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The Importance Of Preserving Heritage Through New Developments
by Felipe Bernal | Aug 12, 2019 | Residential | 0 comments
The preservation of certain suburbs, areas, precincts and individual properties of heritage is important to ensure their continued existence for present and future generations.
However, the present and future generations also demand increased development, with the need for more residential and commercial spaces, upgraded technologies and use of the latest, safest building methods.
Heritage-listed properties form a very small part of the overall property market, but the cost to conserve and restore these properties can be high. As a property developer, Norm Carey can see the long term benefits of heritage property and the social and economic benefits in restoring and reusing them. When possible, it is advantageous to both the community and the end clients to develop in a way that preserves the best of the building, while giving it new life.
Norm has utilised this approach for a number of developments, including Scots Church Portico in Sydney, and his iconic Port Melbourne development.
Portico, Scots Church by Norm Carey involved the redevelopment of a disused, heritage-listed church in Sydney's CBD. The project required high-value residential apartments and a commercial unit, which were intelligently designed by the architects at Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and added to the original church structure to preserve its heritage listing and iconic status in the local community.
Find out more about the Portico project, click here.
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By retaining and restoring the stratum containing the original church auditorium, along with the existing steel, stone and concrete structure, Norm Carey was able to create a beautiful and iconic apartment development. And, despite the controversy converting a disused church into apartments caused, it has brought new life to a dormant property, increasing the limited supply of available housing options in such a key location – right in the heart of Sydney's CBD.
Part of Norm's large-scale Port Melbourne development involved the restoration of the Bank and Heritage Apartments, an 1874 bank building located at Bay Street and an 1864 heritage blue-stone warehouse on Dow Street.
In converting the two heritage-listed buildings into up-market, boutique apartment complexes, they were able to retain the existing facades, refurbishing them to suit the need for stylish housing in this in-demand area, while preserving the charm and character of the facades.
Instead of remaining disused and falling into disrepair, these apartments are now modernised, refurbished and successfully occupied by local young professionals. Today, Port Melbourne is a thriving community.
When you preserve the original features of a property, you increase its value, both as an iconic part of the community, and a successful development and investment opportunity – with heritage features often increasing the actual and perceived value of a property; especially when combined with a premium location.
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Pierre Granier-Deferre (Parijs, 27 juli 1927 – aldaar, 16 november 2007) was een Franse filmregisseur en scenarioschrijver. Hij heeft 26 speelfilms op zijn naam staan, vooral drama's en politiefilms. Vaak gaat het daarbij om boekverfilmingen literaire adaptaties.

Leven en werk

Opleiding en eerste stappen in de filmwereld
In 1954 studeerde Granier-Deferre af aan het Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Hij deed meerdere jaren ervaring op als regieassistent van Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Denys de La Patellière en Marcel Carné. Pas in 1961 maakte hij zijn debuut als filmregisseur. Le Petit Garçon de l'ascenseur zette meteen de (literaire) toon want de film was gebaseerd op een roman.

In 1965 had hij voor het eerst wat succes met de politiefilm La Métamorphose des cloportes, met vedette Lino Ventura in de hoofdrol, als de gangster die door zijn medeplichtigen wordt verraden. Albert Simonin en Michel Audiard verzorgden het scenario van deze sfeervolle politiefilm.

Succesvolle jaren zeventig
Hij zette het begin van de jaren zeventig stevig in dankzij La Horse en Le Chat. Die films werden gedragen door de vertolking van Jean Gabin die hij had leren kennen op de set toen hij nog regieassistent was. Met name het psychisch steekspel tussen Gabin en zijn (film)partner Simone Signoret was een sterk staaltje acteerkunst. Granier-Deferre's carrière kwam nu op gang. Vanaf dan tot halfweg de jaren tachtig bracht hij bijna elk jaar een succesvolle film uit. Zo volgden na Le Chat nog drie verfilmingen van romans van Georges Simenon: La Veuve Couderc (1972), waarin Signoret nu tegen Alain Delon speelde, Le Train (1973) en L'Étoile du Nord (1982). Voor La Cage en Adieu poulet - beide uit 1975 - deed Granier-Deferre opnieuw een beroep op Lino Ventura. Ook Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (Une femme à sa fenêtre uit 1976) en La Voix uit 1992) en Jean-Marc Roberts (Une étrange affaire uit 1981 en L'Ami de Vincent uit 1983) verfilmde hij twee keer. Deze laatste hielp ook nog mee aan het scenario van twee andere films. Granier-Deferre werkte meermaals met grote acteurs als Lino Ventura, Alain Delon, Philippe Noiret en Jean-Louis Trintignant, en met iconische actrices als Simone Signoret en Romy Schneider.

Jaren tachtig
Voor het psychologisch drama Une étrange affaire kreeg Granier-Deferre in 1981 de Prix Louis-Delluc. Zowel Nathalie Baye als Fanny Cottençon kregen een César voor beste actrice in een bijrol in respectievelijk Une étrange affaire en L'Étoile du Nord (in 1982 en 1983). Zelf kreeg Granier-Deferre voor die laatste film in 1983 een César voor het Beste scenario of bewerking. Tussen 1985 en 1995 werkte Granier-Deferre onverdroten verder, maar zijn films genoten merkbaar minder bijval dan in zijn topperiode van de jaren zeventig.

Filmstijl
Granier-Deferre was het prototype van de klassiek geschoolde regisseur die graag verhalen vertelde en traditioneel vakwerk afleverde, vooral door middel van het verfilmen van literatuur. Naast Georges Simenon, Jean-Marc Roberts en Pierre Drieu La Rochelle vond hij ook inspiratie in het werk van onder meer René Fallet, Georges Duhamel en Félicien Marceau. Dit was niet eenvoudig in een periode dat de Nouvelle Vague domineerde. Granier-Deferre schonk liever aandacht aan de psychologische uitwerking van de plot en van de karakters dan aan de actie. Geen wonder dat hij in het werk van Georges Simenon het geschikte materiaal vond voor heel wat bioscoop- en televisiefilms. Meestal werkte hij mee aan het scenario van zijn films.

