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The Lowly Tilefish
Here in Maryland, we often think of the blue crab as our major seafood. But the best part of Maryland, if you love seafood, is its incredible variety. And more frequently, the fish on the menu is tilefish. The tilefish is found in the North Atlantic from Nova Scotia to
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Prepare for Hurricane Florence Like a Professional
Right now, the Mid-Atlantic is staring down Hurricane Florence. The best guess anyone has right now is that this will hit between Florida and New York…but wherever it hits, it will be a very powerful storm. And powerful storms bring damage from floods to downed power lines and collapsed buildings
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Teaching Research Methods This Fall
I am teaching research methods again this fall, this time for Penn State University. I do love teaching research methods, and despite having a busy fall (though not as busy as it could have been), I took Penn State up on the offer. Their approach to research methods, that I
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Do you mean to tell me this sucker is nuclear?!
This morning, Nina, Ducky, and I went down to APL to watch the liftoff of the Parker Solar Probe, initially scheduled for 03:53 local time. It didn’t happen, for reasons I never checked in to, but they will try again here in a few hours. The launch vehicle is amazing,
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Identity and Trust in Healthcare IT
Well, we all know I am not one to let an opportunity for self-promotion to slide. So it is strange that I didn’t announce this already. But last night, I was asked to fill in on a panel called “Identity and Trust” at the 2nd Interoperability Forum sponsored by the
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Some More Math Syllabi
I have taught two sections of college algebra at UMUC this summer and I just posted the syllabi for each to my math teaching page. There’s nothing particularly interesting in either, but for hey, there you go.
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Forecasting Artificial Earth Satellite Populations
As I wrote back in March, my orbit population prediction model is going to be presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, today. The point of this is to better understand how space will be used between now and 2030. As more and more organizations launch small satellites and
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