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In short, I review clinical research on an almost daily basis. What I post tends to be articles that are relevant to the readers in addition to some curiosities that have intriguing potential.
As a hobby, I truly enjoy the puzzle-solving play that statistics and programming as in the python language bring to the table. I just do not enjoy problem-solving, I love problem-solving and the childlike inspiration and exploration of that innocent exhilaration of discovering something new.
Enjoy ;-)
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Teenager becomes first victim of China’s new ‘anti-gossip’ law after blog
Boy publicly questioned police investigation into death of local businessman Internet censors have ordered bloggers to ‘keep social order’ By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 04:16 EST, 20 September 2013 | UPDATED: 06:07 EST, 20 September 2013 A draconian measure… Read More ›
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Non-Muslim teachers ‘forced to wear veil’ at faith school / Derbyshire
Female teachers at a state funded Muslim school have been ordered to cover their heads with Islamic scarves during school hours even if they are not Muslim, it has been claimed. Staff at Al-Madinah School, Derbyshire, claim they have been… Read More ›
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Designer Molecule Causes AIDS Virus to Destroy Itself
A scanning electron micrograph shows HIV particles infecting a colorized human H9 T cell. (Credit: NIAID) FILE PHOTO by Jessica Berman Researchers have designed a synthetic molecule that tricks the AIDS virus into destroying itself. The compound, called DAVEI, was… Read More ›
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Syrian fundamentalists got chemical weapons after overthrow of Gaddafi-Syrian deputy premier
Photo ITAR-TASS / Michael Pochuev LONDON, September 20 (Itar-Tass) – Chemical weapons got into the hands of fundamentalists, fighting against the Syrian government, from Libya – after the overthrow in 2011 of the government of Muammar Gaddafi. This statement was … Read More ›
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Greece to offer residence permits to foreign investors
19 September, 12:00 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, SEPTEMBER 19 – Greece’s new favorable regulations on granting residence permits to third-country citizens whose investments are characterized as “strategic” or those who buy property in Greece, the value of which exceeds 250,000 euros,… Read More ›
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Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence
Thursday Sep 19, 2013 | Reuters Aerial photograph shows continuing preparations to drill a relief well at the Macondo oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico Credit: Staff Photographer / Reuters/Reuters NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Halliburton Co pleaded guilty… Read More ›
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Mysterious bursts of activity in flatlining brain
17:09 19 September 2013 by Andy Coghlan Parts of the brain may still be alive after a person’s brain activity is said to have flatlined. When someone is in a deep coma, their brain activity can go silent. An electroencephalogram… Read More ›
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Science: the religion that must not be questioned
It’s time for the priesthood to be taken to task – and journalists aren’t up to the job ‘Come back and take your MMR jabs, you bloody peasants.’ Image: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs, via Wikimedia Commons – –… Read More ›
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The Russian government is asking for ‘planet hacking’ to be included in the climate science report, leaked documents show
Russia urges UN climate report to include geoengineering Martin Lukacs, Suzanne Goldenberg and Adam Vaughan The Guardian, Thursday 19 September 2013 12.00 EDT Documents seen by the Guardian show Russia is asking for a conclusion of the report to recommend… Read More ›
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Banks to block internet porn sites
Websites which fail to stop children accessing pornography will have payments to them blocked by banks and credit card companies as part of a government plan to help clean up the internet, The Telegraph has learnt. Restricting children’s access to… Read More ›
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World’s top climate scientists told to ‘cover up’ the fact that the Earth’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years
Leaked United Nations report reveals the world’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years Politicians have raised concerns about the final draft Fears that the findings will encourage deniers of man-made climate change By Tamara Cohen, Political Correspondent PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
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Turkey shuts Syria crossing after Qaeda group storms border town
Source: Reuters – Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:17 PM Author: Reuters * Official says gate closed amid confusion on Syrian side * Clashes now stopped, mediation under way * Fighting shows deep divisions between rebel factions (Adds comments from… Read More ›
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Solar activity drops to 100-year low, puzzling scientists
Thursday, 19 September 2013 Predictions that 2013 would see an upsurge in solar activity and geomagnetic storms disrupting power grids and communications systems have proved to be a false alarm. Instead, the current peak in the solar cycle is… Read More ›
