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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
The problem with the cost of a college education today is easily available government backed loans. Let me explain.
In 1955 when I was in Prep School the following were the costs of some retail items compared to what they are in 2012.
Prep School Harvard Ford Restaurant
Medical 4-dr Filet
School Sedan Dinner
1955 $450/yr $1753. $1.60
2012 $37,000/ $20,000/ $25.00
When I was attending Prep School and the first year of Harvard Medical school I was able very easily able to work the 3 summer months and make the money for the yearly tuition of about $500. When attending Prep School I was working at a flower farm making 50 cents per hour. I worked 80 + hours per week (yes, that was 80 hours!) and made $40-45 dollars weekly. My mother gave me $5 to go horse - back riding at Cataldos and she put the rest in the bank for my Prep School tuition. I could easily make the necessary tuition. I was on a tuition scholarship at Harvard so that helped.
In addition I easily afforded a second-hand Cadillac while attending both Prep School and board and room while at Harvard. My parents who were regular blue - collar workers were easily able to afford the extra money.
Now, you tell me how in the devils name can a regular family afford a yearly tuition of 37,000 required in 2012? They cannot.
So here comes the government – backed loans. The colleges and universities respond by upping their tuition rates to god – forbidden rates. The poor students and their families are thrown into a debt, which is difficult to pay back, especially in our present environment. I could never have been able to afford it even in 1955 if a similar situation were occurring.
It is a real shame that the government sticks its nose in affairs of the regular economy. There is no give - away programs that I know of that corrects financial problems, especially where these problems do not really exist. If individuals were able to work whatever hours they want without government interference.
For 20 years I owned a 4-star Italian restaurant. We hired teenage busboys who were unable to work after 7 P.M. On Friday and Saturday evenings – a time when we began to get very busy, we had to let our busboys go home. Where did the go? They went out in the streets only to get in trouble. What is the government doing getting themselves involved in the free enterprise of business? Many of the child labor laws are predicated on the abuses that occurred in the 1920's and '30's. Our teenage labor opportunities have change since then and we should update the laws.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
Labels: college education costs, student loans
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
On the third day of trading Facebook continues its downward spiral. Eventually it will reach its true value. As an entity that keeps people connected it is a great company. But as a company that makes real money it leaves much to be desired.
GM was smart when it stopped buying advertising from Facebook because they were not selling any cars. Eventually, other companies will realize the same thing. Many big companies are so stupid. They have a budget that contains a certain number of dollars allocated to advertising. But do these companies really evaluate how well each advertising scheme works?
Does the Breitlinger Watch Company really know how many watches they sell from their TV ad? Do any of the companies that make war devices know how many of their products are purchased by the general public watching these ads? I do not know anybody buying fighter planes or smart bombs. But these companies have advertising dollars allocated to advertising and they spend this money because it is in the budget.
Boy, could I save these companies a lot of money! Could I improve their bottom line!
Back to Facebook that sells either lists of their participants or expect their participants to buy the ads posted on Facebook. The hype promulgated by Facebook far exceeds the results.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
22 Mayo 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
There is little doubt that Face book is making money. The question to ask is whether the companies that advertize on Face book make money. It is my belief that they do not based upon my limited research.
I know many individuals who use Face book. Some of them are so addicted that they practically live on the site. I think that they are all fools sharing their personal information with so many others, most of whom are perfect strangers. I believe that the damage done to impressionable young individuals is inestimable. There are many cases of cyber bullying that I believe is not so much the fault of the so-called bully but rather the fault of the stupid individual who believes they are being bullied.
When I was growing up there was a saying: "Sticks and stones can hurt my bones, but words can never hurt me." This was so true then as it is today. When you see teenagers watching things said about them on the internet and they are getting so upset at what they read someone else posted about them, it is extremely upsetting especially when there have been cases of suicide by the person being bullied. I know of people who noticed something bad said about them on a posting and they are eager each day to read the next negative posting. How sad! How stupid. It is like someone who discovered that touching a hot stove hurts, and he or she repeatedly touches the stove to elicit more pain.
Physical pain is one thing. Psychological pain is another. Very few individuals would repeatedly subject themselves to sources of physical pain. But psychological pain is yet another thing. In my medical experience I have encountered many people who repeatedly subject themselves to psychological pain and repeatedly suffer the negative consequences.
Let me return to the subject of this Blog. General Motors, after studying their advertizing experience with Face book realized that their advertizing was not resulting in increased sales of cars. They subsequently ceased advertizing. As mentioned earlier of the many individuals I know who use Face book, none have ever bought anything from those who advertize there. Just this morning I asked a business associate who uses Face book daily. When asked he admitted to never having purchase anything from a Face book advertisement. Just because Face book can demonstrate that they reach millions and millions of people, how does this relate to whether any of these millions buy anything?
I am suggesting that companies who advertize on Face book examining whether their advertizing results in sales. GM did this and realized that it did not, and they are now saving millions of dollars in ineffective advertizing.
Mark Zuckerburg, the founder of Face book, is a huckster, now a very rich huckster. He stole the idea of Face book from his Harvard co-students. He is youthful and one is enticed to believe him. But this does not change the fact that he is a huckster. And now he steals from people and companies who advertize in Face book because he somehow makes them believe that they must use his product to survive financially. Nothing could be further from the truth.
On the first day of trading this past Friday, Face book opened at $38, immediately went up a few points and finally closed a few cents above its opening price. This morning, the second day of trading it is now trading down 11%. I predict it will go down further. Just look at what happened this past week. Face book was initially priced at about $25. Then a few days before they decided to increase the opening price to 38. These people are huckster hogs!
How stupid the general public is.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
19 May 2012
Labels: facebook a scam to advertizers
General Motors did the correct thing in taking away financial support from Facebook. GM was able to prove that it was not getting sales from advertising in Facebook. How many other companies should review the sales they supposedly receive from Facebook advertising?
I know very many people who use Facebook constantly. Many of my friends practically live on Facebook. Personally I do not use Facebook because I believe it to be a scam. Besides, why should I, or anyone for that matter, share our private information for all to see? Who needs to know our private information?
But, this is the crux of the matter. I have asked all my friends who use Facebook constantly whether they have purchased anything from what they see advertised on Facebook. NONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS I SURVEYED HAVE EVER PURCHASED ANYTHING FROM FACEBOOK ADVERTISING! What does that tell you?
It tells us that Facebook is a scam selling advertising to others – advertising that eventually sells nothing. Once the public realizes this and companies cancel their advertising, I predict that Facebook will join other companies in the technology graveyard.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
Monday, November 21, 2011
The so-called Super Committee was doomed to fail. Why? Because Congress wanted it to fail!
On the one hand the Senate Majority leader selects his six individuals – all very liberal persons who have been known not to compromise.
On the other hand, the Republicans also select six very conservative individuals who could be counted on not to compromise.
And there you have it. So why would anyone think the 12 could ever get together to come to any agreement?
I tend to sympathize with the conservatives because there is no doubt in my mind that we do not have a revenue problem in Congress. WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. The Democrats must spend for that is the way they buy the votes of those in our society who want to receive a government payout. Look at history. One does not have to be a student in Logic to see the obvious.
