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Three recruits will be running for both cross country and track & field teams. They are:
Justin Weise (Cedar Park, Texas): Justin was the team captain for both cross country and track this year with PR's of: 4:31 1600m, 9:54 3200m, 15:47 5K. A 4.0 student, Justin will pursue a degree in history at Lipscomb.
Cliff Denton (Athens, Ala.) : Cliff was a member of the 2008 Alabama state runner-up team in cross country. He was also named team captain in 2009 and voted team MVP. His PR's are: 5:00 1600m, 16:24 5k. He will pursue a degree in Pre-Medicine at Lipscomb. He chose Lipscomb because of the strong Christian environment and the DI level athletics program.
Phillip Brasher (Franklin, Tenn.): Phillip is a fairly inexperienced distance runner as 2010-11 will be his first ever season of track. He has focused on soccer most of his high school career.
He was named cross country team MVP for 2006, 2007 and 2008. He was also named team captain in 2009. His 5k PR of 17:53 is the Centennial High School record. His soccer team won the district and regional championships this year before losing in the state championship game. An honors student, Phillip will pursue a degree in engineering at Lipscomb. He chose Lipscomb because of the Christian atmosphere, the well-known engineering major and the growing track and cross country programs.
"After two years of big classes, it was a down year in terms of numbers for the men's distance crew," Taylor said. "I expect a big increase next year. Meanwhile, we are slowly making significant progress in the women's track events and added more men to a strong young core of track & field athletes already at Lipscomb."
Four new recruits will join the track & field program in 2010-11. They are:
Nasheed Burgess (Dallas, Ga.): Nasheed is a sprinter from Paulding High School. His PR's are: 11.04 100m, 22.69 200m, 53.59 400m and 36-11 Triple Jump. He graduated with honors.
Royce Dates (Memphis, Tenn.): Royce is a jumps specialist from Whitehaven High School. He has been a team captain the past two years and earned Field Event MVP honors from his team. His PR's are: 45-10 triple jump, 22-5 long jump, 6-2 high jump. Royce is an honors graduate who will study exercise science at Lipscomb.
Stephen Payne (Powder Springs, Ga.): Stephen is a high jump specialist from Hillgrove High School. He was a team captain for both cross country and track & field in high school. He was also voted Track MVP in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Although he will focus primarily on the high jump at Lipscomb, he has also run well in cross country and the middle distance events in track. His PR's are: 6-7 jump, 2:04 800m, 52.4 400m, 4:28 1500m and 16:12 5K. Stephen will study exercise science at Lipscomb. He chose Lipscomb because of the great sports, academic and spiritual environment.
Tucker Peabody (Memphis, Tenn.): Tucker was a Tennessee State Champion this year at 200m. He also finished second in the 100m, and ran terrific anchor legs at the state championships in the 4x100m and 4x200m relays, moving his teams up dramatically in both. He led his Christian Brothers High School team to the team state championship as well. His PR's are: 10.91 100m, 22.07 200m. He holds the school record for 100m.
At Christian Brothers he also played wide receiver in football. Tucker was named a track team captain in 2010. An honors graduate, Tucker will study Pre-Medicine at Lipscomb. He chose Lipscomb because "It is the perfect fit for me! Nothing more can be said…it is perfect."
"It's very encouraging to see so many honors graduates, team captains and state champions in our recruiting class," Taylor said. "We are one of the top academic teams in the nation and have led the Atlantic Sun in men's and women's cross country and track & field since I arrived.
"I want to see that academic success continue and get even stronger. With so many having team captain experience, my expectation is that we will have a very motivated and motivating freshman class that will help in our continual quest to build one of the top DI programs in the nation. Finally, that experience of winning a state championship is vital. Winning is a habit and it's contagious. When you experience winning, you want more of it. And many of our recruits have been so close to a state championship. That is often just as motivating. To know you are so close can make an athlete even more motivated."
Taylor is as excited about what these recruits bring to the program from a mental standpoint as he is of their physical accomplishments.
"Most importantly, this group has high character and their personalities fit our program," Taylor said. "Lipscomb is such a unique and special university and our team has big goals in every way.
"We strive to recruit the top athletic and academic athletes who also have great character and will buy in with our total person development philosophy and our team first concept. This recruiting class fits what we are about, which is going to be key to our success in every aspect."


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Smilodon /ˈsmaɪlədɒn/ is an extinct genus of machairodont felid. It is perhaps the best known saber-toothed cat and lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya–10,000 years ago). One of the largest collections of its fossils has been obtained from the La Brea Tar Pits. Three species of the genus are known; they vary in size and build.
Overall, Smilodon was more robustly built than any modern cat, with particularly well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long upper canines. Its jaw had a bigger gape than modern cats and its upper canines were slender and fragile, being adapted for precision killing. These attributes likely made Smilodon a specialized hunter of large herbivores, such as bison and camels.
Smilodon likely lived in closed habitats, such as forests and bush, which would have provided cover for ambushing prey. Its reliance on large animals may have been the cause of its extinction; Smilodon died out at the same time that most North and South American megafauna disappeared, about 10,000 years ago. Scientists debate over whether Smilodon had a social or a solitary lifestyle; analysis of modern predator behavior as well as of Smilodon's fossil remains could be construed to lend support to either view.
