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LIGHTNING RELEASES 06/10/14 –Michigan author Ronald L. Herron has released his fourth book, "One Way Street," a gritty, suspenseful new adult / historical fiction sequel to his award-winning debut novel "Reichold Street."
Reviewers have already had this to say about it:
"…a mesmerizing thriller that can haunt you long after you put the book down."
~ Maria Beltran for Readers Favorite
"Five Stars! …a memorable book, filled with characters growing-up in turbulent times … ranks with some of the best war-related literature I've read…"
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A long time Lake Orion, Michigan resident, Herron graduated from Wayne State University, and earned an MBA from Michigan State. He worked for some of the world's largest advertising agencies and had a long career in public relations and marketing with a Fortune 10 Company. "Few of my friends even knew I wrote fiction," he said, "although I've been submitting stories since I was seventeen."
Herron won a Readers Favorite Gold Medal in 2012 for his dramatic young adult novel "Reichold Street." The book was also endorsed by Compulsion Reads, and Top Book Reviewers, who said …"Reichold Street is an indie novel you want everyone to hear about…"
His exciting new sequel, "One Way Street" is available in paperback or as a Kindle e-Book on Amazon.com, and in paperback or as an e-Book for the Nook from Barnes & Noble.
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Author: Ronald L. Herron
Genre: Suspense, New Adult
Pages: 280
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If anyone knows what its like to be the WWE champion, its Bret "The Hitman" Hart, a wrestler who held the title five times over his career. In an interview with the Boston Herald on March 21, Bret Hart talked Daniel Bryan, CM Punk and losing his title to Yokozuna.
When it came to Daniel Bryan, Hart said that he needs to win the title at "Wrestlemania 30." He made a funny analogy about Charlie Brown having the football pulled away from him over and over and said he wouldn't be surprised if it happened again at "Wrestlemania 30."
When the situation about CM Punk walking out on the WWE came up, Hart seemed to sympathize with him and seemed to be a pretty big fan of Punk as a person and a wrestler. Hart brought up how frustrating it has to be to be Punk or Bryan and see part time wrestlers like The Rock or Brock Lesnar get all the big matches instead of them.
He also said that he knew CM Punk was burned out after giving 100 percent and delivering the best pay per view matches of the last 10 years.He said that Punk has a lot of greatness left in him. As a fan, he said he wants to see Punk return but as a wrestler, he respects him for what he did as well.
Finally, Bret Hart talked about his WWE Championship match where he lost to Yokozuna, only for Hulk Hogan to return and win the title minutes later. Hart said that he thought he was going to get a long title rein but realized he didn't have a great list of wrestlers to defend the belt against, with Jake Roberts leaving and others getting fired after the drug testing.
However, Hart said that Hogan coming in and winning the WWE title was not something he expected at all.
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For the second consecutive time, FORTUNE magazine has named IBM as the #1 Global Company for Leaders. As part of our series on IBM Leadership, Bridget van Kralingen, General Manager, IBM North America, details how systems thinking can turn challenges into opportunities for globally connected social businesses.
Today's environment of reduced budgets and resources is driving a scarcity mentality in organizations, which provides significant new challenges for leaders. The challenges deepen when combined with the growing complexity of today's hyper-connected world, where people, places and things are linked and systems are driving more new data every two days than the world created from the beginning of time to 2003.
Such interconnectedness is creating a world of a so-called system of systems. By that I mean more than IT systems that manage banks or airline reservations, but also organizational, political and societal systems. And with the rapid adoption of social media, organizations are becoming collaborative systems without hierarchies.
In this environment, leaders need to adopt what MIT scientist and author Peter Senge calls systems thinking as the means to do more with less and to use connectivity and data for competitive advantage.
Systems thinking requires that leaders analyze and address their operations across several dimensions. For example, they must understand interdependencies of different systems and think broadly about their ecosystems and the value of open collaboration. A good example is how chocolate producer Mars Incorporated donated its preliminary findings on decoding the cocoa genome – extremely important data in finding new ways to protect the one-third of cocoa crops lost due to disease, pests, and drought – to the public domain. While privately held Mars could have kept the results for itself, the company made the decision to use the power of open public collaboration to save more crops.
Systems thinkers also must take a global approach to explore new ways to collaborate, tap into skills anywhere and serve clients everywhere. Consider U.S.-based Illumination Entertainment, a leading computer-generated imagery production company that faced labor costs of up to $250 million and a shortage of world-class artists here in the U.S. Illumination Entertainment tapped into the emerging talent pool of digital artists around the globe. Working virtually, it created a decentralized system to bring its film-making process to the talent. The results? Illumination Entertainment can produce films for approximately $75 million – a tremendous cost savings.
Systems thinking also includes harnessing the collaborative power of everyone in your organization via social networks. Mexico-based CEMEX, a global building products manufacturer, uses Lotus Connections as an internal social network enabling 20,000 of its employees, regardless of title, to collaborate on projects such as new product development and sustainability across 50 countries. As an emerging social business, CEMEX leaders understand the power of social collaboration for greater agility and innovation.
While we examine the challenges for leaders today and the importance of systems thinking, we also are reflecting on the lessons learned on cultivating a culture of leadership as IBM celebrates its Centennial this year. Our 100-year history has shown us that long-term success requires being ready to change everything except our core beliefs and values, which beget an enduring culture. This leadership mind-set helps organizations to continually evolve and is invaluable when an industry moves to the next thing.
Most recently, IBM's emergence as a model for global integration has influenced our philosophy about the nature of leadership itself. Addressing the complex challenges faced by our clients requires providing innovative, customized solutions and delivering them quickly via resources from around the world. This is not something that can be scripted or prescribed from a playbook – it requires a high degree of flexibility, collaboration, coordination, accountability and engagement from everyone involved.
The importance of engaged employees is illustrated in a recent Gallup study in which the ratio to non-engaged employees at top organizations is nearly 10:1, while the ratio in average organizations is 2:1. Gallup also found that the cost of disengaged employees in the U.S. is more than $3 billion in lost productivity.
In summary, as the world grows more complex, a system of systems is providing new opportunities and challenges for leaders. Leadership for the long-term means being ready to change almost everything you have done before, but remain true to core values. And leaders must create an accountable, engaged, collaborative culture to build a future of sustained innovation and growth.
BOTTOM LINE: "Systems thinkers" take a global approach to collaborating, tapping into skills and serving clients. #ibmleaders
Read more about IBM Leadership:
Innovative Public-Private Partnerships Are Essential to Restoring U.S. Competitiveness by Bridget van Kralingen
Why IBM Is the Best Company for Leaders by Randy MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
A Global View of Leadership Development by Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Responsibility and President, IBM International Foundation
How Private-Public Partnerships Can Lead Through Innovation by Rod Adkins, Senior Vice President, Systems & Technology Group
Entrepreneurship Takes Homework, Not Hubris, by Sharon Nunes, Vice President, Government Industry Strategy & Solutions
A New Model to Cultivate Global Leaders by Tony Mwai, Country General Manager, East Africa
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College Hockey:Zucker nets winner as Denver rallies past Michigan Tech into WCHA semifinals
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A year from now, Jason Zucker may be playing in the Xcel Energy Center professionally for the Minnesota Wild. That's the long-term future.
