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Can you predict the future? Can you use your marketing data to predict how your company will perform in the future? Well, not exactly. There is always an element of chance.
However, you can use your past marketing and sales actions to determine what actions need to be taken now and in the future in order to meet or exceed your sales budget. Granted it sounds involved, but it really isn't. In the end, it all comes down to using your marketing data to define lagging and leading indicators.
Making Sense of Your Company's Lagging Indicators
Your marketing data shows you how many inbound leads were generated, how many conversions were generated, how many new customers placed orders and how many of those customers returned. Your marketing data also shows how many inbound calls were received and how many outbound calls were made.
You can easily determine how many customer visits your salespeople had and how many proposals emerged from calls, inbound leads and visits. Ultimately, all this marketing data can be used to determine what your sales team must do today and in the future to meet the same numbers or improve upon them. Lagging indicators are simply historical data points and your marketing data is the source of that history.
Using Lagging Indicators for Benchmarking
So, how do you use lagging indicators to come up with a sales budget? First, your sales numbers are driven by marketing and sales activities. When you know how many actions were taken in the past, then you can easily determine what actions need to happen in the future. You can call upon your history to determine how many inbound leads, outbound calls, customer visits and proposals need to be made so your company can duplicate its numbers.
Increasing those numbers is simply a matter of increasing your activity level. Your marketing data will show you the number of actions taken by day, week, month or quarter. Define a benchmark and then put a plan together to increase those actions.
Combining Both Indicators for Performance Measurement
Let's assume your marketing team averaged 500 inbound leads and 25 conversions a month. Your sales team averaged 60 outbound calls, 30 customer visits and 15 proposals a month. You know what your sales were by month. Now you simply define the impact of increasing these activities on sales or revenue.
So, what happens if you generate 1000 inbound leads and 50 conversions each month? What happens if your sales team increases their activity to 70 outbound calls? Will increasing actions mean you'll increase opportunities? It does, but only if you know what your lagging indicators are and only if you set benchmarks on future leading indicators.
Coming up With a Sales Budget and Action Plan
By no means is this all there is to coming up with a sales budget. It's not simply a matter of increasing sales and marketing activities. A large portion comes from your customers' organic growth and your market's growth. After all, if your biggest customers grow then your company should grow as well.
What this exercise shows is that you can use your marketing data to control the number of activities your marketing and sales team perform. You can set benchmarks on performance for them and you can use your marketing data to determine the number of actions they should be taking to meet your sales budget.
This process is all about defining the number of actions marketing and sales must perform in order to duplicate your past performance. Improving upon it is a combination of increasing sales and marketing activities alongside accounting for your customers' growth. Put them together and you'll have future benchmarks for performance measurement and a sales budget upon which you can rely.
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Cinnamon Crusted Salmon with Sun-Dried Tomato Risotto & Carrots
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"Served in a bowl of sun-dried tomato risotto topped with McCormick Culinary Dill Weed-seasoned carrots, Chef Douglas Wall's Cinnamon Crusted Salmon seafood entrée will have diners swimming through your doors, just in time for the busy holiday season. Treat their taste buds to these seasoned filets, spiced with McCormick Culinary Zesty Pepper, Ground Cinnamon, Black Ground, and Cayenne Pepper."
Cinnamon Crusted Salmon
- 4 ounces Salmon, filets
- ½ cup McCormick Culinary Zesty Pepper Seasoning Blend
- ½ cup McCormick Culinary Cinnamon, Ground
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- ¼ cup McCormick Culinary Pepper, Black Ground
- ½ cup McCormick Culinary Cayenne Pepper
- Sun-Dried Tomato Risotto
- 1-ounce Sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 cup Water
- 2 cups Chicken broth
- ½ cup Heavy cream
- ½ cup Shallots, minced
- 1 each Garlic clove, minced
- 3 tablespoons Unsalted butter
- 1 cup Arborio rice
- ¼ cup Parmesan, freshly grated
- Heirloom Carrots
- 4 cups Heirloom carrots
- 1 tablespoon McCormick Culinary Dill Weed
- 1 tablespoon Canola oil
*For a yield of 24 servings multiplies all ingredients by 6.
For the Cinnamon Crusted Salmon:
1. Season salmon filets with seasoning. Melt butter in sauté pan, sear salmon and cook to medium rare-medium.
For the Carrots:
1. Slice carrots in half, toss in oil and dill, roast in oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
or the Sun-Dried Tomato Risotto:
1. In a small saucepan simmer the tomatoes in the water for 1 minute then drain and chop.
2. In a saucepan melt the unsalted butter and add shallots and garlic. Sauté until translucent. Add the rice, stirring until each grain is coated with butter, and mix in the tomatoes. Add chicken stock (½ cup) and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until the liquid is absorbed. Until the rice is tender, continue adding the liquid, ½ cup at a time, stirring constantly and letting each portion be absorbed before adding the next. Add cream, parmesan and salt and pepper to taste.
For Serving:
1. In a bowl place the sun-dried tomato risotto and top with heirloom carrots and cinnamon crusted salmon.
4 Servings
Reprinted with permission from American Culinary Federation with Credit to: Douglas Walls, Catering and Private Chef in Black Mountain, NC


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Thanks again for celebrating the release of my debut novel with me. I hear a little rumor that the first book in my Violet Night Trilogy will be released March 2012. How exciting is that?
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* First, hey, I made it home. And it's good to be here. For three days, after which I travel again. Sigh.
* After a week of working off my Acer netbook, my desktop monitor looks like a stadium Jumbotron. It's awesome.
* I have a little more than a week's worth of mail to wade through, which I will try to do today and tomorrow. I'll do my usual Obligatory Mail Post when I'm done with that, signaling you if you've not heard from me and wanted to that you may resend. Please don't until then.