In every nation and for time immemorial we have had a disparity between the rich and the poor. And we will continue to do so. People who work hard tend to have more than those who are lazy who tend to have less. I realize this may be an oversimplification. But the poor masses will always be with us. Income redistribution will never work. No socialistic approach has ever worked and will never.
Nicola Michael Tauraso, M.D.
21 November 2011
Labels: lack of bipartisan politice, SUPER COMMITTEE FAILURE
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Most economists believe that the Greek economy can only be solved if the Greek were to devalue their economy by at least 40%. Can this be done? I believe it can but it will take enormous sacrifice. But do the Greeks have a choice?
The Greeks have enjoyed the unwarranted largess of feeding at the trough of government too long. It is estimated that 20% of the Greek population work in one way or another for the government. I have seen many estimates. I believe the 20% figure may be a reasonable one.
When one considers that governments are not structured like businesses to make money and that they must obtain their income from taxes that do not come from a profit-making venture, it is difficult to see how they can sustain feeding such a large percentage of the population. And as we can see eventually the economy will collapse. This is what is happening now in Greece, and it looks like Italy may be on a similar track.
To really solve the problem, it is suggested as mentioned above that a solution can be found if the Greeks were able to reduce the totality of their economy by 40%. Apparently they have instituted austerity programs by about 5% and reduced their economy by that amount. But this apparently has and is not enough.
I am suggesting that in order to achieve a 40% reduction that the Greeks reduce their overall economy by 10% every year for four times. Everyone would necessarily have to take a pay reduction of 10%. All businesses would be required to lower the prices for good by 10% every year until the goal is reached. The only ones who would really suffer are businesses because the goods they are selling today cost them 10% higher. I will explain how this might be accomplished later.
The problems facing Greece, Italy, and some other nations are coming from the fact that they are going against the Laws Governing the Equilibrium of Energy in the Universe. I have somewhat alluded to this in a previous not-very-much-read book entitled "God, Man, and the Universe – An Holistic Perspective" in which is described the Laws of the Universe in the three Realms of Reality: Physical, Mental, and Spiritual.
The Laws Governing the Equilibrium of Energy would be as it relates to the Physical Realm. I shall explain.
We who study Medicine know that, if we consume too much saturated fats and bad cholesterol, these substances promote the deposition of cholesterol/calcium plaques in the inner walls of arteries essentially hardening and clogging them. These damaged arteries within the heart leads to heart attacks. If the cholesterol-laden arteries are in the legs insufficiency of blood flow ensues and in a severe form, seen frequently in diabetics, tissues may actually die as a result leading to the need for amputation.
But Nathan Pritikin has shown that this deposition of cholesterol is a two way street. If one begins to consume a diet extremely low in cholesterol and saturated fats, these substances begin to leave the plaques returning the arteries to a more normal condition. This is because the Law of Energy Equilibrium governs the flow of these substances both ways.
Another medical analogy is the calcium going into and out of bones. There is a constant flow of calcium in and out of bones so that the calcium that exists within our bones today was not there 6 months ago. There is a constant flow into the bones when the bones need to be strengthened and calcium flows out from the bone repository when needed in its ionic form to control muscle tension and other functions.
Also in the Physical Realm, we observe the daily ebb and flow of the oceans because of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon. With this ebb and flow the waters of the ocean move affecting how marine creatures live.
Returning to the Greek debt problem, most economists believe that the problems arose because the Greeks were spending capital they did not have to sustain social issues. Eventually, there was not enough money flowing in to sustain the outflow and the economy collapsed. Relating this to the Law Governing Energy Equilibrium, if not enough money flowing in caused the debt problem, increasing the input can solve the problem. Or since increasing the input cannot be accomplished, as in the Greek case, decreasing the output or spending can accomplish the same thing.
We understand that the Greek debt problem did not develop overnight. It took years of intake/output imbalance to create the problem. It will take years of a potential solution to reverse the process. Pritikin realized that it took years of dietary indiscretion to cause hardening of the arteries, and is might take a similar number of years of dietary discretion to solve the problem. This is exactly what he observed in his clinic in Santa Barbara, California. Although it took years to develop arteriosclerosis, within months of a strict diet, he began to observe a reversal. In time the arteries of individuals in his study returned to a more healthy condition. Heart disease was reversed and individuals were able to walk greater distances without experiencing arterial insufficiency.
The diet we are suggesting to solve the Greek debt problem is to reduce all expenditures by 10% annually but in increments of 1%/month for the first 10 months of the year with a 2 months rest period each year. In 4 years the reduction will reach about 40%, that is what many economists believe is the imbalance in the Greek economy.
We realize this is an extremely rigid monetary diet, but we also believe there is no other choice. We believe that 1% haircut is drastic but it can be done. The Greek population will not like it. It will take will power in those responsible for correcting the problem. The politicians created the problem in the first place, and they will have to develop the fortitude to correct their past mistakes. One cannot continue to ignore a Law of the Universe and get away with it, at least not for very long.
Although Italy's disease has not yet progressed to the severity of Greece, Italy should begin doing the same. A country just cannot sustain an imbalance of intake and output to the degree practiced by some countries.
Those in the economic community who have championed free and universal trade are beginning to realize that with a so-called free universal trade we are all tied together like dominos on a game table. Be careful when one domino begins to fall. The entire table can eventually be affected. Remember the Law of Energy Equilibrium. Everything is in equilibrium. It is prudent to appreciate what might occur at both ends of the equilibrium span.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
12 November 2011
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Labels: Greek Debt problem, Laws of Universe
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Why did we kill Osama Bin Laden and not just capture him? After all he was essentially unarmed. They said he was about to reach for some rifles in the corner of the room, but they could have wounded him. But the President ordered the Seals to kill him and they did.
It is generally believed that Bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Although he was the Founder and Leader of Al Qaida and essentially responsible for 9/11, he was not the mastermind of 9/11. We know the mastermind to have been Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the number three in command of Al Qaida; we have him imprisoned in Guantanamo since he was captured on 1 March 2003. He has been sitting there for 9 plus years and we have been unable to prosecute, convict, and sentence him. A logical question would be "why."
Our Justice Department and essentially the President are totally inept at handling the potential trial of this man. We should have tried him within the first year after capture. We could learn some things about swift justice from the Iraqis, who did not take very long to try and administer justice to Saddam Hussein.
The real reason why we killed Bin Laden is because, if he were just captured, he would wind up in one of our prisons where he would stay indefinitely because we could not ever make up our minds on what to do with him. He could have joined his number 3 man there where they both could enjoy TV and reading their beloved Koran.
We have an Attorney General who is more interested in harassing Gibson Guitar than he is in protecting our Country from real criminals.
Sometimes I wonder how we profess to be so intelligent when in reality our government is so stupid.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
Labels: Inept Justice Department, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Killing Osama Bin Laden
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
As a physician I must protest the lack of understanding of the value of immunizing young girls with a most useful vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
It has been shown that four types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause 70% of cervical cancers and 90 Y of genital warts. This vaccine is one of the most significant medical discoveries in the past 10 years.
Texas Governor Rick Perry, as he admitted in a recent debate, probably made a mistake in how he tried by mandate the immunization of young girls, but he was right on target on attempting to accomplish a good medical deed. He probably should have made it voluntary and allowed families to opt into taking the vaccine.
