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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.
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Former TSA agent: Your worst fears about us were true
– including pat downs for rude customers, code lingo for attractive women, and seizures of items. – Many of the images we gawked at were of overweight people, their every fold and dimple on full awful display – Piercings of… Read More ›
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Italy is wasting away month by month
– its debt ratio ratcheting up towards 140pc of GDP – and all because the country’s ruling elite cannot shake off its slavish assumption that a return to monetary self-rule is impossible By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Economics Last updated: January 31st,… Read More ›
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CIA and Saudis cooperate on Chinese missile purchase
© Collage: Voice of Russia Undoubtedly, the role of the Saudi Arabia and its influence on the Middle East has long been under the discussion. Now with Iran and the West trying to reach an agreement on the nuclear matter,… Read More ›
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This tool demands access to YOUR ENTIRE DIGITAL LIFE. Is it from GCHQ? No – it’s by IKEA
Order a flat-pack kitchen, surrender your HDD’s contents By Richard Chirgwin, 29th January 2014 If the Target hack – along with all its predecessors – taught us anything, it’s that the database isn’t the vulnerability. It’s the data that’s… Read More ›
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US nuclear officer cheating scandal has grown to 92 out of a force of 500
US nuclear officer cheating scandal widens as top brass investigates Defence secretary Chuck Hagel summons military chiefs to Pentagon to tackle ‘systemic problems’ of stress and low morale Associated Press in Washington theguardian.com, Thursday 30 January 2014 12.38 EST US air… Read More ›
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Passports for profit: British company to make ‘disgusting amounts of money’ from controversial EU passport sale
Eric Major, H&P’s Canadian chief executive The Malta Independent (www.independent.com.mt) Cahal Milmo Chief Reporter Wednesday 29 January 2014 A British company has been accused of making “disgusting amounts of money” from a controversial scheme by Malta to sell European Union… Read More ›
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Turkey attacks Al Qaeda ‘rebels’ in Syria
Wednesday, 29 January 2014 Turkey’s armed forces have attacked a convoy of al-Qaeda-linked rebel vehicles in Syria, Turkish media reported. The attack on Tuesday evening was in retaliation for cross-border fire earlier in the day, when a mortar shell… Read More ›
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World risks deflationary shock as BRICS puncture credit bubbles – probability may now be as high as 20pc.
As matters stand, the next recession will push the Western economic system over the edge into deflation It is a remarkable state of affairs that the G2 monetary superpowers – the US and China – should both be tightening Photo:… Read More ›
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Bank refuses to give customers their money unless they can prove a good reason for needing it
Posted By Grae Stafford On 10:36 AM 01/29/2014 International bank HSBC has been restricting its customers from withdrawing large sums of cash if they can’t provide a good enough reason for why they need it. The policy was brought in… Read More ›
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Is Mysterious Mars Rock a Fungus? – “obscenely incompetent” NASA
By LORRAINE BAILEY (CN) – The mysterious rock on Mars photographed by the Opportunity rover resembles an Earth fungus, but an “obscenely incompetent” NASA refused to take a closer look at it, a Ph.D. claims in a writ of mandamus…. Read More ›
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$130 billion a year wasted on poor quality education: UN
29 Jan 2014 Paris (AFP) A quarter of a billion children worldwide are failing to learn basic reading and maths skills in an education crisis that costs governments $129 billion annually, the UN’s cultural agency warned in a report Wednesday…. Read More ›
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New devastating hollow R.I.P bullet dubbed ‘the last round you will ever need’ is released for single women to protect their homes
New bullet unveiled at Las Vegas gun show this month that is designed to cause as much internal damage as possible to its victim The Radically Invasive Projectile or R.I.P is produced by Georgia based G2 Research It has been… Read More ›
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Patient Calls Stoned Surgeon a Menace
– Fennell claims he received “services rendered … for a procedure performed on the wrong body part.” By DAVID LEE DALLAS (CN) – Baylor Health Care System sent patients to a drunken, drug-using neurological surgeon who killed and… Read More ›