The nickname "saber-tooth" refers to the extreme length of their maxillary canines. Despite the colloquial name "saber-toothed tiger", Smilodon is not closely related to the tiger (or any other living felid); the latter belongs to the subfamily Pantherinae, whereas Smilodon belongs to the subfamily Machairodontinae. The name Smilodon comes from Greek: σμίλη, (smilē), "carving knife"[1] and ὀδoύς (odoús), "tooth" (whose stem is odont-, as seen in the genitive case form ὀδόντος, odóntos).[2]
The genus Smilodon was named and described by the Danish naturalist and palaeontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund in 1842. He found the fossils of Smilodon populator in caves near the small town of Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[3] It is grouped with several species of saber-toothed cats in the subfamily Machairodontinae within the family Felidae. An early ancient DNA analysis suggested that Smilodon should be grouped with modern cats (subfamily Felinae)[4] However, a 2005 study found that Smilodon belonged to a separate lineage.[5] Another study published a year later confirmed this, showing that the Machairodontinae diverged early from the ancestors of modern cats and were not closely related to any living feline species.[6]
The skull and mandible morphology of the earliest saber-toothed cats were similar to that of clouded leopards. The lineage further adapted to the precision killing of large animals by developing elongated canine teeth and wider gapes, in the process sacrificing high bite force.[7] Smilodon belongs to the tribe Smilodontini, which is known as "dirk-toothed cats". These cats were defined by their long slender canines with fine serrations.[8]
While a number of Smilodon species have been described, today usually only three are recognized.[9]
- Smilodon gracilis, 2.5 million–500,000 years ago; the smallest and earliest species, estimated at Script error: No such module "convert". in weight[10] was the successor of Megantereon in North America, from which it probably evolved. This species reached the north of South America in the early Pleistocene, along with Homotherium, as part of the Great American Interchange.[11] The other Smilodon species are probably derived from this species. As its specific name suggests, this species is the most lightly built of the genus.[3]
- Smilodon fatalis, 1.6 million–10,000 years ago, replaced S. gracilis in North America and invaded western South America.[12] It was intermediate in size between S. gracilis and S. populator.[9] It ranged from Script error: No such module "convert"..[10] and reached a shoulder height of Script error: No such module "convert". and body length of Script error: No such module "convert"..[13] Sometimes two additional species are recognized, S. californicus and S. floridanus, but usually they are considered to be junior synonyms of S. fatalis.[14]
- Smilodon populator, 1 million–10,000 years ago; occurred in the eastern parts of South America and was larger than the North American species.[15] It is perhaps the largest known felid, with a body mass range of Script error: No such module "convert"..[10][16] It stood at a shoulder height of Script error: No such module "convert"..[9] Compared to S. fatalis, S. populator had a more elongated and narrow skull, higher positioned nasals, more massive metapodials and slightly longer forelimbs relative to hindlimbs.[12]
Description and anatomy
Smilodon was around the size of a modern lion or tiger, but was more robustly built. It had long canines, a reduced lumbar region, high scapula, short tail, and broad limbs with relatively short feet.[9][17] The brain of Smilodon was relatively small compared to other cat species.[18] In reconstructing the facial appearance of Smilodon, Miller (1969) proposed that it looked very different from a typical cat: having a lower lip line (to allow its mouth to open so wide without tearing the facial tissues), a more retracted nose and lower placed ears.[19] However this is disputed, and Antón, et al. (1998) wrote that the facial features of Smilodon were overall not different from those of other cats.[20]
There is some dispute over whether Smilodon was sexually dimorphic. Some studies of Smilodon fatalis fossils have found little difference between the sexes.[21][22] Conversely, a 2012 study found that, while fossils of S. fatalis show less variation in size among individuals than modern Panthera, they do appear to show the same difference between the sexes in some traits.[23]
Smilodon had shorter and more massive limbs than other felids. It had well developed flexors and extensors in its forearms, which enabled it to pull down and securely hold down large prey so it could deliver a killing bite without endangering the vulnerable elongate canines. Analysis of the cross-sections of S. fatalis humeri indicated that they were strengthened by cortical thickening to such an extent that they would have been able to sustain greater loading than those of extant big cats, or of the extinct American lion. However, the thickening of S. fatalis femurs was within the range of extant felids.[24] The heel bone of Smilodon was fairly long which suggests it was a good jumper.[9]
Teeth and jaws
Smilodon is most famous for its relatively long canines, which are the longest found in the saber-toothed cats, at about Script error: No such module "convert". long in the largest species Smilodon populator.[9] Those of S. fatalis reached their full size in 18 months at a growth rate of 7 mm/month.[25] These canine teeth were slender and had fine serrations.[8] They were fragile and could not have bitten into bone; thus, these cats did not use their long teeth while taking down prey, due to the risk of breaking. Only when their prey was totally subdued did they use their teeth to slash the throat.[24]
Despite being more powerfully built than other large cats, Smilodon actually had a weaker bite. Modern big cats have more pronounced zygomatic arches, while Smilodon had smaller zygomatic arches which restricted the thickness and therefore power of the temporalis muscles, and thus reduced Smilodon's bite force. Analysis of its narrow jaws indicates that it could produce a bite only a third as strong as that of a lion.[26] There seems to a be a general rule that the saber-toothed cats with the largest canines had proportionally weaker bites. However, analyses of canine bending strength (the ability of the canine teeth to resist bending forces without breaking) and bite forces indicate that the saber-toothed cats' teeth were stronger relative to the bite force than those of modern "big cats".[27] In addition, Smilodon's gape could have reached almost 120 degrees,[28] while that of the modern lion reaches 65 degrees.[29] This makes the gape wide enough to allow Smilodon to grasp large prey despite the long canines.[20]
Paleoecology and paleobiology
Smilodon was perhaps the most recent of the saber-toothed cats and lived during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya–10,000 years ago).[9] Fossils of the genus have been found throughout the Americas.[30] In particular, numerous specimens have been discovered in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California and the Talara Tar Seeps in Peru.[13] Smilodon likely lived in "closed" habitat (forest and bush).[31]
Diet and hunting