The criticisms, mainly from Michelle Bachman and Rick Santorum were nothing less than demagoguery. If I hear Bachman say again that it was wrong to inject young 12- year old girls with the vaccine, I am going to vomit. Bachman just does not appreciate the value of the vaccine, the recommendations of which are to administer to 12–13 year young girls.
The government in almost all states requires the children be vaccinated against Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Whooping Cough, and Tetanus. Parents cannot opt in for these vaccines. These vaccinations are required by law. Parents can opt out usually for religious reasons.
So what is the beef about giving a vaccine to prevent one of the leading causes of cancer death for women in the United States? Although in the past 40 years, the number of cases of cervical cancer and the number of deaths from cervical cancer have decreased significantly – a decline largely the result of many women getting regular Pap tests, which can find cervical pre-cancer before it turns into cancer -- , the usefulness of the HPV vaccine as a tool for prevention cannot be denied.
I suggest that Bachman and Santorum get off their demagoguery of mentioning the injection of 12-year old girls as if it were a crime and learn about the usefulness of vaccines before they speak and attack a Governor who was trying to do the right thing.
I was a great supporter of Bachman but after her display in the debates, she comes off to me a "just another politician."
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
No wonder Greece is in trouble. I thought we had a large bureaucracy. Greece has a population of about 10.7 million with a parliament of 300, that is, there is one representative for every 35,600 people.
In the US we have a population of about 307.2 million with a congress (representatives, 435 + senate, 100 = 535), that is one member of congress for every 574.2 thousand people. One representative in the US represents 16 times more individuals than in Greece.
Another very interesting fact is that 25% of the Greek population is employed by the government. How can an entity that does not produce any product to sell or make an income sustain a population? Really, it cannot. It must tax the other 75% to pay for the 25% it employs. This situation is unsustainable. It is no wonder that the Greek government is bankrupt.
Look at all the mouths the Greek population must feed to be represented! In the US we have too many representatives who fall over each other trying to make too many laws. I will admit the less does not seem to be any better. Look at our senate with only 100 senators. As long as I can remember our senate has been dysfunctional. They seem to not be able to make up their minds about anything. I believe that the number may not be as important as the number of years they can serve. Being able to stay in the senate for 6 years gives senators a feeling of vulnerability. They seem to act as if they are insulated from their voters and think they can think for themselves.
Representatives, whether they are representatives or senators, should not think for themselves. They should think for the people they represent. But the electorate is basically stupid. Over the years I have watched representatives and senators get reelected even though they vote against their electorate. I have known individuals who have voted for people just because they admitted knowing them and not knowing their opponent – what they call "name recognition." How uninformed!
I have known individuals who have voted democratic or republican just because their parents were democrats or republicans.
My parents came to the US and were hard working individuals. They were in the Boston area and voted democratic because they believed the hype that democrats were for the "working people" and republicans were for the rich. Buy did I teach my parents a thing about life.
In the greater Boston area the democrats were telling the Italians that they represented the minorities and that they would protect them from the Irish. The same democrats would tell the Irish they represented the minorities and they would protect them from the Italians. They would go into the polish districts and tell them the same but that they would protect them from both the Italians and the Irish. All of a sudden it dawned on me. If the democrats were the party of the minorities, then it would be prudent for them to insure the minorities were alive and well. It was a con shell game. The republicans who could get votes to save their souls spoke in generalities and rarely got elected.
The poor always want to blame others for their poverty. So why not blame the rich. Were it not for the rich who were stealing their money they too would be rich. Isn't that the logic? Who would think that the rich were rick because they worked harder, had more of an entrepreneurial spirit. Or they inherited their money from their parents who had similar traits.
I was a republican almost my entire life, since I was about 11 years old and began to think about these things. But several years ago I realized that it took both the democrats and republicans to get our country in the mess were are in. I now believe we need less government, and government should protect the population from our enemies, then to get off our backs so that we can be free to prosper. So I became a Libertarian. But it will take years before the general population become educated enough to think beyond the democratic and republican propaganda.
So how did we get from Greece to Libertarianism? Basically too many politicians tend to feed themselves more than the people they serve. Greece is a typical example of what we eventually will become if we do not see the light.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
Costa Rica
3 July 2011
Labels: Greek Bureaurocracy vs US
MORE ON MISINFORMATION ON TV: Crude Oil vs Gas prices
I have written on this subject many times before. But today, on Fox News a pundit was asked about the relationship between the prices of crude oil and gas at the pump. He stated that when crude prices increase it takes about 10 days before gas prices increase. This in an absolutely false statement! I have been watching crude oil and gas prices for well over 55 years. It takes about 1-2 days for gas prices to increase after crude prices increase, but I will grant the pundit the when crude prices decline it then takes 7- 10 days for gas prices to decline. It is a skewed relationship.
There is little doubt that gas suppliers benefit from crude price increases almost immediately by increasing gas prices, and when crude prices decline they also benefit by delaying the decrease in gas prices.
This is my comment for the day.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
Costa Rica
2 July 2011
Labels: Crude Oil vs Gas Prices
I am informing my readers the rules I follow when comments are made on the articles I publish in my Blog. If an anonymous comment is made I may not publish it if the comment is negative or ridiculous. I may or not publish it if it is a reasonable one. If a comment is made and the commentator identifies himself by adding an email address, if the comment is negative I may publish it. If it is ridiculous to the trash can it will go. If positive, it will be published.
I do not see why we should give our good space to individuals who desire to be frivolous, nasty or uncivilized. They can dump their garbage elsewhere. Our Blog attempts to discuss issues in a serious way. This does not mean that we write only on serious issues however.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
Costa Rica
2 July 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Labels: COW MANURE CONTAMINATION OF ORGANIC VEGETABLES, E COLI OUTBREAK IN EUROPE, VEGETABLE SPROUTS E COLI SOURCE
Monday, June 6, 2011
But the warning of potential contamination of organically grown vegetables should be heeded.
nicola michael tauraso. M.D.
6 June 2011
Labels: contaminated bean sprouts in Germany, Cow Manure and contamination of organically grown vegetables
Today was an usual day. I spent the day watching the Bolsa (stock market) tank because of a series of bad economic data. Bored in the early afternoon, I decided to rest in bed. While day dreaming I was brought back to a time many, many years ago when I was at a very small beach across the street from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. I spent 2 summers there between after my fourth year of college and the first year of medical school. I worked at the MBL in the chemistry lab dispensing chemicals and making chemical solutions for the scientists working there. It was a great job where I met many of the top scientists around the world working on biological projects, many on experiments with marine animals.
Every day after work and on weekends I used to lie on the very small beach with Ginger, my loyal Golden Retriever, across the street from MBL. It was not a swimming beach, so I snorkeled and watched marine life in the 2 – 3- feet of water. It was very quiet there so much so that while snorkeling with my ears under water I began to hear faint grinding sounds. Further observations drew me to these amazing conches that I used to see in the Italian seafood markets in Boston. They were edible and the Italians, and I am sure other people bought them for cooking. In fact, my father bought some home to cook one day. Boy, were they rubbery. I guess we did not know how to prepare them because I have tasted conches in restaurants over the years and they were tender.
