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☆ How an Architect Gave La Scala a 21st-Century Update
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Sam Lubell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the past two decades, La Scala, completed by the architect Giuseppe Piermarini in 1778, has experienced its most profound changes since after World War II, when it suffered severe damage from Allied bombing raids. Mr. Botta’s first phase of work at La Scala was carried out from 2002 to 2004, and the second, begun in 2019, has just wrapped up. What is the scope of your work at La Scala? But to effectively make it work today, it needed to be much more flexible and capable than what existed in the 1700s. We’ve created a series of elements designed to make the theater function for the 2000s.

☆ Pretty Yende, South African opera star will perform at King Charles' coronation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Gertrude Kitongo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —“Pretty, are you sitting down?” South African soprano Pretty Yende was performing in Vienna last December when she received a call from her manager. She had just been booked for the biggest gig of her life: a performance at the coronation of King Charles III. As one of three soloists at the ceremony, it’s thought that Yende is the first African to be invited to perform solo at a British coronation. The coronation will not be the first time King Charles has watched Yende perform; he saw the soprano sing at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 75th anniversary gala, held at Windsor Castle in April 2022. Pretty Yende performs in "Lucia Di Lammermoor" at the Bastille Opera House in Paris in October 2016.

☆ A New Show Celebrates the Guitar and Its Symbolism
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Tanya Mohn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences. Guitarists and their music — from folk singers to rock ’n’ roll stars and protest songs — figure prominently in American history and culture, but the instrument has a notable heritage of its own. “The guitar itself can have meaning, other than simply being beautiful or making music,” said Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, where “Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art,” on view from May 26 to Aug. 13, will explore the guitar’s symbolism in American art, from late 18th-century parlor rooms to today’s concert halls. On display will be more than 165 works: paintings, sculpture, photography, works on paper, illustrations, videos, music in multimedia presentations and musical instruments, including a rare cittern, a popular string instrument in the 18th and 19th centuries, and seminal guitars by Fender, Gibson and C.F. Martin & Company.

☆ No Trump bump in New Hampshire as possible criminal charges loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LACONIA, New Hampshire, March 24 (Reuters) - Longtime Donald Trump supporter Doug Lambert agrees with the former president that the potential criminal charges he faces in New York are being cooked up by his enemies on the left. But, Lambert worries about the "messiness" of a Trump presidential candidacy and is leaning towards voting for someone else. In a University of New Hampshire poll in January, likely Republican voters preferred DeSantis over Trump by a 12-point margin, 42% to 30%, with Sununu at 4%. "The more indictments, the more points of leverage a DeSantis or whoever can use to make the case against Trump." Reporting by Nathan Layne in Laconia, New Hampshire Editing by Ross Colvin and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Sanofi, Regeneron shares pop more than 6% after data shows asthma drug Dupixent may also treat COPD
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of Sanofi and Regeneron both jumped by more than 6% on Thursday after the pharmaceutical companies released promising data showing their jointly developed asthma drug Dupixent also shows promise in treating COPD patients. New data from a phase three clinical trial shows Dupixent reduced bad bouts of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, by 30% compared with a placebo over 52 weeks. The trial enrolled COPD patients with type 2 inflammation — an allergic response that can result in decreased lung function. The companies said a second phase three trial of Dupixent in COPD is ongoing, with data expected in 2024. He added that J.P. Morgan expects to see new COPD patients adding $1.5 billion to $2 billion in new sales for Dupixent.

☆ VW's Skoda would cut 3,000 jobs if 'Euro 7' implemented in current form
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PRAGUE, March 19 (Reuters) - Czech carmaker Skoda would have to cut 3,000 jobs and axe some models if the European Union's "Euro 7" emissions scheme is implemented in its current form, a Skoda board member warned in a TV debate on Sunday. Daimler Trucks (DTGGe.DE) chief Martin Daum for instance said on March 10 it would cost the industry "billions". Overall, more than 10,000 jobs would be at risk in the Czech Republic, including at Skoda's suppliers, Jahn said. The three smaller models represented nearly a third of Skoda's deliveries to customers in 2022. Transport ministers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia met on Monday to discuss their efforts to change the Euro 7 proposal.

☆ A 50% rent increase? Record property demand in Dubai is creating a nightmare for some residents
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Beyond the property market, Dubai's economic boom is evident in everyday life. The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the Burj Khalifa in the backdrop, Sept. 16, 2022. Property prices have, too — CBRE says that selling prices are up 11.5% on average in the year to February 2023. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAccording to CBRE's research, in the year through February 2023, average Dubai rents increased by 27.7%. In the meantime, no one expects property prices to ease up anytime soon.

