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The book under review, to be called CNT for short, "is designed to be a one-semester introduction to number theory." It is aimed at mathematically skilled upper-level undergraduates with access to Mathematica. I am impressed on many levels and am adopting CNT for my number theory course.
The mathematics in CNT. Number theory is traditionally divided into its elementary, algebraic and analytic parts. This book is in the elementary part. Direct contact with numbers is never lost.
Prime numbers play a central role in CNT, three related open-ended problems being given extensive treatment. The first problem is to find quick tests which determine, up to a very small doubt, whether a given number is prime. The second is to find fast rigorous methods to prove that a suspected prime is indeed prime. The third problem is to quickly factor composite numbers into primes. Several solutions are presented for each of these three problems, and the state of the art is surveyed.
Students following CNT will not be told what a number field is. Nor will they see more than a passing nod at the Riemann zeta function. Nonetheless, CNT emphasizes some parts of elementary number theory which are really the beginning of large algebraic and analytic theories. On the algebraic side, the text has extensive treatments of quadratic reciprocity, Pell's equation, and Gaussian primes. On the analytic side, there is an introduction to the distribution of primes and a description of the genesis of the quadratic sieve. All in all, the choice of topics is excellent.
The computational approach of CNT. The text aims to have students actually experience the computational approach to mathematics. There is a lot of narrative in the spirit of "Now we look at the first 1000 integers, and discover that..." Only after substantial preparation on a given topic are students exposed to theorems and their proofs.
Mathematicais blended into the text skillfully. For beginners, there is a practical introduction in an appendix. Throughout the text, brief Mathematica exchanges are regularly displayed, offering to students many elegant models of how to actually use Mathematica. It is not expected that the typical student will do serious programming in Mathematica, but there are many exercises aimed at students who do want to program.
Mathematica has many high level commands that correspond exactly to central topics in CNT. For example, Prime[n] works very quickly for n less than a billion, returning the nth prime in well less than a tenth of a second. A section of CNT explicitly raises and answers the question, how does Prime[n] work? In similar ways, different parts of the book correspond to the commands GCD, PowerMod, PrimeQ, FactorInteger, and so on.
Included with CNT is a CD containing yet more number-theoretic commands. These can be conveniently read into Mathematica all at once, on both PC and Macintosh platforms. The new commands are very simple to use and well-documented. Those that give complicated output format their output beautifully. Just about all topics in CNT are supported by commands on the CD. For example, commands corresponding to the very easiest topics include PascalTriangle, PythagoreanTriples and EratosthenesTable. Commands corresponding to more specialized topics include AliquotSequence, FullContinuedFraction, LucasCertificate, RSAEncode, RSADecode, PellSolve, and GaussianPrimePlot. The effect of all these commands is to render abstract operations immediately tangible.
The target audience of CNT. If students are to profit from CNT, they need to have both native mathematical talent and substantial previous mathematical experience. Good performance in a year of calculus and two more semester courses might be considered a reasonable minimum. It is not the specific content of these previous courses that is relevant, but rather the associated increase in mathematical maturity. We may lament that the pool of such students is small. A virtue of CNT is that it is truly aimed at the entire pool, not just the much smaller collection of students who are thinking about going on to graduate school in mathematics.
One way CNT is aimed at the entire pool is that it uses the common language of mathematical science, not the specialized language of pure mathematics. For example, the authors have made the tough choice of not requiring any sort of abstract algebra as a prerequisite, even though it would streamline the text at a number of points. So the text is intelligible just as much to computer science students as it is to math majors. Engineering students and physics majors are candidate students as well.
Another way CNT is aimed at the entire pool is that it is an exciting text in its own right. It is not just an assemblage of tools to be used in some way later, when the real excitement will supposedly kick in. Students following CNT will be impressed by the very long history of the subject, told in appealing snippets throughout the text. They will recognize that RSA encryption, presented so very clearly in CNT, is a serious real world application. They will appreciate that throughout the course they have been sitting atop an incredibly powerful computational engine. They will be pleased that they can understand and recognize the importance of the many unsolved problems mentioned in CNT.
The wealth of material in CNT is connected more thematically than logically. I would say that a thorough treatment of one-third of the material would make a very respectable semester course. The remaining two-thirds of the book could then serve as a resource for students to present individual projects.
David Bressoud and Stan Wagon each have reputations for writing excellent texts. This is their first joint book, and it fully met my high expectations.
David Roberts is an assistant professor of mathematics at University of Minnesota, Morris. His research often concerns computational aspects of algebraic number theory.


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Maddan is greatly involved in the criminological discipline. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and five encyclopedia entries over various criminal justice topics; five more articles are at some stage of publication today. The research he engages in is also presented at national conferences at least twice a year. He has also co-authored a textbook on statistics in criminal justice. Maddan has been involved in service to both his discipline and the community. He currently serves as the chair for the publications committee for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). In the past, he has consulted with police and correctional agencies to research areas of need. He has also served on the National Incident-Based Reporting System Implementation Steering Committee in Arkansas.


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Collins appointed to Detroit Federal Reserve board
Public Policy Dean Susan Collins will serve on the board of directors of the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, starting in January.
The University announced on Thursday that Collins will replace Brian Walker, president and chief executive of Herman Miller, Inc, a furniture company headquartered in Zeeland, Mich. As a member of the board, she will help act as a liaison to private industries and weigh in on monetary policy.
Walker was re-appointed in 2012 for an unexpired three-year term. Mark Schurman, director of communications for Herman Miller, Inc., said Walker voluntarily left the position to spend more time at the company.
"He had competing priorities," Schurman said. "He came to the decision that he needed to step away and spend more time on his responsibilities to Herman Miller."
Collins is a dean and professor of public policy in the Ford School of Public Policy and a professor of economics in LSA. Before coming to the University, she was a senior fellow with the Brookings Institute and a professor of economics at Georgetown University. She received an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald declined to comment further.
The Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago has not released a statement on the appointment and could not be reached for further comment.
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Cornelius Hunter's claim that BioLogos advances the "Warfare Thesis" between science and religion is wholly unfounded.
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Cornelius Hunter's claim that BioLogos advances the "Warfare Thesis" between science and religion is wholly unfounded.
The biggest science stories of the week are reviewed.
Ninety years is a long time, and so much has changed all over the world. But have the cultural perceptions about science and religion changed since the Scopes Trial in 1925?
Some of the strongest evidence for the common ancestry of all life forms comes from genetics.
American thinking about religion and science before the Civil War was substantially informed by the powerful "concordist" metaphor of God as the "author" of two "books," nature and Scripture, which ultimately must agree.
For Evangelicals interested in the evolutionary history of our species, the results of a new study are a "smoking gun" for human/Neanderthal interbreeding.
I am growing in my appreciation for a diversity of ears to hear Scripture and a diversity of cultures to interpret God's call on our lives.
In none of these cases was Newton inserting God into a "gap" into our knowledge that science would someday fill. Rather, his prior belief in God helped him arrive at attitudes and ideas that have unquestionably advanced our understanding of nature.
Historian Peter Harrison argues that harmony between faith and science is not as simple as it seems, and some versions of "harmony" can do damage to the Christian faith.
Researchers in the emerging field of Paleogenomics are investigating the past using genetic research.
