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C&F — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:31:29 +0000

Reading festival is one of the most renowned music festivals held in UK in the town of Reading. It is celebrated every bank holiday weekend in the month of August. It is being held in Reading since 1971. It takes inspiration from the events held in America. It has undergone several re-inventions over its lifetime, from being a Jazz Festival in the 1960s, dabbling with punk in the late 70’s and continually evolving into what we know now as the UKs most popular festival. Some legendary players at the Reading Festival include Metallica, The Killers, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and others. The festival, the world’s oldest popular music festival still in existence, has had various musical phases. In the twin-site era, rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal have tended to dominate. It is truly a delight for music lovers.Though there is no official Reading Festival lineup yet. But there are strong rumours that

Fool's Gold

C&F — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:20:07 +0000

Fool’s Gold is an adventure/romance film about a married couple who rekindle their romantic life while searching for a lost treasure. The film was directed by Andy Tennant and reunites the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.

Benjamin “Finn” is a treasure hunter looking for a treasure from a Spanish galleon known as the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. In his search to find the treasure, his wife, Tess divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward on a huge yacht owned by multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt . Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Honeycutt’s yacht The Precious Gem and convince him, his daughter Gemma and Tess to join him in searching for the treasure. A local gangster named Bigg Bunny and Finn’s mentor Moe Fitch are intent on finding the treasure first.

The Precious Gem and Moe’s vessel compete to find the treasure in The Bahamas. As Finn attempts to secretly take down Moe’s search grid, Finn discovers a sword which is a clue to finding the treasure. Finn and Tess follow the clues to an ancient church and discover a diary describing the location of the treasure. Bigg Bunny and his associates, who have been following Finn and Tess, take Tess hostage and assume (incorrectly) that Finn was killed. Bigg Bunny forces Tess to aid him in the search for the treasure in a blowhole, the location revealed in the diary. Tess finds the treasure in a cave beneath the blowhole. Meanwhile, Finn and the Honeycutts enlist the help of Moe in taking the treasure out of Bigg Bunny’s hands. They arrive as Bigg Bunny sends one of his associates to bring him the treasure, and the other to take out Moe as he swims towards Bigg Bunny’s seaplane. The blowhole kills Bigg Bunny’s employee and traps Tess and Finn, while Moe tries to stop Bigg Bunny from taking off. Finn saves Tess only to have Bigg Bunny kidnap her from him again. Gemma gets Finn to Bigg Bunny’s plane on her jet ski and Finn leaps on the plane’s pontoon as the plane takes off. As Bigg Bunny attempts to shoot Finn, Tess kicks Bigg Bunny out of the plane and sends him into the ocean. The final Bigg Bunny employee, is taken prisoner by Moe (after he has shot Moe in the leg with a speargun).

Finn and Tess are reunited and save the treasure together. Finn, Tess, Nigel, Gemma, Moe and those who contributed in helping or finding the treasure open a museum displaying all of their finds.

Time about Music – The Great Reading Festival

C&F — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:01:13 +0000

Some legendary players at the Reading Festival include Metallica, The Killers, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and others. The festival, the world’s oldest popular music festival still in existence, has had various musical phases. In the twin-site era, rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal have tended to dominate. It is truly a delight for music lovers. Interestingly chase for Reading Festival tickets has already started.

Though there is no official Reading Festival lineup yet. But there are strong rumours that Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon and AC/DC are going to be there.

Penguins – A love story

C&F — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:54:19 +0000

I had heard a lot about this movie and wanted to watch it someday. So when i got to see it on television i happily glued myself to the idiot box. The thing which i had heard in advance about this movie was that it was narrated by bollywood living legend Amitabh Bacchhan. That is why i was looking forward to it lus the fact that it was a love story! Amitabh’s voice in the movie sounds so very authentic and rhythmic that you will almost fall in love with it. Coming back to the story of the movie, it is about the Emperor penguin, his mate and the little child which they bring up together facing all the hardships. It is about how the female of the species transfers her egg to her male who then takes care of it for months. The female in the meantime has to travel miles in search of the food and come back to her family with the stock of food. The father in the meantime takes care of the child which has hatched from the egg by then. They have little or no food left with them and feed the child with some emergency supply from the mouth waiting desperately for the mother. Both father and child have to face the wind stroms and it is only the fittest of the kids who survive. The father also in extreme circumstances eats up the newborn if all his resources are depleted and there is no sign of the mother. The mother walks and walks and tries to reach the family as soon as possible. The distance from the ocean maybe sometimes 120 miles! Once the mothers reach the emperor penguins who have there children all cuddled up under them they recognize their own by the sound they send out. The high decibel shrieks are unique to every penguin and is the only way by which the mate can be recognized. Once they get their mate, the child is transferred to the mother in the same manner as the egg was transferred to the father. Now the mother will bring up the child. The father leaves promptly as he is hungry and has a long journey ahead of him to the ocean. The mother takes care of the child and feeds them properly now. When they grow up sufficiently they are left on their own to lead their independent lives. But after a period of four years, they will repeat the same cycle for their offspring as their parents did for them.

The movie touched my heart because of the message it conveyed. The sacrifice that the penguins do for their young ones is commendable. In most of the animal species, it is the female who has the sole responsibility for bringing up the child but penguins are an excellent example of team work and dedication in a family environment.

Good visuals and sound effects make the movie a must watch for anyone interested in wildlife. It is a better experience than a national geographic or discovery program, i bet!

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C&F — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:06:13 +0000

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How my life changed

C&F — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:14:53 +0000

It all started with a Saeco Maestro that I bought. Dream shots. Lots of cream. Sweetness. A taste of fruit. A new coffee odyssey that lasted for several months until the Solis Maestro died. And now I’m waiting. Next week it should be back…All this waiting has caused me to reevaluate the coffee house scene. Sacred Cup is gone… JP’s Java has awesome coffee now… As good as chez moi. And Spider House is fun as well.