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Which farms are most vulnerable should the ag economy spin lower, either from a major drop in crop prices, lower land values or both? A) Small farms; B) Medium-sized farms; or C) The nation's largest farms by sales type? If you guess C, you are absolutely correct.
Large-volume producers are more likely to go out of business than any other sales category, although only a small percentage are truly at risk right now. For those who are vulnerable, it has less to do with management ability, weather, production or marketing.
"Large-scale producers are in reasonably good shape right now, as a group, but farmers in the late 1970's thought they were in reasonably good shape, too.
It really boils down to finances because on a percentage basis, this group of producers carries more debt; they're more highly leveraged. To go from 3,000 to 10,000 acres, 2,000 to 5,000 sows or 300 to 1,500 dairy cows, takes big money and much of it is borrowed. Moreover, as a group, the majority of farmers who have purchased high-priced land in recent years and are looking for more are largevolume farmers. In years such as 2011 and 2012 this creates a windfall, given record prices, but on the flip side they have less room to move in a downturn.
For example, the debt-to-asset ratio of Kansas farms with sales of $500,000 to $1 million, and more than $1 million, was 28% in 2011, higher than all other classes. Those with $100,000 to $250,000 in sales had a ratio six percentage points lower, 22%. That's using Kansas Farm Management Association (KFMA) data. USDA data for Kansas show a far greater spread from higher to lower sales classes.
"They're (large-scale producers) in reasonably good shape right now, as a group, but farmers in the late 1970s thought they were in reasonably good shape, too," says Allen Featherstone, a Kansas State University ag economist who is quick to add that he does not predict a downward spiral in either commodity prices or land values.
Featherstone's biggest surprise from the study is the debt-to-asset ratio of Kansas farmers is higher today than it was in 1979 (see "Are Black Swans on the Horizon," September 2012 issue), with a disproportionate amount of that debt held by the largest farms. The mean debt-to-asset ratio in 1979 was 24.6% and in 2011 it was 25.5%
"It's not necessarily growth that is of concern, but the speed of that growth that can be problematic."
However, the percentage of farms with more than 40% debt to assets in 1979 was 19.4% and 23.3% in 2011. The percentage of farms with more than 70% debt to assets in 1979 was 1.3% and in 2011 it was 5.7%. It's sobering to think about, but in 2011, the farms with more than 70% of debt to assets more closely match the percentage in 1981 than 1979.
$5 Million Club Risks Are Up. The probability of default has generally decreased in recent years for each of the sales classes, except for those farms with sales of more than $5 million. Risk for this group actually increased from 1996 to 2010. Risk didn't increase because of commodity prices but because debt has risen.
Using KFMA data, Featherstone indicates that fewer than 2% of large-scale producers (more than $1 million in sales) are at risk of default, less for other categories. The only years with less risk of default were '73, '74, '75 and '79; however, the risk changed rapidly from '79 to '81, illustrating that low numbers one year are not necessarily safe for the next.
Kansas debt concentration among large-scale farmers is echoed in other states. Nebraska data show the average debt-to-asset ratio for farm businesses in 2010 was 10.2%; for farmers with more than $1 million in sales it was nearly double at 18.2%. In Iowa, 2012 USDA Economic Research Service data show the average leverage ratios was 10.3%, with the highest being 17.3% for farms with more than $1 million in sales.
"The larger the operation, the more risk it carries, from production all the way to marketing."
If this is true, what about the stories that so much land and machinery is being purchased with cash, contrary to the 70's? "I think a lot was probably purchased with cash in the 70's, too," Featherstone says, perhaps even more back then.
"There may not be as much hard evidence as 'stories,'" says Mike Boehlje, a Purdue University agricultural economist. He thinks Featherstone's work about risk would hold for other states.
What could bring big farmers down? Featherstone thinks it would more likely be a major decline in crop prices than an increase in interest rates, although a jump in interest rates could obviously be a factor. He is also concerned about—particularly for large-scale producers because they are more leveraged—the change in government programs proposed in the farm bill, specifically, the shift from direct and counter-cyclical payments to federal crop insurance.
