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...Hypermusic Prologue: A Projective Opera in Seven Planes” is exactly that—an original hour-long work of contemporary opera featuring music by Spanish composer Hèctor Parra and a libretto by Randall herself...
...Newtonian view of the physical universe and his soprano partner who is determined to explore new, unseen dimensions. As she proceeds to cross over into the fifth dimension, the opera seeks to convey this journey by exploring new musical and dramatic territories. Much of the discussion focused on how Parra and Randall translated these new scientific theories to the stage through musical innovations...
...team's most generous benefactor (speedskating is huge in the Netherlands), but a run on the bank caused DSB to go under in mid-October, leaving U.S. Speedskating with a $300,000 budget shortfall. "The Olympics are our Super Bowl, Masters and Tour de France combined," says Derek Parra, a 2002 speedskating gold medalist who is now one of the coaches for the U.S. team. "And we were scratching our heads at the table, wondering how we are going to get through the rest of the year. It's tough." (See TIME's photo-essay "What Becomes of Olympic Stadiums...
...first trend is the ever popular commingling of computing and entertainment in your living room. Yet Dell lives at the office. "We're seeing more and more of our technology intersecting with home entertainment," says Ro Parra, a senior vice president of Dell's home and small-business group. To entice gamesters and movie watchers, Dell has unveiled new models in its multimedia XPS line. The units range from a $3,500 desktop-notebook hybrid with a 20-in. screen and a remote, to a $2,270 gaming desktop with a swanky scarlet-and-gray exterior and high-end specs...
...Kevin Rollins still downplays the significance of the home market, saying "It's a secondary priority compared to our corporate customers." And he argues that the move is really an expansion of the small kiosks that Dell has set up in malls to allow customers to place orders. Says Parra: "We have 160 kiosks that have been very successful, and all we are doing is expanding on that success...