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"There are great things happening in Paramount," says Chris Stamm, director of student nutrition services at 16,000-student Paramount (Calif.) Unified School District. This statement is most likely heard in operations all over the country, but it's especially true at Paramount. In his 14 years with the district, 12 of those as director, Stamm has started a summer foodservice program, increased participation, especially at the high school level, and gotten the community involved.
"When I was a student in Paramount, I think I was the only one eating in the cafeterias," says Frank Barraza, senior accounting assistant. "Now the kids are going in for turkey and mashed potatoes. Who would have thought that? Chris is at the top of his game and he has such a passion for the children. This is a high-need area and he understands that."
Summer program: Last year for the first time ever, the district changed from a year-round calendar to a traditional one, meaning the students, who were used to purchasing meals at schools during the summer, were going to be left without that option. Located in south Los Angeles County, Paramount is an inner-city neighborhood with a higher than average crime rate, according to statistics from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"I didn't think about the kids' lives on the weekends or what they were going to do until we thought about what they were going to do all summer long," Stamm says. "Are the kids going to stay in their apartments and eat whatever they can get their hands on or go out into the streets and maybe get into mischief? I thought, 'What could we do to help?'"
Stamm got an idea based off of the city's STAR (Success Through Academics and Recreation) after-school program. The program offers students academic help and recreation time after school. Paramount USD provides a snack for the program, which is funded by a state grant. Stamm thought he could piggyback off the STAR program and start a similar summer program.
"I thought they could work with us to help supervise the kids and continue what they were doing after school," Stamm says. "They could help keep the kids off the street. The superintendent loved the idea. We brought it to the board of education, and they loved it."
Fourteen of the district's schools were open during the summer. At 9 a.m. breakfast was served, followed by a few hours of recreation and arts and crafts time with the STAR staff. At noon, lunch was served. For the first summer foodservice program, more than 100,000 students were served.
"Our schools could be closed, but instead we are opening them up and making the program available," he says. "To do a summer foodservice program at a park, we knew kids wouldn't come. We knew the kids knew the schools were a safe zone.
"We didn't want to do a brown sack lunch in the park," Stamm says. "Just like everything that we do here, we wanted to make it a 'wow.'" So the lunch entrée is a barbecue item like hot dogs, burgers or chicken. In addition to the barbecue item, a five-foot salad bar is available for students to select accompanying items like lettuce and tomatoes for the burgers or chili for the hot dogs. Breakfast is a choice between a hot entrée and a cold cereal. A five-foot fruit bar is also offered.
"We did not just want to feed the students, we wanted to fight the obesity problem that impacts students who don't make healthy choices and who don't have an opportunity to exercise and burn off the calories," Stamm says about the importance of the partnership with the STAR program.
High school revamp: The summer foodservice fruit and salad bars and barbecues are an extension of what Stamm offers every day.
"The salad bar complements the entrée," he says. "We do a taco day. We just give them the shell and the meat and on the salad bar we have shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, cheese, beans, rice and fruit, salsa and ranch dressing. They build their own. We have a lot less plate waste because they are making it the way they want it. Kids usually take more pride and eat their meal better because it's how they made it. Instead of someone giving it to them, they have choices every day."
Other build-your-own days include pizza, sandwich, and a meat and taters day. "We do turkey and gravy, but it's not like everyone," Stamm says. "It's how you present it." For the meat and taters day, students go through the salad bar line, where they make a salad and select sides such as corn and mashed potatoes. At the end of the salad bar, foodservice employees are waiting to carve turkey roast to order.
Barbecues are offered daily at the high school. "I envision the kids sitting in class smelling the barbecue we are making," Stamm says.
While many districts struggle to get high school students to participate in school meals, Stamm and his staff have found great success at the high school level. When Stamm first started at Paramount, around 300 lunches were served daily in the high school; now, about 2,300 lunches are served daily. Breakfast at the high school has also seen a sharp increase from approximately 30 to more than 850 served on an average day.
Participation has increased so much that Stamm had to hire more staff—34 people as opposed to 12—and there are now 24 points of service at the high school. Revenue has also increased from $3 million to $8.6 million.
"The increase is because of acceptability that this is good," Stamm says. "What do you do to get them to eat the food? They aren't coming for the food; they are coming because we've made an environment that is inviting. Everybody gets to see each other, and while they are there they get breakfast too. We play music and we changed our tables from institutional tables into small four tops and six tops. We turned it into a restaurant called the Pirate's Den. Now before 8 o'clock you can't even get a seat. The teachers thought the kids were going to be crazy. Instead we get compliments because the kids come into class awake."
Service with a smile: Stamm also notes that the students are more apt to frequent the cafeterias because customer service has improved. "I said to the staff, 'Let's try being nice to them.' I'm halfway joking, but we started training staff to realize that the students are our customers. The nicer you are to them, you are going to get that same respect back from them."
Barraza says he has seen the change in customer service since Stamm's arrival. "Chris' best quality is his ability to motivate his staff so that they can understand why we are in this business. He focuses on three areas: the quality of the food we serve, the quality and ownership of the dining rooms and customer service."
Stamm started a two-week training program at a test kitchen where the employees are taught skills ranging from grooming, food handling, safety and customer service. "They get evaluated daily so they know where they stand instead of finding out they didn't do well at the end of training. We don't want any surprises at the end."
Start the day off right: "We did a lot of lunches, especially in the elementary schools, when I first got here," Stamm says. "The quality and service weren't all that good, but we had a captured audience. This is a large Hispanic area, and moms stay home. I think moms want to make breakfast and walk their kids to school. I wanted to let moms know that we have a nice breakfast and a nice place for them to eat and that it's OK to send your kids to school for breakfast."
Stamm thought the best way to get buy-in from the mothers was to invite them to join their children for breakfast. "We started a Mother's Day brunch to expose moms to the cafeteria," Stamm says. An invitation is sent home with each student inviting a mother or grandmother to enjoy a complimentary breakfast on the Friday before Mother's Day.
Following the success of the Mother's Day brunch, Stamm started a Father's Day brunch. "I didn't think the dads would come so I started off with a dads and donuts thing," Stamm says. "That wasn't good enough, so we started a big event for them as well. I couldn't believe how many dads came."


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The -- requirement.
