When Free File is Really Free - Federal Only

(link) Free File Instruction Page - at www.irs.gov

Hello fellow Tax Payers! It will not be long until Tax Time is upon us. In today's blog post, my goal is to help you by-pass the horribly expensive route of filing your Taxes at a tax Firm...Paying $300.00 - $?00.00 in Bank and Preparation Fees.

I worked for a major Preparation Firm for 6 years seasonally. Each year, at the November Holiday, they begin sending out mailings and spend millions in advertising to get tax payers into their greedy hands. This begins the process of attaching high interest loans to your Anticipated tax refund. Please do not take this to mean that many, many people do not need a Tax Professional to assist and prepare taxes for them, but the lower income Individuals and Families often Do Not. It is the Low Income, and Earned Income Credit folks that are the Cream and Butter of Tax Prep Firms. 

During the first part of Tax Season, the lower income people pour in, getting Loans that are usually 95% interest, all the way up to 300%+. This is so the Poor families can Get Their Money ASAP! It is a trend that many "loyal tax customers" have been locked into for 8 years. If you do not get anything else I write, get this: You can File your own taxes on-line, Free. If you have it Directly Deposited into a bank or even mailed, you will have your money (if your information is correct, your return is not rejected for errors, and no other weird delays occur) in less than 2 Weeks. Usually 8 - 10 days. 

In our State and many surrounding States the average Tax Payer does Not "net" (bring  home) more than $300.00 per week. On average in the Southern U.S., tax payers who make $50,000.00 per year do not "net" more than $700.00  per week. Having Federal, State (unless your State does not collect Income Tax), Social Security/Medicare (FICA), Insurance, Union Fees, HSA and any other deductions taken from your check or direct deposit before you get it does not leave much available income.

If your tax return is simply Earned Income, you can probably file your own taxes without paying an extra dime. If it is too hard for you to understand how to fill out a US Tax Return without assistance, You can use Tax Software through the IRS website for a low upfront price, and sometimes Free.

I want to help you navigate the Free File Website Provided by the IRS. I want to help you keep more money for your precious family and home. Earlier, the Fees I mentioned were only the Bank Fees on each Tax Return, this was not even what you are charged for Preparation Fees, and the Insurance that is quickly added to your return, as a practice, and only brought to your attention at "signing" time, where the Preparer is sticking form after form in your face, telling you to "sign here". They will say something like, "and we have included _________ guarantee, or _________ assurance / insurance, that if there are any errors on your return, it will pay any extra taxes .... " Preparers are strongly trained to include the guarantee on every return, they are often given extra bonuses for including it on every return. They are scolded and terminated if there are a big lack of Ins! urance Fees included. 

The extra guarantee is around $29.00.  Here again, Please get what I am saying - This is Important information. If your return is "simple", meaning Only, that your return is W-2 income only, any errors on that type of return would be on the Tax Firm. They still would not be responsible to pay the possible extra tax liability, if you owed any extra taxes. On a simple return, the possibility of a greater tax liability is rare. It does not pay for fraud, or omission (not including all information), of income by the tax payer. The Tax Payer is always responsible for their taxes and tax return. That also goes for withholding on your payroll checks. The employee is responsible to make sure enough taxes are being withheld from their return. It is the tax payer who! is responsible.

Most W-2 only returns, do not need the extra insurance, guarantee, or assurance. BUT - if your tax return is complicated, it will be the best $29.00 you ever paid. There were many returns I prepared, that I refused to complete without the Guarantee, because mistakes on that level usually take the IRS a year or two to find, and on the complicated returns, chances are there will be extra Tax Liability. One more note, many tax payers who approached me would attempt to get pricing on their return, I would ask, How complicated is it?, the person would answer; not too complicated...9 times out of 10, it was complicated enough it would take them 4 - 14 hours or more to prepare it themselves.

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I am going to attempt to navigate you through the Free File page at the IRS Website (link at top of page), and help you find the best product for you. Once you have made the decision to Free File, I would advise you to ALWAYS enter your product through the IRS Website. This will prevent some of the scandalous practices of Tax Software providers. (TaxSlayer used to be a company I recommended highly, but No More. I first filed, using their software through the IRS Website, and it was Free, then the next year it was more expensive, because I used their Links emailed to me, instead of the IRS website. This year, when I filed using their software, their software did not catch an error on my State Return...it should not have let me file any of my return.&nbs! p;An error message should have stopped the process. It did not. My Federal went through. They charged me the highest price ever. They charged me for State filing, a product I did not receive. 
Over the course of several years, I had referred several customers to them. I contacted them, which was not easy. And, I was never able to speak to a live person. I will not use, or recommend TaxSlayer again. 

I am a tax professional, I could have done it on paper and mailed it in, but I know the importance of having a record of tax filings, and being low-income that first year, it was Free. If I would have used the IRS links to their website this year (2009 taxes), it would have been Free. If this can happen to a person who has prepared Taxes for over 30 years. I feel for the uninformed tax software customer.

1. Go to http://www.irs.gov/ - there is a link at the top of this page, but only use this for information...when you are ready to really file, go to the IRS website directly.
2. This page is in two halves. The top of the page: is the "traditional free file - I want tax software with step-by-step help. There are two "push buttons" a). "I will choose a Free File Company", and b). "Help Me Find a Free File Company"
3. On this top of the page, there are many companies with different products. By letting the IRS help you choose, you will get the best product for your income level. Keep in mind, until your return is actually "filed", you can change software companies.
4. If you choose the "I will choose..." push-button on the top half of this page, will issue you a warning, "You are about to leave the IRS website, do you want to continue?" Say Yes.
5. If you let the IRS help you choose, you will come to another IRS page, (link) Information about what to look for and steps to take income limits, and possible charges to watch for.
6. There are 6 Questions to answer so the IRS software finder can best assist you. You will need to know your filing status. Your approximate adjusted gross income, your State, if you are possibly eligible for Earned Income Credit, and if you and/or your spouse is Military.
7. On each question (except State), there is a link you can click on for further definition. The links will help you find the answer or approximate answer to the question. Remeber, you can always go back.
8. When you have completed that, you will then get a message that says, "you are about to leave the IRS website. Just say yes. [At this time the IRS is giving an error, I have sent them a message and finish] - There should be a listing from the best match first of the companies that can best help you.
9. Keep in mind, the more help you request from Tax Software companies, the more they can charge. Keep track of your time and what they are charging you.
10. August 14, 2010 - This is a time of transition as far as the IRS is concerned, many tax rules and codes are being adjusted according to what Congress does...so this will be updated accordingly.

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The Second Half of the Free File Page

"Free File Fillable Forms - I want to fill in the tax forms and file them online without tax software"

There are Two Push Buttons here as well:

• Start my Free File Fillable Forms
• Finish my Free File Fillable Forms

You may want to bookmark this page, unless the computer you are using is used by more persons than you. You can always return to http://www.irs.gov/, and link to the Individuals/Free File page, and return here. I am going to save this second half for the next blog.

FFFF (Free File Fillable Forms) is just like old school filling out paper forms, except it is on-line, and you can link directly to the IRS for further information. This is completely free, no matter the income limits, and complexity. This is Federal only. Who knows, perhaps they will develop links to the States soon.

