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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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French budget minister Had a secret Swiss bank account, from which funds were transferred to Singapore
French budget minister resigns amid investigation © Flickr.com/hounddog32/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 French President Francois Hollande has granted a request by the French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac to terminate his responsibilities and accept his resignation. According to French media reports Bernard Cazeneuve has been… Read More ›
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Fake bureaucrat takes China authorities for ride
A paramilitary policeman stands guard next to flags ahead of the opening ceremony of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at Tiananmen Square in Beijing March 5, 2013. AFP Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 BEIJING – Authorities in China are hunting a… Read More ›
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Cyprus rescue in chaos as MPs reject bail-out
Nation could face bankruptcy within weeks after terms of £10bn package are voted down Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, Nathalie Savaricas Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Cyprus stood on the brink of bankruptcy tonight after its parliamentarians voted down a bailout deal that would… Read More ›
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New Zealand planning account seizures?
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 The National Government are pushing a Cyprus-style solution to bank failure in New Zealand which will see small depositors lose some of their savings to fund big bank bailouts, the Green Party said today. Open Bank… Read More ›
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Wal-Mart Evades Suit Over Exploding Toy
ST. LOUIS (CN) – A man who picked up a malfunctioning battery-operated toy, only to have it explode in his hands, cannot sue Wal-Mart, the 8th Circuit ruled. Jon Sommervold sued the retailer over the 2008 injury because he had… Read More ›
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Fukushima loses cooling power
No electricity to pumps that feed ponds where spent nuclear fuel rods must be kept underwater at a safe temperature Associated Press in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 March 2013 00.38 EDT A damaged reactor building at the Fukushima power plant… Read More ›
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Japan seizes nuclear-related materials from N Korea cargo : ( Singapore-flagged ship )
Crime Mar. 19, 2013 – 06:50AM JST ( 5 ) TOKYO — Japan has seized aluminium alloy rods which can be used to make nuclear centrifuges from a Singapore-flagged ship which was carrying cargo from North Korea, a government spokesman… Read More ›
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U.S. contractor charged with passing nuclear secrets to Chinese woman
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:18 GMT Reuters By Tim Gaynor March 18 (Reuters) – A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii has been arrested on charges of passing national defense secrets, including classified information about nuclear weapons, to a Chinese… Read More ›
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New EU Plan: Steal Bank Accounts from people
Monday, 18 March 2013 The surprise decision by euro zone leaders to part-fund a bailout of Cyprus by taxing bank deposits sent shockwaves through financial markets on Monday, with shares and the bonds of struggling euro zone governments tumbling…. Read More ›
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Savers across Europe will look on in horror at the Troika’s raid on Cyprus
It’s now become clear: the threat to European savers and banks isn’t anti-austerity parties but the Troika Michael Burke The Guardian, Sunday 17 March 2013 13.06 EDT Account-holders withdraw money from a cash machine in the Cyprus capital,… Read More ›
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Does Greek coffee hold the key to a longer life?
Contact: Katie Baker katie.baker@sagepub.co.uk 020-732-48719 SAGE Publications The answer to longevity may be far simpler than we imagine; it may in fact be right under our noses in the form of a morning caffeine kick. The elderly inhabitants of Ikaria,… Read More ›
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Families in ‘squeezed middle’ see first drop in disposable income in a generation (UK)
Families caught in the so-called “squeezed middle” have suffered a nine per cent drop in their income since the start of the recession, official figures show. Families are marginally better off than there were a year ago, research by Asda… Read More ›
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Frantic day ahead as EU tells Cyprus it can rethink controversial bailout terms as key vote postponed
Cyprus postpones crucial vote on controversial bank deposit levy as stocks plummet around the world John Hall, Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, Nathalie Savaricas Monday, 18 March 2013 German and European bank officials have said Cyprus can amend the terms of its €10… Read More ›
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Pharaoh jinx: Egyptian preacher warns of TV ‘magicians’
Mar 18, 2013 17:41 Moscow Time © Photo: ru.wikipedia.org A prominent Islamic preacher has warned Egyptians against watching TV news, saying they were broadcast by “Pharaoh’s magicians.” In this week’s sermon, Safwat Hegazy condemned Egyptian dailies and magazines that had… Read More ›
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Oil plunges as dollar gains on Cyprus news
March 18, 2013, 1:15 a.m. EDT By Michael Kitchen, MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures tumbled in electronic trading Monday, slapped lower by a surge in the dollar as worries spiked over a Cyprus bank levy and its implications… Read More ›
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Asian markets fall amid fears over Cyprus bailout deal
Asian markets have dipped after Cyprus bailout plans triggered fears of an escalation of the eurozone debt crisis. The EU and IMF want all bank customers to pay a levy in return for a bailout worth 10bn euros ($13bn;… Read More ›
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Record cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant: 7,400 times above safe limits
Kyodo Online: Mar 16, 2013 Last Modfied: Mar 16, 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power… Read More ›
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Cyprus may raise deposit levy to 12.5% for large accounts – report
Published time: March 17, 2013 21:29 Edited time: March 18, 2013 00:45 AFP Photo / Alex Mita Cyprus is currently deciding whether to raise the anti-crisis tax on savings larger than €100,000 to 12.5%, while reducing the levy on… Read More ›
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Cyprus savings levy: questions and answers : Levy will be on Average Balance, withdrawing money will not save you
All the issues, causes and consequences of a forced levy on savers at Cypriot banks as part of the eurozone rescue package Graeme Wearden guardian.co.uk, Sunday 17 March 2013 10.06 EDT People try to withdraw money from a cashpoint… Read More ›
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The decision to raid people’s savings to fund a bail-out for Cyprus sets a “worrying precedent” that could jeopardise the European economic recovery, financial experts have warned.
