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Archaea · 03-27-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by pelagius

My current list:

Breasley-Murray, George R., 1988, Word Biblical Commentary: John 1-9, Word Books, 69.

Gaebelein, Frank E. (editor), 1981, The Expositor’s bible Commentary: John-Acts, Regency Reference Library.

Nolland, John, 1989, Word Biblical Commentary: Luke 1-9, Word Books.

Guelich, Robert A. Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 34a, Mark 1-8:26, Word Books.

A blog post today reminded me a of a fun book a read a few years ago:

Roger E. Olson's History of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform.

Looks like a great resource base. It's great to nerdy friends with a good menu of literary tastes. Too bad I'm no nerd.

Surfah · 03-27-2007, 09:30 PM

Still working on Anna Karenina and The Good Earth. Not sure after that but I'll be reading To Kill a Mockingbird again soon. I read it every summer.

bluegoose · 03-27-2007, 09:33 PM

Spencer W. Kimballs biography, by Kimball and Kimball (Thats an awful lot of Kimballs).

Going after Cacciato, upon the recommendation of Creekster and Farrah.

pelagius · 03-27-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Pricing model for nonnormal insurance and incomplete markets?

Is this stuff that Lloyd's does? How would you develop a model where the actuarial data set is incomplete? Is it akin to a partial differential equation?

Who prints this book? It actually sounds fascinating to this lay person.

Incomplete markets doesn't really refer to the data being incomplete. It really refers to the available contracts (specifically state contigent claims) being incomplete.

RockyBalboa · 03-27-2007, 09:39 PM

Almost done with Freakanomics.

SeattleUte · 03-27-2007, 09:39 PM

The Charterhouse of Parma

The Sarasens

The Classical World

Just finished City of Glass (terrible)

Archaea · 03-27-2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The Charterhouse of Parma

The Sarasens

The Classical World

Just finished City of Glass (terrible)

Which of these do you recommend?

Archaea · 03-27-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pelagius

Incomplete markets doesn't really refer to the data being incomplete. It really refers to the available contracts (specifically state contigent claims) being incomplete.

Now the article on pet insurance talks about poisson model and regression analysis to identify claims, relying upon medical malpractice claims frequency models. It sounds odd that claims for pets would follows some pattern for human med mal trendings.

BarbaraGordon · 03-27-2007, 09:53 PM

Also Mr. Gordon just finished a book called Sailing from Byzantium which he loved.

Jeff Lebowski · 03-27-2007, 11:07 PM

Misquoting Jesus.

Don't laugh. I got a late start and I have been extremely busy.

03-27-2007, 09:30 PM	#12
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	Still working on Anna Karenina and The Good Earth. Not sure after that but I'll be reading To Kill a Mockingbird again soon. I read it every summer. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

03-27-2007, 09:39 PM	#15
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	Almost done with Freakanomics. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

03-27-2007, 09:39 PM	#16
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	The Charterhouse of Parma The Sarasens The Classical World Just finished City of Glass (terrible) __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

03-27-2007, 11:07 PM	#20
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Misquoting Jesus. Don't laugh. I got a late start and I have been extremely busy. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

03-27-2007, 09:33 PM	#13
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Spencer W. Kimballs biography, by Kimball and Kimball (Thats an awful lot of Kimballs). Going after Cacciato, upon the recommendation of Creekster and Farrah.

03-27-2007, 09:53 PM	#19
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	Also Mr. Gordon just finished a book called Sailing from Byzantium which he loved.