Is evolution driven mainly by random genetic variation, or are there other factors at play? Michael Burdett reviews the scientific debate.
I've always thought of the sense of smell as a more intimate sense than most other senses. For in smelling, the thing that we smell becomes almost a part of us.
Studying the basis of life's design cannot meaningfully be separated from the character of the One responsible for it. By living in relationship with him through whom all things were created and in whom all things have their being, we experience the purpose and meaning with which this universe is infused.
While reading about and studying the processes that gave rise to this astonishing world, please don't forget that it is beautiful. It is not merely mechanics, but poetry.
John Calvin really believed that the sun revolved around the earth, but we shouldn't dismiss the rest of his theology because of this error.
In this video originally featured in March of 2012, Dr. David Finch, a biologist at New York University, discusses his thoughts on both Creationism and the effects of "new atheists" like Richard Dawkins.
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Jim Powell, "FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression"
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Jim Powell, "FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression"
Crown Forum | 2003 | ISBN: 0761501657 | 352 pages | siPDF | 5 MB
Crown Forum | 2003 | ISBN: 0761501657 | 352 pages | siPDF | 5 MB
The Great Depression and the New Deal. For generations, the collective American consciousness has believed that the former ruined the country and the latter saved it. Endless praise has been heaped upon President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for masterfully reining in the Depression's destructive effects and propping up the country on his New Deal platform. In fact, FDR has achieved mythical status in American history and is considered to be, along with Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents of all time. But would the Great Depression have been so catastrophic had the New Deal never been implemented"
In FDR's Folly, historian Jim Powell argues that it was in fact the New Deal itself, with its shortsighted programs, that deepened the Great Depression, swelled the federal government, and prevented the country from turning around quickly. You'll discover in alarming detail how FDR's federal programs hurt America more than helped it, with effects we still feel today, including:
- How Social Security actually increased unemployment
- How higher taxes undermined good businesses
- How new labor laws threw people out of work
- And much more
1 How Could Such Bright, Compassionate People Be Wrong?
2 What Caused the Great Depression?
3 What Did FDR Borrow from Hoover?
4 Why Did New Dealers Break Up the Strongest Banks?
5 Why Did FDR Seize Everybody's Gold?
6 Why Did FDR Triple Taxes During the Great Depression?
7 Why Was So Much New Deal Relief and Public Works Money Channeled Away from the Poorest People?
8 Why Didn't New Deal Securities Laws Help Investors Do Better?
9 Why Did New Dealers Make Everything Cost More in the Depression?
10 Why Did the New Dealers Destroy All That Food When People Were Hungry?
11 How Did the Tennessee Valley Authority Depress the Tennessee Economy?
12 Why Did the Supreme Court Strike Down Early New Deal Laws?
13 How Did Social Security Contribute to Higher Unemployment?
14 How Did New Deal Labor Laws Throw People Out of Work?
15 How Did FDR's Supreme Court Subvert Individual Liberty?
16 How Did New Deal Policies Cause the Depression of 1938?
17 Why Did New Deal Lawyers Disrupt Companies Employing Millions?
18 What Have Been the Effects of the New Deal Since the 1930s?
Taxing and Spending
Federal Deposit Insurance
Banking Policies
Social Security
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The New Deal Versus Economic Liberty
19 What Can We Learn from FDR's Mistakes?
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Thomas Sowell, "Economic Facts and Fallacies"
Arthur B. Laffer, et al., "The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen"
Alan Beattie, "False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World"
Robert J. Samuelson, "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence"
Eric D. Beinhocker, "The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics"
Paul Krugman, "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 (2nd Edition)"
Robert Sobel, "The Pursuit of Wealth: The Incredible Story of Money Thoughout the Ages"
Neil Ferguson, "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World"
David M. Kennedy, "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States)"
Paul Johnson, "Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties (Revised Edition)"
Tony Judt, "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945"
J. M. Roberts, "Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to 2000"
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All it took was one look at Rebel Wilson's outfit at the Pitch Perfect press junket for me to instantly become obsessed with her. Her hair was perfectly coiffed, and she was dressed in a pink "R" varsity jacket, little velvet pirate slippers (like these) and massive name plate rings a guy in jail made her. I got really excited to dig into her various red carpet outfits of the past, and discovered that she seems to be really into classic glam with the occasional twist. Observe her elegant garnet number above – understated, pulled together and beautiful, with just a touch of bad-ass mixed in.
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In Photoshop Lightroom 3 Essential Training, author Chris Orwig provides a comprehensive look at Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, the popular photo-asset management, enhancement, and publishing program. The course covers indispensable techniques such as importing, processing, and organizing images in the Library, correcting and adjusting images in the Develop module, and creating slideshows, web galleries, and print picture packages. In addition to exploring all of Lightroom 3's capabilities, this course is rich with creative tips and expert advice on photographic workflow. Exercise files accompany the course.
One of the first steps in regards to tethered capture is to of course set up your camera, dial in your composition and all of your camera settings, and then of course connect the camera to the computer. From there we want to navigate to the File pulldown menu and then select Tethered Capture and click on the option to start the Tethered Capture. This will open up a dialog where we can define a few capture settings. So first thing that I want to do is give this a session name, and I am going to call this Vintage_Camera, because we'll be taking a couple of photographs of an old Brownie camera.
The next thing that I recommend you check on is Segment Photos By Shots. You want that on, because it gives you the ability to segment or group your photos into different folders, and this is really helpful. Let's say you are shooting a product and you want to have a couple of different perspectives, or let's say in one shoot you have a couple of different products or perhaps you have a couple of different models, you'll see how this works in a moment. But again, go ahead and turn that option on. Naming convention, well, this is the good old options we have seen before. Then of course we can define a Location.
In my case, I'll save this to my exercise_files folder. Let me create a new subfolder here. I am calling this Tethered. Keep in mind that this is how I am naming this folder. You can name it whatever you want. But keep in mind that name there. We'll see that again. And click Choose. Metadata, I'll add my copyright information and then just a couple of different Keywords here, lynda.com and ventura, and that looks good and I'll click OK. Now because we selected Segment Photos By Shot, it opens up this dialog which says, "what do you want the initial shot to be called?" I will just call it the default Shot 1 and click OK.
Now once I do that, we are going to see that I have the tethered window here which I can reposition as needed. It can even be on a second monitor. I also have the folder structured that I defined or created in that Capture Settings dialog. Here is the main folder Tethered, inside of that this particular shoot we're calling Vintage_Camera. The first shot is Shot 1. All right. Well let's go ahead and click on the Shutter Release button and see how we are doing. Now when I do this, one of the things that you are going to notice that's going to give me a progress of transferring the file and then by default, it's going to open up a preview of the image.
Now in this particular case, if I look at it, I notice it's out of focus. If I zoom in even further, I realize, wow, it's really out of focus. So I am going to go ahead and actually focus the image and either click on the Shutter Release on the camera or click the Shutter Release here. This is then going to bring in the new image. And the nice thing about this, and one of the reasons why I am talking about focus is that what this will do for us is it will give us the ability to evaluate our photographs in some pretty astounding ways. In this particular case, I can see that it actually Made In USA is a little bit more sharp than the word Brownie.