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Swedish court rules that it is ‘okay’ to masturbate in public
A 65-year-old man who pleasured himself on a Stockholm beach acquitted of sexual assault because he ‘was not targeting a specific person’ Adam Withnall Thursday, 19 September 2013 A court in Sweden has ruled that a man who openly masturbated… Read More ›
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Google teams up with Apple chairman to try to extend life
Google has teamed up with Apple’s chairman to launch a new company that will attempt to significantly increase the human lifespan. Google’s chief executive hinted that the new company could look at curing cancer Photo: Bloomberg News <!– remove the whitespace… Read More ›
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Parasite makes mice lose fear of cats permanently
Behavioural changes persist after Toxoplasma infection is cleared. Eliot Barford 18 September 2013 Mice infected with toxoplasmosis lose their instinctive fear for the smell of cats — and the parasite’s effects may be permanent. Wendy Ingram/Adrienne Greene A parasite that… Read More ›
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Healthy living can turn our cells’ clock back / telomeres regrow
00:01 17 September 2013 by Andy Coghlan Healthy living can reverse the telltale signs of ageing in your cells. The finding relates to telomeres, the caps that protect the tips of chromosomes when cells divide. With each cell division… Read More ›
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CIA Special Research Project Bluebird 1952
EEV: Re-Post July 29, 2012 in Central Intelligence Agency The following formerly classified document from 1952 on the CIA’s Project BLUEBIRD, an offshoot of Project MKULTRA which focused on hypnosis and behavior modification as a means of preventing Agency… Read More ›
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Congressman: CIA Employee Who Refused to Sign Non-Disclosure on Benghazi Suspended
Rep. Wolf: Employee forced to hire legal counsel U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya / AP BY: Adam Kredo September 17, 2013 5:00 am A CIA employee who refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement barring him from discussing the Sept. 11,… Read More ›
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Japanese media declare ‘dark times’ are on us
Grim discovery: Investigators gather at a crime scene in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, after the body of a 16-year-old girl was discovered. | KYODO <!– –> by Michael Hoffman Special To The Japan Times <!– Meta –> Sep 14, 2013 Online:… Read More ›
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The deadly network: Revealed – guns for sale on Facebook
As Libya’s Prime Minister asks Britain for help in ridding his country of weapons, The Independent discovers a flourishing online arms market Omar Kibrisli Tripoli Tuesday 17 September 2013 Libyan rebels celebrate taking Tripoli in 2011 AP… Read More ›
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China Pursues Systems To Keep US Forces at Bay
Sep. 17, 2013 – 10:23AM | By WENDELL MINNICK | Comments Going Ballistic: China’s long-range ballistic-missile program is a key component of its anti-access/area-denial strategy. (Agence France-Presse) TAIPEI — Though everything in China’s military is classified secret, including lunch menus… Read More ›
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How did killer get security pass?
Washington Navy Yard shootings: US facing tough questions over security The US Navy is facing tough questions after it emerged that the gunman who killed 12 people in the W ashington Navy Yard was given a security clearance despite a… Read More ›
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Julian Assange’s ( Wikileaks ) Recived grants from NSA and DARPA to fund his graduate Crypto Reserach?
US Gov’t Funded Julian Assange’s Crypto Research… Then Pulled The Plug from the it-all-comes-back-around dept PandoDaily has a fascinating story from Peiter Zatko who had known Julian Assange way back in the day, and last ran into him at Chaos… Read More ›
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Russian Mediterranean fleet to be expanded to 11 warships
Published time: September 16, 2013 18:23 Edited time: September 17, 2013 03:19 The Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea will be boosted by another military vessel till the end of September, according to the country’s… Read More ›
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Brain-eating amoeba found in water supply of New Orleans suburb
The amoeba was found in the water supply in four separate locations Testing was done after a four-year-old boy died after contracted the deadly organism on a slip and slide Despite being filled with deadly amoebas, the water is safe… Read More ›
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The mega rich are mega richer •Total worth of 400 people on the list is $2 trillion, their highest total ever
Bill Gates crowned America’s wealthiest person for the 20th-straight year with $72 BILLION fortune… and elite are now worth a combined $2 TRILLION Microsoft co-founder is once again richest man in U.S. with $72 billion Total worth of 400 people… Read More ›
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Security at Washington Navy Yard was lax because of budget cuts, official report written weeks before shooting
Federal security assessment conducted over the past year pointed out that contractors were given too much access at the Navy Yards The report will be released in full within the next month but early excerpts were leaked today following shooting … Read More ›
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NSA boss ‘built replica Star Trek bridge’ while spying on THE WORLD?