So this was my introduction to conches, otherwise known as the channeled whelk, Busycon caniculatum or canaliculatum. These crustaceans are found in waters of Cape Cod (where I was) south to Northern Florida. They were also introduced into San Francisco Bay. Commercial fishermen who sell them in local markets harvest the channeled whelk. Many fishermen kill them because they destroy large numbers of quahog, which are harvested commercially and is a source of livelihood for many.
These large snails growing up to 8 inches are also known as conches or winkles. They are most active during the months of March through October. Both species of conchs are carnivorous predators, spending most of their time gliding along or just beneath the sand on the ocean floor, in search of food, consisting of other snails or clams or other shellfish. Conches are also attracted to traps or pots baited with dead limulus (Horseshoe crabs), or fish that is used for lobster bait.
So what was this grinding noise? For many, and I mean many, hours I observed that the grinding noise was coming from a conch that was attached to a large clam we called a quahog. After the grinding noise stopped quahog I noticed that at the edge of the quahog the shell was flattened exposing the mantle of the clam at the early stage. Eventually, the clam was dead with all its contents empty.
I took a conch to the lab and prepared the tissues of the pseudopodium for sectioning, staining, and embedding on a slide for microscopic examination. I used the usual Haematoxylin and Eosin staining but obtained more intense color staining when I used what was called a tri-chrome stain. I noticed intense staining of what appeared to be glands, probably gland that produced digestive juices. I made careful colored drawings at the time, which have since been lost after over 50 + years. I concluded that the conch grinded the edge of the clam and when the inside mantle was exposed the conch poured digestive juices into the clam killing it, of course, and sucking the digested contents out killing the clam.
Today I decided to Google how a conch eats a clam. One account, which coincides with what, scientists told me at the time of my observations, is the following:
"Snails that have an aperture canal, like the whelk, are carnivores. (Herbivores do not have this nose-protecting structure because they do not need to smell in order to find food.) Whelks are predators on burrowing clams. They use the nose, or proboscis, to bind these buried animals by sensing the stream of water flowing out of the clam's feeding tubes. Once its prey is located the whelk digs down into the sand to capture it. To open the clam it wraps its muscular foot around the shells and pries the shell apart. Large clams may be opened by striking it with the whelk's own strong shell until the clamshell cracks. Often the whelk will wedge the clam' shell with the aperture canal and chip away pieces until an opening is formed. The mouth of the whelk is normally hidden deep within the body. When feeding it extends this structure, which resembles an elephant's trunk, out to the food. (A large whelk's "trunk" may be up to six inches long.) The mouth is at the very tip and, like most snails has a radula at the opening. The radula is a tooth-studded organ used to tear the food into small pieces to be swallowed."
I have emboldened that part which was not supported by my observations. I do not see how a conch can pry the shell apart. Starfishes can do and actually do pry open a clam, but not a conch. How can a whelk strike the clam with its strong shell? It would take a third party to do this, and I never found a clam with a cracked shell. Chipping away pieces of the clam is not a correct description of the process. The conch actually grinds away at the border of the clam' shell until the mantle of the clam is exposed.
Nothing beats actual observation. And this is mine.
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
6 June 2011
Labels: BUSYCON CANICULATUN, CONCH, THE CHANNELED WHELK
COW MANURE AS ORGANIC FERTILIZER -- E. coli CONTAMINATION
I have told this story before. But, in light of the recent outbreaks of deadly E. Coli infections in Germany, my story demands repetition.
A number of years ago, about the time when there were outbreaks of E. Coli (O157:H7) infections associated with Jack-in-the-Box restaurants in Seattle (1993), I was travelling around the country giving lectures on Stress, Nutrition, and Holistic Health. I had just finished a lecture in Seattle, WA and had to travel across the Cascade Mountains on my way to Yacima, WA for my next lecture. It rains considerably in Seattle with the highest rainfall accumulation close to the Pacific and decreasing as one travels east. As one travels down the east side of the Cascade Range, the rainfall is considerably reduced until one arrives in the high desert area of Washington State where it is quite dry.
As one travels down the eastside of the mountain range there on the right of the main highway there is the very large facility of the Washington Beef Company. To the right of the main facility there is a tremendous feeder lot where cows are herded and grain fed to finish the process of fattening them up before slaughter. Since I travelled around the country once per year for about six years, I made the following observation on at least three occasions. Because I started my late winter tour in January in the eastern southern states, I continued my lecture tour along the middle southern states, then towards California, up the Western coast to Seattle, crossing the upper western states of Washington, Montana. N. Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Ohio then returning home to Frederick, MD at about May. The reason of going in such detail is to explain why I was in Washington State about March, a time of considerable rainfall.
I observed on at least three occasions the feeder lots completely muddy to the point that the cows in most of the lot were knee deep in mud eating at the food troughs. Now I know that the cows may be washed when they enter the slaughterhouse. Can we really believe the all that mud can be washed off entirely? I cannot believe that the washing can be that complete. This together with the fact that the Washington Beef Company is the most likely source of beef feeding the Seattle area might explain why outbreaks occurred in Seattle.
One year at the end of my tour after arriving home, I decided to call the USDA in Washington, DC. I finally spoke with a man who said he was in charge of such matters. I described my observations. His response was that they were "on top of the situation." Well if he was indeed "on top of the situation," why was I able to make similar observations the following year? Obviously, I got the typical beaurocratic response that was intended to keep my mouth shut. To me the USDA were not interested, did not care, or incompetent. I have yet to meet an individual who works for government admit that he does not know or that he ever made a mistake. If you find one tell me and I will award him a medal.
Fast forward to about 5 years ago when E. coli contamination of vegetables in the West were discovered to be due to cow fecal contamination from water run off from fields where cows were grazing in to areas where vegetables were being grown.
Fast forward to our current problem of vegetable contamination in Germany. Today, I heard that the contamination was traced to contaminated bean sprouts. On TV they showed a greenhouse but I had no way of knowing that the sprouts were actually grown in the greenhouses shown on TV.
I was thinking whether these sprouts were grown organically. In organic farming cow manure is allowed. I am bringing up the question whether the cow manure or cow manure compost used in organic farming is checked for the presence on the toxin-producing E. coli, and whether these bacteria are destroyed in the composting process. I will continue my research to get more answers.
We know that the sources thus far of the toxin-producing E. coli have been cows. It would be prudent to determine the association of cows with each outbreak.
At this point before we fully know how widespread is the use of cow manure in the growing of organic vegetables, it would be prudent to be cautious. When buying organic vegetables all one sees on the grocery shelf is that the organic vegetables are certified, what ever that means!
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
WHAT WAS THE LARGEST OIL SPILL IN THE UNITED STATES? Part 2
Asphalt is an oil derivative. When all the more volatile hydrocarbons are extracted from crude oil, what is left is essentially tar. This tar is mixed with gravel and smaller stones to make asphalt that is used to pave roads. The volatile fumes continue to spew forth from the asphalt, especially on hotter days, when sometimes one can actually see the asphalt bubble. I remember when I was a child some kids chewing the asphalt tar. I never did because it did not look as savory as the Italian food my mother was cooking for me!