To bring to justice those two were responsible.
For the bad -- because he attacks come not going to speak about our conversations with other governments have not gonna speak about what we're learning of who we may be pursuing along with the -- There was not a lot coming out of the State Department today on a lot of the questions about Ben Ghazi that was a question about the access to the suspect in Tunisia.
Which now the FBI will get access to thanks in part we're told to.
Senator Lindsey Graham Republican from South Carolina who pressured the Tunisian its first by letter them by phone call.
And now the FBI is getting access.
So why now.
This is the CIA brought reporters and to brief them on their time line after our reporting about what happened in the early hours after the attack started.
We were not invited to that briefing but we're back with our panel bill.
What about this story I know you think governor Romney should talk about it but.
Let's get the broad perspective -- media and he should just to finish -- point because.
I think if he doesn't talk about it voters will say -- so complicated it was a screw up but it was was up he has to make clear that he takes it seriously enough to raise it one of the speeches he's given.
In the last few days the story itself.
Look the president said he issued a directive that evening in the White House that everything should be done to rescue our men and think -- It is perfectly reasonable for us to ask him two months later what would assume that you -- the directive was -- written or was it in a meeting where was the meeting who was in the meeting and what was done.
To follow up -- are you satisfied what was done.
It may be that we did everything we could it maybe that the defense assets were in place to move it may be that we thought the CIA guys from Tripoli would get out -- -- -- -- -- At -- says he's a confident decisions we are entitled I do really believe this we are entitled to an account of what decisions were made and what the follow up was with.
In the white house on that he just wanna explain -- about our reporting Jennifer -- reporting about the stand down.
The CIA now says it took 24 minutes for that.
The from the start of the attack for Tyrone woods and five other CIA operators in and accidents about a mile away from the consulate.
To respond they say they were waiting for the Libyan militia to get their weapons ready.
Are source very knowledgeable.
That we trust.
Said that they could have left much sooner but they were told to stand down.
And the timing is different the CIA said that there could be -- could've been a misunderstanding.
In that communication.
They say it was 24 minutes.
Here's US intelligence -- -- senior leaders as early as 7 PM eastern time.
Less than four hours after the start of the attack that.
-- Al -- tied to al-Qaeda carried out this attack.
Well -- that and they also surrounded the hospital where master Stephen's body was now if you look at the CIA timeline that now has been released.
They knew that and throughout Syria had surrounded the hospital so where did the video story come from.
I mean it it -- these things just aren't connected if they if they knew that and then let's just talk about is that the spoon feeding on this story should various militias -- -- affect.
So if you go to the video story so.
Then you have.
Over the next few days this video story we've talked about Susan Rice what she says on -- issue.
But what the president says out on the multiple shows a ban on September 25 he goes the United Nations and -- as the video.
I've -- to the video of the anti -- -- six times in that speech.
Now this is four hours after the attack intelligence -- -- senior leaders saying it's -- structure -- -- -- to a cut.
Right well I think what the administration is saying on the -- that they -- not saying that that they would say while that was just sort of speculation.
But I think this year is the CIA timeline when that but now it's in the CIA timeline -- even that that they had surrounded the hospital so it wasn't just speculation is that we know for a -- -- I want to say I can't -- on the other -- the main problem with this this story that's been -- -- -- -- -- diversionary tactic basically with a bunch of information answering questions and nobody's ever asked.
You know they aren't even of concern -- anybody really.
Giving nation is -- saying well you're watching the CIA bungled but there's no conspiracy -- said there was a conspiracy is that there's incompetence and then lying.
-- that that's a debt is a big difference between those things and so it's like -- by saying oh there's no conspiracy.
Stories over everybody just move along that.
But -- seven as a conspiracy -- I was incompetent -- When -- makes a mockery of this whole pretense that they didn't learn.
It was an insurgent attack and a terrorist attack and later is the president in the second debate.
-- That he had called it a terror attack on day one.
So that undermines the entire story because and then they spend the next two weeks talking about -- their video -- with Susan Rice and others.
So their own version of it is completely contradictory.
That and and then there's the other aspect of the warnings ignored we've been learning from your report and Jennifer is reporting all the way through.
Is that they were warnings upon -- emergency meeting August 15.
Not a regular emergency meeting in which they warned they had no protection and they're trying to get help and then we -- in the recent releases.
That one of the the force -- it was a 417 was supposed to be the locals the local militia that's what's to be on their side.
That the guy one of their guys was taking pictures of the compound.
I think on the same day.
Which was I mean there's larger warnings you can actually game a few hours to see.
There was no way to rely on the force and the CIA explanation for the standout and -- -- half hour delay.
He wasn't it we're trying to get in contact with the Libyan protectors that they were -- and they were actually defecting to the other side against us.
We will have something tells me more opportunities talk about this topic.
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Mosaic News - 07/06/12: World News From The Middle East [VIDEO]
Sudanese activists protest for third week in hope of sparking popular uprising
BBC Arabic, UK
Presenter, Male #1
Sudanese activists organized new protests today dubbed "Vagabonds Friday" in response to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's description of protestors as a handful of rogue vagabonds with no prospects. In a statement to the media in Cairo, Sudanese Tourism Minister Hassabo Abdel-Rahman said the protests witnessed in his country are normal, and expressed doubt that the Sudanese people will revolt the way they did in neighboring Egypt and Libya.
Reporter, Male #2
This is the third week of protests in Sudan that is witnessing unprecedented popular anger due to deteriorating living conditions in the aftermath of the government's attempt to implement austerity measures in response to worsening economic conditions, especially after the secession of the South one year ago.
Reporter, Male #2
The protests that were sparked by the students at the University of Khartoum quickly turned into a revolt against corruption, and soon afterward became a demand for the removal of President Omar al-Bashir, who has been ruling the country for 23 years.
Reporter, Male #2
The opposition's political parties are insisting on repealing laws that restrict freedoms, and are calling for holding a national constitutional conference, and to get the country ready for free elections. As for the Khartoum government, it confirms that the protestors are implementing a foreign agenda, and are in the service of hostile parties.
Reporter, Male #2
The government reiterated that conditions in the country are normal, as described by a Sudanese official who said the latest protests witnessed in his country cannot be compared to the uprisings of the "Arab Spring." Officials indicate that the latest government measures aim to address the inequality between the rich and poor, especially when it comes to state subsidies.
