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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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‘Hip-hop’ students unfairly targeted, study finds
Published: Jan. 10, 2014 Black and Latino “hip-hop” students are disproportionately punished in urban schools, finds a two-year study that sheds light on some of the unfair disciplinary practices newly targeted by the Obama administration. Muhammad Khalifa, a Michigan State… Read More ›
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The Cyborgs Era Has Started
Press Release 003/2014 Interfaces of Technical Devices with Organisms for Medical Applications – KIT Scientists Report in “Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed.” Communication between man and machine – a fascinating area at the interface of chemistry, biomedicine, and engineering. (Figure: KIT/S…. Read More ›
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Free public education that pays for itself? / education securities
– students would commit to paying a fixed percentage of their income (6%) during their prime earning years (35-54 for example) to the university that awarded their degree – student promises for a given university cohort bundled and sold to… Read More ›
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BPA increases risk of cancer in human prostate tissue
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 7-Jan-2014 – Our research provides the first direct evidence that exposure to BPA during development, at the levels we see in our day-to-day lives, increases the risk for prostate cancer in human prostate tissue – “We believe… Read More ›
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Brief fever common in kids given influenza, pneumococcal vaccines together
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 6-Jan-2014 – Parents should be made aware that their child might develop a fever following simultaneous influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations – children who received simultaneous influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, about a third (37.6 percent) had a fever… Read More ›
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Frail pensioners and dementia patients mistreated for ‘gratuitous sport’ (U.K.)
Nursing home residents were stamped on, nearly tipped out of wheelchairs and had balls thrown at their head Residents at Hillcroft nursing home in Slyne-with-Hest, Lancaster, were mocked, bullied and tormented because they would have no memory of the abuse Photo:… Read More ›
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Could LSD cut crime? Psychedelic drugs prevent criminals from re-offending, claims study
LSD could help reform criminals under community correction supervision Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, conducted the research Previous studies suggest the drugs could be used to treat alcohol addiction… Read More ›
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Mexican town taken over by vigilantes trying to drive out drug cartel hits back, as they block roads with torched trucks
Residents living in fear of violent criminal gangs in south-west Mexico are taking matters into their own hands 600 vigilantes seized control of town of Paracuaro in Michoacan state in bloody battle that left one dead Convoy of ‘autodefensas’, or… Read More ›
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French magazine reveals Hollande ‘affair’ with actress
– Hollande routinely drives through Paris on his scooter to spend the night with his 41-year-old mistress 10 Jan 2014 Paris (AFP) French magazine Closer on Friday said President Francois Hollande was having an affair with actress Julie Gayet, promising… Read More ›
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It Begins: Campaign to create United States of Europe underway
Friday, 10 January 2014 A campaign for the European Union to become a “United States of Europe” will be the “best weapon against the Eurosceptics”, one of Brussels’ most senior officials has said. Viviane Reding, vice president of the European… Read More ›
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Exclusive: Scotland Yard’s rotten core: Police failed to address ‘endemic corruption’
– Organised crime infiltrated police ‘at will’, according to secret report. Top-level internal inquiry identified scores of corrupt individuals working for Met – – Corrupt officers were often simply moved out of specialist roles to routine posts, the report suggests… Read More ›
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Christie’s Bridge Scandal Denials Haven’t Placated Feds
– He said that the controversy made him lose two nights of sleep, even though the revelations only have been public for one day – “This can’t have anything to do with politics,” Christie said. “I don’t even know this… Read More ›
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From Hollywood stars demanding cocaine to waterboarding terror suspects: The CIA’s top lawyer tells all in a new book about his three decades at the intelligence agency
John Rizzo, the former CIA acting attorney general, has written a book about his 33 years at the nation’s top spy agency He was nominated to be the General Counsel in 2007 by President Bush but it was denied because… Read More ›
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Huge nationwide prostitution ring promised women a luxury lifestyle but subjected them to ‘modern-day slavery’ where they were branded with bar codes
San Diego street gang ran prostitution ring across 46 cities in 23 states Women and girls were promised a luxury life but instead treated like slaves 24 San Diego residents have been arrested, most in raids across U.S. By Associated… Read More ›
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Fifty Shades syndrome sends Mein Kampf top of ebook charts
– ” is at the top of various Amazon ebook charts and has enjoyed a record year of digital sales “ – number one in Amazon UK’s Propanda & Spin chart. It is also number one in Fascism & Nazism and… Read More ›
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Impatient NC cops allegedly shoot mentally ill teen: ‘We don’t have time for this’
“We don’t have time for this,” Wilsey recalled one of the officers saying before he fired By David Edwards Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:13 EST A North Carolina detective is on leave after shooting a mentally ill teen who had… Read More ›
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New high-tech bullet GROWS in mid-air, so you can’t miss your target [VIDEO]
Posted By Giuseppe Macri On 6:24 PM 01/07/2014 Advanced Ballistics Concepts has invented a new high-tech bullet engineered to greatly increase accuracy, which is set to debut at the Las Vegas SHOT show next week. The Mi-Bullet, or multiple impact… Read More ›
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Medical ethics experts identify, address key issues in H1N1 pandemic
Public release date: 23-Sep-2009 – Re-Posted at request – Governments may need to limit three basic personal freedoms – mobility, freedom of assembly, and privacy – in order to protect the public good. – Half of survey respondents reported that… Read More ›
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Plan to avert global warming by cooling planet artificially ‘could cause climate chaos’
Proposal to inject tiny reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to block out sunlight could lead to droughts, warn scientists Steve Connor Wednesday, 8 January 2014 A controversial proposal to cool the planet artificially by injecting tiny reflective particles into… Read More ›
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Saudi men blame women’s make-up for molestation cases – survey
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Wed, 8 Jan 2014 04:22 AM Author: Lisa AndersonMore news from our correspondents A woman speaks on the phone as men ride a motorcycle on a cloudy day in Riyadh, on Nov. 17,… Read More ›
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Foreign drug dealer wins human rights case ( U.K.)