He is concerned that the safety net will fluctuate dramatically from year to year. For example, say corn prices tumble to $3.50, so that is what the revenue side of crop insurance gets fixed at in any given year. Corn was at that level in 2009. That isn't much income protection for present land rents approaching $500 an acre in some parts of the Heartland, and fertilizer prices and seed costs, Featherstone says. Several years of good crops here and abroad could bring crop prices down in a hurry, he says. Large-scale producers need the multiyear protection in addition to the yield protection provided with today's revenue products, Featherstone says.
None of this is to say that farmers should not grow, experts say, but farmers need keep debt levels manageable. They need to maintain flexibility and not look at the world of farming through rose-tinted glasses.
"It's not necessarily growth that's of concern, but the speed of that growth can be problematic," Boehlje says. "Farmers, like other businesses, can grow too big too fast."
It's not just about money, either. One example: they can expand beyond their capability to manage a work force. "This can be a huge issue," Boehlje explains. Farmers need to create and implement an organizational chart that defines and delegates responsibility and authority as their operations become larger. This is not a skill that comes naturally, he says, nor is there anything easy about delegating.
Another challenge, Boehlje says, is that income generated from an expansion is often far slower than what the plan calls for—the start-up problem. This can create real cash flow problems if extra working capital has not been set aside.
In a livestock enterprise, for example, building construction is often delayed and estimated full production levels may take months, even a year, to achieve. On the grain side, the big conundrum can be weather-driven production shortfalls; 2012 was absolute proof.
Boehlje advises that expanding producers, or those considering an expansion, put together a plan for how they will deal with the additional financial stress. "What kind of risk management strategies can we use to offset that?" he asks.
Think Hard About Cash Rents. One challenge for grain producers is that additional land might be procured through high cash rents, which the producer sees as a flexible cost because it's rented, Boehlje notes. "A multiple-year cash rent contract is not unlike a land payment," he says. Moreover, if someone outbids you at the end of the contract and you have purchased machinery specifically to handlethe additional land, machinery cost per acre goes up.
Producers need to keep this in mind and budget hard before locking themselves into multipleyear cash rents at lofty rates, he says. One reason why land rents are being bid so high is that farmers have excess machinery capacity. It's better to add machinery capacity as land is acquired, not the other way around, he says.
Boehlje is concerned about farmers using up their cash in down payments for machinery or land. "For farmers who do that, there aren't many differences between now and the 1970's," he says. "They are just as vulnerable as they were in 1979."
Danny Klinefelter, ag economist at Texas A&M University, has particular concern about producers locking in cash rents that extend years beyond their abilities to lock in crop prices or crop inputs. If crop prices crash—and at some point they will—cash rents could make producers very vulnerable, he says.
Darren Frye, CEO of Waterstreet Solutions, says the first question producers need to ask before expanding is why they are doing it. The correct reasons to expand include bringing additional family members into the business, providing additional income streams and new profit centers located. "Sometimes, however, farmers expand for ego-driven reasons, and in these cases, the results can be disastrous and put the entire farm business at risk," Frye says.
Avoid Agronomic Mistakes. Frye sees expanding producers making key mistakes. Chief among them is actually what farmers do best: agronomic practices. Large-scale producers often get in too big a hurry to plant crops in the spring, not taking their time with the details, he says. Doing so can mean the difference of at least $250 per acre in revenue. This is even more crucial when expanding because getting bigger means higher costs, he says.
"Sometimes, we get rushed at planting and aren't able to give soil condition the proper attention it deserves. While understandable, something that basic and simple can cause us to give up as much as 40 bu. per acre," Frye says. At $6 corn, that is $240.
"We also sometimes get too cheap on inputs, such as forgoing the $17 per acre cost for fungicide treatment. That can cost us more on yield than we save on cost." On the business side, far too many producers decide not to spend the extra few dollars for the harvest price option on crop insurance in 2012, Frye says. That cost savings turned into an excruciatingly painful loss of revenue last year.
