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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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Obamacare: 42 percent of Americans can’t explain a deductible
First baseline results of health care survey show most vulnerable populations are least informed about changes under new health care laws, but also the most optimistic The week before open enrollment closes for new health care exchanges, a study by… Read More ›
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Does our solar system have a SUPER EARTH? Cluster of rock at its edge hints at existence of an enormous planet
Researchers have discovered a dwarf planet called 2012 VP113 It was spotted orbiting in a similar formation with up to 900 other objects Discoveries were made on the edge of our solar system in the Oort cloud The similar orbits… Read More ›
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US Defense Secretary says Russia should guarantee will not invade Ukraine / Russia deploying its Army units along its Western border
March 26, 21:56 UTC+4 WASHINGTON Chuck Hagel recalled his conversation last week with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, whom he asked why Russia deploying its Army units along its Western border AP Photo/Charles Dharapak WASHINGTON, March 26, /ITAR-TASS/. Russia should… Read More ›
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After giraffe scandal, Danish zoo ‘euthanizes’ 4 lions, cubs to make way for new male
Published time: March 25, 2014 20:21 A lioness licks one of her newborn cubs (AFP Photo / Henning Bagger) The Copenhagen Zoo that sparked international outrage by publicly killing and dissecting a healthy giraffe, has put down two lions and… Read More ›
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3 Russian warships pass Dardenelles Strait
Tuesday, 25 March 2014 Three Russian warships passed Dardanelles Strait in Turkey and headed towards the Mediterranean Sea on Monday morning. Local Dogan News Agency (DHA) reported that the Russian warships made the movement after… Read More ›
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China does not yet find Malaysian reports credible, contiues searching all possible areas for MH370
China sends special envoy to Malaysia, vows to continue search for MH370 (Xinhua) 07:22, March 26, 2014 THE HAGUE/KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — China said Tuesday it would send a special envoy to Kuala Lumpur to deal with the… Read More ›
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How Russia could strangle the US space program
If you use a cellphone, have a GPS system in your car, or get cash from ATMs, you should be worried. Jean MacKenzieMarch 25, 2014 02:34 Subscribe to Jean MacKenzie on Facebook The New Horizons spacecraft atop an Atlas… Read More ›
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Time to grab guns and kill damn Russians – Tymoshenko in leaked tape
Published time: March 24, 2014 16:06 Edited time: March 25, 2014 00:01 Yulia Tymoshenko (Reuters/Cathal McNaughton) Ukrainians must take up arms against Russians so that not even scorched earth will be left where Russia stands; an example of former Ukrainian… Read More ›
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Hey, Glasshole: That cool app? It has turned you into a SPY DRONE
Google Glass spyware can use users as surveillance drones By John Leyden Security researchers have created prototype Google Glass spyware that is capable of snooping on everything the user is looking at without tipping off victims that anything is amiss…. Read More ›
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Venice: 89% vote for independece from Italy
Sunday, 23 March 2014 Over 89 percent of residents in Italy’s Veneto region have voted in an unofficial referendum in favor of independence from the rest of the country as Venetians seek to restore the glory of the old days… Read More ›
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Syria accuses Turkey of downing fighter jet over Syrian teritory
Sunday, 23 March 2014 Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says its armed forces have shot down a Syrian military jet which had violated its airspace. He warned such action by Syria merited a “heavy response”.
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Rise of robot reporters: when software writes the news
17:00 21 March 2014 by Aviva Rutkin Just three minutes after an earthquake hit California on Monday, the Los Angeles Times broke the story on its website. The short article seemed fairly ordinary. It covered all the major details –… Read More ›
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Professor: Breaking up big bank monopoly highlight of China’s financial reform
(People’s Daily Online) 20:31, March 22, 2014 Beijing, March 22 (People’s Daily Online) — To break up big bank monopoly will be the highlight of China’s financial reform in 2014, professor Li Daokui told People’s Daily Online in Beijing, March… Read More ›
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Antisocial Network to help users avoid their friends
Friday, 21 March 2014 A pair of U.S. developers have created Cloak, an iPhone “antisocial network” to help users avoid running into their friends. Cloak, created by programmer Brian Moore and former Buzzfeed creative director Chris Baker, is billed as… Read More ›
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Anti-counterfeit ‘fingerprints’ made from silver nanowires
– fingerprints could be produced at a cost of less than $1 per single pattern, which was demonstrated in their study by synthesizing a solution containing individual silver nanowires, coating the nanowires with silica, doping them with specific fluorescent… Read More ›
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Organic fertilizers and Crop intensification can be a long-term solution to perennial food shortages in Africa
Chemical Fertilizers degrade the soil and reduce food production over time PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2014 Growing more food on the same size of land is key to increasing food production in Africa to meet the needs of an ever-growing population Farmers… Read More ›
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Bionic plants
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we breathe, and add beauty to our surroundings. Now, a team of MIT researchers wants to make plants even more useful by augmenting… Read More ›
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If Russia Gets Crimea, Should Germany Get Kaliningrad?
