https://www.dailykos.com/news/Jean-PierreRampal News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 03:11:22 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 03:11:22 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/7/1909883/-Kitchen-Table-Kibitzing-1-7-2020-New-Year-Same-Table <p>Good evening, Kibitzers! I have just gotten home from Boston, as I write on Monday evening. I prefer to go home by heading all the way west out of Massachusetts on the Mass Pike (as the state calls its turnpike), and then south on the New York State Thruway. Today I dodged some snow showers that left the road clear but the mountains and trees nicely decorated. I’d go so far as to say that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1I0dbTg210" target="_blank" title="">the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting</a>.</p> <p>Anyway, I’m still too discombobulated to have a coherent thought, let alone a diary theme, so I’m going with the calendar thing. Some interesting stuff is associated with January 7.</p> <figure class="image-captioned align-right"><img alt="ink_sketch_of_Cynanchum_sp_by_Anna_Murray_Vail" height="188" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49342913713_4e156d25a3_m.jpg" width="240"> <figcaption>1899: ink sketch by Anna Murray Vail of a bit of a plant of genus <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynanchum">Cynanchum</a>.</em> Collection of New York Botanical Garden; <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pen_%26_ink_sketch_of_Cynanchum_sp_by_Anna_Murray_Vail.jpg">public domain</a>.</figcaption> </figure> <p>For instance, this is the birthday of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Murray_Vail" target="_blank" title="">Anna Murray Vail</a>, an American botanist born in 1863 to a distinguished New York family. Her mentor at Columbia University, Nathaniel Lord Britton, was a co-founder of the <span style="text-align:start"><a href="https://www.nybg.org/about/" target="_blank">New York Botanical Garden</a> in the Bronx; she became the institution’s first librarian and the author of numerous scientific works. Her papers are collected at <a href="https://www.nybg.org/library/finding_guide/archv/vail_ppf.html" target="_blank">the Botanical Garden’s library</a> today.  </span></p> <p><span style="text-align:start">I picked out Ms. Vail in honor of our friend Besame, but there are more January 7 events below the fold!</span></p> rss@dailykos.com (belinda ridgewood) AnnaMurrayVail CharlesAddams Community Jean-PierreRampal Jupiter KitchenTableKibitzing KTK MarianAnderson OpenThread Recommended ZoraNealeHurston _1909883 Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:30:03 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/5/20/1764559/-Sunday-Open-Thread-May-20-is-Emancipation-Day-in-Fla-and-Independence-Day-in-Cuba <p>The NAACP has declared this to be Josephine Baker Day<br> and it is also Setting Orange, Discord 67, 3184 YOLD<br> (for you Discordians out there)</p> <p><strong>World History this day</strong></p> <p>1497 – John Cabot sailed west out of Bristol looking sharp as a pistol<br> 1498 – Vasco da Gama arrived at Kozhikode, India and exclaimed Oh Calcutta!<br> 1520 – Cortes' troops trecherously committed the massacre at the festival of Toxcatl<br> 1570 – Abraham Ortelius issued the first "modern" atlas.<br> 1631 – The Holy Roman Empire's troops slaughtered almost the entire population of Magdeburg<br> 1802 – Napoleon reinstated slavery in the French colonies shouting Liberte' and all that<br> 1883 – Krakatoa began to erupt, but Jimmy Buffet wasn't born yet<br> 1902 – Cuba gained independence from the US<br> 1927 – The UK recognized the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud via the Treaty of Jeddah<br> 2002 – Portugal recognized The independence of East Timor</p> <p><strong>US History this day</strong></p> <p>1862 – Lincoln signed the Homestead Act<br> 1902 – Cuba gained independence from the US<br> 1949 – The predecessor to the National Security Agency was created, freedom wept<br> 1985 – Radio Marti began bombarding Cuba with political propaganda<br> 1996 – The Supremes Court slapped down a Colorado law prohibiting laws protecting the rights of GLBT persons (Romer v. Evans)</p> <p><strong>Science &amp; Technology this day</strong></p> <p>1875 – 17 countries signed the Metre Convention creating the International System of Units.<br> 1891 – The first public display of Edison's kinetoscope.<br> 1956 – The US detonated an H-Bomb over Bikini Atoll<br> 1964 – Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation<br> 1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus</p> <p><strong>The Arts this day</strong></p> <p>1609 – Thomas Thorpe was the first to publish Shakespeare's sonnets</p> <p><strong>Misc. this day</strong></p> <p>0325 – The First Council of Nicaea was opened<br> 1932 – Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland.</p> <p><strong>Birthdays of Note this day</strong></p> <p>1537 – Hieronymus Fabricius, anatomist<br> 1743 – Toussaint Louverture, revolutionary<br> 1759 – William Thornton, architect who designed the US Capitol<br> 1772 – Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, inventor **<br> 1799 – Honore' de Balzac, novelist and playwright<br> 1806 – John Stuart Mill, economist, civil servant, and philosopher<br> 1825 – Antoinette Brown Blackwell, a protestant minister<br> 1830 – Hector Malot, author<br> 1882 – Sigrid Undset, author<br> 1883 – Faisal I of Iraq, leader of the Arab Revolt, used and shafted by the British<br> 1895 – R. J. Mitchell, engineer who designed the Supermarine Spitfire<br> 1931 – Louis Smith, trumpeter<br> 1940 – Shorty Long, singer, songwriter and producer<br> 1944 – Joe Cocker, singer and songwriter<br> 1946 – Cher, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress<br> 1958 – Jane Wiedlin, A singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress<br> 1959 – Susan Cowsill, ya think maybe a Cowsill?