As the asphalt cures there is less volatile fumes emanating from asphalt roads. But consider in any hot day tens of thousand of cars on the road and the friction of the tires just scraping along the asphalt and the hydrocarbon fumes released into the air. Consider the hundred of thousand individuals breathing those fumes. It cannot be healthy. The government has instituted practices to lessen a person's breathing fumes at the gas station, but what can be done to prevent the inhalation of fumes emanating from asphalt-paved roads? Almost nothing can be done. Wear a gas mask? Impractical.
What can be done? The only solution is to cease the asphalt paving of roads and use cement.
Let us consider the increased incidence of most disease that could have a link to poisons and toxins in the air we breathe. I will not list them all, but consider almost any condition related to improper brain function: Alzheimer's, ADHD and related conditions, schizophrenia and autism, and all conditions I discuss on my web site related to cerebral allergies and vitamin deficiencies. Hydrocarbons are toxins and have ready access to the nervous system by inhalation.
I am sorry to say I do not yet have the solution, but we need to be aware of the amount of hydrocarbon fumes entering our environment from asphalt-paved roads. This cannot be a good thing.
nicola michael Tauraso, MD
Monday, May 30, 2011
I suffered from bleeding gums for most of my adult life. But not anymore since I discovered my deficiency.
Many people suffer from bleeding gums. And I have not yet found a dentist who can tell you how to prevent it. I recently saw a dentist here in Ecuador. Not having been to a dentist for 20 years, I obviously needed some work done on my teeth! I asked him if he had many patients suffering from bleeding gums. He said he had but had no real suggestions on its prevention. I shared with him my experience.
Many individuals are deficient in a particular supplement. Deficiency of this supplement can result in bleeding gums. People taking anti cholesterol drugs are especially deficient in this supplement because anti cholesterol drugs interfere with the body's own production of this natural metabolite. If you are taking anti cholesterol drugs and experiencing muscle pain or cramps in the legs or elsewhere, be careful because this is an indication that you are deficient in this supplement. If you are experiencing muscle pain, eventually the heart muscle might be affected. The end result might be cardiac failure. There has been a markedly increased incidence of heart failure with the increased use of anti cholesterol drugs. This supplement will prevent this.
What is this supplement? CoQ10. Rather than me saying more, Google CoQ10 and read more about it. Just remember the doses usually recommended, I believe are too low. If you desire to know more and have specific questions, email me. I will try to answer your questions.
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Of all the commentators on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera can be given the title "The Great Phony." You can count on him to wait for an event and then he spends a few days in the midst of a conflict just to obtain exciting videos for his portfolio collection. Most recently he appeared in Libya in the midst of cross fire that gave him the videos he craved. He is such a phony. His performance history reflects his craving for the bizarre. He is no different than Maury Povich and others of that ilk. The only difference is that the other bizarre behavior specialists are honest and make no bones about what they do. Geraldo masks himself in legitimacy. It was most interesting to have watched Rivera dodging the bullets in the apparent cross fire occurring at the time in. Do we not wonder about the problems his cameraman was experiencing!
If there is a hurricane you can expect Geraldo to be there waste deep in water and almost being swept away by flooding waters. He is so predicable. If he is being swept away by the currents, his cameraman appears to have a steady hold on things. Rivera is very adept in creating the illusion of danger with himself in the midst of it all.
Every time he takes a point of view different than some of his Fox piers, he reminds everyone that he is a Republican. I am willing to bet that he voted for Obama and Mayor Bloomburg and that he has not voted for a Republican in years. That is OK but tell the truth and not lie about your philosophy. Geraldo recently showed a video montage of his television career and a most remarkable career it has been. Only a man with Geraldo's fortitude and perseverance could have accomplished what he has considering the prejudice he experienced in his early day.
The most recent Libyan experience is typical of Geraldo for seeking out exciting video footage. I give him credit for being a great showman. P. T. Barnum would have been proud of him!
And just yesterday (5/29/11) as he is accounting the trial of Casey Anthony in Florida, he is showing video of testimony given at her trial. But as the video is being shown there is mood music in the background to set the melodramatic stage. There was no mood music in the courtroom, but there was in Geraldo's presentation. He is not a serious commentator. He is a Hollywood producer. He likes to show the bizarre, very similar to one of his previous TV shows. He is such a phony! Can you not see through it all?
nicola michael Tauraso, M.D.
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Today is Memorial Day 2011. It is fitting, especially today, to discuss the topic of this blog.
Having been a loyal Republican for most of my life, but becoming a Libertarian a few years ago, I must speak out against both Republicans and Democrats who spew forth the propaganda and outright lies that soldiers who die in war do so to preserve our liberty. Nothing could be further from the truth. The lives of our good soldiers are lost to the desire of politicians to preserve their own power or cater to whom they believe are their constituents.
As far as I am concerned the last just war was WWII. Our battle to defend Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq were nothing more than a misguided attempt to divert the public from the real truth. What freedom was at stake in these wars? I know that it is easy to fool young men who are loaded with testosterone into believing that fighting is a worthy adventure to preserve the peace. They are being lied to and many give up their lives towards this end. So what if South and North Korea were one Korea under Communist rule? It would just be another country with an opposing point of view – a country that might have collapsed, as did some other Communist countries had done.
Look at Vietnam. We fought there to prevent Communists from taking over which they eventually did. We now trade with them as a friendly nation. All our young men died in Vietnam to establish a Communist country with which we are now friendly. Does that make any sense?
Look at Iraq and all our soldiers who died there for freedom. -- freedom for whom? Consider all the Iraqis who died, tens of thousand, most of them killed by other Iraqis, yet the liberal media blame all the deaths upon the Americans. Arabs have been killing themselves for centuries and will continue to do so for centuries to come because of problems in the line of succession that led to the Sunni and Shi'a factions. Why should we save them from their ridiculous religious beliefs? Let them kill themselves. We are or should be free. They are free people. Let them practice population control in the ways they know how!
Look at Afghanistan. Perhaps the first Afghanistan war was just to teach them a lesson not to attack us, but then we should have finished that war at that time. Now, what are we doing there? We are losing American men to somehow establish freedom there. That is not our responsibility. Let us get out and let them fend for them selves. They will never appreciate our efforts to establish freedom for them. They believe in a flawed religion. Rather, it would be more correct to say that the leaders of their religion are teaching flawed concepts and therefore are flawed them selves. As long as there are Mullahs who teach Jihad – and there are many all over the world including the United States -- the populations of Muslims will want to kill anyone including them selves.
I am sorry I voted for McCain. He is such a hawk. He wants to enter every country and correct their faults. He advocates that we should have never let up in Libya. If we stayed there all along it would have been all over by now. That may well be true, but why are we there? My take on Libya is that, if we wanted to justify our actions there, we should have gone in directly and arrested Muamar Gadafi and try him for the murder of all the Americans in Pan Am flight 103 that went down in Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. But to fight in Libya to free the citizens is flawed in its concept.
As I reflect on this Memorial Day, I am so sorry for all the Americans who have lost their lives and to the families who have lost loved ones in unjust and unnecessary wars, but please do not spew the propaganda that they died to preserve our liberty. This is just not true.
nicola michael Tauraso, MD
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Thank you to River Street Church of God for inviting Executive Director Heath Placek to come and share on Sunday, July 16th. It was a beautiful time of worship and celebration of what God is doing in Newberg!