But when I compare it to the previous image, I can see that, yeah, I am actually getting a little bit closer to what I am interested in capturing. So rather than evaluating the photograph on the back of the camera, I now have this much larger, much more interesting, much more helpful preview. Even when it's zoomed out, I can't quite see the focus very well. When I zoom in, I can see it a little bit better. Now another thing that's interesting is you will notice here that I have my Histogram panel open. Here it is showing me the dynamic range of this image.
Now, if I look at this and realize, you know what, it's a little bit underexposed, I could then modify my Camera Settings. I'll go ahead and do that, and I am just going to make this kind of drastic so we can see the visual change there. Capture another image, and let's take a look at our Histogram and we are going to see the shift, because this one is going to have an increasing overall exposure. So it's shifted a little bit more to the right compared to this one, a little bit more to the left. So again, this can be helpful in regards to dialing in your overall exposure. There is something else that you can do here, and that is you can navigate to the Develop module.
Now on the Develop module what you can do is you can click on these triangles to show different types of clipping, either in the shadows or the highlights. You can see that I have a little bit of clipping in my highlights, meaning a little bit of loss in information. This isn't that big of a deal, because in this particular case this is reflective content. But let me modify my exposure one more time here. So I am going to overexpose this image significantly, and let's take a look at these clipping indicators in this new file, then what we'll see here in a moment is it now there is clipping indicator is a little bit more strong.
So here is the image with the lower exposure, and that increased exposure. So what you can do is obviously start to take some of the strengths of Lightroom with this tethered capture, meaning it's not only there to just get an image, but you can start to get and evaluate your images in some pretty significant ways. Well, what else can we do here? Well, I am going to go ahead take my exposure back down for a moment and what I am going to do then is say that I really want to process images with the sepia tone. Well, in this option here Develop Settings I can go ahead and choose a different processing, and the particular processing that I am going to choose is Creative and then Sepia.
Now I may want to define this as a new shot. So I am going to click on Shot 1 and I am going to call this now Shot 2 - Sepia. Now when I do that what's going to happen is if you go back to our Library module, we will be able to see that. You can see I am in a new folder. So this time, I'll click on the Shutter Release button and in this particular case, we are going to see the image come in, and then we are going to see it process with this particular preset which is a sepia tone type of a look. And again, that's really helpful, and I can take advantage of any preset I've defined or used or created or purchased and that I have as part of Lightroom 3.
The other thing that you may want to do in regards to your shots is you may want to define let's say a different perspective. So I am going to go ahead and change the perspective here momentarily. Just a little bit different look with this one, and then go ahead and click on where it says Shot 2. I'll name this one Shot 3 and click OK. Now on Shot 3 I am not going to apply any Develop Settings, although I could if I wanted to. Rather this time what I am going to do is just get you into thinking about how you can have this different perspective. Here you are going to see with this image that I have changed my composition a little bit and I have angled a camera in a different way.
So you can see in a realistic situation, you can have these different type of images grouped in a different way. Now if you want to see the whole shoot, no big deal. All you need to do is click on Vintage_Camera, and then here you can see I have all of the different images that were captured in the shoot, and I can go through them in that way. Now let's say that we want to do this a little bit more efficiently. Well, there are a couple of shortcuts. If you navigate to your File pulldown menu, you'll see that Tethered Capture has a couple of shortcuts, just two. If you want to do a new shot on a Mac that's Shift+Command+T, you can do that rather than clicking on the word here, in my case Shot 3. On a PC that Shift+Ctrl+T. You can also show and hide this window, if this is a little bit distracting to you or maybe distracting to the art director or the creative director, you can hide that.
You can press Command+T on a Mac or Ctrl+T on a PC. Let's take a look at that one and all that will do again is show or hide this particular window. Now when you are done you can either navigate to the File pulldown menu and choose Tethered Capture and then Stop, or you can just simply click on the X in the far right corner of the Tethered Capture window.
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Analyzing Archived Data Yields Big Returns
Analyzing archived data is critical to driving added revenue, says IDC. So why aren't more companies doing it?
IBM Planning on Bringing Native Containers and Pure Apps to Power8
Doug Balog, general manager of IBM's Power Systems group, discusses his company's plans for more apps and more containers running on Power.
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Financial services firms appoint more chief data officers than other industries. What can you learn from them about how a CDO can help your business?
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The Internet of Things topped Gartner's list of most-hyped technologies last summer. But compelling business cases for IoT are beginning to emerge.
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- Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
"For nearly 40 years, the Association for Women in Science has fought for equity and career advancement for women – from the bench to the board room. We unite women through our nationwide network of chapters and partnerships with aligned professional organizations."
- Center for Reproductive Rights
"We envision a world where every woman is free to decide whether and when to have children; where every woman has access to the best reproductive healthcare available; where every woman can exercise her choices without coercion or discrimination."
- Center on Women and Public Policy (CWPP)
Center at the University of Minnesota. "Welcome to the nation's first complete teaching, research, and outreach center devoted to women and public policy. Since 1985, the Center on Women and Public Policy (CWPP) has used gender analysis to challenge fundamental assumptions about politics, law, and economics on issues ranging from human rights to judicial selection and independence."
- Girl Geeks
Organization that encourages young women to become involved in technology.
- Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
"WPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation."
- International Black Women's Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI)
"IBWPPI works in the US and internationally to convene hearings and discussions to evaluate the impact of current public policies and initiate new policies and programs that address the major threats to the well-being of Black women, families and communities. We support, train and place young women in internships and fellowships, in offices of elected officials, key government agencies, and international agencies to bring the voice and agenda of Black women into the public policy arena."
- INWES: International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists
"INWES is a global network of organizations of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), reaching over 250 000 members from 60 countries worldwide." Includes news and events, links, resources, member services, and more.
"The NETWISE research group is a multi-institutional research group that conducts research on questions related to how social and professional networks matter in the careers of academic scientists, with special attention to women and underrepresented minorities."
- Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN)
"Each year, PLEN brings about 250 women students from colleges and universities across the country to Washington, D.C. for a weekend, week, or an entire summer to experience first-hand how public policy is shaped and implemented at the national level. Students meet with and learn from women leaders making and influencing public policy at the highest levels in the Congress, courts, federal agencies, corporate sector, policy research and advocacy organizations and the news media."
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Includes news, scholarships, awards and compettions, membership, professional development, and public policy.
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- Women and Public Policy Program: Harvard Kennedy School
"The Women and Public Policy Program of Harvard Kennedy School asks what we can do to create gender equality and improve the lives of women and men throughout the world." Click the "i" button for focus areas.
- Women's Organizations Links
Extensive though unannotated list of links to women's organizations, particularly relating to politics and public policy.
- Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI)
"Research is our middle name and since 1977 WREI has been the source of reliable data and clear thinking about the status of American women. Our first 'clients' were federal legislators—the 18 women then serving in the U.S. Congress. Over the years our mandate has widened to include 90 women serving in the House and Senate plus state officials, local governments, women's advocates, corporate policymakers, the media, teachers, students, and just about anyone interested in issues of equali
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Panfida Farms Limited Job Vacancy in Ghana : Assistant Farm Manager
Panfida Farms Limited (PFL) is wholly owned Ghanaian Company registered under the laws of Ghana as a Limited Liability Company. PFL exist to produce and supply protein needs for the local and international market. Our products include Poultry, Piggery, Rabbits and other livestock. We are located at Gomoa Akramang, 15 minutes drive from Kasoa in the Central Region.
