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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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North Korea suspected of restarting Yongbyon nuclear reactor
Satellite imagery shows reactor capable of producing plutonium for weapons is likely to be operating, says US research institute Tania Branigan in Beijing theguardian.com, Thursday 12 September 2013 05.09 EDT North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex seen in a… Read More ›
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Nearly Half of All US Births Paid for With Medicaid
Sep 10, 2013 05:19 PM EDT Baby Federal funding in the form of Medicaid is used to pay for 45 percent of all births in the US, according to new research published in the journal Women’s Health Issues, which… Read More ›
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Russia sends ‘Carrier killer’ ship in the Mediterranean
Wednesday, 11 September 2013 Russia’s Moskva missile cruiser, dubbed a “carrier-killer” by NATO, has passed through the Straits of Gibraltar and is now heading toward the eastern Mediterranean to assume command of the Russian naval force there. The Russian Navy… Read More ›
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Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for TREASON if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA could mean prison 12 Sep 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Her comments… Read More ›
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Egypt’s Coptic Christians forced to pay taxes to Muslim Brotherhood
4:32 PM 09/11/2013 The Muslim Brotherhood has started implementing a tax on the nearly 15,000 Coptic Christians in Egypt’s Dalga Village, the Washington Times reports. Those that do not convert to Islam will be forced to pay the tax, or… Read More ›
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France: ‘soldier’ Hollande’s popularity hits new low
Cuts, unemployment and deficit as war moves further away 11 September, 19:11 prev next (by Tullio Giannotti) (ANSAmed) – PARIS – As the war against Assad becomes more distant on the horizon, French citizens have to deal with… Read More ›
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Exclusive: Washington state testing alfalfa for GMO contamination
Carey Gillam Reuters 3:17 PM CDT, September 11, 2013 (Reuters) – Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export because it tested positive for a genetically modified trait… Read More ›
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Ships patrol Diaoyu Islands in advance of anniversary
China sends large coastguard flotilla to mark Japan’s purchase of disputed islands last year Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 [Updated: 10:00AM] Teddy Ng teddy.ng@scmp.com Vessels from the China Maritime Surveillance and the Japan Coast Guard near the disputed Diaoyu Islands…. Read More ›
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Turkey risks war with Assad, peace with Kurds
Erdogan deploys troops on the border, 72% Turks against attack 10 September, 12:24 (by Francesco Cerri) (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 10 – Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just been through the negative outcome of Istanbul’s competition to… Read More ›
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China warns Japan against stationing workers on disputed isles ” would not tolerate provocation “
National Sep. 11, 2013 – 06:55AM JST ( 45 ) TOKYO/BEIJING — China on Tuesday said it would not tolerate provocation after Japan’s top government spokesman said the country might station government workers on disputed islands in the East China… Read More ›
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Cinema chain ( AMC Entertainment ) owner is China’s richest person
Cinema chain owner is China’s richest person PDF Print E-mail Tuesday, 10 September 2013 A multi-billionaire who bought US cinema chain AMC Entertainment and has just acquired a luxury British yacht builder has taken top spot as China’s richest man,… Read More ›
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Texas drops DUI charge against billionaire Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton
Highway patrol officer who pulled her over in 2011 has been suspended and can’t testify Walton was arrested on her 62nd birthday in Texas Walton is worth an estimated $27 billion By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 14:36 EST, 10 September… Read More ›
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Top one percent took record 19.3percent of US income last year – the LARGEST share of pre-tax income since 1927
Last year the top 1 per cent of earners in the U.S. accounted for 19.3 per cent of pre-tax income That’s the largest per cent since 1927 The economic disparity between the 1 per cent and everyone else in the… Read More ›
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Video – Health Research Reports 9 SEP 2013
Topics: Arginine performs as well as established drugs for Diabetes * American Scientific journal Enocrinology Sep 2013 Nutritional Supplements reduce hospital stays by 21% * American Journal of Managed Care Sep 2013 Sirtuin in the brain delays the process of… Read More ›
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Japan could anger China by putting government workers on isles
A Japan Coast Guard boat (front) and vessel sail as Uotsuri island, one of the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, is pictured in the background, in the East China Sea August 18, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Ruairidh… Read More ›
