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Integrate windows to achieve energy performance
Here are the top 5 myths about the building façade and its impact on operations.
Learning objectives
- Understand the use of windows in nonresidential buildings.
- Learn how to integrate the façade with mechanical and electrical systems.
- Learn the 5 myths about façade and energy performance.
True or False? Architectural glass is a necessary evil.
False. Glass is a fundamental element, often the most recognizable feature to an architectural design, and is the primary means with which the building creates a human connection to the outdoor environment. With the proper application and the right supporting building systems that leverage façade opportunities, glass façades can be a net energy benefit to just about any project.
There are great misconceptions among building design and construction professionals in regard to the use of fenestration. Some are due to the extrapolation of one climate zone upon another or one building type upon another, but many stem from the understanding of the residential environment. For example, although it is generally true that one of the best things a homeowner can do is add insulation to his attic, increasing insulation levels on the roof of a commercial building isn't nearly as impactful. In contrast, no one would build a single-family home without operable windows, and yet rarely do designers even consider them for a commercial space.
Often, this misapplication of knowledge impedes the designer's ability to think beyond the traditional to what is truly energy efficient in each climate and for each building's individual set of circumstances. No longer are building façades merely energy losers that the building mechanical and electrical systems must counteract.
Today's commercial building façades provide the first opportunity for the building to capitalize on the natural environment and minimize thermal and lighting loads. Though glass will always impact the HVAC performance, a façade that is well integrated into the architecture and building systems can have a net positive impact on the total energy performance and is the first step to achieving what is considered a high-performance building.
5 myths about façade and energy performance
1. The façade has the single biggest impact on the energy expenditure of a building.
From a thermal load perspective, buildings can be identified by one of three categories: external-load, internal-load, or ventilation-load dominated. The external-load dominated building is typified by a residential home or multifamily housing unit. In a building of this type, the thermal energy flowing through the building envelope drives the total annual energy consumption; as much as three-quarters of the total can be directly attributed to counteracting the heat gains and losses from the outside. Energy codes and standards such as ASHRAE 90.1, IECC, and ASHRAE 189.1, not to mention many other state energy codes, have acknowledged the increased importance of the envelope by requiring increased levels of energy performance for the façades of hotels, hospital patient rooms, and residential projects.
In contrast, most of the load in the internal-load dominated commercial office building comes from within, that is, the computers, lighting, equipment, and occupants. The rough energy use characterization for a typical commercial facility includes one-third lighting, one-third plug load, and one-third HVAC systems (made up of the effect of the envelope, lighting, plug load, occupants, and ventilation). The envelope is typically responsible for no more than a third of the HVAC energy expenditure and thus has a small impact on the building's annual energy use of just 5% to 15%. It should be noted that even though the envelope plays a considerably lesser role in the annual energy consumption, it often remains a significant portion of the peak cooling and heating design load. Interestingly, under temperate outdoor conditions of 55 to 70 F, internal investigations by the authors have shown a typical office building often consumes less energy with reduced levels of insulation.
Ventilation-load dominated buildings are ones where air change rates and indoor air quality (IAQ) are paramount, for example, labs and hospitals. Airflow rates are dictated by codes and standards like ASHRAE 170 for hospitals and a medley of guidelines from OSHA, NFPA, and NIH for labs. Each requires minimum total flow rates as well as minimum outside airflow rates. Typically, heat gains and losses through the façade are relatively small compared with the energy needed to heat and cool a building's high airflow rates; thus the façade plays an even less significant role.
While a focus on the building envelope design is important, the idea that the greatest energy use is due to the façade is typically false. Designers must understand both the climate surrounding the building and the dominant load of the building type, noting that many buildings comprise all three categories, for example: hospital patient rooms (external), offices (internal), and operating rooms (high ventilation rates). So, it is important to target energy consumed by other building systems while still seeking opportunities to limit the negative impact of façade performance.
2. Low U-factor and SHGC values and high VLT are always better.
It's often said that a higher performing glass simply translates to a lower solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and U-factor. Realistically, the optimum glazing selection involves tuning the U-factor, SHGC, and visible light transmittance (VLT) to the purpose of the window, the building, or space type and its particular orientation.
Windows have two primary functions in most commercial buildings: they provide a view that creates a connection between the occupant and the outdoor environment, and they provide daylight that displaces electric lighting and reinforces the connection to the environment. Closely tied to these functions are solar gains and heat losses that must be addressed by a building's HVAC system. Lower SHGCs reduce solar gains throughout the year, effectively increasing the need for heating and decreasing the need for cooling. Lower U-values similarly reduce heat transfer throughout the year, reducing the heating and cooling at the extreme conditions, but often increasing cooling during temperate conditions. Every project has its own unique optimum case.
Importantly, how the glass is being used must also be evaluated. While the SHGC and U-value are usually the performance metrics to be optimized for glass providing views, they are not typically the driving metric for a daylighting aperture. Rather, a high VLT and light-to-solar gain (LSG) ratio are typically more important for these applications.
One interesting element to investigate in optimizing glass performance is the sometimes divergent relationship between annual energy consumption and peak design loads; annual energy reductions can sometimes be associated with peak load increases. This occurs because the peak load is associated with sizing the equipment that maintains thermal comfort inside the space during the worst condition, i.e. how large is the chiller or boiler and how much airflow is required. In contrast, the annual energy performance accounts for the ongoing operational efficiencies of all building systems over the entire year. Therefore, careful attention to envelope performance trade-offs is crucial to balancing peak load sizing with typical operating load performance for an overall optimal solution.
For example, a patient room has a minimum air change rate required to maintain acceptable indoor air quality (IAQ) levels that generally provides more airflow than is needed in some circumstances to meet internal and external loads. As a result, the air is usually reheated to avoid overcooling the space. In this instance, a higher SHGC, with its associated additional solar heat gain, can often help limit the reheat required by the HVAC system, subsequently reducing the annual energy usage for the space. In essence, whenever the space is in full sun and the external load requires airflows greater than the minimum required by the code, there is an energy penalty, but whenever the space has a load that allows airflows below that of the code, it is an energy benefit—it is essentially having some passive solar heat in the patient room. There is little doubt that the higher SHGC will, however, require more peak cooling capacity.
Finally, the VLT should always be considered for occupant comfort. It should never be assumed that the highest VLT is the best for occupants. A tuned fenestration system with glazing appropriately selected based on the optimum SHGC, U-factor, and VLT will rarely be composed of the minimalist option.
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|2013-03-16, 11:53
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I think this episode had just the right pacing, if they had sacrificed or shortened anything it would've seriously lessened the impact of the episode (as it is, they already cut things I had hoped they would leave in). Actually, if they're stringing everything on dealing with the akki then the pacing is just right. The problem is that there are so many other things to cover but at this rate I think they won't even touch them.
|2013-03-16, 12:06
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If anything, I was hoping that they would at least reveal the plan on how to exterminate the Akki and maybe leave off with the rising action.
In either case, I feel like they botched the past two episodes and therefore, sandbagged the last episode.
I guess we'll have to wait and see ...
|2013-03-16, 12:08
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Is that going to be in the next episode or was it already omitted?
|2013-03-16, 12:42
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Of course this way we wouldn't have had these huge, dramatic cliffhangers. "OMG IS SHUN BACK?" (nah) "OMG WHAT COULD BE HER PLAN?!" (...) Just smaller ones: "will Satoru die?" "ooo, are they going to do what I think they're going to do?" (or maybe "ooo, I think I know what they're going to do, but will it work?")
Apparently the writers preferred the huge cliffhangers. I personally don't think they were necessary, but I'm not a writer for this show, so.
As for not being enough explanation in ep 24, that's how it is in the source material. Sure, they could've cut Saki & Satoru's last ditch attempt to save the boy, or Satoru's attempt at taking him out, but I think these were very important character moments. (I would've RAGED if they had been cut, especially after the pacing mess that was ep 23... )
By the way, solely by page numbers they're actually doing well. According to my edition, they covered some 46 pages in ep 24 (36 pages in ep 23), and there's 43 pages left.
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|2013-03-16, 13:26
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Of course, nobody will remember them, so that means nothing. But, yeah, no plan is perfect.
|2013-03-16, 13:32
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I think this is the only thing I'll hold against Saki in this series. I can't believe she'd just throw the minoshiro like that. I know they needed a distraction to survive, but still ;_;
Throwing a cute living library like that, not cool.
Now while Saki did destroy the anthrax to save Satoru, it looks like it may have been the right move.
