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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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NHS hit for millions by overcharging ‘scam’
Drug companies exploit loophole in the law to hike prices by as much as 2,000 per cent Sanchez Manning Sunday, 14 July 2013 Drugs companies have been accused of “highway robbery” of the NHS by using a legal loophole to… Read More ›
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Greenwald: Snowden has enough information to cause US govt ‘worst damage in history’
Published time: July 13, 2013 20:09 Edited time: July 14, 2013 13:33 AFP Photo / Vasily Maximov Former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden possesses dangerous information which could potentially lead to America’s “worst nightmare” if it is revealed, according… Read More ›
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Unemployed Spaniards head to Morocco for work
Spain and Morocco have traditionally held close ties. Spain has the second largest Moroccan community in the world, while presence of Spanish entrepreneurs on Moroccan soil is not new. But the severe crisis in the Spanish economy has resulted… Read More ›
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Israel attacks Syria to destroy Russian-made ‘Yakhont’ anti-ship missiles
Photo: RIA Novosti It is for the first time that Israel has used its state -of-the art submarine fleet to hit a facility on Syria’s territory. According to today’s issue of “The Sunday Times” of London, in the early hours… Read More ›
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Zimmerman whistle-blower who claimed prosecutors didn’t give defense team all the evidence from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone is fired
In his termination letter Ben Kruidbos was accused of violating state attorney office policies and procedures He had informed the defense team that they hadn’t received all the images and text messages retrieved from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone The missing… Read More ›
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Chinese court executes man for fraud and illegal fundraising without telling family: media
AFP Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 BEIJING – A Chinese court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions, sparking anger online, local media reported Sunday. Businessman Zeng Chengjie was executed on Friday after… Read More ›
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Moscow pins tax evasion on Browder and deceased Magnitsky
Photo: RIA Novosti Download audio file Russia has posthumously convicted lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and his former client William Browder, a British investment fund chief, of tax evasion. Magnitsky died of suspicious circumstances in 2009 in a Moscow prison after leading a… Read More ›
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Russian Agency Seeks Typewriters for Secret Documents
With the NSA spying scandal still making headlines, a Russian paper reports that agencies in that country have turned to typewriters to help keep their documents secret. It sounds like a Luddite response to recent revelations from Edward Snowden —… Read More ›
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Entire government of Luxembourg resigns after spying and corruption scandal forces its prime minister to quit
Jean-Claude Juncker was Europe’s longest-serving leader, with 18 years as prime minister He was secretly record by his own spy chief, Marco Mille By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:20 EST, 11 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:27 EST, 11 July 2013… Read More ›
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Health Research Report (Video) 8 JUL 2013
High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes Rapid Liver Damage Number of Americans taking prescription drugs at 7 out of 10 Anti-depressants may keep PTSD patients in a constant state of fear. Anti-Bacterial Soaps may contribute to infant deaths
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China says GlaxoSmithKline execs confess to bribery and tax crimes
Source: Reuters – Thu, 11 Jul 2013 04:32 PM Author: Reuters * Biggest graft case involving foreign firm for years * GSK says it is cooperating fully with authorities * Lawyer says too early to say what punishment might be… Read More ›
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Equalities minister sees no need for law against caste discrimination
Her leaked letter urges Hindus to submit evidence to help get legislation scrapped Emily Dugan Thursday, 11 July 2013 Landmark legislation to ban caste discrimination in Britain is being deliberately scuppered by the Conservative equalities ministers in charge… Read More ›
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Saudi princess accused of human trafficking
Woman living in California kept Kenyan maid confined to house and took passport, say prosecutors in human trafficking case Reuters in Los Angeles guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 July 2013 00.23 EDT Meshael Alayban, who is accused of keeping a Kenyan maid as… Read More ›
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Israel admits holding second secret prisoner / Prisoner X2
A second secret prisoner is being held in same jail that Israeli-Australian spy known as Prisoner X killed himself in 2010 Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 July 2013 10.35 EDT A prison guard keeps watch from a tower… Read More ›