"The larger the operation becomes, the more risk it carries, from production all the way to marketing," he adds. The last few years, farmers have not had to pay the price at the margin for poor management decisions because profits have been so huge, he adds.
Frye is not concerned about 2013, but he is about 2014 and 2015. "If we get three good crop years, we could be staring at $3.50 corn. Farmers need to plan for that potentiality." He asks: "How does that make your expansion look?"
Frye suggests maintaining a working capital of 40% of gross revenue to offset the high level of risk from production and markets. Whether it's poor timing for an expansion or the wrong variety of seed chosen for the year's conditions, strong working capital can be the difference between keeping you in business and having to file for bankruptcy, he says.
Root of Failure. "When something goes wrong, things can happen really fast," he says. "You need a buffer."
Even good producers who lack sufficient working capital after an expansion might not have enough liquidity to weather a downturn, Klinefelter says. Producers need to think about risk mitigation strategies while the outlook is still good.
One real weakness he sees with some growth-oriented producers is the need to do everything themselves, Klinefelter points out, saying it's a prescription for failure. It's important to know your management weaknesses, which are only amplified after an expansion, so you can improve them.
Klinefelter advocates the use of peer groups. "This is particularly important when you are growing fast. You have to be able to talk with others who have been there."
Before expanding, it's also critical to not only run "what do I do if?" scenarios through budget and cash flow balance sheets, Klinefelter says. "As you grow, you have to continually change and get better. Any manager hits the ceiling. Bring in people to challenge you with new ideas, even if it's people from outside the family farm. Selfassessment is really hard to do. Get outside executives to assess you." One of the biggest enemies of producers, particularly as their operations become larger and more successful, is arrogancy, Klinefelter says.
New Paradigm. "Grain farmers have had an unbelievable run—amazing profits eight out of the last nine years, which has some believing we're in a new paradigm. That's dangerous thinking; don't believe it," Klinefelter says.
"Change can be good: but the word 'expansion' should be forbidden," says Bob Aukes, president of AG Finance, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa.
"What is driving the change? Why are you making the change?" he asks. A change on your operation to lower cost, reduce risk or increase profit is great. Even using the word "expansion" can turn your lender against your plan, he says. The lender could easily suspect that the real objective is merely growth.
The words "expand, grow and big" should not be used with your lender. If you approach your lender with a plan to budget and lower cost, reduce risk and increase the margin, you will have your lender's full attention. Then, with lower cost, reduced risk and increased profit, growth can happen.
Aukes sees one more problem people make as they become larger: loss of control. Enterprise units get out of producers' management control. Moral: Make sure you can manage a much larger operation before investing in one.
For some, the present size might be the right size and there might be other ways and methods to increase profitability, he says.
For example, increasing from 1,500 to 4,000 sows is one kind of expansion, which requires a huge capital outlay. Increasing market weight from 258 lb. to 283 lb. also greatly increases the amount of pork sold, but with less capital.


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By: Ticia Miller
I am writing to you in regards to my heart attack and stroke. I was just the opposite of a poster child for such an episode. I was extremely active. I trained with a personal trainer three times a week; a grueling workout. My trainer also trained pro athletes and showed me no preference. I ran or power walked every day three to five miles. I was an extremely healthy eater with sweet tea my true vice.
Although my grandfather on my father's side had had a stroke that took everything from him except the use of his arm and speech. I always marked it up to unhealthy living. My mother's family also had a string of heart and stroke problems. But once again I assumed life choices played a part. So when I began I started to feel a little weak; lethargic. I cut my regime in half for the week. I had just recently lost my father, whom I had taken care of at home for a year (he had kidney, lung, bone and brain cancer) and my doctor suggested that I had been running on overdrive to get through it. That now my body was just telling me it was time for a rest.
Later that week in the gym, I had a severe muscle pull which resulted in my first ever use of crutches. This I found out later was a tell tale sign that my heart wasn't getting blood to my limbs as it should. Four days later, after months of complaining of chest pains and dizzy spells (which I was told were panic attacks) I had my first heart attack followed a few days later by a stroke; a massive stroke. That took most of my memory and the entire right side of my body.