For right now: "We play tomorrow night," Zucker said Thursday afternoon after the Wild's second-round draft pick (2010) scored the overtime goal for Denver against Michigan Tech in the WCHA Final Five quarterfinals.
The third-seeded Pioneers won 3-2 and will face second seed Minnesota-Duluth in Friday's semifinal game at 2 p.m. CDT.
"Joe LaLeggia made a great play coming in from the point and I just called for the puck," Zucker said. "Joe's a very skilled player and he put it on my stick so I was able to bury it."
LaLeggia, a freshman, crossed the zone to the right circle, changed his direction and fired a pass through traffic that found its way to Zucker waiting all alone on the doorstep, and he buried the winner 2:18 into overtime.
Pioneers coach George Gwozdecky said Zucker didn't have his best game after two periods, so adjustments were made.
"We had some discussions between periods to help him get better in the game," Gwozdecky said. "He'd be the first to admit he didn't have a great game. He played a little bit too much along the perimeter."
Michigan Tech broke down in the defensive zone on the winner and left Zucker all alone in front of the Tech net. The focus turned to LaLeggia as he circled the zone and attracted the Huskies' D.
"We had an opportunity to get the puck out of the zone and we didn't," said first-year Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson. "We started to scramble defensively and Zucker doesn't make mistakes when he gets the puck on his stick."
The loss ends Michigan Tech's season with a 16-18-4 record, but that's a far cry from where the Huskies were a year ago when they went 4-24-2 under Jamie Russell.
It also ends a 15-day road trip that included two weekends in Colorado Springs before the Huskies flew to the Twin Cities earlier this week.
"The first-round win was huge for us and we weren't happy with the result today but I'm very proud of the way the guys played the last few weeks," said Huskies senior Brett Olson.
Added Tech goaltender Josh Robinson: "It's been a great time spending it with the guys. You can't ask for much more. It's been a memorable three weeks."
Robinson finished with a season-high 41 saves and kept the Huskies in the game with some brilliant saves in the second period. He stopped a Zucker shot on a three-on-two rush, stacked the pads to rob Drew Shore on the doorstep and made a nice glove save on Shore later on.
After Robinson's work was good enough to keep the score tied at a goal apiece after two periods, Ryan Furne gave the Huskies a 2-1 lead when he shelved a wrist shot over Denver goalie Juho Olkinuora's right shoulder 18 seconds into the third period.
But with the clock ticking away on the Pioneers (24-12-4), Denver's flair for the dramatic came through again. Luke Salazar, who scored the game-tying goal with 38 seconds left against Nebraska-Omaha in the regular season finale and the overtime winner against Wisconsin in Game 3 of the WCHA first round, struck again.
"I've been pretty lucky the last few games," Salazar said.
Added Shore: "[Salazar] calls himself lucky but anyone who scores that many late goals shouldn't be called lucky. He does it time and time again. He has great hands around the net."
The Huskies got too deep on the rush with four attackers in close on the Denver goal and by the time Denver got the puck out of the crease after a Olkinuora save, Scott Mayfield launched a clearing attempt that turned into an outlet pass to Drew Shore at center ice. Shore brought the puck into the right circle, passed over to the slot for Ty Loney, who fed Luke Salazar on the door step for his 12th goal of the season with 4:32 left.
"We've been down a lot late in the third period lately," Salazar said. "We kind of don't want to change our game plan or anything like that, just keep going."
Added Gwozdecky: "Certainly, I would disagree with one thing Luke Salazar said and I'd like to change the game plan a little bit and win the game earlier in the third period."
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Edge International
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"Would You Hire Yourself?"
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Link: Attorney At Work, Jun. 14, 2011
"Demographic Business Development"
Link: Attorney At Work, March 21, 2011
"Create Legal Annual Reports for Your Clients"
Link: Attorney At Work, Feb. 21, 2011
"The Art of "We""
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"Social Media and Law Firms in Canada"
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"Five Steps to Establishing and Growing a Successful Niche Practice"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, April 6, 2012
"How David Fights Goliath with Social Media"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Jan. 13, 2012
"Rethinking Legal Ethics in a Wi-Fi World"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Nov. 11, 2011
"The Inconvenient Truth About Law School"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Aug. 19, 2011
"(Online) Branding: It's All About the Client Experience"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Aug. 5, 2011
"Pricing Risk in the Legal Process"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, June 24, 2011
"Do What You Do Best and Outsource Everything Else"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, May 27, 2011
"Law Firm Diversity: Beyond the Platitudes"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, February 25, 2011
"The Future of Continuing Legal Education"
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Dec. 10, 2010
"CPD and the Presumption of Competence"
Link: Slaw, Dec. 30, 2011
"The Last Moneyball Article: Rethinking Law Firm Talent Acquisition"
Link: Slaw, Oct. 18, 2011
"The Purpose and Place of Pro Bono"
Link: Slaw, Aug. 23, 2011
"Articling: Back to Basics"
Link: Slaw, July 6, 2011
"Exploding Some Law School Myths"
Link: Slaw, Feb. 22, 2011
"Your Client is Not Your Enemy"
Link: Slaw, Dec. 21, 2010
"Your Call Is Important To Us"
Link: Slaw, Oct. 22, 2010
"Letting the Clients Decide"
Link: Slaw, Aug, 19, 2010
"The Quiet Canadians"
Link: Slaw, June 28, 2010
"Stop Charging So Much"
Link: Precedent Magazine, Fall 2012
"Lawyers and Social Media: Can Legal Advice be Crowdsourced?"
Link: ABA Law Practice Magazine, January/February 2012
"Disenfranchising the Turkeys"
Link: The Lawyer (UK), November 15, 2011
"Here Come the Robo-Lawyers"
Link: CBA PracticeLink, October 2011
"How to Use New Media to Access Old Media"
Link: CBA PracticeLink, March 2011
"Seniority Pay Must Die"
Link: Precedent Magazine, Dec. 10, 2010
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Scrabble word: HOLDER
In which Scrabble dictionary does HOLDER exist?
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Definitions of HOLDER in dictionaries:
- noun - a holding device
- noun - a person who holds something
- noun - the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
- One that possesses something; an owner: the holder of extensive farmland; the holder of oil fields.
- One, especially a tenant, that occupies or controls something: The current holder of the apartment.
- One that legally possesses and is entitled to the payment of a check, bill, or promissory note.
- A device for holding: a towel holder.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Earns CCSCAA Scholar All-America Team Award
July 14, 2014
CHICAGO, Ill.- The UIC women's swimming & diving team earned a Spring Scholar All-America Team Award from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) on Friday. The team earned the award for a strong academic showing for the spring semester.
The women's squad earned a 3.30 grade point average as a team this past semester to earn the distinction from the CSCAA. The award is given to teams that collectively earn a 3.00 GPA or higher in a given semester.
The women's swimming & diving team had the third highest spring GPA among all UIC teams, and three student-athletes achieved a 4.0 this semester including Alisa Penkala, Erin Sivak and Melanie Waszak.
The team was also honored as a Fall Scholar All-America Team in March with a team GPA of 3.09. The women's team ended the 2013-14 season with a fifth-place finish at the Horizon League Championships.