☆ Italy's La Scala goes live with opera and concert streaming service
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Italy's La Scala has launched a streaming service allowing viewers to watch its operas, concerts and ballets online, in an effort to widen its audience worldwide. The first concert will be broadcast live on "La Scala TV" on Saturday with three Mozart symphonies conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the renowned Milan-based opera house said in a statement. With a ticket price range between 2.9 euros and 11.9 euros ($3.1-$12.7), subscribers this year can choose between seven live opera performances, nine concerts and three ballets. The online service debuted on Tuesday with Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi opera' "The Sicilian Vespers", conducted by director Fabio Lusi. "The project is part of a broader effort to modernize the theatre ahead of the 2026 Olympics" that will take place in the Milan area, La Scala said.

☆ VW's Skoda Auto cuts production due to chip shortage - trade unions
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PRAGUE, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) Czech subsidiary Skoda Auto is cutting production this week due to chip shortages, trade unions at the carmaker said. Some shifts will be cancelled in the production of the Octavia, Enyaq, Fabia, Scala and Kamiq models, the unions said. "After optimistic first weeks of the year, the production situation has been worsening again," the unions said in weekly bulletin Skodovacky Odborar. Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Biden personally adds mentions of an assault weapons ban to his planned public remarks, a White House official said. "We're going to ban assault weapons again," he said on Thursday at a Lunar New Year reception at the White House, to applause. As vice president, he spearheaded a set of gun control proposals for Barack Obama after Sandy Hook that included a recommendation for a new assault weapons ban. However the Quinnipiac and other polls show that just about half of Americans support an assault weapons ban. Even though an all-out assault weapons ban seems unlikely, a very thin Republican majority in the House means that something more modest, such as raising the age to 21 to buy assault weapons, could be possible, the University of New Hampshire's Scala said.

☆ Italy theatre cancels show by Putin-tattooed Russian dancer
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin rehearses for the Project Polunin show at the Royal Opera House in London, Britain March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File PhotoROME, Dec 30 (Reuters) - An Italian theatre on Friday called off a show by a prominent Russian dancer who has three tattoos of President Vladimir Putin on his chest and shoulders, reacting to online protests over the artist's scheduled appearance. The theatre said the cancellation was an act of "political and moral responsibility", given "a climate of tensions and threats". A spokeswoman said the theatre had been subjected to an email campaign as well as many negative messages online. Performances by Russian artists and Russian artworks have become controversial in the West, in the wake of Moscow's military campaign against Ukraine, which started on Feb. 24.

☆ Italian President Mattarella tests positive for COVID
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

ROME, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella, 81, has tested positive for COVID-19 but has few symptoms beyond a slight fever, his office said in a statement on Saturday. Mattarella has cancelled his appointments for the coming days but will continue with his other duties in isolation from his apartment in the Quirinale Palace in Rome, the statement added. He made a high-profile appearance on Wednesday when he attended the opening night of the new season at La Scala opera house in Milan, along with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The president in Italy has largely ceremonial duties but is responsible for resolving political crises when they occur. Writing by Keith Weir; Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Protests held as Italy's La Scala opens season with Russian opera
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Sara Rossi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Demonstrators holding Ukrainian flags and signs protest outside of La Scala opera house, ahead of its 2022-23 season opening night performance of "Boris Godunov," a Russian-composed opera performed by Russian artists, in Milan, Italy, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Flavio Lo ScalzoMILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Milan's La Scala theatre opened its 2022-2023 opera season on Wednesday with a gala performance of the Russian work "Boris Godunov" as protesters against the Ukrainian war demonstrated outside the venue. "We have nothing against the Russian people, against Russian history, against Russian culture," Meloni told reporters before the performance. She questioned why La Scala had not changed its programme over the nine months since the war began. Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov took the lead role as Godunov while Russian soprano Anna Denisova was Kseniya, his daughter.

☆ Anti-war protesters in Italy denounce La Scala for staging Russian opera
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Sara Rossi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Demonstrators holding Ukrainian flags and signs protest outside of La Scala opera house, ahead of its 2022-23 season opening night performance of "Boris Godunov," a Russian-composed opera performed by Russian artists, in Milan, Italy, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Flavio Lo ScalzoMILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Anti-war protesters demonstrated outside Milan's La Scala theatre on Wednesday before it opened its 2022-2023 opera season with a gala performance of the Russian work "Boris Godunov". Around 20 people waved the Ukrainian flag and held up placards denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine in February. She questioned why La Scala had not changed its programme over the nine months since the war began. La Scala artistic director Dominique Meyer last month defended its decision to stage the work, written by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in the 19th century, after protests from Ukrainian exile groups.

