APOD: 2016 February 11 - LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes
APOD: 2016 February 11 - LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes
Source: nasa.gov
Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor
Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management. This simply written and short book communicates his life's work on organisational psychology. Very well written. ...
Source: amazon.co.uk
Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships"
Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships" by Martin Echavarria (@coherence360). Getting things done invariably involves working with others and when those others are themselves complex organisations it requires some thought....
Source: enablingcollaboration.com
New data bucks gun industry claim, finds US majority supports smart guns: In nationally representative survey, ~60% of Americans
New data bucks gun industry claim, finds US majority supports smart guns: In nationally representative survey, ~60% of Americans would buy safer weapons.
Source: arstechnica.com
Lowering Blood Pressure Associated with Reductions in Cardiovascular Events, Meta-Analysis Finds: By Kelly Young Edited
Lowering Blood Pressure Associated with Reductions in Cardiovascular Events, Meta-Analysis Finds: By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH
Reducing systolic blood pressure is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular events, suggests a meta-analysis in the Lancet...
Source: jwatch.org
Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the
Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the Borexino experiment
Source: physicsworld.com
Cornwall Council's High Court victory over £160m BT contract - BBC News: A £160m contract between a council and corporate
Cornwall Council's High Court victory over £160m BT contract - BBC News: A £160m contract between a council and corporate giant BT will be scrapped following a High Court battle.
Source: bbc.co.uk
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's parallel universe people can (1) have their cake and eat it, (2) it will be better cake than before, (3) they won't need to wait for it, and (4) it will be free! They are shrewd...
Source: nhsconfed.org
Doctor who helped launch modern paramedic system dies at 98: As a cardiologist in Los Angeles during the 1960s, Dr. Walter
Doctor who helped launch modern paramedic system dies at 98: As a cardiologist in Los Angeles during the 1960s, Dr. Walter S. Graf became alarmed by the number of heart attack sufferers who died while en route to hospitals.
Source: medicalxpress.com
Investigating the Complexity of Academic Writing - Slashdot
Investigating the Complexity of Academic Writing - Slashdot
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Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults Shivani Misra. Nick S Oliver.
Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults Shivani Misra. Nick S Oliver.
Source: bmj.com
Plague traced back to Bronze Age - BBC News: Plague has been a scourge on humanity for far longer than previously thought,
Plague traced back to Bronze Age - BBC News: Plague has been a scourge on humanity for far longer than previously thought, samples of ancient DNA show.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Android 6.0 Marshmallow makes full-disk encryption mandatory for most new devices | ExtremeTech: Google is stepping up and
Android 6.0 Marshmallow makes full-disk encryption mandatory for most new devices | ExtremeTech: Google is stepping up and mandating full disk encryption in Marshmallow (again). This time, we hope the feature sticks.
Source: extremetech.com
Don't Panic - End Poverty
Video "Hans Rosling asks: Has the UN gone mad? The United Nations just announced their boldest goal ever: To eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, already by 2030. Looking at the realities of extremely poor people the goal seems impossible. The rains didn’t fall in Malawi this year....
Source: gapminder.org
Migration rules need re-think - NHS boss - BBC News: A re-think of immigration rules which protect ballet dancers but not
Migration rules need re-think - NHS boss - BBC News: A re-think of immigration rules which protect ballet dancers but not vital foreign nurses need re-thinking, the head of the NHS in England says.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Doom gets ported to the Apple Watch, to our utter horror (and fascination) | ExtremeTech: Doom on an Apple Watch -- which
Doom gets ported to the Apple Watch, to our utter horror (and fascination) | ExtremeTech: Doom on an Apple Watch -- which is possibly the best use of the Apple Watch we've seen to date, as far as we're concerned.
Source: extremetech.com
Our chicken
This was a very fancy chicken that lived with us. She was very small but proud and we called her Shanie.
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