A Jamaican man who commuted to London every day to sell crack on a council estate has used human rights laws to stop a deportation order Keno Forbes was convicted of 11 counts of supplying Class A drugs on a… Read More ›
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Japan claims 280 uninhabited islands
Tokyo announces plan to register 280 isolated isles as state property, as National Security Council is launched, tightening Abe’s grip UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 1:29am Kristine Kwok and Teddy Ng Japan claims 280 uninhabited islands Japan yesterday said… Read More ›
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(U//FOUO) DHS Bulletin: Self-identified Anarchist Extremists Target Urban Gentrification Sites with Arson
– Gentrification is a shift in an urban community toward wealthier residents and/or businesses and increasing property values, sometimes to the detriment of the poorer residents of the community January 4, 2014 in Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence… Read More ›
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Apocalyptic supervolcanoes can suddenly explode ‘with no outside cause’
Published time: January 06, 2014 19:22 Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.(AFP Photo / Karen Bleier) Natural disasters, Science Scientists have discovered what causes cataclysm-inducing supervolcanoes to erupt, and the answer offers little reassurance. Their eruptions are caused by magma… Read More ›
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The primary function of the FBI is national security: Agency drops ‘law enforcement’ as top priority from its mission statement
Fact sheet altered in the summer of last year, says national security lawyer Change reflects reforms over last ten years, but analysts baffled by timing Came months after FBI was criticised for failing to foil Boston bombings One observer says… Read More ›
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Time travellers outsmart the NSA
No sign of them on the Internet – yet By Richard Chirgwin 6th January 2014 04:01 GMT If there are time travellers around, they’re being careful not to leave their fingerprints on the Internet. That’s the conclusion in a paper… Read More ›
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Studies on Actual Available _ Radiation _ Radioprotective Substances – Or you can DUCK AND COVER!!!
Keep in mind there are three primary classification of radioactive contamination ( Alpha, Beta, Gamma ) . In addition to varying half lives of various radioactive contaminants that may be bothersome. Most studies you will find are animal studies, primarily… Read More ›
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Millions of visitors to Yahoo.com hit by huge malware attack
Ads from Yahoo are redirecting users to sites that install a host of different malware IT security firm Fox IT estimates that up to 29,000 computers per hour were affected Yahoo says it is aware of the problem and working… Read More ›
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As cannabis is widely legalised, China cashes in on an unprecedented boom
Cannabis growing wild in China, where it has been used to treat conditions such as gout and malaria The country holds hundreds of patents relating to the drug, which means more profits as decriminalisation spreads globally Ian Johnston Sunday… Read More ›
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House committee: Obama administration banned Christmas carols and cards for veterans
Posted By Patrick Howley On 4:35 PM 01/03/2014 In The Obama administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibited veterans from hearing Christmas carols or receiving gifts wrapped in Christmas-themed wrapping paper, prompting outrage from a congressional committee. VA officials in… Read More ›
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NSA statement does not deny ‘spying’ on members of Congress
– Senator Asked the Question ” about whether it “has spied, or is … currently spying, on members of Congress or other American elected officials” • Agency responds to questions from Senator Bernie Sanders • Statement cites ‘same privacy protections as… Read More ›
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NSA Warns of Rogue System Administrators 1996 / Irony?
EEV: Thank you to Cryptome for bringing attention to this. .. I decided to post the first page of the FOIA release, just to display the declassification date. A few out there will recognize the Irony 😉 4 January 2014 A… Read More ›
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Shower together and go to bed early to cut energy bills, supplier First Utility says (U.K.)