* Yes, I watched the inauguration, and yes, I teared up. For a couple of reasons, which you can probably figure out. Then I walked about saying "Happy New President Day!" to people. That said, my feeling at the moment is: Congratulations, Mr. President. Now get to work.
* I'm very disappointed that in the previous comment thread, people spent so much time feeding the troll. Really, people: Haven't I trained you better at this point? Do you really need me to be here and moderate every thread? When someone comes in brandishing several of the Troll Playing Cards™ and slaps them down on the conversational table, don't you know to walk away? It's the three-card monte of online conversation: no matter what you say, the troll wins. Please leave trolls alone, won't you? Even when I'm away? I would appreciate it. Thank you.
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Wow, October already. Thanks Nic for such attractive looking backgrounds. I have been leaving it open for you to chose your own Tim Winton title to read. A lot of them have been reserved for Kincumber's Book Club but there is a box of Breath (so to speak) which I could order if people would like. Breath comes very highly recommended. So I guess my first question would be - what are you reading and why?
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Suggested reading for next month
I'm just going to briefly cut in on Rebecca's month to give you a suggested reading list for next month. Some of the books below are not held by Gosford Library, but are held by me and I would be delighted to share them, let me know if you want to borrow any.
The Wood Wife, by Terri Windling – Native American
Almost anything by Charles De Lint, my favourites are Forests of the Heart and Someplace to be Flying – Native American & Celtic
War for the Oaks – Emma Bull – Celtic
Almost anything by Neil Gaiman, my favourite is American Gods – Eastern European, Norse
Beauty, Rose Daughter, Spindles End, Deerskin by Robin McKinley – retold fairytales
Almost anything by Patricia McKillip, my favourites Ombria in Shadow and Winter Rose – loosely retold fairytales, mostly just have the same flavour
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier – retold fairytale
Valiant, Tithe or Ironside by Holly Black – Elves, fairies, goblins etc in the modern world
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett – Green Man myths
Almost anything by Mary Renault – retold Greek and Roman myths
Almost anything by Rosemary Sutcliff – retold Greek, Roman and Celtic myths
Dreamdark: Blackbringer by Laini Taylor – fairies
Yes, vampire books count too J
Further excellent recommendations can be found on the Endicott Studio site.
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text: How To Home Theater What Is Apple TV? How Does It Work? Apple TV takes the idea of smart television to the next level Share Pin Email Print Cut The Cord Cut The Cord Introduction Before You Cut the Cord How to Cut the Cord Internet Streaming: What It Is and How It Works Get Internet w/o Cable or Phone Get Internet With a Bluetooth Phone Discover Cable Alternatives Android TV Vue from Playstation DirecTV Now CBS All Access YouTube TV All About Hulu Sling TV Devices To Have on Hand What are Dongles? Benefits of TV Antennas Apple TV Amazon Fire TV Chromecast Roku by Daniel Nations Daniel Nations has been a tech journalist since 1994. His work has appeared in Computer Currents, The Examiner, The Spruce, and other publications. Updated November 14, 2019 236 236 people found this article helpful Despite the name, Apple TV isn't an actual television set. Apple TV is a streaming device similar to Roku and Amazon's Fire TV. The little black box is an inch-and-a-half tall, less than four inches along its sides and runs on a platform similar to the iPhone and iPad, which means you can download a whole host of apps and games beyond standard streaming video from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc. Apple TV: What Is It? What Does It Do? And How Do You Set It Up? Apple TV is centered around apps and is designed for streaming movies and TV shows to your HDTV, similar to Roku and Google's Chromecast, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. You can also listen to and watch podcasts on it, play games, stream music, and much more. It all depends on the apps you install. Some apps are free, some cost money, and some are free to download but have a service you have to buy to use the app (think HBO). The only two things you will need to set up Apple TV (besides an actual TV) is an HDMI cable (NOT included) and an internet connection. Apple TV includes an Ethernet port for a hardwired Internet connection and also supports Wi-Fi. It also comes with a remote control. Apple Once you hook it up to your TV via the HDMI cable and turn it on, you'll run through a short setup program. This includes entering your Apple ID, which is the same ID you use to sign in to iTunes and to download apps on your iPad. You'll also need to type in your Wi-Fi information if you are connecting wirelessly. The best part is if you have an iPhone, you can use it to speed up this process. Apple TV and the iPhone will share some of this information for you, avoiding the painful process of inputting information using a remote. What Can Apple TV Do? Lifewire / Maddy Price In essence, Apple TV turns your television into a "smart" TV. You can rent movies or stream your collection from iTunes, stream movies and TV shows from apps like Netflix and Hulu Plus, stream music through Apple Music and Pandora, listen to podcasts, and even use it to replace your traditional cable TV subscription with services like PlayStation Vue and Sling TV. Apple TV 4K has the same fast processor that powers the iPad Pro, which makes it as powerful as most laptop computers. It also has a very fast graphics processor with enough power to turn it into a game console. Apple TV is also hooked into the Apple ecosystem, which means it works great alongside your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This allows you to view your iCloud Photo Library on your TV, including those great "Memories" photo album videos the iPad and iPhone create automatically from your photo albums. You can also use AirPlay to 'throw' your iPhone or iPad screen to your TV, allowing you to interact with any app on your smartphone or tablet using your big screen television. Apple TV Works With HomeKit Apple TV also gives you access to Siri and can become a base station for HomeKit. Apple TV's remote includes a Siri button, allowing you to control your TV by voice. You can also utilize the Siri-like functionality for requests such as telling you the actors in a specific movie or asking it to display all Matt Damon movies. HomeKit is basically the headquarters for your smart home. If you have smart appliances like a thermostat or lights, you can use HomeKit to control them. You can even use your iPhone away from home to communicate with Apple TV in your home to control your smart devices. What Are the Differences Between the Apple TV Models? There are currently two different models for sale and one model recently discontinued. And as you can expect, there are some big differences between them. Apple TV 4K. This is the flagship Apple TV