Want to sit in Picard’s chair while spying on THE WORLD? We can make it so – ex-NSA man Tells magazine that NSA boss ‘built replica Star Trek bridge’ By John Leyden Posted in Security, 16th September 2013 14:03 GMT… Read More ›
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NSA Monitors Financial World
‘Follow the Money’ By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark The NSA monitors banks and credit card transactions — sometimes in apparent violation of national laws and global regulations. The European SWIFT financial transaction network is being tapped on… Read More ›
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Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report
Nearly half the rebel fighters in Syria are now aligned to jihadist or hardline Islamist groups according to a new analysis of factions in the country’s civil war. Opposition forces have fragmented into as many as 1,000 bands Photo: Rex Features… Read More ›
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Current Nuclear Weapon Stockpile and Warhead Estimates:
Current Nuclear Weapon Stockpile and Warhead Estimates: http://bos.sagepub.com/content/69/5/75.full
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(U//FOUO) U.S. Army Cyber/Electromagnetic Contest Capabilities Based Assessment (C/EM CBA) V0.9
EEV: Old but still of interest September 9, 2013 in U.S. Army The following documents were obtained from the website of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association. The documents are draft capabilities based assessments (CBA) of the U.S. Army’s efforts in… Read More ›
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Fusion Center Study Finds 79% of Recent Mass Shootings Attributable to History of Mental Illness
August 21, 2013 in Featured A chart from a Central Florida Intelligence Exchange (CFIX) study released in July shows cases of mass shootings believed to be attributable to mental illness. Public Intelligence Analysis conducted by the Central Florida Intelligence Exchange… Read More ›
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Russian FM ( including 12 former Pentagon and CIA officials) says alleged chemical attack outside Damascus was plotted
Photo EPA/STR MOSCOW, September 14 (Itar-Tass) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the alleged chemical attack in one of the suburbs of the Syrian capital of Damascus on August 21 had been plotted. “There is a wide variety of… Read More ›
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Egypt detains Turkish citizen on charges of espionage -report
Source: Reuters – Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:45 PM Author: Reuters CAIRO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Egypt has detained a Turkish citizen on suspicion of spying and collusion with the Muslim Brotherhood, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday…. Read More ›
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Report: 15 US ‘journalists’ now work for Obama
Saturday, 14 September 2013 According to the Atlantic, Time managing editor Rick Stengel’s decision to join the Obama administration is just the latest example of a new trend among mainstream media journalists who are making it official by joining… Read More ›
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Supporters demand billionaire activist’s release following ‘black Friday’ of multiple arrests
Saturday, 14 September, 2013, 1:05pm Amy Li chunxiao.li@scmp.com Wang Gongquan was detained on Friday. Photo: screenshot via Weibo In a statement published on early Saturday morning, hundreds supporters of China’s New Citizen Movement called on the Chinese government to… Read More ›
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Codeine could increase users’ sensitivity to pain
Contact: Paul Rolan paul.rolan@adelaide.edu.au 61-883-134-102 University of Adelaide Using large and frequent doses of the pain-killer codeine may actually produce heightened sensitivity to pain, without the same level of relief offered by morphine, according to new research from the University… Read More ›
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Everyday sadists take pleasure in others’ pain / 26.8 % of participants
Contact: Anna Mikulak amikulak@psychologicalscience.org 202-293-9300 Association for Psychological Science Most of the time, we try to avoid inflicting pain on others — when we do hurt someone, we typically experience guilt, remorse, or other feelings of distress. But for some,… Read More ›
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5-fold increase in ADHD medication use in children and adolescents
Contact: Vicki Cohn vcohn@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, September 10, 2013—Use of stimulant medications to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents has increased significantly over the past several years. This trend… Read More ›
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Statins being overprescribed for growing number of kidney disease patients / But may Kill faster
09/10/2013 PORTLAND, Ore. – A new analysis concludes that large numbers of patients in advanced stages of kidney disease are inappropriately being prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol – drugs that offer them no benefit and may increase other health… Read More ›
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Professor Wins Access to Papers Behind EU Treaty / EU classiffied amendments to a human rights treaty
By WILLIAM DOTINGA ShareThis (CN) – The European Council made “a manifest error in assessment” when it withheld documents on amendments to a human rights treaty, a court ruled Thursday. University of Utrecht law professor Leonard Besselink requested access… Read More ›
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Unearthed emails show embattled IRS official knew her agency was secretly targeting conservative groups
By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 18:00 EST, 12 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:18 EST, 12 September 2013 Emails released this week by congressional investigators show that an embattled former IRS manager was directly involved in targeting conservative nonprofit… Read More ›
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Muslim defendant allowed to wear face veil in the dock
A Muslim woman has been permitted to wear a full face veil while appearing in the dock at Crown Court, in what is thought to be the first such case of its kind. Rebekah Dawson Photo: REX FEATURES By By… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 