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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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Pregnant nurse, 29, is FIRED after she refuses to have flu shot to protect her unborn child
Dreonna Breton from Pennsylvania, became alarmed after the packaging for a number of major brands of the flu vaccine warned it ‘should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed She showed no symptoms of having the flu… Read More ›
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Add the EU to the list of myths we’re brainwashed to believe
Like corks, and turning off mobiles on planes, ‘Europe’ may one day turn out to be pointless Cork being removed from wine bottle Photo: ALAMY <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end of tag –> By Boris Johnson 9:07PM… Read More ›
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Leadership: The Road To War Is Paved With Chinese Intentions
December 22, 2013: China continues to aggressively confront American ships and aircraft that come close to Chinese ships in international waters. The latest incident was on December 5th when a Chinese destroyer cut in front of an American cruiser… Read More ›
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Chinese police detain three after toxic parcels kill one, sicken nine – methyl fluoroacetate
PUBLISHED : Monday, 23 December, 2013, 4:48am Mandy Zuo mandy.zuo@scmp.com Packages pile up at YTO Express’ sorting centre. A parcel transported by the company’s truck has leaked toxic chemical. Police in Shandong province detained three suspects after parcels tainted by… Read More ›
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The gathering storm: A look back on middle-class Europe’s last carefree Christmas before the onset of World War One
From the following summer, Britain, mainland Europe and a large part of the rest of the world changed for ever ” There are “striking and unsettling parallels”, Emmerson says, with the “geopolitics of the world today”. He does not go… Read More ›
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US Aircraft Attacked, Fighting Escalates In South Sudan
Dec. 21, 2013 – 04:33PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | Reports indicate three V-22 Ospreys were fired on while conducting an evacuation mission in South Sudan. (Bell Helicopter) JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — US aircraft flown into South Sudan to help… Read More ›
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Scientists creating viruses deadlier to humans
Sunday, 22 December 2013 Some of the world’s most eminent scientists have severely criticised the arguments used by some influenza researchers who are trying to make the H5N1 bird-flu virus more dangerous to humans by repeatedly infecting laboratory ferrets. More… Read More ›
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Russia to block websites that call for rioting, ‘extremism’ without court ruling
Published time: December 21, 2013 09:54 Russia’s lawmakers have passed a bill authorizing prosecutors to issue emergency orders without a court ruling that block websites promoting rioting, racial hatred or extremism. Critics fear the law may infringe… Read More ›
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New study shows that more than half of consumers will choose a health-care plan that costs too much
– more than 80% of consumers may be unable to make a clear–eyed estimate of their needs and will unknowingly choose a higher cost plan than needed. New research from Columbia Business School warns that consumers will make mistakes totaling… Read More ›
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Major computer security firm RSA took $10 mln from NSA to weaken encryption – report
Published time: December 20, 2013 23:48 RSA SecureID electronic keys (Reuters / Michael Caronna) The National Security Agency arranged a clandestine US$10 million contract with computer security power RSA that allowed the spy agency… Read More ›
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Just THREE kids in Camden, N.J. scored college-ready
Posted By Eric Owens On 2:26 PM 12/20/2013 The new superintendent of public schools in Camden, N.J. announced this week that only three — THREE! — students in the entire district who took the SAT during the 2011-12 academic year… Read More ›
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Top US General fired for drunken Moscow trip with mysterious women
Michael Carey: The US general with a finger on the button – and a foot in his mouth Report claims Air Force general displayed behaviour ‘unbecoming to a gentleman’ on official trip to Russia Craig Whitlock Friday, 20 December 2013… Read More ›
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How GCHQ Monitors Germany, Israel and the EU
– suspicion arising from the documents that their organization engages in large-scale industrial espionage By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark Documents from the archive of whistleblower and former NSA worker Edward Snowden show that Britain’s GCHQ signals intelligence… Read More ›
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Chinese tycoons top list of Britain’s richest property investors / Neither Wang or Cheng appeared in the top 250 last year
Wang Jianlin and Cheng family top rich list as Duke of Westminster falls down asset rankings PUBLISHED : Thursday, 19 December, 2013, 11:37pm UPDATED : Friday, 20 December, 2013, 4:32am Christy Choi christy.choi@scmp.com Tycoons from China have come from nowhere… Read More ›
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Italy’s recession caused as much damage ‘as a war’
Employers’ confederation says country still on ‘a razor’s edge’ 19 December, 19:41 Scrivi alla redazione Giorgio Squinzi, head of powerful Italian industrial employers’ group Confindustria (By Sandra Cordon) (ANSAmed) – ROME – Italy’s deep recession has caused as… Read More ›
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U.S. slaps sanctions on 4 senior members of yakuza gang
Crime Dec. 20, 2013 – 11:55AM JST – The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets the four mobsters may have and prohibit U.S. citizens from doing business with them.
