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Elon Musk’s baby name isn’t just weird, it may be against California regulations


Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he and his girlfriend have named their newborn boy X Æ A-12. But that might cross the line with state of California, which has limits on what parents can name their children.




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More than 250 people in Washington hospitalized last week with coronavirus symptoms; state data shows upward trend


Hospital admissions tracked by the state Department of Health offer a window into the pandemic's impact on the health care system. Right now, officials are not seeing a surge of patients, but worry one could still be coming.




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Advertising adjusts for a new reality: sweatpants for staying home and toilet paper that cares


On the TV, a bearded man sits alone in an empty white room. He’s dressed like a military officer in a campy musical and is holding a giant bowl of popcorn that he touches only after using hand sanitizer. It’s a 15-second advertisement starring Captain Obvious, the spokesman for Hotels.com, urging everyone to keep their […]




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MLB reportedly is finalizing proposal to start season in early July after coronavirus shutdown


Major League Baseball is reportedly considering a plan of restarting spring training in early June with the season starting in early July.




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Cavaliers step cautiously into hopeful return to NBA season


CLEVELAND (AP) — Even if the NBA doesn’t resume this season, and at this point no one knows for sure, the Cleveland Cavaliers believe it’s time to start getting ready for the next one. “Any minute that we can get working with each other is beneficial to us,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said Wednesday. Cleveland […]




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How The Bank Of America Is Dealing With The Coronavirus Crisis

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Brian Moynihan, the Bank of America CEO, about banks raking in fees from the Paycheck Protection Program.




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Behind Taliban Lines

Available for viewing online. This past fall, an Afghan video journalist negotiated extraordinary access to a part of the country that has quietly reverted back to Taliban control. For close to two weeks, the journalist traveled a region that he found was now largely under control of the Taliban "shadow" government. He also tracked members of an insurgent cell working with members of Al Qaeda on a mission to sabotage a major U.S./NATO supply route. As the new U.S. strategy focuses on the south and eastern parts of the country, this film opens up a window onto a potential new front in the north, and sheds an important light on who's fighting the U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and why. Also in this hour: A report from Pakistan on the country's troubled public school system which is among the worst in the world, despite years of U.S. aid.




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Stock Alert: Herbalife Nutrition Gains 10%

Shares of weight management and nutritional products maker Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (HLF) are rising more than 10% Friday following better-than-estimated first-quarter results.




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Stock Alert: Tesla Up 4% On News Of California Plant Opening

Shares of Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) are up more than 4% Friday morning.




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Italian Soccer Club Juventus' Fan Token Begins Trading On CHILZ.NET

Italian soccer club Juventus' Fan Token ($JUV) has begun trading on Wednesday on Chiliz Exchange (Chiliz.net), the world's first exchange platform for sports & entertainment launched in January 2020. This is the first among a new tradeable class of digital asset linked to a professional sporting club, making Juventus the first tokenized sports team.




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Italian News Agency ANSA Using Blockchain To Fight Fake News

Italian news agency ANSA is using blockchain technology to fight fake news by enabling readers to check the source of the news with its new ANSAcheck news tracking system developed in collaboration with Ernst & Young (EY). Through the EY blockchain HUB in the EY Mediterranean Region, EY has developed a solution which is based on EY OpsChain Traceability technology.




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How The Bank Of America Is Dealing With The Coronavirus Crisis

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Brian Moynihan, the Bank of America CEO, about banks raking in fees from the Paycheck Protection Program.




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California Reopening Slowly

After more than six weeks of lock down, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state is partially reopening for business. "Based off our progress, we'll begin to gradually move into Stage 2 this Friday," Newsom said at his daily news conference. "Some sectors where there's a lower risk of transmission will be able to adapt and re-open with modifications," he added. This will include




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Trump Finalizing Plan To Reopen US Economy

President Donald Trump announced that the Government was finalising a plan to reopen the U.S. economy, which has been paralyzed due to stay-at-home orders intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The social distancing guidelines that the Trump administration announced expire on April 30. At his routine news conference Monday, Trump said he remains determined to reopen the U.S. for bus




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Australia Maintains Status Quo

Australia's central bank maintained its interest rate and the target yield on three-year government bonds as economy experiences severe downturn after measures taken to stem the spread of coronavirus, or Covid-19. At the monetary policy meeting on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia board kept its interest rate at a record low 0.25 percent.




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Hightimes Holding To Buy 13 California Dispensaries From Harvest Health

Hightimes Holding Corp, the owner of the High Times cannabis brand, has agreed to acquire thirteen California dispensaries from Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. for $80 million.




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Outbreak Diaries: Calif. ICU Nurse Battles COVID-19 In Connecticut

Cynthia Lam is a trauma nurse with experience in war zones. She's now traveled to Connecticut to help take care of COVID-19 patients. She shares her story as part of our Outbreak Diaries project.




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Director Alice Wu On Her New Film 'The Half Of It'

Alice Wu's new movie, "The Half of It," is a play on Cyrano de Bergerac with an LGBTQ twist. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the director.




