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As printed in the latest edition of Michigan Farm News.
By Tom Frisk
Applying for a loan is the first step in the relationship between the applicant and the lender.
The complexity of the loan request and type of operation will determine the amount of information needed, and the questions that will be asked by a lender. In the side-by-side relationship, it is important to provide accurate and up-to-date financial information, including a balance sheet, income statement, and projected cash flow statement. Transparency and documentation of assets and liabilities is critical to help avoid surprises such as incorrectly valued assets or forgotten liabilities. Although the loan amount will dictate how much detail the potential borrower will be expected to provide, here are some questions you can expect from the lender.
Financial Statement/Balance Sheet
This could consist of individual and entity balance sheets
It is necessary to provide balance sheets with reasonable values, including debt obligations and schedules. This information helps the lender ensure that debt structure meets the special needs of the individual growers.
Income statements – Profit and loss – Income tax returns
The information that lenders request helps determine the customer needs and understand their goals; these may be business, personal as well as family. The most productive producer-lender relationships are made when the producer has considered their short and long-term strategies. The information requested assists the lender to understand the business, the customer's goals, and structure the operation for a long-term, successful relationship.
Tom Frisk is a senior financial services officer.
By Jim Garvey
Over the last four to five years, much has been written about farmland values. Many reports have documented the rapid increase in land values fueled by record farm incomes, more recently the focus has changed to speculation on how big a correction in land values to expect.
Farmland rental rates are closely, but not perfectly, correlated with land values. In general, rental rate trends lag land value or farm income trends. Consequently, many farm operators are now faced with rental rates negotiated at a time when farm income prospects were much better than we are facing now, with sub $4.00 corn and sub $10.00 soybeans. It is pretty tough to pencil out a profit at these prices when paying land rent of $150 - $250 per acre. So, what are the options?
Renegotiating land rents is difficult; few landlords are going to welcome the opportunity to cut their income. Hopefully you have cultivated a good relationship over the years with these individuals and can leverage the economic realities of lower farm income into a lower rental rate.
A hybrid lease, also known as a flex lease, may be an available option. This type calls for a base cash rent, with the opportunity for additional payments to the landowner if certain price levels or yield results are attained. This kind of lease can provide the landowner with a means of capturing additional rent when market conditions improve, without locking the farm operator into a non-economic rent if market conditions do not improve.
Renting on shares could be another possibility. Many years ago, before cash rents became popular, share leases were the norm. With this option, the landlord receives a percentage of the crop as rental payment, and is then responsible for marketing the crop. This exposes the landowner to both production and pricing risks, but also creates the opportunity to reap the benefit of high yields and/or high prices. The advantage to the farm operator is that it reduces the amount of working capital needed to pay cash rent. However, it does present a challenge. Production from a farm rented on a share basis must be segregated and accounted for separately from other rented or owned land.
Landlords need to recognize there is collection risk involved in renting their farmland. Years ago I did an appraisal for a customer that had several homes he rented to others. I made the comment to him that the rent price he was charging seemed low. His reply was, "I'd rather deposit $400 every month than continually chase $600." As a landowner, keep in mind accepting a lower rent than you have received in the past may be a better alternative than attempting to collect one that is not economically sustainable.
Jim Garvey is a VP - Chief Appriaser for GreenStone Farm Credit Services.
By Teresa Vicary
The halls have been decked and holiday treats are abounding at the GreenStone Corporate office in East Lansing. But more importantly, the true spirit of Christmas and our Core Values resonates through our office. Each year the corporate office selects several special charities to support. Over the last number of years, we have provided gifts of service, money, or tangibles to Big Brother Big Sister, Haven House, Ele's Place, Volunteers of America, the Capitol Area Humane Society, local schools, military families, and more! This year our office has generously donated to Toys for Tots and Small Talk Children's Assessment Center.
Toys for Tots is sponsored by the local Salvation Army and will deliver our donated toys to children around the Lansing area. We find that donating to Toys for Tots provides two gifts; one for the child and the second for the parent whom can receive the gift of giving. Small Talk Children's Assessment Center provides local child victims and child witnesses of assaultive crimes with a safe, child centered location to meet with professionals to discuss events and be interviewed in a way that is supportive, non-traumatizing, and appropriate for children under the age of 18. It is truly an under advertised organization that manages this worthy cause. GreenStone employees personally donated over $1,000 to their mission and goal of purchasing a new counseling center.
GreenStone we would like to thank all of our employees for helping our community celebrate the true meaning of the holidays and honor them for their generous support.