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UCLA began the day with wins at the top two courts to claim the one point awarded for doubles play. After freshmen Gage Brymer and Mackenzie McDonald notched an 8-6 victory at court No. 2, the point was clinched at court No. 1, where 67th-ranked Marcos Giron and Karue Sell were 8-3 winners over Naoki Takeda and Sumeet Shinde. UCLA's Michael Guzman and Clay Thompson were knotted at 7-7 with Arizona's Trevor James and Kieran Thompson when play was suspended.
The Bruins dominated singles play as well, quickly posting three-straight wins to clinch the 4-0 victory. Victories by Thompson (court No. 1), Brymer (court No. 4) and Ryoto Tachi (court No. 6) sealed the team's 19th victory of the season.
Sunday's win sets up a thrilling regular-season finale between UCLA and USC on Friday, as the Bruins and Trojans are both undefeated in conference play and the winner will take home this year's Pac-12 title. That match is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at USC's Marks Tennis Stadium.
#3 UCLA 4, Arizona 0
Apr 13, 2014 at Tucson, AZ (LaNelle Robson Tennis Center)
|1. #67 Giron/Sell (UCLA) def. Takeda/Shinde (ARIZ) 8-3
|2. Brymer/McDonald (UCLA) def. Urquidi/Matt Dunn (ARIZ) 8-6
|3. Thompson/Trevor James (ARIZ) vs. Thompson/Michael Guzman (UCLA) 7-7, unfinished
|1. #1 Clay Thompson (UCLA) def. Kieren Thompson (ARIZ) 6-4, 6-1
|2. Naoki Takeda (ARIZ) vs. #3 Marcos Giron (UCLA) 1-6, 2-4, unfinished
|3. Sumeet Shinde (ARIZ) vs. #31 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) 4-6, 0-3, unfinished
|4. #62 Gage Brymer (UCLA) def. Mario Urquidi (ARIZ) 6-4, 6-1
|5. Will Kneale (ARIZ) vs. #92 Karue Sell (UCLA) 4-6, 1-3, unfinished
|6. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) def. Robin Chou (ARIZ) 6-1, 6-4
|Match Notes
|UCLA 19-2; 6-0 Pac-12; National ranking #3
|Arizona 11-14; 0-6 Pac-12
|Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,6,1)


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I shall continue my series on early reviews of On the Historicity of Jesus next week. But for the weekend I'll just post a little embarrassing bit about Bart Ehrman I've just not found a spot to fit it in until now. Bart Ehrman has so far been refusing to engage with my book or its argument, and instead just complains about being criticized, without ever responding to any of my more serious criticisms, in a most suspicious and conspicuous fashion. And since my last commentary on this, he has avoided ever responding to me, until this April…sort of.
Ironically, while I was at ReasonCon in Hickory, North Carolina, giving an extensive and entertaining lecture on the evidence in my new book, Bart Ehrman was at FFRFCon just over in Raleigh, North Carolina lecturing on his. That would be, of course, his newest title How Jesus Became God, which I am reading and will review eventually (I'm already up to page 250 but have too many other demands on my time so I won't likely finish it soon), although I can already say, for all its flaws, it's a much better book than DJE. [That review is now available here.]
Notably, someone who was present has reported to me something that happened during Q&A. They also told me they thought it curious how many of the points Ehrman raised [in his talk] seem to support myth over history (as I can verify the book does, too–ironically Ehrman even defends a position throughout it that he once attacked me for holding: that in fact the earliest Christians preaching a risen Christ did think of Jesus as like a god, even in fact a pre-existent divine being). But during Q&A, someone in the audience asked him why he still thinks Jesus existed, given all he himself has argued that casts doubt on it, and apparently he got defensive, saying something like (and this is not an exact quote) "All serious biblical scholars in the field are convinced the historical Jesus existed, and you don't want to look like a fringe idiot by denying the hard work of the experts, who know more than you do" and then something to the effect of "we have documents written by people who knew him, and by people who knew his brother."
[This paraphrase turns out to have been fairly accurate. See bottom of this post for an exact transcript from the video, which became available after I originally wrote this.]
Of course, the first statement is false and he ought to know by now that it is false, and the second statement is disingenuously circular (as it is only true if you assume it is true–the evidence itself is ambiguous: Paul never says anyone he spoke to "knew Jesus" in any way differently than Paul did, and he is not at all clear that he met actual biological brothers of Jesus), and deeply problematic. I cover what's wrong with these claims in chapters 1, 2 and 12 of OHJ (and his whole argument from consensus is further challenged by chapters 1 and 5 of Proving History). I won't make too much of this because brief remarks during Q&A can often omit nuance, and [when I originally wrote this I didn't] have his exact words anyway. But the questioner was apparently shocked at how rudely and defensively Ehrman reacted to their question; apparently it seemed a button had been pushed and emotion got the better of him.
This is telling because I have heard a number of stories like this: whenever Ehrman is asked about me or my book he flips his lid and rants about how awful a person I am because I use words like "sucks" (note: that is an ad hominem fallacy), and how dare I accuse him of lying and of making serious mistakes. But the curious thing is that never in any of these explosions does he ever mention or address the evidence I presented that in fact he has lied and that in fact he has made serious mistakes (I documented at least thirty, including serious mistakes of both logic [from the most to least serious: items 28, 5, 10, 4, 7, 8, 26, 2, 6, 9, 1, 12, 27, 3, 25, and, of course 30 and 31, and indirectly, 29 and 23] and fact [from the most to least serious: items 13, 11, 15, 19, 18, 16, 22, 17; item 14 I retracted as being an unfair criticism, and item 21 is to date the only error he has publicly corrected and apologized for that I know of], and directly contradicting himself twice in the same book [items 20 and 24].
Ehrman's practice has always been to snipe at minor points, and not even mention the major errors I caught him at, or his lies. Indeed, he consistently pretends that I made no other points, and that if he can explain away a few minor points, then he has fully responded to me so why don't I shut up already. (He is evidently unaware that this is a scientifically established cognitive error: the illusion of thinking that if you can defeat the weak arguments in a collection of weak and strong arguments, that you have also defeated the strong arguments as well–a mistake Christians and politicians make all the time; see The Christian Delusion, p. 68.) Most telling is his pretending that I never caught him lying, that I merely "accused" him of lying, as if I had not presented damning evidence of it but was just making a baseless accusation. It is his refusal to admit his dishonesty, correct it, and apologize for it that most of all damns him in my eyes. I consider him disgraced as a scholar. His colleagues just haven't taken the trouble to look at the evidence damning him. If they did, I suspect most would agree with me his behavior is genuinely disgraceful and he should be ashamed of it (the remainder would try to defend him with even more embarrassing apologetics, like we get from James McGrath [items 4 and 5]).
This is all most elegantly demonstrated in his latest "response" to me, which he begrudgingly and angrily spewed onto his blog just a few months ago: "Attacks from the Other Side: An Ill-Tempered Richard Carrier" (21 April 2014). Much of it is behind a paywall, so when I quote later portions of it those who don't want to pay to read the original will just have to rely on my quotations. It begins with self-congratulatory smugness that requires no comment, laced with hyperbole like that I have "shown more vitriol, hatred, and mean-spiritedness toward [him] than almost any of the fundamentalists who attack [him] from the other side," a remark that suggests Ehrman doesn't actually read most of what fundamentalists write about him. By contrast, this and this are the worst things I've said about him, which is what he is calling "vitriol" and "hatred" and "mean-spiritedness," as an excuse to avoid admitting it is all entirely true–excepting one criticism I've agreed was, though true, nevertheless unfair. Instead Ehrman implies I said things like "Ehrman is an idiot!", evidently thinking up more vulgar and insulting ways to say what I actually said, and then claiming I'm therefore the one being vulgar and insulting. Right.
