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Chronicling Covid-19 (19): the United States

15 Saturday Aug 2020

Posted by michelinewalker in Covid-19, kindness

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Editors, Many thanks, Scarlatti, WordPress

My Belaud's Twin

I wish to thank WordPress. I was between a rock and a hard place. I am using not quite, but almost, the Classic editor. Content determines the choice of an editor. I could not discuss Molière using the block editor, but I can publish a simpler post. The ribbon is above. 

My dear little Belaud looked like the chartreux pictured above. However, there were more folds in his fur. He was an exquisite pet. Losing him was very painful. A chartreux’s lifespan is shorter than the lifespan of most cats.

Chartreux have not been bred. They are a natural breed. As the legend goes, Carthusian monks found these grey cats in the Middle East. They hunted rats. So the monks knew they would protect the monastery. There had been a massacre of cats that led to the black death, the plague. Cats killed rats, which helped prevent the plague. In Ireland, if someone killed a cat, there was some sort of penalty. Chartreux are very quiet and very calm.

Carthusian monks found these grey cats in the Middle East and transported several to their monastery. They were protected.

The Coronavirus

If everyone wore a mask, the number of infections caused by the novel coronavirus would fall drastically. It may be the only way to re-energize the economy.

It is also necessary for the government to ensure that people are provided with an income so they do not lose their livelihood. The cost of hospitalization due to covid-19 should also be covered. We pay taxes to be protected. Mr Trump should make sure everyone has an income.

The current situation causes stress and stress leads to illness. A weakened immune system makes an individual vulnerable. Wearing a mask should be compulsory. It’s our only protection.

If protesters claim their freedom is taken away, they should pay a huge fine. The charge would be reckless endangerment of human lives. They are also jeopardizing the well-being of the economy because the virus is kept alive.

Scarlatti – The Cat’s Fugue (L499 K30)
Anne Queffélec
, piano

Flowers by Suzor-Coté

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Happy Holidays

25 Wednesday Dec 2019

Posted by michelinewalker in Sharing

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Aleksey Savrasov, Merry Christmas, Praise the Lord, Rachmaninov, sharing, WordPress

The village in winter, 1880 - 1890 - Aleksey Savrasov

The Village in Winter by Aleksey Savrasov, 1800-1890 (wikiart.org)

Dear friends,

Just a word to wish you a Merry Christmas and other festivities. May the New Year bless all of you.

I thank you for the warmth you have brought me for some nine years. We create bonds with are colleagues, which I never expected.

We had a Christmas celebration last night, at one of my nephew’s home. So I may now write a post on La Comtesse d’Escarbagnas, Molière’s shortest play.

A very long time ago, my sister and I produced it. I can’t remember which role I played. Students enjoy producing plays. My sister is an award-winning actress.

Rachmaninoff— Praise the Lord

Early Spring. Thaw, 1885 - Aleksey Savrasov

Early Spring Thaw by Savrasov, 1885 (wikiart.org)

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Blogger Recognition Award

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by michelinewalker in Nominations

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I apologize for not acknowledging receipt of this nomination yesterday. I had to keep appointments.

First I would like to thank Dear Kitty1.Some Blog for nominating me for the blogger recognition award displayed above. I do not think I deserve an award at this point because I haven’t posted articles frequently for several months. However, I have worked carefully on those I published. There  are rules to follow.

  1. The first rule attached to this nomination is to thank my colleague most sincerely. She is a person I have admired from the moment I started blogging and interacting with other bloggers.
  2. The second rule is to tell how by blog started. This rule could lead to my writing several posts, but I will keep it short. I started blogging when I realized US President Obama was criticized for the best things he did. He has helped to modernize the United States, bring it up to today’s societal standards. If Donald Trump replaces him, I fear very much that he will do away with Obamacare. He’ll protect the rich.
  3. The third rule is to give advice to bloggers. The Google rating of my post is not good which has nothing to do with content. It’s presentation. I have learned to insert images and videos into my posts, but I do not know how to customize my blog. Filling your sidebar is important. As well, keep a formula. For instance a picture and a few words can make for a beautiful post. But my two pieces of advice would be:
    – To make access to your blog as easy as possible.
    – To make your blog easy to navigate is also crucial.
  4. The fourth rule is to thank the person who nominated you and to provide a link to the person. Thank you very much dear Kitty.
    https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/blogger-recognition-award-thank-you-cosmic-explorer/
  5. The fifth rule is to nominate 15 bloggers. So there we go.