Reporter, Male #2
Sudan witnessed demonstrations after the government removed the subsidies on some goods, the price of public transportation increased, and the price of oil and food doubled. Then, they started demanding an end to the rule of the Sudanese president. Some protestors also raised slogans calling for civil disobedience.
Reporter, Male #2
Al-Bashir, who is known for his inflammatory statements, was quick to describe the demonstrators as a few deviants, and threatened to send those he called true warriors to deal with them. The first Friday protests were held on June 22, under the banner of "Sandstorm Friday" that security forces confronted with rubber bullets and tear gas. The second Friday protests were held on June 29, under the banner of "Elbow-Licking Friday" that security forces also responded to with force. As for the third Friday, activists called it "Vagabonds Friday," and it seems it is a response to al-Bashir's description of protestors as a handful of rogue vagabonds with no prospects. Sadi al-Dousali, BBC.
Jordanian protestors demand reforms, price cuts
Press TV, Iran
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets in the second-largest city in Jordan, Irbid. They said that the government should curb the price hikes while there has been no raise in salary or wages. Activists want authorities to find alternative ways to tackle Jordan's economic problems, and to focus on widespread corruption.
Protests continue in Pakistan
Press TV, Iran
Pakistan has been facing growing anger over the reopening of the Afghan border for US-led forces' supplies to pass through. Angry demonstrators in the capital Islamabad and the eastern city of Lahore want the border to remain closed. In Peshawar and Karachi, people have held similar protest rallies to denounce the reopening of key overland routes for the supply trucks. Pakistan authorities have said they will scan every truck for what they call "lethal supplies."
Militias shut down three oil refineries in eastern Libya
Press TV, Iran
Violence in Libya continues: One day before national congress elections, militants have shut down three oil refineries in the eastern cities of Ras Sedr, Brega, and Sedra. They have also blocked roads on the country's main coastal highway. The militants do not want the elections to go through, arguing that the oil-rich east is only given a third of the 200 seats in congress. Some are even calling for a boycott of the vote.
Libyans set to vote in first post-Gaddafi election amid fears of violence
Dubai TV, UAE
Presenter, Male #1
Amid fears over the inability of the Tripoli government to maintain security, Libyans are preparing to hold their first elections in over four decades. Nearly three million voters will head to the polls tomorrow to elect 200 foundation council members, out of the 3,700 mostly Islamist candidates. However, the election process is facing significant challenges, mot notably security threats and anti-election groups, which include pro-federalism protestors who closed the eastern oil port of Ras Lanuf today. They are protesting the allocation of seats in the General National Congress, whose members will be elected tomorrow. Al-Saghir Salam reports.
Reporter, Male #2
On board this train is the new Libya taking its first steps towards a democratic state. However, many of the 2.7 million registered voters are expressing fear, as they are preparing to taste democracy for the first time, amid hope that the process will not be hijacked by militias that continue to grow in post-revolution Libya.
Guest, Male #3
My decision will be based on the qualifications of the candidates, as opposed to tribalism and affiliation. I will vote for anyone who is patriotic, and who cares about the country and the revolution.
Guest, Male #4
Because of a lack of knowledge, since this is the first experience we have as Libyans especially after 42 years of repression, we need to excuse the election committee and the transitional council in case of any shortcomings.
Reporter, Male #2
This is the first free general election in Libya in over half a century. The objective is to elect the 200-member National Assembly, which will form a new government in lieu of the transitional council formed after the revolution that toppled al-Gaddafi's regime. The National Assembly will also appoint a new prime minster.
Reporter, Male #2
The Assembly was slated to appoint a committee to draft a new constitution, but leaders of the Transitional Council decided that the committee should be selected directly by the Libyan people. With such a move, observers believe that the Transitional Council is seeking to please pro-federalistgroups opposing the elections of the foundation council.
Reporter, Male #2
Libyans are set to elect their foundation council, as the world watches them closely, in hopes of leaving behind their post-revolution conflicts and chaos. However, the scene in Sirte, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's last stronghold, is still casting its shadow, as if the revolution happened only yesterday.
Guest, Male #5
Whoever gets elected needs to come here and see the way we are living. It's very bad. Fear God, fear God.
Reporter, Male #2
In between the cries of Sirte's residents and the optimism of many Libyans for a better future, today's elections are a step toward building a state of institutions, amid security concerns not only in Sirte, but across many other areas of the new Libya.
Egypt's Morsi orders investigation into killing of protestors
Al-Alam, Iran
Presenter, Female #1
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a presidential decree ordering the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate the killing and injury of protestors during the January 25th revolution. The decree orders a review of the investigations and a reexamination of sites that witnessed acts of violence and killings.
Reporter, Female #2
The events of the Egyptian revolution that toppled deposed President Hosni Mubarak are resurfacing again. President-elect Mohamed Morsi, who vowed during the presidential elections to reopen the investigation into the cases of the revolution's events, and the acts of violence and killing of protestors, is fulfilling his promise, it seems. He issued a presidential decree ordering the formation of a fact-finding committee to collect information and evidence of the killing and injury of protestors during the January 25th revolution.
Guest, Male #1
A fact-finding committee will be formed to gather evidence and information on the killing and injury of the protestors in all parts of the republic.
Reporter, Female #2
The committee that was assigned by President Morsi is tasked with reexamining sites that witnessed acts of violence and killings during the revolution; its members include a number of judges, law professors, and members of the security services and intelligence agency. It also includes six representatives of the martyrs' families, the injured, and revolutionary youths, who will act as monitoring members.
Guest, Male #2
The committee specializes in collecting information and evidence related to the proceedings mentioned in the previous article, and will investigate the period between January 25, 2011 and the date on which power was transferred, on June 30, 2012.
Reporter, Female #2
Reopening the cases of the revolution, and holding accountable those involved in the acts of violence and killing will undoubtedly stir things in Egypt, especially after reduced sentences were issued in the case of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, and the heads of the interior ministry were acquitted. On the Egyptian street, these verdicts were described as theatrics.
Reporter, Female #2
This development comes in the framework of the accountability vowed by President Morsi. It will allow the fact-finding committee to reveal those who were responsible for these events, and will call for the testimony of witnesses who are still concealing information about these bloody events.