But watch what happens in this latest blog post of his–the only response he has made (to my knowledge) since I summarized dozens of claims he still has never responded to: he responds to only one of those items, and that one of the least important (and notably, not one of the two I showed he later lied about).
The following is in reference to my point that we do not have any references to Pontius Pilate in any (non-Christian/non-Jewish) pagan sources of the first century – a point I make in order to put into perspective the fact we don't have any reference to Jesus in any non-Christian/non-Jewish sources of the first century (my point being that if the most important figure – historically, culturally, politically — in all of Palestine during Jesus' adult years, the Roman governor of Judea, is never mentioned, what are the chances that Jesus would be? This point is made to counter the common but erroneous claim that if Jesus really existed, a lot of sources would have mentioned him. Really? When they don't mention even someone like Pilate???) Read Carrier's critique, and then read the statement beneath it taken straight from my book, Did Jesus Exist.
He then quotes one small paragraph from my argument in my critique of not his book, but his Huffington Post article, which came out before I read his book, and in which I explicitly said his book might do a better job–and indeed after I reviewed his book, I agreed it did indeed do a better job on this point. But notice that here he asks you to compare my critique of the HuffPo article to what he wrote in his book! This is one of the most dishonest things I've seen him pull. And I know it's dishonest because the article he pulls my quote from explicitly says:
Perhaps these aren't mistakes, and just very, very, very badly worded sentences. When I receive his book in a few days I'll be able to check. Possibly he does a much better job there, and gets his facts right. We'll see. But for now, I have to address this article…
Yep. And in my critique of his book, I do not in fact say this error is in it. The error is only in the article…and indeed, it is in that article (and so far as I know remains uncorrected to this day, despite that being in a news periodical, in which factual corrections should be ethically expected). He also gets to accuse me of misrepresenting his book, by quoting me correctly representing his article, and then forgetting to tell his readers that I did not make this claim against his book but even admitted the error is not in the book, and indeed in my very critique of the article he is quoting I even allowed that that might be the case!
This is scholarly dishonesty on his part, by any objective measure.
Ehrman does note that "to be fair to Carrier, his comment was posted on his blog about a short piece that I wrote for the Huffington Post," and repeats in his defense the same appallingly disingenuous argument McGrath attempted for him, that he didn't mean by (quote) "Roman sources of his day" Roman sources of his day.
Many Romans wrote in Greek, and Philo was a Roman, twice over: a subject and inhabitant of the Roman empire, and a Roman citizen. As was Josephus. And, of course, Pilate himself, who not only attested his own existence to us directly, but even in Latin. And, BTW, Jews can be Romans as easily as they can be Germans or Americans…being Jewish doesn't delete your nationality, citizenship, or geographical residence, any more than being Christian or Zoroastrian would. So for him to claim he did not consider Pilate, Philo, or Josephus to be "Roman sources" now makes him look even more incompetent, or even more deceptive, than his original article did. He now looks like a pathetic apologist trying to weasel out of a mistake with specious semantics, throwing the general reading public under the bus…because, I guess, "fuck 'em if they don't know that 'no' Roman sources actually means three Roman sources and therefore there is more evidence for Pilate than for Jesus, negating the whole point of my using Pilate as an example in the first place."
Who thinks that is acceptable behavior? Using the word "sucks" (or any particular language or dialect) does not negate one's status as a scholar. Acting like a disingenuous weasel, though, kind of does.
Ehrman now smugly says "But if [Carrier] had simply waited to read my book before blasting off at me, he would have seen what I meant," evidently not getting the point that the article as written remains grossly erroneous and misleading to the public, and I was commenting on the article not the book, and that the article should therefore have a correction issued. And also ignoring that the very article he is complaining about actually already said "perhaps these aren't mistakes, and just very, very, very badly worded sentences" and "possibly he does a much better job…and gets his facts right" in the book so that we should wait and see, "but for now, I have to address this article." And then I did. For him to complain about my ethical standards here is appalling. I was diligent in being careful about what I said. He is not.
It is just all the richer that Ehrman concludes by insisting, "at the least I think Carrier should have retracted his vitriolic comments once he actually got around to reading my book." Hmm. You mean like I actually did? Only, I did not have to retract what I said, because I already said in the original article that what I was saying there might not apply to his book. Hey. You know what should be retracted? His false statements in the Huffington Post article. All of them should be corrected, officially, in a paragraph following the article online, where retractions and corrections typically go, so that anyone who reads the article will no longer be misled…although the tens of thousands who already read it, and thus won't have seen that correction, will just have to go on being wholly misinformed, and people like me will have to go on continually correcting them every time they tell me Bart Ehrman said there is no evidence corroborating Pilate's existence "so why don't I say Pilate didn't exist?," and then Ehrman will keep posting disingenuous garbage like this rather than admit he screwed up and miseducated the public (more of whom will have read his article than his book).
It is even richer when Ehrman says his "point is that it is very easy to take someone's words out of context and then start sending in the nukes, if your goal is to ridicule those who have the temerity to disagree with you." Because that is not what I did (as just demonstrated above). Rather, that is what he just did.
And the irony is lost on him.
Thus, while he pulls weaselly bullshit like this, and only addresses the least significant errors I've called him out for (this point is one of the few in his article that I pointed out he corrected in the book…and is thus not even close to the most serious of his mistakes), and instead avoids ever even discussing the serious errors I've called him out for (or, on two occasions, lies about not having made them), he is the one who tries to claim I am the one who is "not civil" and "not a generous scholar" and "mean-spirited and out for blood, the kind of scholar who prefers mockery to the reasoned exchange of ideas."
Ehrman can't comprehend how lying practically to someone's face might piss them off. Or grossly misleading the public. Or horribly botching the facts. And then refusing to respond to, or even acknowledging, calls to correct them, and only discussing instead the relatively trivial, and being contemptuously disingenuous and misleading even then. Or how he is actually the one who launched the tirades against the competence and qualifications of what are actually in fact bona fide scholars, misrepresenting their credentials, misrepresenting their significance, and then lies about what they said, and lies to them about what he said, and threatens them. And now he has the gall to claim he is the one being mistreated. As if he is "shocked, just shocked" that I would voice my indignance over his contempt for the truth.
Update (October 2014): Video of the original exchange is now available. The exchange I talk about above starts at minute 51:16. The questioner asks, "I do not see evidence in archaeology or history for a historical Jesus." He does get testy, and appears visibly agitated. He answers:
Well, I do. I mean, that's why I wrote the book. Okay, yeah, I have a whole book on it! So, there is a lot of evidence. I mean, there is so much evidence, that … it is, it is not … look, I know, in the crowds you all run around with it's commonly thought that Jesus did not exist. Let me tell you, once you get outside your conclave, there's nobody who, I mean, this is not even an issue for scholars of antiquity. It is not an issue for scholars… There is no scholar in any college or university in the Western world, who teaches classics, ancient history, New Testament, early Christianity, any related field, who doubts that Jesus existed. Now, that is not evidence. That is not evidence. Just because everybody thinks so doesn't make it evidence. But, if you want to know about the theory of evolution vs. the theory of creationism, and every scholar in every reputable institution in the world thinks and believes in evolution, it may not be evidence, but if you've got a different opinion, you better have a pretty good piece of evidence yourself.