I had a series of transient ischemic attacks and mini heart attacks in the months to follow. In the course of things, I also lost my businesses and my insurance. I was told to get my affairs in order.
It has been an uphill battle. One I still fight. Funny, though once the outer appearance and motor skills returned people just assume your "over it" but getting back the energy, memory, brain function are the most difficult for me. I still have days from time to time where I feel like a stroke "victim" and with that can come fear and sadness. I find I need to remind myself daily that I've come SOOO far in my battle. The hardest part for me is not having a sense of I'll get back to the old girl, but finding the NEW girl this experience has made me. Every day is a journey. Every day I learn to embrace the NEW me. To embrace each day as a step forward to a finding out who this NEW girl is...
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COLUMBUS — A condemned Ohio inmate who says he's allergic to anesthesia is undertaking what appears to be a unique legal maneuver, arguing that no one knows how his body will react if state officials are allowed next week to inject him with the one lethal drug they now use.
A doctor is studying what impact, if any, the allergy could have on the execution process after lawyers for Darryl Durr uncovered evidence of Durr's allergy in his 800-page prison medical record. Durr was sentenced to die for raping and strangling a 16-year-old Elyria girl in 1988.
"One of the things the Ohio Constitution guarantees is that he has a quick and painless execution," said defense attorney Kathleen McGarry.
"If he's going to react to the anesthetic drugs in such a manner that he's going to have a violent reaction, either vomiting or seizures or whatever the spectrum is that could happen, then obviously the execution has problems," she said.
McGarry said she doesn't know what drugs Durr is allergic to, or whether they include thiopental sodium, the anesthetic that Ohio uses to put inmates to death. The state last year became the first to switch to a single intravenous dose of anesthetic for executions instead of three drugs, a move followed by Washington state in March.
Ohio's untried backup method would inject a powerful sedative and painkiller into muscle, a combination that together is supposed to produce death.
The allergy could be an issue during the execution, according to lethal injection expert Mark Heath, who is reviewing Durr's records to determine whether there's a problem.
"An allergic or other adverse reaction to some component of a general anesthetic might present a serious problem for an execution by lethal injection," according to an e-mail from Heath, a Columbia University Medical Center anesthesiologist, that was filed in federal court as part of Durr's request.
However, "it would depend on the drug that precipitated the reaction and the nature of the reaction," Heath said.
McGarry would not allow Heath to be interviewed about his review.
U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost allowed Durr's medical records to be reviewed over the objection of the state. The Ohio attorney general's office argued the judge didn't have the authority to approve Durr's request for an expert of his choosing in a lawsuit against the state.
Heath's report is expected soon, given that Durr's execution is scheduled for Tuesday. Depending on the findings, Durr could use the results to try to stop or delay the execution, a request the state would likely oppose.
Death penalty experts say they're unaware of a similar issue being raised in the past, though strong reactions to lethal injection drugs have occurred. Most states generally begin the execution process with an anesthetic like the one Ohio uses alone.
In 1989, Texas death row inmate Stephen McCoy reacted violently to the chemicals and began choking and seizing, despite being restrained. A witness fainted, knocking over another witness. A state official later said a heavier dose might have been warranted.
In 1992 in Oklahoma, death row prisoner Robyn Lee Parks also had a violent reaction as the muscles in his jaw, neck, and abdomen began to spasm about two minutes after the drugs started to flow.
The exact reason for the reactions is unclear in both cases.
The secrecy that surrounds many states' injection procedures may explain why the issue appears never to have arisen before, said Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor and lethal injection expert.
The only similar filing in Ohio may have been Richard Cooey's unsuccessful argument in 2008 that he had poor vein access compounded by his obesity. Courts rejected Cooey's argument, and he was executed for the killing of two University of Akron students.
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New Jersey native Kristen BuckleyĀtravels through a series of catastrophic detours she calls childhood—one that was anything but normal. Set adrift after her parents divorce, Buckley embarks upon an emotional odyssey through the eerie underworld of northern New Jersey, where perverted gym teachers are as big a threat as the local mobsters, and timbale-playing orangutans wield the power to shape the future. Among the colorful cast of chracaters vividly portrayed are her brilliantlly wry mother; two deaf, adopted siblings from Korea; two Jewish stepsisters; and one pot-smoking runaway. After a childhood spent searching for a place to call home, she ultimately finds it andĀemerges as a truly unforgettable heroine.