Reporter, Female #2
In this context, Egypt's prosecutor general, Justice Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, filed a notice calling on Omar Suleiman, the vice president of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, to appear at the Cairo court of appeals to investigate the case of killing protestors during the revolution. The notice accuses Suleiman of concealing the truth, after he confirmed in previous press statements that he is keeping important secrets related to the killing of revolutionaries on the Friday of Rage and the Battle of the Camels.
Clinton says Assad must go, as Syrian forces pound protest hubs
Future TV, Lebanon
Presenter, Male #1
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton noted that the increase in the number of defections from the Syrian army indicates that soldiers have started to see the truth, evaluate the issue in a sound manner, and are moving on. She viewed the defections as sending a strong message to the Syrian president and his allies. Clinton said that al-Assad and those who surround him will not be part of the equation in Syria, adding that work is now concentrated on guaranteeing the implementation of sanctions against the regime, and spoke of the importance of having countries commit to implementing them.
Presenter, Female #1
On the ground, 72 people were killed by al-Assad's brigades; most of them died in Damascus, Idlib, and Deir az-Zour. Al-Assad's army raided Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib, while tanks shelled the city of Maarrat al-Numaan. Clashes erupted between the regime's army and the Free Army in the area of al-Sayyida Zeinab in the countryside of Damascus. And tonight, there were violent clashes between al-Assad's brigades and the Free Army in the neighborhood of al-Tadamun in Damascus.
Reporter, Male #2
"The people's liberation war" is the slogan raised by the Syrian opposition on Friday, in a clear message to the world that armed revolution is the only way to topple al-Assad's regime. Supporters of the opposition held mass demonstrations that swept different Syrian cities and towns despite the intensified security deployment, notably near mosques. Protestors chanted anti-regime slogans and confirmed the importance of continuing the revolution until al-Assad's downfall.
Reporter, Male #2
The Revolution's General Commission said that clashes between regime forces and the Free Army occurred after shots were fired at protestors in the neighborhood of Salaheddine in Aleppo that lead to a number of casualties. Meanwhile, the civilians' suffering is growing in Homs Province, which is enduring a suffocating siege and difficult humanitarian conditions.
Reporter, Male #2
However, al-Assad's brigades are still heavily shelling several areas, especially al-Rastan, al-Qusayr, al-Houla, and Tadmur. The spokesman for the opposition's fighters in Khan Shaykhun announced that al-Assad's brigades are controlling the city located in Idlib after launching an attack that was supported by helicopters. The city of Maarrat al-Numaan in Idlib, in the northwestern part of the country, is being subjected to shelling with tanks, as continuous shelling with missiles and heavy artillery continues in the city of Hreitan in the countryside of Aleppo.
Reporter, Male #2
Violent clashes were reported in the neighborhood of Kfar Sousa in Damascus, between al-Assad's brigades and the shabeha on one side, and the Free Syrian Army on the other. The situation in Daraa is similar to that of other governorates, as the city of Ankhil and the town of Nawa and the village of Shajara are being shelled and raided by al-Assad's brigades.
Reporter, Male #2
Meanwhile, shelling was renewed in the city of Madaya in the countryside of Damascus with artillery and rocket launchers, which lead to the destruction of 10 homes. The Free Syrian Army confronted al-Assad's brigades in a number of areas, leading to heavy losses for both the brigades and the shabeha.
Israel to resume reconstruction of wall around Bethlehem
Palestine TV, Ramallah
Presenter, Male #1
During a hearing at the occupation's Supreme Court, an officer in the occupation army revealed the constructing of the annexation and apartheid wall will be resumed in the area of Jerusalem and the Gush Etzion settlement. In addition, settlers seized agricultural land in the town of al-Khader in southern Bethlehem.
Reporter, Male #2
In a plot to Judaize occupied Jerusalem and isolate it from its surroundings, the Israeli occupation will resume, in the coming weeks, the construction of the apartheid wall around the Gush Etzion settlement, in the southwestern part of Bethlehem, after work was halted over the past five years.
Guest, Male #3
The settlement campaign is intensifying on the land of the town of Khader, and especially in the areas bordering the settlements. Recently, the Israeli Knesset issued a decision allowing this Palestinian land to be seized by the settlers. The so-called Israeli education minister also came out with a project to construct biblical gardens and schools in the areas of Khalt al-Fahim.
Reporter, Male #2
The new Israeli endeavor seeks to occupy more than 20,000 donums of agricultural land, in addition to the thousands of donums on which settlements were built; all that land belongs to residents of the towns of al-Khader, Rfas, and Beit Jala. This is in addition to the provisions to Judaize Jerusalem, annex the settlement's land, and seize the Palestinians' right to their land.
Guest, Male #4 (Ibrahim Moussa, Resident and Farmer)
They are now on my land that they took, that was devoured by the wall; they took 8 donums from it. Right now, the wall is surrounding the city of al-Khader, and reduced it from 24,000 donums to 20,000 donums. The wall has prevented people from communicating with people in other villages and towns. And this also poses a problem for the farmers who cannot reach their land and crops.
Reporter, Male #2
The targeting of Bethlehem is not limited to the occupation's procedures that are embodied in constructing the annexation wall, but citizens are also prevented from receiving building permits, while the occupation excels in sending demolition orders to the villages of the western countryside, and actually demolishing the homes of the residents.
Guest, Male #5 (Taha Hamamra, Village Council Member)
About a month ago, we were surprised by the Israeli occupation's decision to confiscate some land in the village. We feel that the confiscation of these donums, and although it is a small number of donums, is a way to seize a large amount of land.
Reporter, Male #2
So the occupation's one-sided procedures undermine the two-state solution, and the occupation's government is even mapping a new geographical reality on the ground. It is an attempt to impose a political solution that places our people and their dream of freedom and independence in closed cantons, unable to survive. It is an occupation story, and its acts are revealed day-by-day. What the governorate of Bethlehem is being subjected to, from Judaization to settlement construction, are mere chapters of that story. Alaa Eddine al-Abd, Palestine TV, Bethlehem.
