last night i finished emily giffin's where we belong... i love her (i've read all of her books) and this book was so good.  i feel like i'm in a funk now that's its over b/c selfishly i want more....any suggestions on what i should read next??...

"MetroHealth, Explorys use huge patient database to revolutionize medical research"

As I have written in the past, beware claims of "revolutions" where healthcare or medical research are involved.  As in a slide in my recent presentation to the Health Informatics Society of Australia on healthcare IT trust, I asked:In that same talk, I pointed out the "revolutions" usually have downsides, and IT always produces winners and losers (per the empirical research of Social Informatics). ...

Ionic Air Purifiers - Plasmacluster Technology

In comments on my recent post on Negative Ion Therapy, George asked what I thought about the "Forest AC" Air Conditioning System his Nissan vehicle is equipped with.   I started composing comments a few times and ended up losing them b/c I closed the browser window and got a bit distracted by a wound-licking omega animale yesterday ;-)   So I decided to make a blog post where I...

The BE&HM Series ~ Part VI: Electron "Ownership" & Polarity

Back to our regular programming ...In the last post in this series I discussed covalent bonding, the type of bonding involved in most biologically relevant compounds.  Covalent bonds:Are formed between non-metalsAre formed such that each constituent atom "feels complete" with 8 e's in its valence shell (H = 2e's)Involve the overlap of valence orbitalsInvolve the sharing of unpaired electrons to form bonding pairsCan involve one, two or three...

24 Rekor Dunia Yang Dimiliki Indonesia

1. Republik Indonesia merupakan Negara kepulauan terbesar di dunia yang terdiri dari 17.504 pulau (termasuk 9.634 pulau yang belum diberi nama dan 6.000 pulau yang tidak berpenghuni).2. Disini ada 3 dari 6 pulau terbesar didunia, yaitu : Kalimantan (pulau terbesar ketiga di dunia dgn luas 539.460 km2), Sumatera (473.606 km2) dan Papua (421.981 km2).3. Indonesia adalah Negara maritim terbesar di dunia...

Kisah Pilu Ir. Soekarno

You’ll Never Walk Alone - Semua ajudan menangis saat tau Bung Karno mau pergi "Kenapa bapak tidak melawan''Taklama setelah mosi tidak percaya parlemen bentukan Nasution di tahun 1967 dan MPRS menunjuk Suharto sebagai Presiden RI, Bung Karno menerima surat untuk segera meninggalkan Istana dalam waktu 2 X 24 Jam. Bung Karno tidak diberi waktu untuk menginventarisir barang-barang pribadinya. Wajah-wajah...