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About The Economic Misfit
Lesson 3: Virtual Currency in the Virgin Economy
In: General /
/ By: Joshua Kingdom
Your writer has for a while now been curious about cryptocurrencies as a concept, particularly matters concerning how the same has spread like a wild fire in the last few years. Initially catching the eye of private investors, the initiative quickly interested many of the other players in the global economy at a rate many have concluded was revolutionary (the Bank of China has raised the standard even higher with its new DC/EP launched late last year).
Looking more closely, one wonders whether it's the first time we are having the interplay of virtual monies and depending on how you look at things, it may very well be a recurring event.
The underlying principle
Digital currencies fill up a vacuum of status quo otherwise they would have been rendered a nugatory soon after their emerging. The idea here is that at times hard money makes no sense. In the alternative, it would be the actor making themselves a nuisance instead. You simply can't have it both ways. Recall that Italian born who at the height of the ongoing pandemic carried bags of monies pouring the content out on the streets? There are too many examples, simply make use of your search engine by entering these key words; "the most stupid things people have done for money."
There must have therefore been another way through which people in the virgin economy avoided such embarrassment despite the inexistence of virtual currencies as we know them today. It is a dead argument that they all threw themselves to the dogs in the face of instances like the ones cited above. This more so knowing that even tangible money itself wasn't as wide spread.
The Invisible hand
Unlike my previous articles in these series, I presently don't seek to zero down to the peculiarities of the lesson at hand i.e the very form that the virtual trade took then, as it will be enough if we drove home the notion that given the circumstances within which the operations at the time went on it was inevitable to transact in monetary terms all through. And on this, a couple of hypotheses will come in handy.
So imagine as head of a family that grazes sheep you wished to exchange one of your adult rams with a neighbor'sgoat in the just concluded festivities. Unfortunate for you, the smallest of the grown sheep still weighs five kilograms more than the goat in question the result being that the odds of barter trade require that you look the other way lest there will be no exchange. Obviously, you could still retain your sheep, and have it slaughtered instead of the goat but you can be sure that no one in your household will think there was Christmas that year having eaten mutton since January.
For the Himas of Western Uganda, one such situation came at times where one was obliged to give out one of their calves in condolence for a friend whose animal had died. It did not matter that by the end of the process a village would that way create the richest person in the community at their expense.
Like Jeane Baptiste says' theory in which production creates its own demand, there seems in retrospect to have been an unexplainable force in the good old days that governed the interplay of relations without pronouncing itself. It could have been compassion, it could have been trust, it could have been anything. All we know is that whoever lived in those years easily noticed its intervention.
The old man in my grandfather
But the virgins did not only appreciate the unseen control as inescapable, surprisingly, they appear to have embraced it beyond its parameters otherwise there would be no justification for the stories my mother tells me about her father.
"That man" she explains, "would cut a tree calling our school administrators to help themselves where they sent each pupil for a piece of cooking wood." And like my grandfather, the Iroquois of the Americas took on slaves as early as 1615 only to inculcate them in their families as though they shared blood ties.
Of course, events dramatically changed following the invader's form of slave trade. We could add and rightly so, that they've never been better since.
It follows that even at the dawn of the new forms of money, some things won't wait the patience of mining a couple of coins inevitably demanding us to shelve our little economics every once in a while like any dweller in the virgin economy would.
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New Zealand trademark registration can be obtained for words, logo, numerals, slogan, device and more. It is provides legal right of exclusivity for use of the mark to the owner of the trademark. New Zealand trademark registration is however a long process involving multiple steps. In this article we cover the trademark registration process in New Zealand.
Before filling a New Zealand trademark to the official trademark office for registration, we strongly suggest having a thorough search conducted. Due to processes of search conducted, you will know the chances of successful registration in a matter. We will conduct a comprehensive search of the records held in the 'trademark registry' by the government office, and report to you on any trademarks found to be identical or deceptively similar to yours.
Unlike business or company name registration, it can sometimes be difficult to register your trademark if a similar mark is already in place. From comprehensive report can advise you of options to overcome difficulties. We will also advise you on matters, other than conflicting trademarks, that may cause problems or difficulty in registering your mark.
Once the search is finalized, or if you choose not to have a search conducted, we can file a New Zealand Trademark application with the government office on your behalf. It is at this stage, we must specify which of the 45 classes we are applying under. A fee is charged per class or category required. A class is essentially a category of goods or services. For example, if your trademark is to identify a clothing label, then only one class would be required. However, if the trademark was also the name of your shop then an additional class would be required.
Once filed, the government office will send a letter out within two weeks, to acknowledge the application as filed and to allocate your official trademark number. This number remains for the entire life span of your trademark.
The government office will then 'examine' your trademark application. This is to ensure that it complies with the rules and regulations of trademark registration, and to ensure there are no other issues that should prevent registration. The results of this examination will mirror those provided by our office at the search stage, in nearly all cases. The examination conducted by the government office will take approximately four months, at which time they will forward either an 'acceptance letter', or an 'adverse report'.
If your trademark is accepted, your trademark will be advertised in the Official Journal of Trademarks on a date specified at the time of acceptance. Once advertised, a formal 'opposition period' will follow. An opposition period is for three months and means that any third party can file an official objection against your trademark becoming registered.
If the registrar issues an examination report, it means that a problem, of some description, has been found. If this is a minor issue, we will attend to it on your behalf and report to you accordingly. However, if it is a bigger issue, such as a similar mark has been found, or the trademark has been deemed generic, we will need further information from you, in most cases, before responding the report.
Once your mark has been accepted, and presuming no third party objects to your registration during the standard three month opposition period, your trademark will become registered for a period of ten years from the date of filing.


For many mothers, changing a diaper is a chore.
For these women, it's a privilege.
At the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, some inmates are in a class learning to be better mothers. Now, at a new children's center dedicated early this month at the prison, they have a place to do it.
The majority of women in prison are mothers of children under age 18. Those children often lead difficult lives.
