Last night, as there was nothing better on TV, we settled down to watch a DVD. The film we chose was "Excalibur", an epic retelling of the Arthurian legend. The film begins with a battle: Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur, fights the Duke of Cornwall to...
read moreReflections on the 2010 International Congress of Actuaries
The 2010 International Congress of Actuaries in Cape Town is over. It has been, I think, a great success. Over 1,500 delegates - more than ever before - came to the congress from Europe, Australasia, North and South America, Asia and, of course Africa....
read moreAlphabet soup and bird genes
I'm currently at the International Congress of Actuaries in Cape Town, and it's amazing what you learn. For example, today I learnt that whilst mammals have X and Y chromosomes, with women having two X's and men having an X and a Y, birds have W and Z...
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