My nominees are:

Ramblings (derrickjknight) (1)
I didn’t have my glasses on (ksbeth) (2)
El Espacio de Chus (3)
Vulturesti (4)
Eyes on Europe & the Middle East (5)
La Audacia de Aquiles (6)
Poetic Parfait (7)
ReadinPleasure (8)
Live and Learn (David Kanigan) (9)
Natuurfreak (10)
Mustard Seed Budget (11)
Another Day Another Story (12)
Pedrol (13)
In Saner Thought (14)
Viages al Fondo del Alsa (15)

Congratulations!

Each nominee will receive a notification. You need not thank me and you are free to decline this nomination. If you choose to accept it, the rules are:

  • Write a post to show your award.
  • Give a brief story of how your blog started.
  • Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.
  • Thank whoever nominated you, and provide a link to their blog.
  • Select 15 other blogs you want to give the award to.

I thank dear Kitty once again. ♥ 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, 2nd Movement

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The Four Seasons: from Darkness into Light

06 Thursday Dec 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Feasts, Music

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archangels, Books of Hours, equinox, Kômos, Saturnalia, Satyr, solstice, The Gregorian Calendar, The Julian Calendar, WordPress

Satyr with pipe and a pipe case (Attic red-figure plate, 520–500 BC, from Vulci, Etruria

Satyr with pipe and a pipe case (Attic red-figure plate, 520–500 BCE, from Vulci, Etruria (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

From time immemorial, seasons, or more precisely, darkness and light, have determined the days on which humankind placed its festivities, regardless of cultures and religions.  In fact, nature has always prevailed, bestowing unity upon diversity. And it most certainly dictated the moment when festivities were held.

The Solstices

Winter Solstice

The Winter solstice (December 21/22 for the Northern Hemisphere; June 20/21, for the Southern Hemisphere)

Humankind has always celebrated the longest night and the longest day.  In ancient Greece, comedies and satires were associated with the winter solstice:  Kômos, or Cômos, and Satyrs.  And in the Rome of Antiquity,  Saturnaliæ occurred on the day of the longest night.  On that day, the universe was upside down.  Therefore, in certain cultures, the master was suddenly slave.  In more ancient cultures, an old king was replaced and, at times, sacrificed, so a new king could be enthroned.  The old king was the pharmakos or scapegoat.

Judaism placed Hanukkah very close to the longest night of the year as did Christianity.  In fact, Christianity celebrated the twelve days Christmas.  In the Western Church, Christmas, the birth of Christ, has been celebrated on December 25th, but in the Eastern Church, January 6th, Epiphany, is the day on which the birth of Christ has been celebrated.

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When Julius Cæsar established his calendar (the Julian Calendar), in 45 CE, he situated the winter solstice on December 25th, but in time, Christmas was celebrated several days before December 25th.  See Winter solstice.  Consequently, in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII (the Gregorian Calendar) brought the winter solstice back to December 22nd and, as per the directives of Council of Nicaea of 325, in the Western Church, Christmas has since been celebrated on December 25th and twelve days later in the Eastern Church.

Cæsar fixed the Spring (vernal) equinox on March 25th, but that was also changed at the Council of Nicaea.  In Western cultures, we use the Gregorian calendar which is based on the determinations of the Council of Nicaea.

  • The Summer  Solstice (June 20/21, for the northern hemisphere; December 21/22, for the Southern Hemisphere)

As for the longest day, for Christians, it is la Saint-Jean, St John’s Day, and various other feasts.

Ring Sundial

The Equinoxes, or equinoctial points

  • The Vernal Equinox (March 20/21, for the Northern Hemisphere; September 22/23, in the Southern Hemisphere)

The day on which darkness and light are of more or less equal length (equi =equal), Judaism celebrates Passover and Christians, Easter.  Easter is the day of the resurrection of Christ.  Consequently, the night before Easter Sunday, a mass is celebrated during which the Church is momentarily in complete darkness and gradually lit a candle at a time.  In earlier days, a lamb was sacrificed: the sacrificial lamb.