Job Summary
• Undertake poultry rearing and egg collection by following planned schedule
• Raise poultry and other livestock and cultivate crops, fruits and vegetables.
• Ensure proper animal welfare and good environmental practice all the time
• Comply with daily feeding and maintenance practices of livestock
• Ensure daily recording of events and book keeping
• Monitor animal health and report findings to management
Qualification Required & Experience
• Basic or secondary education
• Certificate or training from college of Agric will be an advantage
• Two (2) years working experience as a farm hand
• Knowledge of modern farming methods
• Should be very energetic possess excellent organizational skills
Location: Gomoa Akramang, Central RegionHow to Apply
Interested persons should send a cover letter and a current resume to:
The Manager
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P. O. Box LG 767
Closing Date: 23 December, 2013
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Trading In 2009's FML For 2010's LML
With the release of Facebook's recent "Facebook Memology: Top Status Trends of 2009," which tracked the the top 15 status terms this year, FML ranked second only to 'Facebook Applications' which took the number one spot.
According to Facebook, "status updates on Facebook help people understand their friends and the people around them--how they're feeling, what they're doing and what they're thinking."
In the case of FML, this digital slang term became the hottest acronym to enter the Facebook lexicon in 2009. It spread from relatively low usage to becoming a mainstream word in status updates. FML is used almost exclusively online and in text messages, and its meaning, once very specific, has broadened. People now use it simply to express some frustration with an aspect of their lives. We'll leave the "F" open to your interpretation, but the "M" and L" stand for "My Life."
The beginning of May appeared to be a seriously frustrating time for people, when students were busy with finals and the weather was rainy just before summer. We saw a lull in "FML" in the summer months and there was strong weekly appearance of this this term on Mondays and Tuesdays.
FML was so pervasive, it beat out "Swine Flu" which ranked third on the list. Others were so upset with the negativity represented by "FML" they produced YouTube videos like the one here to remind us that glass is half-full, not the reverse.
With over 8,000 followers, the FML2009 Twitter account apparently attracts those that want to share their tales of woe and see just how much worse the lives of others can be. The tweets are set up so while they first appear to express a positive sentiment ...
They end on a negative note, when you click the tweet's link and land on this FML web site...
Apparently FML entered the cultural lexicon after the January 2008 launch of the popular blog FMyLife, where people continue to submit embarrassing or painful stories that conclude with the signature acronym. The blog currently receives around 1.7 million hits per day.
In November, a Princeton University-specific version of the blog, Princeton FML provided a new opportunity for students to express their frustrations with the everyday trials of life at Princeton.
The creation of the Princeton blog follows the launch of similar sites at peer institutions. Harvard freshman Jonah Varon, a moderator for Princeton FML's parent blog College FML, said the first college FML site was FMyStanford. Other universities with FML sites include Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn, MIT, Boston University, UCLA and USC.
"I think that college FML sites have some advantages over similar sites that are targeted toward a broader audience," Varon said in an e-mail. "College FMLs provide students with an anonymous forum to share their thoughts and feelings with each other … I think this desire to communicate anonymously exists at a lot of colleges, so I'm working on starting College FMLs at schools across the country."
Now, while FML is a tongue-and-cheek appeal for empathy from one's friends, loved ones and co-workers, my New Year's resolution is to diligently try to find ways to turn "FML" into "LML." And I appeal to my readership to do the same. A LML Web site has already surfaced, so I know that there are others out there that feel it's about time for the pendulum to swing back. And who knows, with a little optimism in our lives, it may be just the catalyst we need for the economy to improve and tensions to ease in the Middle East.
LML has even made it to the Urban Dictionary, defined as an abbreviation whenever you feel appreciated, thankful and especially loved. And with that sentiment I wish all my readers a healthy, prosperous and loving New Year!
Note: The writer and/or the site may have received free samples or some other type of remuneration or benefit for trying out, reviewing, recommending or writing about the items covered in this article.
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We absolutely need to grasp the idea that a "bad" day in the life of the average person living in an industrialized nation is an impoverished person's idea of heaven. The fact that we have the resources to be able to complain online is more than a bit ironic. Yet, it can be enjoyable for us to share the pains of everyday life with one another, and I'm all for it. It's when we spend more time complaining - rather than actually doing something to help others - that we need to take a look at our collective attitude.
For every FML quip we indulge in, wouldn't it be outstanding if we did one tiny thing to help someone else out?
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Salt spreaders Vs. Seed Spreaders
Salt spreaders are not all the same, and they certainly aren't the same as seed spreaders! Keep reading to learn the differences!
Just because one tool can do a similar job to another doesn't mean it can take place of a dedicated, specially designed tool. You wouldn't take a knife to a gunfight would you?, or use a bicycle to haul a truck? How about using a razor to chop down a tree?
Although the principal between salt spreaders and seed spreaders is similar, nature of the work, coupled with the conditions each of the tools is designed to withstand means they are different enough for a seed spreader not to be able to do the job of a salt spreader.
Don't be stuck out in the cold this winter with the wrong tools use Sino Concept's professional salt spreaders:
- 25 liter economical salt spreader
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Let's take a closer look at the differences between salt spreaders and seed spreaders.
Your average seed spreader is usually made from extremely lightweight plastic, which also happens to be very cheap. Also the wheels are usually plastic with either a tread molded in to them, or a rubber grip sleeve (if you are lucky) acting as a 'tire'.
Sino Concept's salt spreaders are designed to be used in the most harsh of winter conditions. Get full details and specifications for our salt spreaders here:
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The axel holding the wheels to the frame will be quite a thin, light-weight item, as will the rather insignificant steel frames which you will hold on to to pilot around.
The gears, and other mechanical parts of seed spreaders are also of inferior quality (when compared to a salt spreader) with some of the control being activated via simple ropes or cords!
Now, before I continue I want to make it clear that I am not bashing seed spreaders, seed spreaders are fine for there intended purpose, spreading seed.
The thin lightweight plastic can be thin and cheaply made as it is only meant to carry a light load of seed, the same goes for the axle, frame and plastic wheels.
The wheels are simple plastic units because they are only intended to be used in spring and summer months, where the terrain is a lot more forgiving, than in icy, snowy winter months.
The frame can be me made of thin steel with poor corrosion resistance as a seed spreader is designed for fair weather use and again a light weight payload.
Those controls are cord and rope controlled again due to the climate in which they are designed to be used.
Seed spreaders do a fine job of spreading seeds in warmer, pleasant climates, but load a seed spreader with 50 liters of salt in the middle of winter on a icy, snowy street or uneven path, however......
Sino Concept Salt Spreaders
Salt spreaders, such as Sino Concept's professional grade models, are designed specifically to be used in harsh winter conditions, over rough icy terrain, while easily carrying a 25 liter load of salt (50 liters on larger models) without cause for concern.
The large polypropylene plastic hoppers on our salt spreaders are designed to with-stand knocks and scrapes, while hefting around substantial quantities of salt and sand.
Whats more, as we know that salt spreaders are designed to be used in unfavorable conditions, we supply each salt spreader with a rain/snow cover for the hopper to keep the contents dry.
Holding the large hopper safe and secure is a heavy duty steel frame. Not only is this frame up to the job of lifting a salt laden hopper, but it is also robust and sturdy enough to heft that weight around while navigating a bumpy, uneven frozen landscape.