Privéleven
Granier-Deferre was van 1967 tot 1974 gehuwd met de Engelse actrice Susan Hampshire. Daarna hertrouwde hij met circusartieste en actrice Annie Fratellini. Hij is de vader van vijf kinderen, onder wie de filmregisseur Denys Granier-Deferre, de actrice Célia Granier-Deferre en de paardrijdster en circusartieste Valérie Fratellini.

Pierre Granier-Deferre stierf in 2007 op 80-jarige leeftijd. Hij werd gecremeerd op Père-Lachaise. en de urn werd bijgezet in het familiegraf op Cimetière d'Auteuil.

Filmografie

Regieassistent
 1954 - L'Air de Paris  (Marcel Carné)
 1955 - Village magique (Jean-Paul Le Chanois)
 1957 - À pied, à cheval et en voiture (Maurice Delbez)
 1958 - En légitime défense (André Berthomieu)
 1958 - Les Grandes Familles (Denys de La Patellière)
 1959 - Rue des prairies (Denys de La Patellière)
 1960 - Un Taxi pour Tobrouk (Denys de La Patellière)
 1960 - Une gueule comme la mienne (Frédéric Dard) (technisch raadgever)

Regisseur

Speelfilms
 1961 - Le Petit Garçon de l'ascenseur (naar de gelijknamige roman van Paul Vialar)
 1962 - Les Aventures de Salavin (naar de roman Confession de minuit van Georges Duhamel)
 1965 - La Métamorphose des cloportes (naar de roman van Alphonse Boudard)
 1965 - Paris au mois d'août (naar de gelijknamige roman van René Fallet)
 1967 - Le Grand Dadais (naar de gelijknamige roman van Bertrand Poirot-Delpech)
 1970 - La Horse
 1971 - Le Chat (naar de gelijknamige roman van Georges Simenon)
 1971 - La Veuve Couderc (naar de gelijknamige roman van Georges Simenon)
 1973 - Le Fils
 1973 - Le Train (naar de gelijknamige roman van Georges Simenon) + kleine aanvulling
 1974 - La Race des seigneurs (naar de in 1969 met de prix Goncourt bekroonde roman Creezy van Félicien Marceau)
 1975 - La Cage
 1975 - Adieu poulet
 1976 - Une femme à sa fenêtre
 1979 - Le Toubib (naar de roman Harmonie ou les horreurs de la guerre van Jean Freustié)
 1981 - Une étrange affaire
 1982 - L'Étoile du Nord (naar de roman Le locataire van Georges Simenon)
 1983 - L'Ami de Vincent
 1985 - L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
 1986 - Cours privé
 1987 - Noyade interdite (naar de roman Widow's Walk van Andrew Coburn)
 1988 - La Couleur du vent
 1990 - L'Autrichienne
 1992 - La Voix
 1993 - Archipel (naar de gelijknamige roman van Michel Rio)
 1995 - Le Petit Garçon (naar de gelijknamige roman van Philippe Labro)

Televisie
 1965 - Histoires d'hommes
 1995 - Maigret et la Vente à la bougie (episode van Maigret) (+ scenario)
 1996 - La Dernière Fête (film)
 1997 - Maigret et l'Enfant de chœur (episode van Maigret) (+ scenario)
 2001 - Maigret et la Fenêtre ouverte (episode van Maigret) (+ scenario)

Scenarist van ander werk (episodes van de televisiereeks Maigret - 1991)
 1999 - Madame Quatre et ses enfants
 1999 - Meurtre dans un jardin potager
 1999 - Un meurtre de première classe
 2000 - Maigret voit double
 2000 - Maigret chez les riches
 2002 - Maigret chez le ministre
 2002 - Maigret à l'école
 2002 - Maigret et le Marchand de vin
 2002 - Maigret et le Fou de Sainte-Clotilde
 2003 - Maigret et la Princesse
 2004 - Les Scrupules de Maigret
 2005 - Maigret et l'Étoile du Nord
 2006 - Le Passager de l'été (film van Florence Moncorgé-Gabin, dochter van Jean Gabin)