Teresa Vicary is a Human Resources Generalist at GreenStone Farm Credit Services.
By Mark Klett
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a TV shoot for the Michigan Out-of-Doors (MOOD-TV) Television show. The segment highlights a new hunting regulation for Zone 3 (the lower half of the Lower Peninsula) that allows the use of pistol cartridges in a rifle. This new regulation goes back roughly four years, and passed with the help of the Michigan United Conservation Clubs and Natural Resources Commission. The new law is similar to the regulations that have been enacted in Indiana for about nine years now. The MOOD-TV story highlights a couple of the common cartridges that are now allowed.
We did part of the story at my home farm land, and then also did some "in the field" testing by taking a doe on a local farmer's crop damage permit.
I've been lucky enough to do this a few times with the show and there is always "the curse of the camera" to be reckoned with. Shooting a doe is pretty straight forward where they are doing damage, but making a perfect shot while being filmed does add to the challenge. I refer to the curse as it seems like when the camera isn't there, there's deer galore to pick from. But add the camera to the mix, and it just seems to mess up the whole day for the hunter.
The show's producer, Gabe Vanwormer, hails from the Perry area. He's a great guy to spend the time with and an outstanding outdoorsman. So all in all, being highlighted in a story is more nerve racking than one might think, but it's still a great experience.
The crew from MOOD-TV is always looking for new stories, so don't hesitate to contact them. They're easy to find on Facebook or the internet. Ya never know who will be on next!
You can watch the episode on YouTube at http://youtu.be/xa8ctbNQ8G4.
Mark Klett is a Crop Insurance Specialist for the Corunna and Saginaw branches.
As printed in the latest edition of Michigan Farm News.
By Steve Junglas
The use of robotics is becoming more common in the agricultural industry, but there is a new wave of machines emerging that will change the way producers work. With this change would come a potential disruption in the traditional order of operations.
According to Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen, a disruptive technology is defined as one that displaces an established technology and shakes up the industry; or a ground-breaking product that creates a completely new industry. In order to stay relevant and profitable, agriculture may need to be prepared to change the way it works. More staff time will be spent using an electronic dashboard than directly with the livestock or in the field. Employees will be spending a larger portion of their day analyzing data to determine the health of the livestock or quality of the crop.
Traditional agricultural robotics such as automated milking machines, feeders, cleaners and harvesters, offer improved automation and collect greater amounts of data than previous methods. The big difference now is that all this data can be joined with other outside systems, which can be used for correlation analysis to help predict problems early. Robotics will also be a major factor in addressing labor issues. I have heard from a number of successful farm operations that they think of their robotics as prepaying for labor.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or more commonly known as drones, will continue to be more powerful and easier to operate. The use of drones for crop reconnaissance can dramatically increase yields while reducing the time to physically walk the fields. Three of the most common sensors included on drones are imagery, spectral and thermal. Visible imagery captures high-resolution photos that can be examined to assess plant health and measurements. Plant stress detection can be seen using spectral imaging; a healthy leaf will appear differently than a stressed or dead leaf. When spectral and visible sensors are used together, they provide precise weed coverage data. Thermal imaging sensors are used to measure relative moisture status. Drones are already an important tool in crop scouting, measuring plant health, weed identification and irrigation.
Since new regulation on drones is coming soon, care must be taken not to violate any laws. All states have trespass and anti-stalking laws, along with unlawful surveillance, which apply to the use of any technology. A good piece of advice before going out and purchasing a drone is for farmers to start by contracting with a consultant.
Steve Junglas is the executive vice president, chief information and security officer at GreenStone Farm Credit Services.
By Dan Kaufman
Our summer vacations are over, we're back into the routine of work and school, and we long for the summer days to return. Yet, for over one million hunters heading into the Wisconsin and Michigan woods to hunt deer, the fun is just beginning.
Leaves start turning colors and hunters begin showing off their trail camera pictures, talking about the most recent big buck sightings, and sharing their passion for hunting with family and friends.
Few traditions rival that of deer hunting in Wisconsin and Michigan. Deer camps share their hunting wisdom and strategies from generation to generation and history is shared while each year new memories are created. For many, a successful season is defined by the time spent with family and friends and it never hurts to put a few deer on the pole either. Some are even lucky enough to harvest the trophy buck that many of us have been dreaming about since last season.