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Video Health Research Report 27 JAN 2014
Topics: Mouthwash is a Disaster for health Raises Blood Pressure and Stroke Risk * Journal of Free Radical Biology and Medicine JAN 2014 Fever Reducing Medications increase virus activity/load and transmission * Proceedings of Royal Society B Today JAN 2014… Read More ›
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Common crop pesticides kill honeybee larvae in the hive
Date: January 27, 2014 Source: Penn State Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives, according to new research. Scientists also found that N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone — an inert, or inactive, chemical… Read More ›
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Benjamin Netanyahu under fire from right wingers for letting his son date a non-Jew
‘I bet it pains him.Any Jew… wants to see his son marry a Jewish girl,’ says politician from the ultra-orthodox Shas party Katie Grant Monday, 27 January 2014 Benjamin Netanyahu has been criticised by right-wing politicians in Israel who have… Read More ›
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The California controller has no authority to check lawmakers’ work when they claim they’ve passed a balanced budget
California Budget Fiasco Checkup Was Out of Line – The ruling adopts the Legislature’s argument that a budget is balanced if it – without any independent verification – says it is so,” – A panel for the Third Appellate District… Read More ›
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Blood of Pope John Paul stolen in possible ‘satanic’ theft
Italian police search for a stolen religious reliquary that contains the blood of dead Pope At John Paul II’s funeral in 2005, crowds of mourners cried “Santo Subito!” – “Sainthood now” – prompting the Vatican to speed up the Polish… Read More ›
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Comrades in arms: Britain and Russia to sign defence deal
Once they were Cold War foes. Now Britain and Russia are preparing to work together on defence projects United together in friendship and labour: David Cameron and Vladimir Putin on a flight together. Photo: AFP By Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent 10:00PM… Read More ›
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Billionaire Tom Perkins under-fire for likening criticism of the super-rich to the Holocaust now says the Occupy movement is like Nazism
Thomas Perkins, 82, originally wrote a letter to the Wall Street Journal of the ‘parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to [San Francisco’s] war on [the rich] His second letter to Bloomberg further compared the ‘Occupy’ movement to German fascism before… Read More ›
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Counting the hidden victims of medicine
– third leading cause of death in the developed world is “iatrogenic” deaths – those caused by medical errors, adverse drug reactions or hospital-acquired infections. 24 January 2014 Drug side effects and other unintended consequences of medical treatment may be… Read More ›
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US intelligence agencies incapable of detecting nuke threats – report
© Photo: Flickr.com/benben/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 American intelligence and security agencies are not currently capable of detecting when foreign nations are building nuclear weapons or ramping up their existing programs, according to a newly released Pentagon report that faults a range… Read More ›
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IRA victims plan to sue Tony Blair over Libya ‘conniving’
Tony Blair faces threat of legal action over allegation he helped Colonel Gaddafi over court case that led to British terror victims losing out on compensation deal Tony Blair with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2007. Photo: PETER MACDIARMID/AFP By Edward Malnick,… Read More ›
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173 Health Research Report 25 JAN 2010
173 25 JAN 2014 / White paper draft Compiled by Ralph Turchiano • Detailed research references and further affiliations on each article are posted at http://www.healthreserachreport.me . In this Issue: Study examines probiotic use in preventing gastrointestinal disorders… Read More ›
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Snowden speaks: NSA spies create ‘databases of ruin’ on innocent folks
– Firstly, the fear that everything is being recorded will change our personal behavior for the worse – secondly that the data amounted to “databases of ruin”, storing embarrassing or harmful details can be plucked out in retroactive investigations. ‘Not… Read More ›
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‘Labour will bring back 50p income tax for top earners’ says Ed Balls ( U.K.)