EU raid on savings to fund bail-out for Cyprus ‘threatens recovery’ By Robert Winnett, and Tom Whitehead 10:00PM GMT 17 Mar 2013 The island’s government has announced that, following pressure from finance ministers in the eurozone, it is introducing a… Read More ›
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N. Korea Says Nukes Are Not A Bargaining Chip For Aid
Mar. 17, 2013 – 12:58PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | SEOUL — North Korea said Sunday it would never trade its nuclear weapons program for aid and stressed its “unshakeable” stance to retain the deterrent, following a third atomic test… Read More ›
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‘They took our money while we were sleeping’ WITH VIDEO
By Peter Stevenson Published on March 17, 2013 THE AIR of disappointment and rage on Ledra Street yesterday morning was almost tangible with groups of middle-aged men gathering to express their disbelief and fury about the haircut on deposits. Social… Read More ›
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The Political Leaders of the EU, IMF, and Cyprus need to be audited.
EEV: I rarely offer commentary, but the Iron needs to be struck while hot. – The people of Europe need to know whether the political leaders of the Eurozone, including Cyprus, transferred money to safer havens prior to the proposed… Read More ›
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Tomorrow, Cyprus could vote to leave the euro. This is political dynamite: “If Cypriot depositors are forced to pay today, why not Spanish ones tomorrow “
By Mats Persson Economics Last updated: March 17th, 2013 There are two ways to look at the hugely controversial bailout agreed for Cyprus in the early hours of Saturday morning, in which the small island nation – accounting for only… Read More ›
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Cyprus baulks at painful EU bailout terms: ” I don’t think the banks will open if the bill isn’t passed “
17 Mar 2013 NICOSIA (AFP) Cyprus postponed an emergency debate in parliament on a controversial EU bailout on Sunday, threatening a prolonged closure of the island’s banks as MPs baulk at an unprecedented tax on savings. Fellow eurozone countries and… Read More ›
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Only Jesus can save the eurozone: Deutsche Bank (2nd Confirmation)
Business Insider | 13/03/14 2:06 PM ET – Deutsche Bank‘s global head of FX strategy, Bilal Hafeez, recently gave a speech at the annual Deutsche Bank Mittelstand (small and medium-sized enterprises) FX conference in Hamburg, Germany. The bank’s research department… Read More ›
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DEUTSCHE BANK: ‘Only Jesus can save Eurozone’
Sunday, 17 March 2013 Deutsche Bank‘s global head of FX strategy, Bilal Hafeez, recently gave a speech at the annual Deutsche Bank Mittelstand (small and medium-sized enterprises) FX conference in Hamburg, Germany.. . The bank’s research department transcribed Hafeez’s speech… Read More ›
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Osborne says UK will help troops hit by EU raid on British savers in Cyprus
George Osborne: UK will compensate troops and government workers affected by Cyprus bailout levy Savers in Cypriot banks will be forced to hand over up to 10 per cent of their deposits to raise about €6bn James Legge Sunday 17… Read More ›
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You won’t bee-lieve it! Could manuka honey beat drug-resistant superbugs?
By Nick Mcdermott PUBLISHED: 20:53 EST, 15 March 2013 | UPDATED: 05:55 EST, 17 March 2013 Strong stuff: Manuka honey could fight drug-resistant superbugs It is a natural medicine used for thousands of years to clean wounds and fight… Read More ›
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Cyprus Bail-Out Unfair, short-sighted and self-defeating: Will anyone ever put their savings in a Eurozone Bank again ?
