Jun 3, 2017
Presidential Tax Returns and Filing Requirements
One of the most irritating bits of the last election cycle has been the focus on the President's tax returns. As we all know, prior to the 1968 election, George Romney gave…
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May 26, 2017
The Flood Insurance Purchase Requirement
Here's an interesting bit of flood insurance news. On May 24th, the Federal Reserve Board issued an order to SunTrust Bank for violations of the National Flood Insurance Act. The order itself…
May 11, 2017
The Bumblebees are Back, and They're Bad!
The virtual bumblebees are now available for download under an MIT license. The bees were kinda/sorta always available, but I have clarified the licensing. To celebrate, the Journal of Open Source Software…
May 9, 2017
The Board of Appeals Seeks a New Member
As I've said before, I don't often talk about land use. But here's a bit of news. The Board of Appeals has an opening and the County Council has put out a…
May 4, 2017
New Court Decision on Flood Insurance
Gary Woodson v. Allstate Insurance Company is an interesting new decision that just came out of the Fourth Circuit regarding flood insurance, which transfers full jurisdiction over claims relating to flood damage…
May 2, 2017
The New Long Reach Village Center
This evening, the kids and I walked over to the Long Reach Village Center, where got to see the new plan for the Long Reach Village Center. I will say here what…
Apr 29, 2017
Crossing the Bridge
There's a myth that goes around that math exists in a bubble and this is just something you have to do graduate, like some sort of perverse challenge. But math does not…
Apr 28, 2017
Transmitting Chinese Cultural Values
I've been learning a bit of Asian history, since it is something I know little about. One question is about the role of ancient Chinese culture across other East Asian societies. Buddhism…
Apr 26, 2017
Circular Reasoning
Mathman strikes again. Here's a nifty picture I have borrowed from Cracked.com. The text, by Cracked user RainbowCrash, says, "Manhole covers are round so that they cannot possibly fall through their own…
Apr 25, 2017
Implications of Coarse Data Allocation Methods for Flood Mitigation Analysis
I went looking for a copy of my working paper from the 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings and realized, it does not seem to be online. And neither does my poster! So I…
Apr 24, 2017
Students and Customers
This semester, I've been teaching a course I don't normally teach. This has been an interesting experience. The course is wholly online, so we have "homework," and "quizzes," and "tests," but these…