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The EU is in denial over the euro – its failed currency
While Britain and the US kickstart their economic recovery, Europe clings to its sinking ship Rarely has the economic gulf that separates the English-speaking world and continental Europe looked quite as wide as it does today. While much of the… Read More ›
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Vaccine’s, the Lucky Rabbits Foot, and Shhh No questions allowed ( Part 1 )
Vaccines are just a form of medicine like everything else. Some of them good, and some of them not so good. In any case you have a right to know. Just remember Scientific Method – Observation, Hypothesis, and Theory as well as Risk… Read More ›
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Pneumococcal vaccination in adults does not appear to work – 2009 Study
Research Re-Posting with active link to the abstract: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/180/1/48.abstract?sid=a400d48e-8dcc-4bf0-9567-cafbf612292e Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination in adults: a meta-analysis
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Warren Buffett Made $1.5 Million Per Hour in ’13
Thursday, 19 December 2013 Through Dec. 11, Buffett’s net worth—at least on paper—shot up by $12.7 billion to $59.1 billion in 2013 from $46.4 billion at the start of the year, according to Wealth-X, the wealth research firm. That… Read More ›
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Russian military to train combat engineers for Afghan army
Photo: RIA Novosti The Russian military will train combat engineers for the Afghan army to ensure safe and efficient mine sweeping in the war-torn Central Asian country, Russia’s defense minister said Wednesday. “We are working on the creation of… Read More ›
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$1,000 BOUNTY offered for FINGERPRINTS of a GLOBAL SPY CHIEF
Privacy campaigner: NSA, GCHQ, NZSIS* – take your pick By John Leyden Posted in Security, 18th December 2013 14:31 GMT Privacy campaigner Simon Davies is offering a $1,000 bounty for the capture of the DNA and fingerprints of spy… Read More ›
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Liquid nitrogen may help to clean up Beijing smog, Chinese scientists say
Scientists say pumping the super-cold gas into the atmosphere had the best results in tests PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 December, 2013, 11:43pm UPDATED : Thursday, 19 December, 2013, 9:14am Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com Residents cover their faces they ride their… Read More ›
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Video Health Research Report 17 Dec 2013
Topics: Rebuttal to ” The Times” “Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine” and the” University of Warwick” that “Vitamins are a Waste” metastudy * http://www.healthrseearchreport.me Vitamin D Decreases Pain in Women with Type 2 Diabetes and Depression * Presented at… Read More ›
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Engineers Claim They Were Fired for Refusing to Sign off on Defense Fraud
By MATT REYNOLDS LOS ANGELES (CN) – A defense contractor fired two engineers for refusing to lie about flawed missiles that could endanger Navy pilots, the men claim in court. Tom Donnelly and Paul Braatz sued Alliant Techsystems… Read More ›
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No one really wants to be Belgian: Country doesn’t grant a single citizenship under new laws for 2013
… and those who did are unlikely to be accepted, reports say Adam Withnall Wednesday, 18 December 2013 Belgium has not naturalised a single foreigner this year under new citizenship rules that have been in force since 1 January, reports… Read More ›
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After losing Iceland, Armenia, EU just lost Ukraine as well
Tuesday, 17 December 2013 The EU has run a nice propaganda war which included giving US made GMO sandwiches to Ukrainian opposition and promises of major ‘profits’ once it entered the EU. But it was all for nothing as Ukraine… Read More ›
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Italy’s president fears violent insurrection in 2014 but offers no remedy
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Economics Last updated: December 17th, 2013 Hundreds of students wrap themselves in an Italian tricolour during a Pitchforks Movement protest in Turin on Wednesday. (Photo: EPA) Events in Italy are turning serious. President Giorgio Napolitano… Read More ›
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Britain faces backlash for splashing millions in aid on wealthy China
MPs and public demand David Cameron’s government to explain £27 million worth of funding to a country that can afford sending rover to the moon PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 December, 2013, 10:08am UPDATED : Tuesday, 17 December, 2013, 10:19am Peter… Read More ›
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Kiss and yell: Italian protester charged with sexual assault after kissing riot police officer
The photograph of Nina De Chiffre subsequently went viral on social media and was hailed as a symbol of peaceful protest in the country Rob Williams Monday, 16 December 2013 An Italian student protester has been charged with sexual assault… Read More ›
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Moscow confirms deployment of ( Short range Nukes ) Iskander missiles on NATO borders
