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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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Deadly explosions at China Communist party office
At least one person killed and more injured amid several blasts outside building in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province Jonathan Kaiman in Baotou theguardian.com, Tuesday 5 November 2013 21.26 EST Smoke billows after multiple explosions outside Communist party offices… Read More ›
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Thousands of celebrities including Tom Hanks, LeBron James and Donald Trump left exposed after limo firm to the stars is hacked
By James Nye PUBLISHED: 02:10 EST, 5 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:52 EST, 5 November 2013 An Internet security firm says a limousine software company has been hacked, exposing credit card numbers and potentially embarrassing details about close to… Read More ›
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BT Vancouver: Elementary School Bans Touching
Many parents in Aldergrove are outraged with news an elementary school has banned kindergarten students from touching each other at recess
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N.Korea ‘making progress’ on ballistic missile that could strike US
05 Nov 2013 Seoul (AFP) North Korea is making progress on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a first-generation nuclear warhead to the continental United States, a leading US think-tank said Tuesday. The closely followed 38 North website of the… Read More ›
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Countries spied on by NSA GCHQ
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Pentagon’s security chief misused authority, probe shows
The head of Pentagon security forces misused his authority by treating employees to a golf outing during the workday, relying on others to fetch his lunch and improperly getting a relative into an agency firing range, a Pentagon investigation… Read More ›
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Crack our ‘military-grade’ email encryption and we’ll give you 5% of our firm
Hungarian startup tries novel bug-testing system By Iain Thomson Posted in Security, 5th November 2013 00:03 GMT Vulnerability testing is commonplace these days, and a lucrative business for some, but a Hungarian biz is offering an unusual prize for anyone… Read More ›
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David Cameron security breached by BBC3 Revolution Will Be Televised pranksters
Duo behind the satirical series say politicians are terrified of coming face-to-face with public Adam Sherwin Monday, 4 November 2013 Politicians are terrified of coming face-to-face with the public, the duo behind the BBC3 satirical series The Revolution Will Be… Read More ›
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Big Brother blinded: Security fears in China as smog disrupts surveillance cameras
Teams of scientists assigned to find a solution as heavy pollution makes national surveillance network useless, raising fear of terror attack PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 05 November, 2013, 2:36am UPDATED : Tuesday, 05 November, 2013, 10:47am Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com As… Read More ›
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Was Kenya mall massacre ‘mastermind’ backed by CIA cash? Disturbing claims by ‘double agent who worked with terror suspect for years’
Morten Storm was an informant for intelligence agencies for five years Met Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir, or Ikirma, in Nairobi in 2008 At the time, the Somali terrorist was only a messenger in Al-Shabab Storm believes CIA gave him the resources … Read More ›
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How ‘high-level U.S. government agency’ fell for fake femme fatale created by two hackers
By James Nye PUBLISHED: 00:44 EST, 4 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:03 EST, 4 November 2013 Two hackers staged a successful cyber-attack on an unidentified U.S. government agency simply by setting up fake LinkedIn and Facebook accounts posing as… Read More ›
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Feds: Navy Secrets Bought With Hookers, Gaga Tix
SAN DIEGO November 4, 2013 (AP) By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” the gregarious Malaysian businessman is well known by U.S. Navy commanders in the Pacific, where his company has serviced warships for 25 years. But prosecutors in… Read More ›
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Turkey Scrambles Fighters to Intercept Russian Warplanes Report
Photo: EPA Turkey scrambled four F-16 fighter jets on Sunday to intercept Russian Il-20 reconnaissance warplanes flying along the country’s Black Sea coast, news agency PzFeed reported. The Russian Defense Ministry declined to comment. The Turkish government has not released… Read More ›
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Forget your jumper, this thermoelectric wristband can heat or cool your entire body
A wrist-mounted heat-sink reacts to ambient and skin temperatures, pumping out “thermal pulses” to maintain overall body temperature James Vincent Friday 01 November 2013 The Wristify prototype consists of a custom heat-sink strapped to a fake Rolex wristband. Wristify/MIT Heating… Read More ›
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Smile, Tesco Big Brother is watching you queue – to cue tailored ads ( Facial Recognition )