Shapira takes oath of office as new state comptroller
IBA, Israel
Judge Joseph Shapira became Israel's eighth state comptroller. The 67-year-old former Jerusalem District Court justice took the oath of office during a special ceremony held in the Knesset plenum. The changeover marks the first time that a new comptroller has assumed the position while his predecessor is allowed to conclude his own work, following the passage of special legislation in the Knesset last week committing an additional three months to finalize reports already in progress.
Outgoing seven-year comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss is continuing his investigation of the so-called Harpaz affair, involving the alleged forgery and military impropriety committed by a close aide of then-IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi.
Indicted Holocaust museum vandal wanted to 'blow up Knesset'
IBA, Israel
Bnei Brak resident Elhanan Esterovitch has been arraigned for vandalizing the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and defacing national war memorials in the Jordan Valley and Jerusalem's Ammunition Hill. The 31-year-old suspect told police interrogators that he would have also blown up the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and IDF bases if he could have. Esterovitch and three other ultra-Orthodox suspects from Jerusalem, Ashdod, and Bnei Brak are members of an extremist anti-Zionist sect, and possessed what was described as a large quantity of anti-Israel material and PLO flags.
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Chris Stedman's Top 10 Religious-Relevant Themes of 2009
December 26, 2009*Photo by Julie Maxwell
Chris Stedman is a Master of Arts in Religion student who works for the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based NGO that works to change the public narrative on religion from one of conflict to one of cooperation. Chris is a member of the American Humanist Association and voting member of the Secular Student Alliance, coordinates religious roundtables for Vocalo and is working on a post-graduate certificate in Spiritual Direction, making him the first self-identified non-religious individual to do so. He runs the blog NonProphet Status. [Editor's note, NonProphet Status now in the sidebar]
You Say "Muslim" Like it's a Bad Thing…
Islamophobia manifests in new and increasingly unusual ways these days. This year liberal enclave Switzerland passed a ban on the construction of minarets, an architectural feature of mosques, or Muslim houses of worship. The measure, put up for a popular vote by the country's conservative party, was promoted with hateful propaganda. Islam continued to be a target for conservatives in America, and the November shooting at Fort Hood in Texas by a Muslim man fueled this fire, prompting Pat Robertson to claim that Islam is not a religion. Entertainment retailer Best Buy wished Muslims a "Happy Eid al-Adha" in an advertisement and faced a boycott by the crazies over at the Free Republic while its other holiday wishes went unprotested. And despite continued belief to the contrary, President Barack Obama is still not a Muslim, though the investigation persists.
Pray the Gay Away!
Of course, Muslims weren't the only hated group in America in 2009 as queer sex continued to make religious conservatives nervous. For starters, gay exorcisms are still happening, apparently. Also shaking things up was the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the fourth-largest Protestant Christian denomination, which voted by a narrow margin to ordain individuals in committed same-sex relationships, threatening to split the denomination. A tornado appeared nearby during the vote and was seen by some as – of course – a sign of judgment from God. The Anglican Church also faced a possible split over the issue this year. Protestant denominations weren't the only to wrestle over the issue in 2009, and the Proposition 8 fallout continued for Mormons. (Oh well, at least the third season of "Big Love" was good this year, though it too courted controversy by revealing secret Mormon temple rites.) Meanwhile, Miss California Carrie Prejean lost her chance at the Miss USA crown by defending "opposite marriage" but, in spite of being "victimized by the liberal media" over some personal videos she made and being stripped of her Miss California title for failing to do her beauty queen duties, positioned herself as one of the most prominent opponents of same-sex marriage with a terribly-reviewed book and "opposite classy" appearance on Larry King Live.
The Separation of Church and Hate
Prejean's bosom buddies Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, part of an increasingly defensive political right, worked hard this year to build a platform on religious totalitarianism, and a lot of their colleagues followed suit. Bachmann, far removed from her days of hiding in bushes and kissing a Bush, took this year's crazy cake and is now the star of the Tea Bag – erm, sorry, Tea Party – Movement, frequently using religious language to justify her crazy conspiracy theorizing. This year Bachmann, who once called herself a "fool for Christ," specifically targeted fellow Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison's Muslim faith and criticized Obama for stating that America is not a "Christian nation." That's right, she publicly opposes the separation of church and state. Sarah Palin also continued to tap into the conservative religious base this year, while the father of her grandchild courted another base altogether. The more extreme parts of Bachmann and Palin's religious base, when not comparing health care reform to the Holocaust, wasted a lot of energy on license plates.
I'm Pro-Life… Unless That Life Belongs to a Baby-Killer
Thanks to this same conservative religious base, abortion continued to be a messy moral matter in 2009. In May, abortion doctor George Tiller was murdered while attending church. His killer called the act "justified," citing his religious belief that abortion is murder. Tiller, a long-time target of the religious right, did not live to see the renewed debate that ensued after his death. Abortion was also a hot button issue of health care reform. In Illinois, a parental consent law almost went into effect that would require physicians to inform the parents of teenage girls before performing an abortion; the law in on hold until at least next year. Also in Illinois, a Dominican Catholic nun continues to volunteer as an abortion clinic escort, upsetting fellow Catholics. Early in the year, Obama reversed a rule that prohibited U.S. funds from going to clinics that provide abortions or refer to places that provide abortions. Yeah, this issue isn't going away anytime soon.
Chugga Chugga, Chugga Chugga, Eboo: Interfaith Cooperation Gains Steam
In spite of all the divisive stuff above, it is a good time to believe in the idea that we should all just try our best to get along as interfaith cooperation gained serious traction this year, evolving this year from just a buzz phrase into a discernable movement. My boss, IFYC founder Eboo Patel, continued to spread the message of interfaith cooperation by being appointed to Obama's Faith Advisory Council, named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report, and awarded the 2009 Roosevelt Institute's Freedom of Worship Medal and 2010 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion. Obama highlighted the necessity of interfaith cooperation in several prominent addresses, including his Nobel Prize address and his speech in Cairo. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair promoted the movement through the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, and I busted my ass to put together an international interfaith conference here in Chicago for IFYC.
