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Jul 3, 2014

Reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank

When American businesses want to do business in other countries, they take on several types of risk that are unfamiliar to domestic operations. Some are easy to manage. For instance, foreign exchange…

Jun 30, 2014

An Airplane Crushed My Water Bottle

A few weeks ago, the family flew to Columbus for my sister's graduation from law school. On the way back, we bought a bottle of Fiji water. :::figure{src="/assets/img/news/20140504 105740.webp" align="center" width="100"} :::…

Jun 24, 2014

Please Selfie After Evacuating

I've done this before: Post by James Howard . But I might have a real problem. Apparently MEININGER Hotels posted this: :::figure{src="/assets/img/news/dc3cb935a216d8d1449adf36533a2f0a.webp" alt="Put the damn phone away (MEININGER Hotels)" align="center" width="100"} Put…

Jun 22, 2014

Review of the INFORMS Analytics Maturity Model

At last Monday's WINFORMS meetup in DC, Aaron Burciaga and Raj Reddi presented the new INFORMS Analytics Maturity Model (AMM). The AMM is a graded typology allowing organizations to assess their use…

Jun 16, 2014

Introducing Flood Studies

As I am slowly building out this website, I wanted to create a page dedicated to the work I have done on my dissertation and the work that has grown out of…

Jun 13, 2014

Chess Engines and Playing Online

In correspondence chess, there's a good long time to decide what your move will be. Even playing online, the rules can allow for a move every three days or more, on average.…

Jun 12, 2014

My First Math Assignment Rubric

Grading can be a difficult proposition. In a math course, the mechanics of a solution, meaning the correct addition and subtraction, may be correct. However, a student may have misapplied a solution…

Jun 11, 2014

Public Kanban for Public Administration

:::figure{src="/assets/img/news/philly-trello.webp" alt="A public Trello snapshot for the City of Philadelphia (City of Philadelphia)" align="center" width="100"} A public Trello snapshot for the City of Philadelphia (City of Philadelphia) ::: Public agencies have difficulties…

Jun 10, 2014

My First Chess Game

It's not really my first, but I started playing in tournaments online through the United States Chess Federation, the Correspondence Chess League of America, and the International Correspondence Chess Federation. I am…

Jun 10, 2014

Review of More Fallacies, Flaws and Flimflam

:::figure{src="/assets/img/news/415gCIcGsvL.webp" alt="Cover of More Fallacies, Flaws and Flimflam" align="right" width="50%"} Cover of More Fallacies, Flaws and Flimflam ::: My review of More Fallacies, Flaws and Flimflam by Edward J. Barbeau: Fallacies, Flaws,…