Monday, May 4, 2009
State of Play: Mini Movie Review
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen MirrenWriters: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray, Paul AbbottDirector: Kevin McdonaldSynopsis: A reporter is on a mission to uncover the truth and conspiracies when the personal assistant of his friend, a Congressman who is investigating a controversial deal with a military defence contractor dies. He will have to make sure
Sunday, May 3, 2009
2009 Time 100 : Most Influential People in the World
Time Magazine recently published their yearly list of the 100 most influential people in the world.The list is divided into 5 distinct categories and there are no rankings. According to the managing Editor of the Time 100 (as the list is called),it is not a list of the hottest, most popular or most powerful people, but rather the most influential.Without further ado, here's the list, by category:
Sunday, April 26, 2009
The pitfalls of social networking
Facebook is one of the most popular social networking websites in the world, with around 200 million users. But it recently lead to the sacking of a Swiss woman.The Swiss woman was on her day off but her employer, through a bogus Facebook profile saw her active on the website after she told them she was too ill to go near her PC. The employer apparently created the fake profile and became her ‘
Monday, April 13, 2009
No Schengen visa required for Mauritians
It's finally happened!In the past, Mauritians needed a Schengen visa to visit Europe (except for the UK who are not entirely European). The Schengen agreement is an agreement which removed all border controls between the European countries who signed the treaty. We used to need to apply for the Schengen Visa which gave us access to the Schengen countries, but as from now, Mauritian nationals do
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Damned United : Movie Review
Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Stephen Graham, Jim BroadbentWriters: Peter Morgan, David PeaceDirector: Tom HooperI don't normally review Hollywood movies but I do have a great liking for British cinema. After his amazing performance as TV broadcaster David Frost in Frost/Nixon, Michael Sheen plays yet another real-life personality, legendary British football manager, Brian
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Secrets of a long life
I work in a life insurance company and we recently got the results from a number of studies about the rates of mortality in the UK we had ordered. These are particularly important when we have to price life insurance policies, calculate a capital reserve for them and various other things. It also makes for fun reading to know how certain living habits can make a difference to how long you live
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Dev - D : Movie Review
Cast: Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin, Mahi Gill, Parakh MadanMusic: Amit TrivediWriters: Anurag Kashyap, Vikram MotwaneDirector: Anurag KashyapDev-D is an adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous tragic love story, Devdas. If Sanjay Leela Bhansali stuck to the original and gave it all the splendour a modern budget of Rs500m could afford, Anurag Kashyap, the controversial director of Black
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