kenesom1

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by kenesom1 9y ago
None of this is outdated. You're trying hard to to rewrite history with downvotes. The 1997 cap on medicare-funded residency slots has remained in place since that time, unchanged despite population growth and an aging population. The
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by kenesom1 9y ago
Your comment wasn't wrong. In 1997, The AMA along with five other medical groups lobbied congress to limit the number of medicare-funded residency slots [1, 2]. This limit was enacted in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and hasn't
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by kenesom1 9y ago
"In 1997, a consortium that included the AAMC, the AMA, and other major organizations declared that [...] 'the United States is on the verge of a serious oversupply of physicians'. The consortium recommended limiting the numb
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by kenesom1 10y ago
There are fees involved in getting a photo ID.
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by kenesom1 10y ago
The voter ID law in Wisconsin disqualified 9% of its registered voters. The right to vote is protected by 5 constitutional amendments and isn't conditional upon obtaining a state-issued photo ID. Requiring a photo ID is akin to a poll
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by kenesom1 10y ago
In 2013, the supreme court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act. As a result, "fourteen states had new voting restrictions in place for the first time in 2016. [...] This was the first presidential election in 50 years with
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by kenesom1 10y ago
Think about what specific aspects of the business generate profits and where your costs lie. To rapidly expand, you'll want a multiplier that greatly increases profits or drastically cuts costs. As a thought exercise, think about what
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by kenesom1 10y ago
Yes, the government and the sweatshop owners are working hand-in-hand to exploit workers and both are culpable. Sometimes they like to present themselves as good cop / bad cop [0]. First, the ability to be self-sufficient is curtailed
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by kenesom1 11y ago
>> DHS Giving Firms Free Penetration Tests Whether they want them or not...
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by kenesom1 11y ago
That's awesome!
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by kenesom1 11y ago
Very interesting. Atmospherics might also be useful as an RNG or possibly a trustworthy public randomness beacon. "There are an average of 45 lightning flashes per second around the world. [...] The radio signature (like a fingerprint)
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by kenesom1 11y ago
If you think the situation is unlikely to improve, line up a better job and then quit. You don't have to tolerate a dysfunctional team. It won't affect your resume or job prospects and joining a better team will enhance your caree
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by kenesom1 11y ago
Good introduction to the importance of fat tailed distributions in financial markets: http://aida.wss.yale.edu/~nordhaus/homepage/documents/statis...
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by kenesom1 11y ago
A film (PiraMMMida) came out in 2011 depicting the rise and fall of MMM in early-90s Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-JgGV8cH1I http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606652/
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by kenesom1 11y ago
Sadly the housing situation in most metropolitan areas is an assault on all the senses. Housing right next to highways, no sound insulation between units, damp buildings infested with mold, inadequate ventilation, overflowing trash bins. A
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by kenesom1 11y ago
"SIRF reporting reveals that Valeant has been closely involved with Philidor at every stage of its life-cycle, controlling it in all but name, since day one." http://sirf-online.org/2015/10/19/hidden
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by kenesom1 11y ago
SIRF's report on October 19 [1] discusses operating structure and entities, many of which are named after chess references. From several articles: "Philidor" ["Francois-Andre Philidor was an 18th century French Chess mas
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by kenesom1 11y ago
If you no longer want to run the business, there isn't much to lose by offering it for sale or letting someone else manage the affairs indefinitely while you pursue other opportunities. It's profitable and worth something to buyer
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by kenesom1 11y ago
State crime labs are simply a rubber stamp on whatever story the prosecutor has decided on presenting ahead of time. It's not well known, but crime labs are paid per conviction [1]. Intentional contamination of evidence, falsification
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by kenesom1 11y ago
Forrest was horribly biased against the defense. The prosecution's case was extremely problematic - resting on a chain of flimsy evidentiary and legal assumptions that would never have survived proper judicial scrutiny. The appeal will
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by kenesom1 11y ago
D.A.R.E. was funded by Big Pharma trade groups, branches of law enforcement, and even things like asset forfeiture [1]. It was never about public health, but simply propaganda to justify the abuses carried out in the name of the War on Drug
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by kenesom1 11y ago
80% of the world's nuclear fleet are in fact light water reactors - like Fukushima - which require continuous cooling and a constant source of power. Even the latest passive safety proposals like liquid fluoride thorium reactors don&#x
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by kenesom1 11y ago
Photovoltaic panels are not used in solar thermal plants. The money is not diverted from other needs - it's spent on renewable infrastructure instead of non-renewable infrastructure.
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by kenesom1 11y ago
The worst case scenario for a nuclear plant accident is millions of casualties and the long-term contamination of major population centers. 152 of the world's 211 nuclear power plants have more than 1 million people residing within 75
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by kenesom1 11y ago
People procrastinate because work is painful. Naturally people want to avoid pain. To stop procrastinating: - Stop doing things that are painful. Do other things instead. - Improve your pain tolerance by becoming stronger, better rested, et
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by kenesom1 11y ago
The accuracy of self-reported energy intake using the 24-hour daily recall method has been shown to be consistent across BMI levels: "Accuracy of recall was not related to body mass index in that the obese men recalled food intake as a
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by kenesom1 11y ago
Studies have shown that overweight people don't necessarily eat more calories or have less active lifestyles than their normal weight peers [1][2][3][4]. A major factor that contributes to excess weight is the absorption rate of dietar
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by kenesom1 11y ago
How many lives has the medical industry destroyed by artificially limiting the supply of physicians? http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/north-america-united-sta... How many lives has the pharmaceutical industry destro
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by kenesom1 12y ago
Disarming most police patrols would be an excellent start. Most of the violence committed against innocent civilians is perpetrated by the police. In major cities like Los Angeles, "no criminal organization kills as many people as the
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by kenesom1 12y ago
Now that anti-prohibition measures are passing in various states - posing a threat to the feds' cash cow (the "War on Drugs") - the feds are now trying to stir up nonsense over supposed "cybercrime". The intrusion i

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