Regarding this from the last thread
Though I didn't see that coming in the ep, when Satoru broke the container, spores...don't move or appear like that at all.
Then again this is a pretty strange world so maybe it can I guess. (or it was just for us viewers to see only, but Saki did burn it all before it even reached the kid so...?)
I guess I can't wait for the last ep, but at the same time I don't want to see Kiroumaru die. It's great to know he wasn't working at all with Squealer with how some things were being speculated in the past couple threads. Such a shame he lost his colony, and his brethren who shared his culture. Poor guy has really nothing left...
Oh and it's a boy? Man that hair looks way to good for a boy who's been living with bakenezumi all his life.
|2013-03-16, 13:47
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But hey, I'm just being pessimistic. Perhaps they'll manage to pull it off, in which case I'll be incredibly happy. This show deserves to go out with a bang. (Or rather, the story's own idea of a bang.)
As for setting dilemma/character drama, I don't know... I think they tried to mix the two all along, and I think they're doing it well. I think it's very important to remember that these characters are just humans (and bakenezumi), and their world is shaped (quite literally) as much by their feelings, moods and whims, as by their actions based on logical thinking.
|2013-03-16, 14:21
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At its best the show is subtle and creepy and tragic; at its worst it's melodramatic. Don't get me wrong; it sounds worse the way I say it than it actually is, but I don't know how to make the point clear without exaggerating it.
|2013-03-16, 14:53
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Burning the Psychobuster, Saki? Seriously? I'd be pretty disappointed in her if she hadn't thought of something at the very end. I'm still a little disappointed in her. That was a dumb, weak move. The mirror trick was a clever try though. Trying to get the kid to kill a bakenezumi might also be interesting (but tricky to pull off).
|2013-03-16, 15:01
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If the boy isn't a fiend (and I'd guess he's not, since that's become the in-your-face apparent the direction the story wants to take us), then the only obvious solution is for Kiromaru to kill it, since the boy can't kill him. Of course, the rats can, so whatever plan Saki is thinking up will require separating the boy from the rats.
I'm still a bit unclear on what Kiromaru's motive for helping the two is. He's becoming more and more evident as a pragmatist. I'm guessing in rat culture, there's no real possibility of joining a new clan somewhere else unless he was willing to just be a slave, so he's decided he simply wants revenge? Rather than striking it off and living on his own? It was also amusing watching him spend a good portion of this episode channeling much of the message board complaints about Saki. Though, in a far more calm, almost dignified, voice.
Of course, I think Saki will still try to grasp a solution that doesn't require killing the boy, if one rears its head. At the moment, she doesn't seem to have any more ideas in that direction. Let's just hope, for everyone else's sake, she doesn't have an epiphany about that right when they're closing the snare on their trap to kill the boy, and then ruining said trap.
In the bigger picture, I'm still unclear how this all will end. Saki, obviously, survives the ordeal.
Regardless of how it plays out against Maria's child, the rats have a bunch of other human babies to mold into weapons.
So, as entertaining as this cat and mouse with Maria's child is, it's relatively pointless in the bigger scheme of things, outside of giving humanity a few years of breathing room, assuming the series has any real grand scale message it wants to try to convey by the time the end credits roll. Of course, it may not, and this really may just be a very personal story and speculation over changes in rat/human society just an entertaining past time. Though I suppose we've already entered a "New World" in that the rats have reached a point where they can openly revolt against their overlords. Or, we were already in a "New World" from the very start, and the assumption that the title had anything to do with the conclusion was a flight of fancy.
Yokamaru simply isn't the type of personality you reach a rainbows and sunflowers agreement with. You either lose, or you cow him so hard into submission he won't be able to say your name without pissing his pants, at this point (or kill him, of course).
Edit: It's been a while since the beginning of this story, but am I recollecting things wrong when they had young Saki writhing in pain as a reactionary lesson against hurting other humans in that temple during her orientation? And, if I'm not, shouldn't there have been some feedback from burning the boy in this episode?
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|2013-03-16, 15:03
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This episode was heartstoppingly tense and pushed all the right buttons for me. Also for the first time in a while I got a feeling of hope from this; the idea that their world, and ours as well perhaps, can change for the better.
I'm also somewhat relived that the anthrax won't be used to kill the kid (and Satoru) because tricking it into killing itself, having Kiroumaru kill it or having Saki convert to child all seem like more interesting resolutions to the conflict than the indirect --and even anticlimactic-- way of killing it with anthrax.
|2013-03-16, 17:19
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Anyway, I think I get what you mean - me, I'm usually not very bothered about these things unless they get really obtrusive, and I think in SSY they mostly managed to do it well. Mostly. (Maria comes to mind.)
By the way...
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|2013-03-16, 18:18
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Also, as much as I seriously did simply roll my eyes at what a 'girl' Saki was being, it was refreshing to see some aspects of the more admirable old (young?) Saki in her non-hesitation to throw the false miyashiro away as a sacrifice. I've always liked that aspect of her, when she was a kid, how despite her hrm....'humanity', she'd have her seemingly nonchalant moments of surprising brutal moments where her character reminds us that her value system is still very much set in her world, and not ours.
As far as the pacing disgruntlement some have, I suppose if I had a fixed image of where I saw this series ending, I'd be a bit miffed as well, but I don't, so I'm happy to just be along for the ride to wherever it is we're going to end. For all the big questions that have been discussed over the past many weeks, it can help to take a step back and remember this is a very localized affair that we've been watching, and it may be asking a bit much for it to have some earth-shattering conclusion.
|2013-03-16, 18:21
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|2013-03-16, 18:53
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That's assuming they don't reach some sort of peace settlement and the kids returned.
|2013-03-16, 19:07
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I don't think ep23 had pacing issues. Instead I think they gave the episode to Inui, as he's important but had little screen time so far. They started with him, then he died, Saki cried, and the rest was a visual summary, until they ended on Shun (as a bridge). I honestly think they wanted us to grieve for Inui more than we otherwise would. Watch the show as a tribute to the man, and the pacing makes perfect sense. At least I think so.
That's the sort of thing I think is a bad idea.
I don't really mind either, not in itself.
Maybe I should have said the first half of episode 20? Not even that is entirely fair, since I thought the appearance of the "fiend" was top notch, too.
|2013-03-16, 22:08
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I disliked what they did with Kiroumaru here. In my view, it's the worst of both possible worlds.
If he had been playing the humans all this time, that would have been a very nice plot twist.
But no, he wasn't... however, his own schemes clearly weren't that much different from Yakomaru's. He too wanted to acquire a WMD that could make his people more powerful than humans.
Perhaps Kiroumaru just wanted that as a means of defense in case the humans turned on him, but if so, that could have been made more clear by what he said here.
Kiroumaru as an interesting counterpoint to Yakomaru really loses a lot of edge in this episode, imo.
I also sense a certain naive idealism starting to take the reins here, given the increasing importance of certain plot points. It's not the ending I would want for SSY if my suspicions prove correct here.
Positives for the episode was getting to see Maria's child again, and getting to hear Yakomaru again. These were both played very well for good drama and intensity.
|2013-03-16, 22:42
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Anyways I liked this episode but the Shun part in the beginning was lame, especially when they built it up with the cliffhanger and in this episode the scene ended in a flash.
My favorite part was definitely the mirror scene with Maria's child and hearing Yakomaru again (how I missed that bastard).
However I am getting nervous that they won't be able to wrap everything up in one more episode.
edit: Also I like Saki's decision to destroy the psyhcobuster. Was it the best decision? I don't know, but I am glad she stuck to her own beliefs and guts. I also like that it stemmed from not losing Satoru. I understand she put humanity at risk but instead she was thinking of the human(s) close to her which actually is a very human thing to do.
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51. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.
410 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-644-2121; Fax: 312-644-0097; www.wrigley.com
Executives: Executive Chrmn: William Wrigley Jr.; Pres/CEO: William D. Perez; SVP and CFO: Reuben Gamoran; SVP, Worldwide Strategy and New Business: Peter R. Hempstead; SVP and Chief Innovation Officer: Surinder Kumar; SVP and Chief Admin. Officer: Dushan Petrovitch; VP, Secy and Gen. Counsel: Howard Malovany; VP-Worldwide Commercial Operations: Ralph Scozzafava; VP-Worldwide Manufacturing: John Adams; VP-Worldwide Gum Base Operations: Vincent C. Bonica; VP-Corporate Communications: Susan Henderson; VP-People, Learning and Development and Chief Information Officer: Donagh Herlihy; VP-Scientific and Regulatory Affairs: Carol Knight; VP and Controller: Shaun Mara; VP-Worldwide Procurement and Chief Procurement Officer: Patrick Mitchell; VP-Nordic: Jon Orving; VP and Managing Dir.-North America: Mary Kay Haben; VP and Managing Dir.-East/South Europe: Igor Saveliev; VP and Treasurer: Alan J. Schneider; VP and Managing Dir.-North/Central Europe and Pacific: Denis Schrey; VP-R and D: Tawfik Sharkasi; VP and Managing Dir.-China: Samson Suen; VP and Managing Dir.-Asia: Michael Wong.