Speaking of bumpy, frozen pathways and parking lots, our salt spreaders feature large pneumatic tires, providing much needed shock absorbing qualities while also providing enough grip for the iciest of conditions. A thick steel axle holds the wheels on to the rugged frame while also supporting the weight of the hopper and it's cargo.
As our salt spreaders will be used in the roughest, coldest and most extreme temperatures, low quality controls and gearing won't cut it. All of our salt spreaders come with linkage actuated spread/flow controls and with either tough engineering grade plastic gears, or top of the line stainless steel gears.
Combine the above professional specification and details to the fact that our salt spreaders come fully pre-assembled and tested in customizable card-board cartons, then it is easy to see that salt spreaders are an all together different, more durable and highly engineered beast, when compared to a seed spreader! For more information about our salt spreaders head over to our salt spreader pages:
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Opened in September 2008, the PACCAR Medical Education Center is a dream that became a reality thanks to the cooperation of Adena, local, state, and federal officials, and the community. Through philanthropic grants, our community raised over $5 million to support the construction of the PACCAR Center while Adena Health System contributed $10 million.
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text: Rappers And Jewish Lawyers: A Love Story RSS August 8, 2013 Culture, Music, Videos 2 Comments From Drake to the Beasties, Rick Rubin to Action Bronson, Jews have been involved in various elements of hip hop almost since its inception. But, while much ink has been spilled singing the (oftentimes overblown) praises of Jewish rappers, there remains a cohort of Jews in the game who just don't seem to get the respect they deserve. With that in mind, writer Jason Newman, and the folks at Slacktory have put together this outstanding super-cut of rappers showing love for those most important of Jews: The lawyers. So thank you, Jewish lawyers. Without you, rap would be nothing but a sincere form of artistic musical expression. [h/t Slade] What do you think? 2 Responses Sol Robinson August 8, 2013 I am both offended and delighted. Reply Louie b.Free August 9, 2013 i cannot wait to play this on BrainFood from the Heartland , monday!!!!! ~Louie b. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply


text: 1 Racists hate Pete Stark; anti-racists can't spell Fremont Posted on July 1, 2010 by Matt Artz A disturbing story from the Southern Poverty Law Center. That Pete Stark video we posted Tuesday has gone so viral that neo-Nazi internet groups are calling for Stark's torture and murder. To read about it, click here.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Emily Cain for Congress to represent Maine's 2nd Congressional District. EMILY's List is moving Cain from "On the List," a designation that gave her early access to its grassroots network of over two million members, to a full recommendation.
"Emily Cain is an impressively seasoned young leader, and her commitment to the women and working families of Maine is unwavering," said Stephanie Schriock, President of EMILY's List. "Emily has defended women's access to healthcare, fought to increase opportunities in education, and spearheaded ethics reforms in Augusta, and the EMILY's List community – now more than two million members strong – is thrilled to help her become the first Democratic woman elected to Maine's 2nd congressional district. Earlier this year, Emily helped avert a shutdown of Maine's government. Congress could take a lesson from her pragmatic leadership as we begin day 9 of the federal government shutdown."
Emily Cain graduated from the University of Maine, earned a Master's in Higher Education from Harvard University in 2004, and is currently working toward her Ph.D. from the University of Maine. She was elected to the Maine State House in 2004 at age 24, and served four terms. During that time, she focused on growing Maine's economy, increasing access to higher education, and preventing domestic violence. In 2010, at age 30, Emily became the youngest woman to hold the position of State House Minority Leader in Maine history. She is now serving her first term in the Maine State Senate, where she worked to avoid a shutdown and keep the state government working. Emily lives in Orono, Maine, with her husband, Daniel, and their dog, Bartlet.
EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $350 million to support pro-choice Democratic women candidates – making it one of the most successful political action committees in the country. Throughout its 28 year history, the organization has recruited and trained over 8,000 women to run, worked to elect 101 pro-choice Democratic women to the House, 19 to the Senate, 10 governors, and over five hundred women to state and local office. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List helped elect 97% of the Democratic women of color in Congress, including every single Latina, African American, and Asian American Democratic woman currently serving. And during the 2011-2012 cycle, EMILY's List had the largest number of members and donors in its history and raised a record-breaking $52 million dollars. With the help of this growing community — now more than two million members strong — EMILY's List helped elect an historic number of candidates in 2012 including 19 new women to the House, six Senate incumbents, three new Senators, and 186 state and local officials.


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The Black Rabbit
written by Philippa Leathers
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In this clever picture book, a debut author-illustrator introduces a plucky rabbit and the new companion (friend or foe?) that he just can't shake. Rabbit has a problem. There's a big, scary Black Rabbit chasing him. No matter where he runs - behind a tree, over the river - the shadowy Black Rabbit follows. Finally in the deep, dark wood, Rabbit loses his nemesis - only to encounter another foe! Kids who like to be in on the secret will revel in this humorous look at fears, first impressions and friendship, all brought to light by a talented animator. Kids will love being in on the secret that the Black Rabbit is Rabbit's shadow. This is a debut picture book from a talented artist. It is a big hit at the Bologna international rights fair. It includes charming endpapers that allow readers to trace Rabbit's path as he attempts to evade the Black Rabbit. This edition is resplendent with jacket.
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First it was a blood clot, then a broken jaw, but at last Gary Cahill can look forward to his first major international tournament with England. The 28-year-old centre-back has come a long way since the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, when his chances of making the squad were extinguished by a blood clot in his upper chest.
At that time Cahill was an outside bet, but when UEFA EURO 2012 came around two years later he was guaranteed a place in the squad until sustaining a double fracture of the jaw in a warm-up match against Belgium. Now, though, the 28-year-old centre-back is heading to the World Cup, having come through Saturday's 0-0 ill-tempered draw with Honduras unscathed, and it feels particularly special.
"It does, because it is my first tournament," Cahill said. "I have waited a long time to come and I was really excited previously. The World Cup before I was an outside shot of making the club and I had my blood clot. Then I was one game away and I broke my jaw - it was like, 'Is this not for me?'. So for me to be involved in this is massive.
"It's been good of late. Not that long ago I wasn't really in the frame or I was grafting to get in the squad and just be a part of it, but now I feel like I'm a big part of it, which is pleasing. It shows how far I have come and I am obviously really happy."
Cahill is not only part of the squad but an almost certain starter at centre-back alongside Phil Jagielka in the Group D opener against Italy on 14 June. Overcoming the four-time World Cup winners will be no mean feat for Roy Hodgson's men, given Italy have the likes of Gianluigi Buffon, Daniele De Rossi and Andrea Pirlo at their disposal.
I have waited a long time to come and I was really excited previously.
Furthermore, the Azzurri will have former Manchester City man Mario Balotelli leading the attacking line. Balotelli is capable of everything from the sublime to the ridiculous, and Cahill said: "That's dangerous isn't it because you never know - will he turn up, will he not?
"He's got potential to stick it into the top corner from 30 yards. He's an unpredictable player but on his day obviously one of the best. I played against him a couple of times at City and he's been tough. I played against him another time when he came off after 60, 70 minutes. He is unpredictable. At times he can be world class. But he's certainly one to watch out for."