Energy supplier that raised prices by 18 per cent last year also advises consumers to give up tea and coffee and play Monopoly Ian McCaig, First Utility chief executive, has previously advised customers to save money by turning their heating… Read More ›
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‘Navy SEAL who fired the bin Laden kill shot and took down Pablo Escobar’ found out to be a fraud after ‘securing a half-billion dollar security contract’
– his up-and-coming defense company that he called Global Resources and Logistics. The company went on to win a contract from a group affiliated with the United Nations that was valued at an alleged half-billion dollars. A.J. Dicken made massive… Read More ›
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Health Research Report – Video 03 JAN 2014
Topics: Use of vitamin E by patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease slows functional decline * JAMA 01 JAN 2014 Review: Most clinical studies on vitamins flawed by poor methodology * Journal of Nutrition 30 DEC 2013 Alcohol leaves… Read More ›
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Researchers say fructose does not impact emerging indicator for cardiovascular disease / Funded by the Calorie Control Council – MASSIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
HRR: Before you read the article it may be a half truth. Using data from naturally occurring fruit sugars, and not modified fructose products. This is a meta-analysis so confirmation is difficult. However in the face of conventional data, and… Read More ›
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Is World War Three about to start… by accident? Max Hastings asks whether rising tensions between China and Japan could boil over
Chinese diplomat argued that Japan risks ‘serious threat to global peace’ He even compared Japan today to Lord Voldemort, from Harry Potter It comes just weeks after China declared its own Air Defence Zone Japan’s prime minister has threatened to… Read More ›
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Kim Jong-Un killed his ‘scum’ uncle by stripping him naked, throwing him into a cage and leaving him to be eaten alive by a pack of 120 starving dogs
A pack of 120 starving dogs were set on Jang Song Thaek and five aides Kim Jong-Un and 300 officials watched horrific execution Punishment, called ‘quan jue’, or execution by dogs, lasted an hour Uncle was accused of treachery and… Read More ›
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Customs officials explain why they destroyed musician’s prized flutes
– claiming that they were “agricultural products.” – as they could have been carrying “exotic plant pathogens.” By Scott Kaufman Thursday, January 2, 2014 23:19 EST Thursday afternoon, U.S. customs officials responded to its employees’ destruction of 11 rare flutes… Read More ›
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The Actual NSA’s Spy Catalog
EEV: As Promised, in no particular order. This information already has been fully compromised internationally, over the past few days.
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U.S. House to mull proposals to make Obamacare website more secure
– experts warned Congress in November that the Obamacare website had so many security flaws that it was putting people’s data at risk and should be shut down until it is fixed. Source: Reuters – Thu, 2 Jan 2014 11:40… Read More ›
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Media ignores fact Frozen Ship was on “Global Warming” mission
– nearly 98 percent of network news reports about the stranded researchers failed to mention their mission at all. – Forty out of 41 stories (97.5 percent) on the network morning and evening news shows since Dec. 25 failed to… Read More ›
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California supreme court grants law license to undocumented immigrant
EEV: A question would be, since moral turpitude and support of the constitution have been separately defined. Would it be possible to have an undocumented, even though unpaid U.S. Judge ? – From Courthouse news: “Sergio C. Garcia, 36, came to… Read More ›
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IMF paper warns of ‘savings tax’ and mass write-offs as West’s debt hits 200-year high
EEV: – The policy may essentially be a confiscation of savings Debt burdens in developed nations have become extreme by any historical measure and will require a wave of haircuts, warns IMF paper Image 1 of 3 The paper said policy elites in the West… Read More ›
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How the NSA hacks PCs, phones, routers, hard disks ‘at speed of light’: Spy tech catalog leaks
– It’s not as bad as you thought – it’s much worse By Iain Thomson 31st December 2013 04:29 GMT Analysis A leaked NSA cyber-arms catalog has shed light on the technologies US and UK spies use to infiltrate… Read More ›
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Not Socially Acceptable: NSA boss video ‘most hated’ on YouTube in 2013?
EEV: In all fairness to the NSA director, he is only an employee of the government. It is not appropriate he be the fall guy, unless he acted independently of his supervisors. Published time: January 01, 2014 10:32 Director of the… Read More ›
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Japan’s population falls by record 244,000 in 2013
National Jan. 02, 2014 – 06:20AM JST Japan’s population fell by a record 244,000 in 2013, according to health ministry estimates released on Wednesday, highlighting concerns over an ever-dwindling workforce supporting a growing number of pensionersAFP TOKYO — Japan’s population… Read More ›
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Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao says he is in talks to buy New York Times
UPDATED : Wednesday, 01 January, 2014, 1:15pm Agence France Press in Beijing Chen Gunagbiao. Photo: Simon Song First he handed out cash to victims of China’s 2008 earthquake. Then he sold “canned fresh air” to residents of smog-ridden Beijing. Now… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 