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Dr. Nathan Tintle of the Hope College mathematics faculty has received support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as he seeks to help researchers who are sifting through the staggering volume of genetic data now available to identify factors related to health and disease.
Tintle, an assistant professor of mathematics, has received a $193,500, three-year grant from the NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute for his project "Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Sample Designs for Genetic Association." He and his team of Hope student researchers are examining how genetic studies look at data, and hope to determine and recommend more cost-effective approaches for working with the information and to develop free Web-based tools for those conducting such studies.
"The number of research efforts to find genetic variants that predispose to human disease via genetic association studies has grown significantly since the completion of both the Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project. In this research we consider alternate sample design methodologies for genetic association studies, with the goal of maximizing statistical power for testing genotype-phenotype association," he said. "Maximizing statistical power will allow researchers to more quickly and efficiently identify genetic variants predisposing individuals to complex human diseases."
The award will support Tintle's work through the spring of 2011.
Tintle has been a member of the Hope faculty since 2005. In January the college named him a "Towsley Research Scholar," recognition that includes support for his ongoing research efforts.
He graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany in 2000 with a major in mathematics, and completed Master of Science and doctoral degrees in statistics at SUNY-Stony Brook in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
While completing his graduate work he was lead statistical analyst with the department of psychiatry at SUNY-Stony Brook, which he continues to serve as a consultant. His publications include articles based on both his primary and ongoing interest in statistical genetics and his work with SUNY-Stony Brook's researchers in psychiatry.


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Commerce City, CO – The Colorado Rapids moved their unbeaten streak to five games on Saturday, handing struggling Chivas USA a 2-0 defeat at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
Atiba Harris tallied the opener after 11 minutes for the hosts, and Nathan Sturgis added to the lead in the 78th to give the Rapids three wins from their last four games.
Chivas is in the midst of a woeful run of form, losing for the fourth straight time. The Goats have now been outscored 13-1 in those four defeats.
Chris Klute was the architect of the first goal when he took a pass on the left wing and delivered a low cross near the penalty spot, where the onrushing Harris slid in to redirect the ball past goalkeeper Dan Kennedy.
Bobby Burling had a good chance in the 17th minute but he headed a corner kick wide from six yards.
The Rapids had just two shots on goal in the match, but they managed to score on both with the second goal arriving 12 minutes from time to secure the win.
Brian Mullan played Deshorn Brown into the area on the right and he drove a ball into the six-yard box for Sturgis to finish off from a few yards.


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Implicit Bias in Preschool: A Research Study BriefPreschool teachers and staff show signs of implicit bias in administering discipline, but the race of the teacher plays a big role in the outcome, according to research conducted by the Yale Child Study Center. The results help explain why black students tend to be suspended at much higher rates than white students, the authors say.
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Quality of Early Childhood Development Programs in Global Contexts
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Reducing Behavior Problems in Early Care and Education Programs: An Evaluation of Connecticut's Early Childhood Consultation Partnership
This publication describes the results of a rigorous random-controlled evaluation of the Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP), a statewide system of early childhood mental health consultation for early education and child care programs throughout Connecticut. This study is the first evaluation of a large-scale early childhood mental health consultation program, and its results will be of interest to program developers, scholars, and decision-makers within Connecticut and nationally. The evaluation was funded by the Children's Fund of Connecticut.You may read the the policy brief (also linked to the picture on the right) in pdf format.
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Implementing Policies to Reduce the Likelihood of Preschool Expulsion (Gilliam, 2008)
This new study, based on data from the National Prekindergarten Survey, found that children are much more likely to be expelled from programs with high student-teacher ratios and in extended day programs. The results also indicated that teacher job stress, which may be connected to high student-teacher ratios and extended day programs, is related to high rates of expulsion.You may read the policy brief in pdf format. For more information, see the Foundation For Child Development web site.
