pro Trump Orders Meat Processing Plants To Stay Open To Protect Food Supply By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:44:52 GMT President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that requires meat processing plants in the country to remain open to ensure the continued supply of products like beef, pork, and poultry to the public. Signing the order Tuesday, Trump said, "We're working very hard to make sure our food supply chain is sound and plentiful." U.S. meat processing plants had become COVID hotspots, where more t Full Article
pro Profit Taking May Lead To Initial Pullback On Wall Street By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:02:19 GMT The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower opening on Monday, with stocks likely to give back ground following the strong upward move seen last week. Full Article
pro Profit Taking May Lead To Initial Weakness On Wall Street By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:01:49 GMT The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower opening on Thursday, with stocks likely to give back some ground following the rally seen in the previous session. Full Article
pro US Approaching 50,000 COVID-19 Deaths By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:21:13 GMT With no let-up in the spread of coronavirus in the United States, virus-related deaths in the country are approaching 50,000. The total number of deaths has risen to 49,963 as per Johns Hopkins University's latest data. U.S. health authorities have identified more than 869,172 COVID-19 cases throughout the United States so far. Of all the infections reported in the country, 263,460 were in Ne Full Article
pro US Reports Lowest Daily Death Toll, But Huge Spike Projected By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 11:58:04 GMT The United States recorded only 1,015 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, the lowest one-day tally in a month. While new COVID-19 infections and deaths are falling since the beginning of this month in the country, a coronavirus model cited by the White House is forecasting the daily death toll to reach new height of 3,000 by June 1. The daily infection rate is slated to increase mul Full Article
pro Bristol-Myers Q1 Results Beat View; Cuts 2020 GAAP Profit Outlook By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:18:09 GMT Biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) reported a loss in the first quarter, compared to profit last year. The company cut its GAAP earnings per share and revenue outlook for fiscal year 2020. But it reaffirmed annual adjusted profit guidance. Full Article
pro Hain Celestial Q3 Profit From Cont. Ops. Surges; Raises FY20 Earnings Outlook By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:32:06 GMT Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN), an organic and natural products company, on Thursday reported net income from continuing operations for the third quarter of $25.04 million or $0.24 per share, up sharply from $8.78 million or $0.08 per share in the prior-year period. Full Article
pro Laureate Education Q1 Profit Falls; Updates FY20 Outlook - Quick Facts By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:01:57 GMT Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) on Thursday reported that its net income for the first quarter was $98.3 million or $0.47 per share, down sharply from $194.3 million or $0.85 per share in the year-ago period. Full Article
pro Uber Technologies Q1 Adj. EBITDA Improves; Adj. Net Revenue Up 18% By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:53:09 GMT Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER) reported a first quarter loss per share of $1.70 compared to a loss of $2.26, previous year. On average, 31 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report a loss per share of $0.83, for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items. Net loss attributable to Uber Technologies, Inc. excluding the impairment write-downs, net of the tax benefit would have been $1.1 billion. Adjusted EBITDA was negative at $612 million, up $257 million year-over-year. Full Article
pro With Help From Psychology Professor Dad, 7-Year-Olds Run A Study By www.npr.org Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 08:00:00 -0400 When SUNY Plattsburgh professor Jeremy Grabbe's 7-year-old triplets complained about not getting out because of social distancing, he enlisted their help in writing up a study. Full Article
pro Amended: Finland Industrial Production Rises For Second Month By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:40:41 GMT Finland's industrial production rose for the second straight month in March, figures from Statistics Finland showed on Friday. Full Article
pro Norway Industrial Production Rises Faster By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:44:06 GMT Norway's industrial production grew at a faster pace in March, figures from Statistics Norway showed on Friday. Full Article
pro U.S. Labor Productivity Slumps 2.5% In Q1, Much Less Than Expected By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:38:58 GMT A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed U.S. labor productivity pulled back by much less than expected in the first quarter. The Labor Department said labor productivity slumped by 2.5 percent in the first quarter after jumping by 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019. Economists had expected productivity to plunge by 5.5 percent. Full Article
pro BEETHOVEN, L. van: König Stephan / Leonore Prohaska (excerpts) (The Key Ensemble, Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) (8.574042) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
pro Flute Sonatas (20th Century) - Lupachev, Denis - HINDEMITH, P. / NAGOVITSIN, V.L. / DENISOV, E. / PROKOFIEV, S. (Lupachev, Laul) (8.579069) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Written over the course of a quarter-century, these four flute works reflect the individual approaches to the flute sonata taken by their composers. Hindemith’s aim was to offer new music of buoyancy and brio, tempered by elegiac moments. Prokofiev’s famous sonata has Classical formal elegance, while the sonatas of Denisov and Nagovitsyn are single movement works that explore the flute’s extreme registers, as well as its dynamic contrasts and virtuosic capacities. Full Article