Shuffled between relatives and foster homes, children of inmates are more likely to end up in prison themselves. It's a problem that continues to grow.
Women have filled U.S. prisons in record numbers in the past 15 years. Since 1980, the female prison population has jumped by more than 200 percent, with 64,403 women in state and federal prisons at the end of last year.
Experts say drugs, aggressive law enforcement and mandatory sentences are the reasons.
North Carolina's five facilities for women house about 1,550 inmates, more than double the number 10 years ago. South Carolina now has about 900 female inmates, up from about 570 in 1985.
Though not all natural mothers should have custody of their children, especially in cases of sexual or physical abuse, advocates say many women in prison can be loving parents once they deal with other problems.
Many mothers say they just want a chance.
"Ten years ago, I gave birth to a son," class speaker Traccie Lambert of Charlotte told a group of visitors who had gathered for the program's graduation ceremony. "Being separated from him is one of the hardest things a mom has to do."
Lambert, convicted of killing her husband, is one of 37 women to complete the Mothers and Their Children program. Its main goal is to prevent children from making their parents' mistakes.
April Barber knows her 3-year-old son has a lot to overcome.
Barber is the bright, soft-spoken daughter of a father who is a convicted murderer. Her mother has been in and out of prison most of her life.
At 19, Barber is serving two life sentences for murder. She was 15 when she set the fire that killed her elderly grandparents in their Wilkesboro home.
Her child, born while she was in prison, now lives with a family friend.
It may seem unusual that someone responsible for such a violent act thinks she can be a good mother. But Barber says she'll be a better parent than her own parents "because I really wanted him. And I love him. He's just getting to the point where he understands."
She looks forward to having her son visit the new children's center. Instead of the grim dullness that marks the rest of the prison grounds, the new building is decorated with bright colors and it's filled with paintings, children's books and kid-sized furniture.
The Department of Correction provided the building space, and donations from churches and foundations make up most of the $40,000 budget.
Previously, children could see their moms only on authorized visiting days. Visits were spent with hundreds of other families in a loud, crowded gym. Now, mothers will be able to read to their children, change a baby's diaper or sit with them in a quiet corner. And program leaders hope the children will be able to visit more often.
"You'll see their faces light up even more because they'll have more quality time with their mothers," Lambert said.
Criminal behavior is often linked to other problems, such as drug or alcohol abuse. Crack cocaine, which invaded cities in the mid-1980s, is considered one of the prime reasons so many women are in prison.
Children with mothers in prison usually have had other trauma in their lives. The majority are poor and living in places where they're often exposed to crime and violence, says Denise Johnston, director of the Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents in Pasadena, Calif.
It's important for parents to have contact with their children, Johnston says, though many inmates don't; that is because of distance and poverty, she says.
"One of the major roles of parents is to help children get over stress and trauma," Johnston says. "When a stress or trauma involves the loss of a parent, it's very difficult for a child to recover. They may never recover because they've lost their helper.
"That's why they often turn out like their parents."
Prison policies on mothers with children vary across the country. In New York, three facilities have nurseries for inmates' babies. Others offer parenting classes similar to North Carolina's.
In Illinois, the Salvation Army runs a program where female inmates and their children can spend a week of supervised camping together.
"It's going to address the separation, and keep the family together," Johnston says. "For that reason alone, it's extremely valuable. You don't want these families to continue to disintegrate."
During the eight-week course, director Pat Kennedy and her assistant spend about two hours a day in counseling and teaching sessions.
"We were mothers talking about our kids," Kennedy said.
Renee Morton has just one child now. She used to have two.
Morton, a single mother from Charlotte and a program graduate, said she was broke and desperate when she got involved in selling drugs.
"I did it for the money," she said.
In February 1993, she began serving her 35-year sentence. A month later, her 15-year-old son, Jarmael, died in a drive-by shooting in north Charlotte. Morton attended his funeral in prison shackles. Her other son is 20.
"I was their mother, I was their father, and I was their friend," she said. "I felt like I failed them. You always wonder, `If I had been there, maybe my son wouldn't be dead.' "
Now she's trying to fix herself, and then, her family.
"I think this will help me get back on my feet," she said. "The counseling we've had here is very important.
"A lot of women here don't know what it is to be loved. They have to learn that so they can teach it to their children."


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Uganda's Mutyaba Joins African Football Giants TP Mazembe
January 14, 2013 Staff Writer
Mike Mutyaba in action
Ugandan midfielder Mike Mutyaba has landed a new year's gift. The talented midfielder will for the next five years play his football for African giants TP Mazembe after sealing a move to the DRC side at the weekend.
Mutyaba who is already with the club will also have the privilege of featuring in the Caf Champions League considering TP Mazembe's record in the competition. Mazembe is ranked 13th best club in the world.
An elated Mutyaba who could not hide his delight wrote on his Facebook page after cementing the move.
"Finally secured 5yrs contract with TP. Mazembe," he wrote, "Great thanks to the almighty Allah."
Last Year, Mutyaba got an injury that ruled that deprived him of playing time for most of last season
Although neither party could confirm the money paid to the Sudanese side for Mutyaba's signature, sources put it at $50,000.
Mutyaba will hope for playing time so as to force his way back into the national team as he's been out lately.
In the meantime, Cranes left back Godfrey Walusimbi is also in DR Congo for trials with Don Bosco FC. The TP Mazembe second side will also feature in the Caf Confederation Cup this year.
It is a big move for the young winger who joins compatriot Patrick Ochan at the former African champions. He will now have the chance to showcase his talent to Africa and the rest of the world.
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Gerardo Nigenda (Mexico City, 1967 – Oaxaca, 2010) began photographing in 1999 at the age of thirty-two. He used a Yashika pocket camera given to him by North American documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark.
His work has participated in group and one-man shows in Mexico, Spain, the United States, Russia and Ecuador within such showing spaces as the California Museum of Photography, the Manuel Álvarez Bravo Photography Center, the Center for the Image, the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana and the Latin American Department of Social Sciences-Quito, among others. In 2008, his work participated in Spain's ONCE Foundation Biennial of Contemporary Art II. His work is in the collection of this organization and that of the archives of the Center for the Image.
