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Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Aries. Happy Birthday for Sunday, May 5, 2024: You’re talkative, opinionated and highly energized. You’re also generous and care about others. This year is the last year of a nine-year cycle for you, which means it’s time to let go of whatever is holding you back, including people and places.

Prior to the start of their series, Anthony Edwards declared that the Nuggets are not good without Jamal Murray. During the opening seconds of Saturday night’s matchup, the Minnesota star guard was determined to prove his point. As the shot clock trickled down on Denver’s opening possession, Murray tried to dance around Edwards but couldn’t break loose.

The basketball robot programmed to troubleshoot and negate any problem with relative ease encountered a worthy brain-teaser Saturday night. How does one center adjust to a team that’s able to throw three capable and well-rested bigs at him throughout the course of a game? Nikola Jokic was actually stumped. “Have a duplicate clone of myself,” he said finally.

Gary Moore is one of the least talked about guitarists of his time, but man could he rock. Still Got the Blues For You is in my mind his signature track. Music Radar conducted an excellent interview with Moore and he discussed his music and guitar playing in general. Moore also has some advice for the prolix guitar player, and we have surely all been one, coming down with acute case of fretboard diarrhoea and using too many notes in our solos. Take a phrase, says Moore, and work on it, playing around with all the different permutations, accenting the first, second, or maybe the last notes, working on the dynamics – these are all ways of workshopping your phrasing and learning how to make more out of something simple and familiar.

There's no question H5N1 bird flu has 'pandemic potential.' How likely is that worst-case scenario? CBC News'Timing is not good' for H5N1 pandemic - flu scientist RNZWhat's More Deadly—a New H5N1 Flu or the Republican Party? The New RepublicMedPod Today: Bird Flu Rundown; EMTALA at the Supreme Court; NEJM Embargo Changes Medpage Today

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