While at times erratic, Balotelli was one of the English Premier League's most exciting characters during his time at the Etihad Stadium. The league is set to lose another big character imminently, with David Luiz set to join Paris St Germain for a fee in the region of £40m. The Brazil international found starts hard to come by at Chelsea under Jose Mourinho last season, with his exit reflecting well on Cahill and the way he has impressed alongside John Terry in central defence.
"He is a fantastic player, good luck to him," Cahill added. "People don't pay that sort of money for average players, they pay that money for the top players and he is in that category."


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PANAMA CITY — The colors of spring are taking root, for the weekend at least, among the moss-draped trees of McKenzie Park.
The Spring Festival of the Arts returns to downtown Panama City Friday through Sunday, hosted by the Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida.
The festival will open with a private "preview party" from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, but the public is welcome to visit the park as artists set up their booths in conjunction with Friday Fest, 5 to 9 p.m. Regular hours for the event are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The show will go on rain or shine.
Media represented in the show will include ceramics, drawing, fiber, functional, glass, jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor, woodwork and mixed media.
The Visual Arts Center in downtown Panama City is an "anchor" of revitalization, according to promotional materials, and is one of the major cultural organizations with 100 miles of the city, serving a seven-county region. With more than 2,000 square feet of gallery space to showcase its substantial collection, the VAC also hosts traveling art exhibitions and offers educational programs.
According to its website, the Visual Arts Center "strives to provide artistic excellence, diverse programming, community accessibility, cultural participation, education impact on both local and visiting children, as well as economic development for our surrounding area."
VisualArts Centerof Northwest FL
- Where: 19 E. Fourth St., Panama City
- Details: 769-4451 or VacNwfl.org
- Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday
44th Spring Festival of the Arts
- Where: McKenzie Park, downtown Panama City
- When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
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With just a few months until the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title release date, Far Cry 3 is being unravelled by lead scriptwriter Jeff Yohalem as he talks to T3
As the Far Cry 3 release date nears, Lead Scriptwriter Jeffrey Yohalem has been explaining the processes that go into creating essentially an open world game but using a linear storyline describing it as "Assassin's Creed 2, but in first-person".
The game, which will be landing on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in September, follows Jason Brody a young twentysomething who becomes stranded on an island which happens to be run by an insane human trafficker Vaas.
Keeping in tradition with Far Cry however the game is a hugely open world, spread out over several islands and gives players more freedom than your average first-person shooter, as Yohalem goes on to explain.
"It's basically that there are missions in the world that you can do and then in terms of the main plot we make sure they are in an order that makes sense. And then the side stuff will teach you more about the world and challenge you in different ways and you can pick those up at any time."
Creating this balance between the constraints of first-person and combining them with the freedom of other genres has been something that Yohalem has been constantly striving for, taking his experiences on the Assassin's Creed series and then finally applying it to Far Cry.
"We really wanted to take the best of linear shooters and put them in bubbles in the open world, it's a dream that I have personally had for a very long time, you could always see the potential from Far Cry 1 onwards."
Placing the emphasis on this balance was Associate Produced Anne Gibeault who in fact argued that without such a strong storyline Far Cry 3 wouldn't have been half as powerful a game.
"A game in itself without any very strong storyline is not complete in my own opinion...it's really half and half you have to have a really strong story to support all the game-play, and then actually the game-play [itself] is really based on that story for me [so] it's a natural way to go and it's a natural way to trigger emotions in the players."
With E3 2012 now under full swing, Nintendo have been the first to strike with the official launch of the Nintendo Wii U Gamepad and the Xbox controller-inspired Gamepad Pro.


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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirms the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
The species is now in Lakewood Cemetery right next to Lake Calhoun.
EAB was also found at Lexington Parkway at Jessamine Avenue as well as Pig's Eye Lake Road near the Saint Paul Airport.
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The Montana university system isn't covered by the state pay deal reached Tuesday, and its chief labor negotiator said he doesn't know for sure yet what kind of agreements will be reached.
Kevin McRae, associate commissioner of higher education for communications and human resources, said the university system is now in the collective bargaining process with 25 bargaining units that represent nearly 4,000 employees.
The Bullock administration and public employee unions on Wednesday agreed to provide most state executive branch employees with a 3 percent raise in July and a 5 percent increase in November 2014. In addition, the deal provides that members of the state's self-insurance pool won't see out-of-pocket increases in health insurance premiums before January 2015.
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Posted by more choos on 07/11/2007
so, surprised to read so many bad reviews for this place. The food is excellent, the portions are perfect for sharing and the service was great. I was planning my next visit there the day after I went.. that good!
Posted by Anonymous on 06/09/2007
I finally made it to this place last night, having heard so many good things. I could not have been mores disappointed.....the service is not good....and the food is poor......i ordered some sort of mini hambuergers and they were not good at all....the other dishes were very average and the fish was very undercooked.....i seldom post reviews...not recommended
Posted by Anonymous on 06/02/2007
surprised to see a few negative comments on here. I've been there three times and found certain dishes such as the ribs randang and the malay fish fry to be excellent. The crab was tasty in a great sauce but a lot of work for not many calories. The portions are fine but the prices higher than some places but I'd sooner pay more for these fine dishes than some of the regular fodder available in NYC's mid range.
Posted by Kim & Rick on 05/10/2007
Went here last night with Kim & Shelly, and we had a wonderful time. The food is amazing, and at great prices. It does get busy. They now have outside tables. We all started with the pork buns, the sliders, and the spring rolls. All of them outstanding . We moved on to the watermelon salad, and we all agreeded that was the dish that the flavors just came alive in your mouth. One fatty duck, one special of black cod and one oyster omelette, for dinner. We could not stop talking about the food, the spices are great. Do leave room for a fatty desert, those little cakes are awsome. We woke up today, and thought lets go back for lunch. See you there. "Fatty Kim," " Crabby Rick, "and do not worry I have the check , Shelly .....
Posted by eater on 04/28/2007
The service is all around poor. The dishes - served "family style" is more like tapas. You can get MUCH better service and food quality a mere 15 minutes away at more realistic prices. Please, save yourself the angst and get real eats elsewhere.
Posted by Sandy on 04/27/2007
Ate at Fatty Crab last night with a friend. I've been to the original Fatty Crab in Malaysia and it was one of my favorite places to go as a kid. This place doesn't compare but then I could never expect it to when it's in a different country. The place was already packed when we got there. We ordered the Fatty Tea Sandwiches - pork belly, sambal aioli which was $7. When they brought it out I was disappointed to see only 3 quarter sized sandwiches. Small but they did taste good. Can't go wrong with sambal. Entrees included bok choy and chili crab. The boy choy was typical like the ones you find at any chinese restaurant. The chili crab sauce was good however the blue crabs simply had no meat in them! I felt like I was just eating chili sauce and rice with the bread. It was a one time experience. Service was awesome but the food wasn't that special for the price.
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The food took forever, the portions were small, and the dish itself wasn't even hot! Adding salt to your wounds, the food was really really expensive, $30 for a small crab with hardly any meat. Seriously, don't ever go there unless you want to get ripped off.


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- Q: What is DMC?
A: The Destination Medical Center ("DMC") is an innovative economic development initiative to secure Minnesota's status as a global medical destination now and in the future. Today, market forces are driving a small number of select medical institutions to emerge as leaders in delivering the highest quality medical care and attracting patients and visitors from throughout the world. Mayo Clinic can be one of these centers. But, Mayo Clinic's success in Minnesota is dependent upon the market's ability to sustain quality access, development, services and the public infrastructure necessary to remain competitive with other destination medical centers in the U.S. and abroad.