He gave the Workshop for Non-Visual Perception in different states of Mexico.
Nigenda became blind at age 25.


Friends and family were found to increase the risk of children becoming smokers in the UK, revealed findings come from a new study carried out at Imperial College London and published today in the journal Thorax.
In the study, the team used data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which looks at children across the UK at regular intervals as they age. They analysed data on a total of 11,577 children to see which factors were linked to whether children had tried smoking or were current smokers. Teens whose caregivers smoked were more than twice as likely to have ever smoked themselves. More than one quarter (26 per cent) of teens whose main caregiver smoked said they had tried cigarettes and five per cent said they were current smokers, compared with 11 per cent and one per cent among those whose caregivers did not smoke.


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Many folks view the American Legion as an organization that is simply a club for veterans, and are unaware of what we are really about, True, we do have a clubroom and we do enjoy socializing with one another, but there is much more to it than that. A lot of our energy is devoted to things that we believe help to make Greater Cincinnati and especially our little part of Greater Cincinnati a bit better than it would be if we were not here. Almost everyone is eligible to join one of the three 484 organizations, and we hope that you will consider doing so. Please browse below to learn a little more about us.
A Legion sponsored program for young men, held between their junior and senior years in high school.
Post 484 provides scholarships to students from this area.
We contribute to this organization that helps homeless veterans to get back on their feet.
Our Service Officer aids veterans in many areas. This service is made available to all veterans (whether Legion members or not) and to their families.
An important part of the Legion family, SAL Squadron 484 provides aid to Post 484 in many areas, and also has some great programs of its own.
We donate a substantial amount to this program for children who are very sick.
We help with gifts for disabled veterans.
Groups from 484 organizations visit local VA hospitals and provide food, games, and most importantly, sociability for hospitalized and sometimes forgotten veterans.
American flags on Sutton Avenuie, availability of our hall for community meetings, and a coat collection for kids and homeless veterans are just a few more things that we do to better our community.
American Legion Buckeye Boys State is a 9 day "Hands On" experience in the operation of the Democratic form of government, the organization of political parties, and the relationship of one to the other in shaping Ohio Government.
Founded in 1936, Buckeye Boys State is the largest Boys State program in the nation with an attendance of 1300 young men annually.
Enforcement; Newspaper operation, and Legislative Services, conducted by staff members versed in the area of instruction and each "mirroring" a similar real experience.
One of the finest objectives afforded by Boys State is the friendship. Young men will form with other Boys State Citizens, many of whom will become life-long friends.
Joseph House is a campus of seven buildings in downtown Cincinnati where around 100 homeless veterans reside in a safe, supportive, abstinence-based recovery environment. JH operates two programs to meet the needs of our residents: The Captain Robert S. Marx* Veterans Recovery Center which is certified by the Ohio Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, and the Ready and Forward** program which provides permanent housing and services for veterans with a need for long-term support.
* Robert Marx was a citizen soldier from Cincinnati who served and was wounded in WWI. He founded and was the first National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans.
**Ready and Forward was the motto of the 10th US Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers.
American Legion Post 484 is devoted to our community and our veterans. Our Post Service Officer is tested and certified each year through the Department of Ohio to assist all veterans and their families with their special needs. The Post Service Officer is a volunteer who can offer assistance in obtaining Veterans Health Care, military records, military funeral and burial plans, emergency financial assistance, preparing for submittal of disability claims and any other veteran related need. Our Service Officer works closely with the Department of Ohio Service Officer, who is a full time person with an office located at the VA Hospital on Vine Street. The Department Service Officer operates at the top professional level and can assist veterans and their families with all types of assistance including filing for disability claims or health care issues with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Our Service Officer also works closely with the staff from the office of the Hamilton County Veteran's Services Commission for emergency financial aid and other services that they provide to assist all veterans. We work with local support agencies during the year to support their aid to our veterans also. The services listed are just a few of the services available to veterans and their families and you do not need to be Legion member to obtain these services.
SUPPORT THE LEGION - We help with their activities such as fish fries, carnival, holiday events and post functions. We also help general jobs around the post: clean-up, grass cutting and beautification projects.
VETERANS SERVICE - Members and their families go to Fort Thomas VA nursing home 4 times a year for an Easter party, 4th of July picnic, vets carnival, and Christmas party.
COMMUNITY SERVICE - We have a lunch with Santa for needy and community children, put on bingos for the senior citizens at SEM Manor and support the community.
SCHOLARSHIPS - The SAL gives book scholarships to Legion family members' children. In 2003, we gave out $1200.
SAL FUNCTIONS - Meetings, golf outing, dances, spaghetti dinner, lunch with Santa, horseshoe tournament, installation, pumpkin contest and monthly breakfast with the Legion and Auxiliary.
VETERANS MONUMENT - The Squad has taken over the Legion veterans monument on Sutton Ave. and updated the area. We out in a veterans prayer walkway and podium slab. We are planning other changes to the site in the future.
DONATIONS GIVEN OUT - The SAL gave to the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation, Children's Miracle Network, Joseph House for Homeless Vets, Special Olympics, SEM senior citizens, Diabetes Association, American Legion Relief Fund, Gifts To Yanks for veterans, scholarships, Post projects, and people in need. In 2003, the Squad has donated $4,800.
The Sons Of The American Legion is a non-political, non-sectarian civilian organization and is a support group for the American Legion and the veterans of our country. the Sons Of The American legion, known as the SAL, was started in 1932 by the American legion. The age group to become a member is from birth to any age as long as your father or grandfather served in the armed forces during the Legion eligibility dates. Adopted sons and stepsons are also elibible. Your father or grandfather must be deceased or a member of any American Legion post and be honorably discharged.
We also use the Legion's clubroom - if you are 21 years of age - and we do enjoy socializing with one another and the legion, but there is much more that we do.