In addition to updating the congregation on Love INC's ministry, Heath encouraged the body of believers at River Street to remember to view outreach activities as opportunities to share faith in Jesus with people.
Below is an excerpt from his talk:
"As Peter and John spoke with the lame beggar at the Temple gate, they wanted something greater for him than to just support him in his condition.
They wanted to transform his life by the power of the risen Jesus Christ.
They knew that the help he sought would have only made his lot in life more bearable, but it would not have released the redemptive work of Christ in his life, so they shared Jesus with him.
As Christians, when we encounter the "lame beggars" of the world in our lives, and we don't know how to help, remember that you have the ultimate gift to share, faith in Jesus Christ.
Let us be a people who, like Peter and John, saw our interactions with people reaching out in time of need as opportunities to share the hope of Jesus Christ, and allow Him to transform people's lives and our communities just as He did through the healing of the lame beggar in Acts 3.
'Then Peter said, 'Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.'- Acts 3:6'
'By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.'- Acts 3:16'

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The Farrell Review
An overview of the Farrell Review
On Monday 31 March Sir Terry Farrell CBE and a panel of 11 industry experts published the Farrell review of Architecture and the Built Environment. The review was held in consultation with a variety of individuals, companies, groups and institutions, including Urben Director Paul Reynolds who participated in a workshop on Urban Design & Landscape Architecture.
The Farrell Review contains five chapters, namely:
1. Education, outreach & skills
2. Design quality
3. Economic benefits
4. Cultural heritage
5. Built environment policy
We think that the Farrell Review is a valuable contribution to raising the profile of built environment issues like this and the next step should be to allocate adequate resources to implementing its recommendations, a few of which we have highlighted below.
'Recommendation #01 – PLACE institutions and agencies should develop online resources for teachers and professionals to teach architecture and the built environment across a whole range of subjects…' The challenges faced by cities globally need collaborative solutions from a range of professional disciplines and at a micro level, individuals need to be more aware of their environmental impacts.
Given the dire state of many UK high streets, 'Recommendation #11 – PLACE institutions and built environment agencies, the Design Network and the LGA could research the feasibility and viability of urban rooms (or "Place Spaces") and establish pilots in different-sized towns and cities where there are no architecture and built environment centres. They would need a facilitator, supported by volunteers, and some costs might be offset against planning receipts like Section 106 or Community Infrastructure Levies'. John McAslan and Partners are leading with a similar initiative, having established their N17 design studio in Tottenham to partner with the local authority and college to improve urban life for residents living in the area where riots ignited in summer 2011.
The review authors may well have also seen some of the cringe-worthy Councillor moments in episodes of BBC TV's "The Planners" when thinking about how to deliver better quality development – 'Recommendation #12 All individuals involved in making decisions about the built environment should receive basic training in placemaking and design literacy and it should be given the same status as legal and financial training for elected Councillors. Local planning authorities throughout the country should formalise the role of architecture and built environment centres and PLACE Review Panels in skilling up decision makers, including planning committee members and traffic engineers…' Organisations such as 'Open City' have been running this type of Councillor education in London for many years, and it is a model that could easily be rolled out more widely.
A current misconception surrounding town planning as a profession is that it is limited to development consent management. Though a statutory planning system is needed to guide and sometimes restrict development, planners need to have the skills, willingness and ability to proactively improve our towns and cities or we risk diminishing the profession to a generic, bureaucratic role. Therefore we agree with 'Recommendation #19 – The PLACE Leadership Council (PLC) outlined in the "Built Environment Policy" section of this document (chapter 5) should work with government and representatives across the industry to bring about a revolution in support of proactive planning in this country…'
As Urben Director Paul Reynolds provides expert advice to the Northern Ireland Ministerial Advisory Group; Islington Design Review Panel; and Chair's Hackney Design Review Panel we support Recommendation #22 – Design Review Panels should become PLACE Review Panels (Planning, Landscape, Architecture, Conservation and Engineering) and include professionals from each of these fields. The "Design Review: Principles and Practice" guidance produced by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Cabe at the Design Council, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Landscape Institute (LI) makes the case for panels to be cross-professional and underlines the importance of best practice. This guidance should be adopted by all PLACE Review Panels used by local planning authorities. At the same time, they should become less like a crit at architecture school with peers passing judgement, and more enabling and collaborative'.
Given our general distain for pedestrian guard railing, we also endorse Recommendation #27 - 'There should be major reviews of highway regulations and specifications and the design education of highway professionals. All highway schemes could be subject to a credible system of PLACE Review and local authorities should take a lead on implementing these'.
Just as planners should be fully skilled in understanding complex urban environments, we need to collaborate with our colleagues internationally to help share knowledge and build professional capacity. By informing better local decisions, cumulative positive impacts can be created globally. UK Trade and Investment already arrange trade missions to raise the profile of UK expertise in eco-cities and we therefore support Recommendation #41 - 'The Department for International Development (DFID) could focus its support on the effects of urbanisation and the skill sets UK professionals have to solve problems like climate change and to develop water, waste, energy and transport infrastructure. We should be cultural leaders on the effects of global urbanisation, helping local governments and communities to help themselves'.
'It is important that property values begin to reflect life cycle costs and design quality as well as land. 'Recommendation #50 – The RICS, the Construction Industry Council and PLACE institutions should work together to define a universally adopted set of definitions and criteria for assessing property values to include measurable space standards and design quality. The RICS is already leading some international work in this area and the institutions should join forces to take this forward in the UK'.
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The purpose of this study is to 1: Get an updated population estimate for the regionally endangered alpine specialist plant Phippsia concinna in Sweden and 2: Explore the ecological dependencies that limits the distributions of this species to late melt-out alpine snowbeds on calcareous soils, and 3: Explore if climate change in the southern part of the Scandes mountain range is causing a decline in the population numbers of P. concinna. The majority of the sites in Sweden where P. concinna occurred historically was inventoried in 1992. This study presents the results of a re-inventory of the same snowbeds after 22 years, along with measurements of abiotic soil factors and records of abundance and composition of associated vegetation at the sites. The main findings are 1: Population number of P. concinna has increased but one third of the original populations has disappeared since 1992, and 2: Soil pH appears to limit the distributions of P. concinna while slope aspect and soil Nitrogen concentrations affects this species competitive abilities in the Swedish Scandes. 3: Presence of P. concinna is negatively correlated to cover of other graminoids and bryophytes. These results suggests that snowbeds are melting earlier following increased temperatures and precipitations in summer, resulting in longer vegetation periods that favours plant species with stronger competitive abilities over specialised snowbed species. The observed rate of change in P. concinna populations during 22 years is evidence of fast occurring vegetation changes and highlights the need to monitor rare plant species in alpine environments.


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4942 Buck Tail Ln Paso Robles Home for Sale is located in Heritage Ranch close to the city of Paso Robles, Ca. The single level home has a nice 2 bedroom 2 bath floorplan, Pottery Barn styled kitchen in white cabinets, countertop and matching white appliances. When you open the door you are greeted with an open layout. In the living room, you have a brick fireplace that flows into the dining area and into the kitchen. The property has a double car garage, concrete side patio and nice backyard to enjoy. Enjoy summer evenings at Lake Nacimiento and home does have AC if it gets a bit warm. If you like would like to more history and technical information please see the link to Lake Nacimiento for Wikipedia.
