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Researchers expect the rate of post traumatic stress disorder among Iraq veterans will be as high as 35%. The study, ”A Dynamic Model for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among U.S. Troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom (PDF)” is by Michael P. Atkinson of the Naval Postgraduate School and Adam Guetz of Stanford University, and Lawrence M. Wein of [...]

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Q What are the most common ways people foolishly apply the law of averages? Is it the faith placed in “average returns” on retirement portfolio? A Plenty of people have been caught off base by the Flaw of Averages in investing, but here is an example that is closer to home. Imagine that both you [...]

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