model. It supports 4K and HDR video and is powered by the same A10 processor found in the iPad Pro. If you are looking to buy Apple TV, this is the recommended model. It starts at $179 for 32 GB of storage with an option of upgrading to 64 GB for $199.Apple TV (4th Generation). This model supports 1080p HD video and is powered by the A8 processor, which is the same processor in the iPhone 6. While you may be tempted to buy the 4th generation if you don't have a television that supports 4K or HDR, the $149 price tag only amounts to $30 in savings. And that $30 not only buys you the ability to upgrade your television in the future, it also doubles the speed of the processor and quadruples the speed of the graphics.Apple TV (3rd Generation). This model is no longer for sale by Apple, but you may find one at auction sites like eBay or person-to-person sites like Craigslist. This version delivers video streaming capabilities without the processing power, which means it doesn't have access to the app store. It usually goes for around $50-$60, but you may be better off investing in another streaming device like a Roku or Amazon Fire TV. Tell Me More About Apple TV 4K! While priced higher than all of its competitors, Apple TV 4K may end up being the best bargain in streaming devices. There are a number of reasons why Apple TV 4K is great, but instead of beating around the bush, let's skip straight to the best reason: Apple will upgrade your iTunes movie library to 4K. The average cost difference between an HD version of a movie and a 4K version of a movie is around $5-$10. This means if you have ten movies in your iTunes movie library, you are getting around a $75 value in the upgrade to 4K alone. If you have twenty-five movies, Apple TV 4K practically pays for itself. Of course, the movie will need a 4K version before it can be automatically upgraded, so older movies may show in only high definition or even standard definition. Perhaps even better, Apple will sell 4K versions for the same price as HD versions, so there is no more paying a premium to get the same movie in its best format. In fact, this might be a great deal for everyone simply because it puts pressure on other retailers to do the same. In terms of picture quality, Apple TV 4K supports both 4K resolution and HDR10. While 4K has all the buzz, High Dynamic Range (HDR) may actually be more important to picture quality. As Apple puts it, 4K gives you more pixels on your screen while HDR gives you better pixels. Instead of just increasing the resolution, HDR gives you a higher range of color to increase the image. Apple TV 4K also supports Dolby Vision, which is a form of HDR with an even higher range of color. But Apple TV isn't just about streaming video. The processor in the Apple TV 4K is the same A10X Fusion processor in the second-generation iPad Pro. 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If you know me at all you know that Fall is my favorite season. Along with the change of weather comes a need to boost our immunity systems for the cooler months. Hot apple cider with thieves does the trick!
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This Infographic Shows The Illegal Drugs Americans Spend The Most Money On
Substance.com has put together an interesting infographic showing how Americans spent money on illegal drugs from 2000 to 2010.
The data comes from a study by the RAND Corporation for the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy that shows Americans are spending a staggering $100 billion a year on drugs such as cocaine, meth, heroin, and marijuana.
As the graphic shows, marijuana has overtaken all other illegal drugs in recent years:While marijuana spending has shot up, cocaine spending has decreased dramatically over the past decade.
UCLA professor Mark Kleiman, a leading authority on drug policy, told Vice in January that it's possible cocaine has simply fallen out of favor with drug users. He explained:
"Drug use tends to follow epidemic cycles. When a drug appears, or reappears, it tends to do so at the top of the social spectrum-it's associated with glamour. People are using it for the first time, and they're having a good time. Very few people are in trouble with it because use is relatively new and it has terrific word of mouth. People say, 'Oh my God, this is wonderful, you have to try this!' So you literally get an exponential growth in use. Every new user is a potential source of additional new users. You get a very rapid rise in the number of users.
As David Musto pointed out in 'The American Disease,' over time, two things happen. Once everybody susceptible to the suggestion of 'Let's try this' has tried it, there's a declining pool of new users. And, some of the original users have been at it long enough to develop a bad habit. So now there are fewer users to tell all their friends that 'this is wonderful,' and more problem users who either tell their friends, or demonstrate by their behavior, that this is not wonderful."
Other drugs have gained popularity as cocaine use has decreased. While Heroin spending remained about the same between 2000 and 2010, the RAND report notes that in recent years heroin consumption has increased.


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"After a comprehensive analysis of the final RFP, Northrop Grumman has determined that it will not submit a bid to the Department of Defense for the KC-X program. We reached this conclusion based on the structure of the source selection methodology defined in the RFP, which clearly favors Boeing's smaller refueling tanker and does not provide adequate value recognition of the added capability of a larger tanker, precluding us from any competitive opportunity.
"Northrop Grumman fully respects the Department's responsibility to determine the military requirements for the new tanker. In the previous competition, Northrop Grumman was selected by the Air Force as offering the most capable tanker for the warfighter at the best value for the taxpayer. However, the Northrop Grumman and EADS team is very disappointed that the revised source selection methodology now dramatically favors Boeing's smaller refueling tanker. We agree that the fundamental military requirements for the new tanker have not changed since the last competition, but the Department's new evaluation methodology now clearly favors the smaller tanker.
"We continue to believe that Northrop Grumman's tanker represents the best value for the military and taxpayer – a belief supported by the selection of the A330 tanker design over the Boeing design in the last five consecutive tanker competitions around the globe. Regrettably, this means that the U.S. Air Force will be operating a less capable tanker than many of our Allies in this vital mission area.
"Our prior selection by the Air Force, our firm belief that we provide the best value offering, and the hard work and commitment of the many individuals and communities on our team over many years made this a difficult decision for our company. But we have a fiduciary responsibility to our shareholders to prudently invest our corporate resources, as do our more than 200 tanker team suppliers across the United States. Investing further resources to submit a bid would not be acting responsibly.