If you are not eligible to join the SAL and your father served and he is not a member of the American Legion, try and get him to join the American Legion and you both can spend time together in a great organization.
Remember if you think about joining the SAL there is something for everyone, pick out a few projects you are interested in and have fun. If you like everything we do, then knock yourself out.


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French PM, unions fail to break pension strike deadlock as Christmas looms
By Michel Rose
PARIS (Reuters) - French unions said strikes that have crippled the transport system will continue over the Christmas holidays after talks with the government on Thursday failed to break the deadlock over a planned overhaul of the pension system.
Two weeks of nationwide industrial action in France have disrupted railways and roads, shut some schools and brought more than half a million people onto the streets to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's wide-ranging reform plan.
After a meeting with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, the leader of the hardline CGT union, Philippe Martinez, said unions had decided to hold more strikes and demonstrations on Jan. 9.
"The prime minister hasn't heard what the street is saying," Martinez told reporters.
Laurent Berger, leader of the more moderate CFDT, refrained from calling for demonstrations on Jan. 9 but said he still disagreed with the government's aim of encouraging people to work until age 64 before they draw a full pension.
Philippe told a news conference his government remains fully committed to restoring the financial balance of the pensions system and to ending special pension regimes under which some workers can retire up to a decade before others.
He said progress had been made with the unions and that he hoped any remaining disagreements could be overcome during new talks in January. Philippe hopes parliament can vote on the pension reform law by summer at the latest.
French government remains committed to end special pension regimes - PM
France's CFDT union still disagrees with government on retirement age
Philippe also reiterated a plea to unions to suspend transport strikes during the holidays.
"I call on unions to allow French people to travel to see their families over Christmas," he said.
But a statement from the CGT-led union coalition said there would be no return to work over the festive period, when millions of people rely on France's extensive network of high-speed trains to spend the holiday with their families.
UNSA, the second-biggest union at railway company SNCF, however called for a truce over Christmas, which could alleviate some transport misery.
Unions oppose Macron's plans to streamline France's state pension system and push people to work until 64, instead of the legal retirement age of 62.
Reporting by Michel Rose, Sophie Louet and Caroline Pailliez; Writing by Matthieu Protard and Geert De Clercq; Editing by Richard Lough and Catherine Evans


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With this issuance, the Postal Service explores Disney•Pixar films, which offer exciting, contemporary characters and strong themes involving family and friends. This pane of 20 stamps includes five different designs featuring characters Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars (2006); Remy the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille (2007); Buzz Lightyear and two of the green, three-eyed aliens from Toy Story (1995); Carl Fredricksen and Dug from Up (2009); and the robot WALL*E from WALL*E (2008). The back of the stamp pane shows seven blue-pencil sketches of the characters from these movies interspersed among text that discusses each film. Art directors Terrence W. McCaffrey and William J. Gicker worked with Disney•Pixar to design the stamp art.
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The epistle of first Peter offers wonderful encouragement to the child of God in view of simply living the Christian life from day to day. Peter encourages us to strive toward our goal of heaven, which we do through developing holiness in our conduct and we are admonished to exhibit love for one another as brethren in Christ. Peter writes, "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently" (1 Pet. 1:22). He proceeds even further in his discussion of our attitude toward each other when he says, "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings ..." (1 Pet. 2:1).
One good brother said, "That means we must love the brethren as unlovable as they ace sometimes." One of the keys to living for the Lord is treating one another in a loving manner. In this article I want to examine some biblical principles that will help us to love one an-other more.
The word pure denotes something that is unmixed. Many times we treat each other sinfully because we allow sinful attitudes to infiltrate our hearts (1 Tim. 1:5).
The word fervently in the original carries the idea of being stretched to the maximum. Therefore, our loving one an-other does not happen by accident, it is something we have to work to accomplish (Eph. 4:1-3).
The answer is not to compromise the truth or take a lighter stand on doctrinal issues. All compromise does is please the sectarians and spoil the brethren. The unity of the Bible is based on God's word (John 17:17-21). True brotherly love seeks the good of others in view of eternity, not just the here and now.
Peter uses the word wherefore in 1 Peter 2:1 to say the logical conclusion is since we are new creatures in Christ we should have put away sinful attitudes and dispositions. You control your attitude, the mentality that says, "I am the way I am" is not in accordance with the spirit of Christ.
The Greek word for laying aside is the word apotheosis and it indicates a decisive act with permanent results; literally to discard clothing. The action should have taken place in our conversion, but sadly some members of the church have kept such sinful attitudes and when exhibited they cause problems in the church.
There are five things Peter says we must put away or discard from our personality if we are to please the Master and promote brotherly love. First "wickedness" (kalian) means "an evil disposition, the desire to injure another." The second word is "guile" (dolor) and it means to "catch with bait, craftiness." The third word is "hypocrisies" which denotes "deceptive actions or attitudes." The word "en-vies" carries the idea that one has "feelings of unhappiness because another has that which one desires for himself." Finally, the word "evil speaking" means "slanderous and defamatory statements about others" (elsewhere translated backbiting). Brethren it is high time we put away such attitudes for the benefit of the cause of Christ.
In Philippians 2, Paul uses the word "but" as an adversative conjunction which means he is contrasting two things. He is contrasting strife and vainglory with lowliness of mind. In other words one cannot have both at the same time, we must give up our own interests for the benefit of others. The perfect example of Jesus' sacrifice for us is given. The Lord was willing to put his own interests aside in order to redeem humanity and this he did by leaving the beauty, advantages, and glory of heaven behind to come to this earth to suffer and die for mankind (John 17:5).
Examine the example of Samuel, Nathan, Paul and even the Lord Jesus Christ. Love does not mean we tell people what they want to hear. It means because we love them we tell them what they need to hear so that their soul will be saved after this life is over! We cannot be saved without loving one another!