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber Mar. 20 2014 21:29 Vladimir Filonov / MTA view of the Gothic-style Konigsberg Cathedral in Kaliningrad, Russia. In the tug-of-war between Russia and the West, some states are apparently more equal than others when it comes to correcting “mistakes” of the… Read More ›
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Turchynov Demands Self-Proclaimed Crimean Authorities Free All Hostages, Stop Provoking Ukrainian Troops By 21:00 On Wednesday
(19:32, Wednesday, March 19, 2014) Турчинов3 Ukrainian News Agency Parliament Speaker/acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has demanded that the self-proclaimed Crimean authorities free all hostages and stop provoking Ukrainian troops by 21:00 on Wednesday, the acting president’s representative office announced in… Read More ›
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EU Bans European Council President from visitng Moscow
Wednesday, 19 March 2014 Russia on Wednesday mocked a European Council decision to bar its president from visiting Moscow. President Herman Van Rompuy requested an urgent visit to Russia on Monday to hear the Russian opinion about the crisis… Read More ›
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Russian Navy to Deploy Conventional Deterrence Force
© RIA Novosti. Igor Zarembo 21:02 19/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) – The naval component of Russia’s future strategic non-nuclear deterrence force will consist of warships and submarines armed with high-precision weapons, navy commander Adm. Viktor Chirkov said Wednesday…. Read More ›
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Crimean Tatars Will Have to Vacate Land – Official
Crimean tatars © RIA Novosti. Taras Litvinenko 05:40 19/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 18 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s breakaway region of Crimea will ask Tatars to vacate part of the land where they now live in exchange for new territory elsewhere in… Read More ›
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Defence Ministry Allows Ukrainian Military Use Weapons In Crimea
(20:22, Tuesday, March 18, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency The Defence Ministry has allowed Ukrainian military to use weapons in Crimea, reads a statement made by the Ministry press service. “Since the death of Ukrainian serviceman warrant officer Kakurin S.V. during… Read More ›
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Analyst: Stealth Technology Seizure Behind MH370 Disappearance
EEV: ? Not as concerned of the conspiracy of a hijacking, but as to the passenger list INDONESIA, AT SEA: A personnel of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue looks over horizon during a search in the Andaman sea area around northern… Read More ›
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Fukushima radiation might reach US coast at 3rd anniversary of catastrophe
EEV: Please review bottom links also… Getting mixed reports on the severity, from serious to of no concern. Photo: EPA Radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown is expected to reach the West Coast by next month, according to… Read More ›
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Ukraine (cyber) war in full swing
2014-03-17 07:29 Kiev – With cyber attacks already launched against Crimean separatists, the Kremlin and Nato, the ground war may not have started in Ukraine but computer warfare is already raging. In recent days – and with increasing intensity on… Read More ›
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Right Sector leader: Kiev should be ready to sabotage Russian pipelines in Ukraine
Edited time: March 16, 2014 16:03 Dmytro Yarosh.(Reuters / David Mdzinarishvili) The leader of ultranationalist group Right Sector, Dmitry Yarosh, has threatened to destroy Russian pipelines on Ukrainian territory if a diplomatic solution is not reached with Moscow. In a… Read More ›
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Venice wants to secede from Italy
Sunday, 16 March 2014 Voting begins Sunday on a referendum on whether Venice and its surrounding region should secede from the rest of Italy, in an attempt to restore its 1,000-year history as a sovereign republic. La Serenissima — or… Read More ›
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Tensions rise as Ukraine’s military hardware pulls up to eastern border with Russia
Published time: March 16, 2014 21:30 Ukrainian tanks take part in a military exercise near Kharkiv March 14, 2014 (Reuters / Stringer) Ukrainian heavy military equipment, including armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles are heading towards the Russian… Read More ›
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World heading for ‘collapse in decades’: Nasa-funded study
Adam Withnall 17th Mar 2014 5:38 AM MODERN civilization is heading for collapse within a matter of decades because of growing economic instability and pressure on the planet’s resources, according to a scientific study funded by NASA. Using theoretical models… Read More ›
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Russian troops seize Kherson gas plant ( Mixed reports coming in )
Published on Mar 16, 2014 Russian troops have stormed six miles over Crimea’s geographical border with mainland Ukraine and seized a natural gas plant. The 120-strong Russian forces, backed by helicopter gunships and armoured vehicles, took control of the village of… Read More ›
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Statement of the MFA of Ukraine with respect to assault landing of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on March 15
Yesterday, 17:31 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong and categorical protest against the landing on March 15, 2014 near the village Strilkove, Kherson region of troops of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in a number of 80… Read More ›