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MRgFUS has shown promise for a variety of conditions, but reimbursement is still an issue.
When it comes to MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), is there nothing it can't do?
That question is spurring preclinical and clinical studies to look at the potential for MRgFUS beyond its FDA-approved areas for treatment of uterine fibroids—even for women wishing to maintain fertility—and pain relief for patients with bone metastases. Clinicians are looking at a full-scale view of the human anatomy as a roadmap to potential next applications of this noninvasive procedure, and ongoing clinical trials are focusing on areas of the brain that control movement disorders from essential tremors to Parkinson's disease.
"In general, there is a push toward completely noninvasive treatments and away from surgery, which minimizes risks and substantially decreases patient recovery time," says Suzanne LeBlang, MD, a neuroradiologist and CMO for the Focused Ultrasound Foundation (FUF) in Charlottesville, Virginia. "For example, women with benign tumors such as uterine fibroids often are treated with a variety of surgical procedures, either open or minimally invasive, and these procedures are associated with a multitude of morbidities and even a small mortality rate. Women can die from the treatment of a benign disease."
The most well-known mechanism of MRgFUS is the deposition of heat from a high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) beam under MRI guidance to deposit the energy on the desired anatomic target. This noninvasive alternative to surgery kills only targeted cells and comes with fewer side effects than other noninvasive treatments, such as radiation.
INSIGHTEC's MRgFUS system, Exablate, was first approved in the United States in 2004 for the treatment of women with uterine fibroids. As word spread of the benefits of this noninvasive procedure, researchers began looking at its use for other conditions. In 2012, the FDA approved Exablate for use in patients with pain from bone metastases. The latest version of the Exablate system received FDA approval in 2015 for symptomatic uterine fibroids, with revised labeling to allow treatment in women who wish to maintain fertility and preserve their uterus.
Anne C. Roberts, MD, FACR, chief of vascular and interventional radiology at the University of California, San Diego, ACR vice president, and member of the ACR's Commission on Interventional and Cardiovascular Imaging, says that with uterine fibroids, the goal of MRgFUS is to kill as much of the fibroid as possible. However, lack of insurance coverage and reimbursement remains the main hurdle to widespread adoption. Roberts says the procedure is still deemed "investigational" by payers. There seems to be a fear among insurance companies that allowing coverage would "open the floodgates for an inappropriate use" of MRgFUS.
"MR-guided focused ultrasound is a good, noninvasive procedure to treat women with uterine fibroids," Roberts says. "However, not everyone is a good candidate. For example, it's difficult to treat women with multiple fibroids. Practitioners doing this procedure need to be judicious when selecting patients. Using MR-guided focused ultrasound for the appropriate patients will show the best benefits and will increase the likelihood of obtaining insurance coverage."
Data gathered from further studies in this area will also help demonstrate value to insurance companies, Roberts says. Mayo Clinic and Duke University recently completed the first study comparing uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) and MRgFUS for the treatment of uterine fibroids. Known as FIRSTT (Fibroid Interventions: Reducing Symptoms Today and Tomorrow), the study involved gathering data from randomly assigned women receiving either treatment, then followed the patients for three years to assess symptom relief, quality of life, and costs associated with each treatment. Data from this study have been submitted for publication.
At Stanford University Medical Center, radiologist Pejman Ghanouni, MD, PhD, collaborates with a team of clinicians—gynecologists, oncologists, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, and neurosurgeons—in spearheading efforts to see where MRgFUS can be applied. For example, for fibroids, Ghanouni codirects the Stanford Fibroid Center, where women are seen by a gynecologist, an interventional radiologist specializing in UFE, and him. He says this collaborative approach results in a specialized plan of care for each patient.
"The patient hears from the group and leaves with lots of information," he says. "They're well informed and better able to make an educated decision as to the treatment that's best for them. In other settings, patients don't always learn about all of the options available to them."
Ghanouni has seen success using MRgFUS to alleviate pain from bone metastases, as well. He says bone responds well to focused ultrasound due to the fact that it doesn't take much energy to make the target in the bone "hot."
"You can use less energy and still be effective," Ghanouni says. "It's safer for the patient."
He also says this treatment can help reduce a patient's need for pain medications.
"Focused ultrasound for bone treatments is an outpatient procedure. The patient goes home the same day of the procedure and will experience rapid onset of pain relief within a week after treatment," he says. "This impacts the patient's quality of life in a positive way."
While using MRgFUS for tumors within the bone, Ghanouni considered another logical application: focused ultrasound for a type of soft tissue tumor called a desmoid, which can be located anywhere in the body. Desmoids can be surgically removed, but for typical cases, that is an unnecessarily aggressive approach. Radiation treatment is another effective option, but there's a question of efficacy in younger patients. There is also a small risk of developing malignancy later as a result of the radiation, which can be a particular concern with young patients.
"These tumors will not metastasize, but they are locally aggressive," Ghanouni explains. "They're infiltrative. They can continue to grow in the body and become painful. I thought if we could use focused ultrasound for tumors in the bones, then why not use it for tumors in the soft tissues next to the bones?"
Ghanouni is also currently involved in a study using Exablate MRgFUS for soft tissue sarcomas, with the goal of evaluating the safety and preliminary efficacy of this technology in the treatment of soft tissue tumors in extremities.