Chris Stevenson Sunday 03 November 2013 Customers at Tesco now face the prospect of having their faces scanned while they queue for the till as the supermarket tries to better target advertising towards customers. The system, developed by Amscreen,… Read More ›
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Top US climate scientists support development of safe nuclear power
Open letter to environmentalists and world leaders says wind and solar power are not enough to diminish carbon emissions Associated Press in Pittsburgh theguardian.com, Sunday 3 November 2013 11.03 EST Nuclear power is ‘very divisive’ among environmentalists but scientists argue it’s… Read More ›
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Chinese architect defends ‘phallic’ £154m skyscraper
Critics say the new People’s Daily headquarters in Beijing resembles a super-sized phallus but its designer argues that “unexpected interpretations” are part of architecture’s beauty The new office building of People’s Daily newspaper Photo: REX FEATURES By Tom Phillips,… Read More ›
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Anonymous hacked off with Singapore’s menacing net rules plan / for ‘misleading the people’
Hacktivist attacks The Straits Times for ‘misleading the people’ By Phil Muncaster Posted in Government, 1st November 2013 04:30 GMT A hacktivist claiming to be part of Anonymous has backed a call by Google, Facebook and others to scrap proposed… Read More ›
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Afghanistan: There Is No Law
November 2, 2013: The 2013 fighting season in Afghanistan has come to an end and the Taliban have failed to overwhelm the Afghan security forces, who took over security responsibility for most of the country this year. The… Read More ›
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Mass spy programmes threaten freedom of expression: Snowden
03 Nov 2013 Berlin (AFP) US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says mass secret service surveillance poses a threat to freedom of expression and open society, in a text published in a German news magazine Sunday. Snowden, who faces criminal charges… Read More ›
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Forced Decryption Fought as Self-Incrimination
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – Forcing a criminal defendant to decrypt personal electronic data compels him to testify against himself in violation of the Fifth Amendment, two nonprofits said in a joint amicus brief. The American Civil Liberties… Read More ›
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How a war game brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster
Former classified documents show how close the Soviet Union came to launching an attack in 1983 Jamie Doward The Observer, Saturday 2 November 2013 12.43 EDT Prime minister Margaret Thatcher was alarmed by intelligence reports about the Soviet Union’s reaction…. Read More ›
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China says will stamp out Dalai Lama’s voice in Tibet
Source: Reuters – Sat, 2 Nov 2013 05:19 AM Author: Reuters By Ben Blanchard BEIJING, Nov 2 (Reuters) – China aims to stamp out the voice of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in his restive and remote… Read More ›
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Snowden document reveals key role of companies in NSA data collection
NSA leverages relationships with commercial partners to collect vast quantities of data from fibre-optic cables, file shows • Tapping fibre-optic cables – see the NSA slide Ewen MacAskill and Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Friday 1 November 2013… Read More ›
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China reveals its ability to nuke the US: Government boasts about new submarine fleet capable of launching warheads at cities across the nation
State-run media claims the Chinese military has missiles capable of hitting cities all across the U.S. China’s submarine fleet currently is on ‘routine patrol.’ According to Chinese media, this is the first time China has possessed ‘effective underwater nuclear deterrence… Read More ›
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Russian News Agency Shut Due to Swears
By Benjamin Bidder Russia’s media watchdog agency has forced the closure of the Rosbalt news organization because of two YouTube videos containing swear words. Russian journalists are furious, calling it the latest attack on freedom of the press. Russia’s media… Read More ›
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Meet George Soros’ favorite African strongman
Posted By Brendan Bordelon On 2:22 PM 10/30/2013 George Soros, the billionaire banker who recently backed Hillary Clinton’s presidential aspirations, also supports and finances a corrupt African strongman dragging his country to the brink of civil unrest. Soros is… Read More ›
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167th Health Research Report 01 NOV 2013
167 Health Research Report WHITE PAPER /ROUGH COPY 167th Issue Date 01 NOV 2013 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano http://www.vit.bz www.youtube.com/vhfilm http://www.engineeringevil.com http://www.healthresearchreport.me In this Issue: · Coffee consumption reduces risk of liver cancer · How does ursolic acid induce… Read More ›
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Obesity expands amid federal anti-obesity campaign
Posted By Neil Munro On 4:40 PM 11/01/2013 The national obesity rate has expanded since 2012, even as federal regulators and first lady Michelle Obama exhort the nation to slim down, eat less and exercise. The adult obesity rate… Read More ›