The reason for thinking Jesus existed is because he is abundantly attested in early sources. That's why. And I give the details in my book. Early and independent sources indicate that, certainly that Jesus existed. One author we know about knew Jesus's brother. And knew Jesus's closest disciple Peter. He's an eyewitness to both Jesus's closest disciple and his brother. So, I mean, I'm sorry, but, again, I respect your disbelief, but I, I, you know, if you want to go where the evidence goes, I think that atheists have done themselves a disservice by jumping on the bandwagon of mythicism. Because, frankly, it makes you look foolish to the outside world. If that's what you're gonna believe, you just look foolish. You are much better off going with historical evidence and arguing historically, rather than coming up with the theory that Jesus didn't exist.
Ironically, his answer to the next question, why fundamentalist biblical scholars can't see reason, is almost an exact description of Bart Ehrman on historicity.


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Continuing with my tribute to Black artists & entertainers, I had to feature this lady. Ms. Katherine Dunham was truly a "lady after my own heart".
Ms. Dunham, also known as the "Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance", was an accomplished songwriter, choreographer, educator, author, as well as a dancer. A true multi-tasker if ever there was one. During her many travels throughout Europe & America, Ms. Dunham had one of the most notable & successful dance & performing careers of the 20th century.
Katherine Dunham became a leader & innovator of a particular style of dance, called ethno-choreology, which she developed through studying Caribbean & Afro-centric dance, religion, & cultural norms. She used her knowledge of Anthropology to perfect the techniques & style of ethno-choreology, which was eventually codified into the field of Dance Anthropology and more specifically, the Dunham Technique.
In the early 1940s, she lived in Haiti, where she studied Voodoo rituals & was later ordained as a mambo priestess in the Vaudon religion. She eventually returned to the United States where she began incorporating many of the cultural, religious, rhythms & style of Caribbean dance with that of traditional dance styles, such as ballet, modern, etc. Her purpose was to "dispel some of the rigid stereotypes of what people perceived black dance should be".
As a young girl at the age of 15, Ms. Dunham started her own private dance school for young black children. She herself would go on to study ballet under Mark Turbyfill of the Chicago Opera & prima ballerinas from the Moscow Theater. At 21, she formed Ballet Negres, the first black ballet company in the USA.
Throughout her career, Ms. Dunham was also a political figure, in that she often used her choreography as an expression of opposition to variant forms of discrimination. For instance, she refused to sign a lucrative Hollywood contract because she would have to replace some of her more darker-skinned dancers. On another occasion, in the Southern USA in the 1940s, she refused to do a show when she learned that black residents of the town were not allowed to buy tickets & in Tennesse, after a performance, she told the audience she would not return until they were completely desegregated.
On other occasions outside the United States, she has been refused hotel rooms in Sao Paulo, Brazil, because of her race. She made sure to publicize this incident & eventually, the Afonso Arinos law was passed in 1951, in Brazil. Because of her political stands, Ms. Dunham was often opposed by the US State Department & as such, she experienced diplomatic challenges while on tour outside the US.
Her marriage was no less controversial at the time when she married John Thomas Pratt, a leader in the Association of Real Estate Taxpayers, who was white. Together, for the next 47 years, her husband would be her manager & artistic collaborator & assist her with founding the Katherine Dunham Company, which was the first African American modern dance company.
Katherine Dunham has been featured as a solo dancer, a guest star, & choreographer, for such works as The Emperor Jones, Cabin in the Sky, & Woman with a Cigar. Her dance troupe would eventually spend most of the 1950s in Europe, enjoying wide revues & acceptance. In between Europe & America, she had been featured in opening acts in Las Vegas, in Hollywood (Green Mansions and The Bible), & even on tv, where she appeared in the movie Casbah, which was an NBC first-ever hour long special.
In 1963, Katherine Dunham became the first African-American to choreograph for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, with the production of Aida. She retired in 1967 after a performance at Harlem's Apollo Theater in New York City. On May 21, 2006, at the age of 96, Katherine Dunham died in her sleep in New York City, from natural causes. She lived a vibrant, full life, to say the least.


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Lake Chelan School Board members approved the funding to keep their School Resource Officer, after taking public comment during the December 13th School Board meeting.
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But, with the recent and upcoming budget cuts, 50 thousand dollars is still a pretty high price tag for the school, making these sorts of decisions harder than they used to be.
The meeting was the last school board meeting for 2011, and Manahan says if he were going to grade the Lake ChelanSchool District, he would give them an A.
Manahan says everyone in the district is working hard to meet the needs of every student.
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Emailing, telephoning, Facebooking, chatting in person--I used every mode of communication available to me to connect with nearly every mother I knew and attempt to drag her to the Mom Heart conference with me this year. The fact was, it made a life changing difference for me just one year ago, and I wanted everyone I knew to have that same refreshing and encouraging new perspective. I got a few takers. (Takers who became even sweeter friends, and who blessed me beyond belief by loving me and sharing life with me this weekend.) There were many more who weren't able to join me for various reasons. I'm going to go ahead and warn you all that after my experience this past weekend, I will now prove relentlessly annoying in my efforts to persuade you of the necessity of your attendance in 2014! My methods may involve force and kidnapping. Don't say you didn't expect it.
Listen, folks: the Mom Heart peeps? They pray. They humbly pray that God will do His work at their conferences. And, ohmystars, I think He really likes people who humbly pray for Him to work, because hetotallyshowsup.
Not only did I see God care for the hearts of the moms I knew personally at this conference, I saw a room of 400 women touched, inspired, and given courage to be mamas who make a difference. I saw moms arrive with very specific needs and hear very specific messages to meet their very specific needs. I saw God connect moms with other moms who were traveling a very similar road with very similar circumstances. Friendships were born, needs were met, courage was found, healing began...
The Mom Heart conference is special. It's special because it gives you new eyes to see your child. It's special because it not only helps you see your need for traveling companions along the motherhood road, but gives you connections and tools to help you create those connections. It's special because it reminds you that life is all about discipleship--the discipleship of your own heart as you follow Jesus and those who are following Him, too; the hearts of your friends as you walk the road together; and the heart of your child, as he follows the example of Jesus you place before him. It's special because they hand you chocolate the minute you register. Maybe I should have said that first?
There were some beautiful messages this weekend, though I would say that it was the message behind the messages as a whole that is stirring inside me. I often feel that I am very slow to synthesize new information. It takes me a long time of working with new thoughts to actually be able to explain them, and then to go live them! Sometimes it seems like I can mull over a concept for a good long while before some switch flips and it all becomes clear. Some of Sally's words this weekend were like that. I had heard many of the things she had said before (most of them from her own mouth--or her pen), but they weren't really getting into my brain in a way that I understood what she meant. I felt like something inside me switched on in a new way. One of the best ways for me to process things it to sit down and write them out. Over the next few days, I'll be doing just that--recording some of my thoughts on the things I heard and hoping that they continue to work into my fiber and become part of who I am.