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Meet the small yellow worm that can REGROW its own head – and its old memories
If the planarian worm’s head is cut off it can regenerate a new one Scientists have found this new head contains memories from the old one This suggests memories are stored in another part of the body By Victoria Woollaston… Read More ›
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Little known search engine that refuses to store data on users doubles web traffic amid NSA tapping scandal
DuckDuckGo, based in Pennsylvania, does not share user data with sites This means fewer advertisements and results that are not skewed for users Firm saw web traffic double in the wake of Snowden NSA tapping leak By Helen Collis PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
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Pentagon purges Osama bin Laden raid records
Posted By Associated Press On 10:59 AM 07/08/2013 In Politics WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. special operations commander, Adm. William McRaven, ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout to be purged from Defense… Read More ›
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SAS sniper Danny Nightingale guilty of possessing gun and ammunition
Weapon was found in wardrobe and ammunition under his bed in plastic box Terri Judd Wednesday, 10 July 2013 A SAS sniper, whose jailing for possession of a war trophy pistol led to public outrage, was found guilty at a… Read More ›
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What every stressed yakuza mobster needs: A morale-boosting magazine
In-house tabloid offers tips on board games, haikus and a letter from the Yamaguchi-gumi outfit’s godfather David McNeill Wednesday, 10 July 2013 Japan’s biggest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, has produced an in-house tabloid magazine with features on fishing and board… Read More ›
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China woman seeks suitable Malaysian man as life partner
EEV: Always enjoy some of the stories that make headline news. Wed, Jul 10, 2013 The Star/Asia News Network A 37-year-old China woman put up an advertisement in a local daily looking for a suitable Malaysian man as her husband,China Press… Read More ›
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Japan: Risk of Incident From ‘Coercive’ Acts By China / fighters were scrambled more than 300 times against Chinese planes flying near Japan’s airspace for the year to March
Jul. 9, 2013 – 08:48AM | By SHINGO ITO for AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | TOKYO — China’s “coercive” behavior in waters around islands at the center of a bitter dispute with Japan is dangerous and could trigger an incident, Tokyo said… Read More ›
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Kosovo lobbyist behind attack on Egypt army
Paper: Wednesday, 10 July 2013 The man who’s behind the attack on the Egypt army in front of the Republican Guard building where President Mohamed Morsi is detained, is Safwat Hegazi, Islamic preacher and one of the most important Kosovo… Read More ›
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Congressman blasts Obama’s Defense Department for blocking Marine colonel from appearing before Congress as key witness in Benghazi probe
By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 14:01 EST, 9 July 2013 | UPDATED: 20:06 EST, 9 July 2013 Have you seen this man? U.S. Marine Corps Col. George Bristol, who is believed to have retired in March, commanded… Read More ›
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Calls grow to boycott ‘toxic’ human rights court – Life in Jail may be to harsh a punishment for killing people?
A major revolt against Europe’s influence over British affairs was triggered tonight after judges in Strasbourg ruled that “life means life” sentences given to the most heinous criminals breach their human rights. (From left) Jeremy Bamber was jailed for life… Read More ›
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Wealthy widow AVOIDS jail after keeping maid as a virtual slave for more than five years and ‘making her sleep in a closet’ in her 20,000-square-foot mansion
Annie George, 41, sentenced to five years’ probation, eights months of home confinement Judge ordered George to forfeit her $1.9million Llenroc stone mansion in Rexford, NY Widow was acquitted of treating Valsamma Mathai as a slave for financial gain Mathai… Read More ›
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Homeless woman has snuck into top security MacDill Air Force Base FOUR TIMES since last October – and has lived inside for days at a time
Suzanne M. Jensen was charged with trespassing on the Tampa, Florida base last month At least once, the 50-year-old got into the especially well-guarded home to U.S. Central Command–which overseas operations throughout the Middle East–by climbing atop a trash … Read More ›
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Europe’s rich ‘could face uprising similar to Peasants’ Revolt’
Europe’s rich Baby Boomers are behaving like the nobility in the Peasants’ Revolt, and could face an uprising by the younger generation if the situation doesn’t change, HSBC’s chief economist has warned. Stephen King said the Occupy movement was the… Read More ›
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Fukushima Nuke Plant manager dies of cancer