In addition, Ghanouni is working with neurosurgeons and neurologists at Stanford in the area of focused ultrasound treatments in the brain for essential tremor. Stanford is one location participating in a pivotal study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Exablate's transcranial MRgFUS thalamotomy treatment in patients with essential tremor. He also sees a future of treatment for other movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.
"Treatments have been found to be effective and now we are continuing to follow up out to five years to confirm the durability of the treatment," Ghanouni says. "Compared to the alternative, deep-brain stimulation, MRgFUS is a less invasive way to treat patients with essential tremor, with no need to implant an electrode through the skull into the brain."
From her perspective at the FUF, LeBlang, who is also medical director of image-guided therapy at the University MRI Diagnostic Imaging Centers in Boca Raton, Florida, successful outcomes with the brain trials could help ease the road to reimbursement.
"It's easier to see results with MRgFUS in the brain," LeBlang says. "The neurological benefits are more immediate, and patients improve quickly. This type of data could be enough to help with reimbursement."
Reimbursement is a significant hurdle to adoption. Roberts notes that the recent FDA approval of MRgFUS for uterine fibroids in women who would still like to become pregnant could help insurers recognize greater benefits to the noninvasive procedure. However, it all comes down to data, and it's difficult to gather sufficient data without more frequent utilization.
"It's the chicken and the egg," says Thomas Andreae, PhD, marketing director of MR therapy with Philips Healthcare. "You can't get reimbursement without utilization, but you can't get utilization without reimbursement."
Philips, with its Sonalleve MR-HIFU focused ultrasound system, is currently involved in a number of clinical trials and in preclinical work in the United States; although the company has more than 50 systems installed worldwide—with regulatory approval in Europe to treat uterine fibroids, adenomyosis, and pain from bone metastases—the company does not have FDA approval for use in the United States.
In one study, Philips is looking at indications such as bone metastases, pediatric solid tumors, and tumors located in bone or in soft tissue in close proximity to bone. The company is participating in a study currently recruiting participants to determine if MRgFUS is safe and feasible for children with refractory or relapsed solid tumors. The principal investigator on the study is AeRang Kim, MD, PhD, oncologist with Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
"We've seen lots of good data in these areas so far," says Lizette Warner, PhD, MR therapy clinical science manager for Philips in North America.
Philips continues to support their Sonalleve system for treating uterine fibroids, with fibroids being the most mature indication for the technology. However, the company faces challenges with their current trial in this area, specifically in the process for recruiting patients for the study. Andreae explains that Philips was asked to do a comparative study that requires some women with severe symptoms to go through a "mock procedure" lasting two hours, with those results being compared with results from women who had the actual procedure.
"A process like that, where some women aren't receiving treatment, just isn't appealing to a person who has severe symptoms," Andreae says.
Andreae also says that the required protocols call for quantitative measurements of heavy menstrual blood flow before women can even be considered for inclusion in the study.
"The protocols make the study unattractive to patients who might want to participate," Warner says.
Organizations such as the FUF, comprising medical specialists, scientists, medical device professionals, and fundraising experts, help to raise awareness of focused ultrasound as an early-stage, noninvasive, therapeutic technology that could transform the treatment of many medical disorders by serving as an alternative to surgery and radiation. LeBlang says the foundation is part of the venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship movements and has become a model of how donor funding can be used to bridge the gap between laboratory research and widespread patient treatment.
"You can accomplish so much when you bring together world leaders to work on the common goals," LeBlang says. "With everyone working together, we have a more clearly defined path that moves from preclinical studies to clinical trials, thus decreasing the time to clinical use."
Warner also references the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound as a good resource for focused ultrasound information, as well as a home for international collaboration. This nonprofit organization was founded in 2001 to increase and disseminate knowledge of therapeutic ultrasound to the scientific and medical communities, as well as to facilitate the translation of therapeutic ultrasound techniques into the clinical arena for the benefit of patients worldwide.
When considering the future for focused ultrasound usage, Warner says Philips is looking in areas such as hyperthermia therapy for cancer treatment. Hyperthermia is a type of therapy in which tumor tissue is exposed to temperatures comparable to a high fever. At these temperatures, tumors become more susceptible to radiation or chemotherapy, making cancer treatment more effective and reducing side effects.
Even further down the road, focused ultrasound could play a role in treating cancer and other conditions occurring in abdominal organs, Andreae says. In most cases, it's difficult to provide focused treatment on organs such as the liver or pancreas, as they are moving targets within the body. However, he cites cases in Asia where MRgFUS is being considered for patients with liver cancer.
"With pancreatic cancer, you have a diagnostic challenge," Andreae says. "However, there's a benefit to trying focused ultrasound treatment for inoperable patients. Focused ultrasound could offer some benefits—maybe not a cure, but act as a palliative treatment to reduce pain."
As research continues and more patients seek nonsurgical, nonradiation alternatives to their medical conditions, practitioners of MRgFUS see hope for more widespread adoption and insurance coverage for this radiological solution.