pro BEETHOVEN REIMAGINED (G. Prokofiev, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Segal) (8.574020) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT 2020 is the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, and this album presents three works that reshape the composer’s awe-inspiring music for the 21st century. The Sonata for Orchestra considers how the Violin Sonata No. 7 would sound had it been written for orchestra, while A Fidelio Symphony transforms vocal lines into symphonic textures to take us through the entire arc of the composer’s sole opera. Based on the famous Ode to Joy of Beethoven’s final symphony, BEETHOVEN9 Symphonic Remix uses loops, grooves and musical transformations to create a contemporary tribute to Beethoven’s universal message. Full Article
pro BRONTE, C.: Professor (The) (Unabridged) (NA0402) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT Unpublished at the time of her death, The Professor is the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë, and the seed of her later books, Jane Eyre and Villette. The narrator of the tale, William Crimsworth, tells a story of courage and ambition among jealousy and envy: orphaned from a young age, William rejects life in the clergy, and then as a tradesman, to the chagrin of his cruel uncles and elder brother. Instead he pursues a career in education and ends up in Brussels, where he meets student/teacher Francis Evans Henri, a half-English Swiss orphan, with whom he falls in love. However, their union is prevented by the jealousy of headmistress Mademoiselle Reuter, who has accidentally fallen in love with William herself… Full Article
pro STRAVINSKY, I.: Rake's Progress (The) [Opera] (Equilibrium Young Artists, 2018) / HANNIGAN, Barbara: Taking Risks (Documentary, 2018) (NTSC) (ACC-20420) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro ZEMLINSKY, A. von: Traumgörge (Der) [Opera] (Protschka, P. Coburn, J. Martin, H. Welker, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, G. Albrecht) (C5395) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro ROBINSON, M.: Improvisations on The Fourteen Stations of the Cross Based on Themes by N. Rorem (M. Robinson) (DE3549) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro PROKOFIEV, S.: Romeo and Juliet [Ballet] (Zürich Ballet, 2019) (NTSC) (ACC-20484) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro PROKOFIEV, S.: Romeo and Juliet [Ballet] (Zürich Ballet, 2019) (Blu-ray, Full-HD) (ACC-10484) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro PROKOFIEV, S.: Romeo and Juliet [Ballet] (Ural Opera Ballet, 2019) (NTSC) (BAC180) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro PROKOFIEV, S.: Romeo and Juliet [Ballet] (Ural Opera Ballet, 2019) (Blu-ray, Full-HD) (BAC580) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro MONIUSZKO, S.: Choral Music (inaczej śpiewany) (Choirs of the Choral Academy Project - Singing Poland, NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, Frankow-Zelazny) (CDAccordACD265) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro BEMBO, A.: Produzioni armoniche (Armonia Delle Sfere) (TC640280) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro NEUMEIER, J.: Beethoven Project [Ballet] (Hamburg Ballet, 2019) (NTSC) (753608) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro NEUMEIER, J.: Beethoven Project [Ballet] (Hamburg Ballet, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (753704) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro BACH, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 (The Bach Project) (Yo-Yo Ma) (NTSC) (754408) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro BACH, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 (The Bach Project) (Yo-Yo Ma) (Blu-ray, HD) (754504) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro CHOPIN, F.: Scherzos Nos. 1-4 / Impromptus Nos. 1-3 / Fantasy-Impromptu / Allegro de concert (Mao Fujita) (8.574052) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Chopin turned the Scherzo into a new form of piano composition: an independent virtuoso work which he laced with drama, Polish folk song, tranquillity and nuance. With their rhythmic lilt and filigree ornamentation the Impromptus are infused with Romantic freedom, while the Allegro de concert, Op. 46 was originally conceived as a movement for a projected piano concerto but was instead revised for solo piano. Full Article
pro PROKOFIEV, S.: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6 (German Radio Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic, Inkinen) (SWR19086CD) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro PROKOFIEV, S.: Songs and Romances (Gritskova, Prinz) (8.574030) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Sergey Prokofiev is acknowledged as one of the 20th century’s greatest composers, and his enduring popularity today rests on a rich legacy of orchestral and chamber works. Less well-known are his songs, which display a lyrical component that suited his liking for clear and simple forms. This can be heard particularly in Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, but all of these pieces show Prokofiev to be a worthy successor of the great 19th-century tradition of art songs. Margarita Gritskova’s voice was described by Opera News as ‘a spectacular instrument’ in her recording of Russian Songs on Naxos 8.573908. Full Article
pro Piano Recital: Choni, Dmytro - DEBUSSY, C. / GINASTERA, A. / LIGETI, G. / PROKOFIEV, S. (8.574136) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT The Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni, winner of the 2018 Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, has selected a programme that spans the 20th century. The first book of Debussy’s Images offers poetic evocation and virtuoso caprice, whereas Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 6, completed in 1940, is the first of his ‘War Sonatas’, characteristically contrasting rhythmic vitality with rich lyricism. Ginastera, too, supplies vivid intensity in his Piano Sonata No. 1 suggesting the sound of the guitar, while Ligeti’s Étude is a Debussyian evocation of a rainbow. Full Article