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 Masao Yoshida (AFP Photo / Japan Pool via JIJI Press) The ex-head of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Masao Yoshida, 58, died at a Tokyo hospital of esophageal cancer on July 9, 2013…. Read More ›
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Hardware powering the US Emergency Alert System can be easily tricked into broadcasting bogus apocalyptic warnings from afar
Emergency alert system easily pwnable after epic ZOMBIE attack prank Private crypto keys found in firmware – where were their BRRAAAIINNNS? By John Leyden Posted in Security, 9th July 2013 10:11 GMT Agentless Backup is Not a Myth Hardware powering… Read More ›
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US-made monitoring devices detected on Iran and Sudan networks
Ellen Nakashima Tuesday, 9 July 2013 American-made devices used for internet monitoring have been detected on government and commercial computer networks in Iran and Sudan, in apparent violation of US sanctions that ban the sale of goods, services or… Read More ›
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Snowden Confirms Stuxnet Malware developed by NSA and Israel Together
Author: Mohit Kumar, The Hacker News – Monday, July 08, 2013 In an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine, American whistleblower Edward Snowden has Confirmed that Stuxnet Malware was developed by NSA and Israel Together. Stuxnet made international headlines in 2010… Read More ›
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American Samoa’s battle against obesity as 95 per cent of the nation are declared overweight
WHO figures reveal extent of the obesity crisis in the small Pacific island One airline charging passengers tickets based on their weight to save costs Island-wide health push to encourage healthier eating and more activity By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 11:58… Read More ›
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St. Joe’s “dead” patient awoke as docs prepared to remove organs / So they sedated a dead person?
The state Health Department fined St. Joseph’s Hospital $22,000 for nearly removing organs from a patient who was alive in 2009. (Photo by Paul Finch) By John O’Brien | jobrien@syracuse.com The Post-Standard Follow on Twitter on July 07, 2013 at … Read More ›
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Global corruption survey reveals one in four people paid a bribe in past year
Transparency International investigation highlights lack of public faith in politicians and widespread public concern about graft Mark Tran The Guardian, Monday 8 July 2013 Urban perturbation … on a scale of concern about corruption ranging from one to… Read More ›
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New book documents Cold War experiments on kids
By JOANN LOVIGLIO / Associated Press / July 7, 2013 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A half century later, Charlie Dyer still vividly remembers the day he was picked to join the ‘‘Fernald Science Club.’’ It was 1954 and at 14, he had already spent nearly… Read More ›
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Child abuse kept secret because insurers feared compensation claims
Jillings Report: Revealed after 17 years – child abuse kept secret because insurers feared compensation claims Supressed account finds ‘appalling’ and ‘extensive’ history of abuse in North Wales in the 1970s and 80s Jonathan Brown Monday, 8 July 2013 Campaigners… Read More ›
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Airport landing system off when plane crashed in San Francisco
Sunday Jul 07, 2013 | Peter Henderson, Dan Levine for Reuters The San Francisco skyline is seen in the background as an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane lies off the runway after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International… Read More ›
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Asiana Crash incoming airplane’s glide path was not working on Saturday
EEV: This is not likely the cause, but is worthy of investigation… Investigators seek cause of deadly plane crash San Francisco Credit: Reuters/Xu Da By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO | Sun Jul 7, 2013 11:02am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S…. Read More ›
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Police, murder and India’s next prime minister
Jason OverdorfJuly 7, 2013 06:07 A leak accuses a controversial leader of a role in a political murder. Chief Minister of Gujarat state, Narendra Modi speaks on June 11, 2013. A leading hopeful to be the next prime minister of… Read More ›
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Ministers to seize back 100 powers from Brussels
Around 100 powers are to be permanently seized from Europe in a dramatic move this week. Photo: Niall Carson/PA By Patrick Hennessy 9:33PM BST 06 Jul 2013 In the first part of efforts to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the European… Read More ›
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Warning over ‘epidemic’ of skin allergies from chemical in cosmetics and household products
A chemical found in everyday cosmetics and household cleaning products may be responsible for an “epidemic” of painful skin allergies, doctors have warned. Some well-known products that contain MI By Claire Duffin 7:00AM BST 07 Jul 2013 The preservative… Read More ›
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