To get to 4942 Buck Tail Ln Paso Robles Home for Sale from Highway 101, take exit 231 and head West on 24th St. Follow Nacimiento Lake Drive when the road forks. After 7.5 miles take Godfrey Rd / Nacimiento Lake Drive to the right. Continue for 4.5 miles and take a left on Gateway Drive / Lakeview Drive. Next, take a left on Buck Tail Lane, the house will be on the left after a short drive.
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NASA: Space Aliens May Attack Earth to Save Planet From Global Warming
It's an Obama world.
NASA, the once prestigious space agency, has morphed into a junk science outlet that focuses on Muslim outreach and space alien sensitivities to
global warming climate change.
Oh… And they dropped the Shuttle program.
A report by NASA scientists claims that space aliens may attack earth to save the planet from man-made
global warming climate change.
The Guardian reported:
It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.
Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.
This highly speculative scenario is one of several described by scientists at Nasa and Pennsylvania State University that, while considered unlikely, they say could play out were humans and alien life to make contact at some point in the future.
Shawn Domagal-Goldman of Nasa's Planetary Science Division and his colleagues compiled a list of plausible outcomes that could unfold in the aftermath of a close encounter, to help humanity "prepare for actual contact".
In their report, Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity? A Scenario Analysis, the researchers divide alien contacts into three broad categories: beneficial, neutral or harmful…
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AAA's Holiday Giving Goal: Collect 1,000 Jars of Peanut Butter
AAA Arizona is spreading the holiday cheer – with peanut butter. The auto club is looking to make the holidays happier for area underprivileged families with a statewide drive that aims to collect toys as well as the item most needed by food banks: peanut butter.
The goal is to load a AAA tow truck with at least 1,000 jars of peanut butter to help illustrate the growing need by food banks to receive the simple and nutritious item.
"This year we wanted to make a special effort to collect the item that will have the biggest impact on our children and families," said Mike Tully, president of AAA Arizona. "Peanut butter runs out quickly at food banks but is a vital protein source for children. We also wanted to educate the community on this need, so they are aware of the impact they are making."
From Monday, Nov. 10, through Friday, Dec. 5, AAA is encouraging members and non-members alike to donate plastic jars of peanut butter and new, unwrapped toys at any of its 12 branch locations statewide. All peanut butter collected in the Valley will be donated to the St. Mary's Food Bank, which provides meals to food banks and families Valley wide.
Toys donated will go to the Family Service Agency (FSA), which collects children's toys for all age groups. AAA Arizona worked closely with FSA over the holidays last year to launch its first-ever family adoption program that assisted less fortunate families across the state with necessities such as beds, microwaves, clothing and toys, among others.
For a list of branch office locations, visit http://www.aaaaz.com/membership/offices.htm. Visit www.aaa.com/aaa/002/aaa2002/news/articles/PeanutButterDrivePhoenix.htm for a list of suggested toys.
AAA Arizona, the Arizona affiliate of AAA, provides automotive, insurance and auto travel services to nearly 800,000 Arizona members. Annually, AAA's Emergency Road Service responds to more than 450,000 calls for help on the streets and highways of the state as well as providing insurance, travel, and financial services to AAA members and motorists. Since its founding in 1927, AAA Arizona has been a leading advocate for the safety and security of all travelers. AAA can be visited on the Internet at www.AAA.com.


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She's a proud auntie!
Khloé Kardashian is a doting aunt with her sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashians' kids — so of course, her brother Rob Kardashian's daughter Dream is no exception! She posted a photo of the adorable baby girl on Instagram on Saturday, May 6 after spending some quality bonding time with her.
In the shot, Auntie KoKo and baby Dream both pose for an adorable Snapchat selfies with the puppy filter with Khloé sporting brown ears and a nose and Dream had a black-and-white spotted set.
"She's the most precious girl! Dreamy dream," the 32-year-old wrote in the caption. "Auntie KoKo loves YOU!"
Even though it's unclear whether Rob is still together with his five-month-old daughter's mother Blac Chyna, but it looks like even if they're still trying to figure out their own relationship, it's not stopping Dream from bonding with her dad's family.
Khloé wasn't always the biggest supporter of Rob and Chyna's relationship, and she tried to convince her brother that he should give up on his relationship with Chyna for good after they got into a particularly nasty fight — which resulted in Chyna packing up her things and leaving with Dream.
"She texts all your sisters and said that she's ready to leave you," Khloé told Rob, but he still wanted to work it out with his baby's mother.
Whether things between Rob and Chyna are amicable now or not, all of that could change when she publishes her Kardashian/Jenner tell-all book! Sources exclusively revealed to Life & Style that Chyna has all the dirt on the family because of her relationship with Rob and she's ready to reveal all of the family's deepest darkest secrets.
"Blac has always felt mistreated by the Kardashians and sees this as the ultimate revenge," the insider revealed.


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Michelle Valentine has appeared numerous times in fine television, radio, and print news media around the world. She has received many accolades for her professional work in the entertainment industry and for her community involvement. Hundreds of her columns and articles have been (and currently are) published in print and online news media.
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The National Union of Journalists has been formally recognised at a commercial radio station for the first time in more than a decade.
The deal at Signal Radio in Stoke means that the union will have the right to negotiate terms and conditions of the four journalists based at the UTV-owned station.
"This is tremendous news. We look forward to a positive working relationship with UTV Radio. This right of recognition paves the way for similar formal arrangements with the players within the industry as we continue to address the issues faced by our members," said Paul McLaughlin, the NUJ's national broadcasting organiser.


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Not more than 50 seats vacant in Presidency : VC
Kolkata, Nov 14 (PTI) Presidency University Vice-chancellor Anuradha Lohia has said that not more than 50 seats are vacant in the premier institution...
Published: 14th November 2017 03:43 PM | Last Updated: 14th November 2017 06:15 PM | A+A A-
Kolkata, Nov 14 (PTI) Presidency University Vice-chancellor Anuradha Lohia has said that not more than 50 seats are vacant in the premier institution, discounting reports that the figure was over 300.
State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee after talking to Presidency Alumni Association had earlier said 300 seats were lying vacant.
"I am telling you not more than 50 seats are vacant.
With the first semester already in progress, these cannot be filled up now," the VC told reporters here.
"I will speak to her," Chatterjee said when told about the VC's comments.
On Chatterjee's statement that Presidency University will seek an audit of special government funds allocated to it for its bicentenary celebrations, Lohia said yesterday, "We are ready for any audit." Asked to comment on many teachers quitting Presidency in the past few years, Lohia said "This too is a misconception. And if four teachers had left for being transferred, 45 new teachers have joined in the past two years. And none reports about that." The Presidency Alumni Association had said in a memorandum to the education minister last week that many eminent teachers who had joined the institution had to leave.
"It is the talent and richness of the teaching faculty that serves as a prime attraction for students," it said. PTI SUS KK KK .
