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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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‘Only’ 1,067 vehicles set ablaze on New Year’s Eve in France
The much lamented tradition of torching cars to mark the arrival of the new year claimed more than 10 per cent fewer vehicles this year A car on fire in Paris Photo: Getty Images By David Chazan, Paris 8:41PM GMT 01… Read More ›
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Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine ( Flu Vaccine )
– In the 2 days immediately after influenza immunization, study participants socially encountered almost twice as many other humans as they did in the 2 days before immunization CHRIS REIBER, PHD, MPH, ERIC C. SHATTUCK, MS, SEAN FIORE,… Read More ›
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Home Depot founder hits out at Pope Francis claiming the pontiff ‘fails to understand rich Americans’
EEV: ” anonymous donor might not contribute a seven-figure sum to the restoration of Manhattan’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral because of this” Bribing the Pope, as he is trying to bring attention to wealthy corrupt individuals, and not people who worked ethically for their… Read More ›
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Turkish govt fending off ‘mini-coup attempt’ – minister
Turkey’s government said Tuesday it was fending off an “attempted mini-coup” by elements in the police and judiciary, Reuters reported. The ruling AK Party had in the past survived military coup plots, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said, adding that… Read More ›
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Arms deals fixer Ziad Takieddine refused entry and returned to France
– confessed to paying kick-backs to an aide of the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy – Claims late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi paid up to £40m towards Mr Sarkozy’s successful 2007 presidential election bid Tom Harper Tuesday, 31 December… Read More ›
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Shipping companies largely silent on NSA intercepting packages
– the National Security Agency intercepts electronics packages to install spyware Posted By Giuseppe Macri On 11:56 AM 12/31/2013 In Shipping giants FedEx and UPS haven’t said much since it was revealed Sunday that the National Security Agency intercepts electronics… Read More ›
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Turkey: woman detained for protesting Erdogan with shoebox
30 December, 13:03 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, DECEMBER 30 – Turkish police detained a woman in the western province of Manisa yesterday after she protested against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a shoebox, in a reference to money… Read More ›
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Tailored Access Operations (TAO) NSA Was Compromised Months Ago
EEV: Best Intel is always False Intel: In response to a special request, here were the initial press leaks in regards to TAO NSA Accessed Mexican President’s Email OCT 2013 Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and… Read More ›
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Lord Wolfson warns European Union has become ‘hungry for power’
Chief executive of Next says European Union must change focus to free trade Lord Wolfson is chief executive of Next and a Conservative peer Photo: Stephen Lock By Graham Ruddick 3:26PM GMT 30 Dec 2013 The European Union has become “hungry… Read More ›
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Michael Bloomberg ‘spent $650 million of own money’ as New York mayor
– ” The mayor’s free-spending ways are also being felt in London, where he has been cultivating political leaders and the cultural elite and is expected to spend much of his post-mayoral time “ Outgoing mayor spent vast amounts of personal… Read More ›
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Our Safari through TOR – Espionage, Assasination, and Private Armies
EEV: Nothing Special Here . Just posting up a few Common easy to find TOR posts, for our Non TOR users. Often the media makes solicitations for subversive dealings appear unusual or uncommon, but they are not. I will post web page… Read More ›
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Attrition: Fighter Pilots Doomed By Poverty
December 30, 2013: The political battles over chronic deficit spending in the United States has led to sharp and often unexpected cuts in the military budget over the last few years. This has forced the U.S. Air force… Read More ›
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What U.S. Politicians Have a “Chinese Dream” ?