"We have decided that Northrop Grumman will not protest. While we feel we have substantial grounds to support a GAO or court ruling to overturn this revised source selection process, America's service men and women have been forced to wait too long for new tankers. We feel a deep responsibility to their safety and to their ability to fulfill the missions our nation calls upon them to perform. Taking actions that would further delay the introduction of this urgent capability would also not be acting responsibly.
"We recognize that our decision likely creates a sole-source outcome for Boeing. We call on the Department to keep in mind the economic conclusions of the prior round of bidding as it takes actions to protect the taxpayer when defining the sole-source procurement contract. In the previous round, the Air Force, through a rigorous assessment of our proposal, determined that it would pay a unit flyaway cost of approximately $184 million per tanker for the first 68 tankers, including the non-recurring development costs. With the Department's decision to procure a much smaller, less capable design, the taxpayer should certainly expect the bill to be much less."
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
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Paul R. Lehman, Changing the criminal justice system and mass incarceration starts at the local levelJuly 10, 2018 at 4:13 am | Posted in African American, criminal justice, justice, justice system, law, lower class, Michelle Alexander, minority, non-violent crimes, Oklahoma, poverty, race, Race in America, social conditioning, social justice system, The Oklahoman | Leave a comment
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Often times, when something happens involving the criminal justice system that has a negative effect on a segment of society, that part of society that is not seemingly directly impacted will pay little or no attention to the problem Usually, they remain uninvolved and uninformed relative to the criminal justice until it affects them directly. What they do not realize is that they have always been directly affected by the system whether they know it or not. One way they, the public, is affected is through the high rate of incarceration and prison overcrowding that the citizens are financially responsible for paying. However, since they do not receive the bill directly, they give little attention to it. The groups that are forced to pay the bills are the poor and people of color. So, for many years mass incarceration has been about controlling people of color and the poor right in plain sight while nothing was done to correct the injustices that were committed against them.
Studies have been conducted relative to mass incarceration ascertaining that the phenomena are not simply an act of maintaining law and order, but a system of economic profit-making. A number of scholars have referred to the criminal justice system as the prison industrial complex because of the vastness of the system and the many people involved at many different levels. Although this system is a nationwide organization, what keeps it going happens at the local levels of society. So, if an effort is made to replace the unjust system, the initial action must take place at the local level. The first order of business is to re-educate the public and present a transparent picture of what happens to a citizen that is incarcerated at the local level and how he or she becomes part of the bodies working for the system.
Many citizens are led to believe that because a person is arrested, charged, and sent to prison that they deserve to be there because they broke the law. Generally speaking, that would be an accurate assessment. However, what created the present situation of mass incarceration had nothing to do with citizens breaking the law, but with the laws being changed to expand the number of people being incarcerated. When President Reagan instituted his war on drugs and crime, he caused a modification of the charges and length of sentencing. The system has since added the fees, fines, and numerous charges to the sentence of the incarcerated person, making freedom almost impossibility if one happens to be poor or a person of color. So, the more people introduced into the system, the more efficiently it runs. For an in-depth look at the subject of mass incarceration please read Michelle Alexander's book THE NEW JIM CROW.
The state of Oklahoma is one of the national leaders regarding mass incarceration in general, but number one as far as incarcerating women is concerned. This problem was brought to the attention of the Oklahoma citizens in the form of two state questions that addressed the rate of incarceration of people with drug problems and non-violent crimes. The state actually passed the two questions 780 and 781 that sought to reclassify drug possession and some other lower-level crimes as misdemeanors. The objective of the questions was to use the money saved from not incarcerating people of these types of crimes and use that money for alternative programs. These types of programs are necessary for addressing the problems and redirecting the money.
Kris Steele, a former Speaker of the House, is the chairman of Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform and leader in attempting to stop the mass march to prison of many citizens. Based on his studies and experiences relative to criminology he understands that prison is not the answer to problems involving drug use and low-level offenses. He expressed some of his concerns in an article, "Justice reform must have buy-in," (7/9/2018) that underscored the injustice of the sentencing today. He also noted the importance of the people involved in the working of the criminal justice system understanding the problems and helping to overcome many of these problems, not trying to maintain the status quo. Steele noted the need for elected officials and others to accept the programs. He stated that "Unfortunately, some elected officials still haven't accepted this approach. In the six months after the state questions were enacted, 882 people were sent to prison with drug possession as their most serious offense—directly rebutting the will of voters."
One of the problems in this matter is the lack of concern of many of the citizens; they either do not care or do not know the seriousness of mass incarceration. Steele noted that citizens pay the price and it is significant: "If each of these 882 people sentenced to prison for drug possession spent one year in prison, it would cost the taxpayer $15 million, and if they were imprisoned for the statewide average for drug possession—25 months—it would cost $32 million.
We know that mass incarceration is a feature of the criminal justice that keeps the system going; we also know that the system is unjust and unfair to people of color and the poor. We realize that we can start to resolve the problem if we work together. Steele noted that "Once this cultural change is embraced by those responsible for implementing reform, Oklahoma can safely reduce its incarceration rate, boost public safety and strengthen families." Oklahomans must keep the pressure for corrective action open and out front for change to occur.
Along with addressing the problem of mass incarceration is the need for prison reform from a national perspective. Michael Gerson in an article "An idea that should succeed in Washington," (7/9/2018) citing the need for prison and sentencing reform referenced two scholars, Steven Teles and David Dagan who identified reform as "an example of 'trans-partisanship," and "a agreement on policy goals driven by divergent, deeply held ideological beliefs." Everything depends on how people view crimes and criminals. They stated that "Liberals look at mass incarceration as see structural racism. Libertarians see the denial of civil liberties, Fiscal conservatives see wasted resources. Religious activists see inhumane conditions and damaged lives."