Coming Soon...FFFF (no, not the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers! - Free File Fillable Forms!)

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Optimisations

There are plenty of optimisations that I have tried with CryptoMiniSat. I will try to list a few that I finally didn't consider using, but could be implemented later to get around 4-8% speedup each.

It seems a good idea to use a separate CNF simplifier such as SatELite before executing the SAT solver. The reasoning is, that even though one can import (or copy-paste) the code from SatELite, the memory will stay fragmented: variable elimination might remove half the variables, and so the arrays that store variable values will have unused bytes in them, using a larger footprint than necessary, thus causing cache misses. Though this is true, SatELite is not exactly perfect. For instance, it can be seen in certain instances of the SAT Competition of 2009 that GLUCOSE sometimes had very bad performance in comparison with other solvers exactly because SatELite took, e.g. 130 seconds, but the solving only took 2 seconds. So SatELite slowed down the solving of this instance. Also, SatELite has some limitations, e.g. it cannot handle more than 4'800'000 clauses otherwise it might take just too much time. These are huge drawbacks, and in fact CryptoMiniSat (and, e.g. PrecoSat) overcomes all of these. The memory fragmentation issue remains, though. It could be treated, but that would require about 2-3 weeks of time to get corrected, and I simply don't have that much time. P.S.: Easy solution: rename the variables everywhere. Hard (but less error-prone) solution: use different datastructure for variable values.

Another possible ! optimisation that never made it to CryptoMiniSat (though I hav! e a bran ch in git that achieves it more-or-less) is the close packing of clauses in memory. It can greatly increase the cache-hit ratio, though only for relatively small (<20-40 MByte) problems. The reason why I never got this done is that it is a source of a lot of potential problems. Firstly, there is no point in packing clause sizes that are rare. The most common clause size is 2 (see SAT Competition instances), so it's only logical to pack these clauses. However, this presents a problem: how should the clause be freed after usage? If it was a packed clause, it needs to be freed specially (from the packed heap). But sometimes, non-packed clauses shrink to size 2, so they should become packed. Must these clauses be freed, and then re-allocated from the packed heap? Doesn't that add too much complexity? Also, according to my experience, packed heaps only help when t! he problem is small. For large problems, the cache miss rate will be very high anyway, and so packing won't make much of a difference.

There are some other optimisations that I missed out on, I think. I will one day look through my very messy git tree (with 41 branches and approx. 1600 commits) to see which ones did I once implement and never got working :)

PS: After the start of the SAT Race 2010, I will put all of the git tree up into gitorious. Then, everyone can use it and try to merge these trees into the main tree, and see what happens.

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A Vastly Incomplete List of Scientific Research Behind Homeopathy

A Vastly Incomplete List of Scientific Research Behind Homeopathy

Courtesy : http://drprabhattandon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/is-homeopathy-trusted-science-or-a-place! bo/

 