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Workshop: My Profession: Torture. The Investigators of the Securitate: the Case of Gheorghe Enoiu
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The foregoing workshop took place at the headquarters of the IICCMER, on 28 June 2010. Mr. Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER, Mr. Adrian Cioflâncă,director of the Society, Economics and Institutions Department, Mr. Dumitru Lăcătuşu, expert, Society, Economics and Institutions Department, and Mr. Mihai Burcea, expert, Society, Economics and Institutions Department participated as discussants.
Gheorghe Enoiu was a Securitate colonel and director of the Penal Investigations Department in the interval 1963-1967.
The references within his personal file indicate that Enoiu was one of the most fervent investigators of the Securitate, as he "rightfully hated class enemies" and would often work overtime. The "professional success" which came with his activity as investigator made him quite arrogant, according to the information in his personal file. The other investigators saw Enoiu as a self-important individual, who was "always looking for something new". At the same time, his violent nature became also known to his superiors, according to a 1952 reference, which describes Enoiu as "an impulsive person, who can't restrain himself in the presence of the arrested; an individual with nervous outbursts".
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Sony has announced two Xperia NFC smartphones, the Xperia Ion which is exclusive to AT&T in the US and the Xperia S which will be available worldwide this quarter, as well as read-only NFC Xperia SmartTags.
Sony Ericsson, the phone manufacturing joint venture in the process of becoming 100% owned by Sony, has unveiled its first NFC smartphones, the Xperia Ion and Xperia S. Xperia SmartTags, read-only NFC tags that will ship with selected Xperia phones, have also been announced.
The Xperia S is the first of a new generation of NXT series smartphones and includes a 4.3-inch HD screen, 12MP camera and 1.5GHz dual core processor as well as NFC. The phone is also Playstation-certified, enabling it to access the PlayStation games store as well as a range of other Sony entertainment assets including music, movies and TV shows. The Xperia S will begin shipping globally with Android 2.3 Gingerbread this quarter and will be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich during the second quarter of 2012.
The Xperia Ion is an LTE version of the Xperia S that features a larger 4.6-inch screen but otherwise shares the same specifications. The device is exclusive to AT&T in the US and will ship with NFC pairing and tag reading functionality switched on.


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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has reported that the second inclined geosynchronous orbit (IGSO) satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has reached its intended orbital location and is operating normally.
On April 23, 2014, ISRO announced that the IRNSS-1B had arrived at 55º East longitude, collocated with IRNSS-1A and the GSAT-8 spacecraft, which contains the GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload. IRNSS-1B was launched on board India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on April 4.
The first satellite in the planned seven-satellite constellation, IRNSS-1A, was put into orbit last July.
Four satellites are enough to begin services, according to ISRO, and two more satellites are proposed for launch later this year.
The IRNSS is being developed in parallel with the GAGAN program, a satellite-based augmentation system similar to Europe's EGNOS and the U.S. WAAS.
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Maximos Mansion in Athens on Thursday evening.
This is Merkel's first visit to Greece since 2012 and will last for two days, with the Greek and German leaders discussing a wide spectrum of issues including the prospect of the western Balkan countries joining the E.U., the reform of the Eurozone, the upcoming European elections, Turkish provocations in the Mediterranean and the Cyprus issue.
In his welcoming address to Merkel in Athens, Tsipras said, "The last time you visited was at the height of the crisis. Now you are coming to a different Greece, which after great difficulties managed to overcome the (financial) crisis."
He added that despite "differences of views, confrontations, and disagreements," Greece and Germany have since managed to achieve a good relationship.
Tsipras also spoke of the importance of peace, stability, and growth in the Balkans for the future and security of Europe.
"We stressed the importance that the Prespes Agreement has for the region and for Europe, as a step forward and a model agreement for other disputes, which shows that mutually acceptable solutions – without one side imposing something on the other – are possible," he said.
Tsipras also highlighted the rising danger of the far right in Europe and the role that the dominant economic dogma played, in his opinion, in feeding the growth of far-right and anti-European populism, highlighting the need to counter this by building a social Europe and a new architecture for the Eurozone.
"We stress, together with the Chancellor, that this is the greatest danger for Europe," he said, referring to the far-right forces seeking to increase their influence in the upcoming European elections.
Chancellor Merkel said that the Greek people have gone through a great deal over the last few years, and she thanked Greece for its reforms. She also expressed gratitude for the country's actions regarding the refugee crisis as well as its effort to maintain stability in the Balkan region.
Merkel noted that the aim of her visit was to help Greece get back on its feet, reduce unemployment and finance its needs by tapping the markets, adding that large German investments in Greece show confidence in the country.
"This is not the end of a period of reforms but the start of a new situation. Unemployment has fallen and we must try to create jobs for young people," the chancellor said, pointing to initiatives in the export sector and welcoming Tsipras's announcement that Germany will be the honoured country at the 2020 Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).
Referring to the upcoming European elections, Merkel said that she was united with Tsipras "in the deeply-held conviction that it is through cooperation in Europe, not nationalism, that we will have a better future."
Merkel also touched on the refugee crisis and migration issues, noting that the EU-Turkey agreement, "has not been implemented in the way that we would like," especially the part concerning returns.
"We will work with Greece to improve some parts of the agreement. We agreed today that for the refugees that do not come from Syria but from other countries, the EU-Turkey agreement will not apply and we will try to find other ways of support," she said. The chancellor also referred to the need for a common European policy on migration.
While Merkel and Tsipras were at Maximos Mansion, protesters clashed with riot police in Athens. The police authorities were forced to use tear gas to prevent the protesters from moving any closer to the area where the two leaders were holding their meeting.
Greek authorities banned demonstrations in a large part of the capital's centre and shut down streets and train stations for security reasons.
Around 2,000 officers, a police helicopter and drones were deployed for the visit, which ends Friday afternoon.
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I stopped reading a long time ago. Now I move from fort to fort, visiting all my caches of water and ammunition and food, taking my regular route around the region of my birth, avoiding the poisoned wastelands and keeping an eye out for wolves when I hunt and forage. I used to clutch a rifle and a pistol close, worrying about meeting other people. Then I started to wish I'd meet someone. Anyone.