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I have a shortcut on roughly 260 computers located in the same folder as below;
"c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop\Remote agent 1234.lnk"
The only thing that changes on the shortcut is the number. Is there a way to use a wildcard in a batch file to launch the shortcut instead of having to specify the full file name?

A: You can use either for or forfiles for this task. Forfiles is more flexible, but it might not work properly on older versions of Windows.
For
From a command prompt:
for %a in ("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Remote agent *.lnk") do @start "" "%a"

In a batch file:
for %%a in ("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Remote agent *.lnk") do @start "" "%%a"

Forfiles
forfiles /P "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop" /M "Remote agent *.lnk" /C "cmd /C start \"\" @path"

Forfiles goes through all files in the path specified in /P that match the mask specified on /M and executes the command specified in /C. Here @path is the full path of the file.
Normally, we'd use the command start "" "Remote Agent 1234.lnk" to launch the shortcut. Since start is an internal command, we have to call it in a new shell (cmd /C). \"\" are just escaped double quotes, since the entire string is already quoted.

A: According to HELP START program/command must NOT have double quotes. i.e. only
*for %%a in ("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Remote agent .lnk") do @start /D"%%~dpa" %%~nxa
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Tossing and turning in my bed at 8.30am I contemplate the schedule for today and as I do so I drift of back to sleep. Waking at 9.30am I scrape myself out of bed and have a revitalising shower. Jumping out of the shower, I dress and move to my bedroom. Here I look at the work I did yesterday, some may say that it was little work for the amount of time that I spent on it but in my opinion it was plenty and of quality. While I look through the 6 pages of colourful brainstorms and tables I establish what the main task is for today; I must complete SMART objectives for each of the ideas but the idea of doing this overwhelms me. I struggled yesterday so how will I manage to do them today? Motor speaks out 'stop overthinking the task. You do not have to have the final objectives and you can come back to them and alter them at any point. Come on! Have faith in yourself; you can do this!' Good old motor improves my mood instantly and I tell myself to go about the task in a relaxed and happy manner.
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Home World Dives Best Dive Sites of Papua New Guinea
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Best Dive Sites of Papua New Guinea
By Adrian Stacey
Modified date: 9th November 2020
AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE BEST DIVE SITES
Scuba diving magic passage
As soon as we can all get on that first international flight somewhere beautiful again, we know exactly where you should be heading! Papua New Guinea is Australia's closest neighbour and has direct flights from Brisbane, Sydney and Cairns. Papua New Guinea also offers some of the most stunning and untouched reefs in the world, in fact most of the time, your boat will be the only one out diving the area that day.
The coastal regions and islands of Papua New Guinea include pristine shorelines, fiery active volcanoes, spectacular fjords and 600+ mostly-deserted islands. This area covers the mainland provinces of East Sepik, Madang, Morobe and West Sepik, as well as the island provinces of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, East New Britain, Manus, New Ireland and West New Britain.
Papua New Guinea is located in the coral triangle, the centre of marine biodiversity which has the highest diversity of tropical fish and coral in the world. It may just be travels best kept secret that these parts of Papua New Guinea are home to some of the world's best dive and snorkel sites, incredible sports fishing, uncrowded surf breaks, heart-warming marine conservation programmes and of course a unique array of tribes and cultural events.
We've rounded up some of the best dive sites and hidden gems from some of Papua New Guinea's top rated dive regions in the country, ready for you to start planning your 2021 escape!
WALINDI PLANTATION RESORT | KIMBE BAY | WEST NEW BRITAIN
Bradford's Shoal Dive Site
Ann Sophie's Reef
MADANG
Magic Passage
Scuba Diving USS Boston
TAWALI LEISURE & DIVE RESORT | MILNE BAY
Dinah's Beach
Tania's Reef
TUFI FJORDS – ORO PROVINCE
Bev's Reef
Keiko Reef
Ann Sophies Reef from the Air by Jackson Groves
Walindi Plantation Resort has three purpose-built day boats to take guests out diving and snorkeling the wonderful waters of Kimbe Bay within West New Britain province. The bay has over 40 different sites to choose from, offers a variety of different sorts of dives – underwater sea-mounts, unbelievable sheer walls, fabulous coral gardens, huge fans and funky critters.
Bradford Shoals by Darren Jew
Bradford Shoals is a dive site of the sea mount type, an isolated reef on the outer edge of Kimbe Bay that rises from considerable depths to within sixty-five feet (20 metres) of the surface. The reef structure is predominantly flat plates of hard corals, and adaptation allowing maximum utilisation of the reduced sunlight at that depth. There are also many colonies of Leather Coral, Sarcophyton. The reef slopes downward from its twin summits to a lip at about ninety feet (27 metres), after which the drop is almost sheer vertical.
Among the corals are a number of the smaller species of reef fish such as fairy basslets, butterfly fish, and damselfish, and quite a number of pink anemonefish. Interesting as these are, the main reason for visiting Bradford Shoals is big fish, especially pelagics. The reef seems to act as a magnet for these fish and on any dive one is almost certain to see large schools of Barracudas, Pinjaro, Big Eye Trevally, Dog Tooth Tuna, Unicorn Fish, Fusiliers and Sharks, either Grey reef sharks or on rare occasions Hammerheads.
Ann Sophies Reef by Gary Bell at Walindi Resort
Anne Sophie's Reef is one of Kimbe Bay's most diverse reefs. Situated at the northern tip of the bay, it is just over an hour's boat ride from Walindi Plantation Resort. The main dive site is at the end of the reef structure running south away from one of the coastal islands. The top of the reef is in about 5m (16ft) of water, it slopes down onto a sand bottom consisting of small coral bommies covered in a variety of soft coral.
The maximum depth onto the sand is 23m (75ft). The reef is made up of a vast amount of varying corals, from hard brain coral and tubastea branching corals to elegant sea fans, black coral trees and barrel sponges.
Along the sand bottom garden eels and goby shrimp can be seen. On the top and along the sides, crabs, scorpion fish, nudibranchs, flatworms and dart fish can be found. The water column surrounding the reef is abound with fish life such as barracuda, trevally, bat fish, unicorn fish, moorish idols, parrot fish and damsel fish. On most dives grey reef sharks and turtles have been seen. The dive site can vary with the water movement, from calm, still water to a moving current across the top.
You can book directly through Walindi Plantation Resort, or check out Allways Dive for some fantastic packages.
In Madang you are spoilt for choice when it comes to dive spots, with 18 amazing reefs and wrecks to choose from. You can dive wrecks from WWII, an American Liberty Ship, an incredible coral "chimney" or around an island with an active volcano. If you dive between November – March, you also have a chance of seeing a walking shark.
The enchanting Magic Passage
A short five minute boat ride from Madang Resort and you will arrive at Magic Passage. To get to the enchanting Magic Passage you descend into the depth of the passage, whilst gently gliding past amazing coral growth, both hard and soft. The passage reaches its final depth at about 35 meters.