Smilodon was an apex predator and primarily hunted large mammals like bison, camels, ground sloths, horses and mammoths. Isotopes preserved in the bones of S, fatalis in the La Brea Tar Pits reveal that ruminants like bison and camels were most commonly taken by the cats.[32] In addition, isotopes preserved in the enamel of S. gracilis specimens from Florida show that this species feed on the pig-like Platygonus and the llama-like Hemiauchenia.[33] Isotopic studies of dire wolf and American lion bones show an overlap with S. fatalis in prey, which suggests that they were competitors.[32] The availability of prey in the Rancho La Brea area was likely comparable to modern East Africa.[34]
Smilodon was likely an ambush predator that concealed itself in dense vegetation.[35] It probably used its great upper-body strength to wrestle prey to the ground. It may have then used its long canines to deliver a deep stabbing bite or open-jawed stabbing thrust to the throat, which would generally cut through the jugular vein and/or the trachea and thus kill the prey very quickly.[24][36] Alternatively, it may have used its canines to puncture the thoracic wall of its prey (a larger, easier target) with a closed-mouth stab, creating a condition of pneumothorax (collapsed lungs).[37] By contrast, modern cats kill large prey with a suffocating bite.[24] Another hypothesis suggests that Smilodon targeted the belly of its prey. This is disputed, however, as the curvature of their prey's belly would likely have prevented the cat from getting a good bite.[38] Whether Smilodon generally used its canines to deliver a point-to-point bite, open-jawed stab or closed-jawed stab is unclear.[37] Smilodon probably avoided eating bone and would have left enough food for scavengers.[39] Smilodon itself may have scavenged dire wolf kills.[40]
Social behavior
Scientists debate whether Smilodon was social. One study of African predators found that social predators like lions and spotted hyenas respond more to the distress calls of prey than solitary species. Since Smilodon fatalis fossils are common at the La Brea Tar Pits, and were likely attracted by the distress calls of stuck prey, this could mean that La Brea S. fatalis were social as well.[41] Critics claim that the study neglects other factors, such as body mass (heavier animals are more likely to get stuck than lighter ones), intelligence (some social animals, like the American lion, may have avoided the tar because they were better able to recognize the hazard), lack of visual and olfactory lures, the type of audio lure, and the length of the distress calls (the actual distress calls of the trapped prey animals would have lasted longer than the calls used in the study). In addition, they note that solitary cats like tigers are known to aggregate around a single carcass.[42] The authors of the original study have responded to these criticisms.[43]
Another argument for sociality is based on the healed injuries in several Smilodon fossils, which would suggest that the animals needed others to provide it food.[44] This argument has been questioned, as cats can recover quickly from even severe bone damage and an injured Smilodon could survive if it had access to water.[45] Some researchers have argued that Smilodon's brain would have been too small for it to have been a social animal.[18] However, an analysis of brain size in living big cats found no correlation between brain size and sociality.[46] Another argument against Smilodon being social is based on it being an ambush hunter in closed habitat which would likely have negated sociality.[45]
Whether Smilodon was sexually dimorphic has implications for its reproductive behavior. Based on their conclusions that Smilodon fatalis had no sexual dimorphism, Van Valenburgh and Sacco (2002) suggest that, if the cats were social, they would likely have lived in monogamous pairs (along with offspring) with no intense competition among males for females.[21] Likewise, Meachen-Samuels and Binder (2010) conclude that aggression between males was less pronounced in S. fatalis than the American lion.[22] However, Christiansen and Harris (2012) find that as S. fatalis did exhibit some sexual dimorphism, there would have been evolutionary selection for competition between males.[23]
In recent years, Smilodon cubs have been found in tar pits close to the Rancho La Brea site, near the bones of larger adults. Unlike the mature specimens, juvenile Smilodon had smaller saber teeth, which were used more for cutting flesh away from bones than killing prey. This likely implies that they were coming in to feed after the adults had made a kill and fed on parts of the kill that were inaccessible to the adults. In attempting to feed, the cubs and subadults would also become mired and starve to death. This behavior was recently revealed in popular culture in the first episode of the 2013 BBC documentary miniseries "Ice Age Giants".[47]
Several Smilodon fossils show signs of ankylosing spondylitis, hyperostosis and trauma;[48] some also had arthritis which gave them fused vertebrae. One study of 1,000 Smilodon skulls found that 30% of them had eroded parietal bones, which is where the largest jaw muscles attach. They also showed signs of microfractures, and the weakening and thinning of bones possibly caused by mechanical stress from the constant need to make stabbing motions with the canines.[49]
Smilodon went extinct 10,000 years ago, along with most of the Pleistocene megafauna, in the Quaternary extinction event. Its extinction may be linked to the decline and extinction of large herbivores, which were replaced by smaller and more agile ones like deer. Hence, Smilodon could have been too specialized at hunting large prey and may have been unable to adapt.[24] However, a 2012 study of Smilodon tooth wear found no evidence that they were limited by food resources. Other explanations include climate change and competition with humans.[50]
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We salute The Boston Phoenix for a nifty piece of self-promotion: Putting together a list of the 100 least sexy male celebrities. The list is topped by Gilbert Gottfried, and the top 10 includes Dr. Phil, Jay Leno and Roger Ebert, whose weight loss, we might argue, pushed him higher on this list rather than lower.
As you might expect, several sports figures made the list, topped by Randy Johnson, who comes in at No. 2. The paper says, "If he couldn't throw a ball 100 miles per hour, Johnson would be wearing a wife beater and getting hauled into a squad car on Cops." Others include:
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Enjoying the Postseason When Your Team Doesn't Have a Postseason
I am a happily spoiled fan and, more often than not, I've enjoyed the pleasure of rooting for the Angels for at least part of the post season since I came back to baseball (long story, see my bio for the Reader's Digest version). Not this year, of course *sigh*, but more often than not. If or when the Angels don't make it to the next level of play, I usually "adopt" the team I like the most players on to root for because it's October. The League Division Series. The League Championship Series! The World Series!! The last little bit of Major League Baseball that has to tide us over all the way until April!!! How can I not watch? And what fun would it be just to watch if I wasn't rooting for someone? Couldn't do it and not much fun at all, that's for sure.