Other people got sick and died when they got hurt or diseased or aged. Not me. Whole sections of moldy libraries are dedicated to the science of healing but it's useless to me. Maybe I'm useless to healing. Since becoming alone I occasionally fall ill and can't look for food. When building a fort I once crushed my foot under a hardened bag of cement. My foot didn't get better for months. The pain and hunger and thirst were terrible while it was swollen and broken. I should have died, but I didn't.
I don't cross rivers very often. Most of the bridges are gone so I have been dabbling with boats. In the beginning I counted the days with small marks on the walls of my caches. I don't count the small marks any more, I only mark the spring now. Floods are more dangerous than just about anything.
I've begun making my own boats from lumber I make myself. The lightweight plastic and cloth of boats left in the sun have all crumbled away.
Ammunition has been getting very unreliable. Long ago there were occasional misfires and I began carrying two automatics as well as a rifle. Now I only carry revolvers.
I have twelve libraries now. I began collecting them when I realized I was forgetting how to read, but there are so few books fit to read any more. I began making paper and ink. Now I copy old books into new ones.
I've begun making so many things from wood, making tools from carefully stored supplies of raw steel, making forges from bricks I've found or made, fueling them from coke I've cooked in smaller, earlier kilns. I've been making nitrocellulose and mercury primer so I can handload old rifle cartridges. I've been restoring machine shops near my favorite caches. I spent several winter seasons wiring coils and machining bearings and cutting shafts and brewing fuel. I made whole vehicles and even an airplane from alloy I found at an old factory. I've been using chemistry and the sun to etch a circuit on glass. I just finished placing twelve hundred slivers of silicon into the circuit under a microscope to make something like a computer. And I can't show it to anyone.
It's so much easier to make bows, arrows, and traps for game. Scraping skins and salting meat is something I always go back to. Anything more complicated doesn't make sense with no one to share.
The buildings of civilization are almost all gone except the forts and caches I maintain. For a while I was breaking down the last of the old buildings myself, helping the forests reclaim the junk of the old world, letting them pull the steel and gravel and concrete lumps down into the earth beneath their roots.
Every year I move my territory a few miles eastward, across seas when necessary, and a few springs ago I finished another great ring around the world and returned to my first land, where I first became alone. The books I copied and saved in my caches would be unreadable if anyone could remember how to read. The cans of looted food are no more than flaking piles of rot and rust. All the ammunition is sprouting chemical crystals from the dull ragged brass. The kerosene in the drums full of guns has dribbled out and is long evaporated. What's left of my machine shops are wet lumps under rubble and humus. I made quite a world before I gave time a chance.
Seeing snow on summer hilltops inspires me. The elephants have been getting more shaggy in this millennium. Their herds travel up and down the valleys, across the plains and even the seas, multiplying. And I follow. I have things to teach them.


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10 a.m. Christmas concerts and other events have been canceled in Greece under new restrictions announced Thursday that include a general mask mandate for outdoors and all public areas.
Incoming travelers will also be required to have follow-up tests for COVID-19 on the second and fourth days after their arrival.
The restrictions will take effect Friday as the country braces for the expected impact of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, with the public health service already under pressure and intensive care space at more than 90 per cent capacity.
"Due to the large amount of Christmas activity and crowded conditions that it creates, the mandatory use of masks is fully justified," Health Minister Thanos Plevris said during a live-streamed presentation of the measures, which will remain in effect at least through Jan. 3.
9:45 a.m. U.S. health regulators on Thursday authorized the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of Omicron infections.
The Food and Drug Administration authorization comes one day after the agency cleared a competing drug from Pfizer. That pill is likely to become the first-choice treatment against the virus, thanks to its superior benefits and milder side effects.
As a result, Merck's pill is expected to have a smaller role against the pandemic than predicted just a few weeks ago. Its ability to head off severe COVID-19 is much smaller than initially announced and the drug label will warn of serious safety issues, including the potential for birth defects.
9:15 a.m. The United Arab Emirates has recorded its highest daily number of coronavirus cases since August.
The tourism hub on the Arabian Peninsula on Thursday reported 1,000 new infections — a drastic surge from record lows of roughly 50 infections just weeks ago, before the the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant.
The daily update represents a significant jump from the 665 cases authorities reported on Wednesday.
The UAE boasts one of the world's highest vaccination rates, with over 90% of the country's eligible population fully vaccinated. Infections had plummeted in recent weeks, and there were vanishingly few COVID-19 hospitalizations or deaths.
Authorities say the hospitalization rate for COVID-19 remains low, around 3%.
9:05 a.m. The British government said Thursday it won't introduce any new coronavirus restrictions until after Christmas, and called early studies on the severity of the Omicron variant encouraging.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said two studies suggesting Omicron carries a significantly lower risk of hospitalization than the previously dominant delta strain was "encouraging news." But he said it was "not very clear yet … by how much that risk is reduced."
The U.K. Health Security Agency is due to publish new data on Omicron later Thursday. It follows two studies, from Imperial College London and Scottish researchers, that found patients with Omicron were between 20 per cent and 68 per cent less likely to require hospital treatment than those with delta.
Data out of South Africa, where the variant was first detected, have also suggested Omicron might be milder there. Scientists stress that even if the findings of these early studies hold up, any reductions in severity need to be weighed against the fact that Omicron spreads much faster than delta and is more able to evade vaccines.
8:45 a.m.: Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product increased by 0.8 per cent in October.
The agency also says preliminary data for November suggests a rise of 0.3 per cent for the month.
7:50 a.m.: Toronto will be operating vaccine clinics on New Year's Day and is adding approximately 14,000 new appointments.
Councillor Joe Cressy said on Twitter this morning that approximately 14,286 appointments for Jan.1-3 at city-run mass immunization clinics will be available through the provincial booking system starting at 8 a.m.Thursday.