  • The Autumnal Equinox  (September 22/23; March 20/21)

As for the Autumnal equinox, it is the Judaic Rosh Hashanah.  In Christianity, the day is marked by la Saint-Michel, on September 29th or the now nearly-forgotten Michaelmas.  In the Roman Catholic Church, Michael is one of three archangels, the other two are Gabriel (March 24th) and Raphael (October 24th).  But Christianity also has its archangel of death, or Esdras, the “avenging angel,” or archangel of death, named Azrael in Hebrew culture.

In Islamic culture, the four archangels are Gabriel, Michael, Raphael and Azrael.  There are slight variations in the spelling of Azrael, variations that are consistent with national languages.  The Greek Orthodox Church honours the archangels on November 8th.

The solstices and the equinoxes do not occur on a fixed and permanent day.  However, nations have situated official feasts on fixed dates.

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For the moment, my purpose is

  • first to provide a concise background for liturgical and secular Books of Hours.  Liturgical “Books of Hours” are, among other texts, the Breviary and the Liber Usualis.  Moreover Benedictine monks and other monks observe the Canonical Hours during which psalms are recited.  Secular “Books of Hours,” such as Les Très Riches Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry, are exquisitely-decorated books, books with illuminations or enluminures.  As we have seen, Bestiaries are also richly-decorated manuscripts, a pleasure to the eye.
  • Second, it seemed important to write about humanity’s universal observance of feasts that are embedded in the seasons, or in the degree of darkness and light.  Nature is the template.

In short, seasons and feasts correspond to natural phenomena, i. e. the degree of darkness and light.  All cultures have let the cycles of nature dictate the dates of their feasts and, as strange as this may seem, our ordinary calendars are a cultural monument.  They resemble “Books of Hours” and, generally, they are illustrated or “illuminated.”

In other words, as humankind progressed through milennia, it amassed traditions we must never forget.  They shape our lives and inhabit the imagination of all human beings, and they cross every border.

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For information on ancient practices perpetuated through religious rituals, tales, and literature in general, one’s best source is Sir James George Frazer’s (1 January 1854, Glasgow – 7 May 1941, Cambridge) The Golden Bough, A Study in Magic and Religion, published between 1890 and 1915.  The Golden Bough is a Project Gutenberg‘s publication.

composer: Antonio Vivaldi  (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741)
piece: The Seasons, Winter 
performers: Dénes Kovács
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Sand animation film – Ferenc Cakó
 
Satyr pursuing a nymph, on a Roman mosaic

Satyr pursuing a nymph, on a Roman mosaic

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The Swan & a Short Absence

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Music, Sharing

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Camille Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals, History, Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Micheline Walker, United State, WordPress

Photo credit: Antique Vintage Prints
Dear readers,

I have discreetly updated the Louisiana Purchase Treaty.  As some of you may have noticed, earlier versions of blogs sometimes appear on the screen.  Or else, a thought comes to one’s mind.

Writing allows further understanding of an event.

My last posts have not been very entertaining.  I have readers who require information.

However, my main reason for writing to you is that I may not be able to post articles for two or three days for medical reasons: minor surgery.  Or else I may post articles that do not require much research.  But I will reading your blogs.

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composer: Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921)
piece: “The Swan” from The Carnaval of Animals
performer: Jacqueline du Pré (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) 
 
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“Lest We Forget” & the News, 11 November 2012

11 Sunday Nov 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Canada, Sharing

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Giovanni Antonini, Le Monde, Lest We Forget, President Obama, The New York Times, Treaty of Versailles, Veterans, WordPress

Poppies, by A. J. Casson (1919-1920) 
A. J. Casson (Group of Seven):  (May 17, 1898 – February 20, 1992)
Photo credit: The National Gallery of Canada
 

The Veterans

It is November 11th.  Many of us lost dear ones to a battle fought during WW I and WW II.  My grandfather lost his brother.  One of my uncles “survived” D-Day, but he was sick for years.  The Canadian government provided him with the little house he still lives in.  I believe that for him, that house is like a security blanket.  He does not know how he survived.  I may have told you that I visited all the D-Day beaches with another survivor.  We also have dear ones who died in Vietnam, in the Middle-East and elsewhere.

Somehow WW II is the one war I find particularly atrocious.  Hitler is responsible for the death of 6 million Jews.  But Hitler was also a dictator who harmed the people of Germany using the war reparations imposed on Germany under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919).  Fortunately, this mistake was carefully avoided after WW II.