☆ Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan's La Scala opera house
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Climate-change activists in Italy on Wednesday threw paint at the entrance of Milan's famed La Scala opera house ahead of the opening performance of the season, local police said. Activists have staged high profile protests across Europe in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and art works in calling for tougher action to tackle global warming. Police said they had detained five people following the incident at La Scala, while cleaners swiftly removed the paint from the entrance of the theatre. La Scala will open its 2022-23 season on Wednesday, one of the highlights of the Italian cultural calendar, with a performance of the Russian opera "Boris Godunov" composed by Modest Mussorgsky. Reporting by Sara Rossi and Fabiano Franchitti; Writing by Gianluca Semeraro; Editing by Gavin Jones and Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Democratic leaders in New Hampshire and Iowa quickly responded that they plan to ignore the DNC, follow state law and hold their nominations as planned. A New Hampshire law explicitly sets the state's primary date ahead of any DNC calendar. The changes could ease Biden's path to re-election by reshuffling the calendar to favor states that supported his nomination, in particular South Carolina. Biden's 2020 presidential campaign was struggling until he won South Carolina and went on to gain the party's nomination. "Joe Biden's political career was defined when South Carolina Democrats essentially handed him the Democratic Party nomination and the presidency," said Scala.

☆ Italy's La Scala defends its choice of Russian opera for season opening
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Milan's famous La Scala opera house has defended its decision to open its new season next month with "Boris Godunov" despite criticism from Ukrainians about staging a Russian work. La Scala artistic director, Dominque Meyer, told a news conference. "We do not do propaganda in favour of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and there is nothing against Ukraine," he added. The opening of a new season at La Scala is one of the highlights of Italy's cultural calendar. Immediately after the invasion of Ukraine in February, the Milan-based theatre said Russian conductor Valery Gergiev would not perform at La Scala after he failed to condemn the war.

☆ Ukrainians protest staging of Russian opera at Italy's La Scala
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian diplomat has written to the head of Milan's La Scala opera house and to local political leaders to protest over plans to stage the Russian opera "Boris Godunov" next month. The event is one of the highlights of Italy's cultural calendar. Several associations representing Ukrainians living in Italy have also protested against the choice of Mussorgsky's classic work at this time. They have called for a different opera to be staged and for no Russian works to be put on until the war is over. There was no immediate comment from La Scala on Thursday.

☆ Elon Musk is bringing at least 50 engineers from Tesla to Twitter. Most have little to no experience designing social networks and use an entirely different programming language altogether, report say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

New Twitter owner Elon Musk is bringing engineers from his other businesses to work on the social network. Insider previously reported that Tesla engineers are reviewing existing Twitter code. Tesla engineers have little experience designing for social media and use a different programming language, CNBC reported. Twitter, which runs using publicly-facing publishing and search engine functions, is developed in code written in Scala, a concise 18-year-old programming language, compared to Python, a 31-year-old programming language that Tesla engineers are currently using. Since the acquisition, Musk has made sweeping executive layoffs and in negotiation talks with investors promised he will cut 75% of existing Twitter employees.

☆ Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 Tesla employees into his Twitter takeover
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNew Twitter owner Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 of his trusted Tesla employees, mostly software engineers from the Autopilot team, into his Twitter takeover, CNBC has learned. At Twitter, Musk is counting on his lieutenants and loyalists to decide who and what to cut or keep at the social network. It is not immediately clear how Tesla employees are expected to split their schedules between the automaker and Twitter. Typically, when Tesla employees work for other Elon Musk ventures, usually SpaceX or the Boring Company, they can get paid by the other venture as a consultant. Employees say Musk wants that work done by the first week of November.

☆ A top AWS exec shares advice on what you should do when the company you want to work for is in a hiring freeze
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But they shouldn't sit idly, Nancy Wang, a top AWS exec and the founder of a nonprofit, says. Nancy Wang of AWS is the founder of Advancing Women in Tech. This is especially critical for women and members of marginalized groups who are underrepresented in technology, Wang said. So in 2017, she founded Advancing Women in Tech, a nonprofit dedicated to helping women and minorities rise in technology roles. Learn skillsIt helps to think of yourself as a product when you're looking for a job, Wang said.