- Q: What is the vision?
A: The DMC plan has been established to meet five core objectives:
- Sustain Rochester and Minnesota as a global medical destination that offers patients a welcoming, comfortable and engaging environment in which to receive the most advanced medical care in the world.
- Grow Rochester as a magnet community attracting the most sophisticated healthcare professionals, promising students and thinkers and educators from across the globe.
- Leverage Mayo Clinic's presence in Minnesota to ignite institutional and commercial research in an environment that encourages shared knowledge, partnerships, medical advancements and innovation and capturing that economic development in the form of jobs and new businesses here in Minnesota.
- Create unparalleled and meaningful experiences of hope, health and hospitality for every person, every day.
- Provide the ideal patient, companion, visitor and citizen experience to become the world's premier destination medical community.
- Q: What kinds of projects are involved?
A: The vision of the DMC initiative is to transform Rochester into one of America's model destination cities. The downtown will be an epicenter of the growth in development and services to create a vibrant, world‐class destination community. This growth will be concentrated around 7 core strategies including:
- Health and Wellness
- Commercial Research and Technology
- Learning Environment
- Hospitality and Convention
- Sports and Recreation
- Livable City
- Retail, Dining and Entertainment
These seven core strategies will help create a community that will grow as an economic force and a dynamic, urban community that promotes well‐being, inspiration and achievement for citizens, patients and visitors.
- Q: What types of projects will the public investment be spent on?
A: Public investments will be made in public infrastructure and improvements that support growth of employment, visitation and spending in the market. Importantly, the availability of public funding is predicated on increases in private investment and job growth in the market prior to the funding becoming available. The public investment will be directed to investments that support future growth, such as:
- Community Infrastructure
- Economic Development
- Land Acquisition and Assembly
- Demolish, Repair or Rehabilitate Buildings
- Remediate Land
- Parking and Transportation Facilities
- Site and Infrastructure Improvements
- Prep, Sell or Lease Land for Development
- Build and Equip Suitable Structures
- Q: What is the governance structure for DMC?
A: DMC is a public-private partnership between Mayo Clinic, the City of Rochester, Olmsted County and the State of Minnesota. The legislation called for two bodies to be created, the primary purpose of which is to plan and execute the DMC strategic vision. The Destination Medical Center Corporation (DMCC) is an oversight body that will approve the development plan and specific funding requests for the DMC. The DMCC Board of Directors is representative of the primary stakeholders on the project. Mayo Trustee Bill George was appointed to represent Mayo Clinic. Others appointed include: Governor Mark Dayton's chief of staff Tina Smith, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, former Wells Fargo executive James Campbell, Rani Engineering president Susan Rani, Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede, Rochester City Council Representative Ed Hruska, and Olmsted County Commission President Jim Bier.
The second body is the DMC Economic Development Agency (EDA), which will be a nonprofit economic development agency that will contract with the DMCC Board to act as its staff, working with the City and other stakeholders, to develop and execute the DMC plans and strategy.
- Q: What is the timeline?
A: Since approval of the DMC legislation this past May, the state, City of Rochester, Olmsted County and Mayo Clinic have been working to set up the governance structure defined by the legislation. The first step was to create the Destination Medical Center Corporation Board and appoint members (see previous question for details on the DMCC Board). The next is to create the DMC Economic Development Agency, which will be a private, non‐profit group responsible for executing the DMC development plan under direction of the DMCC Board.
In mid‐October, DMC will also begin the community input process, which will give community members and other stakeholders the opportunity to participate in a discussion about DMC and the future of Rochester.
It is expected that the first draft of a master development plan for DMC will be completed by second quarter of 2014.
- Q: Who keeps track of the public money allocated to DMC?
A: The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is responsible for tracking the $585 million allocated for the DMC project, as well as the first $200 million that is required to be raised privately before public dollars will become available.
- Q: Why is this a good idea for Minnesota?
A: The DMC initiative represents the largest economic development opportunity in Minnesota and one of the largest in the country creating thousands of new jobs and generating billions in new tax revenue.
- JOBS: Mayo growth, combined with DMC, will create an estimated 35,000 – 45,000 jobs in Minnesota (25,000‐30,000 DMC/Mayo direct and 10,000‐15,000 indirect) over 20 years, as well as 1,800‐2,200 jobs from construction per year.
- TAX REVENUES: The DMC, combined with Mayo growth projected forward, will generate significant new state and local taxes:
- The State of Minnesota is projected to collect an estimated $2.5 ‐ $3.0 billion in additional tax revenues (personal income, sales, other state taxes) over a 20‐year period.
- The City of Rochester is estimated to collect approximately $195 ‐ $205 million in additional taxes over a 20‐year period.
- Olmsted County is estimated to collect approximately $145 ‐ $155 million in additional taxes over a 20‐year period.
- Other jurisdictions (e.g. school district, etc.) are estimated to collect approximately $80 ‐ $90 million in additional taxes over the 20 year period.
- CAPTURING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: There is also a commercialization element to DMC – the creation of new business/jobs developed through close collaborations. Rochester, and Minnesota as a whole, is currently losing almost all of the start‐up biotech companies created here to other states. A component of DMC includes a strategy to promote Rochester and the State of Minnesota as a desirable location for start‐up businesses, keeping them, and the jobs they bring, here.
- Q: Who is involved with the DMC initiative?
A: In order for the DMC vision to become a reality, many players must work together toward this common goal. These critical players include the City of Rochester, Olmsted County and Mayo Clinic, but extend to other key community organizations, county and regional leaders, and state leaders as well. Only by working together will we realize the significant benefits offered by the
DMC. Key players include:
- City of Rochester
- Community Asset Inventory Group
- Hospitality 1st
- Mayo Clinic
- Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
- Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc. (RAEDI)
- Rochester Area Foundation
- Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce
- Rochester Arts Council
- Rochester Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Rochester Downtown Alliance
- Rochester Downtown Master Planning Group
- Rochester International Airport Board
- Rochester Sales Tax Committee
- State of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota Rochester
- Q: Will the Economic Development Association (EDA) take over or replace other organizations and groups?
A: Like any organization, the EDA's success will be dependent on partnership and collaboration to achieve success. Community groups such as RAEDI, RDA, the Chamber of Commerce and RCVB will continue to be partners in the DMC initiative, and work closely with the EDA to help implement the DMC vision.
- Q: How can I get involved in DMC?
A: DMC is working to gather community input and ideas on the 7 core strategies. There are multiple ways interested community members can contribute ideas:
- Comment or post on the DMC blog (dmc.mn/blog)
- Post ideas via Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest
- Host a DMC presentation for a community group, business or organization
- Email DMC at firstname.lastname@example.com
DMC has over 90 ambassadors who meet regularly to ask questions and provide feedback on the ideas and questions they are hearing related to DMC. If you are interested in becoming aDMC Ambassador, email Heidi Mestad at firstname.lastname@example.com
- Q: Will DMC address parking, transportation, commuting and traffic issues?