As soon as you reach the bottom you notice that you are surrounded by garden eels that shy away when you see them. Lying on the ocean floor, you'll understand why it is called the Magic Passage, as if you've been transported to a magical garden. It's easy to feel small compared to the vast coral structures surrounding you.
USS Boston, an American liberty ship, which was converted for mine-sweeping duties. The Boston struck the exposed rocky outcrop and sank to the bottom of a coral drop off in 30 meters of water. The wreck is about 70 meters long by 25 meters wide and apart from the two bronze screws is virtually intact.
It has been described, by some travel writers, as one of the best dives in the world. As the wreck is oriented with the bow pointed towards the north, it is a very relaxing procedure to start at the stern and drift through and around the wreck to the bow. You ascend the reef wall by clasping the hard corals that cover it to the decompression zone, passing by beautiful coral and fish, making it quite an interesting decompression stop
You can book directly through Madang Resort, or check out Dive Adventures for some fantastic packages.
Tawali Leisure & Dive Resort is located in a secluded area of Milne Bay amongst local fishing villages and accessible only by boat. Milne Bay diving really put Papua New Guinea on the map as a diver's paradise. With WWII wrecks in the area, such as the Black Jack B17F Flying Fortress bomber just off the beach at Cape Vogel, and some of the superb reefs, it's easy to understand Milne Bay is on the "must do" list for most divers.
The term "muck diving" originated in Papua New Guinea and it was in Milne Bay, at Dinah's beach, that muck diving was born. Recognized as one of the top macro dive sites in the world, you will find Blue Ribbon Eels, Manta Shrimps, Cockatoo wasp fish, Cuttlefish, Nudibranchs, Ghost pipefish, and so much more. If you're interested in wide angle photography, it is the perfect spot to capture large sea fans which grow 30ft below the surface.
Coral Garden Yuka
A large coral mount coming from 140 ft to just 8 ft from the surface, Tania's Reef is one you don't want to miss. Divers are able to dive around the full circumference of the reef with a single tank, making the experience even easier. Tania's reef is littered with soft corals of all descriptions and large schools of fish. This stunning reef also plays host to giant clams and turtles.
You can book directly through Tawali Leisure & Dive Resort, or check out No Limit Adventures or Diversion Dive for some fantastic packages.
Nestled in the breathtaking fjords, Tufi Resort will blow you away as soon as you arrive. The Tufi Fjords area offers amazing marine diversity and a variety of diving experiences including fjord, reef and wreck diving. A boat ride brings you to a string of reefs with bommies coming up from a depth of 50 to 600m, to a safe diving level of 7m.
Manta Ray with a white colour around the neck on the top of it's back, with a wingspan of at least 3m from tip to tip
Bev's Reef really does have it all! With big fish groups, and untouched Small Polyp Stony corals. It consists of two bommies that are just 5m deep and are linked at the top by a saddle at 16m that is rich in soft and hard corals. On the top of the reef the rare and beautiful, but highly venomous Rhinopias can often be found by the insistent searcher. The local star of the show, a Manta Ray with a white colour around the neck on the top of it's back, with a wingspan of at least 3m from tip to tip, is often seen at Bev's reef!
Beautiful coral garden, with plenty of colourful little fish swimming around and nudibranchs in different sizes.
In 2008 Tufi Resort's former Japanese dive instructor, Keiko, jumped into the water and discovered this amazing reef, hence the name. The top of the reef is covered in a beautiful coral garden, with plenty of colourful little fish swimming around and nudibranchs in different sizes. At the side of this untouched reef, you can explore the wall with a gentle slope which goes down to 30m. The reef is also located in the middle of a plankton channel, attracting plenty of manta's and whale sharks.
You can book directly through Tufi Resort, or check out Go Sea for a tailor-made trip!
Photo Credit: Jackson Groves, Darren Jew, Gary Bell, Daniela Dirscherl
Want to read about more great places to dive?
Top 10 Best Dive Sites in the World, Editor in Chiefs Pick
Best Dive Sites
Tawali Leisure & Dive Resort
Tufi Fjords
Walindi Plantation Resort
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Melbourne Art Song Collective performs Jack Symond's Serenade (Katun River Pt.III)
In this video: Melbourne Art Song Collective (MASC) presents a concert that celebrates the songs of Claude Debussy. MASC has also commissioned new songs from four Australian composers in response to Debussy's piano preludes.
The texts are taken from the work of Cassie Lewis's recently published collection, 'The Blue Decodes.' Cassie is a Melbourne-born poet, currently resident in New York. The four composers whose new work will be featured are Matan Franco, Lisa Illean, Jack Symonds and Charlie Sdraulig. This concert was recorded in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre in March 2018.
About Eidit Golder: Eidit Golder is a highly respected solo pianist and chamber musician. She received her musical education at the exclusive Talma Yalin School For The Performing Arts in Israel and the Victorian College of the Arts. In 1999, Eidit received first place at the Australian National Piano Award. She has made a number of professional broadcasts and recordings for the ABC, and has played at the Melbourne International, Port Fairy, Woodend and Castlemaine Festivals. Eidit completed her Masters at Melbourne University under Professor Stephen McIntyre, and is a laureate of the Advanced Performance Program, Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). Between 2005 and 2010 she was the pianist with Freshwater Trio, with whom she made numerous festival and concert appearances, including performances at the 2010 Vancouver International Music Festival. Eidit is currently Artistic Director of the Melbourne Art Song Collective (MASC), in addition to teaching at Scotch College and Sacre Coeur.
About Lotte Betts-Dean: Australian mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean's performance experience encompasses opera, oratorio, contemporary music, art song recital/chamber music, early music and non-classical collaborations. She has been based in London since 2014 and works internationally, most often in the UK and Australia. Lotte is Associate Artist with Southbank Sinfonia and is a member of London-based contemporary music group Ensemble x.y. She is also a City Music Foundation Artist for 2017-2019. Lotte is a regular collaborator with guitarist Andrey Lebedev with whom she has performed throughout the UK and recently presented a sold out Australian recital tour. This year, Lotte is one of the inaugural art song bursars with the Imogen Cooper Music Trust.
About Jack Symonds: Jack Symonds is a composer, conductor and accompanist, and Artistic Director of Sydney Chamber Opera. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music, London under Kenneth Hesketh and at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he received the University Medal. Trained also as a pianist and trombonist, he continues to work regularly as an accompanist and pianist, giving the premiere of many new works as well as frequently conducting his own and others' music, including Britten's The Rape of Lucretia (2017), Owen Wingrave (2013- Australian premiere) & The Turn of the Screw (2010), Dusapin's Passion & O Mensch! (2016 Sydney Festival- Australian premieres), Romitelli's An Index of Metals with Ensemble Offspring (2015), Benjamin's Into the Little Hill & Kurtág's … pas à pas- nulle part… (2014 Sydney Festival), and many more. Click here to read more.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new, third-generation inhalation device, the TD-300/A, for use with Tyvaso (treprostinil) Inhalation Solution, United Therapeutics Corporation announced.
Tyvaso is a prostacyclin vasodilator indicated for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) to improve exercise ability.