Godliness vs. Goodliness
One of the plenary speakers at that conference was Harvard Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein, who also released a book this year, "Good Without God." He is part of a set of increasingly public voices that articulate non-religiosity as a viable life-stance – Secular Humanism – without trash-talking religion, in stark contrast to the anti-religious rhetoric espoused by folks like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and comedian Bill Maher. Obama acknowledged "nonbelievers" in his inaugural address, becoming the first American President to do so, and, to continue my self-promotion, I wrote a guest blog on respecting religion while remaining secular for the Washington Post. And though I may be famous in my own mind, I can't compete with Joss Whedon, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Humanism.
All Former Child Stars Go To Heaven: Kirk Cameron Edition
"Famous" is a fairly open term, but it often does grant you a soapbox. 2009 was a good year to be a former child star turned religious wingnut as Kirk Cameron got even crazier, making everyone unexpectedly nostalgic for "Growing Pains." He launched a campaign to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" that distributed copies of the book on college campuses. The trick is that the copies he hands out contain a special introduction that aims to discredit Darwin. Sneaky, eh? At least Cameron, who once famously offered up the modern banana as evidence of creationism, is trying to use historical facts this time, as much as he distorts them. Cameron's not the only one editing books – a project called the Conservative Bible Project was launched to remove the "liberal bias" from the Bible. Guess God didn't get it right the first time, then?
That Old Time Religion, It Ain't What It Used To Be
It seems that the folks behind the Conservative Bible Project aren't the only ones taking issue with traditional religiosity. Though the secular boom of the nineties is over, studies show that young Americans are "losing their religion" – the number of folks who do not identify with a religious tradition jumped by at least 25 percent in recent years. This data suggests, however, that this shift is not due to a lack of interest in religious issues. Rather, young people find religion as it currently operates to be outdated. Though I worry about our culture losing religion altogether, I find this study encouraging; besides the data that shows a growing open-mindedness to the beliefs of others, it is essentially an apologia for what I'm doing as a Humanist: "In the end… this 'stunning' trend of young people becoming less religious could lead to America's next great burst of religious innovation."
Sending God a Friend Request
Not all religious innovations, however, are great. Online churches, the latest e-trend, are on the rise in a big way. Seriously? What does e-church even look like? Instead of a collection plate, is there a PayPal link? How do you download communion? Can I get baptized in a chat room? I appreciate the internet as a means of connecting with others, but I feel like this is just a tiny step too far.
The Pope has an Opportunity to "Get All the Pussy…"
The ever-perky Sarah Silverman challenged the Vatican with a plan to end world hunger, though they've yet to take her up on the idea.
Legal Fine Print: The content of this list reflects the views of its author and does not necessarily reflect the views of either Eboo Patel or IFYC.


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12/11/2013 |
Filling rotation needs a challenge for Cashman
Brian Cashman said on Wednesday that the asking prices for pitchers have made deals challenging, adding that the Yanks may instead turn to non-roster spring invitees to cobble together a rotation.
12/11/2013 |
Despite questions, don't discount Yankees' chances
If you look at the 2014 Yankees from a certain angle, you see a team capable of winning a World Series.
12/11/2013 |
Hall of Fame trio could have been doubled
Unlike with Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre, there is an easy case to be made against adding Marvin Miller, George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin to the Hall of Fame. Yet the case in favor of the latter three individuals is more compelling.
12/10/2013 |
Yanks not shopping Gardner, but listening to offers
With so many needs to address, it is not in Brian Cashman's best interest to use the "ignore" button on his cell phone, so the Yankees' general manager said that he has been patiently listening to calls about Brett Gardner.
12/10/2013 |
Girardi, Cashman moving on without Cano
About a week has passed since Joe Girardi learned that he would no longer fill out lineup cards with Robinson Cano's name on them, and the construction of those batting orders created an issue in the Yankees' clubhouse last season.
12/10/2013 |
Granderson adds spice to Yankees-Mets rivalry
Curtis Granderson did not waste any time adding some spice to the crosstown rivalry between the Yankees and the Mets, leaving little question where his allegiances now reside.
12/10/2013 |
Torre can count on spot in Monument Park
It is only a matter of time before the pinstriped No. 6 that Joe Torre wore on his back for 12 seasons appears in Monument Park, general manager Brian Cashman said on Tuesday.
12/10/2013 |
The New Yorker's Angell wins Spink Award
Roger Angell, a senior editor at The New Yorker magazine and a longtime spinner of feature-length baseball yarns, was voted the winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in the annual balloting among members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday.
12/10/2013 |
Steiner Sports brings Yanks' 'Core Four' together
After all of those years, all of those parades up Broadway, all of those records, all of those awards, all of those cheers, all of those good times and all of those farewells, the Yankees' "Core Four" gathered together Monday night in New York.
12/9/2013 |
Yankees send congratulations Torre's way
Joe Torre quipped that a wave of emotions had "hit him like a sledgehammer" once the longtime big league manager learned that he had been unanimously selected to the Baseball of Hall of Fame via the 16-voter Expansion Era Committee.
12/9/2013 |
Cashman seeks pitching, infield help at Meetings
Less than 24 hours after he dangled off the side of the tallest building in Stamford, Conn., again taking part in a holiday rappelling event, Brian Cashman's feet were firmly on the ground at the Winter Meetings. Cashman arrived for the four-day event believing that the Yankees have much more work to do, and the general manager was said to have spent the day chatting with his counterparts, searching for deals to fill some of the club's remaining holes.
12/9/2013 |
Lower-profile signings can make difference
It's not uncommon for a baseball executive to ask a scout to find someone "playing under the radar." The challenge: find a player not receiving much buzz or fanfare who can deliver sufficient rewards for little or low risk.
12/9/2013 |
Mandela to be honored with plaque in Monument Park
The Yankees plan to dedicate a plaque in Monument Park in honor of former South African president and renowned humanitarian Nelson Mandela when they host the Cubs on Jackie Robinson Day at Yankee Stadium on April 15.
12/9/2013 |
Torre's Hall of Fame credentials undisputed
When considering the managerial career of Joe Torre, you take into account not only the victories, but the dignity, the grace and the good humor -- even under the most stressful of circumstances.
12/9/2013 |
Yankees go to bat for Stand Up To Cancer
The Yankees have stepped to the plate with a pair of special items as the Winter Meetings prepare to feature an MLB.com Auction to benefit Stand Up To Cancer, which Major League Baseball has supported since 2008 as founding sponsor.
