22 October 2008, 1:16 UTCExample HW1
I've posted a sample HW1 answer on the Examples page. Comments included.
18 October 2008, 1:11 UTCWebCT Down? -- update 2: I'm back
I'm back online now and will start grading etc. Monday night.
15 October 2008, 0:43 UTCEdward Jenner and Vaccination
Below is a link to a more detailed history of vaccination, by Stefan Reidel, who is both an MD and a PhD. This particular story is relevant to Weeks 4 and 5. However, there is a general pattern: history gets fuzzy when we look closer.
15 October 2008, 0:39 UTCFavorites
My favorite news items from previous terms.
Misc:
Computing:
Writing:
Germs:
A couple of assignments have used phrases like "and what not", which is both informal and too vague. So vague that they "suck the life out of the words next to them", as Stewart Chaplin wrote in 1900 when he coined the term.
Another example: "breakfasts that are healthier or unhealthier". Well, that's all of them, so this didn't make any distinctions.
The link above gives other examples to watch out for, and good reasons to avoid them. More at Weasel Words.