Word: compassion
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...This week sees the Sydney Opera House world premiere of Lim's new work for didgeridoo, flute and orchestra, and the SSO may never sound the same again. The Perth-born composer was interested in how Barton could reconfigure the symphonic frequencies of the orchestra, and The Compass is about "tilting the horizon point," she says. "In a way, the didgeridoo collects all the low instruments around it." The piece also brings Barton back to his roots. He begins with a chant in his native Kalkadunga tongue, since "the voice is absolutely the heart of what the didgeridoo's about...
...deckhand, Barry Moore, is a $750,000 aluminum boat, Cutloose, equipped with six beds, a shower, toilet, TV, microwave oven and satellite navigation that directs them to any of the 78 pots they've placed on the ocean floor. "Since I started, the technology's gone from a watch, compass and flagpoles to state-of-the-art stuff," says Steele, 49. Throw in quotas and faster boats, and "it's a day game now." Still, in fishing season the days start at about 3 a.m. and leave Steele exhausted. Decades at sea have taken their toll on his skin...
...Council actions, Rice seemed bemused that reporters asked about her mood and the slams some critics were aiming her way. "Look, I am very focused on what we have to get done," Rice said. "I know it's the right thing to do. And unless you have a [moral] compass and unless you're willing to act on principle, then you're not going to contribute ultimately to peace. And, you know, when you're Secretary of State, you only have a limited period of time in which to try and help affect what is a very complicated and difficult...
...from today, “how far away that Paris, Sartre, and St. Denis!” In the story on the Charles, the two Borges are finally reconciled when the older recites a famous line by Victor Hugo. Popular culture remains memory’s best compass in the river of time—connecting each of us to our other selves. We need to understand popular expressions always, in order to judge where we’ll personally stand on the re-writes every generation makes. As Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset explained, all that really differentiates...
...maelstrom that ensues, Giamatti becomes a great compass for the viewer’s voyage. When he is on-screen, the picture becomes a bit more serious, a bit more honest, and a lot more believable. His half-minute elegy at the movie’s close could save any film...