Gerson summed up the solution for mass incarceration, prison, and sentencing reform by making one simple statement—" All these convictions converge at one point: We should treat offenders as humans, with different stories and different needs, instead of casting them all into the same pit of despair." Easy to say, harder to accomplish.
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After several years of battering by hurricanes, disease and severe drought, Florida agriculture's outlook is bright for 2009. The ray of sunshine in cloudy times reflects a consistent trend in Florida's modern economy: When times are tough elsewhere in the economy, agriculture often thrives.
"It's a reminder that agriculture is a steady, consistent contribution to our state's economy," says Terry McElroy, spokesman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "People don't have to take their Disney vacation. But they do have to eat."
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Eating doesn't have as much to do with it as you might think; nearly a decade ago, horticultural products including shrubs and sod surpassed citrus as Florida's top crop. But almost all agricultural sectors are thriving now, after season upon season of crisis. Last year was particularly painful, as farmers got a one-two punch of drought and record-breaking fuel and fertilizer cost hikes. Several longtime farms and packinghouses packed it up for good.
But now, both fuel costs and rain are falling. And while the housing market decline has driven out a few nurseries that catered to new-home developers, even the horticultural industry is making a comeback. "A lot of people are hunkering down at home to weather the economy, taking vacations at home rather than going away, and that means buying plants," says Jorge Abreu, president of the Miami-Dade chapter of the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association.
Abreu says many growers changed practices to deal with rising costs and found the new ideas worked better than the old: Slow-release fertilizers, for example, and checking plants to see if they need pesticides rather than automatic spraying every few weeks. "The companies that survived are stronger," says Abreu, owner of West Kendall Nursery. "We're all optimistic for the coming year and especially for 2010, when the housing industry begins to come around as well."
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|Here are the ag segments with the greatest value-added impacts — a broad measure of economic contribution comparable to GDP at the national level. Economists say the total value-added impact of agriculture in Florida is $44.36 billion. They put the overall economic impact of agriculture at about $100 billion.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
European Vacation Travelogue: Day 6, Giants Causeway, Rope Bridge Dunluce Catle
Both BioMom and I had been to Ireland in past lives, but neither of us had been to Northern Ireland.
About ten years ago, just before I was really ready to be on the job market, I went to the University of Ireland-Galway to interview for an instructorship position. Ultimately I both didn't get it and I chickened out. I had heard that if you accept a position overseas it is really difficult to get back to the states, so to speak. At the time, I was just not ready to make such a permanent decision.
All of this is to say that we had never been to any major city in the North (Belfast or Derry, for example) or any major tourist attraction, so we welcomed the trip to Giant's Causeway.
According to Wikipedia: The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFómharach)[1] is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
These facts are not nearly as interesting as the legends created around the causeway:
Legend has it that the Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner. One version of the legend tells that Fionn fell asleep before he got to Scotland. When he did not arrive, the much larger Benandonner crossed the bridge looking for him. To protect Fionn, his wife Oonagh laid a blanket over him so he could pretend that he was actually their baby son. In a variation, Fionn fled after seeing Benandonner's great bulk, and asked his wife to disguise him as the baby. In both versions, when Benandonner saw the size of the 'infant', he assumed the alleged father, Fionn, must be gigantic indeed. Therefore, Benandonner fled home in terror, ripping up the Causeway in case he was followed by Fionn.[citation needed]
Another variation is that Oonagh painted a rock shaped like a steak and gave it to Benandonner, whilst giving the baby (Fionn) a normal steak. When Benandonner saw that the baby was able to eat it so easily, he ran away, tearing up the causeway.[citation needed]
Another version of the legend was that Fionn had spent many days and nights trying to create a bridge to Scotland because he was challenged by another giant. A fellow boatsman told him that the opponent was much larger than he. Fionn told his wife and she came up with an ingenious plan to dress Fionn like a baby. They spent many nights creating a costume and bed. When the opponent came to Fionn's house; Fionn's wife told him that Fionn was out woodcutting and the opponent would have to wait for him to return. Then Fionn's wife showed him her baby and when the opponent saw him he was terrified at the thought of how huge Fionn would be. He ran back to Scotland and threw random stones from the causeway into the waters bellow.
The "causeway" legend corresponds with geological history in as much as there are similar basalt formations (a part of the same ancient lava flow) at the site of Fingal's Cave on the isle of Staffa in Scotland.
Here are a few pictures of us exploring the amazing rocks. This tourist attraction was the first of many that BioMom and I noted the degree to which the Irish Government does not restrict access in order to (attempt) to keep tourists safe. You could literally walk out to the edge of the sea which could come up over the rocks forcefully and unexpectantly, perhaps surprising an unsuspecting tourist who could then slip into the icy waters. There were signs of warning, but no restrictions whatsoever.
After the causeway, we had a quick lunch (fish and chips, Guinness and a bit of the World Cup) at The Nook, and then it was on to the Carrick-a-rede-rope bridge (which was thankfully closed) and then to the Dunluce Castle.
The rope bridge is a rope suspension bridge near Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island. It spans twenty metres and is thirty metres above the rocks below.
Dunluce Castle was one of the most intact and ancient castles I've ever seen. Although it was closed by the time we got there, Ten and I went below the castle and explored the watery dungeons.
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- Liz said...
Looks like a great trip! I loved Giants Causeway. And, I was not as lucky as you, the rope bridge was open when I was there and I actually crossed it. I remember just breaking into a semi-run at some point just to get over the thing because, as you point out, safety is not a high priority at many of these sites! Elizabeth and I still joke about how people could easily walk off the edge of the Cliffs of Mohr, but that they did erect a small barricade to keep the sheep back. Love the priorities... :-)
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Oronok Torn-Heart is a level 70 general goods and drink vendor located at Oronok's Farm [52, 23] in the contested territory of Shadowmoon Valley. A shaman in the past and later a cruel lieutenant of Gul'dan, he is now a simple orc farmer who makes a living from his domesticated boars. Oronok supplements his income by selling water, Grilled Shadowmoon Tubers, ammunition, and repairing damaged equipment.