Unfair, short-sighted and self-defeating Mar 16th 2013, 14:54 by A.P. IT IS not a fudge, but it is still a failure. The euro zone’s bail-out of Cyprus, which was sealed in the early hours of Saturday, did get the bill… Read More ›
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Factbox: Outlines of Cyprus’ bailout by the euro zone
EEV: Even though this is being reported through a major news organization, it still needs validation. Meetings were out of the public view, so there currently is no way to determine what has actually been agreed to. Confiscation of a peoples… Read More ›
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Greece seeks buyers for local units of Cypriot banks
ATHENS | Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:20pm EDT ATHENS (Reuters) – Athens has started exploring local lenders’ interest in taking over the Greek units of Cypriot banks, as part of the island’s international bailout agreed earlier on Saturday, Greece’s finance… Read More ›
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Cyprus: panic as savings levy is imposed
Cypriots rush to ATMs before savings are docked as part of a bailout deal agreed in Brussels Paul Gallagher and Helena Smith guardian.co.uk, Saturday 16 March 2013 15.14 EDT Cyprus’s rightwing leader Nicos Anastasiades believes his country will default following… Read More ›
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Spain protesters accuse EU of servility to markets
16 Mar 2013 MADRID (AFP) Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Madrid and other cities in Spain against European Union leaders’ handling of the financial crisis, condemning “an EU that belongs to the markets”. The marches, organised by Spain’s “indignados”… Read More ›
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20,000 Swiss civil servants protest austerity
AFPMarch 17, 2013, 2:52 am AFP © 20,000 Swiss civil servants protest austerity GENEVA (AFP) – Some 20,000 teachers, police, hospital workers and other civil servants gathered in the Swiss capital Saturday to protest austerity measures and demand better working… Read More ›
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£80m ‘wasted’ on smallpox terror threat
Leading scientist says fear that terrorists might attack Britain with the virus was ‘far-fetched’ Brian Brady Sunday, 17 March 2013 One of the country’s foremost scientists has claimed Britain “wasted” almost £80m buying smallpox vaccine, after it emerged that the… Read More ›
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A look at Cyprus’ decision to tax depositors : Euro and the IMF resorts to absolute theft
By SARAH DiLORENZO AP Business WriterAssociated Press Posted: 03/16/2013 09:16:15 AM PDT March 16, 2013 7:15 PM GMTUpdated: 03/16/2013 12:15:23 PM PDT PARIS—People with bank accounts in Cyprus were shocked Saturday to learn that as part of an … Read More ›
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Nowhere to run or hide from America’s ‘financial Nazism’
EEV: There is some hidden irony here 😉 – Max Keiser, the host of RT’s ‘Keiser Report,’ is a former stockbroker, the inventor of virtual specialist technology and co-founder of the Hollywood Stock Exchange. – Published time: March 15,… Read More ›
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Hackers publish CIA Director Brennan’s financial records
EEV: Remember ALL information needs to be validated. Further linking will lead to a Trans Union Credit Report in html. Trolling is not uncommon in these circumstances. Links however, do appear to be accurate. If legitimate, we have a serious lack… Read More ›
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Bloggers expose lavish lifestyles of Putin loyalists
16 Mar 2013 MOSCOW (AFP) Bloggers who oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin are targeting top lawmakers loyal to the Kremlin with scandalous revelations about their luxury apartments and jet-setting lifestyles which run counter to their patriotic rhetoric. Recent exposes have focused… Read More ›
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Cyprus people ‘shocked’ with bailout terms: EuroGroup wants to tax Bank Deposits
Please refer to Update: Latest Update: It is apparent that Reuters is running a similar story that is there is no run on the banks, and foreigners accounts are safe. Cyprus parliament to vote on savings levy The following… Read More ›
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French first lady accused of ’embezzlement’ for funding lavish lifestyle with taxpayers’ money… despite not actually being married to president
Valerie Trierweiler is accused of being just Francois Hollande’s ‘mistress’ Accusations made in criminal court complaint by millionaire Xavier Kemlin He claims she makes France the ‘laughing stock of all heads of state’ Says tax shouldn’t ‘house, feed, fund woman… Read More ›
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The photos Saudi Arabia doesn’t want seen – and proof Islam’s most holy relics are being demolished in Mecca
Archaeologists fear billion-pound development has led to destruction of key historical sites Jerome Taylor Friday, 15 March 2013 The authorities in Saudi Arabia have begun dismantling some of the oldest sections of Islam’s most important mosque as part of a… Read More ›
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Supplements For Heat Tolerance – Brief Segment
Published on Mar 15, 2013 With this segment, I do a quick run through of some hypothetical supplements for heat tolerance. This segment is geared towards those who have to endure harsh temperatures while being physically active. I cover briefly… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 