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Nov 12, 2014
Business need to look at environmental issues as existential risk issues. Some have started worrying about access to water in the coming years. According to London-based think tank, CDP, some business are…
Nov 11, 2014
It looks like FOSE is dead: GovLoop's Chris Dorobek, who is also the former editor of 1105 Media's Federal Computer Week, wrote Monday that the 37-year old event won't happen in 2015.…
Nov 8, 2014
Actual discussion:& 10;Parent "I want Ebola vaccine for my child"& 10;Doc "There isn& 39;t one, but we have flushot "& 10;Parent "We don& 39;t believe in that" — Dr. Dave Stukus (@AllergyKidsDoc)…
Oct 31, 2014
] Seeking Alpha is running a multipart series on property risk in Florida. Florida is home to 40 percent of the National Flood Insurance Program's policies, even though it is home to…
Oct 29, 2014
Mother Jones reviews how insurance companies are responding to climate change. Climate change will increase the likelihood of flooding in low-lying areas around the world. In addition, climate change will change how…
Oct 27, 2014
Jason Kottke reviews a movement in South Florida to secede from the rest of Florida due to climate change. He explains that climate change will drive much of the politics going forward:…
Oct 20, 2014
Is big data good for local government? Yes and no. There's a lot that goes into an analysis and big data is only one component that starts with what question is being…
Sep 22, 2014
Today's Fark brings the story of Jasmine Tridevil, a Florida woman who had plastic surgery to add a third breast. Tridevil sought the surgery to make her interesting enough for a reality…
Sep 20, 2014
The Graduate School at the University of Maryland Baltimore County provides a dissertation template for graduate students. This template is incomplete and the formatting does not meet the specifications the graduate school…
Aug 28, 2014
I have posted the syllabus for this fall's PUAD 701, Public Finance and Public Administration at the University of Baltimore.
Jul 17, 2014
Last night, I submitted the grades for the summer session of MATH 106, Finite Mathematics, at UMUC. Teaching Finite Mathematics is kind of a mixed bag and this term, was my first…