GreenStone Farm Credit Services' northeast Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula branches would like to share in the tradition and fun by offering prizes for successful hunters. Hunters can enter their bucks in our Big Buck Contest to win cash prizes or enter their does or bucks to win Cuddeback Game Cameras or Cabelas gift cards. Hunters who shoot their first deer will receive a "First Deer Club" trophy from GreenStone.
GreenStone is proud to offer loan products to help hunters realize the dream of owning their own deer hunting property where they can chase big bucks, turkeys, and bears. Contact your local GreenStone office if you're in search for property of your own and we'd be happy to help you realize that dream.
We wish everyone a safe, successful, and memorable deer season!
Dan Kaufman is a Financial Services Officer at the Coleman, Wisc. branch.
By Brent Spencer
What a great time to be a Michigan dairy farmer! The U.S. dairy market has been on a historic run up in price and profitability over the past year, and the 2015 outlook is extremely positive. The September class III milk price has recently traded at over $24.50 per CWT. Even with the run up in the milk price, feed costs continue to decline and have recently reached four year lows. According to NASS, the income over feed cost over the last fifteen years has averaged $8.13. The September – October income over feed cost is estimated to be $15.75, which is nearly double the historic average.
A combination of things has led to the historically high dairy margins. The drought in 2012 and the high corn and soybean prices that ensued led to a very low income over feed cost, which reduced profitability for dairies in 2012. At the same time, high beef prices led to heavy cull rates which created a slight contraction of the U.S. dairy herd. While milk production has been relatively flat, the domestic and world demand for U.S. dairy products continue to grow. Over the past few years, exports of dairy products have reached 17 percent of U.S. production. A large share of the increased exports has gone to China. This is partially due to the Chinese people's distrust of their own dairy industry. In the U.S., demand has also been strong in recent years. This can be illustrated by the fact that U.S. butter consumption hit a 40 year high in 2014.
The 2015 futures market indicates a return to closer to historic margins for dairy producers. The average class III milk price for 2015 is between $17 and $18 per CWT. Even with this $6 plus decline in milk price, the margin over feed cost will still remain strong. There are a few reasons for the expected decline in the milk price. As one would expect, the record high margins have triggered expansion in the dairy industry and production has begun to increase. Exports should also begin to slow down. The U.S. dollar has been gaining strength against most of the world currencies. This will cause our products to be more costly outside of our borders. Currently, the U.S. dairy price is considerably higher than the EU and Oceania prices. To illustrate this point, U.S. CME butter prices have traded at over $3 per lb. This is double the New Zealand butter price of $1.50 per pound and is $1.34 higher than the Dutch butter price. Even with U.S. over quota tariffs on butter, it will still be profitable for overseas butter to reach U.S. markets.
As mentioned previously, corn and soybean prices have reached four year lows and in the short term there appears to be little potential for any significant increase in their prices. In the September report, the USDA increased their projected yield on corn to 171.7 bushels per acre. If correct, this will give the U.S. a record crop of 14.395 billion bushels. The increase yield projection was offset some by an expected increase of usage due to the lower price. This increased usage still leaves the U.S. with projected ending stocks of 2.002 billion bushel. This is nearly double last year's ending stocks. There are limited opportunities for exporting the excess corn since the global corn stocks are at 15 year highs.
Soybeans have a similar story. The September USDA report increased the projected U.S. yield by 1.2 bushels per acre to 46.6. This would be a U.S. record soybean crop of 3.913 billion bushels and, despite an increase in usage, would leave the estimated global ending stocks at 90.17 million metric tons. The previous record global inventory was 70.29 million metric ton in 2010.
Even with the futures class III milk price trending lower, the excellent crop yields for 2014 should keep the income over feed cost at or above historic levels. While 2015 does not look to be the record setting year 2014 is turning into, the lower feed costs should keep the margins profitable and make 2015 another profitable year for Michigan's dairy farmers.
As printed in the latest edition of Michigan Farm News
By: Beth Barker
There is no better time to cultivate a career in the agricultural industry than today. With the agricultural economy strong both in Michigan and the U.S., many employers are expanding their workforce.
Those of us in the industry need to reach out to young people while they are in high school or middle school, to educate and promote the wide variety of career opportunities available in agriculture. Arranging company and farm tours, along with developing internship programs, are some of the ways companies are working to get students interested in this sector. GreenStone focuses on educating our future talent through collaboration with local schools and colleges to help individuals build strong resumes and polish interview skills, our employees raise awareness by getting involved in their local communities and serving in leadership roles with organizations like student marketing groups, and we partner with organizations such as FFA and 4-H to provide hands-on learning. Regardless of the specific actions taken, it is crucial to keep this industry at the forefront of young peoples' minds.