I am pleased to see that President Obama is looking after the veterans of wars fought in the wake of 9/11, as if these brutal attacks had not made enough victims.  I am also pleased that President Obama was re-elected.  He did not have the funds Mr Romney could use, but he went to the people and there were last-minute endorsements from influential sources.

Gratitude

I wish to thank my WordPress colleagues and followers who clicked the “I like” button and those who did not.  It was magical.  A little compassion goes a very long way.  You were very helpful.  If you are the victim of fraud, I will be there for you and will not suspect carelessness on your part.  We all experience difficulties we keep to ourselves because we consider these personal.  However, fraud is an exception.  One tells so others are warned.  The advice I gave you is advice that was given to me.

The News

The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/
The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Le Monde diplomatique: http://mondediplo.com/ EN
CNN News: http://www.cnn.com/
The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html 
 
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/
CTV News: http://www.ctvnews.ca/
 
Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/
Le Monde diplomatique: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/
Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/
La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/
 
Die Welt: http://www.welt.de/
 
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composer: Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695)
piece: Chaconne in G minor from Fantasies and In Nomines (1680) (Z 730)
performers:  Il Giardino Armonico
Alessandro Tampieri,
Enrico Onofri,
Giovanni Antonini,
Marco Bianchi,
Riccardo Doni.
 
 
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WordPress: please get in touch with me

10 Saturday Nov 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Music, Sharing

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Credit card, Marin Marais, Micheline Walker, Nicolas Poussin, PayPal, Small business, WordPress

The Four Seasons: Summer, or Ruth and Boaz, 1660–1664, Louvre Museum

Nicolas Poussin (15 June 1594 – 19 November 1665)
Photo credit: Wikipedia

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I have just destroyed my Credit Card.  It was a new Credit Card, a third card because I had already destroyed two cards.

Yesterday, a person from the Credit Card Company phoned to inform me that all the money available on my Credit Card had been spent.  They were suspicious because the money was used by a company located in France, which was unusual.  Normally, my card is used to pay for groceries or cat food.  To my surprise, someone authorized these expenses, but it was not me.  My money will be returned to me, but I must now involve the police.

I can think of only two ways in which they could have accessed my Credit Card number.  First, they could have done so when I paid WordPress for an update.  I did not use the Credit Card on the internet other than to pay WordPress money I owed.  Second, they may have entered my online bank account.  They are hackers.

My money will be returned to me, but the items will show on my next statement and I am now alarmed.

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Two weeks (approximately), I received comments from a French site calling itself Référencement gratuit (Free reference).  Référencement would mean cataloguing.  I replied to these comments by explaining that if my posts were quoted, a source had to be given as the writer would otherwise be in violation of copyright laws.  I also feared they would make money using my posts.  A student would kill to have access to the blog I published yesterday.  It may not be popular with most readers, but for a student preparing a term essay it is very valuable.   So are my voyageur posts.

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But we have left the realm of copyright violation.  That is bad enough, however…  using WordPress (the name, the ability to leave comments, etc.) to defraud me is just as serious a matter, and I cannot exclude the possibility that WordPress was used to defraud me, even though WordPress does not keep a Credit Card number.  The police will have to deal with this matter, but I need to contact WordPress.  Please tell me.  How does one contact WordPress?  If one phones WordPress, no one answers.  One leaves a message, but one’s call is not returned.  If you write a message to WordPress, again you will hit a brick wall.

I can reach the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada.  I  believe I can also reach the Pope.  However, I cannot reach WordPress.  Nor can I reach most online businesses.

I have to talk to someone at WordPress.  It is an URGENT MATTER.  I have to secure my site.  WordPress is an honest platform, but hackers are not honest.  They are criminals.

If any of you could help reach WordPress, I would be most thankful.

By the way, change your password often.  Moreover, when you bank on the internet and your password is not accepted, please take that matter very seriously.  Do not use PayPal, unless you can authorize a payment and they have hired investigators.  Credit Card companies have professional investigators.

But it is best not to give your credit card number to anyone on the internet, including our above-suspicion WordPress.  Your Credit Card number will nevertheless be in cyberspace for a few minutes and cyberspace is not safe.

I have been removing what I considered harmless personal information from the internet.  It is not harmless.  In fact, if I post a lovely picture, I soon find that an internet company has chosen to put it in its inventory.  If they do this, they should pay me.  This keeps happening.  Moreover, Micheline Walker’s pictures are on the internet.  I have obtained or purchased permission to use art from certain sources, but some of these pictures are on the internet and not on my site.