Subsidiaries, Divisions: Amurol Confections Co., Yorkville, Ill.; Four-Ten Corp., Chicago; L.A. Dreyfus Co., Edison, N.J.; Northwestern Flavors Inc., West Chicago, Ill.; The Wrigley Company Pty., Sydney, Australia; Wrigley Austria Ges.m.b.H., Salzburg, Austria; UAB Wrigley Baltics, Vilnuis, Lithuania; Wrigley Bulgaria EOOD, Sofia, Bulgaria; Wrigley Canada, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada; Wrigley Confectionary (China) Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China; Wrigley Confectionary (Shanghai) Ltd., Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Wrigley Croatia d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia; Wrigley SAS, Paris France; Wrigley GmbH, Munich, Germany; The Wrigley Co. (H.K) Limited, Hong Kong; Wrigley s.r.o., Prague Czech Republic; The Wrigley Co. Ltd., Plymouth, England
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Major Product Areas: Chewing gum, confectionary products
52. Parmalat Canada (Parmalat Dairy and Bakery Inc.)
5915 Airport Road, 10th Floor, Mississauga, Ontario, L4V 1T1
Phone: 800-563-1515; www.parmalat.ca
Parent Firm: Parmalat Finanziaria SpA (Italy)
Brands: Astro, Beatrice, Black Diamond, Lactantia, Parmalat
Major Product Areas: Dairy
53. The Schwan Food Co.
115 W. College Drive, Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: 800-533-5290, 507-532-3274; www.theschwanfoodcompany.com
Executives: Chrmn: Alfred Schwan; V-Chmn, Pres/CEO: M. Lenny Pippin; SEVP and COO: John Beadle; SEVP and CFO: Tracy Burr; SEVP and Pres.-Venture Group: David Bunnell; SVP-Human Resources: Bernadette Kruk; SVP and General Counsel: Brian Sattler; Pres.-Schwan's Global Food Service: Cal Brink; EVP and Pres.-Schwan's Development: Bill McCormack; Pres.-Schwan's Global Home Service: Larry Oberkfell; Pres.-Schwan's Global Supply Chain: Doug Olsem; SVP-Product and Market Strategy: Kristy Griffin; Pres.-Schwan's Global Consumer Brands: Greg Flack
Subsidiaries, Divisions: Home Service Inc., Global Consumer Brands Inc., Global Food Service Inc., Global Supply Chain Inc.
Brands: Asian Sensation, Edwards, Freschetta, Larry's, Mrs. Smith's, Pagoda, Red Baron, Schwan's, Tony's
Major Product Areas: Frozen foods
54. Colgate-Palmolive Co.
300 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-310-2000; Fax: 212-310-3405; www.colgate.com
Executives: Chrmn and CEO: Reuben Mark; Vice-Chrmn: Javier Teruel; Pres/COO: Ian Cook; CEO, Hill's Pet Nutrition: Robert Wheeler
Brands: Hill's Prescription Diet, Hill's Science Diet
Major Product Areas: Pet food
55. Darigold (formerly WestFarm Foods)
635 Elliott Ave. West, Seattle, WA 98119
Phone: 206-284-7220; Fax: 206-281-3456
Executives: Pres/CEO: John E. Mueller; VP-Finance, CFO: Steven Boyd; VP, Consumer Products: Steve Harper; SVP: Richard Low; VP, Manufacturing: John Underwood
Subsidiaries, Divisions: Dairy Export Co., Darigold Farms, Darigold Inc.
Brands: Darigold
Major Product Areas: Dairy
56. Pinnacle Foods Corp.
6 Executive Campus, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Phone: 856-969-7100; Fax: 856-969-7311; www.pinnaclefoodscorp.com
Executives: Chrmn: C Dean Metropoulos; CEO: Jeffrey Ansell; CFO: Mike Dion
Parent Firm: Blackstone Group
Brands: Armour, Aunt Jemima, Celeste, Duncan Hines, Hungry-Man, Lenders, Log Cabin, Mrs. Butterworth's, Mrs. Paul's, Open Pit, Swans, Van de Kamp's, Vlasic
Major Product Areas: Misc. groceries
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17825 Great Lakes Pkwy., Hiram, OH 44234
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He was born Oct. 21, 1922 in Auglaize County, to Clara (Puthoff) and August "Gus" Kohler, who preceded him in death. On April 17, 1948, he married Clara R. Kreitzer, who survives in Wapakoneta.
Also surviving are a daughter, Barb (Jim) Price, of Wapakoneta; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert "Herbie" Kohler, and a sister, Anna Kohler.
Paul was born and raised on the family homestead. He was a lifelong farmer and a steward of the soil. He was always very particular with anything he did, had a very strong work ethic and always enjoyed being outside and anything related to farming. He also enjoyed going to Berlet's Farm Service to converse with area farmers. He was an Auglaize County Farm Bureau member. He was also a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church where he also attended school in Wapakoneta.
Mass of Christian Burial is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 8, 201 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with the Rev. Matt Lee officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Schlosser Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Wapakoneta.
Contributions may be directed to the Future Farmers of America (FFA) or donor's choice.
Condolences may be expressed at schlosserfuneralhome.com.


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Community invited to help prepare 20,000 meals for the hungry
This Saturday, several students from Culver Academies will be packaging no less than 20,000 meals for the hungry around the world, and they hope members of the community at large will join them.
They call themselves the Culver Hunger Fighters, and Saturday's "packaging party," if you will, is the culmination of a host of events at the school and beyond, all of which is the culmination of some remarkable experiences for the students.
Caitlynn Fortner (Dalton, Ga.) , Joy Shen (Oviedo, Fla.), Alex Ding (Edina, Minn.), and Jacqueline Mc- Closkey (DeMotte, Ind.) are the nucleus of The Hunger Fighters Project. It is a program they developed while Fortner and Shen were attending the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute in Des Moines, Iowa, during their junior year. The family of John Ruan III of Culver Military Academy's class of 1962 established the World Food Prize Foundation in 1994 to assist Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman E. Borlaug in recognizing others for their significant contributions to ending hunger around the world.
Ding, who attended the state conference held at Purdue University, joined when they came back. McCloskey, who went to the World Food Prize meeting with her family, joined Hunger Fighters shortly thereafter.
"That night in Iowa, we decided we had to do this," Fortner said.
At the conference, Fortner and Shen participated in projects designed to help them understand the issues and develop community action checklists. They also learned about the Kids Care International Outreach program, which handles the food packaging program.
The girls' determination was bolstered when Fortner, Shen, and Ding each spent part of their summer witnessing the impact that food insecurity has on populations around the world. Fortner received an internship from the World Food Prize and spent her summer doing research in rural India. Ding, a Batten Scholar, spent part of her summer internship with a family in rural Morocco. Also a Batten Scholar, Shen studied the food market systems in Bolivia during her internship.
Back at Culver, the girls launched The Hunger Fighters Project (thehungerfightersproject.org) with a simple goal: "to educate and empower youth about global food issues to take action in their community."
"Food insecurity," said Ding, "is the world's direst, solvable problem. What's worse (is that) we have enough food in the world to feed everyone —but, we just haven't. It's injustice at its most unacceptable. Luckily, we have the means to do something about it—and we are."
Specifically, the non-profit group Taking Action: Kids Against Hunger (kidsagainsthunger.org) challenged Culver students to package 20,000 soy-fortified meals to send to locations local and abroad, which meant raising $5,000.
Towards that end, the students came up with a number of events, such as October's belly flop competition at the school's pool; a 24-hour fast on Oct. 16 for World Food Day; and the Culver Hunger Banquet: Feed Your Mind, which took place at the school November 2. Hosted by the Global Studies Institute and the Hunger Fighters Project, the banquet, "an effort to expose local and global hunger issues" meant to be a call to action as much as a fund-raiser.