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Australian Market Advances

The Australian stock market is advancing on Friday after two days of losses following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street on upbeat corporate earnings results amid continued optimism about easing COVID-19 restrictions.




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Australian Market Extends Losses

The Australian stock market is modestly lower on Thursday, extending losses from the previous session following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street and the fall in commodity prices. Data showing that Australia's services sector continued to struggle in April due to pandemic-related closures and restricted activity also dampened sentiment.




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Australia's GDP To Decline Most On Record: RBA

The Australian economy is set to log its biggest contraction in the history due to the coronavirus, or Covid-19, pandemic, the Reserve Bank of Australia said Friday. In its quarterly statement on monetary policy, the central bank said gross domestic product is expected to contract around 10 percent over the first half of 2020, mostly concentrated in the June quarter.




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BEETHOVEN, L. van: König Stephan / Leonore Prohaska (excerpts) (The Key Ensemble, Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) (8.574042)

Aside from his only opera Fidelio, Beethoven’s general link with the theatre in Vienna came about largely with incidental music or songs to be inserted into the works of other composers—insertion arias. König Stephan was written to celebrate the politically significant opening of a new theatre in Pest, its triumphant mood honouring the ruling Austrian Emperor. Standard-bearer of female heroism Leonore Prohaska is commemorated with a Soldier’s Chorus and a Romance with harp accompaniment. In Friedrich von Matthisson’s poem Opferlied (‘Sacrificial Song’), a young man prays to Zeus to bestow upon him beauty and goodness in youth and old age. Two of Beethoven’s four settings are heard on this wide-ranging programme.




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SKALKOTTAS, N.: Sinfonietta / Classical Symphony / 4 Images / Ancient Greek March (The Neoclassical Skalkottas) (Athens State Orchestra, Tsialis) (8.574154)

Despite his tragically short life, Nikos Skalkottas has now become recognised as one of the most important Greek composers of the 20th century. The modernist style of his earlier period is balanced by the four important mature neoclassical works presented here. Both the Sinfonietta and the Classical Symphony are expressions of the deep regard Skalkottas had for traditional forms blended with his unique musical language. Skalkottas was a violinist with the Athens State Orchestra, who are honouring his memory with this and future recordings of his works.




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MALIPIERO, G.F.: Symphony No. 6 / Ritrovari / Serenata mattutina / 5 Studi (Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Iorio) (8.574173)

The unconventional structure of Gian Francesco Malipiero’s music takes us on a journey through unexpected, sometimes incredibly beautiful vistas. The Sixth Symphony is a rich and songful celebration of string sonorities and moods, while the heroic Ritrovari and evocative Serenata mattutina display Malipiero’s expertise in writing for unusual chamber ensembles. The Cinque studi, heard here in their premiere recording, demonstrate an astonishing range of contrasting moods—a kaleidoscopic sonic tour with no more than a small orchestra, which juxtaposes orchestral strings with a wind group of a single flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon and two horns, and a percussion group of cymbal, bass drum, tambourine, celesta and piano.




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BEETHOVEN, L. van: Ruinen von Athen (Die) (The Ruins of Athens) (Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) (8.574076)

Die Ruinen von Athen (‘The Ruins of Athens’) was composed to celebrate the opening of the new German theatre in Pest in 1812. Designed to accompany the play of that name by August von Kotzebue, its incidental music is substantial enough to form a kind of one-act Singspiel and is full of attractive arias, duets and choruses and includes the famous Turkish March. Though the work’s theme was rooted in Greek mythology, in reality it was explicitly political in nature, celebrating Pest as ‘the new Athens’. This is the first ever recording of the work with full narration.




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BEETHOVEN, L. van: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II / Cantata on the Accession of Leopold II (Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Segerstam) (8.574077)

By the time of Emperor Joseph II’s death in 1790 Beethoven was a member of the court musical establishment in Bonn. To mark the occasion, Beethoven was commissioned to write two cantatas, one to mourn Joseph’s death and the other to celebrate the accession to the throne of Emperor Leopold II. Although Beethoven was only 19 years old at the time, both works show the embryonic marks of his greatness: intense expression and control of structure in one, and an almost operatic panache in the other. Neither piece was performed during Beethoven’s lifetime.