Courtesy : John Benneth & Homeopathy 4 Everyone – The Hpathy Ezine

1. 1902 P.Jousset investigated the effects of silver nitrate up to 25c on mycelium. He found significant results in their weights, finding that the silver nitrate stunted growth. (repor! ted by Gabriel Bertrand) “The Extraordinary Sensitivenes! s of Asp ergillus Niger to Manganese.” Comptes Rendus Academie des Science; 154, 616, 1912
2. 1906 Boericke and Tafel made an unusual observation of the emanations from a high dilute of radium bromide (30c), to photograph a picture of the outline of a key. (Tafel’s Jottings, 1906.)
3. 1928 JUNKER, Hermann The Effect of Extreme DIlutions on Microorganisms Phluger’s Archiv fur die Gesamte Physiologie, 219, pp 647-672, 1928
4. 1923 Lilli Kolisko, Physical and Physiological Demonastration of the Effect of the Smallest Entities. Der Kommende Tag, A-G Verlag, Stuttgart, 1923 pp. 1-10 .
5. 1923 N.P. Krawkow- Demonstrated 15c histamine increased the blood flow in isolated rabbit ears 25% and using 12c microdoses of adrenaline, strychnine, histamine and quinine was able to affect the change of pigmentation in the isolated skins of frogs. Controls were used. “Beyond the Boundary of Sensibility of Living Protoplasm” Zeitschri! ft fur die Gesamte Experimntalle Medizin, 34 pp.279-306
6. 1925 G. Stearns & M. Stark reported the action of microdilutes on fruit fly tumors. In this fascinating study we see that microdilutes actually altered the genetics of their subjects. A genetically determined tendency to tumor formation ceased to exist after the administration of a microdilution of the tumor itself (isopathy). Controls were used. Other microdilutes were used to no effect. “Experiments with Homeopathic Potentized Substances Given to Dropsophilia Melanogaster with Hereditary Tumors”, The Homeopathic Recorder, 40.
7. 1925 G. Stearns tested microdilutions of salt on guinea pigs and demonstrated adverse affects from 30c to 1000c sodium chloride. He noted loss of appetite, aversion for bread, loss of weight, their young poorly nourished and scrawny, less active, indifferent, hair less glossy, rough, untidy, eyes watery, lack luster. And homeopaths brag that their “! ;remedies” (which are actually legal drugs) can do no ha! rm! Ther e were 16 female control animals, and they all became pregnant, whereas only 31% of the 48 female experimental animals became pregnant. At the end of five months over half, 55% of the experimental animals were dead compared to only 35% of the control animals “Experimental Data on One of the Fundamental Claims in Homeopathy”, The Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, 18.
8. 1927 Karl Konig used microdilutes to experiment on frogs and fungi. He discovered that by using dilutions of of lead and silver nitrate ranging from 1 to 15c he could cause a premature metamorphosis in Rana fusca (common frog tadpoles) or kill them or the fungus in the water. Once again here we see that homeopathic drugs can have negative organic affects. Controls were used and the sinusoidal curve that we see in many experiments of diverse measures is first noted here. “On the Effect of Extremely Diluted (”Homeopathic”) Metal Salt Solutions on the Develop! ment and Growth of Tadpoles. Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Experimentalle Medizin, 34, pp. 279-306
9. 1929 Vladimir Vondracek repeated Konig’s work, and instead of lead and silver nitrate used gold chloride and a different species of frog. At 12c he also reported a significant increase in the mortality of tadpoles, and also obtained a repetition of the sinusoidal curve. “The Mortality of Tadpoles in Ultra Solutions” Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Experimentelle Medizin. 66 pp. 533-538
10. 1930 Persson, WM enzymes, The Principles of Catalysis in Biochemistry and Homeopathy, J Am. Inst. Hom. 23, pp 1055-1089
11. 1932 George Russell Henshaw discovered a method for influencing serum flocculation in rabbits. Using Bryonia alba and Baptista tinctoria he showed a reaction in some of his subjects ”A New Method of Determining the Indicated Remedy by a Flocculation Test of the Serum The Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, 25!
12. 1932 Joseph Roy The Experimental Justification o! f the Ho meopathic Dilution, Le Bulletin Medical, 46, pp. 528-531, 1932
13. 1936 Boyd, Research on Low Potencies of Homeopathy, London, Heinemann
14. 1936 Boyd, Research on Low Potencies of Homeopathy,London, Heinemann
15. 1938 Pierre Narodetzki, On the Establishment of a Technique for Studying Homeopathic Doses. Thesis. University of Paris, 1938
16. 1938 Perrson, WM enzymes, Effeats of Very Small Amounts of Medicamentws and Chemicals on Urease, Diastase and Trypsin, Archives Internatales de Pharmodynamie et de Therapie, 46, pp. 249-267
17. 1941 PATTERSON & BOYD Potency Action – - A Preliminary Study of the Alteration of the Schick Test by a Homeopathic Potency, The British Homeopathic Journal 31, pp. 301-309
18. 1941 Boyd, W.E. The action of microdoses of mercuric chloride on diastase Br. Hom J 31:1-28
19. 1941 Heintz used UV spectra conductivity to make measurements and IR analysis of high dilutes. Physikalisc! he Wirkungen hochverdunnter potenzierter Substanzen Naturwissenchaften 29:713-25
20. 1942 Boyd, W.E. The application of a new biologic heart rate recorder to the study of the action on the frog ehart of small doses of Crataegus, DIgitalis, Strophanthus gratus and of traces doses of Strophanthus sarmentosus Br. Hom J 43:11-23
21. 1946 Boyd, W.E. “An investigation regarding the aciton on diastase of microdoses of mercuric chloride when prepared with and without mechanical shock” Br. Hom J 36:214-23 22.
22. 1951 J. Jarricot showed that veratrine sulfate 30c could decrease muscle contraction in frogs, and that Iberis amara in dilutions of 18c to 118c could slow the heart beat of turtles. The work appeared to be well controlled. “The Infinitessimals of Homeopathic Physicians Editions des Laboratoires P.H.R,.Lyon
23. 1952 Gay-Boiron , galvonmeter, A Study of the Physics of Dynamization, Edition des Laboratories P.H.R., Lyon Fr! ance.
24. 1953 Gay/Boiron, galvonometer, ) A Physical! Demonst ration of the Real Existence of the Homeopathic Remedy, Edition des Laboratories P.H.R., Lyon France
25. 1954 Boyd, W.E. enzymes, “Biochemical and biological evidence of the activity of high potencies” British Homeopathic Journal 44:6-44 . In the1930’s Perrson had claimed homeopathic Mercuric Chloride could effect enzymatic process. Boyd followed up under more controlled conditions. Commissioned two research scholars to design the study. Extensive testing and methodology. Merc. Chloride 32C. 500 comparisons between controls and tests.
26. 1964 Heintz, polarography, Les “maximums” del la Polarographie et la force electromotrice de mouvement C.R. Seances Academy Sience 1962
27. 1966 Smith & Boericke, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Modern instrumentaion for the evaluation of homeopathic drug structure, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy
28. 1966 Brucato & Stephenson, 50 KV Alternati! ng Current Dielectric Tester, Dielectric strength testing of homeopathic dilutions of HgCl2, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy
29. 1968 Smith & Boericke, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Changes caused by succussion on N.M.R. patterns and bioassay of bradykinin triacetate (BKTA) succussion and dilutions, J Am Inst Hom 1968: 61 197-212
30. 1972 Heintz, electronic measures, La mesure de l’action de dilutions successives a l’aide, Ann Hom Fr 14:275-84
31. 1975 Young, Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of succussed solutions J Am Inst Hom 68:8-16
32. 1975 Luu-D-Vinh, Raman-Laser spectroscopy, Etude des dilutions homeopathiques par effet Raman -Laser
33. 1977 NOIRET and CLAUDE, Enterobacter cloacae, Lysteria monocytogenes, Streptoccocus bovis, Activitie des diverse dilutions homeopathiques de Cuprum sulfuricum sur quelques souches microbiennes, Ann Hom Fr 19:91-109
34. 1979 Kumar and Juss! al, surface tension measurements, A hypothesis on the nature o! f homeop athic potencies, Br Homeopathic Journal 68: 197-204
35. 1980 Boiron & Luu-D-Vinh, Raman Laser spectroscopy, Etude de l’actionde la chaleur sur les dilutions hahnemanniennes par spectrometrie raman. Ann Hom Fr 22 (2):113-18
36. 1982 Jussal, Meera, Dua, & Mishra, measured capacitance, resistance and dielectric dispersion, H-ion concentrations, electrode pontetials using an LCR bridge, time domain reflectance spectroscopy, digital pH meter, and nonpolarising electrodes. Physical effects on the suspending medium by compounds asymptotically infinite dilutions, Hahnemannian Gleanings, 3: 114-120
37. 1983 Jussal, Meera, & Dua Dielectric dispersion of weak alcoholic solutions of some drugs at high frequencies using Time Domain Spectroscopy Hahnemannian Gleanings, 8: 358-36638.
38. 1983 Jenkins & Jones yeast and wheat seedlings, Comparison of wheat and yeast as in vitro models for investigating homeopathic medicines. British H! omeopathic Journal, 72, 3: 143-14739. 1983 Sacks, A.D. nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy of homeopathic remedies J. Holist. Med. 5, 2: 172-177
39. 1988 De Guidice, E. Preparata, G. Vitello, G. Water as a free electric dipole laser Phys. Rev. Lett. 61: 1085-1088
40. 1988 Davenas, E., F. Beauvais, J. Arnara, M. Oberbaum, B. Robinzon, A. Miadonna, A. Tedeschi, B. Pomeranz, P. Fortner, P. Belon, J. Sainte-Laudy, B. Poitevin & J. Benveniste (198 “Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE”, Nature, 333(6176):816-18. 42. 1990 Weingartner, O. Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR features that relate to homeopathic Sulfur potencies Berlin, J. Res. Hom. 1,1:61-68
41. 1992 Demangeat, L., Demangeat, C., Gries, P.,Poitevin, B.,Constanstinesco,A. Nuclear magnetic resonance. In this study vortexed potencies of Silicea in a concentration of 1.66X 10-5 to 1.66x 10-29 moll Si! licea in 0.9% NaCl were investigate by means of NMR. Special a! ttention was to the relaxation times T1 and T2 of the hydrogen protons Modifications des temps de relaxation RMN a 4 MHz des protons du solvant dans les tres hatures dilutions salines de silice/lactose.
42. 1994 Shui-Yin Lo, photo microscopy, (see pictures of Ice Electric, or “homeopathic” crystals below) In this unusual and controversial experiment, the Lo team, according to Dana Ullman, used an still yet unknown technique to actually photograph hydrogen bonding in water, revealing the suggestion that homeopathic drugs are a type of liquid crystal ”Anomalous State of Ice,” Modern Physics Letters B, 10,19(1996):909-919. See also, “Physical Properties of Water with IE Structures,” Modern Physics Letters B, 10, 19(1996) : 921-930.
43. 1996 Conte, Berliocchi, Lasgne and Vernot, nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, beta scintillation, In this amazing little book this interdisciplinary French team presents the first nuclear theory fo! r homeopathic drugs. According to the authors when matters disappears by dilution and is potentized by succussion, it leaves the opposite of the well known super dense black hole, what the authors call a WHITE HOLE and discuss a new atomic particle, the HYPERPROTON. This investigation they believe reveals the first model for the drive of animated matter. In this report they evidence the emission of Beta radiation from homeopathic drugs. Theory of High Dilutions, Polytechnica, Paris
44. 1997 VAN WIJK and WIEGANT, Using a step down arsenite treatment with 100M or 300M arsenite followed by an incubation of rat liver cells with lower concentrations of 1-10M dilutions, cells were shown to exhibit increased sensitivities to low concentrations of sodium arsenite. There was an additional increase in the synthesis of protector proteins when low concentrations of arsenite were applied to arsenite pretreated cells. Stimulation of cellular defence of stressed liver cells by su! bharmful doses of toxicants HomInt R&D Newsletter, 1:/1997! : 12-14 Karlsruhe
45. 1999 Vittorio Elia and Marcella Niccoli, thermography, “Thermodynamics of Extremely Diluted Aqueous Solutions,” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June, 827:241-248.
46. 2001 Geckeler, Kurt and Samal, Shashadhar at the Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea discovered fullerenes, football-shaped buckyball molecules, formed aggregates in solution, and when diluted, the size of the fullerene particles increased. Cyclodextrin molecules behaved the same way. So did the organic molecule sodium guanosine monophosphate, DNA and sodium chloride. Dilution made molecules cluster five to 10 times bigger than those in the original solutions. Growth was not linear, and depended on the original concentration. Geckeler and Samal found that the more dilute the solution inthebeginning, the larger the aggregates become, and only worked in polar solvents like water, in which one end of the molecule has a pronounced positi! ve charge while the other end is negative. Chemical Communications, 2001, page 2224; there is no volume number NewScientist.com http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1532
47. 2003 Bell I., Lewis D., Brooks A., Lewis S., Schwartz G. Gas Discharge Visualization Evaluation of Ultramolecular Doses of Homeopathic Medicines Under Blinded, Controlled Conditions. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Volume 9, Number 1, 2003, pp. 25-38.
48. 2004 Belon, P., J. Cumps, M. Ennis, P.F. Mannaioni, M. Roberfroid, J. Sainte-Laudy, & F.A. Wiegant (2004) “Histamine dilutions modulate basophil activation”, Inflammation Research, 53(5):181-8.