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Sells the following items:
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- [70] Borak, Son of Oronok
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- [70] The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History
- [70] A Lesson Learned
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Upon completing his first two quests, Oronok tells his story. It seems he was not always a farmer, but rather an eyewitness to — and to an extent a participant in — a dark chapter of the orcish race's history.
- Very well. The words you seek have a name, <name>. They are known as the The Cipher of Damnation: The words uttered by Gul'dan himself to shatter this land. The very spell that severed the last remaining ties the orcs had with the elements of Draenor.
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- Aye, it is the cipher that you must reconstruct and ultimately the words of the cipher thay you must call.
- The Cipher of Damnation was kept in Gul'dan's private quarters inside Karabor for twenty years. Ah, that's right, you have no idea what Karabor is, do you?
- The Black Temple...
- Aye, now home to Illidan Stormrage.
- When Illidan took control of the Black Temple, he discovered the Cipher. He recognised that the damage to this world had already been done but thought it wise to keep the cipher secure for later use.
- When you stand at the Altar of Damnation and see the spirits of the damned, kneeling in prayer, what you do not see is me, standing next to Gul'dan.
- <Oronok nods>
- I told you that I was a lot of things, did i not? One of those 'things' was a lieutenant of Gul'dan.
- I have done many terrible things in my life. I have slaughtered man, woman and child alike. Danced in the blood of innocent draenei... yet...
- <Oronok chokes on his words>
- I will never forget that day, <race>. Never. Even though I had long since abandoned shamanism in favor of shadow magic, I felt the cut. A sense of loss so profound... I could not explain it to you with mere words.
- When the tie to the elements was severed, all orcs on Draenor changed. If there was ever any doubt in the power of the shadows, it was washed away with the cresting of the molten lava over the shattered earth.
- A wave of sickness rushed through me. After the ritual was over, I ran home to my children. I gathered what belongings I could carry in my arms and left with my boys. We ran to the hills and hid. There really was no other option...
- Not a day goes by that I don't think of the cut. It has taken 20 years to reconnect with the elements. It has taken 20 years for the elements to even begin to heal.
So what of the cipher now? And your boys?
- As I said, the cipher was found by Illidan when he took over the Black Temple. He divided the tome into three parts and charged their care to his minions.
- My boys... My boys are grown now. When I got word of what Illidan had done with the cipher, I sent my boys to recover the pieces.
- You must find my boys, <name>. You must find them and recover the Cipher of Damnation.
I will find your boys and the cipher, Oronok.
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West Ham have confirmed the signing of Patrice Evra.
The former Manchester United and Juventus player has joined the Premier League outfit on a 'short-term contract' until the end of the season.
The five-time Premier League winner was a free agent after his contract with Marseille was cancelled after he kicked a fan of the Ligue 1 side prior to a match.
The move will see Evra reunited with David Moyes, who he worked under at Old Trafford.
'It happened really fast,' Evra explained. 'My agent called me and told me I needed to come back [from Dubai] to London as quick as I could and I had a nice meeting with the manager, who I know from Manchester United, of course, and I met the Chairman, so it was really easy.
'When you have to make a deal and money is not the issue, the deal could be done in five minutes. The main thing was for me to join West Ham and to help my teammates to win as many games as we can.
'It was the fastest thing I have done in my life, because both parties wanted to work together, so it was very easy to make an agreement!'
Evra, a five-time Premier League champion with Manchester United, will wear the number 27 shirt at the London Stadium.
He added: 'I'm really happy to be a Hammer, to be back in the Premier League and I love this game!'
'It's amazing to be back and I am thankful to West Ham for giving me the opportunity to do my job. When I wake up and know I am going to work hard, to have fun with my teammates and give my best on the pitch, I want to say a massive thanks to West Ham, to the Chairman, to the manager to all my teammates, who have given me a nice welcome, my agent and my brother.'
'I'm just happy to be here, it's really simple. You don't realise how lucky you are and just to wake up this morning and know I am going to train with my new teammates made me smile!'
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Visualizing the MySQL Bug Tide
I've put them in a graph:
I made these with this IPython Notebook. There are more detailed graphs per version in the notebook.
Update: The version in the notebook now uses the same range for the Y axis and has a marker for the GA dates of each release.
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Very nice! What does the Y axis show? Open bugs, or number of bugs being opened? If it's open bugs, then it's very satisfactory to see the number eventually shrinking to zero in each graph. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
The Y axis is the number of opened bugs.Delete
With a small change in the script you can plot (opened-closed) instead of opened.
Don't forget 8.0. Just announced and there are already bug reports for it.ReplyDeleteReplies
That data is not yet available on https://bugs.mysql.com/tide.phpDelete
See also https://bugs.mysql.com/82973
This refers to the "all or nothing" feature of a database transaction according to which the changes in a database occur only if a specific transaction is completed and no change in the database occurs if the transaction remains incomplete.kpi dashboardsReplyDelete


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4 ways to localize your website
To conquer the world, you need to have your website translated into several languages. There are different ways to proceed. Before you choose one of them, here are a few things you need to know about the most common solutions to localise your website.
1. Translating inside the system
The most direct way to translate content in a web content management system (WCMS) is to give translators access to that system. Indeed, some systems include a built-in translate feature. This is straightforward and translators can work directly in the proper context. However, this is never an ideal scenario for a professional translator. Professional translators work best in their preferred translation environment, where they can benefit from translation resources and other useful features such as memories, termbases, machine translation, filters, personalised shortcuts, quality checks. Not only is the translator more productive, but the risk of damaging or deleting tags or variables is minimised. Besides, translators will probably give you discounts based on memory leveraging. This is why letting a translator work inside your system is not a solution I would recommend.