Published time: December 16, 2013 18:12 Iskander high-precision missile system in place during military exercises. (RIA Novosti/Alexei Danichev) The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed media reports on the deployment of short-range Iskander missiles in the country’s west, near its… Read More ›
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EPA reels as climate-change expert awaits sentencing for $1m CIA fraud
• John Beale pretended to be CIA agent for a decade • Republicans round on agency chief Gina McCarthy Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent theguardian.com, Monday 16 December 2013 14.19 EST EPA administrator Gina McCarthy testifies before a Senate committee… Read More ›
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Colorado sheriffs refusing to enforce state’s new strict gun law branding it ‘unconstitutional’
By James Nye PUBLISHED: 02:18 EST, 16 December 2013 | UPDATED: 06:32 EST, 16 December 2013 All but seven of Colorado’s 62-elected sheriff’s are refusing to enforce a law they have sworn to uphold by failing to enact universal… Read More ›
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Poll: Americans want the government to stop banning everything they like
Posted By Breanna Deutsch On 6:40 PM 12/14/2013 In Americans want the government to stop acting like their mother. According to a Reason-Rupe poll, Americans do not want government to ban trans-fats, e-cigarettes, online poker, violent video games or genetic… Read More ›
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Study: Earth was warmer in Roman, Medieval Times
Sunday, 15 December 2013 If you think the Earth is hot now, try wearing plate armor in the Middle Ages. A Swedish study found that the planet was warmer in ancient Roman times and the Middle Ages than today,… Read More ›
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Blank Spots on the map: Almost all the U.S. Army’s secret military bases across the globe revealed on Google and Bing
EEV: Compromised ? The following is the full link: http://empire.is/ By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:34 EST, 15 December 2013 | UPDATED: 11:18 EST, 15 December 2013 The U.S. military can be a sensitive lot when it comes… Read More ›
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China bitterly attacks Japanese prime minister over air zone remarks / “The Diaoyus are an inherent territory of China. Japan’s seizure and occupation of the islands are illegal and invalid”
China bitterly attacks Japanese prime minister over air zone remarks Shinzo Abe’s comments that Beijing is violating freedom of aviation are condemned as ‘malicious slander’ Staff and agencies in Beijing theguardian.com, Sunday 15 December 2013 00.02 EST Shinzo Abe,… Read More ›
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Ethan Couch: Texas quadruple murderer – or a victim of ‘affluenza’?
Texan teen given parole after mowing down four people while drunk – but his family is so wealthy he believed his actions had no consequences Tim Walker Friday, 13 December 2013 A wealthy Texan teenager who mowed down and killed… Read More ›
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Health Research Report #170 14 DEC 2013
Health Research Report #170 14 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. Evidence suggests that “healthy… Read More ›
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Is Europe on the verge of a popular uprising?
Europe’s ‘crisis after the crisis’ poses uncertainty in 2014 14 Dec 2013 The question was asked by one of Greece’s most respected newspapers as another year of painful austerity drew to a close. If public anger does explode on… Read More ›
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From Rich Kids of Instagram to kings of cable TV? Six wealthy social media stars turn lives of leisure into television career
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 11:48 EST, 14 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:43 EST, 14 December 2013 All those who have enjoyed hate-browsing the popular Tumblr account ‘The Rich Kids of Instagram’ will soon be able to hate-watch it on… Read More ›
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Teenager who was paralyzed when his drunk driving friend killed four pedestrians is suing the driver’s ‘affluent’ ( Being Rich is a new Legal Defense ) family for $20m as doctors never expect him to recover
Ethan Couch, 16, faced 20 years behind bars for killing four people in a car crash but walked away with 10 years probation Tuesday Youth pastor Brian Jennings; mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell all… Read More ›
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Bubonic plague ‘worse than Black Death’ kills 39 in Madagascar ( pneumonic plague that can kill within three days )
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 12 December, 2013, 10:35pm UPDATED : Friday, 13 December, 2013, 10:29pm Agence France-Presse in Antananarivo Bubonic plague bacteria. Photo: AFP An outbreak of plague even more vicious than the bubonic strain dubbed the black death has killed… Read More ›
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You can STILL be jailed for being a republican, government confirms, and it remains illegal to even ‘imagine’ overthrowing the Queen
Government admits it mistakenly included a law that threatens to jail for life anyone who has called for the abolition of the monarchy on a list of recently repealed offences John Hall Friday, 13 December 2013 The government has confirmed… Read More ›
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