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Japan scrambles jets in response to drone
reason.com — Sep 10 Japan scrambled fighter jets Monday after an unidentified drone flew near Tokyo-controlled islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with China, a defence ministry spokesman said. It was the first reported incident of its kind.Japan’s… Read More ›
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Chinese bombers prompt Japanese jet scramble
Kyodo News InternationalSeptember 8, 2013 12:18 Japan’s Defense Ministry said Sunday two Chinese H-6 bombers flew round trip from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean without violating Japanese airspace the same day after overflying waters between Okinawa… Read More ›
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7 Chinese coast guard ships sail into disputed waters
National Sep. 10, 2013 – 01:42PM JST ( 0 ) TOKYO — Seven Chinese ships sailed into waters around islands at the center of a bitter dispute with Japan on Tuesday, the day before the anniversary of Tokyo’s nationalisation of… Read More ›
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Syrian rebels plan chemical attack on Israel from Assad-controlled territories – media
Photo: AFP A chemical attack may be launched on Israel by Syrian rebels from government-controlled areas as a “major provocation”, a number of sources have told Russian media. The news comes as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed that Syria… Read More ›
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Jail time promised for false tweets in China
Xinhua will escape from Olympic 2020 gaffe, no doubt By Phil Muncaster Posted in Policy, 10th September 2013 04:09 GMT Use of social media in China just got more dangerous after the country’s Supreme Court announced tough new guidelines… Read More ›
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New weapons on the way to battle wicked weeds – farmers forced in some areas to return to the hand-held hoes that were a mainstay of weed control a century ago
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 317-262-5907 (Indianapolis Press Center, Sept. 6-11) 202-872-6042 Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 317-262-5907 (Indianapolis Press Center, Sept. 6-11) 202-872-6293 American Chemical Society INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 8, 2013 — A somber picture of the struggle against super-weeds emerged here today… Read More ›
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Syrian village ‘liberated’ by rebels… who then forced Christians to convert to Islam
Syrian rebels including al-Qaida-linked fighters have gained control of a Christian village north-east of the capital Damascus Government media has provided a different account suggesting regime forces are winning The battle is taking place in Maaloula, a scenic mountain village… Read More ›
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Brussels fears European ‘industrial massacre’ sparked by energy costs
Europe’s industry is being ravaged by exorbitant energy costs and an over-valued euro, blighting efforts to reverse years of global manufacturing decline. Mr Tajani warned that Europe’s quixotic dash for renewables was pushing electricity costs to untenable levels, leaving Europe… Read More ›
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Leaked report to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows we may be headed for Global Cooling
Global warming? No, actually we’re cooling, claim scientists A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling. Major climate research centres now accept that there has… Read More ›
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Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year with top scientists warning of global COOLING
Almost a million more square miles of ocean covered with ice than in 2012 BBC reported in 2007 global warming would leave Arctic ice-free in summer by 2013 Publication of UN climate change report suggesting global warming caused by humans… Read More ›
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Syria: US-Russia military escalation in eastern Med
Another 10 warships joining those already deployed near Syria 06 September, 20:03 (ANSAmed) – NICOSIA, SEPTEMBER 6 – As diplomatic tensions over the Syrian crisis rise between the US and Russia, the escalation between the two superpowers is… Read More ›
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163rd Health Research Report Synopsis 07 SEP 2013
Health Research Report 163rd Issue Date 7 SEP 2013 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano http://www.healthresearchreport.me In this issue: Four or more cups of coffee a day may keep prostate cancer recurrence and progression away Broccoli could be key in the… Read More ›
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Aging really is ‘in your head’
Scientists answer hotly debated questions about how calorie restriction delays aging process September 3, 2013 By Lee Phillion Among scientists, the role of proteins called sirtuins in enhancing longevity has been hotly debated, driven by contradictory results from… Read More ›
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First estimate of total viruses in mammals ( Minimum of 320,000 viruses )
Contact: Timothy S. Paul tp2111@columbia.edu 212-305-2676 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health First estimate of total viruses in mammals Minimum of 320,000 viruses; identifying them could help mitigate disease outbreaks; total cost less than a single pandemic Scientists estimate… Read More ›