2. Exporting pages
If the solution is to work outside your system, then you should consider exporting the content to be localised, and sending it to your favourite translation partner. The export format is usually XML, XLIFF or HTML. These formats are supported by most translation tools, which means you can save yourself the trouble of copy-pasting content into a Word or Excel file. After translation, the localised files are simply imported back to the WCMS, which becomes multilingual. This will only work as long as your system has an import feature! That said, exporting/importing pages may be a tedious and error-prone process and costly over time. If your need translation in many languages or if your website is constantly updated, you will need a lot of resources. This may not be the right way to go.
3. Using a translation proxy
If exporting content from your WCMS is not easy or if you want to suppress the manual work, you may consider a proxy-based translation solution. With a proxy, you do not need to maintain a multilingual website. Instead, the translated pages are located on different servers. This is popular because a proxy offers a quick way to get your content localised without any development or maintenance required to your original website. However, the long-term cost may be an issue. Indeed, proxy providers may charge you per page views. If the translated versions of your website become popular (and this is what you want, don't you?), you will lose control over your localization budget.
4. Using a connector
A connector is a gateway between your WCMS and your partner's translation management system. Once the gateway has been set up, you simply need to select the content you want to localise and send it for translation. The content travels to the translation management system via the gateway. Once localised, it travels back to the WCMS. No files are actually exported, imported or saved anywhere. This is an easy way to submit content for translation but requires some development upfront. The amount of development needed will depend on how your WCMS has been configured. Yet, the ROI of such a solution may justify the initial efforts.
Obviously, there is no perfect solution. Each method described above comes with pros and cons. Choosing the right method to localise your website really depends on your resources available, the number of languages, your SEO strategy, your update cycle, etc. There are many technology providers and translation vendors out there to help you. Before you set out, I recommend you first speak to them and tell more about your WCMS and your globalization strategy. Then, make some calculations, and see what solution best suits your needs and is the most cost-effective for you.
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The April 11th 2011 editorial in the AMA News, titled Confronting Health Issues of Climate Change, invokes global warming to motivate physicians to address the fact that patients are sicker or developing new conditions as a result of changes in the weather. AMA news April 11, 2011 p 23)
Fine. So what?
2500 years ago, Hippocrates described the observation that the factors which enable us to distinguish disease are as follows: first, we must consider the nature of man in general and of each individual and the characteristics of each disease,
Then, we must consider the patient, what food is given to him and who gives it for this may make it easier for him to take or more difficult the conditions of climate and locality both in general and in particular, the patients customs, mode of life, pursuits and age. (Epidemics, Book I: Hippocratic Writings, Chadwick 1950).
Hippocrates also touched on the science of bioclimatology in his treatise on Air, Waters, and Places: De aëre, aquis et locis
Greek medicine is still practiced in the world as Unani-Tibb, but it is unlikely that the AMA sees any value to educating students and physicians how doctors of the past addressed the constantly changing climate factors that influence disease.
Traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicines also offer insights into sophisticated strategies to manage diseases affected by environmental factors, yet no medical school in the United States offers any credible training in these systems, some forty years after James Reston received acupuncture anesthesia in China.
I was recently contacted by a student at Case Western Reserve Medical School, curious to learn something about the vast heritage of medicine that cumulated in the system that he is now entering.
Unfortunately what he will learn has been stripped of the individualization of diagnosis and treatment that was the hallmark of the Hippocratic revolution: The insights of this powerful system will never be part of his education.
A brief and pointless ritual with an insipid and uninspired, fake, Hippocratic Oath is the closest any modern medical student will come to the profound contribution that this vast intellect made to medicine.
The AMA has hosted four state based CME courses on climate change. Of course the focus is less on correct diagnosis and treatment than the message that physicians should help fight the problem at the source by reducing waste and energy consumption through recycling and improving office energy efficiency.
Yes, and further, doctors can encourage employees to walk, bike or take public transportation to work.
Thanks, AMA! I am sure that patients will appreciate these efforts, even as they would secretly wish that their doctor could actually treat the effects of climate imbalances on their symptoms and suffering. More atriums and waterfalls, please!
Feng shui in the waiting room is more important than seeing patients on time. Who knew that patients really wanted their physicians to have awareness of global warming instead of relief from their symptoms?
The AMA, as well as a variety of bloated, tax payer funded, do-gooder organizations, should be commended for diverting time and money away from clinical medicine and into climate change awareness. http://www.noharm.org/lib/downloads/climate/Addressing_Climate_Change.pdf
Profits at the nations seven largest publically traded insurers went up in 2010 as plans spent less on care and used income to buy back their stock to boost per-share earnings.
Medical loss ratios - the percentage of each premium dollar spent on medical care dropped for six of the seven biggest health insurers in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with the fourth quarter of 2009.
The operating environment for commercial insurers continues to improve as federal agencies issue guidelines with softer language and delayed compliance dates said Dave Shove, a health care investment analyst with BMO Capital Markets. (AMA News)
The pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) is still unknown, but a number of mechanisms have been identified that impact its development. One subtype of depression appears to be related to vascular changes and vascular disease.
This type of depression, sometimes called vascular depression, is particularly common in older patients as they are more likely to have underlying vascular disease. It appears to be associated with all types of vascular disease, including cerebrovascular disease, coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome, angina, and high hemoglobin A1C.
Elderly patients with four or more vascular conditions are two times more likely to have depressive symptoms compared with those with no or one vascular condition.
The clinical picture is similar to other types of depression but with increased rates of fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and poor executive functioning. (ACP Medicine 10.2310/7900.1021).
(Ed.) Chinese medical theory has long recognized the connection between the cardiovascular system and mental disorders, and how cardiovascular disease can create depression and vice-versa.
Many drugs used to treat depression have been found to have toxic side effects for the heart, and treatments for heart disease can similarly worsen depression.
