http://www.actuarialoutpost.com Actuarial Outpost -- Discussion Forum, Actuary Jobs, Links and more Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:55:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the most recent exam rush, the Actuarial Outpost blew past some of its previous records. Thanks to everyone for helping us grow into the world's largest community of actuaries.  From our freshman student actuary, to our most senior credentialed actuary, we're glad to have each and everyone of you here ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/uncategorized/actuarial-outpost-sees-record-traffic-as-exam-results-get-released As some of you may have noticed, with the recent May 2009 Actuarial Exam cycle, the server took a pretty good beating.  At our peak, we were cranking out 20 gigabytes of actuarial info, millions of pages at a time!  You could say we're a victim of our own success. ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/uncategorized/fastest-actuary-network-gets-a-big-bump-in-performance Well, some of them are actuarial in nature, and some of them are about nothing actuarial at all. It's a new feature that allows every aspiring actuary, access to their own online journal, right here on the Outpost. Check out the Blogs The blogs are on everything from actuarial exams ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/new-features/check-out-our-new-actuarial-blogs The AO would like to welcome its 15,000th member, smatho to the community. We've come a long way since the early days of this forum. I'd like to extend a big thanks to our 14,999 members who have been actively participating in our discussion forum, that ultimately encouraged ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/announcements/actuarial-outpost-welcomes-its-15000th-member Help the world's largest actuarial community build the world's largest actuarial wiki database http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/wiki Though the wiki has been around for a few months now, we've decided to announce it to the public and invite you to help us create the newest study/informational resource for actuaries. We currently have two ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/announcements/ao-launches-new-global-actuarial-wiki I found this on the net and thought it may be fun to see where all of our visitors are from. If you'd like to sign our guest book it's easy. Just click "sign this guestbook", fill out the form, maybe add a picture, and click "add" and ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/new-features/sign-the-actuarial-outpost-guestbook We've recently added a number of new forums tailored just for the ActSci Universities across the US. If you have an actuarial science program that is not listed in our forum, send Tom an email or just leave a comment to this article and we'll be sure to add your ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/blog/actuarial-science-university-list-still-growing Like the Actuarial Outpost? Think it could be helpful for a friend taking exams? Why keep it secret, because now it's easier than ever to invite your friends to the Outpost. Just like many other social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Friendster, the AO now has an email address ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/new-features/invite-fellow-actuaries-to-the-outpost-with-our-new-address-book-import-system Do you have a question about that excel spreadsheet you've been working on all week? Think you're close to fixing it, but you're just not sure what to do? To help answer these types of questions that often come up, we've added the ability to upload Microsoft Excel ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/new-features/we-now-accept-microsoft-excel-documents-as-attachments Our very own member, CAPTAIN_MORGAN, and his teammates recently competed in the 203 mile Reach the Beach Relay Race. Their team, The Infrequent Runners Club, finished with an outstanding time of 31:45:52. That's a 9:15 mile folks! A field ... http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/announcements/congrats-to-captain-morgan-and-his-team