Thanks to a broad agricultural industry, the job possibilities go far beyond what you might naturally consider part of agriculture, including opportunities for those with backgrounds in fields such as business, education, science and technology. As a financial services institution, GreenStone employs nearly 500 people across our Michigan and Wisconsin territory. If you add up all of the employers within the national Farm Credit System, we collectively employ roughly 15,000 people with careers in lending, underwriting, loan processing, crop insurance, tax and accounting, information services, human resources, finance, marketing, and many more.
As the baby boomer generation continues to age, it is critical to replenish the workforce with talented and passionate individuals committed to providing the world with a safe and sustainable food supply. These are exciting, challenging jobs, many with excellent pay, benefits, and room for advancement.
There are many resources available online to assist with finding a position in the agriculture industry. In addition to the broad job boards, there are also industry specific sites like www.AgCareers.com which attract a wide range of large and small companies and candidates to their site. Jobs posted cover most of agriculture specialties, such as agronomy, crop protection and chemicals, biotechnology, dairy, equipment and machinery, agricultural finance, to name just a few. GreenStone's job openings are posted on our website, www.greenstonefcs.com, and nationally, the Farm Credit System opportunities are at www.farmcredit.com.
What an exciting time to begin a career in agriculture! It is a place where someone can build expertise, give back to the community, and help sustain the industry for generations to come.
Beth Barker is the executive vice president and chief human resources officer for GreenStone Farm Credit Services.
On Aug. 19 all seven GreenStone interns took a trip to two dairy farms in the area. Our day consisted of touring each facility, talking with the owners and seeing thousands and thousands of dairy cows.
For some interns that have a strong agriculture background, much like myself, these tours were a chance to see inside the dairy operations while being able to chat with the farmers. For the handful of interns that have little to no ag background, the experience of being on the farm was a new and enlightening. Not only were we all able to see these farms in their time of growth and prosperity, but the farmers also shared their background stories, which included some hard pressed times. Each farm owner discussed the hardships that they have experienced and were able to tell us how GreenStone aided them through some of the worst decades in farming. After learning about the Farm Credit System all summer, we could finally complete the circle of what we do on a daily basis and how it truly does help agriculturalists in our community.
At the end of our afternoon, we walked into the birthing barn to find a cow in labor. Within minutes a new baby calf was on the ground. Although having a birth on the farm is far from a rare event, it truly represented our lesson of the day. Just as this calf had been brought into the world with a lifetime of growth ahead of it, GreenStone gives new light to farms in Michigan and Wisconsin to grow and expand to their highest potential.
We had a great time on our farm visits and it was inspiring to see the operations that GreenStone has supported for many decades. As our internship comes to a close, we are able to see how important our work is here at GreenStone and we are all grateful for the experiences we have had this summer!
About the author: Abby Carpenter is a regional sales intern.
Recently, I had the experience of job shadowing two of GreenStone's financial services officers. I spent the day in the Lapeer branch with Marty Kasperski who focuses on agricultural customers, and Sandy Arnold, who assists customers with their country home and vacant land financing needs. The experience was eye-opening in terms of how GreenStone does business with their customers.
Interning in the credit department, I do not have involvement with the customers. I am a number cruncher, and as one credit analyst recently put it, sometimes it may mean being a "dream crusher" when those numbers don't work out.
I felt in order to get a holistic view of GreenStone, I needed to see the other side of the business. Sales are what drive any business and I was interested to see what differentiated GreenStone from the competition. I can confidently say I found my answer.
When people hear the word "sales," an image that first comes to mind is the pushy salesman we have all experienced. Honestly, I had the same mindset when I asked to job shadow in one of the branch locations. GreenStone prides itself on being a relationship lender and not that pushy salesman we all envision.
GreenStone's mindset can be described like a field that is planted. The field has to be tended to make it grow into a fruitful crop. The financial services officer plants the seed with their customers and then, like any good farmer, they have to tend to the field in order for it to grow while managing the ups and downs of the growing season. It is the same with any customer relationship. It takes time and diligence to build the relationship and produce a fruitful crop that not only benefits GreenStone, but the customer as well.
The financial services officers are referred to as relationship managers and this title fits them perfectly. Their job is to bring in money through completing deals for loans, but as I described above it, it is so much more than only that. At GreenStone, it is about managing the relationship to ensure financial security for GreenStone and also for the customer. To put it simply, if our customers thrive, GreenStone thrives as well. We are all in this together.