A: One of the core principles of DMC is planned, responsible growth. An effective long‐term development plan must address infrastructure issues such as parking, transportation and traffic. A positive aspect of DMC is it will not only allow for these issues with development projects, but initiatives such as transportation infrastructure, increased residential housing downtown (which will allow people to walk to work and other activities), livable city (walkable community, trails, green spaces), biking trails, bike share programs and others will help relieve the burden on parking and traffic resources in Rochester.
- Q: Are there other communities pursuing initiatives like DMC?
A: While the DMC initiative is unique among other economic development efforts, there are other communities across the United States working to leverage their "anchors," much in the way Rochester will leverage Mayo Clinic's presence to promote growth. Examples are Boulder, Colorado; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Madison, Wisconsin. These communities are similar to Rochester in size and their proximity to larger urban cities. They also have been successful in developing products, places and services in areas such as livable city, hospitality, sports and recreation, transportation, and others that are similar to the DMC areas of focus.
- Q: Why is it important to be a global medical destination?
A: The continued successes and growth of Mayo Clinic and the Minnesota's status as a global medical destination are critical not only to Rochester, but to the economic strength of the State as a whole.
In 2010, Mayo Clinic employed more than 36,000 people and generates more than $9.6 billion in economic impact to the State of Minnesota – 4% of Minnesota's GDP.
In 2011, Mayo Clinic provided $842 million in benefits to the broader community, including cash and in‐kind donations, Education and Research and services to those in need.
In 2012, Mayo Clinic announced it would invest more than $3.5 billion to expand its facilities in Rochester and elsewhere. If the majority of this investment – and future investment ‐ can be secured in Minnesota it will mean more patients, visitors, spending and jobs throughout the region.
Mayo Clinic's continued growth and investments are affected by the ability of Rochester to sustain its competitive position as a global DMC. The DMC investment has been developed to help secure the continued strength and vitality of Mayo Clinic as a global medical destination. This is not only important to Rochester, it's critical to the economic strength of the entire State of Minnesota.
DMC will help ensure the best and brightest minds in medicine, research, education and innovation will continue to consider Minnesota when deciding where to build their careers.
Mayo Clinic has provided a destination for hope and healing for almost 150 years. DMC will help perpetuate this legacy, and provide meaningful experiences of hope, health and hospitality for patients coming to Minnesota for care.
- Q: Why Minnesota/Why Rochester?
A: While Mayo Clinic could locate its global Destination Medical Center in many places, it is in the best interest of the State that they do so here, in Rochester. Mayo Clinic and Minnesota are already a net importer of health spending and home to a wide variety of first‐class medical institutions, health care and medical device companies and community health organizations. Minnesota's position as a global medical destination is a reality but sustaining this position is not foregone conclusion. Without continued growth and innovation, without private investment and without the public infrastructure necessary to support this growth, Mayo Clinic and Minnesota will lose their competitive as a global medical destination.
- Q: What will happen if we don't do this?
A: Mayo Clinic is steadfast in its commitment to meet the growing needs of patients and is prepared to make a massive private investment into additional physicians and staff, new medical buildings, technology, clinical and wellness services and the other enhancements needed to effectively compete and retain its position as one of the world's top medical centers.
While Mayo Clinic could locate its global destination medical center in many places outside Minnesota, it would prefer to make this major expansion here in Rochester. However, if the necessary public support cannot be secured to leverage this significant private investment, those investments could go elsewhere. Continually, Mayo Clinic is approached by others cities, states and countries to expand and extend its unique medical model and services – many are willing to incent Mayo's expansion to their locale with public incentives and financial support.
- Q: Does destination care mean that Mayo will be offering low‐cost care on some procedures to draw in more patients?
A: At Mayo Clinic, we define quality and value as an equation: Quality—meaning patient outcomes, safety and satisfaction—divided by the cost of care over time. The cost of care over time is crucial. By looking at just cost‐per‐procedure, we miss the comprehensive cost of the episode of care, providers' outcomes, safety records and patient satisfaction. These per‐procedure costs do not measure the total cost of health care each individual receives, including the reduced costs patients experience with better outcomes.
Integrated, coordinated care at Mayo Clinic is fundamental to ensuring safety, reducing medical errors and unnecessary procedures, and using finite financial resources responsibly. Coordinating care for patients with chronic diseases, whose care accounts for 75 percent of health care spending, is a clear priority in this arena.
Many chronically‐ill patients obtain their care from multiple providers and care settings seeking a definitive diagnosis and an understandable treatment plan. By getting these patients into an integrated and coordinated system of care, duplication is reduced, care is delivered in a timelier manner and outcomes can be studied so that the care is most effective.


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Army CHESS 101
Ms. Michelina LaForgia, Project Director, CHESS
The Army CIO/G-6 has designated CHESS the Army's "Primary Source" for COTS IT. This presentation will provide an overview of the CHESS mission and its strategy for providing state-of-the-art net-centric hardware, software and support services for the Army Enterprise.
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Ms. Adelia Wardle, Enterprise Software Division Chief, CHESS
You will want to attend this session if you purchase, manage or define requirements for COTS software licenses. You will gain an understanding of Army and DoD policies and standards governing software contracts and agreements. This session will also provide background on the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative, SmartBUY program and software agreement licensing models that could cause your software to go "Bump in the Night" affecting implementations, schedule and cost.
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How to Select the Best CHESS Contract Vehicle for Your Requirement
Ms. Joann Kelly, Division Chief (Acting), NCRCC
Learn about the scopes of the CHESS contracts and how to select the contract vehicle that best fits your requirement. This session will also provide you with the tools to understand the process for ordering from the CHESS contracts.
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Using the Army Consolidated Buy and CHESS IT e-mart
Ms. Joan Pesanello, Product Leader, CHESS
Learn how the Army Consolidated Buy (CB) can be utilized to fulfill desktop and notebook requirements at up to half off the regular price. This session will also demonstrate how the features and resources available on the CHESS IT e-mart can be used to facilitate the purchase of IT hardware, software and services.
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Mr. Al Custis, Computer Engineer, TIC
"Fair Opportunity" and "Best Value" contracting are not incompatible! This briefing will discuss development of evaluation criteria, establishing the significance of selected factors, and the process for documenting evaluation results for best value competitions on CHESS contracts. Technical factors to be explored include defining critical baseline characteristics, operational/service/maintenance of item over the life cycle, and property disposal. The Consolidated Buy specifications, using various platforms, will be used to illustrate an award made on a best value basis.
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This session is your opportunity to ask the CHESS staff anything you ever wanted to know about the CHESS program to include hardware, Consolidated Buy, software, services and IT e-mart. CHESS partners from NCRCC and ISEC-TIC will also be in attendance to answer contracting and technical questions.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Chris Brown scored three touchdowns, and No. 25 Oklahoma throttled Todd Reesing and the nation's second-leading offense en route to a 35-13 victory Saturday over No. 24 Kansas.
The Sooners (4-3, 2-1 Big 12) intercepted Kansas' career passing leader on the Jayhawks' first three possessions. Dominique Franks set the defensive tone with an 85-yard touchdown return of the second interception of the NCAA's fifth-leading passer.
Landry Jones, starting for injured Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford, threw two touchdown passes and had little trouble with a Kansas defense which has been undergoing a midseason overhaul.
Kansas (5-2, 1-2) hurt itself with penalties as well as turnovers and had only two field goals until Reesing's 5-yard TD run with 4:27 left.
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