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  • Mercer recommends insurance-linked securities to investors


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    Mercer , the global consulting, investment and outsourcing firm, has recommended that investors revisit alternative investments if they are looking for boosted returns from their portfolio. Mercer highlights a solid opportunity in alternative investments as a great way to find good returns while being uncorrelated ...
    4 days ago
  • ILS webinar moderated by Marshall Breeding


    Library Professional DevelopmentAuthority Authority: 125
    via WebJunction With all the recent news and discussion about Integrated Library Systems (including Marshall Breeding’s call for participation in this year’s Perceptions 2009 International Library Automation Survey ), I thought it apropos to mention the upcoming webinar WebJunction is hosting in ...
    5 days ago
  • CFP: OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives issue on open source ILS/OPAC implementations


    A Library Writer's BlogAuthority Authority: 470
    CFP: OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives will be publishing a special issue on open source ILS/OPAC implementations. The editor is looking for articles that articulate the planning, development, testing, systems work, marketing, etc. related to the implementation of a replacement to ...
    5 days ago
  • (Re)Insurers and Capital Markets: Viable and Reliable


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    David Priebe, Chairman of Global Client DevelopmentContactA year ago, (re)insurers’ access to capital markets was in doubt. A worldwide financial crisis decimated balance sheets, sent equity... Continue reading...
    1 week ago
  • Flickr set ‘Les animaux tels qu’ils sont’


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    There is a beautiful Flickr set called ‘ Les animaux tels qu’ils sont ‘ which shows pictures of one of those old simplified ‘how to draw’ books… No related posts.
    1 week ago
  • MA Open Source Info Session Notes


    Swiss Army LibrarianAuthority Authority: 119
    I attended the 10/29/09 information session for the Massachusetts Open Source Project. My notes are below, and I hope they make sense - there were about six speakers, and all their presentations slightly overlapped, so I tried to distill things into a coherent single overview. The presentations started with the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium Focuses on Capital Creativity in the European (Re)Insurance Market


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    Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC hosted “Capital Creativity — the Road to Renewals,” the Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium held in Baden-Baden on October 25. The event focused on... Continue reading...
    2 weeks ago
  • Open Source & the Letter of the Law


    What I Learned Today...Authority Authority: 409
    I’ve stayed mostly quiet on the issues that have been rearing their head regarding the newest LibLime software offering because of my connection to the company in the past. That said, I had to comment on Josh Hadro’s most recent post about the community uproar over LibLime’s Enterprise Koha. Josh starts his ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Paranormal Activity Scared The Shit Out Of Me


    Jean Shorts And Bagged MilkAuthority Authority: 129
    So its two in the morning right now, Pacific time, and I just got back from a midnight screening of a little movie called Paranormal Activity. Before I go on let me set the stage for you a little bit. The year was 2007. I was working on an MMA TV show. A guy that I work with sent me a trailer and told me I should ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Il software libero in Italia


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    L’accordo con Andrea era di non scriverne fino alla pubblicazione, che ora grazie a Stefano scopro essere avvenuta. È quindi uscito il volume “ Il software libero in Italia “, al quale ho contribuito con la prima stesura del capitolo sull’ Italian Linux Society e knopILS .
    4 weeks ago
  • Cat Bond Update: Third Quarter 2009


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    GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp.*ContactThe third quarter is traditionally quiet for the catastrophe bond market, and 2009 was no exception. Two transactions were closed, resulting... Continue reading...
    4 weeks ago
  • Stop Arguing and Do Something


    What I Learned Today...Authority Authority: 409
    A quote from a friend who will remain nameless: “i swear to god, if the library world invested half as much time in doing things, as talking/arguing about things .. the world would be a better place” I have to agree with this quote – especially after reading the comments on the recent article about ...
    6 weeks ago
  • Where goes Koha?


    Librarian 1.5Authority Authority: 99
    Yesterday I participated in my first IRC session in 14 years.  The occation was a meeting with Koha users and developers on the formation of a Koha foundation. The background is that the US company LibLime has decided to fork Koha, and establish an “Enterprise” edition.  The reasons behind are hard to ...
    8 weeks ago
  • Tracking ILL Requests


    Swiss Army LibrarianAuthority Authority: 119
    My brother sent me a package via UPS on Thursday, and it arrived on Monday. The neat thing, of course, is that we both could track its progress online ( backup link ). It occurred to me that this would be a great feature for a library ILS. Most systems I’ve seen will only give the current status of a request, ...
    8 weeks ago

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