Research Index of Clinical Research in CCRH (Central Council Of Research in Homeopathy, India )

courtesy : CCRH Quarterly BulletinA Cumulative Index*Vol. 1-21 (1979-1992)

! Katara,SavitaStudy of 413 cases of Bronchial Asthma trated wit! h Homoeo pathic System of Medicine 13(3&4)1991:5-11.
Mishra, N.Clinical research in Filariasis.13(3&4)1991:1-4.
Pal, Girendra,Action of Homoeopathic drugs on Helminthiasis: A study.
14(1&2)1992:21-25.
Perez, Raymundo Arteaga,Synthesis of a clinical history.18(3&4)1996:1-3p.
Rastogi, D.P.Ckubucak Verification of Hypoglycaemic effect of Cephlandra Indica in patients of Diabetes Mellitus.12(3&4)1990:20-21,38.
Pathogenesis of new drugs: Formic Acid.7(1-4)1985:3-6.
Study of Homoeopathic Drugs in Encephalitis epidemic (1991) in U.P.14(3&4)1992:111 Hypoglycaemic effects of some lesser known drug.8(1-4)1986:1-6.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including AIDS: Does Homoeopathy has a role to play in its treatment?13(3&4)1991:12-18.
An overview-C.C.R.H.12(3&4)1990:1-3.
Demonstration of anti-Diabetic activities of alloxan in potentised diluent state-an ! experimental approach.13(3&4)1991:25-32.
Documentation in C.C.R.H13(1&2)1991:1p.
Some therapeutics hints on AIDS.11(3&4)1989:21.
Proposed strategy and Homoeopathic Research in AIDS.11(3&4)1989:18p.
Cuprum Oxydatum Nigrum:a proving report.7(1-4)1985:7-9.
A Review of Pathogenesis of Chloromyctin (Chloramphenicol)9(1&2)1987:35-38.
Clinical research in Filariasis. 13(3&4)1991: 1-4
Anti-haemorrhagic activity of homoeopathic drugs, symplocos racemosa Q-An experimental approach.17(1&2)1995:10-12p.
Cases treated with Boenninghausen’s repertory.17(1&2)1995:7p.
Materia medica – Adding from clinical cases.18(3&4)1996:9-14p.
Rauwolfia Serpentina (Aqua): A new approach inthe treatment of hypertension in homoeopathy.18(1&2)1996.:22-24p.
Evaluation of homoeopathic therapy inthe management of HIV disease.17(3&4)1995:709p. !
Evaluation of homoeopathic therapy in behavioural disord! ers.17(3 &4)1995:17-19p.
Indian medicinal plants for the homoeopathic treatment of various skin ailments.
17(1&2)1995:13-21p.
Research studies in HIV infection with homoeopathic treatment.15(3&4)1993:1-6p.
Research studies in malaria and role of malaria officinalis.15(3&4)1993:7-11p.
Singh, Hari,Clinical verification of lesser known drugs.12(3&4)1990:10-19
Study of 413 cases of Bronchial Asthma treated with Homoeopathic System of Medicine.13(3&4)1991:5-11.
Evaluation of Homoeopathic Drugs in Psoriasis,12(3&4)1990:22-28.
Effect of Homoeopathic drugs in controlling mulitplication of Hepatitis-B Virus.
11(1&2)1989:8-9.
Study of 200 cases of Bronchial Asthma10(1&2)1988:27p.
Evaluation of Homoeopathic Drugs in Psoriasis,12(3&4)1990:22-28.
Sinha, M.N. Action of Homoeopathic drugs on Helminthiasis: A study.
14(1&2)1992:! 21-25.
Sharma, AnitaCompilation of Rubrics from part I & II of the book "Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica" under one head.
Clinical research study on Japnese Encephalitis.20(3&4)1998:14-17p.
Diabetes mellitus and homoeopathy.20(3&4)1998:1-5p.

Collaborative studies concluded by CCRH till date:

courtesy : CCRH collaborative studies

   1. Collaborative study with Nav Chetna Drug-de-addiction Centre, Varanasi.
      Evaluation of efficacy of Homoeopathic Treatment of Drug dependants September 1988 – March 1994.

   2. Collaborative study with Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad
      A chemo pharmaco-logical study of Hypericum perforatum L. anti-inflammatory action on Albino rats – 1988.

! 60;  3. Collaborative study with Department of Gastroente! rology, AIIMS, New Delhi.
      In-vitro effects of Homoeopathic drugs on HBV-associated DNA-Polymerase activity –1988.

   4. Collaborative study with Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Orissa.
      A single blind study on effect of Homoeopathic treatment on Filariasis conducted in 1991-92.

   5. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
      Morpho–Histological and Pychological analysis of the Anti-fertility Effects of Pulsatilla.

   6. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
      Effect of 1000 & 10000 potencies of Pulsatilla (a Homoeopathic drugs) on Ovaries, Uterii and Arcuate Neurons in Albino Rats.