Who's Teaching Our Youngest Students? Teacher education and training, experience, compensation and benefits, and assistant teachers.
The National Prekindergarten Study (NPS) is the first large-sample, broad-based study to evaluate the implementation and classroom practices of state-funded prekindergarten systems across all the states that fund them. This first report to come from the study details the characteristics of the teachers and assistant teachers teaching our children. Read the report in pdf format.
Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems
This study found that pre-K students are expelled at a rate more than three times that of children in grades K-12. The report examines expulsion rates by program setting (public school, Head Start, private providers), gender, and race/ethnicity. It also presents expulsion data from all 40 states that fund prekindergarten programs. You may read the complete report or the policy brief (also linked to the picture on the right) in pdf format. For more information, see the Foundation for Child Development website.
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This issue brief discusses findings from two research studies supporting the view that good quality early childhood education can be successfully
implemented in public schools and make a difference. The programs can help to improve children's academic achievement and have a positive impact on the entire school. Implementing such programs is often difficult, but informed leadership and teamwork can help overcome these difficulties. Copies of this report can be downloaded from the 21C website.
Improving Nutrition and and Physical Activity in School: Internet Resources
To assist 21C and other schools work on health and nutrition, researchers at 21C and the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, both at Yale University, have reviewed resources from many web sites and are presenting a compilation of the best of them for use by 21C schools. These resources are designed to provide educators with opportunities to learn about and implement programs that foster healthy lifestyles. The Issue Brief includes a list of 14 specific web resources on improving nutrition and physical activity in schools, followed by an additional seven comprehensive web resources on the topic. Copies of this resource can be downloaded from the 21C website.
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NCLB and Children's Mental Health: Policy Recommendations for the Reauthorization of NCLB
This issue brief discusses how policy makers should children's mental health and related issues when reauthorizing NCLB. Click here to read the brief.


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25 Years Audi in China
The Audi success story in China started in 1988 with a license agreement between Audi and FAW. The two partners agreed on the assembly of the Audi 100 from parts kits at the FAW plant Changchun. In 1995, Audi's assembly was integrated into the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture, of which Audi then became a shareholder.
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World Publishing Expo Brings New Ideas, New Orders
By: Kristina Ackermann
Newspaper publishing vendors and professionals convene in Frankfurt for education, networking, and business opportunities
Publishers, journalists, production vendors, and techies from every corner of the digital market met in Frankfurt, Germany, during the last week of October for World Publishing Expo 2012.
Hosted by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the expo featured daily educational seminars and networking opportunities in addition to exhibitors catering to every aspect of the newspaper business. This year, WAN-IFRA chose to host production, software, digital publishing, and other vendors all under one roof, making the expo a one-stop destination for publishers seeking to learn new strategies and find the tools to implement those strategies.
While the U.S. newspaper market has been nothing to write home about as of late, the global market is a different story in many cases. Expo spotlighted this optimism in its daily program of Media Port presentations, in which speakers shared the ideas and information driving successful case studies in Europe and other regions. Themes from these presentations set the tone for the course of the expo.
Driving mobile profit
The one question that is top-of-mind for publishers all over the world is how to make money by publishing content on tablets and smartphones.
Mobile platforms, and to a lesser extent social media, are a category of distribution that publishers know they need to have, but they're still struggling to find a path to sustainable returns on that investment. Many of the Media Port presentations centered on this theme.
Kaj Ritala, digital media product manager for Finnish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL), shared his strategy for catering to a bilingual readership — a challenge not unlike the one faced by many U.S. newspapers in ethnically diverse markets. Rather than presume that bilingual readers have the time and money to subscribe to and read two different newspapers (they don't), HBL instead introduced a weekly digital news magazine to target the Swedish minority living in Finland. Those readers still get the daily Finnish news covered in the standard edition of HBL, but they also get a tablet-ready supplement, in Swedish, that covers cultural issues specifically relevant to them.
