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I am worried about the Covid-19 situation for my friends in Israel and Brazil

In Israel unfortunately 6861 new infections Covid-19 in 24 hours and I am worried for my friends Jack and Asher in Israel and for their families and friends. Let’s hope the best.

Unluckily record of new infected in Israel which passes the former record of September 15.

And I am also worried for my Brazilian friend Paulo as there have been totally more than 138000 Covid-19 deaths in Brazil.…

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The Palace of the Giants in Agrigento

Soon a video on CMBooks on Periscope with a theatre – theater for my American readers -, the Theatre/Theater Pirandello in Agrigento and the Palace of the Giants, the place of the Municipality of Agrigento.

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My Organic Roasted and Ground Chicory

Chicory roots, naturally caffeine free! Also for moka pot, as for me, and “American” filter machine.

Average nutritional values? Carbohydrate 70 grammes of which sugars 12 grammes. Fibre 16 grammes, protein 4,7 grammes. Fat 0,8 grammes of which satutrates 0,2 grammes. Salt 0,25 grammes.

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Covid-19 here in Europe in my town

I stay almost always at home here in Northern Lombardy at the – almost closed – border with Switzerland. Outside in my little garden only for a bit of sun and to open/close the windows. Outside in the last few weeks only for garbage. There have been 4 official infections in the town where I live.

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Richard Clews in As You Like It and The Taming of the Shrew in London by Royal Shakespeare Company

#Grumio Ever watched the British actor Richard Clews in The Taming of the Shrew and as Adam in As You Like It by Royal Shakespeare Company? #CMBooks #CMLeisure #RichardClews #AsYouLikeIt #RSC #RoyalShakespeareCompany #Barbican #BarbicanTheatre #London

This British actor I know, Richard Clews, as Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew and as Adam in As You Like It. Both till Saturday 18 January at the Barbican Theatre. Pages and videos on my collection Shakespeare #CMBooks on CMBooks on Mix. Please go and watch him!

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Norman Austin, Sophocles' Philoctetes and the Great Soul Robbery

Have you read Sophocles' Philoctetes? And Sophocles' Philoctetes and the Great Soul Robbery by Norman Austin? http://CMiraBooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/norman-austin-sophocles-philoctetes-and.html #CMBooks

That is my situation…

General readers with a basic knowledge of the tragic genre and the Greek language and scholars, especially those for whom names such as Harold Bloom, Sigmund Freud, and Hans-Georg Gadamer cause fear and trembling, should pay particular attention to Austin’s book

I was reading this part of a review by Susan A. Curry, University of New Hampshire, on a Blogspot page which is…

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“You are in Chicago in 1912. You are about to witness an inexplicable wrestling match between two men and observe the downfall of a family that has moved from the prairies to the jungle of the big city.” - Bertolt Brecht Mark Ravenhill has chosen Brecht’s early play ‘Jungle of Cities’ as the third in the short series of classic dramas he’s selected for Radio 3. Listen on Sunday at 8.30pm.

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The cribs in my town are like the one in the linked page from the New York Times about Charles Dickens.