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Last night, Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader at Westminster, claimed that the Prime Minister had made a gaffe at his monthly press conference, arguing that Mr Brown had "asserted that London rule was the preference in Scotland". "Having lost the Scottish Parliament elections, Gordon Brown still doesn't seem to realise that people in Scotland want more decisions taken closer to home," declared the Moray MP. "The majority of Scots voted in 2007 for parties committed to increasing the powers of the Scottish Parliament. Labour has been the last party to formally recognise the demand for further powers but they still don't trust the people to decide." Mr Robertson added: "The SNP believes the people should have the choice and we are confident, with the rising support for independence, that Scotland will choose independence." .
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Anne Frank given musical makeover
What will sell this show is its 13-year-old Cuban-born star Isabella Castillo, who shows great maturity and energy in the title role, portraying Anne Frank as sensitive and imaginative, but also as an essentially normal teenage girl. She gawps at boys, rows with her mother and whispers excitedly to her sister about getting her first period. The diary, which went on to become a historical treasure and sell 40 million copies, was often referred to by Anne as "Kitty". Here, Kitty is given a human face, in the form of an on-stage alter-ego played Basque actress Patricia Arizmendi. Meanest thug As a production device, it helps - we witness Anne's private hopes and fears, rants and desires. But again, if Anne Frank were to see this production, she might reasonably ask: "Who dressed Kitty?" The human diary first appears in a red chiffon dress with a fat sequinned belt and big hair - much like Wonder Woman going to a black-tie event.
Panasonic to present its 'Living in high definition' theme at GITEX ...
The company to showcase its 103 inch plasma display, Blu-ray high definition home cinema and the LUMIX DMC-L1 digital camera for the first time in the Middle East. 'High definition has been heralded as the biggest thing to happen to television since colour, and Panasonic has capitalised on this development by going a step further and launching end-to-end high definition solutions beginning with HD content creation using HD broadcasting equipment and extending to home viewing, recording, editing and storage, using HD plasma display and home theatre system,' said Yasuo Kimoto, Product Manager, Panasonic. The world's largest 103 inch plasma display that Panasonic will be showcasing at GITEX Dubai is full HD and offers crisp 1920 x 1080 resolution (1080 progressive) for unsurpassed clarity and detail.
Cis' blog roundup - Friday
And he looked like he was already involved in a nice conversation. Only later did it occur to me that my photo has been posted here a few times, too, so maybe I wouldn't be a complete stranger. Darn. Opportunity lost. I imagine we could have had a great conversation! UBob (reviewing the North Idaho Fair): Overall, the North Idaho fair sucked. It was rinkydink. I thought the Spokane County Fair was an exercise in hickiness. But the North Idaho fair was rubeoriffic. The beer garden was ok. The little kids racing 65cc motocross bikes weren't bad, especially when they had nasty wrecks. But the small display halls and stupid stinky draft horses and idiot volunteers were just too much for my aesthetics, man, not groovy. The stick food saved it. (For the complete comment, click here.) DFO: Believe it or not, I've never met UBob in person either.
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Anniversary 'Thriller' CD can't beat original
Such bonuses would have been ideal for the 25th anniversary edition of Thriller, which doesn't even come with liner notes. The state-of-the-art-remastering job of the original album is nice, revealing just how intricately layered the production is. But previous digital versions of Thriller, which won a Grammy in 1983 for best-engineered non-classical album, were fine.
The new remixes do absolutely nothing to buttress the album's legacy. The retooled songs - especially "The Girl is Mine" by will.i.am and "Billie Jean" by West - are unimaginative with generic hip-hop beats and pointless rapping (that would be from will.i.am) added to Jones' already superlative tracks. And Akon's slowed-down version of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" sounds as nasally and overly processed as any of his own hits.
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