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A rollover today on Interstate 495 in Hopkinton sent multiple people to the hospital and caused delays in traffic, Massachusetts State Police said.
Police responded to the single-car crash about a half-mile from Exit 21A in Hopkinton around 11:30 a.m. One person was trapped in the vehicle. A total of six were sent to the UMass Medical Center in Worcester with injuries that were not life threatening.
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Just in case the message didn't come in loud and clear earlier this month for some people, Senator Hillary Clinton gave her full blessing to Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama today. I know some people are waiting for Denver so that by some last second miracle a Hail Mary can be heaved and there will be a new nominee. It isn't happening. Continue to feel free to denegrate the only candidate left that will stand up for the progressive prinicples you say you believe in. Just know that it's out of spite and self loathing.
Hillary and Bill even donated to Obama's campaign. This after Barack and Michelle Obama gave to her campaign to retire the debt. Hillary and Bill are awesome.
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Once you launch, you need to get more people paying you. You have to relentlessly pursue your best method of getting customers, and not the stuff you naturally gravitate to.
It's worth thinking about what skills you have, what are you known for, and where you can provide the most value. If that doesn't line up with your business idea, then it's going to be a long, hard struggle.
Startup founders should have the ambition to grow their business into a larger company.
You need to be able to see a point where you can hire in staff or systems to replace you, and still continue to generate a profit. At that point it becomes a real business.
in. Some ideas—when worked on—will naturally result in the development of assets over time, and some won't. If you work on this idea for five years, what will you have in the end?
stage, give some thought to whether you are building a business for a small group of people or whether it can grow into a large market.
your idea tap into a deep pain or pleasure point for them? Or is it just 'a cool idea'?
you are going to generate leads for your business? What will make you, and your company, unique?
an idea that you can launch and modify quickly. Then when you start getting real data from paying customers, you can innovate and get the product just right.
For your first startup, there is a much easier way: Solve problems where people are already paying for solutions.
Day 1 Task – Brainstorm a bunch of ideas and evaluate them against the checklist. Choose the idea that stands out as being the best option for you.
Rather than spending six months creating a product or service, do only the smallest amount of work required to truly test it.
In short, they overemphasize the "minimum" and underemphasize the "viable."
You need to think about how you can mimic the customer experience as much as possible, as quickly as possible.
Write down exactly what you will launch on Day 7. What will your customers get, what is included, and what is excluded? If necessary, write down what is automated and what will be done manually in the short term.
Every single one of the top 25 brands in the world are 12 characters or less.
Build a list of what marketing methods you are going to choose. Put together a rough plan for the first week or two of your launch.
Create a spreadsheet that covers the first few months in business, the number of signups, revenue, estimated costs, and monthly growth.
Having a simple product and a simple value proposition makes everything else easier.
Having a simple MRR model makes everything easier.
"The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else." Eric Ries
You are better off launching quickly and paying attention to real data rather than making assumptions. This doesn't just apply to launching; it's a general business principle that you can apply for almost every decision.
There's no reason to spend any time on problems you don't have. Doing so will only cost you valuable time and money. It will take attention away from the work you should be doing. There's a good chance that if you are a new business, you only have one problem: not enough customers. That's where you should be spending your time.
Whether you are offering services or selling a product, make sure you always deliver on what you promise.
Any time you feel yourself wondering if what you are doing is good enough, compare it to the best:
Always take a step back and ask yourself if it's feasible that someone else may have solved this problem before.
While your competitors are debating which assumption is better than the other, you can build a competitive advantage by gathering real information from your customers.
you always need to be conscious of how your business will operate and grow without you. You'll naturally gravitate to things that you do well, but if your skills are hard to replace, you have to be careful.
Do more of what is working.
If you are struggling with motivation, join a forum, start a mastermind, find a co-founder, hire people to do the hard work, and get back to what you're good at.
No amount of money is worth working with a difficult customer. Every difficult customer can be replaced by a better one, generally much quicker than you think.
You need to do everything to keep your customers and the data you get from churning customers is priceless.
Chasing short-term projects or launches is easy, but it doesn't build an asset. Launching a whole bunch of related services will boost short-term revenue, but it will add complexity to your business that will hurt you in the long term.
If you are in doubt, come back to the product. Anything you can do that improves the product or improves the customer experience will be a sound investment.
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Calling the adventurers ready to join a company that's pushing the limits of nanotechnology to keep the digital revolution rolling. At KLA-Tencor, we're making technology advancements that are bigger—and tinier—than the world has ever seen.
Who are we? We research, develop, and manufacture the world's most advanced inspection and measurement equipment for the semiconductor and nanoelectronics industries. We enable the digital age by pushing the boundaries of technology, creating tools capable of finding defects smaller than a wavelength of visible light. We create smarter processes so that technology leaders can manufacture high-performance chips—the kind in that phone in your pocket, the tablet on your desk and nearly every electronic device you own—faster and better. We're passionate about creating solutions that drive progress and help people do what wouldn't be possible without us. The future is calling. Will you answer?
With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA-Tencor to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA-Tencor's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA-Tencor's metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers.
The Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions.
The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.
The job focuses on the development of image and signal processing algorithms for the next generations of optical inspection and metrology systems. The position requires a proven innovative track record and solid fundamental knowledge in the related fields of algorithm development, including image segmentation, texture analysis, classification, feature extraction, statistical data analysis, signal processing, filter theory, machine learning.
The responsibilities of this position covers the entire life cycle of algorithms, including modeling, proof-of-concept design, production software design and implementation, performance characterization, documentation and user support. Since algorithms can affect many aspects of the system, significant amount of time be spent on cross-function team collaboration for prototyping and testing.
The candidate needs to be a self-motivated individual with ability to work independently and/or in a team. Strong written and verbal communications skills are needed for extensive interactions with members of a multi-disciplinary global team.
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Experience in any one of the following areas is a big plus: algorithm performance optimization, distributed computing, parallel computing, machine/deep learning.
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Charles Richard "Dick" LeBeau is an American football coach and former cornerback. He is currently the associate head coach in charge of defense for the Tennessee Titans.
Best Known For Movie: Super Bowl XLIII
Born: September 9, 1937 , London, Ohio, United States
Filmography: NFL Monday Night Football (1970-2014), NBC Sunday Night Football (2006-2014), NFL Thursday Night Football (2006-2014), Super Bowl XLV (2011), The NFL on CBS (1965-2010), Mike & Mike (2010), NFL Classics (2009), Super Bowl XLIII (2009), Super Bowl XL (2006), ESPN's Sunday Night Football (1990-2005), Super Bowl XXX (1996), 1995 AFC Championship Game (1996), The NFL on NBC (1980-1995), TNT Sunday Night Football (1990-1995), 1994 AFC Championship Game (1995), NFL on FOX (1994), Super Bowl XXIII (1989), 1988 AFC Championship Game (1989), Super Bowl XVI (1982), 1981 AFC Championship Game (1982), Rome Is Burning (2009).
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Occupation: Coach
Nationality: American
Team coached: Pittsburgh Steelers (Defensive coordinator, 2004–2015)
Spouse: Nancy LeBeau (m. 1973)
Education: Ohio State University
Children: Brandon Grant
Height: 6ft 1in (1.85 m)