P.S.  If I am late reading your posts, it has to do with the above-mentioned fraudulent activity.

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composer: Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris)
piece: Spectre de la Rose
performers:
Marie Knight – baroque violin,
Alison Crum – treble & bass viol,
Susanna Pell – treble & bass viol,
Elizabeth Liddle – bass viol,
Paula Chateauneuf – theorbo,
Timothy Roberts – harpsichord
 
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A Note, a Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens & Books of Hours

05 Monday Nov 2012

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Book of Hours, Book of Kells, France, National Gallery, Peter Paul Rubens, Refus global, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, WordPress

Portrait of Susanna Lunden,* by Peter Paul Rubens

Photo credit:  The National Gallery, London UK

*When he was 53, Rubens married 16-year-old Hélène Fourment.  Susanna Lunden, née Fourment, was Hélène’s sister.

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Just a few words before I continue to write about Refus global or Total Refusal 

Yesterday I received an e-mail in which I was informed that my e-mail account would be closed because I had exceeded the limit.  I thought the writer was referring to my personal e-mail account, but the bulky account was my gmail account.

I started reading the comments and realized I would be reading, approving and deleting for a long time.  I therefore deleted a large number of comments, many of which had also been published by WordPress.  But in the process, I learned who had subscribed to my blog.  These e-mails have not been deleted.

The moral of the story is that one should look at one’s gmail account on a regular basis.

I apologize to my readers whose comments may not have been posted.

Peter Paul Rubens: a Flemish Master

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was active at a turning-point in European history.  Before the Renaissance, the Franco-Flemish lands were the cultural hub of Europe.  Adrian Willaert (1490 – 7 December 1562) went to Venice to teach music to the Italians!  Moreover, extraordinary miniaturists had illuminated (enluminures) books of hours that chronicled an entire era.  The Limbourg brothers ‘s Très Riches Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry, or Belles Heures de Jean de France, is their foremost achievement.

I have written posts on Books of Hours (see list below), a lay version of the Canonical Hours kept by monks whose Gregorian chant is extremely rich. Vatican II, the Council that promulgated a degree a laicization of liturgy, such as using a modern language instead of Latin, had to make exceptions.  Gregorian chant was protected.

© Micheline Walker
5 November 2012
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music: Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) 
 
Les Très Riches Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry (17 November 2011)
The Book of Kells (November 18, 2011)
Music for the Très Riches Heures and the Book of Kells (19 November 2011)
The Fitzwilliam Book of Hours: comments, palimpsests (20 November 2011)
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Louis Armstrong sings “Moon River” & the News

02 Friday Nov 2012

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Canadian News, James Taylor, Louis Armstrong, Michael Bloomberg, Moon River, New York Times, The New Yorker, WordPress

 

Barack Obama: The President of the United States

Photo credit: CNN news

 
The New York Times has endorsed President Obama.  He is their choice.
Michael Bloomberg, New York’s Mayor, has endorsed Obama.
The New Yorker has endorsed Obama,
and so has
James Taylor (singer-songwriter).
 

The News

English
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/
The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/02/opinion/obama-vision-for-america/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 ←
Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine
 
The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html
 
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/
CTV News: http://www.ctvnews.ca/ ← 
 
French
Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/ ←
Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/
La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/
 
German
Die Welt:  http://www.welt.de/ 
 
Louis Armstrong or Satchmo (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) 
“Moon River” (Henri Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics)
 
 
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News & “Black Coffee,” 1st November 2012

01 Thursday Nov 2012

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Before completing my article on Refus global (1948), a document that indicted the institutions of old Quebec, the Church in particular, I am sending you the news.  Refus global (1948) was written during a period in Quebec’s history when the province was often referred to as the “priest-ridden” province.

My students read that document because I considered it a statement that ushered in Quebec’s Révolution tranquille.  It is now viewed as such in an official manner.

But first, allow me to send some News.

News

English
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/
The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/
Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/
Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2128304,00.html
The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html
 
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/
CTV News: http://www.ctvnews.ca/
 
French
Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/
Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/
La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/
 
German
Die Welt:  http://www.welt.de/
 
Title: Black Coffee (1948)
performer: Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)
composers:  Sonny Burke (the music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) 
 
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