The World Food Day fast and the Culver Hunger Banquet were used to illustrate how difficult it is for most people in the world to receive an adequate amount of food on a regular basis.
For the Hunger Banquet, the audience was divided up into three classes: 50 percent were declared lower class and given a small cup of rice they had to eat with their fingers; 35 percent made up the middle class and received a mixture of rice and curry they ate with a spoon; and the remaining 15 percent, with a minimum annual income of $9,000, were in the upper class and received a three-course meal while seated at a table.
The tricky part was that the upper class could also take food from the lower and middle classes to eat if they were still hungry and the other two classes could barter for more food or try and steal it from the kitchen, which was guarded.
Ding said by the time the evening was done, her arms were covered with watches and the group had also collected cell phones and class rings in exchange for more food. And some students admitted to finding ways to steal food. They have also partnered with other campus organizations that touch on global health because those issues are so tied to food security problems.
Everything they have done to date can be found on their website: thehungerfightersproject.org.
Those who would like to donate should put "Culver Food Packaging" in the purpose section so Hunger Fighters receives the credit. The funds are being funneled through the Kids Against Hunger program in Fort Wayne, Ind., and are tax deductible. Kids Against Hunger will be supplying the food for the packaging event.
The package will include rice, vitamin-fortified soy protein, dehydrated vegetables, and chicken flavored, vegetarian vitamin and mineral powder. The girls said each food package costs just 25 cents and will feed up to six children. The goal is to complete 20,000 food packages during the January 19 event.
The packaging event is slated for 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Academies dining hall. The effort will be overseen by Kids Against Hunger, a not-for-profit based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Those unable to attend but interested in donating directly to the cause may do so online via www.kah-fortwayne.org/content/donate.
*Jeff Kenney, Citizen editor, contributed to this article.


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Dan Rayburn wants you to understand something: the Internet isn't ruined because companies like Netflix, Google, Amazon, Pandora pay Internet service providers (ISPs) to make sure their movies, music, or data safely crosses the Internet.
Such agreements, known as peering agreements, have been going on for decades. They are not the same thing as "net neutrality," explains Rayburn, an analyst for Frost & Sullivan and EVP of Internet blog site StreamingMedia.com. In the complicated, arcane world of internet infrastructure provision, Rayburn is an acknowledged guru.
Net neutrality means that an ISP can't give priority to specific things travelling on its portion of the Internet (like its own pay-per-view movies) while slowing or blocking other things from travelling on its network (like movies from Netflix or email from Google). For instance, Comcast can't refuse to deliver Hulu to its Internet customers just because it wants people to pay for its cable TV service instead.
Almost everyone in the industry agrees that ending that kind of "net neutrality" is bad idea.
But a "peering agreement" means that Internet companies have permission to connect their networks directly into an ISP's network, and that helps them transmit their own content better and, in some cases, faster.
And for that, the ISPs are allowed to get paid. They don't have to provide direct, unlimited access to their portion of the Internet to a single company for free.
Many times Internet companies use peering agreements to build what's known as "content delivery networks," or CDNs, where they can store their most popular data all over the nation, connecting to the Internet in lots of different cities. In this way, for instance, when people in San Francisco watch "Game of Thrones" online, the show is sent to them from a server in San Francisco, not from HBO's offices in New York.
Most of the big Internet companies have built their own private CDNs and have paid the ISPs for the necessary connections. The alternative is to hire a commercial CDN like Akamai, Level 3 or Limelight.
This is how it should be, Rayburn tells Business Insider.
If the FCC puts new rules in place, it should be to solidify "the current way the Internet works now, and has worked over last 20 years. The way networks connect with each other in different forms and under different business models. To date, we've not seen anyone other than Netflix come out and say we need intervention," he says.
In fact, based on research that Rayburn published on his blog on Wednesday, most of the big Internet providers are already paying the big ISPs.
Here's a chart that shows the ISPs that Internet companies are connecting to:
Source: Dan Rayburn. Used by permission.
Rayburn believes that Netflix's complaints about its agreement with Comcast muddies the waters.
Netflix had previously hired commercial CDN providers including Akamai, Level 3 and Limelight. It then decided to build its own and had to go to Comcast and other ISPs to get its network linked to theirs.
That's when it started complaining about having to pay. But in reality, he says that the five-plus years agreement between Comcast and Netflix is actually good for Netflix.
"Netflix gets a cheaper price [compared to its previous CDN contracts], lock-in for a long period of time. Customers get bet better quality. Netflix's costs go down. Its customer churn goes down. That gives it better margins. Yet all of this is all bad for their business? It's insane," he says.
Rayburn says that beyond the complaints, Netflix hasn't publicly suggested an alternative for the way peering agreement are handled now.
"Netflix has been vocal," he told us. "They have been complaining about it when they should be saying here's our evidence and here's how it think it should be fixed. I'm amazed that someone at Netflix thinks its a good idea to say to regulators, 'We want you to get involved in our business and regulate it. But we aren't giving any guidance on how to fix it.'"
The risk now is that the FCC is being pressured on all sides to "do something," and it has been vague about the details on what it plans to do, Rayburn says.
Netflix however, believes it shouldn't have to pay. We reached out to Netflix for comment and were directed to this statement from CEO Reed Hastings March 20 blog post:
"Consumers pay for access to the Internet. ISPs should deliver consumers the services they request. ISPs should not be allowed to double dip and, by instituting these tolls, discriminate between services."
Certainly, all the big ISP players like Comcast and AT&T understand Hasting's game plan and don't want to get rid of paid peering agreements.
But there's a fly in their ointment: Congress, filled with elected officials that don't understand the intricacies of how the Internet really works.
On Tuesday, FCC Commissioner Tom Wheeler was grilled during a Congressional hearing about his net neutrality proposal. And Netflix has been lobbying against the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, also on the grounds of net neutrality.
"It just shows the politics being played on the back end," Rayburn told us.
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"How can such technologies assist us in the prevention, management and resolution of international conflict?" is a question posed by the Institute to leaders in business, industry, academia, policy-making, diplomacy, the military, media and international and non-governmental organizations. Examples can best illustrate the impact of such technologies on international peacemaking.
In its legal dimension, sovereignty enables a nation to stop others from intervening in its internal affairs. Geopolitical borders, however, are porous to information flows, allowing all kinds of data to move across, over and through frontiers as if these do not exist.
Remote events such as the coming down of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square that same year, the Gulf War of 1991 and the battle for control over the Russian parliament in 1993, were reported in real-time across the world by CNN. Such instantaneous coverage of events affects political groups, leaders and the public at large, driving some of them to respond immediately. The Chinese government "pulled the plug" on CNN's coverage of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations. According to Margaret Tutwiler, White House spokesperson during the Bush Administration, daily briefings during Desert Storm operations served to inform three types of audiences: Americans, particularly those with loved ones participating in the Gulf War; Saddam Hussein and his advisors; and other nations. Thus, global media networks constituted an alternative channel to conduct diplomacy.
Whereas coverage of world events on network nightly news programs has declined sharply since 1989, practitioners find that there is more international information available than ever before from sources that serve selected audiences. Satellites broadcast programs to specialized markets within the United States. Information services of regional or national focus have proliferated online and on the World Wide Web.
People's ideas and actions can increasingly transcend local, regional and national territory. The Zapatista rebels in Chiapas made their demands known to the world by having sympathizers upload their communiqués on the World Wide Web shortly after their insurrection in January 1994. Like rebels in Chiapas, other ethnic or religious groups of regional and local scope, even indigenous peoples that have been surrounded or divided by national boundaries, can avail themselves of global networks to disseminate information beyond their immediate geographical area and gather support among a worldwide audience.
Since the early 1990s, the Internet has been crucial to connect Burmese exiles opposed to the regime in Rangoon. Seasia-l, an electronic mailing list, carried reports from Thai newspapers and other sources posted by an exile living in California. Since late 1993, BurmaNet has been distributing up-to-date information and has also mobilized Burmese exiles to use the Internet as a means to connect with each other. BurmaNet grew to 750 known subscribers by January 1997. In 1994, the Burmese embassy in Washington and other Rangoon supporters were accepted as subscribers in the interest of free speech and open debate. Eventually, despite strict state control over information, Burmese exiles began to transport news taken off the Internet into Burma on computer diskettes or printed as newsletters. Reportedly, soldiers have been readers of such news.