Making sure, through relationship management, our customers prosper is priority number one. The main thing I learned is managing customer relationships is, and will always be, the focus and key to GreenStone's success.
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Border Challenges and Regional Solutions: 2010 Olympics and the Pacific Northwest Experience
February 24, 2009 // 7:30am — 3:00pm
Canada Institute
The Canada Institute co-hosted a conference exploring how Northern border states and Canadian provinces are developing regional solutions to meet federal border mandates. Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire delivered the keynote address during the conference's luncheon.
Offsite event: Regional and Public Security Challenges in Central America
February 12, 2009 // 8:00am — 12:00pm
Latin American Program
The conference featured leading experts on topics such as Plan Merida, public security, crime and violence in Central America.
Cooperation at the Canada-U.S. Border: Confronting Challenges and Measuring Progress
December 04, 2008 // 10:30am — 3:15pm
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The Canada Institute hosted a meeting exploring how northern states and Canadian provinces have worked bilaterally to comply with the provisions of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. The event featured a keynote luncheon with remarks from Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Crossing Boundaries: Can a Solution be Found for Transboundary Oil Resources in the Gulf of Mexico?
April 23, 2008 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Mexico Institute
The authors of the new book, Cruzando Limites, discuss bilateral issues surrounding transboundary oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico with other experts in the field.
Future Shock: How Environmental Change and Human Impact Are Changing the Global Map
March 04, 2008 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Environmental Change and Security Program
Four expert speakers examine the security threats posed by global phenomena including migration, demographic change, water scarcity, and environmental degradation, seeking to shed light on the causes of certain conflicts and help governments prevent domestic and regional upheaval.
Privacy at the Border: Expectations of Privacy and Security in the World's Largest Trading Relationship
February 28, 2008 // 8:00am — 10:00am
Canada Institute
While Canadian panelists discussed specific Canadian laws designed to keep the border secure and to keep private information confidential, American panelists spoke of wanting less government control and more citizen access to information held in government data banks.
People, Security and Borders: The Impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative on North America
May 30, 2007 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Canada Institute
Donald Abelson and Duncan Wood discussed their recently published report, "People, Security, and Borders: The Impact of the WHTI on North American," which assesses the potential economic, privacy, and technological implications of the controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on North America.
Saltwater Neighbors: The Law and Politics of the Canada-U.S. Ocean Relationship
April 10, 2007 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Canada Institute
Ted McDorman discusses his research examining maritime legal disputes between Canada and the United States.
The Outlook for Canada-U.S. Defense Cooperation
April 26, 2006 // 9:00am — 11:15am
Canada Institute
The Canada Institute hosted a panel discussion on the outlook for Canada-U.S. defense relations prior to the conclusion of the Bi-National Planning Group's mandate, at which authors presented the key findings and recommendations of the BPG's final report.
Border Security: The High Stakes for Canada and the United States in the 21st Century
February 06, 2006 // 10:15am — 1:00pm
Canada Institute
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Watching Mai Iskander's film Words of Witness as the reports filtered in of the Egyptian presidential election results was somewhat surreal, a word the film's Heba and her family also find descriptive of the situation in their homeland as the initial joy of Mubarak's resignation becomes the much longer struggle to build democracy – or perhaps to continue wresting democracy from the hands of the regime.
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Most Powerful People In Politics: The "I'm a Democrat, but..." Democrats
Let's start with a caveat: no one of any importance did anything to warrant a sincere most powerful ranking this week. Which is why it was such a great week for a particular set of guys who nobody pays attention tothe Artur Davises, Lanny Davises and Harold Fords of the worldexcept when they're knocking around their fellow Democrats or deviating from the party line. All they had to do is defend private equity, and now they're relevant again! It's a win-win. No doubt Harold Ford's bosses at Morgan Stanley are happy to have him in the limelight this week. Artur Davis got to remind us all how these "European, lefist notion[s]" of Barack Obama drove him from acolyte to apostate. As for Lanny Davis, well, attention for defending Stephen Schwarzman sure beats attention for defending Laurent Gbagbo, doesn't it?
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"Little data are available regarding fetal outcomes and mortality rates among H1N1-infected mothers," the researchers wrote. "Of the 18 patients in this series, one had a spontaneous abortion and one died postnatally from complications of extreme prematurity and sepsis," they say. "H1N1 poses a serious health threat to pregnant patients."
This group of women responded to the new H1N1 in the same way pregnant women responded to other pandemic flus, Siegel said. "There is a high rate of complications, there is a high rate of early-term delivery, there is a high rate of deaths in fetuses This is all predictable," he said.