Tyvaso was approved by the FDA for the treatment of PAH in 2009, as a new drug-device combination product. This included Tyvaso plus an ultrasonic nebulizer and accessories – referred to as the Tyvaso Inhalation System.
Since its launch, United Therapeutics has worked to improve patient compliance and enhance Tyvaso's easiness of use. The TD-300/A is a product of that continuous investment. It was designed based on patient and physician feedback and now includes a cleaner, more ergonomic design, single button operations, an intuitive user interface that allows adjusting breath counts, and a graphical display that helps patients follow the inhalation process through time. The new device also allows patients to keep track of their last treatment and comes with an internal, rechargeable battery.
"Tyvaso is an important element of our continuum of care, which provides a range of treprostinil therapy options across a spectrum of PAH patients," said Michael Benkowitz, president and chief operating officer of United Therapeutics in a press release. "The launch of the TD-300/A, planned for mid-2018, will further optimize Tyvaso therapy for patients and, we believe, reduce the rate of therapy discontinuation associated with the current nebulizer."
Martine Rothblatt, PhD, chairman and CEO of United Therapeutics, shared the company's plans: "We recently launched a new program to develop a small, metered dose inhalation device for treprostinil, and are planning to study the administration of inhaled treprostinil on a pro re nata 'as needed' basis, to provide more flexibility for patients to use inhaled treprostinil where they need it, when they need it. And of course, we are continuing the development of our advanced delivery devices for Remodulin, such as our RemUnity subcutaneous pump, and RemoPro, a prodrug formulation of treprostinil," she said.
In a previous study, researchers found that Tyvaso was well-tolerated and safe in routine clinical use. The study, "An observational study of inhaled-treprostinil respiratory-related safety in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension," was published in the Pulmonary Circulation.
The findings were taken from a long-term prospective and observational safety clinical trial (NCT01266265), which enrolled 1,333 patients from 94 centers throughout the U.S.
This study found that within the group of patients treated with inhaled Tyvaso, 403 patients (61 percent) registered 1,281 respiratory-related adverse effects. From the control group, 388 patients (58 percent) reported 1,295 respiratory-related negative effects.
The most common adverse reactions included cough, throat irritation, nasal discomfort, and hemoptysis (coughing up of blood). Those events occurred at higher numbers per patient-year of exposure in the inhaled Tyvaso group than in the control group.
The overall results showed that inhaled Tyvaso was well-tolerated by PAH patients in routine clinical care with less than 1 percent of patients discontinuing treatment due to adverse effects.
Tyvaso is currently the most-prescribed inhalation therapy for PAH in the U.S.
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In August 2018 I was fortunate to be able to attend, for the first time, the Dioxin 2018 conference in Krakow, Poland. This conference combined the 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) & 10th International PCB Workshop as described in a previous post by Maddalena Bonanomi. I was not only surprised by the number of chemical classes of different contaminants covered, and the high level of interest in using non-targeted approaches for the detection of emerging contaminants, but also to learn the analysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) flame retardants remains such a hot topic.
Most people might be unaware of the volume and variety of different chemicals used as flame retardants in and on electronic devices such as televisions and computers, plastics, textiles, soft furnishing, in cars, etc. to improve fire safety. I can personally testify to their effectiveness in preventing materials from burning as I was in the 'hot seat' when involved in car accident in which my car burst into flames. The engine compartment was destroyed completely, but the cabin compartment, no doubt impregnated with flame retardants, remained intact. Nonetheless, on the disposal of trashed or unwanted treated items, these persistent organic chemicals can leach into the environment. As they do not degrade easily they can bioaccumulate and ultimately enter the food chain where they mainly occur in food of animal origin, such as fish, meat, milk and derived products.
Humans are therefore exposed to PBDEs mainly through ingestion of contaminated food and breathing contaminated air. Since PBDEs are potentially linked to a wide range of adverse health effects in humans including endocrine disruption, neurodevelopmental toxicity and cancer, etc. there is increasing concern regarding public health. These concerns, and the fact that many of the flame retardants including some PBDEs (penta, tetra and deca BDE) are banned from use, highlight the need for ongoing monitoring of environmental and food samples. Whether the laboratories want to undertake targeted or non-targeted analysis, Thermo Fisher Scientific can provide the most comprehensive portfolio of advanced high resolution and triple quadrupole mass spectrometers to meet any monitoring requirement.
At Dioxin 2018 Heinz Mehlman described the benefits of the DualData Double Focusing Magnetic Sector (DFS) mass spectrometer system for maximizing sample through-put and productivity. Recognized as the gold standard approach for dioxin analysis this instrument can also provide robust ultra-trace quantification of targeted PBDEs and other contaminants. One DFS system can be fitted with two GCs, up to four injectors, and up to four analytical columns so it is always ready to swap between analysis, dioxins, PAHs, PCB, and PBDEs for example, with minimum downtime.
Jane Cooper, Thermo Fisher Scientific, presented a lecture titled 'Overcoming analytical challenges in PBDEs quantification in environmental samples using GC-Orbitrap.' A study in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) was undertaken to evaluate the capabilities of the Thermo Scientific Exactive GC Orbitrap GC-MS system for the targeted quantification (Selected Ion Monitoring, SIM mode) of PBDEs in complex environmental samples. The separation of 27 native PBDE congeners and sixteen 13C labelled PBDE internal standards was achieved in <11 minutes with the excellent chromatographic resolution of the critical pair (BDE-49 and BDE-71). The limits of quantification were 1.0 ng/mL for mono- to penta-PBDEs, 2.0 ng/mL for hexa- to octa-PBDEs, and 5 ng/mL for nona- to deca-PBDEs with excellent repeatability (<10 % RSD) while the high mass accuracy and isotopic pattern match allowed correct identification of PBDEs at low concentrations in samples of sludge, sediment, dust and air. This demonstrates the flexibility of the GC-Orbitrap MS system which is typically operated using full-scan acquisition for the analysis of multiclass contaminants including discovery of emerging contaminants to complement perfectly the capabilities of the DFS system.
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Jazzaret comes to SHS February 1st!
Shaker HS LaFollette Cafeteria – Friday, February 1st, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The annual jazz cabaret show "Jazzaret" is coming soon – Friday, February 1st – and you don't want to miss it!
The North Colonie Friends of Music sponsors the 17th annual Jazzaret – an evening of jazz music and delicious refreshments – and the public is invited to attend. Jazz groups from Shaker High School and Shaker Junior High will perform music from a variety of styles, including many talented young vocalists – and even some of our amazing teachers – as featured soloists! Friends of Music will be selling light refreshments.
For best seats, reserve your tickets ahead of time by sending in this form.
The evening is a benefit for the North Colonie Friends of Music and their great work in supporting the district's music program. Don't miss it!