Though publishers still bicker over whether it's best to pursue an ad-supported or subscription-supported model, there is nearly unanimous agreement that a tablet or mobile news product must offer more than static PDFs of a print product in order to be successful. The number of vendors that specialize in producing dynamic, engaging, multimedia experiences on tablets and smartphones — especially the iPad — are multiplying daily, and many were represented in the expo halls.
One company with a unique solution is Netherlands-based imgZine, which helps publishers create dynamic, magazine-like apps that update in real time — similar to Flipboard or Zite. The solution includes a content publishing platform, native tablet and smartphone apps, and an analytics dashboard. Chief operating officer Wilbert Smits demonstrated how the product pulls the photos, news stories, and other content that you're already publishing on your website and presents it in an engaging and interactive app that caters to a "lean back" reading style.
Another hot topic at the expo was integrating workflow for multiple platforms into one system. Between print, Web, digital editions, social media, iPhone apps, iPad apps, and apps for Android smartphones and tablets, one news story can go through the publishing workflow five or six times in order to be published everywhere. This is not only time consuming and tedious, but it can introduce errors and cause needless duplications in workflow. Systems that integrate all these processes into one workflow are becoming increasingly popular among publishers.
Software powerhouse Adobe was on hand to demonstrate the latest iteration of its Creative Suite package of edit and design tools, which allow users to specify the destination of the product being created within the software — so a story destined for the Web, print, and a digital edition only has to be laid out once. WoodWing is another popular multichannel publishing solution that integrates with Adobe Creative Suite to manage editorial and advertising content for print and digital all in one program.
Publishers are becoming more and more aware of the need to integrate social media into the mix of content creation and gathering tools, but many are struggling to make this effort easy and seamless. PCS is an innovative publishing software company that has put social media right at the heart of its digital content management offering, and has served the United Kingdom publishing industry for 40 years, having developed one of the very first electronic journalist tools in the early 1970s.
At the World Publishing Expo, PCS unveiled its cloud-based digital content management and publishing solution, Knowledge. This editorial system has fully-integrated social media monitoring, management, and engagement.
"Knowledge comes with a built-in data analysis and text summarization engine. Every piece of text entering the system is mined and its key concepts analyzed — as are the links between them," said PCS managing director Phil Walker. "The system is able to suggest the concepts that dominate, that is to say, 'this text is probably about X, Y, or Z' and when associated with match-lists can apply intelligence and structure where before there was none."
Knowledge allows publishers to make sense of social media and feed the information into a publishing workflow to inform content creation, quickly and responsively. Knowledge complements a strong stable of PCS products for advertising, circulation, and real estate marketing.
Publishers' demand for integrated tools extends beyond content production, as evidenced by the near-constant flow of expo attendees at Lineup Systems' booth. A multichannel media system vendor, Lineup was offering live demos of its Web-based AdPoint system. At the expo, Lineup signed a new business agreement with the Hackney Citizen, a London-based newspaper with estimated readership of 30,000, for print and online advertising CRM, booking, and finance management.
Lineup's SaaS products are a complete advertising solution that adapt to the type, scale, and complexity of the media customer. Other Lineup clients include Metro International, Time Out London, Time Out New York, Archant (the U.K.'s largest independent regional publisher), Village Voice Media, and Abu Dhabi Media.
Responsive design & HTML5
Keeping with the theme of integrated, multiplatform publishing, many of the Media Port presentations catered to publishers wishing to learn more about HTML5 and responsive Web design (see the Oct. 2011 and Apr. 2012 issues of E&P, respectively).
Belgium-based digital publishing company Twipe presented what it calls its NextGen HTML5 tablet app, and demonstrated how the capabilities of responsive design provide the ideal format to present rich content across all devices —iOS, Android, even Windows 8.
As a case study, Twipe chief executive officer Danny Lein presented the company's work with Corelio, the largest newspaper publisher in Belgium. Corelio utilizes a mix of free content on mobile and the Web, and paid content on tablets and in print. The Twipe SaaS allows publishers to easily manage all these different platforms and pay models.
WAN-IFRA magazine partnered with Twipe to produce the tablet and mobile versions of its World Publishing Expo newspaper, Gazette.
