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Similarly, the music casts a fresh light on the old story. The score evokes feelings of instability and duress, allowing the psychological concerns of the narrative to come to the forefront. This is far from a standard background soundtrack: the haunting, reverberating strings, ethereal chanting and, particularly, the primordial-sounding percussion are immediate and affecting, speaking just as eloquently as the dialogue...
...Like much else in Honiara, democracy is a haphazard work in progress. Bankrolled by the U.S. but not quite complete, the Parliament building is occupied only sporadically for sittings. The chamber is strikingly decorated with fish, birds and symbols representing the four directions of the wind. But a background of pastoral serenity has inspired few who've sat here to live by the motto on the coat of arms: to lead is to serve. Instead of grounding a diverse nation, Parliament and executive governments have been the epicenter of corruption. Criminal behavior, dressed up as traditional kastom, has become entrenched...
...number of partners someone has can be more readily predicted by socio-economic factors than it can by any matrix of abstinence programs, pledges or the like. It seems that whether someone has sex while in high school or younger is largely a result of their upbringing or background...
...time and public money, go to any number of abstinence websites. My favorite is www.days.org. To gauge the likely response of an oversexed, headstrong 15-year-old to such programs, I just turned my iTunes library back to the year 1997 and cruised around this website to a background of the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Missy Eliott and a bit of 2 Live Crew to make up for some of the crudity I’ve since lost. Seeing why these programs do not work is far, far too easy. The average teenager’s capacity to store gigabytes...
...given location, you can make it easier for others to hear you by investing in a better headset. The Jawbone has a sensor that rests on your cheekbone and picks up vibrations emanating from your head as you speak. It then uses those data to filter out background noise. You may not notice the difference, but the person on the other end will hear you much better...