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...said that this current market crisis isn't necessarily a black swan event. People did see this coming.It is a white swan, but very few people saw it coming, I guarantee. Nobody saw the real cost. And let me tell you the problem. The system used to analyze risk is completely defective, and actually could not keep up with the complexity of the financial products that are involved. You have what I call a geometric or exponential increase in risks. For example, if the market drops 10% you lose $100 million. But if the market drops...
...cadre of student volunteers stood guard at trash bins around the yard, sorting compost-able bowls and napkins from recyclable cups. Harvard University Dining Services also tried to minimize the plastic waste created by the event, according to HUDS Communication Director Crista Martin...
...active involvement of both university offices and student groups in the event demonstrated the collaborative approach that Harvard hopes to bring to the sustainability initiative, Forst said...
Brandon A. Kennedy ’09 said he thought the event would help student interest in environmentalism...
...planned trilogy. In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian, Ghosh called the books the Ibis trilogy, after the former slave-ship that is this novel’s real principle character. Throughout the whole novel, there is the delicate tension that comes from knowing that the main event is yet to come, a state of pleasant anxiety in knowing that, whatever harrowing adventures might befall the characters, they are mere preparation for what is to occur later.This novel opens on the cusp of the Opium Wars, with the chaos of the Far East’s opium trade visible...