Global market bullish on print
Print production vendors reported upticks in international business at the World Publishing Expo. Markets such as China, India, and Latin America are heavy consumers of printed newspapers, with their booming populations and demand for information.
Automated workflow provider ppi Media kept busy at the expo, signing contracts with Schwäbisch Media (publisher of German daily Schwäbische Zeitung), German daily Lippische Landes-Zeitung, and Bremer Tageszeitungen AG (publisher of German daily Bremer Nachrichten). ppi offers a suite of products that automate everything from page assembly and ink reduction to proofing and distribution. Its web-to-print solution OM portal delivers a finished product in just four steps, and integrates the publisher's customers in the workflow so they can edit orders, supply print data, and generate proofs and releases.
Sitma, Italian manufacturer of packaging and distribution systems, was at the expo to demonstrate its compact labelers, inserters, and stackers. The machines offer speeds from 15,000 to 60,000 products per hour and are ideal for publishers working with minimal space for post-press equipment. In addition to newspapers, Sitma services commercial printing and mailing operations and direct marketing customers.


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Strasburg shines as Nats down Padres
San Diego, CA – Adam LaRoche hit a two-run homer to back the longest outing of Stephen Strasburg's young career, as the Washington Nationals took down the San Diego Padres, 6-2, in the opener of a four-game series.
Strasburg (2-5) gave up two runs -- one earned -- on three hits while striking out four and walking three over eight innings. The right-hander came into Thursday's contest with a 0-5 record and 3.61 ERA in his previous seven starts.
"I didn't think he was as sharp as he usually is, but it was a good ballgame," Nats manager Davey Johnson said of Strasburg. "It was nice to see some offense coming up to give him some run support."
Bryce Harper hit a solo homer in his return after being held out of the starting lineup the past two games following his fierce collision with the right field fence on Monday.
San Diego starter Edinson Volquez (3-4) allowed five runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking four over five innings.
Everth Cabrera and Chris Denorfia each knocked in a run for the Padres, who had won two in a row. The right-hander came into Thursday's contest with a 3-0 mark and 2.59 ERA over his previous five starts.
Washington's first hit of the game came in the fourth. After Ryan Zimmerman worked a one-out walk, LaRoche cleared the wall in right.
The Nationals tacked on three more runs in the fifth. Kurt Suzuki singled, stole second, moved to third on Denard Span's base hit and raced home on Steve Lombardozzi's bloop single to center. Two batters later, Zimmerman hit an RBI single to right-center field for a 5-0 lead.
San Diego got one run back in the bottom half. Jedd Gyorko doubled and Alexi Amarista walked to start things. Two batters later, pinch-hitter Kyle Blanks reached base on a fielder's choice. Zimmerman's throwing error on the play loaded the bases. Cabrera grounded out to plate a run before Will Venable struck out swinging.
The Padres put another run on the board in the sixth. Chase Headley doubled, moved to third on Yonder Alonso's groundout and scored on Denorfia's sacrifice fly.
"The difference was the fourth and fifth innings for them and us maybe not getting the big hit when we had the bases loaded with one out to get a little closer to put a little pressure on the Nationals," Padres manager Bud Black said.
Harper homered in the seventh to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
San Diego lost three of five matchups with Washington last season ... Washington placed catcher Wilson Ramos on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain. To fill the roster spot, the Nationals recalled catcher Jhonatan Solano from Triple-A Syracuse ... The Nationals have hit at least one home run in 70 consecutive series ... The Padres went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and stranded six ... Headley improved his home hitting streak to 10 games with his single in the first inning.


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Busy times for Brad Whitford and his son
It was a big week for the Whitford family. First, Brad Whitford, the guitarist in Aerosmith, joined his bad boy bandmates for a free show on Commonwealth Avenue to hype Aerosmith's new CD. Brad's 87-year-old mom, Joyce, smiled throughout the eight-song set. That was Monday. On Thursday, Brad's guitar-playing son, Graham, was on Jimmy Kimmel's show performing with his band, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown.