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Maggid has bookmarked the video Taleo WORLD 2009 Opening Video.
- December 31st, 2009
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- December 30th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Selfbetterment
The Golden Rule
At the end of 2009 I would like to quote 'Unexamined Assumptions', a subpart of a chapter called Falsity, from the interesting on-line book :On the Preservation of SpeciesA Logical Argument in Suppor…
- December 29th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video On the top of Burj Dubai's spire.
- December 28th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Control Leverage
Key question is whether 'adding more control' will stabilize financial institutions like banks, insurance companies or pension funds.....With all the - apparently failing - new legislation of the last…
- December 23rd, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Kim Peek - The Real Rain Man [1/5].
- December 19th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Optical Illusion: Check Your Brain!.
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Maggid has bookmarked the video test your brain with this optical illusion.
- December 13th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Daniel Tammet - The Boy With The Incredible Brain [1/5].
- December 11th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Systemic Risk
In an excellent paper called 'Defining and Measuring Systemic Risk', professor Sylvester Eijffinger of the Tilburg University discusses actual developments around one of the most interesting risk topi…
- December 7th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Out of the Box Actuary
So you're one of those rare actuaries who thinks he really can think outside of the box?Well, this is your lucky day. Out of the dark chambers of Actuarial Science, professors developed a brand new te…
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Insolvency and GDP
Global insolvency rises further in 2009 and will stabilize at a high level in 2010.Those are the main conclusions of the world’s leading credit insurer Euler Hermes. Euler Hermes is forecasting a…
- December 6th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video World's Quickest Personality Test.
- December 3rd, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009.
- November 29th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Actuarial Health Care Reform Puzzle
From a European perspective it's hard to understand why the US Health Care Reform creates such a fuzz.Behind Health Care ReformAt first sight one might think American values were somehow at stake, as…
- November 27th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Invest or laugh
Every crisis generates his own new quotes. Currently, investment quotes are the top.Perhaps two of the best investment quotes ever are from AIG Vice Chairman Jacob Frenkel:"The left side of the balanc…
- November 25th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video dove evolution.
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Is your Heart Right?.
- November 22nd, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Billy Graham 1957.
- November 20th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video While My Guitar Gently Weeps - TOTO 25TH ANNIVERSARY - Live.
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
CERA: Actuaries on a new track
Actuaries are taking a new step towards professional risk management.After the U.S. started in 2007 the initiative for this new direction in the actuarial profession, this month the Society of Actuar…
- November 18th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Obsessives: Soda Pop - CHOW.com.
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Reward Wisdom
We all know the quote'If you pay peanuts you get monkeys'Unfortunately the opposite is also true:"If you pay bonuses, you get donkeys"There is nothing against an attractive yearly bonus reward, based…
- November 4th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Risk IQ Test
What's your Risk IQ?In a few minutes you'll know by taking this RISK IQ Test.Actuaries are often born CROs (Chief Risk Officers), so this test will probabely be a peace of cake for any actuary with CR…
- October 30th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
The first Actuary
As the story goes, insurance began around 1688 at a coffeehouse in London called Lloyds, where shipman discussed and divided their risks.That 'explains' the birth of non life insurance.But what…
- October 26th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video I Gotta Feeling Live at Oprah's 24th Season Kickoff Party.
- October 25th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Fons Jansen - Pianostemmer.
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Fons Jansen - De Generaal.
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Fons Jansen schooljongen.
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Fons Jansen - Doodgraver.
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Pension Fund Market Valuation ParaDox
Is Market Valuation (MV) the right tool for pension funds?Mid 2009, the new appointed ABP chairman Nijpels and - previously - the ABP CFO ten Damme (picture on the right), stated that the relatively n…
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Erwtensoep.
- October 24th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Fons Jansen - De Supermarkt.
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Fons Jansen - Stemmen horen bij beroepen 1968.
- October 22nd, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Actuagram
If you want something to chew on, something that challenges your actuarial brain and associative power, try to solve the next Actuagram. This actuarial brain teaser is a mix of an actuarial crossword…
- October 18th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Actuarial Sustainability Alarm
Recently the European Commission launched the 'Sustainability Report 2009", investigating the long-term (2010-2060)sustainability of public finances.This report clearly shows the long-term economic ef…
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Maggid has bookmarked the video het weer Bloopers.
- October 17th, 2009
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- October 16th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video lion attacks? SCARY? or CUTE?.
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Best Pension Country 2009
There's a small country somewhere on this globe, called The Netherlands......This small country does not only turns out to be the European and (probably) World Health Leader 2009, but - by the way - a…
- October 13th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Humor: Actuary Solves Credit Crisis
One upon a time there was a small village depending on only one source of income, tourism... the only problem was - due to the 'crisis' - there were no tourists left...Every villager had to borrow fro…
- October 12th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Health care in the Netherlands.
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Health Leadership 2009
The Netherlands win the 2009 Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI), for the second year in a row.Nevertheless, Denmark keeps its runner-up position from last year. Besides The Netherlands and Denmark ther…
- September 28th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Early Retirement hits Mortality
Do early pensioners live longer?Or, to rephrase this: What's the influence of early retirement on mortality?The answer has been given in a 2005 BMJ paper called: Age at retirement and long term surviv…
- September 19th, 2009
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Maggid has bookmarked the video kids and the marshmallow test.
- September 17th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Free Course Finance of Aging
The aging of the population raises numerous economic and financial issues for pension funds, insurance companies and governments.To take wise decisions, expert knowledge in these organizations is cruc…
- September 16th, 2009
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Maggid has posted a new entry on: Actuary Info
Polya: Actuaries Good or Bad
As an actuary, were you born 'Good' or 'Bad'? The answer to this question can be given with help of mathematics!Let's start with a simple model. When you, as a prospective actuarial talent, were born,…
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Evian Roller Babies international version.
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Maggid has bookmarked the video Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa (live, HQ).
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Maggid has bookmarked the video "Why people believe strange things" 1/2.