EEV: While I am highly respectful of how the Chinese People. I am concerned as a U.S. Citizen how our leaders are folding so easy to the Chinese government’s increasing dominance. The subtle play of words from the Peoples Daily of our U.S. politicians China’s Dream is a… Read More ›
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Second blast in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on trolleybus
Source: Reuters – Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:26 AM Author: Reuters * Trolleybus bombing follows Sunday’s railway station attack * Bombings underscore Russia’s vulnerability ahead of Sochi Games * Explosion guts bus, leaves bodies in street * More attacks… Read More ›
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Eli Lilly and Zyprexa Under the Spotlight / (( Employees WROTE the MEDICAL STUDIES ))
Public release date: 16-Jun-2009 – Reposted at request here, so it can be permalinked… – was done despite Lilly’s access and knowledge of at least seven studies that showed the drug was apparently ineffective for the treatment of dementia –… Read More ›
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Shopping for Spy Gear / Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox
By Jacob Appelbaum, Judith Horchert and Christian Stöcker After years of speculation that electronics can be accessed by intelligence agencies through a back door, an internal NSA catalog reveals that such methods already exist for numerous end-user devices. Editor’s note:… Read More ›
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The thrifty terrorists: Receipts reveal how al-Qaida records every expense down to 60 cents for cake and a $1.60 pot of mustard
The extremists left more than 100 receipts in a building occupied by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in Timbuktu earlier this year They assiduously tracked their cash flow, recording purchases as small as a single light bulb The often tiny… Read More ›
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French court approves 75 percent company tax on high salaries / one million euros ($1.35 million)
France’s top court on Sunday approved a proposal for companies to pay 75 percent tax on annual salaries exceeding one million euros in line with President Francois Hollande’s drive to limit executive pay at a time of economic hardship. The… Read More ›
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US corn trade rocked by fresh mainland China GM scrutiny
US grain sales plunge as Chinese screening of yet-unapproved variety is stepped up PUBLISHED : Sunday, 29 December, 2013, 5:04am Reuters Mainland quarantine authorities refused to accept 545,000 tonnes of US corn in November and December. Photo: Xinhua Corn exporters… Read More ›
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Benghazi attack not work of Al-Qaeda: report but may be from those we helped
– criminal probe into the killings, alleged that a local rebel leader named Ahmed Abu Khattala, said to have disdain for the United States despite its help to overthrow Kadhafi, is the prime suspect for orchestrating the Benghazi killings. UPDATED… Read More ›
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FBI informants allowed to break the law astonishing 5,939 times last year
The FBI supplies the Justice Department with a list of authorized ‘otherwise illegal’ activities committed by informants every year The mandate was put in place after it was revealed that mobster Whitey Bulger was a bureau snitch According to the… Read More ›
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Video Health Research Report 28 DEC 2013
Topics: European Proposed ban on Cinnamon Baked Goods * London Telegraph Chewing Gum Culprit Behind Some Migraines * Tel Aviv University * Research Linking Gut Microbes to Autism Symptoms * Journal of Cell —Very Casual Report– Sorry for the background… Read More ›
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Space trips open to Chinese travelers
(Xinhua) 09:47, December 28, 2013 – Travelers will pay a minimum of 580,000 yuan (about 95,000 U.S.dollars) to board the Lynx Mark I spacecraft produced by the U.S. private aerospace company XCOR – The Lynx Mark I spacecraft, which is… Read More ›
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Man admits spitting at bus interchange, but claims it was only once
AsiaOne, Lianhe Wanbao Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 SINGAPORE – The odd-job worker accused of spitting at two women at a bus interchange has admitted to spitting at one woman once, but is claiming trial to the other five of the… Read More ›
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Residents form ‘vigilante groups’ after cuts to sheriff department’s budget mean police only respond to life-threatening incidents
12-strong ‘response team’ armed with guns will operate around the clock Follows government cuts, and residents refusing tax hike, forcing state-funded departments to scale back operations Josephine County police dept has had to release prisoners and cut hours By Mia… Read More ›
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Health Research Report #171 27 DEC 2013
Health Research Report #171 27 DEC 2013 / 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: 1. Research shows how household… Read More ›
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Turkey rocked by corruption scandal
Turkey’s government is in crisis: Within a few hours, three ministers resigned over a corruption scandal. Prime Minister Erdogan claims his government is victim of a plot. 2013 has not been a good year for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip… Read More ›
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Young users see Facebook as ‘dead and buried’
A study of how teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is “not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried”, but that the network is morphing into a tool for keeping in touch with older family… Read More ›
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Austria to conduct search for secret Nazi nuclear weapon laboratory hidden underneath concentration camp complex
Readings at site of Gusen camp near St Georgen show elevated levels of uranium – indications of subterranean implosions seven decades ago 15 miles of tunnels lie under Gusen, a sub-camp of Mauthausen where tens of thousands of people were… Read More ›
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China must retaliate for Japanese prime minister’s war shrine visit: official media
Official media warns China will become a ‘paper tiger’ if countermeasures against Japan are not taken over Yasukuni visit PUBLISHED : Friday, 27 December, 2013, 11:46am UPDATED : Friday, 27 December, 2013, 12:16pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing Japan’s ambassador to… Read More ›
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China to become world largest economy in 15 years: research report
(Xinhua) 09:18, December 27, 2013 LONDON, Dec. 26 — China is expected to overtake the United States in 2028 to become the world’s largest economy, according to a research report released Thursday.
