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− | == Jiyeh ==
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− | Jiyeh (2006)
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− | Jonathan Berger
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− | Jiyeh is a small coastal town in Lebanon built upon the ancient city of
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− | Porphyreon, which
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− | is said to be the place where a giant fish delivered Jonah to the shore.
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− | On July 14th 2006 a coastal power station in Jiyeh was attacked in an
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− | Israeli air strike
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− | causing over 20,000 tons of oil to spill into the Mediterranean Sea.
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− | Although there has
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− | been relatively little information regarding the ecological impact of this
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− | maassive spill a
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− | series of sattelite photos show the dispersion pattern of the oil. These
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− | patterns appear
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− | as Baroque-like ornaments that distort the contour of the Lebanese coast
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− | line. The
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− | music represents the evolution of these patterns and providing an auditory
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− | display of
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− | the enormity of this disaster.
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− | bio
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− | Jonathan Berger is a composer and researcher. Berger's research includes
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− | developing
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− | methods and tools for effective auditory display of complex data. His
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− | recent recording
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− | of chamber music for strings will be released this Spring by Naxos
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− | recordings on their
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− | American Masters series.
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