You can book an appointment here.
6:43 a.m.: Canada's top doctor says urgent action is needed to curb the spread of Omicron, which is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in several provinces.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Wednesday there were more than 11,300 new infections nationwide the previous day, up from the average of 5,000 cases per day last week.
She said modelling shows case counts could be "very high" by early January.
On Wednesday evening, Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced new restrictions as the province recorded roughly 9,000 new COVID-19 cases.
As of Boxing Day, he said, private gatherings in the province will be limited to six people or two-family bubbles.
Restaurants, which are already operating at half capacity and have to close at 10 p.m., will also have to limit groups at tables to six people or two families.
Several provinces have recently reinstated stricter public health measures in response to Omicron, including caps on social gatherings and closing some businesses.
Meanwhile, a self-isolating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back at critics who say his government has fumbled the Omicron wave of COVID-19.
Trudeau told reporters Wednesday that they have been working flat out and learning much about COVID over the past two years. He added that the government tried to slow Omicron's introduction to Canada by instituting border restrictions and testing requirements.
6:23 a.m.: Australia is reporting a major spike in coronavirus infections a day after Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejected lockdowns or mask mandates to slow the spread of the omicron variant.
The country's most populous state, New South Wales, listed 5,715 new cases Thursday. That was up from 3,763 a day earlier and almost as many as were recorded across all of Australia on Wednesday.
There were 347 people in New South Wales hospitals, up from 302 the previous day, and 45 in intensive care units, up from 40.
Victoria state also saw a sharp increase, reporting 2,005 new infections Thursday.
Morrison on Wednesday convened a Cabinet meeting with leaders of Australia's states and territories but ruled out lockdowns.
6:23 a.m.: South Korea has set a record for daily COVID-19 deaths as it struggles to resolve a shortage of hospital beds amid weeks of surging cases.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Thursday that 109 people died in the latest 24-hour period. That raised the country's total number of pandemic fatalities to 5,015.
The agency reported 6,919 new coronavirus cases, the vast majority of them involving the Delta variant.
Infections surged after South Korea significantly relaxed its pandemic restrictions in early November as part of its efforts to restore pre-pandemic normalcy. Alarmed by the spike, health authorities on Saturday restored the country's toughest distancing rules such as a four-person cap on private gatherings and a 9 p.m. curfew for restaurants and cafes.
6:23 a.m.: An Israeli hospital says a man who was reported to have died from the omicron variant of the coronavirus was found to have the Delta variant.
Israeli health officials reported the death earlier this week. It would have been the country's first omicron casualty.
Soroka Hospital, located in the southern city of Beersheba, said Thursday that final test results from the Israeli Health Ministry indicated the man was infected with delta.
Israel has identified 341 cases of omicron. It has greatly restricted air traffic in and out of the country and is imposing a series of public restrictions to prevent the spread of the highly contagious variant.
The Health Ministry director is also considering whether to administer a second booster shot to at-risk groups, following a recommendation by a medical advisory group.
Israel, a country of 9.3 million people, has reported over 8,200 COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic.
6:23 a.m.: Germany's health minister expects a surge in coronavirus cases around New Year's.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told public radio network WDR 2 on Thursday that Germany hasn't seen a big, rapid wave of new infections from the omicron variant, which has already hit other European countries such as Britain.
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THE ASPREE TRIAL & ASPREE-XT STUDY
ASPIRIN TRIALS
MAJOR ASPIRIN TRIALS (CURRENT)
Add-Aspirin (A phase III double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial assessing the addition of aspirin after standard primary therapy in early stage common solid tumours (Sponsor – University College London (UK))
Start date – May 2014
Status – Currently ongoing, expected publication date 2026
Study population: Approximately 10,000 cancer survivors who have had (or are currently having) treatment for an early stage cancer of the breast, bowel, stomach, oesophagus or prostate in the UK and India
Study Design: RCT of 100mg aspirin, 300mg aspirin or a placebo (dummy) tablet for five years Aim: To assess whether regular aspirin use after standard therapy, including surgery and neo-adjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, can prevent recurrence and prolong survival in participants with common solid tumours
MAJOR ASPIRIN TRIALS (PAST)
ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) Monash University, Berman Center for Clinical Research & Outcomes Funded by National Institute on Aging (National Institutes of Health (US)), National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), Victorian Cancer Agency (VCA, Australia)
Start date – March 2010 – Jan 2018
Status – Completed, publication of main papers 2018
Study Population: 16,703 Australians aged ≥ 70 years and 2,411 Americans aged ≥ 65 years for minority populations (55% of US recruitment) and ≥ 70 years for non-minority. Participants are able-bodied and have no history of CVD or a contraindication to take aspirin or placebo.
Study design: Primary prevention, double-blinded, placebo-controlled RCT of 100 mg daily enteric-coated aspirin or a matching placebo for an average of 5 years. Clinical health measures are undertaken annually.
The primary objective is to determine whether low-dose aspirin prolongs life, or life free of dementia, or life free of significant, persistent physical disability in the healthy elderly. Secondary objectives relate to the effects of low-dose aspirin on the key outcome areas of death, cardiovascular disease, dementia and cognitive decline, cancer, physical disability, depression and major bleeding episodes.
ARRIVE (Aspirin to Reduce Risk of Initial Vascular Events)
International Multi-Centre RCT
Sponsor – Bayer
Start date – September 2007
Status – Completed. Findings published 2018
Study population: Approximately 12,000 participants at moderate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk (Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, and USA).
Men aged ≥ 55 years with 2 – 4 CVD risk factors*
Women aged ≥ 60 years with 3 or more risk factors*
*Please note – CVD risk factors refers to: elevated total LDL cholesterol and/or low HDL cholesterol, cigarette smoking, elevated blood pressure, current use of medication to treat high blood pressure, and a family history of early coronary heart disease (CHD).
Study design: Primary prevention, double-blind randomised control trial (RCT) of low-dose aspirin (100mg) versus placebo for approximately 5 years.
