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Help Preserve Ags Heritage With National Museum Of American History Project
2013-03-19 21:23:00| Beef
Source: National Museum of American History On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture stories about precision farming, food-borne illness tracking, environmental concerns, government practices, irrigation, biotechnology and hybrid seeds. read more
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3 Reasons History Fails as Foundation for Used Vehicle Inventory Strategy
2013-03-15 18:33:15| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
From time to time, Im asked to explain why I dont believe that a dealers history of used vehicle sales is a reliable guide to determine the cars to acquire and sell in the current market. Ill often begin my explanation with an important caveat: I do not dismiss the value of history to provide clues into the present market. There are some vehicles in some markets that can rightly be regarded as old reliablescars that, time and again, prove to be profitable, retail winners for a dealer. Similarly, some dealers have carved effective market niches for select types of vehicles/segments. In such instances, past sales history can help these dealers continue to feed a market niche. Beyond these scenarios, however, I believe that dealers who rely on history to guide their choices for acquiring and retailing used vehicles are unnecessarily limiting their retailing and profitability potential. Dale Pollak, president and founder of vAuto, Inc, shares his opinion of the relevance of including dealer history in their used vehicle strategies and why it may not be advisable to rely on history when establishing strategy. [Read more] The Article 3 Reasons History Fails as Foundation for Used Vehicle Inventory Strategy appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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04.29: Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History
2013-03-15 02:35:55| Powells Books Events Calendar
William J. Bernstein's A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World, an Economist and Financial Times Best Book of the Year, placed him firmly among the top flight of historians like Jared Diamond and Bill Bryson, capable of distilling major trends and reams of information into insightful, globe-spanning popular narrative. In Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History (Grove Press), Bernstein (also a practicing neurologist) masterfully guides the reader through the vast history of communications, from the advent of writing to the rise of the internet, social media, and cell phones. He explains how new communication technologies, and in particular our access to them, impacted human society.
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Factor Field History, Weather into Crop Disease Management Decisions
2013-03-12 19:44:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Purdue University Field history and weather patterns are important in determining how to best manage crop diseases, says Kiersten Wise, a Purdue plant pathologist. Many organisms that cause crop diseases can survive in the soil and residue for several years. The fungi that cause sudden death syndrome, or SDS, and Phytophthora root rot are two examples in soybeans. Foliar and ear rot diseases, such as Goss's wilt and Aspergillus ear rot, are examples in corn. read more
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History to new heights: Peter Booth has a plan for Museum of Western Colorado
2013-03-10 10:59:26| Beverages - Topix.net
Peter Booth, the new executive director of the Museum of Western Colorado, enjoys the view of the city from the museum's tower.
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