Also thanks to the Internet, teenagers in the Middle East can sustain friendships developed during summer camp in Maine sponsored by Seeds of Peace, a U.S. non-profit group. Violence linked to the September 1996 opening of a second entrance to a tunnel leading to an area sacred to both Jews and Muslims led 100 youngsters to produce, via the Internet and faxes, a joint statement which they sent to the White House. President Clinton read the statement to Yasir Arafat, Benjamin Netanyahu and King Hussein during their early October 1996 meeting in Washington.
"The Internet," explains John Wallach, of Seeds of Peace, "is the great
asset" of young Palestinians and Israelis who are willing to nurture a new
outlook on deep-rooted animosities based on ethnic and religious hostilities
People can mobilize around a global issue without taking their immediate
neighbors into account. The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines
The convergence of technological tools has also allowed for creative ways to overcome boundaries. Radio B92 in Belgrade, a principal alternative to government controlled media in Serbia, faced with the jamming of its broadcasts during the 1996-7 pro-democracy movement, recorded its news programs as RealAudio files and sent the files via the Internet to a server outside the country. The news programs were then rebroadcast into Serbia by the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and the Deutsche Welle. Preventing B92's transmission of the RealAudio files would have required the shut-down of the national telephone system in Serbia.
Radars can reach deep into the airspace of countries. High-resolution cameras mounted on satellites orbiting the Earth can pinpoint geographical features, as well as civilian, military and commercial facilities within national boundaries.
In El Salvador, CARE, a private aid organization, used a global positioning system (GPS) to parcel land for the benefit of former combatants. The system relied on a network of 24 U.S. Defense Department satellites orbiting the Earth, and was funded by the United States Agency for International Development. Nearly 12,000 acres were mapped and divided into individual plots as called for under the country's peace agreement.
About four million dollars in advanced hardware was moved to Dayton, Ohio, in late 1995 in preparation for peace negotiations for Bosnia-Herzegovina. There, representatives of the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Serb Republic continued to wrestle over the territorial division of Bosnia-Herzegovina, among other issues. Every time negotiators shifted boundaries, mappers were on hand to produce new maps and to compute land percentages using ArcINFO, software from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Proposed lines were also projected on a terrain visualization system, called PowerScene, using terrain elevation data and imagery to provide real-time, three-dimensional views of the land.
In his recollections, Col. Richard Johnson, who led the technical mapping
team, refers to PowerScene as an "electronic flying carpet," a "virtual
reality fly-through system." It was developed by Cambridge Research
Associates, initially under a contract with the Navy. Dayton was the first
instance of international negotiations over territory that had the support
of such advanced mapping and visualization technology
As a result, the past decades have witnessed an extraordinary expansion in the numbers and capacities of global political institutions. In 1981, 1,063 international organizations established by governments were active. By 1992, there were 1,147. The United Nations is just one of the more visible and important sets of organizations in an expanding network of international political actors. It has launched nearly 20 peacekeeping operations since 1990, more than in the previous 45 years, in response to civil strife and war. In 1988, only 26 nations were involved in UN peacekeeping operations; by the end of 1994, there were 76. The number of non-UN. peacekeeping missions has also increased from one in 1988 to at least six by 1993. In 1988, almost 10,000 troops served as peacekeepers. By mid-1995, they numbered 65,000.
Another set of important political actors are the many and varied non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that operate in conflictive situations or complex humanitarian emergencies. Additionally, the formation of local non-profit and voluntary associations throughout the world has developed a third sector, called the civil society. In France, 54,000 private groups were formed in 1987 alone as compared to about 11,000 per year in the decade of 1960. Reportedly the enlargement of civil society has been even more dramatic in developing countries. About 4,600 Western voluntary groups are actively supporting some 20,000 indigenous non-governmental organizations. One factor contributing to this phenomenon is the expansion of global networks enabling grassroots mobilization and organized action. For the price of a local call, some 50,000 NGOs in 133 countries have access to the bulletin board and e-mail services offered by the Association for Progressive Communications.
On the ground, indigenous and external groups interact with international governmental organizations, perhaps in the form of a peacekeeping force or a relief agency, as well as with local authorities. Lack of cooperation, gaps in assistance coverage and waste of limited resources erode responses to fast-moving crises or complex humanitarian emergencies. Delegation of operational responsibility to the field, trust among participating groups and individuals, a reliable communications center that can serve as a central information clearinghouse, and interoperability supporting communications and data exchange in the field and with headquarters have been identified as key elements in such operations.
In an effort to strengthen the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance by the United Nations, a resolution adopted by the General Assembly in February 1997 directed the development of ReliefWeb as the "global humanitarian information system" for reliable and timely information on such emergencies. It also called on NGOs, governments and UN agencies to contribute to ReliefWeb through the U.N. Department of Humanitarian Affairs.
ReliefWeb (www.reliefweb.int) contains reports from NGOs and news agencies, maps from various sources and project descriptions and financial information about relief assistance. It is far from the instrument that it could be with the energetic support and sustained contribution of NGOs, governments and U.N. agencies. For example, it does not fully exploit the Internet tools currently available, particularly the interactive capability. However, ReliefWeb represents a first good faith effort toward information exchange, accountability and transparency in humanitarian relief responses.
An important technical advance that will contribute to strengthen relief coordination occurred in early October. Humanitarian agency representatives meeting in Geneva agreed on a set of core data relevant to all emergencies. They also resolved that humanitarian data should be regularly posted on ReliefWeb in a common format. In return, the U.S. proposed to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to exchange U.S. geospatial information with the relief community without financial cost to the humanitarian groups. The United States Institute of Peace was a key player in moving this agreement forward in Geneva.
Global networks can assist a nation-state emerging from violent conflict and facilitate the integration of nation-states into the worldwide community. Villanova University's Project Bosnia provides a good example.
In 1996, law students at Villanova University shipped Internet-ready computers to Bosnia in hopes to assist judges, lawyers and law students in using e-mail for information exchange, the Internet as a virtual library and the World Wide Web as a publishing medium. Project Bosnia arranged Internet connectivity through the University of Sarajevo and relied for content development on the Open Society Institute-sponsored Soros Law Center there. Shelling of Sarajevo by Serbs between 1992 and 1995 destroyed much of the city, including its libraries where court records were maintained. The new Internet-based legal system facilitates access to worldwide legal sources, allowing judges and courts to disseminate their decisions and building a collection of legal documents that constitute the raw materials of rule of law and democracy in the country. In turn, values, laws and regulations governing other nations and international treaties and agreements have become available to the Bosnian legal system.
Internationally, questions about the relevance of worldwide missions and
consulates abound. Virtually every government agency deals with the world.
And this is becoming increasingly true for regional and local governments.
As other federal, regional and local government agencies manage their own
international linkages, at issue is the role of the foreign ministries.


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Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita receives highest honor from Taiwan
August 16, 2010
Secretary Rokita receives eastern nation's highest award for fostering strong diplomatic, economic and educational relationships between Indiana and Taiwanese government
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita was recently awarded the Friend of Foreign Service Medal from Taiwan in recognition for his leadership and diplomatic efforts in building a strong partnership with the overseas country.
"Receiving this award is an honor and privilege marking Indiana and Taiwan's continued, steadfast commitment in forging new economic opportunities, innovative solutions to today's problems and the mutual chance for success within both of our societies," Secretary Rokita said.
Secretary Rokita received the medal from Director General Perry Pei-hwang Shen on behalf of Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs during a ceremony in Chicago last Friday. Awarded by the Taiwanese government, the Friend of Foreign Service Medal recognizes individuals for their significant contributions to the relations between Taiwan and the United States.
Secretary Rokita was instrumental in coordinating the first international teacher exchange between Indiana and Taiwan in 2004. This exchange resulted in a significant increase in Hoosier students enrolling in Chinese language classes. Continually, the exchange led Indiana to become the first state to adopt grade-level standards specific to Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages for grades K-12.
In addition, Secretary Rokita was also recognized for his support in the developments between Taiwan and Indiana in the areas of agriculture, business and culture.
For more than three decades, Indiana has maintained a strong cultural and economic bond with Taiwan. In 1979, Indiana established a sister-state relationship with Taiwan Province. Additionally, there are numerous partnerships between Taiwanese and Hoosiers cities.
Media contact: Todd Darroca, 317-234-2962, email@example.com


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Here's how to determine whether buying or leasing is the better deal.
Several years ago, Howard Doster, a Purdue University agricultural economist, and his son labored over a spreadsheet that compared an equipment company's leasing option with borrowing or paying cash. Each time, buying or borrowing beat leasing.