12/9/2013 |
La Russa, Torre, Cox going into Hall of Fame
Former managers Tony La Russa, Joe Torre and Bobby Cox were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday by a unanimous vote of the Expansion Era Committee.
12/8/2013 |
Yanks look to continue shopping at Meetings
In a way, the Yankees aren't much different than the scores of tourists who find their way to the "Most Magical Place on Earth" every year. They've brought money to spend, want to create some memories and do not intend to head home empty-handed. General manager Brian Cashman and his decision-making team figure to be among the biggest movers and shakers at the Winter Meetings, which kick off on Monday at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort.
12/7/2013 |
Ellsbury, Yankees complete seven-year deal
Jacoby Ellsbury officially completed a seven-year, $153 million contract with the Yankees on Saturday, cashing in his Red Sox for a fresh set of pinstripes.
12/7/2013 |
Notre Dame set to play in 2013 Pinstripe Bowl
The University of Notre Dame has accepted an invitation to play in the 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 28.
12/6/2013 |
Veteran bat Beltran, Yankees an ideal match
Carlos Beltran is a perfect fit for the Yankees, and not just because he makes that lineup significantly better. He's the prototype of what the Yankees want their players to be.
12/6/2013 |
Yankees reportedly agree to deal with Beltran
The Yankees quickly moved on from second baseman Robinson Cano, agreeing to a three-year, $45 million deal with outfielder Carlos Beltran on Friday evening, according to multiple reports.
12/6/2013 |
Yankees will survive just fine without Cano
Even after losing Robinson Cano in free agency, the Yankees are still in the game. Anyone who thinks otherwise is nuts.
12/6/2013 |
Cano's departure gives Yanks financial flexibility
Robinson Cano reportedly agreed to a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Mariners on Friday, a departure that officially flipped the script of the Yankees' winter.
12/6/2013 |
Kuroda agrees to one-year, $16 million deal
The Yankees have reportedly finalized an agreement with starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, securing him with a one-year contract and his same bonus package as the 2013 season.
12/6/2013 |
Yanks in 'aggressive' mode heading into Meetings
The Yankees know they have needs to fill, but they are announcing that they have money to spend and are open for business, which could create some terrific shopping opportunities when baseball's Winter Meetings kick off next week in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. More Results > |


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What do people mean by the DH, DW, DD, DS, DL thing?
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Thanks in advance. xJust another teenage name nerd.
♥ Avia Rose ♥ Grace Emmeline ♥ Annabel Faith ♥ Amelia Poppy ♥ Nadia Wendy
| Jacob Dennis | Joseph Edward | Hugo Paul | Logan Michael | Noah George
May 3rd, 2013 05:24 AM #3
Dear/Darling Husband/Wife/Daughter/Son.... not sure about the L
May 3rd, 2013 05:26 AM #5
Maybe you were seeing LN which means last name.
May 7th, 2013 08:52 AM #7
BTW nn means nickname, that's another shorthand. It's all confusing, I know!
Henrietta. Chiara. Marisol. Imogen.
Hakuna matata, it means no worries for the rest of your days.
Stars can't shine without darkness.
You can't have a better tommorow if you keep thinking about yesterday.


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Thanks for that. I have her first album and I love it. Just haven't seen or heard much from her since.
Here's a very pregnant Roisin Murphy performing at the Viktor & Rolf SS 2010 show.
Haha. Very cool. I don't recognize the song she is performing, is it new?
The "Orally Fixated" track is slowly growing on me. It reminds me of a Basement Jaxx track in its frenetic energy.
This is from her website about her performance at the V&R show:
"Oh my lord that was terrifying on so many levels, not lest of all health & safety! Standing up on that pedestal in that dress of torture, in sky high heals in front of the fashion world, seven and a half months pregnant, if you listen carefully you can hear the fear in my voice. But I got through it and felt like a super hero, ha!!
By the way, what I performed exactly was a kind of Mega-mix, four tracks in total but only two songs. The first song is Royal T and it will appear on the Crookers album due out soon. Hold Up Your Hands does not appear here, it is a totally different track but also a Crookers collaboration. The second is Demon Lover and I used two different Mixes crossing over on my second verse. The first version you hear is the original, Co-written and produced with Seiji. The second is a Donaeo remix. Funny how some fans really don't like the MCing, but you know I love it.
the song sounds like Prince made a song with Jackson And His Computer Band. LOVE IT!
I loved her old stuff with Moloko, its always great to dance to
my favorite Róisín Murphy track of all time has to be Overpowered. Shes walking around London is this large Gareth Pugh outfit, in her own world, then at the end, it seems its more then just a costume. I'm not too crazy about her new stuff though. Orally Fixated is slowly growing on me.
"Been there done that, messed around, i'm having fun..don't put me down"
Lets try again
Heres another favorite. Its a sample of a song by a little known artist named Tracey Webber "Sureshot"
"Been there done that, messed around, i'm having fun..don't put me down"
love love love roisin murphy, both her stuff with moloko and her solo work. "orally fixated" has weird lyrics, though. a disco track about being pregnant... i dont know. points for doing something different, i guess, but it leaves me a little weirded out.
Her sound in these videos is nice, and I like her taste in fashion. She is also easy on the eyes!
is the rumor true that she is doing background vocals on the recent Adele?
Roisin Is amazing and so crazy in concert allways bring it
Spook feat. Roisin Murphy - Feel Up [Spook's Original Grope Mix]
Toddla T & Roisin Murphy -Cherry Picking
Mason feat Roisin Murphy - Boadicea (Official Video)
Roisin Murphy - Simulation
Watch this video to see Roisin perform an amazing remix of You Know Me Better at the Electronic Beats festival in Zagreb last November (starts at 09:10).
You Know Me Better
Another whom Lady Gaga "took inspiration" from.
Róisín Murphy - Overpowered (Busking - Covent Garden)
David Morales feat. Róisín Murphy - Golden Era (2012)
Roisin is working on an Italian EP with producer Brigante.
Here is what he told Resident Advisor:
I am working on a very special Italian EP with Roisin Murphy. Having worked with her on a song for the album I discovered she is a bit of an Italian-ist too—certainly capable of the drama associated with divas such as Mina or Patty Pravo! We have started with a cover version of a song that my uncle wrote for Mina in 1969. She is singing in Italian!