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Russia’s bitter relationship with Chechnya will be in the spotlight during Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in February
In truth, this guerrilla war is just the latest stage in a cycle of oppression and resistance lasting centuries as Islamist leader and self-styled Emir of the Caucasus promises to use ‘maximum force’ to stop these Games Michael Church Thursday,… Read More ›
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Two-thirds of Americans say this is the worst Congress EVER
A new poll by CNN found that two-thirds of Americans believe this is the worst Congress ever A further three-quarters believe the 113th Congress has done nothing to address the country’s problems Both Republicans and Democrats share the pessimistic view… Read More ›
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Traditional Danish pasties threatened by EU cinnamon ban
Proposals for an EU ban on cinnamon rolls have put a dampener on Denmark’s Christmas festivities “It’s the end of the cinnamon roll as we know it,” said Hardy Christensen, the head of the Danish Baker’s Association Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY By… Read More ›
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China-made software collects text data without users’ knowledge
The government’s National Information Security Center has warned about 140 organisations, not to use a Japanese input method editor developed by Baidu Inc.ch. Yomiuri Shimbun/ANN | 26-12-13 The government’s National Information Security Center has warned about 140 organisations, including… Read More ›
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Thousands urge Turkish PM’s resignation as graft scandal shakes gov’t
Edited time: December 26, 2013 01:28 Demonstrators run away as they clash with riot police (unseen) during a protest against corruption in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on December 25, 2013 (AFP Photo / Bulent Kilic) Thousands of demonstrators… Read More ›
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Crisis: thousand more Greeks unregister their cars
– they could no longer afford the tax amounting to several hundred euros for smaller cars, to over 1,000 euros for luxury vehicles – only 55,000 new registrations logged in the first nine months of 2013, marking the steepest decline… Read More ›
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The Nationwide Network Working to Bring Mobile Biometrics to Your Community
December 18, 2013 A video from Alcatel-Lucent demonstrating mobile facial recognition technology that would be used with the FirstNet network. Public Intelligence A federal law passed in February 2012 to help middle class families by creating jobs and cutting payroll… Read More ›
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Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue
nypost.com — Dec 23 Navy sailor Lindsay Cooper knew something was wrong when billows of metallic-tasting snow began drifting over USS Ronald Reagan.
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Mao Zedong remembered: China’s multi-faceted deep-thinking leader
EEV: What is significant, this enlightening article was reported by the BBC. – More, because Mao is the George Washington figure, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, the great unifier of his ancient, far-flung and multifarious people. Sidney Rittenberg met Mao… Read More ›
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A dog could run China’s banking system, says former statistics bureau spokesman
Yao Jingyuan predicts economic growth in 2014, but has harsh words for China’s banks PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 24 December, 2013, 7:10pm Jeremy Blum jeremy.blum@scmp.com Yao Jingyuan. Photo: Xinhua The former chief economist and spokesman of China’s National Bureau of Statistics… Read More ›
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Doctors Sue United Healthcare for Bad Faith
BROOKLYN (CN) – A 22,000-member physicians’ group sued United Healthcare Insurance, claiming the money-grubbing, multibillion-dollar insurance company is illegally terminating them from its Medicare network on Jan. 1 to cut its losses from reduced federal payments under the Affordable Care… Read More ›
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FTC Shelves New Caller ID Spoofing Rules
– By calling through the Internet, telemarketers can use software to mask and change the name and number seen on caller ID. Telemarketers also can now program the autodialers to falsify caller ID. By JON CHOWN WASHINGTON (CN)… Read More ›
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Road project in Iceland delayed to protect ‘hidden’ elves
In a survey conducted by the University of Iceland in 2007, 62 per cent of those asked thought it was at least possible that the critters exist. A road project has been stopped until the country’s Supreme Court rules on… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 