhead Copper Project. The agreement represents Taseko's commitment to recognize and respect the Nation's inherent right to govern its lands, and the importance of assessing the Yellowhead Copper Project in accordance with its values, laws, and community aspirations to make an informed decision on the project.
New Prosperity Gold- Copper Project
On December 5, 2019, the Company announced that the Tŝilhqot'in Nation as represented by Tŝilhqot'in National Government and Taseko have entered into a dialogue, facilitated by the Province of British Columbia, to try to obtain a long-term solution to the conflict regarding Taseko's proposed gold-copper mine currently known as New Prosperity, acknowledging Taseko's commercial interests and the opposition of the Tŝilhqot'in Nation to the Project. While the details of this process are confidential, in order to facilitate a dialogue, the parties have agreed to a standstill on certain outstanding litigation and regulatory matters which relate to Taseko's tenures and the area in the vicinity of Teztan Biny (Fish Lake).
Aley Niobium Project
Environmental monitoring and product marketing initiatives on the Aley Niobium project continue. The pilot plant program commenced in the second quarter of 2019 has successfully completed the niobium flotation process portion of the test, raising confidence in the design and providing feed to begin the converter portion of the process. Completion of the converter portion of the pilot plant will provide additional process data to support the design of the commercial process facilities and provide final product samples for marketing purposes.
Note: Gibraltar is a contractual, unincorporated joint venture between Taseko Mines Limited (75% interest) and Cariboo Copper Corp. (25% interest). All production and sales figures are reported on a 100% basis, unless otherwise noted.
NON-GAAP PERFORMANCE MEASURES
This document includes certain non-GAAP performance measures that do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS. These measures may differ from those used by, and may not be comparable to such measures as reported by, other issuers. The Company believes that these measures are commonly used by certain investors, in conjunction with conventional IFRS measures, to enhance their understanding of the Company's performance. These measures have been derived from the Company's financial statements and applied on a consistent basis. The following tables below provide a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable IFRS measure.
Total operating costs and site operating costs, net of by-product credits
Total costs of sales include all costs absorbed into inventory, as well as transportation costs and insurance recoverable. Site operating costs are calculated by removing net changes in inventory, depletion and amortization, insurance recoverable, and transportation costs from cost of sales. Site operating costs, net of by-product credits is calculated by subtracting by-product credits from the site operating costs. Site operating costs, net of by-product credits per pound are calculated by dividing the aggregate of the applicable costs by copper pounds produced. Total operating costs per pound is the sum of site operating costs, net of by-product credits and off-property costs divided by the copper pounds produced. By-product credits are calculated based on actual sales of molybdenum (net of treatment costs) and silver during the period divided by the total pounds of copper produced during the period. These measures are calculated on a consistent basis for the periods presented.
June 30, Six months ended
(Cdn$ in thousands, unless otherwise indicated) – 75% basis 2020 2019 2020 2019
Cost of sales 81,181 98,013 164,490 172,742
Less:
Depletion and amortization (25,512) (30,138) (52,660) (50,322)
Net change in inventories of finished goods (5,753) 3,989 (4,441) 8,035
Net change in inventories of ore stockpiles (50) (540) 543 (413)
Transportation costs (5,834) (4,630) (10,353) (7,918)
Site operating costs 44,032 66,694 97,579 122,124
Less by-product credits:
Molybdenum, net of treatment costs (4,252) (7,243) (7,483) (15,062)
Silver, excluding amortization of deferred revenue (28) (93) (382) (279)
Site operating costs, net of by-product credits 39,752 59,358 89,714 106,783
Total copper produced (thousand pounds) 27,576 26,020 51,894 44,661
Total costs per pound produced 1.44 2.28 1.73 2.39
Average exchange rate for the period (CAD/USD) 1.39 1.34 1.37 1.33
Site operating costs, net of by-product credits (US$ per pound) 1.04 1.71 1.27 1.79
Add off-property costs:
Treatment and refining costs 5,676 5,839 10,632 10,105
Transportation costs 5,834 4,630 10,353 7,918
Total operating costs 51,262 69,827 110,699 124,806
Total operating costs (C1) (US$ per pound) 1.34 2.01 1.56 2.10
Adjusted net income (loss)
Adjusted net income (loss) remove the effect of the following transactions from net income as reported under IFRS:
Unrealized foreign currency gains/losses; and
Unrealized gain/loss on copper put and fuel call options.
Management believes these transactions do not reflect the underlying operating performance of our core mining business and are not necessarily indicative of future operating results. Furthermore, unrealized gains/losses on derivative instruments, changes in the fair value of financial instruments, and unrealized foreign currency gains/losses are not necessarily reflective of the underlying operating results for the reporting periods presented.
($ in thousands, except per share amounts) 2020 2019 2020 2019
Net income (loss) 18,745 (11,012) (30,205) (18,943)
Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss (12,985) (6,258) 16,762 (12,947)
Unrealized (gain) loss on copper put and fuel call options 3,528 (276) 180 –
Estimated tax effect of adjustments (953) 75 (49) –
Adjusted net income (loss) 8,335 (17,471) (13,312) (31,890)
Adjusted EPS 0.03 (0.07) (0.05) (0.13)
Adjusted EBITDA is presented as a supplemental measure of the Company's performance and ability to service debt. Adjusted EBITDA is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in the industry, many of which present Adjusted EBITDA when reporting their results. Issuers of "high yield" securities also present
Adjusted EBITDA because investors, analysts and rating agencies consider it useful in measuring the ability of those issuers to meet debt service obligations.
Adjusted EBITDA represents net income before interest, income taxes, and depreciation and also eliminates the impact of a number of items that are not considered indicative of ongoing operating performance. Certain items of expense are added and certain items of income are deducted from net income that are not likely to recur or are not indicative of the Company's underlying operating results for the reporting periods presented or for future operating performance and consist of:
Unrealized foreign exchange gains/losses;
Unrealized gain/loss on copper put and fuel call options; and
Amortization of share-based compensation expense.
($ in thousands) 2020 2019 2020 2019
Depletion and amortization 25,512 30,138 52,660 50,322
Finance expense 10,461 10,048 21,232 19,790
Finance income (48) (299) (198) (607)
Income tax expense (recovery) 4,326 (8,125) (5,792) (14,941)
Unrealized loss (gain) on copper put and fuel call options 3,528 (276) 180 –
Amortization of share-based compensation expense 1,321 444 1,567 2,231
Adjusted EBITDA 50,860 14,660 56,206 24,905
Earnings from mining operations before depletion and amortization
Earnings from mining operations before depletion and amortization is earnings from mining operations with depletion and amortization added back. The Company discloses this measure, which has been derived from our financial statements and applied on a consistent basis, to provide assistance in understanding the results of the Company's operations and financial position and it is meant to provide further information about the financial results to investors.
(Cdn$ in thousands) 2020 2019 2020 2019
Earnings (loss) from mining operations 24,824 (11,492) 3,599 (15,947)
Earnings from mining operations before depletion and amortization 50,336 18,646 56,259 34,375
Site operating costs per ton milled
(Cdn$ in thousands, except per ton milled amounts) 2020 2019 2020 2019
Site operating costs (included in cost of sales) 44,032 66,694 97,579 122,124
Tons milled (thousands) (75% basis) 5,748 5,794 11,370 10,890
Site operating costs per ton milled $7.66 $11.51 $8.58 $11.21