Determination

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Determination is the key ingredient for every entrepreneur.
Forbes Quote of the Day
July 22, 2016
http://www.forbes.com

Culturally it feels right

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The Three Musketeers (2011)

“I missed my home – like the physicality of my home, I missed my friends and my family mostly and just hanging out and being in your home country – culturally it feels right and that is what I miss.”
Orlando Bloom
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/o/orlandoblo361340.html

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change

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“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change”
Albert Einstein

in:
Being Agile. Your Roadmap to Successful Adoption of Agile. Mario E. Moreira. Apress. 2013, p. 223
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4302-5840-7_23

Antibiotic Use On The Farm: Are We Flying Blind?

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Antibiotic Use On The Farm: Are We Flying Blind?
August 29, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/08/29/216874940/with-no-data-on-antibiotic-use-on-the-farm-are-we-flying-blind

Denmark has led the world in efforts to control antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.
Every year it publishes a big volume of numbers — and Scott can’t get enough of them. “Diving into these data, and visiting Denmark, is kind of like Disneyland for those of us who like big data,”

There are lots of people who want something similar for farms in the United States.
They include public health experts, but also activist groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Congress is considering a bill that would force the FDA to collect this data and publish it.

… better numbers could actually mean less suspicion and fear.
Many people want to know exactly what meat producers are doing, he says.
When they can’t find the information they want, they’re inclined to assume the worst.