This season I adopted the Giants, to the endless delight of all of my Giants fanatic extended family and more than a little groaning from my immediate family who are, now and forever, citizens of Dodgertown. Yes, I am quite the odd woman out around the Thanksgiving table with this bunch, but I digress. While the postseason would obviously be a lot more fun if the Angels were in the thick of things, it has still been a lot of fun. Watching this Giants team feels very familiar to an Angels fan. Giants fans actually gave this combination of serious skill, occasional gaffes and luck on both sides of the spectrum a name – the Torture. Though Angels fans have not been as creative, I think we all get it, perhaps more than any other team's fan base could.
The thing is, when it isn't really your team you're rooting for, it may be a lot of fun, but the same passion just isn't there. I'm rooting for the Giants. I really am. I want them to win, but if the game is on too late (we watch it on delay because of our work schedules), I have very little problem stopping the DVR, checking the final box scores and going to bed. That would never happen with the Angels except under extremely extenuating circumstances during normal league play, let alone during the postseason. With only borrowed skin in the game, as it were, I can completely admire Josh Hamilton's amazing diving catch last night in the second inning for the thing of beauty it was, without the deep growl I would usually add when he does this against us. It's just different.
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A man was shot and killed in East San Jose this evening in what the alleged shooter is saying was self defense during an attempted break-in, according to police.
Shots were reported on the 3500 block of Pine Ridge Way in East San Jose just before 8 p.m., according to Officer Albert Morales.
When officers arrived on the scene the caller told them that an unknown subject had attempted to break into his home and fired shots in his direction, Morales said.
The caller was not injured, but said he had armed himself and fired at the suspect in self defense, Morales said.
Two people were seen getting into a vehicle and driving away at high speeds.
Police could not locate the suspects or vehicle, but were notified a short time later that a man had been dropped off at an area hospital with at least one gun shot wound, Morales said. The man was declared dead at the hospital.
Police believe the man was involved in the incident on Pine Ridge Way.
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Let's rank the games Kotaku reviewed in order of positivity to negativity, starting with the game we liked least and ending with our most lavishly praised game of the week.
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iPhone-Syncing Bike Mount Makes Your Apps More Accessible
If you're a weekend cyclist or maybe someone who bikes to work for exercise, there's a new gadget that's a real game-changer for bikers who are also iPhone owners.
Company Wahoo Fitness develops iPhone-syncing devices. Its latest gadget, RFLKT (pronounced "reflect"), is an iPhone powered computer for street bikes expected to launch at the end of December or early January.
The two-ounce device attaches between your handle bars using the strap pictured and the ties that come with it. It works with the company's iPhone app and Cyclemeter. It also connects to a number of other devices and apps using Bluetooth. This way, while you're cycling, you can view your biking stats from Wahoo's app or another partner app and keep your phone safely in your bag or pocket. You can also control your music through Wahoo's app on the RFLKT. Its an open platform, so more of Wahoo's 110 app partners will be joining shortly after its launch. The device works with iPhone 4S and iPhone 5.
You could always just get a bike mount for your iPhone, but those have drawbacks. When you use a mount, you have to take your iPhone out of its case, making it vulnerable to drops and scratches. Having the iPhone running for so long also drains the battery.
RFLKT doesn't require charging. It runs on a small coin cell battery, which is easy to replace and very affordable. It lasts about a year or two.
The device measures 2.4 by 1.6 inches and is about a half inch thick. There are four big buttons, two on each side of the device, that control what screens you see — you can switch screens to see all your data. The buttons are also configurable through the app. And it's easier to use four buttons than the touch screen on your iPhone that requires you to look at the screen.
Wahoo has a number of other iPhone-syncing gadgets, like the KICKR — it's an iPhone controlled bike trainer designed for stationary bike use.
What do you think of RFLKT — would it make your biking safer? Tell us in the comments.
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This site exists to help people quickly connect with mission opportunities that fit their gifts and calling.
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Tim McGraw Finds Inspiration in a World Full of Music
Over the last several years, country music has vastly transformed, now incorporating many different styles of music into its sound. Tim McGraw attributes a lot of these new styles to the growing popularity of music in general -- and the fact that it's now literally accessible anywhere.
"I think that you can go way back, and you can go back to the days when there were only a few radio stations that you could listen to, and so your influences were smaller," McGraw explains. "I think now at the push of a button there's any kinda music in the world, I mean you can go on a radio station in Paris and listen to music if you want to. So everybody is exposed to so much more music and all that music sort of blends together and everybody learns from everybody else, and everybody's fans of everybody else."
It's no surprise that the star's fellow country musicians (including wife Faith Hill) influence him, but he also finds inspiration a little closer to home. McGraw's three daughters also help inspire his music, since they listen to a plethora of music themselves.
"The more music is exposed to you and the more you hear and the more styles of music you hear, that's always going to be an influence on what you do," the singer says.
The evolution of country is something McGraw has accepted, but he says all music -- regardless of genre -- has the same message.
"I think there's a little tweak here and there that causes it to be country, or causes it to be pop, or causes it to be something else," he shares. "But I think the essence of what we do and the message of what we do and sort of the impetus of everything that we do, all sort of comes from the same place and we all get fed the same way."


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South Asia, with its supplies of oil, tin, rubber, and quinine, was the first priority in Japanese plans for the war. The arrows on this map show Japan's apparently unstoppable advance during the months following Pearl Harbor. By early May, the Japanese controlled Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, the American islands of Wake and Guam, and much of south Asia.
1. Locate Hawaii, Japan, China, and the clusters of islands between Hawaii and Japan. The headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were in Hawaii. Why do you think Americans were so shocked by the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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We're exceptionally giddy over the release of the trailer for ParaNorman. It's from the makers of Coraline, which elevated the children's genre with stunning art and solid, real scares. ParaNorman is all about a special boy with the ability to talk to the dead. Check out the first ever trailer, and get into the slightly slanted world that directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler created.
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Norman, a boy who is able to speak with the dead, will have to take on zombies, ghosts, witches and, worst of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
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New Penn State website streamlines University support for military veterans
New Penn State website streamlines University support for military veterans
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new Penn State website is streamlining the way Pennsylvania military veterans get access to important information to begin their studies at the University.
