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		<title>Kindle 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Kindle 3 &#8212; &#8220;Smaller, Faster, Cheaper&#8220;&#8221; &#8212; arrived on Friday morning, a few days earlier than Amazon had promised. I would say that the new device will assure Amazon&#8217;s lead for some time. It is really fantastic. I had no complaints with the Kindle 2 &#8212; in fact I love it &#8212; but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/08/29/kindle3/</link>
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		<title>Medicare &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have not had any clinical experience with Medicare to write about  (fortunately) so that will have to wait. Much to my surprise, however, I did receive a birthday greeting! Dear JOHN R PATRICK Happy Birthday from Medicare! We wish you well in the upcoming year. Our records show you are currently up-to-date on your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/08/24/medicare-part-3/</link>
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		<title>Smarter Cardio Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 25% of deaths in the United States are caused by heart disease. There are many statistics on the subject but to me the stunning one is that between 1,500 and 2,000 people die of heart disease every day. Most people would assume that heart disease is the leading cause of death for men [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/08/22/smarter-cardio-care/</link>
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		<title>Grand Canyon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until this week I thought the Grand Canyon was a unique place in Arizona. The Grand Canyon there is the giant for sure &#8212; 277 miles  long, up to 18 miles wide and over a mile deep &#8212; but now I have learned about another Grand Canyon &#8212; in Pennsylvania. The motorcycle trip started out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/08/15/grand-canyon/</link>
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		<title>Smarter Healthcare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a long way to go but things are accelerating in the world of healthcare. Thanks to improved technology and enlightened healthcare administrators, information technology investments are being deployed at a rapid pace and adoption by caregivers is growing. I am especially pleased to see IBM jumping into this arena and leveraging its considerable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/08/09/smarter-healthcare/</link>
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		<title>Tanglewood by Trike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a special treat to be able to enjoy a nice 375 mile motorcycle trip along with a memorable concert at Tanglewood. The ride from the lakehouse in Pennsylvania to Lenox, Massachusetts took us on mostly state and county roads in the state of New York. We took Route 6 through Milford, PA to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/08/03/tanglewood-by-trike/</link>
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		<title>IBM Happenings: July 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After thirty-eight years at IBM, it was hard to cut the cord. One of my self-appointed duties as an e-tiree has been to post news clips of things going on at the company. Fortunately, there is a lot going on there! I post what I call &#8220;IBM Happenings&#8221; more or less once a month. Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/07/31/ibm-happenings-july-2010/</link>
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		<title>Amazon: Smaller, Faster, Cheaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smaller, Faster, Cheaper. That has been the mantra of the computer business for decades and it continues on. As predicted here, Amazon has announced a smaller, faster, cheaper Kindle 3 and it also turns out to be clearer. The new no glare screen has increased gray-scale contrast and it loves the summer sun. The battery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/07/29/amazon_spooked/</link>
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		<title>e-tirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was browsing through Pulse on the iPad reading the news and happened upon my friend Irving&#8217;s post &#8220;Reflections on the &#8220;Post-Retirement&#8221; Phase of My Life&#8220;. It reminded me that I have been meaning to write something similar about my &#8220;e-tirement&#8221;, a term coined by Irving back in 2001 when I e-tired. Irving wrote his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/e-tirement/</link>
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		<title>Kindle Sales Defy iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PC World Magazine says &#8220;Amazon Kindle Sales Defy IPad by Rising Each Month in Q2&#8220;.  This does not come as a surprise for a number of reasons. One is that the Kindle is a great product that is highly intuitive and easy to use. People get addicted to it and they tell their friends and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickweb.com/wordpress/2010/07/20/kindledx/</link>
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