   7. Amla Cancer Research Centre and Hospital, Trichur
      Homoeopathic medicines useful in Tumor! reduction

   8. International Collaborative study with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

COLLABORATIVE STUDIES

Collaborative studies concluded till date:

1. Collaborative study with Nav Chetna Drug-de-addiction Centre, Varanasi.
   Evaluation of efficacy of Homoeopathic Treatment of Drug dependants September 1988 – March 1994.
2. Collaborative study with Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad
   A chemo pharmaco-logical study of Hypericum perforatum L. anti-inflammatory action on Albino rats – 1988.
3. Collaborative study with Department of Gastroenterology, AIIMS, New Delhi.
   In-vitro effects of Homoeopathic drugs on HBV-associated DNA-Polymerase activity –1988.
4. Collaborative study with Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Orissa.
   A single blind study on effect of Homo! eopathic treatment on Filariasis conducted in 1991-92.
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5. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
   Morpho–Histological and Pychological analysis of the Anti-fertility Effects of Pulsatilla.
6. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
   Effect of 1000 & 10000 potencies of Pulsatilla (a Homoeopathic drugs) on Ovaries, Uterii and Arcuate Neurons in Albino Rats.
7. Amla Cancer Research Centre and Hospital, Trichur
   Homoeopathic medicines useful in Tumor reduction
8. International Collaborative study with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
   Collaborative study on AIDS prevention with Traditional Medicine – 2003-04.

Ongoing Collaborative studies

1. Investigation into the action of Homoeopathic potencies on autonomous nervous system and on variability in physiological parameters using indigenous impedance Plethysmography (IPG)-Vosmon / Medical Analyzer (MA) and ! ANU Photo Rheography (APR) on healthy human subjects Bhabha Atomic Research Center/ Regional Research Institute Mumbai
2. Effect of Homoeopathic Drugs used in Insomnia on Serum melatonin and Cortisol level in Healthy volunteers in collaboration JIPMER, Pondicherry
3. Exploration of the Utility of GDV Camera as a Diagnostic Instrument in the Areas of Homoeopathic Fundamental Research – A pilot study in collaboration. Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, New Delhi
4. Efficacy and safety evaluation of assigned Homoeopathic drugs in experimental animals – Endocrinological studies Osmania University Endocrine, Hyderabad
5. Effects of Homoeopathic drugs in different potencies (Q,3X, 6X, 12X and 30c) on Central Nervous System and their safety evaluation Nervous System, Osmania University, Hyderabad
6. To evolve a group of most efficacious Homoeopathic medicines i! n benign prostatic hyperplasia with regard to improvement in t! he sympt om complex Gaurang Clinic & Center for Homoeopathic Research/ Homoeopathic Research Foundation, Lucknow
7. To study the in vivo efficacy of a panal of homoeopathic drug against H5N1, Virus in chicken High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal
8. To evaluate the biological activity of five coded Homoeopathic drugs on plants using Bacopa Test as model system Central Institute Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
9. Effect of Homoeopathic Medicine on Japanese Encephalitis Virus infection on choriioallantoic membrane & suchlink Mice School of Tropical Medicine / Drug Proving Research Unit, Kolkata
10. A multi-centric open clinical trail to ascertain role of Homoeopathic therapy in the management of depressive episode Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi
11. A multi-centric open clinical trail to ascertain role of Homoeopathic therapy in the management of schizophren! ia, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi
12. To study the efficacy of Homoeopathic medicines for the treatment of Cerebral Ischaemia on animal model Jamia University, New Delhi
13. Train the trainer for delivery of Model HIV Prevention and Health Promotion Programmed in India by Homoeopathy Physicians and Educators, UCLA
14. A Multicentric open Clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of indicated Homoeopathic Medicines. i) In the management of Lapse of Alcohal and opioid drug addicition.ii) In the management of Withdrawl symptoms of Alcohal and and opioid Drug addicition and  iii) In the prevention of relapses of Alcohal and Opioid Drug Abuse Socity foe peomotion of Youth & Masses, New Delhi & Darjeeling
15. Role of Homoeopathic Medicines in cancer regression & rejuvenation of depressed immune system Bose Institute, Kolkata
16. Mechanism of action of Thyroid Hor! mone Mimicking Homoeopathic Medicine on adult brain functional! disorde r in experimental Hypothyroidism. Bose Institute, Kolkata
17. Response of analysis of Plants cells to Homoeopathic Medicine. Bose Institute, Kolkata
18. Studies of dielectric, Optical & other properties of some Homoeopathic Medicinal Solution of high dilution using UV Spectroscopy, THz & other techniques. Indian Association For Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata
19. To evolve effective Homoeopathic Remedies for prevention / Cure of some important disease of animals. Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izzatnagar ( U.P.)
20. Screening & scientific evaluation of Cardio protective potential of some herbal extract in experimentally induced models of diabetes and myocardial infarction All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
21. A Structural study of homoeopathic medicine: A Pilot study. Indian Institute of  Technology Delhi, New Delhi
Pharmacological screening of homoeopathic medicine under Drug Standardization Program of CCRH. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
22. Pharmacological screening of Homoeopathic medicine under Drug Standardization Program of CCRH. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi
23. Pharmacological screening of Homoeopathic medicine under Drug Standardization Program of CCRH. Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics King George Medical University, Lucknow.
24. Studies on the Biological effects and Physical basis of Homoeopathic Potencies. Dept of Botany, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan- 731 235. West Bengal & Drug Proving Research Center , Kolktta

Research Index of Clinical Research in CCRH (Contd…)

Source: होम्योपैथी नई स! ोà ¤š/नई दिशायें , Homeopathy-A New Approach

A Multicentric Open Clinical Trial to evolve a group of Efficacious Homeopathic Medicines in " Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Clinical evaluation of Homoeopathic medicines in chronic cervicitis and cervical erosion- A study report

Clinical Trial of Homoeopathic Preparations of Amyleum Nitrosum, Azathioprine, Cocainum Muriaticum and Cyclosporine in HIV Disease- a study report

Management and Control of Genetic Processes in Cotton Plants through Homoeo! pathy

Global researches in homeopathy for Maternal & Child Care

Some Department of Defense Research / Samueli Institute (UNCLASSIFIED)