While you're waiting (with bated breath) for my next posts, you can do the following:
- Decide to attend Mom Heart 2014.
- Put it into your budget and set aside a little each month to make it possible.
- Read Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe or The Mission of Motherhood.
- Call at least one friend and get together at least once a month to pray for one another, laugh, eat chocolate, and encourage each other along the way.
- Be prepared to be dragged bodily to Mom Heart 2014 if you do not heed #1.


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- Shared departure transfer from your Kauai hotel the Kauai's Lihue International Airport (LIH)
- Enjoy comfortable and efficient transportation in an air-conditioned Mercedes shuttle
- A convenient, hassle-free way to end your vacation!
- Service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- 12-person vehicle ensures minimal stops
What You Can Expect
Please Note:
You MUST select a hotel that coincides with the area in the itinerary below. Failure to do so will result in a cancelled booking.
Kauai Beach Resort
Kaha Lani
Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club
Banyan Harbor View
Garden Island Inn
Kauai Beach Villas
Kauai Inn Hotel
Kauai Palms Hotel
Kalanipuu Kauai Lagoons
Kapaa hotels:
Aston Aloha Beach Hotel
Plantation Hale
Pono Kai Resort
Aston Islander on the Beach
Kauai Coconut Beach Resort
Lae Nani Resort
Lani Kai Resort
Hotel Coral Reef
Kapaa Shore
Kauai Coast Resort at the Beachboy
Mahina Kai
Courtyard Marriott Kauai
Kapaa Sands
Kauai International Hostel
Kauai Sands
Pono Kai Resort
Outrigger Waipouli Beach Resort
Poipu hotels:
Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa
Aston at Poipu Kai
Whalers Cove
Castle Kiahuna Plantation
Poipu Kapili Resort
Makahuena Resort
Embassy Vacation Resort
Nihi Kai Villas
Marriott's Waiohai Beach Club
Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation
Aston at Poipu Kai
Poipu Crater Resort
Sheraton Kauai Resort
Poipu Shores Resort
Island Home Bed and Breakfast
Garden Isle Cottages Oceanfront
Prince Kuhio Condominiums
Kuhio Shores Condominiums
Sunset Kahili Condominium
Victoria Place Bed & Breakfast
Lawai Beach Resort
Poipu Pointe
Ko'a Kea Hotel & Resort
Koloa Landing at Poipu Beach, a Wyndham Grand Resort
Waikomo Stream Villas
Princeville hotels:
Marc at Princeville
Princeville Bed & Breakfast
Hanalei Bay Resort
St. Regis Princeville Resort
The Cliffs at Princeville
Alii Kai Resort
Makai Club At Princeville
Marc Resorts Pu'u Poa
Pahio at Ka 'eo Kai
Bali Hai Villas
Ka 'Eo Kai
Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas
Makai Club Cottages and Condos
The Shearwater
Waimea hotel:
Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages
Customer Reviews
October 2015
Be very careful about the fineprint it say you should be there about 15 minutes before scheduled pick up time - mine was scheduled for 10:45 and my driver arrived at 10:30. I didn't mind and I was the only customer so I got a private transport. It all worked out very well.
September 2015
The shuttle arrived right on time. Flora, the driver, was so accommodating and kind. I was the only passenger in the shuttle, so couldn't ask for anything more. Flora gave me good instructions on how to navigate Agriculture Inspection, check-in area, check baggage area and security. I would recommend this company.
July 2015
everything went fine
June 2015
The driver came right on time and no one else joined, so it ended up being a private transfer. The perfect option for the airport!
June 2015
Very friendly driver, on time, drove very well, very pleased with service and price.
January 2015
My pick up was on time and driver was helpful and friendly.
December 2014
A great service - driver was early - although a "shared ride" I was his only pick up - got there in plenty of time - very relaxing - dropped me right at my gate
October 2014
This was my shuttle to the airport from the Marriott Poipu. Driver was on time and got me to the airport well before I needed to be there. All reasonably priced.
July 2014
Hassle free from start to finish. Instant online confirmation followed by friendly on time drivers.
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April 2014
Quick and affordable. The driver was very friendly and right on time. But please be aware that booking through Viator it took some time for the booking to get through to the local tour operator to receive my details. At time of booking you're not given a pick-up time from your hotel, so you have to call the operator to get that and when I first called they had no record of my booking. It only came through 10 minutes before they closed their telephone lines (for the day). And I had to leave the next morning. So book it at least 36hours in advance.


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The 86th annual Academy Awards airs tonight at 8pm est. and, once again, the world will be tuning in.
In what has become the second most watched television program every year, following the Super Bowl, all eyes will be on their favorite actors and actresses as they gather for one night only to commemorate the exceptional work they and their peers have accomplished in 2013.
Tonight, the winner of the Best Picture of the Year will join a list of some of the greatest movies ever made.
In celebration of tonight's broadcast, we here at the Tampa Bay Books Examiner have compiled a list of "Five Best Picture Academy Award Winners based on Best-selling Novels".
As always, I'm sure there are many that we've missed. Please feel free to let us know some of your own personal favorites.
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Considered one of the greatest movies ever made, this best picture winner from 1972, is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Mario Puzo.
The story of the Corleone mob family was brought to the screen by director Francis Ford Coppola and starred Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and John Cazale, still considered some of the greatest actors of their time.
It was followed by two sequels and continues to be the classic "go to" movie on lazy weekend afternoon.
The Bridge over the River Kwai
The Bridge over the River Kwai is based on a 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle describing the horrible conditions of a Japanese POW camp during World War II and the British soldiers forced to build a bridge over the fictional river Kwai.
Directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, the movie follows the actions of Colonel Nicholson, whose work on the bridge becomes an obsession as he strives to build a monument to British integrity, perseverance and skill, despite the obvious help it will provide the Japanese and his pride which prevents him from seeing the truth.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
This 1975 drama directed by Milos Forman and starring Jack Nicholson and Louis Fletcher tells the story of McMurphy, a petty criminal who opts for an insanity plea and serving his time in a mental hospital rather than state prison.
Based on the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey and originally produced as a Broadway play, this movie contains some "tour-de-force" performances by all the actors in the cast.
It is a wonderful adaptation of a novel and a must see for anyone who has never had the pleasure.
The Silence of the Lambs
This 1991 best picture winner directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, was originally a terrifying novel by the best-selling author, Thomas Harris.
The story of a rookie FBI agent enlisted to help solve a series of brutal kidnappings and murders as she is forced to deal with a brilliant, but deadly, serial killer has been considered the first horror movie to ever win the Best Picture Academy Award.
Will anyone ever look at fava beans and a nice chianti the same?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Winner of the Best Picture award in 2004, this final installment in Tolkien's masterpiece follows the adventures of Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn and the rest of the fellowship as they battle the evil forces of the dark lord on their way to the ultimate destruction of the one ring.
An epic trilogy directed by Peter Jackson and starring Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin and Elijah Wood amongst others, the movies set box-office records and will go down in the annals of "geekdom" as the greatest movies ever made.