The website, www.veteran.psu.edu, provides servicemen and women a single place to request information about undergraduate and graduate programs that are offered online and through classroom instruction. The website also has useful information on veteran services offered across all Penn State campuses and ways to finance an education.
When someone submits a request for information through the website, an adult learning coordinator at one of Penn State's 22 campuses will respond by email with links about using G.I. Bill benefits, student aid and applying for admission to the University. The veterans also must select the campus where they would like to enroll.
"The University and the World Campus have demonstrated successes in supporting military veterans, active-duty servicemembers, and National Guard members and reservists over the years," said Craig Weidemann, vice president for Outreach and vice provost for Online Education. "The new website is a continuation of that work, and it will allow us to extend our strengths across the Penn State system to ensure that all veteran students have consistent support when they make contact with us."
The website is part of a broader University-wide initiative to build upon Penn State's already strong tradition as a veteran-friendly institution and to grow veteran enrollment.
When a student uses the website to request information and wants to attend the University Park campus, he or she will be contacted by Ted Timmerman, the associate director and outreach coordinator of Veterans Programs.
"Anything that helps direct the veterans to the proper office in Penn State is important," Timmerman said.
The website is an especially important development for the commonwealth campuses, which are the choice for many veterans to enroll because those campuses are located close to home. When a commonwealth campus is selected as the veteran's choice for enrolling, a designated adult learning coordinator at that campus will follow up with him or her.
"The University strives to be a welcoming place for our veteran students," said Madlyn Hanes, vice president for Commonwealth Campuses. "Veteran students deserve a streamlined approach to access the information they seek to initiate their Penn State education. We, in turn, benefit from a streamlined way of offering assistance and responding to their individual needs. The website provides a mechanism to accomplish all that, and I am thrilled that it has been implemented University-wide."
The website also is yet another initiative the University has developed to assist veterans with getting an education at Penn State. The University also gives military veterans priority registration for classes and the Office of Veterans Programs assists these students with benefits, enrollment and career services.
Those two resources were recognized by U.S. News and World Report in November 2013 when it honored Penn State as the No. 1 national university for veterans.
More than 3,900 veterans were enrolled at Penn State in 2013-14, an increase of 11 percent from 2012-13. Penn State World Campus had the highest number among all campuses, with 1,622 veterans taking courses online.
Development of the website was a collaborative effort among World Campus, the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity, Undergraduate Admissions and Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses.
The new Penn State website www.veteran.psu.edu will help provide servicemen and women a single place where they can request information about degree programs here. The website "will allow us to extend our strengths across the Penn State system to ensure that all veteran students have consistent support when they make contact with us," said Craig Weidemann, the University's vice president for Outreach and vice provost for Online Education.


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WICM 200Introduce SKF Machine Suite's vibration database management and analysis features to the new user. This course also discusses the advantages of various vibration signal processing techniques to isolate and detect specific machinery faults, and describes how to set up signal processing measurements in the Machine suite database.
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An explosion rocked an outdoor food festival in eastern Pennsylvania Saturday morning leaving three women hurt.
The Bethlehem Fire Department responded to the cooking accident at Mechanic & Adams Streets in Bethlehem, Pa. shortly before noon Saturday.
City police told NBC10 that a propane tank exploded causing undisclosed injuries to three people during the Bethlehem VegFest. Other reports had the explosion being caused by Sternos or an open flame.
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A photo posted by Twitter user Todd Dietrich (@obsidianspider) shows a tent with the plastic roofing blown out of the food court area vendor.
Witnesses described hearing what sounded like a gunshot before seeing flames shoot 12 feet into the air.
"We saw a woman go running by. She had flames on her shirt," Ty Carpenter, who was staffing the beer tent on the opposite side of the food court, told The Express-Times of Easton.
Police confirmed three people were transported from the scene with first- and second-degree burns.
The tent belonged to Malaysian restaurant Jenny's Kuali, which is located nearby on E 4th Street in Bethlehem, Pa. When reached for comment, an employee at the restaurant would only say that they had a "medical emergency."
No immediate cause was given for the blast.
"We smelled the gas burning," said Megan Baker, a vendor at the event. "We smelled plastic burning. I had warned the family that they should be aware of the tent next to us because I felt like something could be wrong. Within five minutes it exploded."
Different vendors set up tents as part of the event. The vegan food festival continued as scheduled.
The VegFest "brings together an amazing array of vegan natural food providers, top national speakers and chefs, and educational exhibitors," to the South Bethlehem Greenway, according to the event website.


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When a car dies, the last thing its owner often sees of it is its bumper bouncing down the street behind a tow truck.
But the car's journey is not over, not by far. Auto carcasses are ultimately destined for a more violent end, as rapacious humans tear their guts apart to salvage every useful hunk of material.
A defunct vehicle can wind up in an impound lot, if the owner has decided to abandon it to whatever fate a municipality deems fit. There, it will either go up for auction to fix-it-minded used-car dealers, or else sit in the weeds growing a healthy coat of rust. This is simply a pit stop in the eventual demise of an auto. When the lot manager gets tired of staring at its oxidized hide, or its stay has run out, the machine transfers into the hands of a salvage business. This is where things get brutal.
The salvager methodically takes apart the vehicle for any bits and pieces that can be resold. Tires and batteries are stripped out. When all that remains is cold metal, the naked car is hauled out to a scrapyard to meet the shredder.
Car recycling is a widespread but nearly invisible practice across the world. It generates billions of dollars each year. Here's how it goes down: The decrepit ride is thrown into a powerful machine with two sets of gnashing rollers. These spinning maws whirl as fast as 175 m.p.h. and can consume a vehicle in as little time as 45 seconds, according to Earth 911. They eat the car foot by foot, sometimes biting off so much they're forced to regurgitate a mouthful and then start chewing anew.