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1. Rapid Induction of Protective Tolerance to Potential Terrorist Agents: A Systematic Review of Low and Ultra-low Dose Research. Astrid Szeto, Dr. Florence Rollwagen, Dr. Wayne B. Jonas. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Samueli Institute for Information Biology.
2. Induced Neuroprotection for Biochemical Warfare. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
3. Complimentary and Alternative Research for Military Operations a! nd Healthcare [MIL-CAM]
4. Homeopathic Nosodes for t! he Treat ment of VEE Infection. Dr. Radha Maheshwari. Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.
5. Mechanisms of Receptor Signaling Following Low and Ultra-Low Treatment of Macrophages with Lipopolysaccharide and Interlukin-6. Dr. Florence Rollwagen. Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.
6. Digital Biology Program. Dr. Wayne B. Jonas, MD; Dr. John Ives; Dr. Florence Rollwagen; Dr. Rajesh Kumar. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
7. Proteomic Analysis of Homeopathic Glutamanergic Neurotoxicity and Protection. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
8. Efficacy of Homeopathic Drugs in Management of Myomata Uteri. Dr. Girish Gupta. Gaurang Clinic and Centre for Homeopathic Research. Lucknow, India.
9. Homeopathic Nosodes in the Treatment of Viral Infections. Dr. Radha Maheshwari. Uniformed Se! rvices University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.
10. A Double-blind Randomized Homeopathic Remedy Proving: A Comparison of Two High Potencies. Dr. Heribert Mollinger. Gesundheitszentrum Sokrates. Guttingen, Switzerland.
11. Macroscopic Entanglement as a Model for Information Biology Effects — Empirical Tests of a New Model. Dr. Harald Walach. Director of Research. Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology. Freiburg University Hospital. Freiburg, Germany.
12. Are the Therapeutic Effects of Homeopathy Attributed to the Consultation, the Homeopathic Remedy or Both? An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Dr. Sarah Brien, Dr. George T. Lewith. School of Medicine, University of Southamption, U.K.
13. Homeopathic Approach for the Treatment and Prevention of Cancer: Preclinical Studies Using Animal Models. Dr. Ramadasan Kuttan. Amala Cancer Research Center. Kerala, India.
14. Efficacy of Homeopathic Drugs in the Management of Ca! ncer: A Clinical Study. Dr. Girish Gupta. Gaurant Clinic and Center for Homeopathic Research. Lucknow, India.
15. Assessment of Outcomes from the Use of Homeopathy and Acupuncture in General Practice. Dr. Karin Kirschmann. University Hospital Freiburg. Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology.
16. Proteomic Analysis of Homeopathic Glutamanergic Neurotoxicity and Protection. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.
17. Homeopathic Approach for Treatment and Prevention of Breast Cancer: Pre-Clinical Studies Using Cell and Animal Models. Dr. Radha Maheshwari. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.
18. HALD Chemistry Core Laboratory. Dr. Todor Todorov, Dr. Jose Centeno. Laboratory of Biophysics and Environmental Toxicology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Washington, D.C.
19. A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Multi-centered C! linical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of the Homeopathic Medication TRAUMEEL S in the Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Stomatitis in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Menachem Oberbaum. Center for Integrated Complimentary Medicine. Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel.
20. Program on Neuroprotection with Homeopathic Glutamate. Dr. John Ives, Ayo Olufade, Dr.Ann Marini, Dr. Diane Marotta. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Washington, D.C.
21. Prevention of Prostate Cancer with Low-dose Cadmium. Dr. Radha Maheshwari, Dr. Jaya Gaddipati, Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Dr. Anoop Singh, Dr. Pankaj Seth, Dr. Michael Waalkes. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Two NIH laboratories; Gaurang Clinic, Lucknow, India; Amala Research Center, Amala, India.
22. Systematic Review of Hormesis and Homeopathy for Biochemical Warfare Protection. Astrid Szeto. Environmental Control Section. Food and Drug A! dministration. Washington, D.C.
23. Homeopathic Prote! ction of the Brain from Biochemical Warfare Agents. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.

Some more Scientific researches

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1. Variation in Fourier transform infrared spectra of some homeopathic potencies and their diluent media. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether potentized homeopathic drugs and their diluent media differ from each other with respect to their Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra.
2. DESIGN: FTIR spectra of Nux vomica 30C, Lycopodium 30C, Santonin 30C, Cina 30C, Cina 206C, Cina 1006C, and their diluent media 90% ethanol and Ethanol 30C were obtained in the wave number range of 2000-1000 cm1 ! at 20 degrees C. Potassium bromide powder soaked with the potencies, pressed into pellets, and air dried were used to measure the spectra. Because water structures in homeopathic potencies are thought to carry specific information on drug molecules and because O-H bending vibrational band (v2) exclusively belongs to water, the study was restricted to the bands in that wave number region. Alcohol has no absorption in the O-H bending region. RESULTS: The potencies were found to differ from each other and their diluent media in the number of v2 bands, their wave number (cm1), shape, and half-width (cm1) of the bands. PMID: 16296914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1. Bruno Brigo, and G. Serpelloni, "Homeopathic Treatment of Migraines: A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Study of 60 Cases," Berlin Journal on Research in Homeopathy, March 1991, 1,2:98-106).

1. Jennifer Jacobs, L. Jimenez, Margarita, Stephen Gloyd, "Treatmen! t of Acute Childhood Diarrhea with Homeopathic Medicine: A Ran! domized Clinical Trial in Nicaragua," Pediatrics, May 1994, 93,5:719-25. This randomized double-blind study involving 81 children was conducted in Nicaragua in cooperation with the University of Washington and the University of Guadalajara. The results showed that, the individualized homeopathic medicine showed clinically and statistically significant improvement in the children’s diarrhea, compared to the children treated with placebo. Children that received homeopathic medicine recovered from infection 20% faster than the children treated with placebo. The children who were more sick reacted to the homeopathic treatment in a spectacular manner. In total the study used 18 different homeopathic medicines selected on an individualized basis according to the symptoms of each child.

1. The effectiveness of homeopathic treatment was proved is diabetic retinitis. (Zicari, et al., "Valutazione dell’azione Angioprotettiva di Preparati di Arnica ne! l Trattamento della Retinpatia Diabetica," Bolletino de Oculistica, 1992, 5:841-848).

1. White mice were exposed to X radiation with a power of 100 to 200 rad (non lethal dosage) and were then evaluated after 24, 48 and 72 hours. Ginseng 6X, 30CH and 200CH and Ruta graveolans 30CH and 200CH were given before and after the radiation. In comparison to mice who received placebo, those who were administered with homeopathic medicines presented significantly less damage in cells and chromosomes. (A.R. Khuda-Bukhsh, S. Banik, "Assessment of Cytogenetic Damage in X-irradiated Mice and its Alteration by Oral Administration of Potentized Homeopathic Drug, Ginseng D200," Berlin Journal of Research in Homeopathy, 1991, 1,4/5:254. Also Khuda-Bukhsh, A.R. Maity, S., "Alteration of Cytogenetic Effects by Oral Administration of Potentized Homeopathic Drug, Ruta graveolens in Mice Exposed to Sub-lethal X-radiation," Berlin Journal of Research i! n Homeopathy, 1991, 1, 4/5:264).

1. In a ! study co nducted in the Moscow People’s Friendship University, the electric activity of the muscular wall of the stomach and duodenum was studied after the effect of the homeopathic medicine Nux Vomica (A. Zavadskaya, K. Privalova, S. Pasin, G. Loukas, Department of Homeopathy).

1. In an experiment using cats the effect of the medicine Nux Vomica 30CH was studied after applying it to the region of electrodes in the cardia of the stomach, the body, the pylorus and the duodenal bulb. After the application of the medicine, the muscular activity in the body increased by 3.2 times, 2.1 times in the pylorus, while in the duodenal bulb it was reduced by 2.2 times. The experiment proved the ability of the homeopathic medicine Nux Vomica to have an effect on the function of the stomach. The results of this experiment agree with the results of the homeopathy experimental proof for this medicine.