David Morales and Roisin Murphy - Golden Era
heard this out last friday on the dance floor. still sounds fresh after all there years.
Moloko - DJ Gregory - Bob Sinclar Feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Forever More - Elle (EOL Ritual)
Roisin Murphy, Luca C & Brigante - Flash of Light feat. Roisin Murphy
new video
Boris Dlugosch feat. Roisin Murphy - Never Enough (Mousse T. & Boris Dlugosch Odd Couple Mix)
Boris Dlugosch feat. Róisín Murphy - Look Around You
Boris Dlugosch feat. Róisín Murphy - Look Around You (Maxxi Soundsystem Remix)
Hot Natured feat. Roisin Murphy - Alternate State


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The yoga class the kids go through is very different from their parent's class, but it's all based on the same principle of mind and body connections. The pint-sized practitioners learn balance and focus, and they get some cardio in as well.
If you'd like to check out the fitness craze for yourself, your kids can try it for free this Saturday, January 26th at the Aspirus YMCA in Weston.
The class for 2-5 year olds in from 9-10am. The class for 6-10 year olds is from 10:30-11:30am.
You can also check out the free family yoga class at the Family Resource Center on January 23rd from 6-7pm. This class is for kids between 3 and 7 years old.


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One of my top-5 favorite jazz albums of all time is Time Out. Played it till the grooves wore out and then bought it again in every format possible. RIP dear Mr. Brubeck.
I had that album ... drove my father crazy.
Time Out and Time Further Out were staples of my childhood. I´ll always love Dave Brubeck´s music - the man was a genius.
My favorite jazz composer/musician. A giant who studied under Milhaud the early 20th century composer, and brought jazz to the masses via the quartet´s college tours in the 50s and 60s, booked by Dave´s wife.Got to see quartet(s) three times - college in early 60s, Worcester concert hall in the 90s and at Newport a few summers ago.Grateful for 70 years of Brubeck!
Not my genre and before my time. But I know the name only because it was a frequent answer to Trivial Pursuit music questions back in my college days. RIP
OP - thank you for posting that link.
"Dave Brubeck, jazz legend, dies in 9/8"
Thanks for the link, OP."Take Five" and "Take the ´A´ Train" - two all-time classics.Rest in peace, Mr. Brubeck.
I had the privilege of seeing the Quartet play in Carnegie Hall back in the early 60´s. They were wonderful. I have the album and every other album ever made by this outstanding musician. I took two of his early albums with me to college in 1958 and I followed his career closely for the next 64 years. His most recent solo piano CDs are among his best material, especially the CD "Private Brubeck Remembers" which contains some of the tunes he played during WW II in Europe. He was the recipient of many awards but the one that he never received was the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was one of the best ambassadors for American jazz music for over 75 years. I understand he was working on yet another solo piano CD when he died. Alas we will never hear it. He will be deeply missed by all his many fans and especially by me as I have struggled with the piano learning curve. Rest in Peace, Dave. You have been an inspiration to so many, especially old codgers like me. May God bless your soul and may God bless your loving family.
Two more favorites:"Besame Mucho"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_a2f9HI2JIand, "Stardust"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3JcuEA0IrM
I´m so sad to hear of this lovely mans passing. Such beautiful melodies and interesting time signatures were quite an inspiration. His sons are talented musicians in their own rite.I thought his birthday was today. I learned this 20 years ago when I was exactly half his age.Rest in peace, Mr. Brubeck.
Saw him in a small, local theater a couple of years ago. His fellow musicians came out first and looked like the Apple Dumpling Gang, straight from the rest home. Then Brubeck shuffled out, looking 90 years old, which he was.It was sad, except it turned into the BEST CONCERT I´VE EVER WITNESSED. Absolutely fabulous night of great music. These guys could barely walk, but they sure could play!!RIP, Brubeck.
Timely suggestion - check out the Brubeck "Christmas" CD (Telarc). His arrangements of classic Christmas carols aren´t particularly improvisational or "jazzy," but more the product of a master showing off his talent developed over a lifetime.He may be gone - we´ll all be gone someday - but his magic will continue to cheer and inspire.
Ah geez.Thank you Dave, you were the best.May you play in heaven.Thank you Lord for his presence and talent.RIP.
And he beat the estate tax hike.
LOL #7. As a musician myself, I appreciate the skewed meter these legends lived in. As Howard Cosell said, "The problem is to educate the masses".
One of my favorites of his was ´´It´s a Raggedy Waltz.´´Combined the waltz and the rag beautifully.One version live:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3eimKbIdHUSee who is in that clip?Patrick MacGoohan.Another favorite is, ´´Blue Rondo a la Turk.´´Name comes from the 9/8 Turkish rhythms as 2+2+2+3 and 3+3+3 which are played consecutively in this piece.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc34Uj8wlmE
When Dave was in his prime I was a budding young AF pilot. We listened to him as often as we could. That was back in happier times when we still had a country. Then things got nasty in a small country in southeast Asia and things were never right again. Listening to his music does calm the soul.
RIP, sir. Thank you.But we´re blessed thrice over -- his creativity; his performance talent; and electronics to record and reproduce the music."Take Five" probably came to mind first for many of us. Wonderful. It´ll be played for many, many years, and deserve it.#4: Interesting, thanks. For those not familiar, find Darius Milhaud´s "La Creation du Monde." Interesting, sometimes challenging, definite jazz flavorings.#12: re aging/aged musicians -- the skills can be astonishing, not to mention rewarding. Brubeck; Rubinstein; Horowitz and more.#17: Note Mozart too: "Rondo alla turca." Very fine piece.
Thanks for all the links posted here. I have learned for the first time that Mr. Brubeck was at the Battle of the Bulge. He also wrote beautiful choral music and seemed to have become a strong Christian (Roman Catholic). What a dear man and what an interesting life he led. I will definitely search out more of his choral works.Ramona (the Pest)
A great American and jazz legend is gone. At Amazon you can preview his Christmas album "A Dave Brubeck Christmas", just him on the piano. It´s beautiful. I´m going to add it to my ever-growing collection of Christmas CDs.
The mid-´50s to the mid-´60s were the Golden Years of jazz for us. ...So many greats, with Brubeck among the very best.


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