The UN-L Student Chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association

The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is a professional organization consisting of 25 regional chapters with more than 3,500 professional and student members. Members come from advertising and marketing agencies; media (including farm publications, radio and television stations and newspapers); associations and companies; and others providing services to the agribusiness marketing executive

A Working Paper*: Quality of Life of Rural Nebraskans: How are they Doing and What is in the Future?

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................. i INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1 METHODOLOGY AND RESPONDENT PROFILE....................................... 2 FINDINGS ................................................................................................ 4 Global Well-Being (Figure 1)............................... 4 Change in the Modern World (Figure 2)...............................6 Personal Well-Being............................... 6 Availability of Services and Amenities (Figure 3)............................ 8 Dissatisfaction with Services and Amenities (Figure 4)........................... 9 Dissatisfaction with Services/Amenities by Region (Figure 5)...................... 10 Dissatisfaction with Services/Amenities by Community Size (Figure 6)............ 12 Dissatisfaction with Services/Amenities by Income Level (Figure 7)............... 13 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................ 1

Detection of intrinsic source structure at ~3 Schwarzschild radii with Millimeter-VLBI observations of SAGITTARIUS A*

We report results from very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) observations of the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center, Sgr A*, at 1.3 mm (230 GHz). The observations were performed in 2013 March using six VLBI stations in Hawaii, California, Arizona, and Chile. Compared to earlier observations, the addition of the APEX telescope in Chile almost doubles the longest baseline length in the array, provides additional {\it uv} coverage in the N-S direction, and leads to a spatial resolution of $\sim$30 $\mu$as ($\sim$3 Schwarzschild radii) for Sgr A*. The source is detected even at the longest baselines with visibility amplitudes of $\sim$4-13% of the total flux density. We argue that such flux densities cannot result from interstellar refractive scattering alone, but indicate the presence of compact intrinsic source structure on scales of $\sim$3 Schwarzschild radii. The measured nonzero closure phases rule out point-symmetric emission. We discuss our results in the context of simple geometric models that capture the basic characteristics and brightness distributions of disk- and jet-dominated models and show that both can reproduce the observed data. Common to these models are the brightness asymmetry, the orientation, and characteristic sizes, which are comparable to the expected size of the black hole shadow. Future 1.3 mm VLBI observations with an expanded array and better sensitivity will allow a more detailed imaging of the horizon-scale structure and bear the potential for a deep insight into the physical processes at the black hole boundary.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, accepted to Ap

Farm Use of Computers and Internet

The availability of personal computers and the Internet has changed the business climate on farms and ranches across the United States. Record keeping, business analysis, communications and marketing are a few notable examples of potential computing applications. But how many in the farm sector have taken advantage of this potential tool

Internet Access in the United States

The rapid expansion of Internet has changed the business landscape throughout the United States. But as Internet becomes a larger part of everyday life, do we all have equal access to its resources? How does Internet access differ across categories such as geography, race and ethnicity, income and education

NAMA at National Marketing Competition in Kansas City

The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is comprised of over 25 chapters in six regions nationwide and has more than 3,500 professional and student members. NAMA professionals have a background in advertising, marketing, media or other areas of agribusiness. This year, members of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) had the chance to attend the National Marketing Competition held April 18-21 in Kansas City