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Housekeeping:

• Added a LINKS page to the top site menu, with links to items I deem worth reading. Added a few from my old site and new ones will be added as I come across them.
• Overhauled the FUNDAMENTALS list of sources at the right of the HOME page. It now includes links to the bibliographies of E. F. Codd, D. McGoveran, C. J. Date, H. Darwen and myself. 

1. Quote of the Week

The future in data modeling is Object Role Modeling (ORM).  It is a far superior way to approach data modeling (compared to any record-based methods such as relational) that avoids all the pitfalls of "Table Think" and the necessity of normalization. --LinkedIn.com

2. To Laugh or Cry?

Survey data model, what is the best approach?

3. Online Debunkings

Dr. Robin Bloor: Big Data is “nonsense”

4. Elsewhere

• On the foolishness of natural language programming
• UK's National Health Service Moves To NoSQL

5. And now for something completely different

Senator Challenges Zuckerberg

American patriot.

The Exorcisms of Anneliese Michel

Fascinating.

@The PostWest:

• Those Who Forget the Past ...
• The Price of Denial
• Qatar's Peace Makers
• Israeli Occupation? No, Arab!
• Obama’s plan is unreal for lack of military muscle
• The Undermining of Western Education
• What the Palestinians Really Want
• What Else is New?
• Who are the Palestinians
• Let's Give Them a State