☆ Președintele interimar din Haiti a decretat starea de asediu și legea marțială după asasinarea fostului președinte
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesPreședintele interimar din Haiti a decretat starea de asediu și legea marțială după asasinarea fostului președintePreședintele interimar al Haiti, Claude Joseph, a declarat stare de asediu în țară ca urmare a asasinării președintelui Jovenel Moïse, miercuri, relatează CNN. Conform legii haitiene, starea de asediu este al doilea nivel pe o scală de trei – starea de urgență, starea de asediu, iar cel mai ridicat nivel de alertă este starea de război. Ca urmării a intrării în vigoare a acestei dispoziții, granițele s-au închis, iar legea marțială a fost impusă temporar, armata și poliția primind puteri suplimentare de a pune în aplicare legea. Joseph le-a cerut cetățlenilor să-și păstreze calmul și a promis că îi va „aduce pe asasinii fostului președinte în fața legii”. Este o zi tristă pentru țara noastră și pentru poporul nostru”, a spus Joseph într-un discurs televizat, scrie digi24.ro.

Persons: Președintele, Claude Joseph, Jovenel, CNN, Joseph, Eu Locations: Haiti

O generație de viitori profesioniști începe de la investiția în educație, iar pentru ca procesul educațional să fie realizat la cel mai înalt nivel, în concordanță cu ultimele tendințe din domeniu, și profesorii au nevoie de suport și instruire. Pe parcursul celor două ediții anterioare, în cadrul programului, 23 de cadre didactice de la instituțiile de învățământ superior din țară au beneficiat de susținere în implementarea ideilor inovatoare de modificare a curriculei TIC. Totodată, prin intermediul proiectului, profesorii și studenții au avut parte gratuit de programe educaționale recunoscute la nivel internațional de la Oracle University precum Java Fundamentals și SQL Fundamentals. La fel, datorită proiectului, o profesoară de la Universitatea de Stat din Comrat, a dezvoltat un curs de E-Teaching pentru profesori, care a fost plasat inclusiv de Udemy. Un alt proiect – Farmbot – a devenit o inspirație pentru studenți în scrierea tezelor de licență, cercetând diverse aspecte de utilizare a tehnologiilor în agricultură.

Persons: Victor Ababii, Svetlana, Vitalie Maftei, Gheorghe, Svetlana Cojocaru, Elena Florea, Dumitru Moraru, Viorica Organizations: Statelor Unite, Universitatea Tehnică din, Universitatea de Stat, UTM, Burduja, Student, Oracle University Locations: Statelor, Suediei, Universitatea Tehnică din Moldova, Cahul, Java, Comrat

☆ Eveniment de colectare a plasticului în Chișinău; Organizator: „Problemele ecologice se intensifică şi afectează planeta”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Grupul Tinerii pentru Eco Plastic („TEP”) organizează duminică, 13 iunie, un eveniment de mobilizare comunitară pentru colectarea plasticului la scală mică după modelul internațional „Precious Plastic”. „Tinerii pentru Eco Plastic este o inițiativă de reciclare a TEP ce a luat naștere în 2017 și de atunci continuă să lucreze pentru a crește gradul de conștientizare a oamenilor privind problema poluării cu plastic. Evenimentele de colectare a plasticului au devenit o tradiție, iar în această duminică, pe 13 iunie, va avea loc a XXV-a ediție. Potrivit Ecaterinei se vor recicla trei tipuri de plastic din șapte existente:„Plastic dur de Tipul 2, abreviat HDPE (uneori PE-HD). Deoarece acestea sunt cele mai inofensive tipuri de plastic și la încălzire nu emană gaze toxice”, a mai adăugat Ecaterina Țăruș.

Persons: Eco, Ecaterina Țăruș, Ștefan cel Mare, Ecaterina, Ecaterinei Organizations: Băncii Mondiale Locations: Chișinău, Republica Moldova, HD

☆ Studiu sociologic realizat în cadrul PRIM: Calitatea educației în R. Moldova s-a îmbunătățit comparativ cu trei ani în urmă
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-29 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Calitatea educației în R. Moldova s-a îmbunătățit comparativ cu trei ani în urmă. Satisfacția părinților față de calitatea generală a educației a fost măsurată prin prisma a 12 caracteristici, iar a cadrelor manageriale prin intermediul a 19 caracteristici. Totodată, sondajul mai arată că responsabilii din școli s-au consultat activ cu părinții despre procesul educațional în perioada pandemică: cel puțin fiecare al doilea părinte chestionat a confirmat procesul de consultare pe diferite aspecte. Studiul a fost realizat de Centrul de Analize și Investigații Sociologice, Politologice și Psihologice CIVIS în baza unui sondaj reprezentativ la nivel național, acoperind toate regiunile țării, inclusiv localitățile urbane și rurale. În total, au fost chestionați 907 părinți și 104 cadre manageriale.

Persons: chestionat Organizations: Ministerul Educației, Culturii, Cercetării Locations: Moldova

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