– top rate of tax on incomes over £150,000 would be increased from 45p to 50p Shadow Chancellor would shift the burden of the deficit to the rich, raising £10bn in three years Jane Merrick Saturday, 25 January 2014 The… Read More ›
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China Japan Diplomacy quickly crossing the Rubicon
China hits back at Abe over World War I analogy Jan. 25, 2014 – 04:18PM JST China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on January 22, 2014 in MontreuxAFP DAVOS — China has hit back at Japan’s Prime Minister over a claim… Read More ›
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China warns foreign military planes entering defense zone
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Jan. 25, 2014 – 06:46AM JST ( 14 ) BEIJING — China said Friday it has begun issuing warnings to foreign military planes entering its self-declared air defense zone over the East China Sea amid heightened tensions… Read More ›
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Carsey Institute: 39 percent of unemployed Americans are seeking work for 6+ months
New UNH research looks at long-term unemployment in wake of the recession IMAGE: This graphi shows the unemployment rate and long-term unemployed for 2007-2013. Click here for more information. DURHAM, N.H. – Thirty-nine percent of unemployed… Read More ›
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British man sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan
A Pakistani court has passed the death sentence on a British national with mental health problems Pakistan’s tough blasphemy laws have attracted criticism from rights groups, who say they are frequently abused to settle personal scores Photo: AP By AFP 1:13PM… Read More ›
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The possibility of the embarrassing cover up. That the U.S. supported the groups that funded the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The following document was disclosed from Libyan Intelligence 26 JUN 2013.
Re-posted at request: The possibility of the embarrassing cover up. That the U.S. supported the groups that funded the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The following document was disclosed from Libyan Intelligence 26 JUN 2013. – Funders of… Read More ›
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U.S. Pacific forces chief concerned over Japan-China tension
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jan. 24, 2014 – 03:00PM JST WASHINGTON — The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Thursday the tensions between China and Japan are likely to grow unless they talk to each other. The two Asian… Read More ›
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Dwarf Planet in Our asteroid belt may have more fresh water than is present on all of Earth
Dwarf planet Ceres is located in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, as illustrated in this artist’s conception. January 22, 2014 Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water… Read More ›
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Older Cancer Patients Are Being ‘Written Off’ ( U.K.) being assessed on age rather than fitness
A study reveals tens of thousands of elderly patients with cancer can survive at least 10 years if they are given treatment. 4:19am UK, Friday 24 January 2014 Clinical need should drive treatment according to medical experts Some patients with… Read More ›
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China blocks foreign news sites that revealed elite’s offshore holdings
• Guardian among sites blocked over reports • China Digital Times publishes details of directive Tania Branigan in Beijing and James Ball in New York theguardian.com, Thursday 23 January 2014 14.44 EST The Chinese government has recently concentrated on improving… Read More ›
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US Man spends 43 years in mental hospital over theft of $20 necklace
– Now, nearly 70, Mr. Frye displays no dangerous behavior of any kind.” Thursday, 23 January 2014 American Franklin H. Frye was charged with stealing a $20 necklace in 1970, and he has spent the better part of his life… Read More ›
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Lobbyist Helped Foreigner Influence Elections, Feds Say
By ANNIE YOUDERIAN – “that he wanted the next mayor to fire the chief of police and replace him with a person of Encinas’ choosing,” (CN) – A San Diego lobbyist conspired to funnel more than $500,000 from a wealthy… Read More ›
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Abe tells world to stand up to China or face consequences
Jan. 23, 2014 – 06:55AM Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his special address at the opening session of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.AFP DAVOS, Switzerland — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday told the world it… Read More ›
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Water canon lined up in case of ‘austerity riots’
Water cannon set to be deployed across Britain amid fears of more riots Senior officers say likelihood of future protests against the Government mean they could need permission to deploy water cannon in mainland Britain for the first time Police… Read More ›
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A British businessman has been forced to apologise after scathing Facebook comments he made about Singapore emerged online sparking a fierce backlash
British businessman receives death threats in Singapore over Facebook comments – “Daddy where is your car and who are all these poor people?” – “Ahhhhhhhhh reunited with my baby. Normal service can resume, once I have washed the stench of… Read More ›
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Revealed: Two armed officers took unannounced breaks just MINUTES before a shooter opened fire in LAX in November
Two armed officers didn’t tell their dispatcher that they were going on breaks, new details from the investigation reveal Paul Ciana walked into LAX’s Terminal 3 minutes later and took an assault rifle out of his bag and started firing,… Read More ›
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ChinaLeaks: Chinese elite’s offshore accounts exposed in unprecedented leak
Family members of Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping, along with Tencent billionaire and China’s richest woman, are among 20,000 people in Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan whose offshore holdings have been exposed UPDATED : Wednesday, 22 January, 2014, 11:10am… Read More ›
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