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Sep 14, 2019
I have written a new extra credit problem for my college algebra students! Hello, everyone. We're getting to that point in the semester when students start asking the question every professor hates:…
Sep 13, 2019
The Mongolian invasions of Japan marked an interesting turning point in the history of the Mongolian Empire. Kublai Khan, the great Mongolian general tried invading in 1274 CE. Kahn's invasion force launched…
Sep 7, 2019
There are a number of advantages and disadvantages to Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). First of all, though, we need to understand what MCS is. MCS is best described as a way of…
Aug 21, 2019
I am taking a course on Japanese history for funsies so expect to see a fair bit of Japanese history popping up here over the next few months... The Jomon and Yayoi…
Aug 6, 2019
Plymouth Colony offers a counterpoint to the corporate colonization of Jamestown if only because the Mayflower missed its destination. The Mayflower was intended to arrive in Virginia with additional settlers for the…
Aug 4, 2019
Nina asked me about Miamisburg, Ohio, recently. In 1986, I lived about 35 miles away from Miamisburg when a CSX train derailed, releasing a toxic cloud over a large part of the…
Jul 30, 2019
Colonial Virginia offers a different path toward governance. Jamestown was originally settled in 1607. Jamestown was not the first English colony in North America, but the Lost Colony of Roanoke had disappeared…
Jul 19, 2019
Something caught my attention. I watched The Right Stuff last night and was looking up something about Gus Grissom. Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 flight has been the subject of great controversy over…
Jul 13, 2019
I recently happened upon a cache of old syllabi for my math courses going to back to the fall of 2014. As these syllabi are centrally developed (more or less) by the…
Jul 1, 2019
Effective today, I received a promotion at the University of Maryland Global Campus, which until yesterday, is what we called "University of Maryland University College." I've been teaching for 9 years at…
Jun 19, 2019
Apparently, these things come as PDFs now! ::document{src="/assets/docs/JHU-MS-EES.pdf" label="Open the PDF document" embed="true"} Anyway, for the last couple of years, I've taken a few classes here and there at the Johns Hopkins…