pro Flute Music - CASTALDI, P. / COSMI, G. / DAVISMOON, S. / FANTICINI, F. / MORRICONE, E. / PROCK, S. / TACCANI, G.C. (Flute XXI) (Fabbriciani) (TC980090) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pro Proud Creature - Opening Creature EP By www.music-news.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:50:00 Z A great score for a good dive inward or just a cerebrally distracting soundtrack to these isolation days. Full Article
pro Top 10 editor's picks for IBM Business Process Manager By www.ibm.com Published On :: 17 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000 See top 10 editor's picks of IBM Business Process Manager content published on developerWorks, updated to include some of the best tutorials published in the past year. Full Article Middleware
pro Manage account approval in an OpenWhisk application By www.ibm.com Published On :: 26 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000 This tutorial shows you how to write an application that allows users to self register, and then have their accounts approved or declined by an administrator. Full Article security
pro Use Clojure to write OpenWhisk actions, Part 3: Improve your OpenWhisk Clojure applications By www.ibm.com Published On :: 30 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000 In the previous two tutorials, you learned how to write a basic OpenWhisk Clojure application. In Part 3, I'll show you how to improve any such application. First, you'll learn how to support arguments that include double quotes. Then you'll learn how to use a permanent database (Cloudant) instead of a variable to store the information. Full Article cloud
pro Using data science to manage a software project in a GitHub organization, Part 1: Create a data science project from scratch By www.ibm.com Published On :: 13 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000 In this two-part series, I explain how to find project management insights from a GitHub organization and how to create and publish tools to the Python Package Index. Full Article data opensource
pro Performance improvement using IBM AIX flash cache By www.ibm.com Published On :: 13 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000 This article demonstrates how performance with IBM AIX flash can drastically improve read requests from a storage subsystem by running performance benchmark tests. The test team experimented using different performance benchmarks and measured the performance data to demonstrate the variation with and without AIX flash cache. Full Article aix
pro Resolving symbol information into meaningful function names in tprof By www.ibm.com Published On :: 30 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000 In scenerios where tprof utility fails to resolve the addresses of the symbols, instead reports the symbols in hexadecimal format. This makes perfomance analysis difficult, since the symbols would not have resolved into meaningful function names. This article explains the way in which users can translate the unresolved address in a tprof profile report to meaningful function address using gensyms and dbx commands. Full Article aix
pro Authorize with a Cloudant proxy By www.ibm.com Published On :: 06 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000 It is sometimes useful to have more granular access controls on a database than the controls that are provided by Cloudant. In this tutorial, you learn how to create a Cloudant proxy that is under your control. Using such a proxy, you can implement the appropriate authorization model to the system. Full Article security
pro Cleansing, processing, and visualizing a data set, Part 1: Working with messy data By www.ibm.com Published On :: 14 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article data
pro Cleansing, processing, and visualizing a data set, Part 2: Gaining invaluable insight from clean data sets By www.ibm.com Published On :: 04 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article data
pro A cryptographic approach to protecting passwords in the cloud By www.ibm.com Published On :: 17 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000 In this article, back-end developers learn why it is important to use encryption and how to use it effectively to protect user information on the cloud, especially passwords, so that even a data leak can't be cracked in less than decades. Security is an ever important topic in the cloud that is crucial to full-stack development and is essential on all products and services. Full Article security
pro Achieving high performance on IBM AIX using Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) By www.ibm.com Published On :: 24 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000 This article describes the Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) Flash support on IBM AIX. CAPI technology has been used on AIX to accelerate I/O operations to IBM Flash storage. AIX CAPI Flash driver stack has been optimized into a monolithic driver model which further reduced the I/O code path length. CAPI Flash technology provides a superior performance advantage in terms of IOPS per processor when compared to the traditional Fibre Channel I/O. We also describe at a high level how a user can use CAPI-based flash devices on AIX. Full Article aix
pro Use management APIs and Jenkins as a continuous integration engine for IBM App Connect Professional deployment automation By www.ibm.com Published On :: 05 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000 Check out deployment automation on IBM App Connect (formerly known as WebSphere Cast Iron) by using IBM App Connect Management APIs, the SoapUI client, and Jenkins. Full Article Agile opensource
pro Nintendo profit jump as people stay home By www.dailytelegraph.com.au Published On :: Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. has scored a 33 per cent jump in annual profit, as people stuck at home turn to playing games amid the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
pro ViacomCBS Q1 profit slumps on ad decline By www.dailytelegraph.com.au Published On :: ViacomCBS says first-quarter profit tumbled as the company suffered a 19 per cent decline in advertising revenue due in part to the cancellation of the NCAA "March Madness" men's basketball championship this year. Full Article