Simone Melchior

progress so they sent him to a boarding school. After graduation, he attended College Stanislas, and in 1930, enrolled in the French Naval Academy. After graduating, he joined the French Navy’s information service where he would take along his camera and film many ports and underwater animals. Unfortunately, in 1933 Cousteau was involved in a fatal car crash, which left the right side of his body paralyzed. His right arm became infected and doctors wanted to amputate it but he refused. Instead, Cousteau took on daily swimming in the Mediterranean to get rid of the infection and rehabilitate his arm. Shortly after, a friend gave him a pair of goggles which lead to his underwater adventures. In 1937, he married Simone Melchior, and had two sons, Jean-Micheal and Phillipe. Simone died in 1990, so he remarried Francine Triplet whom he had another son and a daughter. When World War II began Cousteau and his family went to a small town near the Swiss border and secretly continued to do underwater experiments until 1943 when he met a French engineer who he developed the first Aqua-Lung with. The Aqua-Lung allowed divers to stay underwater for a longer period. After this invention, he joined the French Resistance movement where he was a spy, which he earned many medals, including the Legion of Honor from France. In 1950, Cousteau took a British minesweeper and converted it into a research vessel that he named Calypso. He used “Calypso” for his adventures, but after a while he had…

It's a new dawn, It's a new day, It's a new life, For me. Wait for who? Who does “me” refer to? The singer presumably. So really, the whole tone of “Feeling Good” can be controlled by the singer. The lyrics never change, but by tweaking the arrangement through instrumentation or vocal timbre, the mood of the song can be flipped upside down and thrown onto the other side of the world. This could not be more clearly exemplified by the two covers of “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone in the 1960s…

of African Americans were exceptionally high, a young woman used her voice for tranquility. That woman was Nina Simone and she became known as the voice of the Civil Rights Movement. She managed to turn something so horrendous into Music and used her platform to turn it into activism. Nina stood up for her beliefs and sacrificed her career with her involvement. Even in the twenty-first century these very things still exist, Racism still exists. Everyone may have their own interpretation of…

Los Lunas Animal Hospital Did you know the word veterinarian comes from the Latin veterinae meaning "working animals"? Los Lunas Animal Hospital is a small animal veterinarian hospital. Their main care of animals is cats and dogs, but they have also cared for rabbits, pigs, ferrets, and goats. Los Lunas Animal Hospital is located at 419 Main St. SW Los Lunas, NM 87031. You can go to the hospital to check it out or even call the hospital. They are open Monday – Wednesday and Fridays 8-5pm. On…

soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flow from heaven to the soul (Monet).” Feeling good was originally written in 1965, by Nina Simone. This song has been used in the popular culture such as, “Point of No Return” and “Six Feet Under”. A song cover was later done by Jennifer Hudson in 2011, and Lauryn Hill in 2015. Although Nina Simone wrote the song, Jennifer Hudson sang it better due to melody, rhythm, and instrumentation used in her version. Nina Simone was…

One of the most popular forms of cultural transmission is music. Feelings, ideas, movements, and trends can all be conveyed through a single song. Kanye West’s song, Blood on the Leaves, is a timeless piece that is meant to reach anyone who will listen, and tell a story of lost love and history. The quiet piano riff that introduces Nina Simone’s voice in the beginning. This signals the fragility of the song, but the high pitched drums and horns bring us back to West’s plot line. The integration…

Albert and Alberta are the proud mascots of the University of Florida. I will be covering information about the University of Florida and the requirements of the school. Their school colors are orange and blue. They have many sports teams that you can join if you are interested in that they offer to a student. The university of Florida is also a public school for anyone attending. It also has many clubs for a student to join. They have many clubs that are school related and some that are not…

20 million dead and one man responsible. That one man would be known as Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party. One question arises when discussing the immoral things that this one man did to humanity and that is was Hitler born with the mindset that he had to kill off all those innocent people or was he 100 percent in control of choosing his destiny? This brings up a very controversial issue as many believe that man has the freedom to do what he pleases and to define himself by his own…

arguments in France. Lastly, Liberal-feminists are the people who challenge the ideas and practices that treat women as “second class citizens,” instead of treating them equally. They don’t want as many in the government, but still support the ideas of feminism. Overall, they were many types of feminists that helped initiate the Second Wave of Feminism in France. There were many people who revolted during the Second Wave of Feminism, like the Socialist-Feminists, Radical-Feminists, and…

first women president. Meanwhile, about seven countries to the right Sudan is still recovering from a civil war. However, independence has not yet put an end to any of the violence. The gender-based violence in Sudan and Southern Sudan remain prevalent. What could Sudanese learn from Liberia? The Republic of Liberia has proved that there should be women apart of government. Now that women are at the negotiating table in the Republic of Liberia, other people around the globe, such as Sudanese…