This stumped his son, who possesses a master's degree in business administration. Doster recalls, My son asked me, Don't farm magazines often tout the virtues of leasing? I said yes. Then he said, That's it! Those guys in that equipment company's finance department went to the same finance school that I did. They learned that marketing is all about perception. If the market perceives that leasing is better, the customers will follow.
That anecdote reveals a great deal about leasing equipment. Sure, leasing is a way to obtain premium machinery at a low initial cost. Leasing also enables you to have payments that are lower than those for most conventional loans. And if you need equipment just for a short time, leasing frees you from expensive ownership costs.
Yet leasing also enables machinery companies to move equipment. This benefits their bottom line, and not necessarily yours, Doster says.
It's possible to make lease terms better than the buying terms, he adds. Generally, however, when I run the numbers, the buy terms come out better for the farmer.
Leasing can be beneficial in certain situations. But before you lease, pore over the terms with your accountant or other financial adviser. Look at lease terms versus terms you can receive if you borrow money, says Gary Bredensteiner, director of farm management operations for the University of Nebraska. If lease terms are more economically favorable than those for borrowing funds, do it.
Here are some tips we've rounded up from experts to help you determine if you're a leasing candidate.
For starters
Two types of leases exist, says William Edwards, an Iowa State University agricultural economist. Under a capital lease, you make a series of regular payments over several years. When the lease expires, you either return the machine to the dealer or lease company, or purchase the machine for close to fair market value.
The Internal Revenue Service treats a finance lease as a conditional sales contract. Because the agency considers you to be the machine's owner, you must place it on your tax form's depreciation schedule. Many finance leases are essentially balloon payment loans established for three to five years. The difference is that at the end of the lease period, you can still choose to either return the machine to the dealer and give up ownership, or make a final balloon purchase payment. The final buyout price can widely vary, because the finance lease is not taxed as a true lease.
So, should you lease?
First, determine your financial status. Generally, unless there's a real capital problem for you, it's cheaper to buy or own if you're intending to use the product for a number of years, says Les Peterson, president of Farmer's State Bank, Trimont, MN. We've run comparisons for borrowers and, generally, ownership is the cheaper route.
If you purchase machinery outright, you usually will spend less in the long run, says Edwards. This is especially true for equipment you will own for five to 10 years or more.
Yet leasing has attractive attributes even if you are in good financial shape. Generally speaking, the payments for leases are less than those for loans, says Preston Kranz, trade credit representative for Farm Credit Services of America, Sioux Falls, SD. You also need little initial investment to obtain needed equipment.
You'll also have a lower cash outlay with no down payment, reminds Paul Rauenbuehler, agricultural marketing manager for Case Credit.
However, David Frette, a Washington, IN, certified public accountant, cautions that, although your monthly payments are less with a lease, you'll have no equity at the end of it. I see a lot of that with combines, Frette says. Farmers who lease combines keep leasing them because they have no equity built up.
Consider your tax situation. Leasing has tax perks. You may write off the full amount of the lease in the year that you pay it. With a purchase, you may just deduct the interest payment.
But farmers forget that depreciation is also deductible as a business expense over seven years under a purchase, says Terry Kastens, Kansas State University extension economist. When you add interest and depreciation, the tax advantage is often much more than that with a lease payment, at least in the early years.
However, when you lease, the machinery or finance company, which is the lessor, obtains the faster tax write-off associated with ownership; it may then pass on part of those gains to the lessees you and other farmers in the form of lower lease payments.
Consider your tax bracket. Conventional wisdom dictates that farmers in high tax brackets can best take advantage of leasing, due to the 100% lease write-off. However, the reality is often the opposite: Farmers in low tax brackets often have the most to gain from leasing. For example, Kastens says the best candidates for leasing are high-profit farmers in the low 15% income tax bracket.
That seems impossible, to have high profits and low income tax rates, Kastens says. But it's not as bizarre as you'd think. If you have a successful growing farm that's highly profitable, you can defer income taxes for many years. If you keep having more crop expenses on more acres in each successive year, you can keep writing it off and pushing back the income tax. Those types of people can best utilize the tax benefits of leasing.
Examine Section 179 deductions. Tax perks from leasing can occur when you exhaust the $24,000 deduction limit under Section 179 of the 1040-tax form. If you need to buy machinery late in the year but have already exhausted your Section 179 limit, you can lease it and write off the entire payment.
Peruse your balance sheet. A finance lease can help snap it into shape, because it won't show up on your balance sheet, Edwards says. By excluding this liability, your balance sheet may help you garner financing dollars in other areas.
Debt not showing up on a balance sheet can be positive for a young farmer who is trying to make things work, Frette says.
Yet this can create a false sense of security by masking your true financial situation. This can become negative if you forget that the lease is in fact a liability, Frette says. You still owe that lease payment.
Plus, this perk is only limited to a finance lease. The Farm Financial Standards Task Force recommends that capital leases be shown on the balance sheet, Edwards says.
When you add interest and depreciation [of a purchase], the tax advantage is often much more than that with a lease payment, at least in the early years.
Terry Kastens Kansas
State University extension economist
Consider your mechanical abilities. Do your hands suddenly sprout six thumbs when it comes to fixing old machinery? If so, leasing may be for you. It can enable you to run new equipment with minimal potential for breakdowns and costly repairs.
With a purchase, you figure that since you own it, you might as well keep it, says Bob Stevenson, whole goods administrator with Midwest Agridevelopment Corporation, Jamestown, ND. Then your repair costs can go through the roof. Your purchase could cost more than a lease.
Leasing also may appeal to you if you want the latest technology. In that case, you are better off leasing because you'll be able to better update equipment in the most cost-efficient matter, Rauenbuehler says.
However, this must be balanced against lease costs, Kastens says. The idea is if I lease, I can run new equipment and keep up with technology. The truth is, you have to pay the piper. If leasing causes you to update machinery more often, you'd better have the profitability to support that style of machinery management. That's why I often find that the best leasing candidates are high-profit farmers in the low 15% tax bracket.
Determine your acreage size. The advantage of ownership exists if you put a lot of hours in your machine, says Jorge Vicura, a farm manager for the Haskell Agency, Huron, SD. But if you raise just a small acreage of high-value mint oil, why own the tractor? You won't see the returns of the ownership.
If you use an implement for just a short period of time, leasing may also pay. Why own a fertilizer spreader that you'll use just 50 hours out of the year, when you might be better off leasing it? asks Don Peterson, South Dakota State University extension agricultural economist. Or maybe your tractor is in the shop. You could get a short-term lease on a replacement.
Examine your need to preserve capital. Even if you're in good financial shape, leasing can be a way to direct capital into other areas. If you don't want to tie up money in equipment, leasing can be a good option, Rauenbuehler says. With a lease, you don't build up equity, but you also don't tie up cash.
What's the interest rate?
Now you're getting serious about comparing purchasing versus leasing a piece of equipment. One source of frustration is trying to compare the interest rates of the two options. Unlike loans, interest rates don't accompany leases.
In some cases, you may obtain interest rate equivalents from the leasing company. I have no problem in telling an individual what it will be on an equivalent interest basis, because we will do both loans and leases for the ag community, says Glen Johnson, president of Midwest Leasing Services, Grand Island, NE.
Still, it's difficult to compare leases with loans, Frette says. The way that the lease figures interest charges and the way that I figure interest charges are not the same, he adds.
If you don't want to tie up money in equipment, easing can be a good option. With a lease, you don't build up equity, but you also don't tie up cash.
Paul Rauenbuehler
agricultural marketing manager
Case Credit
In Frette's experience, leases that tout 5 to 6% interest rates end up costing farmers more. For example, damage deposits frequently mask higher interest charges. Some four-year leases that Frette has analyzed include an up-front $10,000 damage deposit that a farmer will not receive back until the lease expires.
As far as I'm concerned, that's the same as a down payment, Frette says. You get no return out of that money. Eight percent interest over four years costs you $3,200 in interest. Most lease interest applications that I've worked with don't take that into account.
Keep your eyes open
Maybe leasing doesn't fit you. Still, there are times when leases are extremely attractive. Kastens points to the winter and early spring of 2000, when farmers under financial stress in the southern U.S. turned in Deere tractors at the expiration of a three-year lease. Rather than unload them into a soft machinery market, Deere instead leased the tractors for another three-year cycle for low payments. As a result, farmers received tractors at a low cost.
You should be aware of an occasional disequilibrium in the market when leasing becomes advantageous, Kastens says.