Beneath this gnarly shredder accumulates a pile of pulp that is next separated into components: steel and iron, nonferrous metal and everything else. Iron and steel fetch nice prices on the metals market and eventually become the skeletons of new cars. The remaining jambalaya of torn-up foam, plastic and glass will go occupy space in a landfill. Green-minded scrappers might choose a more eco-friendly destination, though, like donating it for use as carpet padding and auto cushions. Or maybe they'll give it to designers to make colorful baby pillows.
The shredder in the video above is operated by ARJES Ltd. in Leimbach, Germany. Here's a view from the top of the machine crushing engine blocks:
In an era of austere federal funding for urban public transportation, light rail seemed to make sense. Did the little trains of the 1980s pull their own weight?
A different kind of wealth distribution in 17th-century Amsterdam paved the way for its quintessential home design.
Livability indexes can obscure the experiences of non-white people. CityLab analyzed the outcomes just for black women, for a different kind of ranking.
Tiny upper-floor "maids' rooms" have helped drive down local assumptions about exactly how small a livable home can be.
The pioneering festival marketplace was among the most trendsetting urban attractions of the last 40 years. Now it's looking for a new place in a changed city.


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The holiday season is a good time to catch up with old friends. If you're an Xbox fan, you're probably getting reacquainted with galactic warrior Master Chief in his new adventure, "Halo 4." If you're a Nintendophile, you're probably frolicking with Mario on your new Wii U.
Sony, meanwhile, has expanded its holiday guest list to invite nearly two decades worth of characters to mix it up in "PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale" (for the PlayStation 3, $59.99; Vita, $39.99). Fans of the original PlayStation can welcome back old pals like Sir Daniel Fortesque of "MediEvil" and the title character of "Parappa the Rapper." Younger gamers who have only known the PS3 will be happy to see Nathan Drake from "Uncharted" and Cole MacGrath from "Infamous." Turn them loose in an assortment of game-inspired arenas and you've got chaos.
It's not an original idea: Nintendo has been pitting its lovable characters against each other since 1999's "Super Smash Bros." As you'd expect, "All-Stars" lets up to four players choose their favorite personalities and pound on each other until one is left standing.
The technique is a change from most fighting games. Most of the time, kicking or punching your opponent doesn't do much damage. Instead, each blow adds to an attack meter; build up enough energy and you can unleash three levels of truly deadly moves. There's a little more strategy, but most players won't find it too complicated.
The solo campaign is awfully skimpy, but "All-Stars" makes for a lively party when you have a few friends over. Two-and-a-half stars out of four.
- Sony's burlap-clad goofball Sackboy is part of the "All-Stars" lineup, but he takes center stage in "LittleBigPlanet Karting" ($59.99).
Yes, it's a go-kart racer - a genre that has already made room for Mario, Donkey Kong and Sonic the Hedgehog - but Sony freshens it up by giving you the ability to build your own racetracks and share them online. By exploring the game's built-in courses, you can find hundreds of elements to add to your own, and they all share the homespun "arts-and-crafts" aesthetic of the original "LittleBigPlanet."
Unfortunately, "LBP Karting" also revives the weird, floaty physics of its parent. That worked fine in the two-dimensional fantasy world of "LBP," but it's annoying when you're behind the wheel. The tracks are filled with the power-ups, obstacles and gravity-defying leaps you'd expect in a kart racer, but the vehicles themselves feel sluggish and unresponsive. Two stars.
-Insomniac Games' popular "lombax"-robot buddies are celebrating their 10th anniversary, both in "All-Stars" and their own "Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault" ($19.99). The latter game, however, is a big disappointment, stripping away most of what made the team so endearing.
It's a "base defense" game, meaning you're plopped down on a planet and then have to protect your turf from waves of invading enemies. That eliminates the exploration and discovery that made most of the "R&C" games so absorbing, replacing it with a tiresome cycle of building fortifications, having them destroyed, then rebuilding them. Instead of the comedy that was once this series' trademark, you get drudgery. One star.


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In The Final Act, Pastor Chuck Smith sets the stage for Gods prophetic plan, providing insight into current world events leading up to one climactic battle that will usher in eternity.
Explaining the rapture, the rise of the Antichrist, and conditions that favor the Lords soon return, The Final Act is a compact, hard-hitting exposé on the last days of human history.
This unique dramatic treatment is both true to the scripture and practical, both hallmarks of all Pastor Chucks teaching. I found it very interesting! Tim LaHaye
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Would you take back Cushing's award?
For the record, the football beat writers from The Denver Post don't vote on postseason awards, like All Pro or Rookie of the Year. So myself, Mike Klis and Jeff Legwold have no part of the current re-voting process that is underway for the 2009 NFL defensive rookie of the year award, as well as the re-balloting for All Pro honors at outside linebacker.
But if I had a vote, I likely would be changing it away from Brian Cushing.
The Texans linebacker Cushing won that defensive rookie award and was named to second-team All-Pro back in January — four months after a positive test for a substance on the NFL's banned list (ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Tuesday the substance was HCG, a hormone that while naturally occurring in the body, is also a common masking agent in steroid cycles).
Cushing appealed, lost, and will sit out the first four games of 2010. But because his positive test came during the 2009 season, the assumption in media circles Tuesday was that Cushing had probably used some sort of steroid in the preseason.
As SI.com's Ross Tucker (a former NFL linemen) tweeted Tuesday morning: "Plenty of PED users do it just in the offseason in order to make strength/speed gains. Then they just maintain those gains during season."
Bottom line: Cushing broke the rules, he was caught, and he should pay.
The 50 ballots are due back to the Associated Press at lunchtime on Wednesday, and a short time later we'll learn of Cushing retains his award or if it will be given to someone else, perhaps the Packers' Clay Matthews or Buffalo's Jarius Byrd.