1. In another research conducted in the same univer! sity, the endurance of mice under hypoxia conditions due to the administration of the homeopathic medicine Hydrogenium Peroxydatum 30CH was studied (A. Chochlov, A. Zavadskaya, Ch. Efstathiou, G. Loukas, Department of Homeopathy). Two groups of mice were used, one of which received homeopathic medicine and the other placebo. Mice who received placebo were the healthier ones while mice that received the homeopathic medicine were the weaker ones. An experimental model was used, where the two groups were placed under high altitude conditions. Mice that received the homeopathic medicine showed faster and better adaptation to hypoxia conditions. Furthermore, when they returned to normal conditions, they reverted to their normal state more quickly and had longer life duration than the mice of the other group.

1. In another research conducted in the same university, the effect of the homeopathic medicine Berberis vulgaris on the lymphatic drainage was studied ! (A. Zavadskaya et al.). Plant tincture and homeopathic medicin! es in th e 3rd, 6th and 30th potency were given to mice. Initially the time of drainage of the coloring substance from the intestine to the mesentery was measured before providing any medicine. Then the various medicines were tested and the drainage time was measured. The study of the results showed that the potentized forms of Berberis vulgaris increase the lymphatic drainage while the corresponding plant tincture contains it. Especially the 3rd and 6th potencies increased the drainage more in the intestine than in the mesentery while the 30th increased it to the same degree in both the intestine and the mesentery.

1. First double blind study: This cross-over study ever performed was done by homoeopaths. This impressive study was done concurrently in eleven different cities on fifteen subjects. This particular experiment consisted of 665 pages, which was the research proving of belladonna. [Howard P. Bellows. The test drug proving of the O.O. and L. Society: a r! eproving of Belladonna (Boston: the American homoeopathic ophthalmological, otological, and laryngological society. 1906).]

1. Scientific Evidences about Homoeopathy © Dr. Rajneesh Kumar Sharma MD (Homoeopathy), Dr. (Km) Ruchi Rajput BHMS, Homoeo Cure Research Centre P. Ltd., NH 74- Moradabad Road,Kashipur (UTTARANCHAL) – INDIA Email : drrajneeshhom@hotmail.com

Presentation by Prof. Rustum Roy and Prof. Bell of Penn State University on their scientific validity through unambiguous extensive Lab Tests conducted with Raman spectroscopy etc…

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A study on the properties of water was performed by Dr. Rustrum Roy. This paper provides an interdisciplinary base of information on the structure of liquid water.

The Structure Of Liquid Water; Novel Insights From Materials Research; Potential Relevance To Homeopathy

Rustum Roy1, W.A. Tiller2, Iris Bell3, M. R. Hoover4

Received: 2 August 2004 Revised: 6 September 2004 Accepted: 14

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Dr Devendra Kumar’s Scientific Observation

Identification of Homeopathic Medicines by Measuring Physiological Variability in Human Body Temp

Some more Scientific! researc hes

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“INSTRUMENTAL MEASURING OF DIFFERENT HOMEOPATHIC DILUTIONS OF POTASSIUM IODIDE IN WATER” Igor Jerman, M.D., Sc.D., Full Professor of Theoretical Biology, Maja Berden, M.A. Biology, Metod Å karja, M.A. Physics, BION, Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology,CelovÅ¡ka 264, 1000 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (Received October 10,1998; Accepted with revisions March 10, 1999) Although more than 200 years have elapsed since the beginning of homeopathy and in spite of numerous confirmatory scientific experiments, the so-called memory of water is still a highly disputable and controversial theme in scientific circles. To make a contribution to solving this riddle, our research group tried to examine memory properties of water by the method of differential corona discharge Kirlian electrophotography of water-drop pairs. The method is based on a modi! fied form of Kirlian photography with a subsequent thorough computer picture analysis. The potassium iodide (KI) mother solution (0.1M) was diluted in the standard way (without potentisation) or with potentisation (succussion by hand – by striking the vial 60 times against a large book as used traditionally) to 10^-3M, 10^-6M, 10^-10M, 10^-16M, 10^-17M and 10^-24M KI solutions. In the electrophotography method a drop of KI solution was compared with a drop of control water. To get a dependable system of results we compared homeopathic dilutions with ordinary distilled water, sham-potentised distilled water and non-potentised (standard) solutions. The results were analyzed by the Chi-square Goodness-of-fit test and the Sign test. They showed repeatable and statistically significant effects of concentration of KI dilutions as well as potentisation on the corona discharge process (from p < 0.05 to p < 0.00! 1). This indicates that there is some physical basis of molecu! lar (ion ic) information imprinted into water.

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume 323, 15 May 2003, Pages 67-74 Ultra-high dilutions of lithium chloride and sodium chloride (10^-30 gcm^-3) have been irradiated by X- and ?-rays at 77 K, then progressively rewarmed to room temperature. During that phase, their thermolu! minescence has been studied and it was found that, despite their dilution beyond the Avogadro number, the emitted light was specific of the original salts dissolved initially.

Scientific Research and Homeopathy Overview

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Scientific Research and Homeopathy :ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY

Homeopathy in emergency medicine Oberbaum M, Singer SR, Friehs H, Frass M. Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. oberbaum@netvision.ne! t.il Wien Med Wochenschr. 2005 Nov;155(21-22):491-7

Homeopathic treatment in emergency medicine: a case series Oberbaum M, Schreiber R, Rosenthal C, Itzchaki M. The Center of Integrated Complementary Medicine Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. oberbaum@szmc.org.il Homeopathy. 2003 Jan;92(1):44-7

Scientific Research and Homeopathy :ADMINISTRATION

The regulatory framework for complementary and alternative medicines in Europe Knöss W, Stolte F, Reh K. Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, Bonn, BRD, knoess@! bfarm.de Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2008 Jul 4

Complementary medicine: equity issues in evaluation and policy-making Marian F. Institute for Complementary Medicine KIKOM, University of Bern, Switzerland. florence.marian@kikom.unibe.ch Forsch Komplement Med (2006). 2007 Dec;14 Suppl 2:2-9. Epub 2008 Jan 7

Electronic health records in complementary and alternative medicine Smith K, Kalra D.BridgeForward Software, Venture House, 2 Arlington Square, Downshire Way, Bracknell RG12 1WA, UK Int J Med Inform. 2008 Jan 30

Scientific Re! search a nd Homeopathy: AIDS/HIV

Clinical Trail of Homeopathic Preparations of Amyleum Nitrosum, Azithiaprine, Cocainum Muriaticum and Cyclosporine in HIV Disease – a study report V P Singh Central Council for Research in Homeopathy New Delhi

Vitamin C and AIDS 1 Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication by Ascorbate in Chronically and Acutely Infected Cells S Harakeh, RJ Jariwalla and L Pauling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 87, 7245-7249

Vitamin C and AIDS 2 Ascorbate effect on cytokine stimulation of HIV production Harakeh, S : Jariwalla, R J Nutrition. 1995 Sep-Oct; 11(5 Suppl): 684-7

Antioxidants and AIDS 3 Virological and immunological effects of antioxidant treatment in patients with HIV infection Muller F, Svardal AM, Nordoy I, et al. Eur J Clin Invest 2000;30:905-914