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Oligomeric proanthocyanidin ( Grape Seed Extract ) suppresses the death of retinal ganglion cells
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research The death of retinal ganglion cells is a hallmark of many optic neurodegenerative diseases such as glaucoma and retinopathy. Oxidative stress is one of the major reasons to cause the… Read More ›
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Geoengineering the climate could reduce vital rains
October 31, 2013 BOULDER—Although a significant build-up in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would alter worldwide precipitation patterns, a widely discussed technological approach to reduce future global warming would also interfere with rainfall and snowfall, new research shows. … Read More ›
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Long-term use ( 6+ Months) of prescription-based painkillers increases the risk of depression
Contact: Riya Anandwala ranandwa@slu.edu 314-977-8018 Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS – Opioid analgesics, or prescription-based narcotic pain killers, have long been known to reduce pain, but reports of adverse effects and addiction continue to surface. Now, a team of investigators… Read More ›
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Exposure to cortisol-like medications before birth may contribute to emotional problems and brain changes
Contact: Rhiannon Bugno Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-0880 Elsevier Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia, PA, October 31, 2013 – Neonatologists seem to perform miracles in the fight to support the survival of babies born prematurely. To promote their survival, cortisol-like… Read More ›
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Moral in the morning, but dishonest in the afternoon
Contact: Anna Mikulak amikulak@psychologicalscience.org 202-293-9300 Association for Psychological Science Our ability to exhibit self-control to avoid cheating or lying is significantly reduced over the course of a day, making us more likely to be dishonest in the afternoon than… Read More ›
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Unpublished trial data ‘violates an ethical obligation’ to study participants, say researchers / 1 in 3 large clinicals not Published
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmj.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Study finds almost 1 in 3 large clinical trials still not published 5 years after completion Almost one in three (29%) large clinical trials remain unpublished five years after completion. And… Read More ›
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Study examines expedited FDA drug approvals, safety questions remain / Avg. Drug is tested on only 104 patients prior to approval
Contact: Renee Brehio rbrehio@ismp.org 704-831-8822 The JAMA Network Journals Fewer patients were studied as part of expedited reviews of new drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 and some safety questions remain unanswered, according to… Read More ›
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Texan man jailed for keeping overdue library study guide
The 19 year-old had the text book out for over three years Kashmira Gander Friday, 1 November 2013 An American man was jailed for not returning a library book. Jory Enck, a 19-year-old from the southern state of Texas, was… Read More ›
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Japan, Russia Cosy Up As China Dispute Simmers
Oct. 31, 2013 – 02:28PM By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, pictured, and Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida will meet with Russian counterparts Friday. (Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP) TOKYO — Tokyo will play host to the foreign and… Read More ›
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‘Noxious odor’ that hospitalized eight students turned out to be six-grader’s AXE body spray
By Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 08:56 EST, 1 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:57 EST, 1 November 2013 Let this be a lesson to young men: Any more than a spritz of AXE body spray and you’re more likely to actually… Read More ›
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Mayor in Hawaii vetoes measure curbing pesticides, GMO crops
Source: Reuters – Fri, 1 Nov 2013 12:55 AM Author: Reuters By Christopher D’Angelo LIHUE, Hawaii, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The mayor of the tropical island of Kauai, Hawaii, vetoed a measure on Thursday that reins in pesticide use by… Read More ›
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China accuses Japan of interfering in naval drills
Nov. 01, 2013 – 06:17AM JST BEIJING — China’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday it has lodged a formal diplomatic complaint over what it called “dangerous provocation” by Japan for shadowing Chinese military exercises in the western Pacific. Sino-Japanese ties… Read More ›
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he has ‘no reason to resign’ despite police confirming they have a video of him allegedly smoking crack cocaine
Allegations that the Canadian mayor had been caught on camera puffing on a crack pipe first surfaced in May, sparking a surveillance investigation Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair today confirmed forensics had obtained a copy of the video and that… Read More ›
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