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Fred Armisen 'Saturday Night Live' Songs Will See Vinyl Release
Drag City announces 'Hometown Heroes' 7-inch single seres
Selections from Fred Armisen's music trove are coming to vinyl, though they may be less obscure than advertised. Drag City has announced it will kick off its new, Armisen-based "Hometown Heroes" series of 7-inch singles on February 18. The first entry will be the Blue Jean Committee's "Massachusetts Afternoon," backed by the Fingerlings' "Embrace Me."
Drag City is gamely billing the series as "dedicated to the regional music stars of decades past and local one-hit wonders," so it's with some shame that we remind you where you might've heard those titles before. Armisen debuted "Massachusetts Afternoon" on a 2011 Saturday Night Live episode with host Jason Segel. "Embrace Me" premiered earlier that year on an episode with Dana Carvey.
That said, both songs were pretty funny, and Drag City's loving description of them deserves to be true. Per the press release: The Blue Jean Committee, centered around Richie Cornish's "busy talk-singing lyrical style," hailed from late-'70s Northampton, Massachusetts; "Massachusetts Afternoon," it turns out, "celebrates the time in one's life when independence, friendship, and the autumn sunset seem to go on forever." As for the Fingerlings, they were "a prolific synth/post-disco band" from Bath, England, in the early '80s, famed for their over-the-top 12-inch EP covers; "Embrace" was a "huge local hit, its lyrics evoking imagery of neon-framed cities like Paris and Berlin."
Could a 7-inch by Armisen's Ian Rubbish character be far behind in the series? Well, Armisen is pretty busy. Portlandia Season 4 starts February 27, with a long list of guests including Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith, Duff McKagan of Gun N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, singer-songwriter k.d. lang, and jazz duo Tuck and Patti. St. Vincent's Annie Clark also returns to the show. Quick, which band sang Pacific Northwest regional hit "Dream of the 90s"?


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1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and 3 civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Barry Goldwater's conservative revolution took over the Republican Party. In myriad ways, 1964 was the year when Americans faced choices.
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This 5,000-square-foot home was awarded the first LEED Platinum designation for a private residence in Orange County, Calif.
For many cabinet shops green building is still something that is not part of their daily diet. Still, it's hard not to notice all the business doors going green could open. So, how do you get up to speed?
That was the situation Bill VaVerka of Verk's Custom Cabinets found himself in. He was offered the opportunity to get involved in a project building what some claim is one the most sustainably built houses in the country. Dubbed the Costa Mesa Green Home, it is the first private residence in Orange County, Calif., to be certified Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes Program. The home was awarded 104 points, four more than needed to achieve Platinum status.
About the home
The private residence of local real estate developer Steve Blanchard, the home showcases more than just environmentally conscious building practices. Its 5,000 square feet includes six bedrooms, six and a half bathrooms, an office, and a kid's family room. At center stage is a 1,000-square-foot kitchen with cabinets that reach as high as 10 feet.
Architect David Gangloff of Ladera Ranch, Calif., designed the home to be a modern interpretation of the California Craftsman style as well as being a showcase for green building ideas.
"In addition to durability, my requirements for cabinets were low emitting glues, adhesives and finishes used on woods and panels that were FSC certified and contained no added urea formaldehyde," says Gangloff. "We wanted the warm look of natural wood to complement the Craftsman style of the home and form juxtaposition with the harder materials like concrete and stone veneer."
Joining the team
VaVerka got involved in the project through a friend of the homeowner. But despite seven years as a custom cabinetmaker, he really wasn't all that familiar with the requirements for green building. His first step to change that was a talk with his building products distributor, Weber Plywood and Lumber Co. There he connected with Steve Weisenberg, a LEED accredited professional who manages Weber's Environmentally Friendly and Green Materials Division. "Steve is one of the more knowledgeable people out there," says VaVerka. "People don't understand there are certain levels of green. I tried to stay as green as you can get."
Building green in Orange County presents additional challenges, but Weisenberg was ready to help. "Orange County is one of California's strictest when it comes to sustainable building codes so this was a job that needed a lot of attention to detail," says Weisenberg. "Bill and I talked about what materials to use, viewed some GreenT samples and prepared for his presentation. The homeowner loved the ideas and awarded Verk's the job."
The showcase 1,000-square-foot kitchen was built by Verk's Custom Cabinets in Santa Ana, Calif., as the company's first major green project.
