Maurice Ravel has been declared the legal sole composer of Bolero. I didn't even know that it was contested. It's interesting how the current inheritor of Ravel's intellectual property acquired this right:
When he died in 1937, Maurice Ravel had no children. His property and copyrights went to his brother, Edouard Ravel. He died in 1960 and, to everyone's surprise, he bequeathed everything to his housekeeper and caregiver, Jeanne Taverne.
When she died in turn, it was her husband, Alexandre Taverne, former driver of Ravel's brother, who inherited. He took a new wife, Georgette, his late wife's former manicurist. It was her turn to inherit when Alexandre Taverne passed away. Finally, when Georgette died in 2012, it was her daughter from a first marriage who received the inheritance.
The daughter from the first marriage of the second wife of the driver of Maurice Ravel's brother is named Evelyne Pen de Castel.
What happened when Denver gave $1000/month for a year to homeless people? This is interesting:
And it seems that $50/month produced about the same results as $1000/month.There was no statistical difference in people’s reported use of illegal drugs. On average, people reported using illegal substances somewhere between zero and four times per month, both at the start and the end of the study.
Oregon makes things more difficult for itself. Even though SCOTUS overturned Martin v Boise, Oregon is unable to make changes due to HB 3115.
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