| Sundance: Stars, snow, and social cyborgs
Back in the early days of the Sundance Film Festival, when video was considered an emerging technology, there were independent filmmakers, and there were technologists. The two didn't typically go hand in hand. Fast forward to this year's festival, which starts Thursday and will for the first time feature a 3D film, and indies and techies are one and the same. These days, it's near impossible to be the former without being the latter, what with the conveniences and opportunities that come with the likes of high-definition cameras, advanced editing software, and the Internet as a distribution tool. So it's no surprise that the 2008 festival--an increasingly star-studded 10-day indie-film showcase in snowy Park City, Utah--has stepped up its technology-related programming.
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The Guardian Misspelled Mispelled
We misspelled the word misspelled twice, as mispelled, in the Corrections and clarifications column on September 26, page 30." Here. Via. Posted: 14th, December 2007 | In: Twitterings - Best Of The Web. Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 .
SNP 'not fit to govern'
The Nationalists have been making noises about ‘negotiating' with the Treasury over both these sums, but this is simply political gamesmanship, for the Treasury does not like ‘exceptions' to UK wide policy, and will not make them. One of the arguments for devolution was that it would allow Scots to take decisions on their own priorities, and live with the financial consequences. So this £381m will have to be raised from taxpayers in Scotland. This is not ‘Scotland's money', but payments made to Scottish residents under UK benefits legislation.8. The SNP claim to have identified £4.3 billions of savings from the current Scottish Budget, of which £3 billions will be ‘reallocated' to frontline services, and £1.3 billion for lower taxes to households and business taxpayers. However, the total savings identified is only £3.8 billions – they are £500m adrift (see Table 1).9.
'Free-spirited' Joss in Flake debut
Singer Joss Stone looks set to melt hearts with her new role as the latest Flake girl. Stone was announced as the first celebrity to take the role after a string of models starred in the commercials, including a former Miss World. The soul singer from Devon has developed a personal rendition of the jingle "Only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before". The 20-year-old stars in the new campaign which will air on ITV1 for the first time during the premiere of Rock Rivals on Wednesday evening. "She was chosen because she is very free-spirited," said a Cadbury spokesman. "Joss will bring something different to the previous adverts - the jingle has never been sung by one of the girls before." The Flake girls have developed notoriety for their highly sensual adverts which started in 1959.
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