You also may use a mix-and-match leasing strategy, like Bob Wietharn, a Clay Center, KS, farmer and Team FIN member, did. I don't normally trade equipment unless I can pay cash, he says. Normally, you can also obtain financing cheaper than what leases cost.
However, Wietharn does sell center pivot irrigation units under a leasing program. He also has leased one on his own farm. Under the program, four payments with an 8.45% interest equivalent rate and a final buyout payment follow an up-front payment.
Most people do it for tax reasons, Wietharn says. You can lease it on December 1, make a lease payment and write off the full amount of the lease. If you just purchase the unit, you can't write it off on your taxes.
Though leasing isn't the answer in all cases, it may fit certain situations. But don't assume that a lease will be better off than a purchase, Frette says. Just do the numbers first.
If you're looking for a software program to compare lease and buy options, the University of Illinois has one that can be downloaded free from this site: web.aces.uiuc.edu/farm.doc/finance/business.html.
Before you lease:
Determine your financial status.
Consider your tax situation.
Consider your tax bracket.
Examine Section 179 deductions.
Peruse your balance sheet.
Consider your mechanical abilities.
Determine your acreage size.
Examine your need to preserve capital.
Rollover, Beethoven
Not satisfied with leasing or purchase options? There's a third way to acquire machinery the rollover purchase plan.
In this scenario, a farmer purchases a new or nearly new implement from a dealer, expecting to return it for another model after one year or season. Often, he finances the purchase with a company loan that accrues no interest until the date to trade. At that point, the farmer makes the cash payment that's sometimes based on the hours of use accumulated on the model he is returning.
So how do leases, purchases and rollovers compare? The table below compares the cash outlays for an outright purchase, a five-year operating lease and a yearly rollover of a new $150,000 combine. It also takes into account depreciation, interest and repairs as tax deductions. Recaptured depreciation at the end of the five years also creates an additional tax. Taxes are assumed to affect cash flow in the year after they are reported.
The present value is the true cost of each plan over five years, taking into account the time value of money. The lease plan calls for a $25,000 annual lease payment. Under the rollover plan, the cost to trade each year is assumed to be $27,500.
Everything considered, the new present outlays of the purchase and lease options are nearly equal. The rollover plan is more expensive, but remember that you're getting a new machine every year that's under warranty, says William Edwards, Iowa State University agricultural economist.
|Year 1
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After years of proposals and discussion from several companies hoping to reintroduce passenger rail service between Southern California and Las Vegas, one project now appears to be on the fast track.
Las Vegas Railway Express, the company that plans to operate a weekend, adults-only party train between Fullerton and Sin City, marked a milestone this month with the signing of an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad. The pact will allow the "X Train" to run on tracks that have carried only freight since Amtrak ceased passenger service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas 15 years ago.
The venture has purchased 16 rail cars, but they need to be refurbished before the trains can begin operating. Company officials say they hope to launch in time for New Year's Eve 2013.
The trip from the Fullerton train station, which serves Amtrak and Metrolink, to a yet-to-be-built depot in downtown Las Vegas would take five hours. The Vegas-bound trains would depart on Thursday and Friday afternoons, with two return trips on Sundays.


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The first time Reggie Watts performed in Chicago, about five years ago, he sold 20 tickets. Chris Ritter, owner of the now-defunct Lakeshore Theater on Broadway, booked him on a tip from comedian Paul Provenza.
But faced with a nearly empty house, Watts performed on the sidewalk out front until a big enough crowd formed to put on a formal show — which, considering Watts' powerfully disorienting, nonlinear quasi-comedy, is a misnomer.
The next time Watts played Chicago, Ritter drove him around town, trying to drum up interest for the unknown comic, swinging by coffeehouses and open-mic nights. The third time, however, the weight was off, the audience certain — Watts' growing reputation within comedy circles, and online videos of his unclassifiable act, had earned him the opening-act gig on Conan O'Brien's comedy tour.
And yet, a year later, despite that hard-to-miss platform — and a chorus of influential fans who don't regard him so much as the next great comedy genius but as the first stand-up who will probably land a MacArthur "genius" grant — there's nothing certain about Watts, who returns to Chicago this weekend, Friday and Saturday at the Mayne Stage in Rogers Park. Sporting a massive Afro that explodes outward like a dandelion, he is the cult-star conundrum incarnate — too smart to be ignored, too original to be a bigger star.
Then again, that also was the line on Zach Galifianakis, who also has a live act resistant to quick summary.
"It's very hard to describe Reggie's show," said comedian Eugene Mirman, a friend of Watts' who, like Watts, emerged within the New York alt-comedy scene. "Well, it's not entirely hard. A musical-comedy barrage? Perhaps? I don't know. There isn't anything like it. It's so sincere, with so many elements, all of them improvised — and yet it feels like a coherent thought. Which means, I guess, it feels like a dream."
Imprecise, but accurate.
Watts himself calls it "culture sampling," which seems closer to the truth. Onstage, he uses a keyboard and a looping machine to sample his voice, gliding from improvised songs to beat-boxing to mimicking, oh, a nonsensical technology lecture, to what sounds like a parody of observational stand-up comedy, to strands of Cockney, French and Spanish. He's like a man guided by voices, attempting to harness disparate skills.
A little background here helps make some sense. Watts is 39 and was born in Germany, an Army kid with an African-American father and French mother. He was raised in Montana, played for several years with bands, served as the composer for Louis C.K.'s "Louie" sitcom, and performed with LCD Soundsystem during its farewell shows. But probably the most important thing to know is that Watts seems intent on honoring how fragmented the world feels. Confusion is a reasonable reaction. Or, as Brian Eno, the music producer and creative polymath, wrote about Watts in the program for an Australian arts festival, "Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? ... I still can't decide."
The following is an edited version of a longer chat.
Q: I heard you performed at a birthday party for Brian Eno's daughter.
A: Yeah, I did. Two of his daughters, actually. Two consecutive years, one was turning 17, one was turning 18. I met him at this conference in Maine that's like the TED Conferences (devoted to spreading and discussing ideas). There were different elements — science, culture, literature. Brian was doing this co-speak with Will Wright, the guy who created Sim City. Anyway, when I was in London we were talking and one thing led to another and he asked me to perform, and I'm like, "Hell yes, I will." Weirdly enough, the next year I happened to be in London, so I did it again. It's this massive party, with fireworks, fog machines, a DJ tent.
Q:Do you do Bar Mitzvahs?
A: I wish.
Q: So, how organized is this career?
A: Not that organized. I just put out information and adjust. It's a sonar approach.
Q: And yet, it's enviable — your eccentricity, your willingness to sample, to try whatever, is rare.
A: I definitely analyze what works and what doesn't. I'm constantly monitoring context and content.
Q: Why not settle on a single thing, an identifiable hook — do you know how hard it is to explain you?
A: I do know. But growing up I loved anything artistic. Or mechanistic. Or scientific. Over time I think I gradually saw creativity as not a one-channel thing. Like some people say, "I'm a dancer!" Or, "I'm a writer!" I just saw myself as a creative individual who used various tools. So my style came from the things I was attracted to — technology, music. I'm kind of trying to create a Navy SEAL approach — one mind, any weapon.
Q: In the long term, money buys the freedom for that kind of diversity — money and nerve.
A: Yes, absolutely, but there is a long-term strategy, a visualization my management team is working on.
Q:That's a lot of marketing speak. Doesn't using that kind of language bug you?
A: Some of it does bug me, yeah. But after a while it's about efficiency of communication, so at the end of the day I do hate when people say "content" or "viral" or whatever, but you want to be efficient, too, and if it's more efficient to say "viral" than redefine words you don't want to use, then good. But yes, I am aware of that language. I make fun of it in my act. Which is a way for me to disarm it, but I do use it in a serious way, too.
Q: You performed last year at a Google event, and kind of parodied corporate seminars. It was fascinating to watch the footage later, because you started off sounding very rational, very corporate, but also disjointed, and the employees didn't know whether to laugh, until they kind of figured out that disjointment was the act.
A: That kind of performance, the big Internet corporate speak thing, is one of my favorite things. Because that kind of speak is so utterly ridiculous. It's people just saying random things, trying to sound relevant.
Q: So much of your act centers on mimicry — are you keenly aware of the sound of your own voice?
A: I am aware of how I think it sounds. I remember when I was a kid, recording my voice — we take it for granted that we have so many devices that record our voices now — it used to be shocking to listen to yourself. You thought you knew what you sounded like because you're producing this tone inside your body, but sound vibrations translate that tone differently. I don't mind my voice now. I cringe at my grammar use.