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Credit default swap
A credit default swap (CDS) is a form of insurance on a financial instrument such as a bond. It is a way of managing risk that turned into something else entirely.
Expanded Definition
It's basically insurance. But it turned into gambling.
A more formal definition
Like all derivatives the credit default swap (or CDS) is priced upon an underlying asset or pool of assets. In the case of a CDS the underlying asset is often a bond, however it can be other credit instruments such as loans as well.
The CDS allows the owner of credit instruments to transfer the risk of an adverse event such as default, bankruptcy, or a downgrade, without transferring ownership of the underlying asset. Essentially when you buy or sell a CDS, you are buying or selling the risk. The buyer of the CDS is buying protection for their asset (selling risk), while the CDS seller is selling protection (buying the risk). The protection buyer of the CDS makes periodic premium payments to the protection seller while the protection seller pays the buyer a set value of the asset only if the prescribed adverse event as listed in the specific CDS contract occurs. In practice the set value of the asset is often par value of a bond.
An informal example
Managing by transferring
The idea behind insurance is to transfer the risk of something bad happening to you, where, if it does happen, you are badly hurt, to someone else to whom it would not be as big a problem if the same event happened.
For instance, suppose you have a house worth $200,000 and you are afraid of what would happen if it burned down. Well, you would be out $200,000 and a place to live. Both not good. So, you buy some fire insurance for, say, $4,000 per year (expensive, maybe, but this is just an example). Now, if your house burns down, you will be paid by the insurance company $200,000, so you won't be out the money and you can use that to buy a new house, so you still have a place to live.
In other words, you have transferred the risk of major disaster to you, to someone else -- the insurance company. They are willing to do this, because lots of people are paying them for similar things and the chance of all those bad events happening all at the same time is very low. You might be the only one with a burned-down house that year and they've got lots of customers. Their risk is spread out.
In essence, you have sold the risk of something bad happening, to someone else. You pay that person a premium and they'll make you whole if the bad event actually does happen. You've managed your risk.
Same thing with a credit default swap. Except instead of a house, you've got, say, a $200,000 bond from Lehman Brothers. And you're worried about not getting back the money you've loaned Lehman in case they default. So you go to someone else and ask how much it would cost for them to insure it. They tell you 2% a year. You say great, pay the $4,000 premium every year, and now if Lehman goes bust, that person owes you $200,000. You've swapped the risk of Lehman going into default.
One minor change, though. $200,000 is nothing in these kinds of transactions. $1 billion is a lot more common and the 2% premium comes out to $20 million per year. Now it looks interesting.
Changing into gambling
So far, nothing's wrong. You've got a bond in a stable long-lived company and you've got insurance in case the unthinkable happens. But the next step makes it even more interesting. Let's go back to the houses.
What if Bob, the guy down the street, thinks your house looks pretty good, but he is worried too that it could burn down. So he buys a fire insurance policy on it under the same terms. He pays $2,000 each year so that, if the house burns down, he'll receive $200,000. Jack, his friend, does the same thing. As does Joe, Roger, and Henry. But their motivation is different. You bought the insurance because you're afraid of the risk of fire and what that would mean to you. They just want to see your house burn down so they get paid. You are insuring. They are gambling.
A few years ago, the same thing started happening with CDSs. Remember that $20 million that you paid? Pretty good money for insuring against something that wouldn't happen, right? So that person says that he's willing to insure other people for the same thing. Pay me $20 million a year and, if Lehman defaults, I'll pay you $1 billion. Are you willing Bob, Jack, Joe, Roger, and Henry? How about you, Sue, Anne, Denise, and Barb? Woo hoo! I just made $200 million. What's that? I'm on the hook for $10 billion if Lehman goes into default? Big deal! Lehman's rock solid.
What that person who just made $200 million has done is leverage his assets. It is highly unlikely that he has $10 billion in cash lying around to pay out in case Lehman defaults. More like $1 billion. That's enough to cover your CDS, but all he got was a 2% return. Pitiful. Now, though, he's used his small asset base to boost his return into something respectable. $200 million. Just like a lever can turn a little bit of force into a powerful mover, this leveraging has turned his small asset base into something that returns a lot of money, some 20% per year. He's "leveraged" at 10-to-1. As long as nothing happens, that's great.
Suppose Bob is the manager of a small hedge fund. And he's bought one of those CDSs on Lehman for $20 million. But the price, the premium, is dependent on how risky Lehman's bonds are viewed as being. A bit of time has passed and a couple of rumbles have come out of Lehman (must have eaten something that disagreed with it). Now the price is 3%. So Bob sells a CDS for that and is paid $30 million. What he's just done is set up a hedge. He's on the hook for $1 billion if Lehman goes down, which he doesn't have (he's leveraged his $100 million) for which he is paid $30 million, but he gets $1 billion if Lehman goes down, for which he is paying $20 million. Net effect is he receives $1 billion which he turns around and sends on, except that he gets to keep the $10 million difference in premiums, at no risk.
Unless the person who would owe him $1 billion doesn't pay. Answer? More CDSs!
And around and around we go.
The problems
The above is a fairly simple example that outlines what goes on. The problems, as pointed out by critics such as George Soros and Warren Buffett are the following.
- The market for CDSs is unregulated, unlike for true insurance such as that fire policy. Insurance companies are not allowed to put too much of their money at risk so that they can pay their customers if and when. CDS markets have no such brakes.
- Many, even the majority, of the CDSs lack adequate collateralization. That is, there is nothing backing them up. The first CDS sold above is backed up by the $1 billion of assets held by the company. But the next nine (to Bob, Sue, et al.) were not. So what happens if they all come due at once?
- CDSs are widely criticized as being too complex to value their risk properly. Basically, the CDS has whatever terms the buyer and seller agree to and that can be complex indeed. The more complex they are, the more ways risk can creep in without being properly evaluated. That leads to improper pricing (that is the seller might not be compensated enough for the risk taken on).
- Due to the inter-related nature of the hedging (and everyone does it to spread risk out even further), the whole thing becomes dependent on one link in the crisscrossing chains. If Lehman fails, for instance, which it did in Sept. 2008, all of a sudden, many CDSs become due and the ones who had to pay out usually don't have the money to cover all their obligations. Leverage turns against the companies involved and the whole fabric begins to unravel.
The players
Credit default swaps are used by banks and insurance companies in an effort to manage and lessen their credit risk. Financial companies support the CDS market as it allows them greater flexibility in managing their risks.
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As duck season nears, get your decoys ready
Florida's duck season opens in less than a month — Nov. 17 — and waterfowlers should be making sure their hunting gear is in working order.
That includes duck decoys. Now is the time to make sure that all of them float. If they don't, you can patch the holes with a hot glue gun. Also, check to make sure the decoy cords are in good shape and attached securely to the decoy weights.


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We love this marketing concept that Coca-Cola has been doing with the vending machine. It's always lighthearted and fun! Well just in time for the holiday season, they've done it again.
The 'Sing For Me Vending Machine' was placed at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Instead of a logo on the front, the machine said "Sing for me". By singing a short christmas carol the machine dispensed a free Coke once the person has finished singing the carol.
Keep it up Coca-Cola!