Aim: The ARRIVE study is aiming to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of low-dose aspirin in preventing initial events associated with CVD in individuals with no known history of CVD, but who are at moderate risk.
The primary outcome of ARRIVE is a composite CVD/cerebrovascular endpoint, where time to first occurrence of either non-fatal heart attack, non-fatal ischaemic stroke or CVD death (including fatal heart attack, fatal ischaemic stroke).
ASCEND (A Study of Cardiovascular Events iN Diabetes)
(Sponsor – University of Oxford Clinical Trial Service Unit, UK Jane M Armitage, BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FFPH, Principal Investigator, Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford)
Start date – March 2005
Study population: 15,400 individuals with diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2), no known vascular disease, aged >= 40 years
Males or females with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Aged ≥ 40 years.
No previous history of vascular disease.
Study design: Primary prevention, double-blind RCT, 2 x 2 factorial design of low-dose, enteric-coated aspirin (100mg) versus placebo, and of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation versus placebo, once daily for an average of 5 years
Aim: To determine whether or not low-dose aspirin and/or omega-3 fatty acid supplementation helps to reduce the development of circulatory problems (e.g. heart attack, stroke) in people with diabetes.
JPPP (Japanese Primary Prevention Project)
Keio University School of Medicine, Japan,
(Sponsors – Japan Heart Foundation & Bayer)
Status – Prematurely terminated after a median follow-up of 5.02 years due to likely futility
Study population: 14,400 participants with asymptomatic atherosclerosis (ABI <= 0.95), no evidence of previous CV events, aged 60 – 85 years diagnosed with one or more of these conditions: hypertension, hyperlipidemia or diabetes
Study design: Primary prevention, open-label, randomised, parallel-group trial of low-dose, enteric-coated aspirin (100mg) versus control, once daily for an average of 8 years
Aim: To determine whether treatment of individuals with asymptomatic atherosclerosis using low-dose aspirin for 8 years prevents cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke).
Conclusion: The study found once-daily, low-dose aspirin did not significantly reduce the risk of the composite outcome of cardiovascular death, nonfatal stroke, and nonfatal myocardial infarction among Japanese patients 60 years or older with atherosclerotic risk factors. (Ikeda Y, Shimada K, Teramoto T et al. Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Japanese Patients 60 Years or Older With Atherosclerotic Risk Factors: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2014;312(23):2510-2520. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.15690.)
ACCEPT-D (Aspirin and Simvastatin Combination for Cardiovascular Events Prevention Trial in Diabetes)
Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Italy (Sponsor – Italian Ministry of Health (Italy))
Study population: 5,170 individuals with diabetes (Type 1 or 2), currently taking or candidate for statin treatment (i.e. LDL cholesterol ≥ 100 mg/dL persisting after 3 months of dietary advice), no history of CVD, aged ≥ 50 years.
Study design: Primary prevention, open-label RCT of low-dose aspirin (100mg) + simvastatin (starting at 20mg/day) versus simvastatin alone, for approximately 5 years
Aim: To evaluate whether, in a setting of controlled LDL cholesterol levels (through treatment with simvastatin), low-dose aspirin is effective in the primary prevention of major cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes.
The primary outcome is a composite endpoint of CV death, non-fatal heart attack, non-fatal stroke, and hospital admission for cardiovascular causes.
PHS (Physicians' Health Study)
Collaborators: Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Funded by: National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Status – Completed December 1996
Study population: 22,071 male American physicians between 40-84 years of age (mean = 53 +/- 9.5 years at enrolment), without a history of CVD or cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancers), renal or liver disease or having a contraindication to take aspirin or beta-carotene.
Study design: Primary prevention, 2X2 factorial designed RCT (double-blind, placebo-controlled) of 325mg aspirin and 50mg beta-carotene versus placebo on alternate days, provided four possible arms: active aspirin and active beta-carotene, active aspirin and beta-carotene placebo, aspirin placebo and active beta-carotene, or aspirin placebo and beta-carotene placebo. Compliance and health outcomes were measured by questionnaires. Primary endpoints included total cancer, prostate cancer, CVD and eye disease
Aim: To assess the effect on cardiovascular mortality of alternate-day consumption of 325 mg of aspirin and, secondarily, the effect on cancer incidence of alternate-day consumption of 50 mg of beta-carotene.
Conclusion: The aspirin arm was stopped early as aspirin was shown to significantly reduced the risk of a first myocardial infarction (1989. New England Journal of Medicine), although the effect on stroke was inconclusive. Results from the beta-carotene arm did not show harm or benefit. (1996. New England Journal). It is estimated more than 400 papers have been written on findings from this trial.
WHS (Women's Health Study) Brigham and Women's Hospital
Collaborators: Brigham and Women's Hospital. Funded by: National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Status – Completed February 2005, currently participants are being followed on an observational basis (annual questionnaires)
Study population: 39,876 health professional women aged 45 years and over without a history of cancer or CVD
Study design: Primary prevention, double-blind RCT of alternate day Vitamin E (600 IU every other day) or placebo; and to aspirin (100 mg every other day) or placebo.low-dose aspirin (100mg) versus placebo. Compliance was measured by questionnaires. The primary outcome is a composite endpoint of CV death, non-fatal heart attack, non-fatal stroke, and malignant neoplasms of epithelial cell origin.
Aim: To evaluate the effects of low-dose aspirin and vitamin E in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer in apparently healthy women aged 45 years and over.
Conclusion: The study showed that aspirin lowered the risk of stroke, but had no effect on the risk of AMI (Ridker PM 2005 NEJM) or cancer (2005 Cook NR et al, JAMA). WHS researchers estimate 400 reports on the study have been published since it began.
NIA ANNOUNCEMENT JUNE 2017
ASPREE-XT study visits conducted by phone during COVID-19 outbreak
ASPREE-XT (eXTension) study funded to determine longer-term effects of aspirin on health
ASPREE Study Findings Published
Lack of Evidence Excludes Elderly in US Draft Aspirin Policy