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OSIPOVA, Natalia: Force of Nature Natalia (Dance Documentary, 2019) (NTSC) (OA1307D)




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OSIPOVA, Natalia: Force of Nature Natalia (Dance Documentary, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (OABD7269D)




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Guitar Concertos (Italian) - BOCCADORO, C. / GIULIANI, M. / SOLLIMA, G. / VIVALDI, A. (Segre, I Pomeriggi Musicali, Boccadoro) (DE3546)




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Violin Concertos (Italian) - VIVALDI, A. / BONPORTI, F.A. / LOCATELLI, P.A. (Fanfoni, Ghidoni, C. Lazari, Martynov, Mezzena, Quarta) (CDS7861.10)




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ROSSINI, G.: Barbiere di Siviglia (Il) [Opera] (Meli, Simone, R. Shaham, Frontali, Furlanetto, Teatro la Fenice Chorus and Orchestra, Fogliani) (CDS597)




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BRAZIL Mãe da Lua: Kalibé (NXW76113-2)

Kalibé is an imaginary musical society where elements of different cultures come together in harmony. The heart and voice of this album is Mãe da Lua, a poet, singer, and activist from Brazil. With her deep and intense voice she sings about the need to preserve the environment, the meaning of existence, and the importance of universal love. All the songs have a strong message of tolerance and peace, with the belief that music can unite people.




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VITALI, G.B.: Sonate da camera, Op. 14 - Suites Nos. 1-6 (Italico Splendore) (TC632202)




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VITALI, G.B.: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2, Nos. 1-12 (Italico Splendore) (TC632203)




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VITALI, G.B.: Partite sopra diverse Sonate / Sonate, Op. 13 (Italico Splendore) (TC632204)




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Guitar Recital: Aguiar, Pedro - PEREIRA, M. / GNATTALI, R. / REIS, D. / GAROTO / GUINGA / GARCÍA AGUILERA, J. de D. / VILLA-LOBOS, H. / ASSAD, S. (8.574069)

Rooted in European music, native folk traditions and often infused by jazz, Brazilian music encompasses a huge variety of dance forms and songs. Prize-winning guitarist Pedro Aguiar has selected a panoramic recital to illustrate these elements which include the choro and music rich in melody and rhythmic vitality. From Villa-Lobos, whose Choros No. 1 is one of the most popular guitar solos ever written, through to the work of the revered Dilermando Reis, and on to contemporary examples of the genre, this is music of dazzling virtuosity and finesse.




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BEETHOVEN, L. van: Mass in C Major / Vestas Feuer / Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt (Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) (8.574017)

The custom of marking the name-day of Princess Esterházy with a newly composed Mass began in the 1790s and for many years was carried out by Joseph Haydn. In 1807 Beethoven was commissioned and responded with his Mass in C major. Coolly received at court, it is a celebratory work of large-scale brilliance. The cantata Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt is set to Goethe’s poems and contrasts calm with exuberance. In 1803 Beethoven set two numbers from Vestas Feuer, written by Emanuel Schikaneder, the librettist of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.




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VITALI, G.B.: Sonate, Op. 5 (Italico Spendore) (TC623305)




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Flute and Piano Recital: Mazzoli, Filippo / Dang, Nathalie - LEFORT, A. / MASSON, L. / MORET, E. / SEITZ, A. (Chant dans la nuit) (CDS7862)




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TOPS - I Feel Alive

An 80s inspired pheromone rush.




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Joe Bonamassa - A Conversation With Alice

...I’m surprised by just how damn good the single actually IS.




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Cleansing, processing, and visualizing a data set, Part 1: Working with messy data

Discover common problems associated with cleansing data for validation and processing, with solutions for dealing with them. You'll also find a custom tool to make the process of cleansing data and merging data sets for analysis.




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Cleansing, processing, and visualizing a data set, Part 2: Gaining invaluable insight from clean data sets

Learn about VQ and ART algorithms. VQ quickly and efficiently clusters a data set; ART adapts the number of clusters based on the data set.




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Using N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) with kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) guests on IBM Power servers

This article provides the basic steps to use N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) technology in a kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) guest. Additionally, the article also provides the significance of NPIV allowing multiple guests to make use of a single physical host bus adapter (HBA) to access multiple storage devices.




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Dealing with the mental health impact of coronavirus

From virus fears to job fears, isolation to homeschooling worries, financial stress to family stress, Australia’s pandemic lockdown is having an unprecedented effect on our mental health.




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‘I never thought it would be a reality for me’

When Abbey was a little girl, sunshine flooded her soul when she kicked a ball with her brother, pivoted on a netball court, watched her sporting idols on TV and read novels for hours on end.




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Revealing your emoticon side: how digital technology has changed the way we talk to each other

Communication has changed thanks to our use of digital and mobile tools. From emojis and abbreviations to how we talk to our virtual assistants, how do we talk to each other today?




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Truth decay: How digital technologies are helping shatter our shared sense of reality

Polarization and filter bubbles are destroying our shared sense of reality. Does this mean society is headed toward a state of psychosis?




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Social media can be 'toxic' and 'violent' — so people are trading it for private chats: journalist

Tech journalist Takara Small says people are building private social networks, through group messages with friends and family and interest-based communities, to create a safe space online.




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Halifax Jewish community helps stranded plane load, baby whisperer, drag queen workshop and seal on a train

Plane stranded on Shabbat in Halifax and community comes to the rescue, Alberta man has talent calming babies in distress/fosters 88 babies over time, Winnipeg theatre company workshop for aspiring drag queens and St. John police officer deals with a rogue seal



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