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...billion has been liquidated, including the shock sale of the nation's proudest status symbol, the 51-storey Nauru House tower in central Melbourne. Receivers appointed to recover a $A263 million debt to the General Electric Corporation sold the property last month. Adeang, one of several young, well-educated reformers in the government elected in an October landslide, says most of Nauru's 10,000 residents have finally accepted that change must happen: "We have said there is no other way but reform...
...artists, all exploring the concept of time. In Untitled (Bangkok), Serb Bojan Sarcevic walks the alleys of the Thai capital, showing that the journey, not the arrival, matters. In Indonesia-born Fiona Tan's Rain, two blue plastic buckets never quite get filled by a monsoon. It's a symbol of futility, like emptying the sea with a cup, yet a soothing, contemplative one. Equally calm but with a sinister undertone is Albanian Anri Sala's Blindfold. Blank billboards on Vlorë and Tirana roofs reflect the rising sun into the viewer's eyes, people hurry by on the street...
...Untitled (Bangkok), Serb Bojan Sarcevic walks the alleys of the Thai capital, showing that the journey, not the arrival, matters. In Indonesia-born Fiona Tan's Rain, two blue plastic buckets never quite get filled by a monsoon. It's a symbol of futility, like emptying the sea with a cup, yet a soothing, contemplative one. Equally calm but with a sinister undertone is Albanian Anri Sala's Blindfold. Blank billboards on Vlor? and Tirana roofs reflect the rising sun into the viewer's eyes, people hurry by on the street, and after a long stillness, a pallid hand emerges...
Local band Jericho starts off the night with punk. Next comes Lock and Key. Their symbol is a chainsaw—let’s just leave it at that and follow up with Crisis Bureau, whose original hard rock is appealing even outside the typical fan base. Upstairs at the Middle East. 9 p.m. For audiences 18+. Tickets...
...virtual lock that the magic price point?at which flat-panel TVs switch from being a status symbol of the rich and hip to an everyday feature in many living rooms?will be reached in the near future. That's because the Asian consumer-electronics companies that dominate the flat-panel industry are building too many factories too fast. A glut is in the offing, and while prices have already been falling, more rapid declines are expected. Consulting firm iSuppli Corp. estimates that a 37-in. (94-cm) LCD TV that now retails for more than $4,000 will cost...