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The top 8 excuses people make for their unhappy lives.
In honor of the exciting new year upon us, I've been thinking of my many clients this year — my wonderful, reluctant, often overwhelmed but always resilient clients who've made enormous positive change in their lives and careers this year. It's been a heartwarming experience to watch their lives unfolding in astounding ways. I've thought long and hard about what makes these individuals able to bring about dramatic change and why others don't or won't.
People who are able to make life change have a sufficient dose of clarity, confidence, courage and commitment. Those four ingredients can make all the difference between a miserable life and a brilliant one. Folks almost never start out with all of these assets, but their commitment to changing what hurts and limits them urges them into a flowing river of change that brings more clarity, which in turn gets them in touch with their worthiness and confidence, which then gives them access to more courage to create life as they want it.
Can everyone do this? Yes, everyone CAN, but only a few WILL. Why won't thousands of unhappy and unfulfilled people create life in the image of their dreams and visions?
Because they make excuses — millions and millions of excuses (both conscious and subconscious) that keep them from believing they are worthy of an amazing life or trusting they have what it takes to create it.
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How people respond to the idea of getting outside help (coaching, etc.) acts as a metaphor for how they deal with their problems and their lives. I can't tell you how many hundreds of people reached out to me this year desperate for assistance, asking me for free help and claiming they don't have any money to spend on getting the help they need, though they realize that outside help is exactly what is necessary now.
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I hear this excuse weekly: "What if this big change I'm trying doesn't work out?" Well, then you'll deal with it, and you'll become stronger, more confident and more capable than you were before you tried this new direction. This happened to me after my 18-year corporate stint and before I launched my career coaching practice, I became a marriage and family therapist. After serving as a therapist for five years, I faced the reality that I simply didn't enjoy or feel well-suited to the professional identity of a therapist. Some would say that "it didn't work out." But I believe it did — I use every single tool and strategy that I learned in my therapy training in my coaching, writing, speaking and training work. In the end, it did work out — I just needed to find the right avenue in which to apply the powerful and transformative tools that therapy training offered.
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany ePub download
by Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht Dramas and Plays English
Author: Bertolt Brecht
Category: Dramas & Plays
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press; First Edition edition (1975)
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (German: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht.
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (German: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht. It was first performed on 9 March 1930 at the Neues Theater in Leipzig. Weill was asked by the 1927 Baden-Baden music festival committee to write a one act chamber opera for the festival.
Bertolt Brecht (born Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht) was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director. During the war years, Brecht became a prominent writer of the Exilliteratur. He expressed his opposition to the National Socialist and Fascist movements in his most famous plays. Books by Bertolt Brecht.
Brecht's operatic play produced with Hauptmann, Neher and Weill was first staged in 1930 Listen Playing.
Brecht's operatic play produced with Hauptmann, Neher and Weill was first staged in 1930. The story is that three criminals create the city of Mahagonny. Similar authors to follow.
In each, one sister is tempted by one of the seven deadly sins
In each, one sister is tempted by one of the seven deadly sins. First performed in Paris and London in 1933, with music by Weill and choreography by George Balanchine, it premiered in the United States in 1958 in a production by Balanchine. Of the translations by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman that are reprinted here, Hannah Arendt wrote in 1960 that she knew of "no other adequate rendering of Brecht into English.
Brecht's most ambitious venture in verse drama, Saint Joan of the Stockyards (1933), was written in Germany shortly before Hitler . Brecht is considered a playwright who saw the stage as a platform for the presentation of a message
Brecht's most ambitious venture in verse drama, Saint Joan of the Stockyards (1933), was written in Germany shortly before Hitler came to power. Brecht left his homeland in 1993. Brecht is considered a playwright who saw the stage as a platform for the presentation of a message. His aim was to transform the state from a place of entertainment to a place for instruction and public communication. He called himself an epic realist. In 1947, Brecht was summoned to Washington, . by the on Un-American Activities Committee, before which he testified.
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The two works collected in this volume sprang from the same fruitful collaboration that gave rise to Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera. Both are set in America, but an America of myth
The two works collected in this volume sprang from the same fruitful collaboration that gave rise to Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera. Both are set in America, but an America of myth. In The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Brecht's parable of greed and indifference, Mahagonny is a boom-town fusing Miami with Sodom and Gomorrah.
A satirical, somewhat minimalist anti-Nazi opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill (authors of The Threepenny Opera). Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) was first performed in 1930, though a concept version, Mahagonny-Songspiel, had been presented three years earlier. Separate tags with commas, spaces are allowed. Use tags to describe a product . for a movie Themes heist, drugs, kidnapping, coming of age Genre drama, parody, sci-fi, comedy Locations paris, submarine, new york.
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As a satire of capitalist societies, it's not subtle at all. But still it struck me as amusing and clever, even though I am far from sharing Brecht's Marxist views, which he apparently already held, though somewhat unconsciously, when he wrote the text.
Mahagonny is a city in the United States run by gangsters. All that matters there is money. Life evolves around spending it for worldly pleasures or receiving it for all kinds of services. As we might expect from such a place, everything is for sale, including love and the authorities. If we think of the epoch it was written – the late twenties, when Al Capone was at his peak – Brecht's critique may perhaps be taken a good deal seriously.
The play cannot be fully appreciated only by reading the text. As with all plays, the actors' performances and the director's hand matter a lot. I watched a Royal Opera House's version in 2015 (unfortunately not alive, but at a Cinemark in my city). In this version, we see Brecht's "distancing effect" vividly present in several scenes, like one in which the prostitute Jenny sings a romantic song while the very actress who is singing changes clothes and makeup, with all the attention focused on her, of course. This is typical Brecht. It makes impossible for the audience to forget reality and dive into the story, as is a major goal of most fictional works. Instead, the spectator is forced to retain a critical perspective by being constantly reminded that those on the stage are only actors.
But in the case of an opera (or would it be a satire of an opera?) there is also the music, and here the partnership between Brecht and the composer Kurt Weill worked fantastically. It was their intention to achieve a sharp contrast between the feeling conveyed by the melodies and the ideas conveyed by the lyrics, so sharp as to produce a comic effect. This is particularly noticeable when the people of Mahagonny sing a lofty song, one that sounds really fit for praising human glories, but with these words, wicked to the point of being ridiculous: "So get kicked in the face if you want to / As for me, I will much rather kick" (if you want to listen, search for the teaser from Royal Opera House on Youtube. It contains part of the song).
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I must admit I am a Brecht fan boy. "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" was on my to read list for a long time. However, I was having trouble finding it. So when I saw it a used bookstore I snapped it up and read it immediatly. I was not disapointed. "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" revists many of the themes Brecht first explored in "The Three Penny Opera". He explores the relationship between morality and poverty in our consumer focused capitalist society. Although written some half century ago it is still relevant today. I don't want to make it sound like a polemic. The plot, charachters and absurd yet real situations draw us in. While less known that "Mother Courages" and "The Three Penny Opera" -- likely because it sacrifices entertainment for clear and bitting politics -- "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" deserves just as much respect.
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Sarawababhawan said that R. Sampanthan was a great leader, but as he was not in the best of health and the party members were of the view that he should be made the patron of the party.
Although the next TNA leader should be Mavai Senathiraja according to seniority, for health reason, he wanted Sumanthiran to take over the party leadership, Sarawanabhawan said.
The TNA would take up the matter for discussion at its next meeting, Sarawanabhawan said.