Q: You know, nobody knows how to describe you, but my favorite stab was in New York magazine. They called you a "half man, half astral-funk Muppet," which is terrific. Plus, you really do look like a Muppet.
A: Well, I like the Muppets. How could anyone not? They're pure inspiration.
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IPL winner Wasim Akram hopes for Indo-Pak thaw
May 30, 2012
KARACHI: Famed paceman Wasim Akram was upbeat Tuesday about growing signs that India and Pakistan are to resume cricketing ties, nearly four years after they were suspended following the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf is in India negotiating a revival of matches after watching the Indian Premier League (IPL) final.
India has also allowed the Sialkot Stallions to take part in October's Champions League, the first such participation by a Pakistani team since 2008.
Wasim, who as bowling coach helped Kolkata Knight Riders win their maiden IPL title on Sunday, said there were signs of a thaw.
"I acted as an ambassador for Pakistan as everyone knows me and during my stay I have seen that people want Indo-Pak cricket to start and for me the invitation for Sialkot is the first step," Wasim said.
Pakistani players featured in the inaugural IPL in 2008 and Sialkot was due to participate in the first Champions League the same year, until the Mumbai attacks saw cricket ties suspended.
Wasim, 45, expressed his hope that the doors to the IPL will open for Pakistani cricketers next year.
"Pakistani players Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Umar Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez are popular in India and Indian fans have realised they can add to the charm of the league," said Wasim, who played 104 Tests and 352 one-day internationals for Pakistan.
Wasim added that India not playing Pakistan was a great setback for the millions of spectators in both countries.
"I am a great advocate of Indo-Pak cricket and I hope all the issues between the two countries are solved so that millions of fans are not deprived of such entertaining cricket," said Wasim, who led Pakistan on the tour of India in 1999.
Turning to Pakistan's imminent tour to Sri Lanka, Wasim said: "Pakistan has done well in the past year and although it will be tough playing Sri Lanka on their home grounds I am sure this Pakistan team will do well."
Pakistan play two Twenty20, five one-dayers and three Tests on the tour of Sri Lanka, with the first Twenty20 taking place in Hambantota on Friday.
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ABERDEEN, SD -- Theresa Pujado scored two first-half goals to lead Sioux Falls O'Gorman past Aberdeen Central 2-0 Friday to win the South Dakota Girls State Soccer Championship.
Pujado put the Knights up 1-0 at 31:31, and scored her second goal eight minutes later.
Sarah Borchard had four shots on goal and Michaela Tofflemire three shots for the Golden Eagles, but O'Gorman's Kristina Wagner stopped all seven shots for the shutout.
Groton Area defeated St. Thomas More 2-1 for third place.
The Cavaliers struck first, taking a 1-0 lead when Avery White found the back of the net at 57:56. Camille Sipple scored the equalizer for the Tigers eight minutes later, then assisted on Emily Locke's game winning goal in the 74th minute.
Sioux Falls O'Gorman: Kristina Wagner, Kylie Lamberty, Sidney Carda, Claire Howes, Alyssa Weidler
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ISTANBUL – Jelena Jankovic topped second-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-3 in her first match at the WTA Championships on Wednesday.
Earlier, fifth-ranked Li Na edged Sara Errani 6-3, 7-6 (5). Errani also lost her opening group match on Tuesday to Azarenka and likely will be eliminated from the round-robin event featuring the top eight players in the world.
Jankovic, who was ranked No. 1 in 2008 and returned in the top 10 for the first time since 2011, outplayed the erratic Azeranka to snap a four-match losing streak against her.
Li trailed 3-1 in the second set but won the next four games — and then couldn't close it out. She twice served for the match — wasting a match point at 5-3 — and both times dropped her serve. Trailing 3-1 in the tiebreaker, Li won the next five points. She converted her third match point when Errani sent a forehand into the net to improve to 6-0 in career meetings.
"The first match is always tight," said Li, who had a three-week break since her last tournament. "I still have to find the rhythm on the court."
Jankovic is ranked No. 8 and seeded seventh because third-ranked Maria Sharapova pulled out of the event with a shoulder injury. She proved to be the steadier player against Azarenka, the Australian Open champion.
In the first set, Jankovic needed 10 minutes to hold serve for a 5-3 lead. Azarenka saved two set points in the next game but sent a forehand wide on Jankovic's fourth in the 10th game.
Azarenka dropped her serve in the third game of the second set and held in the fifth despite serving three double-faults and facing four break points. But she could not trouble Jankovic on her serve and another forehand by Azarenka sailed long and gave Jankovic the match.
After losing the U.S. Open final to Serena Williams, Azarenka lost her opening matches in both Tokyo and Beijing before beating Errani on Tuesday.
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Outstanding work by the dedicated members of the Milwaukee Police Department's Sensitive Crimes Division in catching a man suspected of exposing himself to women and then escalating to physically assaulting them.
Anthony H. Kodrich, 23, of West Allis, was arrested and charged in connection with an assault July 27, 2012 at about 5:30 p.m. at a bus stop in the 400 block of E. Lincoln Ave. The suspect is charged with second-degree sexual assault for grabbing a woman and touching her inappropriately as she waited for the bus.
The victim later saw news reports about other incidents of sexual assault in South Milwaukee and Bay View and reported the incident to police.
Based on their training and experience, SCD Detective Branko Stojsavljevic and Police Officer Amy Stolowski returned July 30 to the scene of the assault at 400 E. Lincoln and put a plan in place to board buses that stopped in the area to check for the suspect.
When they walked onto the last bus, they immediately recognized the suspect from the bus video from the July 27 incident and arrested him. He was subsequently positively identified by the victim. Without this victim, we may not have been able to make this arrest. We are grateful for her bravery in coming forward and reporting this crime.
We are investigating whether he is linked to seven other similar assaults in Milwaukee, South Milwaukee and Shorewood. Please take a look at his photo and call Milwaukee Police if you are a victim and have not reported the crime. The number to call with information is 414-935-7405.


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Argentina edges France in Davis Cup QFs
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Carlos Berlocq upset Gilles Simon in four sets Sunday to secure Argentina's best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal victory over France.
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga upended Juan Monaco, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 to force the tie to a fifth match. Berlocq then upended the world's No. 13 player, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to boost Argentina into a September semifinal against the Czech Republic.
Simon, a late replacement for the injured Richard Gasquet, had won four of his previous six meetings with Berlocq, but couldn't come through at Parque Roca after suffering a back injury Friday in the a loss against Monaco. He saved five match points before Berlocq finally sealed the outcome. That handed Argentina its first Davis Cup victory over France in six encounters.
Monaco struggled immensely in the third set and didn't win a single point in the first three games.
Up next will be a rematch for Argentina against the team that knocked them out in the semifinals last year.
Tsonga was a five-set winner on Friday against Carlos Berlocq, but David Nalbandian and Horacio Zeballos rallied from a set down for a doubles victory over Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra to give Argentina a slight edge Saturday.
Argentina came into the weekend a bit depleted as well, competing without world No. 7 and former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, who had also declared himself unavailable for the Argentines' opening-round tie against Germany in February.
France last won the Davis Cup in 2001, while Argentina is still seeking its first-ever title, having finished as a runner-up on four occasions, including as recently as 2011.


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Carlos Juliao, Riscos illuminados de figurinhos de broncos e negros dos uzos do Rio de Janeiro e Serro do Frio (Rio de Janeiro, 1960), plate 42. The prints used as plates in this book are housed in the Secao de Iconografia in the National Library of Brazil; the historical introduction and descriptive catalog were written by Lygia da Foneseca Fernandes da Cunha. (Copy in Tulane University Library)
Slaves at work under the close supervision of white supervisors/guards. C. R. Boxer, The Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750 (Univ. of Calif. Press, 1962) reproduces this painting (in black and white) and gives it a date of 1762. Born in Italy ca. 1740, Juliao joined the Portuguese army and traveled widely in the Portuguese empire; by the 1760s or 1770s he was in Brazil, where he died in 1811 or 1814. For a detailed analysis and critique of Juliao's figures as representations of Brazilian slave life, as well as a biographical sketch of Juliao and suggested dates for his paintings, see Silvia Hunold Lara, Customs and Costumes: Carlos Juliao and the Image of Black Slaves in Late Eighteenth-Century Brazil (Slavery & Abolition, vol. 23 [2002], pp. 125-146).