GreenT is a hardwood plywood from Timber Products Company. It is constructed with a recycled content core made from certified wood components and meeting the California Air Resources Board (CARB) formaldehyde requirements. "This innovative home is a model of how sustainable residential building should be undertaken," says Timber Products Vice President Roger Rutan. "Every detail was thought out and we're thrilled that GreenT hardwood plywood was selected for the cabinetry and contributed toward LEED points."
Tackling the job
Besides doing the showcase kitchen and all of its cabinets, VaVerka took on most of the interior built-ins throughout the house. That included the master bathroom, cabinets in four other bathrooms and even a small entertainment center. Everything was built with sustainable products.
VaVerka, who runs a small two-man shop using all conventional equipment said using the environmentally responsible materials required no special tooling or machines.
"This was a challenging job but also an educational experience for me in green building," says VaVerka. "It was easier than I thought to meet the LEED requirements because the GreenT hardwood plywood satisfied every need and did not compromise quality. The materials do make all the difference when working on a sustainable project."
More green in the future
Now that he's completed one major green project, VaVerka is anxious to take on more.
"This is the future," he says. "The quality of wood is excellent. It's safer to work with. As far as me as a woodworker, I want to be healthier, so why wouldn't I use this? And people are getting a cleaner product for their home."
Realizing the dream of being able to economically build custom furniture on a mass scale.
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Kansas manufacturer is winning market share by balancing customization and lead times.
Wood-Mizer Products Inc. in February announced the release of Bio-Mizer, a biomass furnace that converts wood waste into renewable energy for businesses.
Nickell Moulding Co. shows that a switch to water-based finishes helps more than just the environment.
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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period Terminated For Kindred Healthcare's Acquisition Of RehabCare Group
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. ("Kindred") (NYSE:KND) and RehabCare Group, Inc. ("RehabCare") (NYSE:RHB) today jointly announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Improvement Act of 1976 for Kindred's previously announced acquisition of RehabCare was terminated on April 8, 2011.
On February 8, 2011, Kindred and RehabCare announced that Kindred had agreed to acquire RehabCare pursuant to which each holder of RehabCare common stock will receive $26.00 per share in cash and 0.471 of a share of Kindred common stock. The transaction is expected to close by June 30, 2011. The acquisition is subject to certain conditions, including approvals by the stockholders of both companies, consummation of financing in accordance with the terms of commitment letters obtained by Kindred, and the receipt of certain licensure and regulatory approvals.
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Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-200 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of over $4.3 billion and approximately 56,800 employees in 40 states. At December 31, 2010, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 696 locations, including 89 long-term acute care hospitals, 226 nursing and rehabilitation centers and a contract rehabilitation services business, People first rehabilitation services, which served 381 non-affiliated facilities. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Healthcare Companies three years in a row, Kindred's mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com.
About RehabCare Group Established in 1982 and headquartered in St. Louis, MO, RehabCare Group, Inc. ( www.rehabcare.com) is a leading provider of post-acute care, owning and operating 34 long-term acute care and rehabilitation hospitals and providing program management services in partnership with over 1,250 hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in 42 states and Puerto Rico. RehabCare is included in the Russell 2000 and Standard and Poor's Small Cap 600 Indices. Additional Information About this Transaction In connection with the pending transaction with RehabCare Group, Inc., Kindred Healthcare, Inc. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC") a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (commission file number 333-173050) that includes a joint proxy statement of Kindred and RehabCare that also constitutes a prospectus of Kindred. Kindred and RehabCare will mail the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus to their respective stockholders after the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC. WE URGE INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PENDING TRANSACTION WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. You may obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and other related documents filed by Kindred and RehabCare with the SEC at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The joint proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and the other documents filed by Kindred and RehabCare with the SEC may also be obtained for free by accessing Kindred's website at www.kindredhealthcare.com and clicking on the "Investors" link and then clicking on the link for "SEC Filings" or by accessing RehabCare's website at www.RehabCare.com and clicking on the "Investor Information" link and then clicking on the link for "SEC Filings." Participants in this Transaction Kindred, RehabCare and their respective directors, executive officers and certain other members of management and employees may be soliciting proxies from their respective stockholders in favor of the pending transaction. You can find information about Kindred's executive officers and directors in Kindred's joint proxy statement/prospectus. You can find information about RehabCare's executive officers and directors in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 23, 2010. You can obtain a free copy of these documents from Kindred or RehabCare, respectively, using the contact information above.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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The opinions of ratings agencies matter for investors. When S&P cut the U.S. government's debt ratings from AAA in the wake of a last minute August 2011 deal to raise the government's debt limit and stave off a default, markets sold off sharply.
