Happy New Year 2012

Happy New Year 2012 to everyone!
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Photo 1: Walking in the Old Port of Montreal;
See Photo Album Holiday Season 2011-2012 LeStudio1.com ;

Steve Jobs on the force of life…

Among the highlights of 2011, the death of Steve Jobs attracted much attention. Here are some thoughts on the power of life according to Steve Jobs as pronounced by his sister Mona Simpson during the funeral ceremony celebrated in New York in late October 2011.
Photo 1: Steve Jobs;
See text at funeral by the sister of Steve Jobs ;
See text The Wall Street Journal ;

The dream of Ogilvy’s stores in Montreal

The existence of Ogilvy in Montreal is seriously threatened!
After a temporary acquisition by the Bombardier family in 2010, that it is the famous family of Galen Weston who acquired the building Ogilvy. The rumor is now that the group would move its Holt Renfrew from Sherbrooke Street to occupy the space of St. Catherine.
If this happens, it will mark the end of Ogilvy in Montreal …

Pictures 1,2 and 3: Ogilvy in Montreal ;

Report on sale in 2010;
See photo report Ogilvy in 2011;
See story on the rumor moving Holt Renfrew;

Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas to all…

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Photo 1: Christmas Night at home ;

Link to Photos LeStudio1.com ;

The departure of Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal

Montreal Cardinal Jean Claude Turcotte is officially retired but since his replacement was not appointed, he continues to act as leader.
Bernard Bujold (LeStudio1.com) has known the Cardinal:
“I’m not a practicing Catholic, but I liked the Cardinal Turcotte who is not an intellectual, nor a religious … He is a former athlete who has practiced boxing and loves detective novels. I have offered once to him the Tom Wolfe – A Man in Full.
We are far from the serious reading of Benedict XVI!
Turcotte loves life and he was good friend of journalist Michel Vastel (1940-2008 )…”
Despite his resignation, Cardinal Jean Claude Turcotte will preside at the 2011 Midnight Mass broadcast on Radio-Canada and Eurovision. The celebration will come from Repentigny (Lanaudière) in one of the oldest churches built in Quebec in 1725.
The soloist will be Raphaelle Paquette (opera singer).
Photo 1 and 2: Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte ;

Photo 3: Basilica Marie Reine du Monde ;

See broadcast Midnight Mass ;
See Archdiocese of Montreal ;
See Church Repentigny ;
See Jean-Claude Turcotte resigned ;

The art to travel by air…

For those traveling during the holidays, there are several tips to avoid catch virus during the trip. The art of flying…

Photo 1,2 and 3: Paris Airport ;

See story on air travel ;

Welcome to Winter 2011…

It is now officially today Thursday, December 22, the start of Winter 2011.
Photo 1 and 2: Mont Tremblant ;
See LeStudio1.com ;
See definition of winter ;

The Montreal Canadiens and the French language…

The Canadiens hockey club is a victim of the wave but not the fans who cheer! It is the passion for the French language that has invaded the hockey team.
After the Caisse and National Bank, Les Canadiens have been the target of a mass movement that is not really explained in light of the current political climate in Quebec but it’s like a wave Internet. It is simply in tune with the times!
I must say that Canadians have not helped their cause by appointing an interim coach with no charisma. If they had appointed a Wayne Gretzky, the language would not have been a subject of debate but the team is losing with the addition of a new coach who is unknown and unilingual anglophone, management has taken at least in the up.
The only solution is to appoint a new coach, and quickly.
At worst, the Director General Pierre Gauthier should assume the title of interim coach and lead Canadians behind the bench.
Strangely, the press release issued by the Canadian hockey team announcing the coaching change is not the same in French as in English …
In French, the Club present it very soberly while in English the text is a little more “excited …”
To be continued.
Photo 1: Les Canadiens ;
Photo 2: Pierre Gauthier ;
Photo 3: Randy Cunneyworth ;
Photo 4: Bernard Bujold LeStudio1.com ;
See French Press release ;
See English Press release ; 

The New York Times is in trouble…

The New York Times is in turmoil because of the failure of their digital strategies … The New York Times was one of the most aggressive with its many digital projects but can not seem to achieve success.
To date only a few major media, including The Wall Street Journal, are successful on the Internet.
Photo 1 and 2: The New York Times ;
Photo 3: The Wall Street Journal ;
See story resignation at The New York Times ;
See story selling the local newspapers ;

Books for the Holiday Season 2011

The holiday season is a time when we took the opportunity to read.
Personally I will spend my holiday period 2011 to read two books: the new novel by Haruki Murakami IQ84 and a book that I kept in reserve in my library: Newspaperman by Warren H. Phillips.
The novel IQ84 is over 900 pages and includes two stories: that of a killer for hire and the other a writer associated with the author of a novel that he rewrite so that together the duo become famous. A novel which explains the world of writing and the thought of a killer. I rarely read a novel as captivating.
As for Phillips’s book, he recounts his time at the Wall Street Journal where he was the editor after being first journalist. I love The Wall Street Journal that I read regularly since the 1980s.
Other books I’ve read in recent weeks and that I highly recommend, there is the biography of Steve Jobs and the Quebec novel by Catherine Lafrance: LA SAISON FROIDE
Enjoy reading during the holidays …
Bernard Bujold – LeStudio1.com
Photo 1: Cover pf IQ84 and Newspaperman ;
Photo 2: Cover of Steve Jobs and La Saison froide ;
See other books suggestions from LeStudio1.com ;