</p> <p>** He "invented" the Congreve Rocket, based directly on pre-existing Mysore weaponry</p> <p><strong>Deaths of Note this day</strong></p> <p>1506 -- Christopher Columbus, explorer, colonizer, slaver, tyrant<br> 1896 -- Clara Schumann, pianist and composer<br> 1909 -- Ernest Hogan, actor and composer<br> 1956 -- Max Beerbohm, essayist, parodist, and caricaturist<br> 1964 -- Rudy Lewis, singer<br> 1998 -- Robert Normann, guitarist, does a cool flat foot floogie<br> 2000 -- Jean-Pierre Rampal, flautist<br> 2012 -- Robin Gibb, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and producer<br> 2013 -- Ray Manzarek, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and producer<br> 2015 -- Bob Belden, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and producer</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>-</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>-</p> <p> <strong>So now some music</strong></p> <p class="is-empty-p">                                            </p> <p>Josephine Baker</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=DRiF4XJn8uo" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DRiF4XJn8uo" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>John Cabot  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=CinviAVC5jY" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CinviAVC5jY" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Krakatoa  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=DqXZTR09spI" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DqXZTR09spI" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Shorty Long  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=HxLAXHW80xo" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HxLAXHW80xo" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Joe Cocker  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 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data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YRbTi3atyBk" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Ray Manzarek  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=QehH-JWobEQ" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QehH-JWobEQ" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Bob Belden  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=RCw4RX8Ech8" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCw4RX8Ech8" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>-</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Photo: Thad Zajdowicz's photo of Aztec Josephine Baker by Alexander Calder ca. 1929 from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC</p> <p><strong>It's an open thread, so do your thing</strong></p> <p>Crossposted from http://caucus99percent.com</p> rss@dailykos.com (enhydra lutris) Cher claraschumann Jean-PierreRampal Joecocker JohnStuartMill JosepineBaker Krakatoa May20 OpenThread RobinGibb _1764559 Sun, 20 May 2018 13:13:04 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/1/7/1728565/-Sunday-Open-Thread-January-7th-is-NY-Anti-Democracy-Day-Unofficial <p><strong>World History this day</strong></p> <p>1558 -- France took Calais from England.<br> 1942 -- The start of the siege of the Bataan Peninsula<br> 1959 -- The US recognized Fidel's government in  Cuba<br> 1979 -- The Vietnamese drove Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge out of Phnom Penh</p> <p><strong>US History this day</strong></p> <p>1608 -- Fire destroyed Jamestown, Virginia.<br> 1920 -- The New York State Assembly refused to seat five legally elected Socialists **<br> 1980 -- Carter authorized $1.5 billion in loans to Chrysler<br> 1999 -- The Senate's impeachment trial of Clinton started</p> <p>** The State Assembly of New York State expelled 5 elected socialists for being socialists and when they were re-elected in the special election held to replace them, immediately expelled 3 of them a second time. The remaining two quit in disgust and protest at the blatant anti-democratic behavior of the ruling elites.</p> <p><strong>Science &amp; Technology this day</strong></p> <p>1610 -- Galileo made his first observation of the four brightest Galilean moons<br> 1785 -- Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries flew from Dover to Calais  in a gas balloon.<br> 1927 -- The first transatlantic phone service (between New York City &amp; London.)<br> 1985 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Sakigake deep space probe</p> <p><strong>The Arts this day</strong><br> 1955 -- Marian Anderson became the first person of color to perform at the Met</p> <p><strong>Misc. this day</strong><br> 1948 -- A Kentucky Air National Guard pilot crashed while chasing a UFO.</p> <p><strong>Birthdays of Note this day</strong></p> <p>1891 -- Zora Neale Hurston, author<br> 1899 -- Al Bowlly, singer, songwriter and composer<br> 1906 -- Red Allen, trumpet player<br> 1912 -- Charles Addams, cartoonist<br> 1922 -- Jean-Pierre Rampal, flautist<br> 1935 -- Kenny Davern, clarinet and sax player<br> 1938 -- Paul Revere, keyboard player and songwriter<br> 1946 -- Jann Wenner, published, co-founded <em>Rolling Stone</em><br> 1948 -- Kenny Loggins, singer and songwriter<br> 1950 -- Juan Gabriel, singer and songwriter<br> 1959 -- Kathy Valentine, bassist and song writer</p> <p><strong>Deaths of Note this day</strong></p> <p>1943 -- Nikola Tesla, physicist and engineer<br> 1972 -- John Berryman, poet<br> 2016 -- Kitty Kallen, singer</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>-</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>-</p> <p> <strong>So now some music</strong></p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>  Marian Anderson      </p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=YDMdNXut8Yc" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YDMdNXut8Yc" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Al Bowlly  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=Rb9t9kPRAH8" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rb9t9kPRAH8" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Red Allen  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=WFkXBvL9odI" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WFkXBvL9odI" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Jean-Pierre Rampal  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 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data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iY4rIFc3JVA" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Kenny Loggins  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=1rmPckNvD3E" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1rmPckNvD3E" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Juan Gabriel  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=0O4CLgXvbjU" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0O4CLgXvbjU" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Kathy Valentine  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=UojeT" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UojeT_NcbY0" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Kitty Kallen  </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=-fQXuuPOqgg" data-frameborder="0" data-height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-fQXuuPOqgg" data-width="560">YouTube Video</a></div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>-</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Photo: La corrupción empieza aquí by Daniel Lobo</p> <p><strong>It's an open thread, so do your thing</strong></p> <p>I have a bunch of stuff to do today, so I might not be around much.</p> <p>Crossposted from http://caucus99percent.com</p> rss@dailykos.com (enhydra lutris) anti-democracy January7 Jean-PierreRampal KathyValentine KennyLoggins KittyKallen MarianAnderson OpenThread PaulRevere redallen _1728565 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 14:12:02 +0000