Sophisticated treatment using these insights of traditional medicine is not taught at any medical school in the United States, and most Western trained psychiatrists and cardiologists are inadequately trained to utilize these insights in clinical practice.
Oncology practices and their patients have been negatively affected by record shortages of chemotherapy drugs that are medical necessities, among them bleomycin, carboplatin, cisplatin, cytarabine, doxorubicin, etoposide, leucovorin, mechlorethamine, vinblastine, and vincristine.
"This is the worst it's been in my career," says Joseph Coyne, RPh, Vice President of Pharmacy Services at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a multi-state network of cancer treatment hospitals and outpatient oncology clinics headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. "It's a real challenge."
The reasons for the drug shortages are varied. In some cases, manufacturers can't find enough raw products to meet the rising demand for their drugs. In other cases regulatory issues, such as a failed inspection, delay the manufacturing process.
A recent wave of pharmaceutical company mergers and subsequent belt-tightening also slashed the industry's drug-making capacity -- particularly for older, generic drugs.
"They don't have a big profit margin, I'm sure," said Dr. Edward Greeno, medical director at the Masonic Cancer Clinic at the University of Minnesota. "They're small manufacturers making them. So they're often not the things that are being made by the huge pharma companies
The drug shortages are having an "alarming impact on hospitals and patients throughout the country," according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) president Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, FASHP.
A recent survey of 1800 health professionals conducted by the ISMP found that 20% of practitioners reported that their hospital has experienced medication errors due to drug shortages, and that 19% of these errors resulted in adverse patient outcomes. In some cases, patients have died. (Medscape Medical News Cancer Drug Shortages Are Placing Patients at Risk November 19, 2010).
Revised work hour limitations will be going into effect in July 2011. First year residents can work a maximum of 16 hours, and other residents can work up to 24 hours at a time, with an additional four hours to manage transitions in care.
As I suggested in the May 2010 editorial, there is no evidence that physicians can maintain alertness and clinical competence for 16, let alone 28 hours of wakefulness.
24 hours is a workday that is more than three times longer than airline pilots are permitted.
Flying a plane, though it requires good judgment and motor skills, is much more predictable than practicing medicine, and pilots have a co- pilot to assist them.. There is no automatic pilot for physicians (yet).
In an era of so called evidence based medicine, where is the data that physicians maintain the intellectual and emotional skills to practice medicine effectively without sleep? Where is the evidence that a second year resident can magically work 12 hours longer than a first year resident?
Doctors are well aware of the increased disease and accident risk associated with sleep deprivation in their patients, but apparently the economic benefits of forced labor outweighs this concern for hospital workers:
A Harvard study suggests that inadequate sleep results in psychological disorders and memory problems, but these are apparently not of concern to medical educators.
Everyone from new mothers to combat veterans to shift workers recognize the hazards of inadequate sleep and the rapid deterioration of intellectual and emotional skills that result. But, there simply are not enough residents to safely and humanely treat patients in our billion dollar health cathedrals if they were afforded correct sleep schedules and nutrition.
Medical care is risky enough when it is performed properly. Understaffed hospitals and residency programs would like to continue to amass profit from underpaid and overworked student physicians, and professional organizations and education thought leaders are happy to oblige. (American Medical News October 2010 p 18).
"Is Anyone Thinking?" Department
Is no one besides me tired of the endless assault of fictional monsters across the land? Whats worse, instead of real monsters, they are huggable and sensitive monsters who endlessly pursue a cliché ridden search to find their humanity.
Horrible and frightening on the outside, their true inner nature is exactly the opposite warm, caring and sensitive but, oh so misunderstood.
Book and screenwriters have the situation completely wrong. The misunderstood monster with a heart of gold or the angst filled I cant help myself but I hate what I do monster endlessly portrayed by fifth rate fiction writers does not exist, and is a bad role model to boot.
Real monsters look just like everyone else, but they have no humanity on the inside. Their heartlessness is what makes them monsters, not their canines or fur or decaying flesh. They are insensitive to others suffering, and sometimes their own, and their repulsive acts and despicable behavior defines their monstrosity.
Because they are heartless, they have no moral compass. Remorse, if seen, is acted rather than felt. There is no hesitation to commit horrific crimes against their fellow men and women, friends, strangers, wives, husbands, children, parents, family members. It makes no difference.
In fact, the modern monster is much too easily understood. But true human beings, those who do have a heart and are saddened and shocked by the carnage of modern monsters, live mostly in denial that such monsters live all around them.
They remain in denial as mutilated and decaying bodies fill the case files of detectives in tiny hamlets, rural outposts, and enormous cities.
They remain in denial even as sensationalist print and screen media exploits an endless and burgeoning parade of those few degenerates who are actually caught, repackaging their passage through our feckless legal system as entertainment.
They remain in denial despite revelations that for every monster, the most recent horror is not the first, and that previous efforts at isolation, therapy, or rehabilitation, have failed, and monsters were released to prey again.
And, to no ones surprise, monstrous acts were again the result. Monsters don't rehabilitate.
Monsters dont indulge their urges every day. They are opportunists that slink beyond the glare of light, camouflaged by their ability to appear to be human beings. But, there are ways to tell.
Monsters delight at killing or torturing animals as children or adults.
Monsters are inventive at cruelty.
Not all narcissists are monsters, but all monsters are narcissists.
Monsters do not display humility, appreciation, or gratitude.
A great many monsters have mastered charm and their victims remain unaware of their peril until it is too late.
And, like their fictional counterparts, monsters are extremely dangerous. Even as individuals, their accumulated toll of horrors is too great to list.
Given power and position, they have covered the globe with blood and suffering, and continue to do so today.
Screen based fiction is a pleasant opiate for our society. Its success at lulling people into passivity, sleep and confusion is truly awesome.
Its negative effects on attention and intellect are evident in every corner of the United States.
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