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Footage of Syrian Chem attack victims Fabricated in Advance
EEV: This is the third documented claim – The prior two are as follows: 1. Syrian rebels take responsibility for the chemical attack admitting the weapons were provided by Saudis’ 2 .News of chemical weapons attack in Syria published one day… Read More ›
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Criminal who burned woman’s face can stay in Britain because of his human rights
A violent foreign criminal who burned a woman’s face with melted plastic and scalded her with boiling water has defeated a bid to deport him from Britain because of his human rights, the Telegraph can disclose. Valentine Harverye, a Zimbabwean… Read More ›
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A war the Pentagon doesn’t want
EEV: This is from the July 18th meeting. As you can easily see, Sen. McCain was already determined to go to war. By Robert H. Scales, Published: September 5 Robert H. Scales, a retired Army major general, is a former commandant… Read More ›
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A New Revolt of the Generals? – “embarrassed” to be associated with the White House’s bumbling of the situation
Sep 6, 2013By Paul McLearyin Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as they testify with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the “The Authorization… Read More ›
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Size doesn’t matter: the top ten ways in which little Britain is vastly superior to big fat Russia
By Tim Stanley World Last updated: September 6th, 2013 Vulgarity with a gun. Vladimir Putin says that Britain is just a small island. Well, someone should remind him that size isn’t important: it’s what you do with it… Read More ›
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World’s largest volcano discovered off the coast of Japan / possibly the second largest in the entire solar system
Tamu Massif is as big as the British isles and was formed roughly 145 million years ago James Vincent Friday, 6 September 2013 The largest volcano on earth – and possibly the second largest in the entire solar system… Read More ›
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Turkey: ‘Erdogan not a man of his word’, PKK halts retreat
Turkish government did not respect September 1 deadline 05 September, 18:52 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 5 – Accusing Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan of not honoring his agreements, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Cemil Bayik announced Thursday that Kurdish rebels… Read More ›
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NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records • $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products • Security experts say programs ‘undermine the fabric of the internet’
US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet James Ball, Julian Borger and Glenn Greenwald The Guardian, Thursday 5 September 2013 15.00 EDT Through covert partnerships with tech companies, the spy agencies have inserted secret vulnerabilities into… Read More ›
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Compared to Syrian biological weapons, sarin is nothing – official
Photo: RIA Novosti The issue of chemical and biological weapons in Syria is creating concerns in both neighbouring and distant countries. The mere presence of such weapons in the hands of the Syrian rebels is seen as a threat in… Read More ›
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NASA to send rocket on 30-day mission to the moon to investigate ‘evil’ lunar dust
NASA to launch Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Experiment – LADEE Rocket takes off from Wallops Island, Virginia on Friday night Spacecraft to investigate possibility of electrically charged dust By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 10:24 EST, 5 September 2013 | UPDATED: 13:11… Read More ›
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‘Wendi Deng was a Chinese spy’: Eccentric Australian mogul makes bizarre claim on TV about Rupert Murdoch’s wife
Multi-millionaire Clive Palmer, 59, made the claims on a television show ‘She’s been spying on Rupert for years,’ Mr Palmer claimed Palmer is renowned for his plans to construct a replica of the Titanic He is planning to sue Murdoch… Read More ›
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Syria Nuclear Milestones and what ia a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor
Research Reactor Section IAEA Support of Research Reactor HEU to LEU Fuel Conversion Miniature Neutron Source Reactors The Chinese-built Miniature Neutron Source Reactors (MNSR, 27 kW) reactors (two in China, five abroad) are low-power, neutron source RRs used primarily for… Read More ›
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Russia warns of catastrophe if Syria reactor hit by U.S. strike
Credit: Reuters/Hamid Khatib ST PETERSBURG, Russia | Wed Sep 4, 2013 4:13pm EDT ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday that a military strike on Syria could have catastrophic effects if a missile hit a small reactor… Read More ›
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Say fromage! Agency denies censorship after withdrawing ‘gormless’ picture of Francois Hollande
Agence France Presse transmitted the unflattering picture to clients on Tuesday, then quickly issued a ‘Mandatory Kill’ order Rob Williams Thursday, 5 September 2013 Agence France Presse (AFP), the French press agency, has been forced to deny charges of self-censorship… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 