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Program Management Course
I am teaching a new course this spring at Central Michigan University. This course, MSA 607 – Program Management in Complex Organizations, expands on traditional project management. The goal here is to understand how, in larger organizations, projects relate to each other and the organization itself. The Project Management Institute,
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Using Rust on the Open Science Grid
I will admit that the Rust programming language fascinates me. It’s got all the things I want in a programming language, that I normally get from C, and also gives me some measure of protection against really screwing up. Not that I do that much…or even have a use for,
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Talking About Opportunity Zones in Baltimore
Last night, I was guest on the DMVDaily Radio show with guest host Jason Rodriguez. We were talking about the implementation of Opportunity Zones in Baltimore and how it affects the city. You can watch the video from the studio on YouTube: The first half of the show has Anirban
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Brexit Cracks Me Up
Oh, Brexit. This video started making the rounds yesterday: PM of Luxembourg – No deal ? So what? Brexit is your choice not mine … 👏👏😎 pic.twitter.com/4wqYn4ILTm — Paul Larkin (@brehonisbest) December 14, 2018 And, yes, it is funny. But I think there’s an important point here. Europe has no
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Sewage Sludge Down on the Farm
When I was a teenager, my father worked at the LeSourdsville Regional Water Reclamation Facility. He worked second shift, and I worked for the Butler County Auditor’s Office, so it wasn’t unusual to run out to the plant. Maybe delivering dinner or just chilling. I had to drive right by
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Sunspots Will Not Cause an Ice Age
I grew up in this small town in Ohio called Hamilton. I’ve talked about it here, before. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. The Journal-News is the local daily newspaper, something we don’t see a lot of here in Maryland. But it is pretty common when you head further
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The House Should Refuse to Seat the Georgia Delegation
As of this writing, the results of the Georgia election are settled. What is not known, however, is the degree to which blatant and obvious attempts to suppress the vote interfered in the election. I won’t outline them here; the evidence of voter fraud committed by Brian Kemp is extremely
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