Fitch Ratings, meanwhile, remains optimistic of a deal by year end and points political gridlock as reason to consider a downgrade of the U.S. government's debt rating. Were fiscal cliff negotiations to drag well into 2013, Fitch said earlier in December it could lead to a ratings cut. "
In September, independent ratings firm Egan Jones cut the U.S. government's debt rating one level to AA-, noting how the Federal Reserve's easing efforts may hit the U.S. dollar and drive up inflation. On Aug. 5, S&P was the first agency to cut the government's debt rating, lowering it to AA+ as a result of what's now known as a 'fiscal cliff' that falls short of what's needed to stabilize the government's medium-term debt issues.
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Life without lights in a Ghanaian village
The village of Wantugu, Ghana, has power poles but no electricity – yet. They keep the dark from encroaching with kerosene lamps, flashlights, and a little solar power.
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With high-tension power lines in place since 2000, Wantugu seems to be a village several steps ahead of many others in Ghana's northern region. However, the people of Wantugu are still lacking one key element: electricity flowing through those wires and into village homes.
For most people in developed countries, living without electricity is unthinkable. But in Ghana's north, Wantugu's situation is the norm, rather than the exception.
Only 22 percent of households in the northern region have electricity, and 77 percent use kerosene lamps as their primary source of lighting,
In the Tolon/Kumbungu District, made up of many small villages and 19 larger villages including Wantugu, only four communities have electricity.
Even without electric power, though, the 3,500 inhabitants of this rural farming community are active after dark:
Every night, young people get together to study English homework or the Koran. And villagers gather to watch an American, Nigerian, or Indian film on the one TV in the village.
Occasionally, the midwife will stay late to deliver a baby at the town's clinic, working under the dim glow of solar-powered lights donated by two nongovernmental organizations, New Energy and the Ghanaian Danish Community Programme.
And every few nights, men, women, and children dance to traditional drumming. "Even if you are tired and are lying down, if they play the music, you will feel it, and you will want to come out," says Fusini Mohamed, a college student who lives with his family in Wantugu between school terms,
Like many others in the village, he believes that dancing at night provides the energy to farm the next day.
The task of supplying electricity to the village began under the government of the National Democratic Congress just before the 2000 national elections. But when the rival New Patriotic Party took control of Ghana's government that year, the work came to a standstill.
"Both political parties leave it until election year, and then they use it for campaigning, so people will see the work and vote for them," says Assemblyman Adam Yakubu, Wantugu's representative in local government.


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text: Bruce Dubbs wrote: > It wasn't a typo. The date of the render will be approximately 0230 on the > 28th. The changes were added on the 27th. I can change my algorithm to set the > book's date to the date of the last change log entry if you really want. Long ago as a reader and user of the book, and one that looked at the date of the render against the date of the ChangeLog, it was always confusing to me when they differed. I'd wonder what was changed that wasn't annotated in the ChangeLog. You'd then have to go to the -book mailing list or the on-line html sources (Trac,CVS,whatever) to see what was changed. You'd find out what was going on sooner or later. Now, in the case of today, one would look at the ChangeLog and see that Bruce updated something in the PCI-Utils package on the 27th, but the rendered book says the 28th. What was changed on the 28th to cause a difference not annotated in the ChangeLog? In the case of today, NOTHING. Hence, the confusion. One would look at the commit and say "Oh, Bruce changed the date of the book, but used the old date for the changes he just made." It doesn't make sense. The dates should be consistent. If you update the render date in the same commit that you update the ChangeLog, the dates should match. I realize you've always looked at this differently, but that's because you've been an Editor too long and not a reader of the book. I remember being a simple reader/user of the book and it was confusing. I'm trying to avoid that for others. There's nothing gained updating the render date but not the ChangeLog. It is nothing but confusing. Your way Bruce, the book should then be rendered every day (with the render date updated) to be consistent. Some days the ChangeLog matches the render date, others it doesn't and it is confusing to the novice. We can avoid this confusion by simply making the render date the same as the date of the ChangeLog entry. Bottom line is, I think the book should reflect a date where there was actual changes on it. In the case of today, you see that the ChangeLog has one date and the render is incremented, yet no change from the last entry that updated the ChangeLog. Sorry for the rant. Hopefully, you see somewhat what I'm trying to say. If not, don't worry about it. -- Randy