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Ukrainian Military Press Back Russian Assault From Township Strilkove, Kherson Region
(17:03, Saturday, March 15, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency Ukrainian military have pressed back Russian assault from the township Strilkove, Kherson Region, reads a statement made by the press service of the Defence Ministry of Ukraine. “Today,… Read More ›
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Crimea crisis stirs dispute over Russian-held islands off Hokkaido
A high school student prays at the grave of a Japanese resident of Etorofu, off Hokkaido, during a rare visit to the Russian-held island in 2007. |AFP-JIJI Mar 15, 2014 Scenes of apparent Russian troops in southern Ukraine are stirring… Read More ›
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Cambridge University study centre focuses on risks that could annihilate mankind
Research group focuses on synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and environmental threats UPDATED : Sunday, 16 March, 2014, 3:23am Kate Whitehead Illustration: Sarene Chan Consider these two scenarios – supercomputers take over the world, destroying their human creators; or else a… Read More ›
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Tank-commanding anime girls capture fans for SDF ( Japan )
– decade ago, around one in 10 candidates said they wanted to be a soldier for love of country. These days it’s closer to one in three TOKYO — By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo Mar. 16, 2014 – 06:25AM… Read More ›
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Former Soviet borders are being reconsidered
16.03.2014 The Crimea precedent will make us look differently at similar issues in the Former Soviet Union. The problem was incited by Soviet authorities who loosely drew administrative boundaries between different regions. There are many of those who “suffered” from… Read More ›
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Source of interference in Russian satellite work is detected
The attempt to use radio-electronic war means against a Russian relay satellite was a violation of the International Telecommunication Union’s charter – Appropriate services have detected the exact location of the source in Ukraine’s territory March 15, 14:21 UTC+4 MOSCOW
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USA gives up control of Internet
Friday, 14 March 2014 U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of… Read More ›
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UN Declares Huge Part of Far Eastern Sea Russian Shelf
Sea of Okhotsk © RIA Novosti. 15:25 15/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 15 (RIA Novosti) – A United Nations commission has officially recognized the Sea of Okhotsk enclave, off Russia’s southeastern coast, as part of the country’s continental shelf, the Russian minister… Read More ›
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US drone intercepted in Crimean airspace – Russia’s state corporation
– It was possible to break the drone’s link with its American operators with the help of the EW (electronic warfare) complex Avtobaza. As a result, the device made an emergency landing and passed into the possession of the self-defense… Read More ›
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Discrepancies between trial results reported on clinical trial registry and in journals ( nearly all had discrepancies )
– nearly all had at least 1 discrepancy in the study group – Our findings raise questions about accuracy of both ClinicalTrials.gov and publications, as each source’s reported results at times disagreed with the other. During a one year period,… Read More ›
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Farm salmon pose clear reproductive threat to wild gene pools
– “The problem is that farmed salmon can escape each year in their millions, getting into wild spawning populations, where they can then reproduce and erode wild gene pools, introducing these negative traits.” Mon, 10 Mar 2014 Farmed salmon show… Read More ›
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The documents that alleged Pierre Omidyar co-funded Ukraine revolution groups with US government
Original Source : Pando By Mark Ames On February 28, 2014 EEV WordPress PDF LINK: For non formatted documentation 209847085-09-09-2013-Chesno-2012-Finance-Campain-Final Окремі напрямки роботи в рамках кампанія «Фільтруй Раду!» очолювали ініціатори руху:
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Moscow Reaffirms Right to Defend Russians in Ukraine
– justify military intervention in former Soviet countries, and signaled a possible expansion of the crisis in Ukraine – that Kiev’s new government was unable to maintain law and order and ensure public safety. 16:10 14/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA… Read More ›
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Turkish Graft Documents 17 DECEMBER OPERATION as leaked – Converted to PDF
EEV: Link here is to WordPress PDF file: 17 ARALIK OPERASYONU BAKANLAR FEZLEKESİ Egemen Bağış Zafer Çağlayan Muammer Güler Original leak source : The Twitter pseudonym @HARAMZADELER333 EEV: First post published below for linking: R A P O R Soruşturma No :… Read More ›
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Turkey vows to protect Ottoman tomb in northern Syria from rebels
Source: Reuters – Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:37 PM Author: Reuters * Ankara says Ottoman tomb in Syria is Turkish territory * Islamist militants hold area where tomb is located ISTANBUL, March 14 (Reuters) – Turkey threatened on Friday… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 