Stripping Cushing of his award is merely symbolic, but it would prove that we can't reward cheaters. Yes, a re-vote is a slippery slope for the media that gives these types of awards, but I think major problem across sports awards — and the media that votes on them — has been clinging too tightly to tradition and what has been done in the past, with outdated views on how to judge players despite a vastly different sports landscape.
Will this be the last time this problem arises? I'm sure it won't be, and the rules might have to be examined again. But I'm OK with that, as long as the end result is correct.


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Southwestern Oklahoma State University summer semester classes in Weatherford and Sayre begin on Wednesday, June 4.
Shamus Moore, registrar on the Weatherford campus, said late enrollment continues through June 5.
Moore said students can enroll at the registrar's office on either the Weatherford or Sayre campuses. The university does have online enrollment available through the SWOSU website (www.swosu.edu), so enrollment can be completed at any time. In order to use the online enrollment system, a student must already be fully admitted to the university and have no unresolved issues related to their enrollment.
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I finally got my boyfriend to start talking dirty in bed, but when he does, he calls me names like bitch or slut. He doesnt really mean it though, right?
I doubt it. As we all know, sex can bring out the animal in us. Some guys grunt like hedgehogs, some crow like roosters, and some talk like prison inmates. As long as he only calls you those names in the moment and not outside the bedroom, its unlikely that he means what he says.
Now that you finally got him to bust out the bad words though, you cant turn around and tell him to stop. But there are ways to get him to tone it down a little.
First, clean up your own language, focusing on positive things like whats hot about him and how good hes making you feel. Hopefully, hell follow your lead. If that doesnt work, be more straightforward and tell him that you appreciate his enthusiasm but bitch and slut werent exactly the dirty words you had in mind. Let him know with specific examples what pillow talk would turn you on. That wont leave any room for misinterpretation.


text: Huang Zhiyang, who was instructed in Chinese calligraphy as a child, is recognized for his large-scale oil paintings, ink washes on silk, and drawings on paper. His work has been summarized by critics as the application of traditional Chinese techniques to an American tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Frequent motifs in Huang's work make reference to the natural world, particularly to bamboo and landscapes, though the images are not immediately recognizable. Huang also produces abstract installations, and has worked in sculptural materials like bamboo and gilded bronze. His work has also been prominent in fashion: Huang's drawings are source of inspiration for the French fashion designer Anne Valerie Hash, and in 2011 he collaborated with the designers of ETRO to produce a line of silk scarves.


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The first comment was from cool dude:
You are right I like Percy Jackson way more than Harry Potter but I still like them.
P.S I am on the second book.
- YESSS!! cool dude agrees with the Iron Guy! (who likes Percy Jackson infinitely more than Harry Potter)
I've been a Harry Potter fan since book 3. It's not so much the story line, which is classic hero's journey, but how she incorporated so many things into the writing. How when I go back to read them, after reading the whole series, I can see so many connections. Things she would mention and would come to mean more later. Her willingness to take some chances - I mean she killed a major character! I think any aspiring YA/MG writer could learn a lot from Rowling.
That said, I'm also a Rick Riordan fan. Have read all PJ plus Kane Chronicles and Lost Hero. I've actually read the KC twice. I think Rick displays more versatility in this series than in PJ.
Our last comment comes from our good friend Sammer:
Harry Potter is one of my favorites but not my favorite.The 39 clues is a really great book seires.Dan and Amy have a grandmother Who is one of the Cahills Eurikta,Jaunus,Tomas and Luician.Dan and Amy travel around the world with their babysiter Nellie.It's a big Adventure.
- Yes, it is a big adventure, Sammer. I'm a huge 39 Clues fan. (gotta look and see when the next one comes out)


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City public restrooms now have extended hours, and the revised commercial-district smoking ban goes into effect May 22, 2008. See the "Implementation" section for details.
The Public Commons for Everyone Initiative (PCEI) seeks to improve our City's common areas for everyone who lives in, works in, and visits Berkeley. Our parks, libraries, schools, cultural venues, and commercial districts are important gathering places for everyone, and the City wants to ensure that everyone feels welcome and safe.
On June 12, 2007 and after several months of public comment and deliberation, the Berkeley City Council voted to direct City staff to return in fall with specific policy proposals, ordinances and implementation plans. (See the minutes of the June 12 meeting here.)
On November 27, the City Council passed the Public Commons for Everyone Initiative. Read the staff report to Council here or the Council minutes here (item 28). All three parts of the staff recommendation were passed.
Integral to that goal is ensuring that people have a safe place to sleep at night, that their civil rights are protected, and that those with physical, mental, or economic disabilities are cared for and have access to essential services.
To see the maps of current social services provided to Council at the November 27 meeting, download the PDF here.
Council directed the City Manager to explore several different policy possibilities, solicit public input, and return in November with some specifics.
In order to fairly represent the needs of the entire community, City staff sought feedback from as many community members and organizations as possible. These included:
Key Components of PCEI
The following program and policy components were adopted by the City Council:
Public Restrooms: In an effort to make restrooms more available to residents and visitors, hours at several public bathrooms have been extended.
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Jessica Simpson Dreams of Giving Birth in Leopard Caftan
"Now I need to find one!" the mom-to-be says of the flowy frock
Courtesy QVC; Inset: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Forget about a hospital gown.
When it comes time to welcome her little girl into the world, soon-to-be mom Jessica Simpson hopes to make a fashionable first impression.
"I just woke up from a dream that I wore a leopard caftan in the hospital," the Fashion Star mentor, who's expecting her first child with fiancé Eric Johnson at the end of the month, Tweeted Tuesday. "Fabulous!! Now I need to find one!" May we offer some suggestions?
QVC has two suitable options: a Dennis Basso caftan (above, left) complete with beaded neckline (on sale for $44.86) and another — appropriately in petites! — by Joan Rivers (above, right, on sale for $33.36).
ASOS has its own offering, an asymmetrical Helene Berman kaftan with a V neckline and wide-cut bracelet-length sleeves (on sale for $87.26). And for something a bit fancier, there's Natori's floor-length option from Neiman Marcus (also on sale, $81).