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Laurier Toronto
Alumni Speed Networking Event
Mar 6/12
Date: Mar 6/12
Time: 7:15 - 9:00
Location: Laurier Toronto Office, The Exchange Tower | 130 King Street West, Toronto
Cost: Free
Don't miss the opportunity to learn the art of speed networking and expand your professional network.
Join fellow alum at the Laurier Toronto office on Tuesday, March 6th from 7:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The morning will start with a Speed Networking 101 presentation by Laurier's Career Development Centre, followed by structured speed networking.
Speed Networking 101 will explore how to:
- Leverage your existing contacts, build a strong foundation of new connections and ease through the speed networking process
- Understand the reality of the hidden job market
- Refine your "elevator pitch" to start building your network today!
Event details:
- 7:15 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. - Registration and refreshments
- 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. - Speed Networking 101
- 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. - Structured speed networking
- 8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Continued networking & refreshments
This event is exclusive to Laurier alumni.
Event registration is now closed.
Contact: Robyn Cook
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 416.306.0866
View all Laurier Toronto events


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Height: 5-11 Weight: 189 lbs.
Born: August 8, 1955 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Thomas Edison
College: Texas A&M-Kingsville
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Parent & Family Information Sessionfor Families ofIncoming Fall 2012 MCC Students
At the Parent & Family Information Session, MCC staff and counselors will discuss academic issues, college expectations, financial aid, and campus resources designed to support student success. They will also discuss ways you can be supportive of your new college student. This session is intended for parents and families of our incoming students; students must attend a New Student Orientation session.
We strongly recommend that you register for the session you would like to attend. In addition to ensuring your spot at the session of your choice, your registration information gives us the ability to confirm with you as we get closer to the date as well as provide you with any additional material we'd like you to have the opportunity to preview.
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After clearing the prologue, you're told that you should investigate the Shrine of Wind in your hometown of Tonkiness, and the Weathervane Tower near Barness.
Unfortunately, there's a cranky guard who won't let me in to the Shrine of Wind, and the bridge to Barness is out (like I haven't heard that a thousand times!).
It vaguely seems like I ought to be able to lure the cranky guard away by mentioning the lady on the road to Barness who has a crush on him, but that option doesn't seem to come up so it's probably not the right way to go.
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Hinsch's in Bay Ridge Is Really, Truly Closing in March
Bay Ridge will have no more egg creams.
Hinsch's, the Bay Ridge luncheonette institution known for its superlative egg creams and small-town vibe, will close permanently on March 1, Brooklyn Daily reports. Co-owner Roger Desmond says ever-escalating costs and the continued loss of old-time clientele are shutting the operation down. "Bay Ridge is more of a fast food kind of place now," he says, adding that he owns the rights to the name but likely will not reopen elsewhere. "Hinsch's is passé, I guess." Are patty melts, lemon rickeys, or egg creams passé? That's the point, but apparently not enough of New York's nostalgia tourists agreed. The restaurant closed briefly in October of 2011, but had a reprieve a month later. Last February, the space went on the market again. Save for those dark, egg-cream-less weeks in 2011, Hinsch's has been in continuous operation since 1949. [Brooklyn Daily, Earlier, Earlier]


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Apple Inc. and Candy Crush Saga Profit From a Facebook Connectivity Loophole
Jake Barach
Millions of unaware users may be getting swindled one dollar at a time.
Syncing your
(NASDAQ:AAPL) or
(NASDAQ:GOOG) phone game with
(NYSE:FB) could lead to unnecessary expenses.
In the case of
Candy Crush Saga
, a wildly popular game by UK-based developer King, Facebook connectivity eliminates a cost-free option to access new levels, at least on Apple's version of the app.
Candy Crush
, launched for Facebook in April 2012, features differently colored candy-esque tiles on a board. Players attempt to strategically swap adjacent tiles in order to get identically colored candies to line up in rows of three, four, or five in an effort to accomplish specific objectives.
Using this simple premise, reminiscent of
as well as a smooth soundtrack and bright colors, King had 45.6 million Facebook users playing
Candy Crush
each month by March. In late June,
rumors began to spread
of King considering following in fellow casual game maker
(NASDAQ:ZNGA) footsteps and going public.
Like many successful mobile and social games,
Candy Crush
is initially free to play and makes the bulk of its profits off of in-app purchases. By offering 35 uninterrupted levels before cash is even mentioned, aside from purchasable "powerups" that make completing challenges easier, King strategically gives the player time to get addicted before confronting them with a purchasing decision.
It is the options available upon the completion of level 35, however, that are rather suspect.
I'm not too proud to admit that I'm one of the millions of players of this brightly colored, child-friendly game. I am, however, not a big fan of being swindled. Let me explain how it happened.
Upon my completion of the first 35 levels, I faced three options.
I could sync to Facebook and "Ask friends" to play the game in order to help me advance. I could "Unlock now!" and just shell out $0.99 on the spot. Or I could "Play quests!" which essentially amounted to recompleting three previously beaten levels.
With wonky Internet access available on a train, I opted against syncing to Facebook or paying up, and began to replay levels. Though I had to wait 24 hours -- an excruciating time for an addict, designed to get you to give up and opt for the $0.99 option -- for successive quests to unlock after completing the first and second of the three, I did eventually manage to move on to the next set of levels without giving up a dime.
The confrontation in question -- "Ask friends," "Unlock now!" or "Play quests!" --- comes up every 10 to 20 levels, that is, however, unless the user decides to sync to Facebook. Upon doing so, only the "Ask friends" and "Unlock now!" options are available.
By syncing to Facebook then, the player eliminates the one option that enables them to continue unlocking new levels without nagging friends or paying additional cash. Given that many people are averse to being that "friend" who spams their friend list with game requests, this elimination of the one socially and monetarily cost-free option likely results in a substantial increase in $0.99 payments to unlock levels.
Apps that offer Facebook connectivity tend to do so because it enhances the in-game experience. For games like
Words With Friends
, for example, connecting to Facebook means being able to easily play with familiar people, rather than connecting with a random opponent.
Candy Crush,
on the other hand, offers the opportunity to reach out to friends for additional lives and access to new levels.
Despite this, the opportunities and prompts to connect to Facebook are ever-present in the game, though Apple and King's wallets seem to be the primary beneficiaries whenever a user does so.
Candy Crush
is currently listed as the top grossing app in Apple's App Store. Additionally, the App Store made 76% of its revenue from in-app purchases in February,
reports Distimo
This strange change of options may be completely unintentional, though King did not respond to Minyanville when asked if this occurrence on the iPhone version of its app is meant to occur. If it is a purposefully made development choice, however, Apple, King, and maybe even Facebook have some explaining to do.
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2008 CEF Banquet
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This corporate meeting was taken to the next level with lots of color and mood lighting. As the program went on, the color scheme changed to appropriately fit the moment. CEF is all about serving kids, so at one point, the color scheme got very colorful throughout the room. Use our lighting for your next corporate event or meeting and see what a difference good lighting can make! Serves Peoria, Bloomington, and Springfield, IL.


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Maths textbooks reveal as much about social relations as history and economics textbooks. They present characters in scenarios — children comparing how many marbles they have, adults purchasing goods or calculating petrol consumption — and this all adds up to a definition of gender roles.
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