Supplements and AIDS 4 Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania Fawzi WW, Msamanga GI, Spiegelman D, Urassa EJ, McGrath N, Mwakagile D, Antelman G, Mbise R, Herrera G, Kapiga S, Willett W, Hunter DJ. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA Lancet. 1998 May 16;351(9114):1477-82

India research into AIDS

Immunologic changes in healthy probands and HIV infected patients after oral administration of Staphylococcus aureus 12c: a pilot study Danninger T, Gallenberger K, Kraeling J. Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89(3):106-15

Homeopathy in HIV infection: a trial report of double-blind placebo controlled study Rastogi DP, Singh VP, Singh V, Dey SK, Rao K. Central Council for Research i! n Homoeopathy, JNBCHA, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India Br Homeopath J. 1999 Apr;88(2):49-57

Controlled clinical trials evaluating the homeopathic treatment of people with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome Ullman D. Homeopathic Educational Services, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. mail@homeopathic.com J Altern Complement Med. 2003 Feb;9(1):133-41

AIDS in Tanzania Barstad S. J Sykepleien. 1993 Apr 20;81(7):5-11

Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS Mignone J, Washington RG, Ramesh BM, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Canada. mignonej@ms.umanitoba.ca AIDS Care. 2007 Feb;19(2):152-8

Use of alternative treatments by HIV-positive and AIDS patients in The Netherlands Wolffers I, de Morée S. Vrije Universiteit, vakgroep Sociale Geneeskunde, Amsterdam Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1994 Feb 5;138(6):307-10

Use of homeopathy for delaying progression of HIV disease Bhave G. Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 849 (abstract no. 42377)

WHO reports:

Worldwide, the surveys show that over three-quarters of AIDS patients in Africa, North America and Europe use traditional or complementary medicine for various symptoms or conditions.

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Animal Studies

Comparative efficacy of two microdoses of a potentized homeopathic drug, arsenicum album, to ameliorate toxicity induced by repeated sublethal injections of arsenic trioxide in mice Banerjee P, Bhattacharyya SS,! Pathak S, Naoual B, Belon P, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, India Pathobiology. 2008;75(3):156-70

Treatment of highland frogs from the two-legged stage with homeopathically prepared thyroxin Lingg G, Endler PC, Frass M, Lothaller H. Interuniversity College for Health and Development Graz/Castle of Seggau, Austria ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Apr 20;8:446-50

Effects of homeopathy in mice experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi de Almeida LR, Campos MC, Herrera HM, Bonamin LV, da Fonseca AH. Department of Animal Parasitology, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Homeopathy. 2008 Apr;97(2):65-9

Gene expression profiling of macrophages following mice treatment with an immunomodulator medication de Oliveira CC, de Oliveira SM, Goes VM, Probst CM, Krieger MA, Buchi DD.Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), SCB, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil J Cell Biochem. 2008 Feb 19

Pretreatment with thyroxin 1! 0-8 and the effect of homeopathically prepared thyroxin 10-30 ! on highl and frogs – a multi-researcher study Welles SU, Endler PC, Scherer-Pongratz W, Suanjak-Traidl E, Weber S, Spranger H, Frass M, Lothaller H. Interuniversity College Graz, Castle of Seggau, Graz, Austria. Forsch Komplement Med (2006). 2007 Dec;14(6):353-7. Epub 2007 Dec 12

The effect of homeopathically prepared thyroxine on highland frogs: influence of electromagnetic fields S. Weber, P.C. Endler1, C! orresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, S.U. Welles1, E. Suanjak-Traidl1, W. Scherer-Pongratz1, M. Frass1, H. Spranger1, G. Peithner2 and H. Lothaller3 1Interuniversity College Graz/Castle of Seggau, Austria 2Peithner Inc., Vienna, Austria 3University of Graz, Austria Homeopathy Volume 97, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 3-9

Anthelmintic efficacy of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) and the homeopathic product Fator Vermes((R)) in Morada Nova sheep Chagas AC, Vieira LS, Freitas AR, Arajo MR, Arajo-Filho JA, Araguo WR, Navarro AM.Embrapa Pecuria Sudeste, Rod. Washington Luiz, Km 234, Caixa Postal 339, 13560-970 So Car! los, So Paulo, Brazil Vet Parasitol. 2007 Oct 10

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Ask a Korean! News: Interesting Statistics about Prostitution in Korea

This article was interesting:

According to a survey conducted with men who completed the John School program for being arrested for sex purchase in 2006, a typical John is in his 30s, college-graduate, working as an office worker earning $1,800~2,400 a month, and purchased sex at a massage parlor after drinking.

In the Ministry of Justice survey conducted on the 5th, among the 1289 men who responded to the survey, those in their 30s were most numerous, with 645 (50%). They were mostly college graduate (774, 60%) and high school graduate (363, 28.2%).

Among occupations, the most numerous was office workers, with 438 among 1272 who answered (34.4%). 324 of the 1290 (25.1%) who answered said they earn between $1810~2400 a month.

Average number of sex purchase was 15.8, slightly higher compared to the 2005 survey, which was 11.1 times. Most common answer was "2 o! r 3 times", with 290 out of 1221 (23.8%) who answered, but there were 34 (2.8%) who replied "over 100 times."

For a question that asked for multiple answers for the place of sex purchase, over half of the 1290 who answered (765, or 59.1%) selected massage parlor, 703 (54.5%) selected red light districts, and 577 (44.7%) selected entertainment bars. [The Korean's note: Korean word for the "entertainment bar" is 유흥주점, which is a legalistic term for what is better known as "room salon".] For a question that asked for three main reasons for sex purcahse, 798 out of 1293 (61.7%) selected "drinking".

Via Dong-A Ilbo.

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Chesapeake Bay Town Hall Meeting - Annapolis - Aug. 11

Following President Obama’s executive order on May 12, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and other federal officials are writing plans for watershed-wide restoration efforts. The EPA is also in the process of developing a regulatory pollution budget for the Bay watershed, known as a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

The Chesapeake Bay Town Hall Meeting will provide a forum to show your support for strong standards, enforceable pollution limits, and increased accountability. Details below:

WHEN:
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 6:30-8:00pm

WHERE:
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 730 Bestgate Road, Annapolis, MD 21401

WHO:
Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, invited
Chuck Fox, EPA Senior Advisor on the Chesapeake Bay
Will Baker, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Dr. Don Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Rev. Rick Edmund, United Methodist Churches, Smith Island
Brad Heavner, State Director, Environment Maryland

CONTACT:
Tommy Landers, Environment Maryland, 410-467-0439
Terry Cummings, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 410-268-8816

Environment Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Choose Clean Water Campaign
Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
Clean Water Action
Growth Action of Anne Arundel County

RSVP
www.environmentmaryland.org/baytownhall

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The greatest math problem ever

This is a problem, which can be easily solved by children before entering elementary school. If you want to give it a try, please forget everything you have ever studied. Here it comes:

8809 = 6
7111 = 0
2172 = 0
6666 = 4
1111 = 0
3213 = 0
7662 = 2
9312 = 1
0000 = 4
2222 = 0
3333 = 0
5555 = 0
8193 = 3
8096 = 5
7777 = 0
9999 = 4
7756 = 1
6855 = 3
9881 = 5
5531 = 0

2581 = ?

I took it from here (Russian)

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