Simpson, who's taken maternity style to new heights throughout her pregnancy — often rocking heels — recently refuted rumors she had already given birth.
"I'm still pregnant!!" Simpson, who celebrated her dream baby shower in March, Tweeted to fans. "Don't believe what you read ladies and gents."
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personalcoach necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
After two-years with an off-the-shelf theme it's time to give Evolving Times a new look. Please design a simple logo and header and for the Evolving Times blog - http://www.evolvingtimes.com.
Evolving Times
Exploring the Leading Edge of Thought
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue, Gold, Red
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Modern, movement, clean, organic
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Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
The logo can be quite simple, a text effect or symbol. I often use a spiral in my designs. I love the logo for the Conscious Evolution group http://www.evolve.org. Something like that - but different - could work.
Because of the nature of the site, I'm looking for something that has a feeling of forward movement, feels modern and clean but organic.
You can see the spiral I've used in my existing designs here:
I still really like the look and feel of this one.
While the content of my blog definitely moves into the realm of "new age" I am looking for a design that captures the evolutionary, spiritual aspects without crossing into that New Age look.
When you are designing, imagine that you are appealing to the folks looking in the window and interested in what's going on in here, NOT the folks that are already singing their hearts out in the choir!
The header for the site needs to be 960x110. Simple is good. It will be put into a modified version of the Revolution Theme. You can see a very early work in progress here: http://www.blogtest.edwardmills.com. If you look at it, please do not let the header I hacked together influence your creativity! ;)
For color, you have two possible pallets to try: In a branding seminar the pallet that came up was Gold, Red and Orange. Personally I have no idea how you could tie those three colors together into a brand pallet or header, but the designer/teacher seemed to think it would work.
The other possibility would be to stick with the blue I have used as the grounding color and pull the Gold and Red into the mix.
Have fun, and play. I'll give feedback along the way.
The right 1/3 of the header should be clean and simple enough to serve as a background for either subscription information for the blog, a banner ad, or other content.
In addition to the fee, the winning designer will receive, if desired, a link to his/her website from the Evolving Times main page. This is a Pagerank 5 site (it shows as a 3 now because of the recent "Google slap." But I have removed the text link ads and requested a reinstatement of the previous PR).
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Transport ministry's revenue up by 36pc in 3 months
Transport ministry's revenue up by 36pc in 3 months
KABUL (Pajhwok): The revenue of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) has increased by 36 percent in the last three months, compared to the corresponding period of last year, an official said on Tuesday.
Acting transport and civil aviation minister, Mohammad Hamid Tahmasi, at a press conference in Kabul, stressed the need for boosting revenue and ensuring transparency in the collection process.
New tax registration journals would be distributed within a week, he said, adding the step was taken to jack up incomes and prevent fraud in recovery. The new journals will register vehicles of all kinds, the amounts of load they carried and the routes they plied.
"This journal is a short-term plan. We plan to computerise the whole transport system in the long term," he said. The ministry's income went up by 36 percent in Kabul in the last three months and more than seven percent in other provinces.
Bilateral agreements would be signed between Central Asian countries (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan) that would pave the ground for the movement of cargo trucks and passenger buses between Afghanistan and the former Russian republics, he revealed.
Tahmasi welcomed the president's order banning Pakistani trucks from entering Afghanistan and said the action had been taken in reaction to the non-implementation of Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) by Pakistan.
Cargo trucks will be now offloaded in Kandahar and Nangarhar, he said, adding Pakistan also denied entry to trucks of Afghan traders transporting products to other countries.
"Based on the APTA, both countries should allow cargo trucks to pass each other's ports, but Pakistan violated that agreement," he alleged.
The acting minister called Chabahar port important for exports and imports, saying the facility was more cost-effective than Abbas and Karachi ports for Afghan traders.
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Friday, 20 May 2011
ENO, A Midsummer Night's Dream: other reviews
Michael White (Telegraph)
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Simon Thomas (whatsonstage.com)
David Nice (The Arts Desk)
Barry Millington (Evening Standard)
Edward Seckerson (Independent)
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- Doundou Tchil said...
Why do the media freak out on honosexuality ? Britten was a deeply secretive guaded person and well have been so whatever his orientation. The opera is not autobiographical as it comes from Shakespeare, after all. What is interesting is the way a sensitive, emotionally withdrawn man like BB sees the potential in the play to express themes he understood, like playing a part, the haves exploiting the have nots etc. Ironically it's the most jingoistic part of the press who understand Britten the least.
- 20 May, 2011 23:10
- Mark Berry said...
I couldn't agree more. I am some way from being Britten's greatest fan, though there are some works I admire greatly, and he was clearly a remarkable musician. As usual devotees - one could say the same about those of Wagner and a host of others - do the object of their veneration no good whatsoever.
As for homosexuality, it is a salutary reminder that for most of Britten's lifetime, gay sex was illegal, and we are far from approaching any sort of legal equality even now. I hesitate to share the following link, but the comments beneath this report show the despicable bigotry that remains rife in our society, especially and sadly once one emerges from London and its orbit: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pm-wrong-same-sex-tv-kissing-190057075.html
- 21 May, 2011 00:50
- Henry Holland said...
I am some way from being Britten's greatest fan
I am! I think he's a profoundly great opera composer, full stop, for starters. I wouldn't trade Billy Budd or Death in Venice for every note written by the can beltoists. I lost my opera virginity with this opera and I'm glad of that.
I hope they film this production, I'd love to see it.
- 21 May, 2011 21:49
- Mark Berry said...
Who knows? Perhaps it might even come to an American house, but I think it will be a must if released on DVD. Rather surprisingly, at least to me, it is listed as a co-production with the KS Stanislavsky and VI Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre. (I think I copied down the name correctly!) I'd be fasinated to hear how it goes down in Moscow...
- 21 May, 2011 22:56