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12:48 pm
Fri August 31, 2012

Around The Jazz Internet: Aug. 31, 2012

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Drummer Jimmy Cobb plays at the 2012 Heineken Jazzaldia, the international jazz festival in San Sebastian, Spain.

Next Wednesday: Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts Live at the Village Vanguard. But first, these news:

  • Larry Blumenfeld, a very good writer, has a new jazz blog up at the ARTINFO.com site.
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Election 2012
12:44 pm
Fri August 31, 2012

A Few Convention Oddities, Pre-Clint Eastwood

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Sen. Joe Lieberman appears at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in 2008, just eight years after he was the Democratic vice presidential nominee. His appearance is just one of several notable oddities at recent political conventions.

Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 12:51 pm

From one angle, Clint Eastwood's dialogue with an imaginary President Obama — using a tall chair as a prop — at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Thursday night was sharp-pointed and youthful and edgy and film-schoolish.

From another angle, it could be construed as the meanderings of an older man who is disenchanted by a shaky economy, an ongoing war and the perception of broken promises, but somehow can't put his disgruntlement into words.

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The Salt
12:13 pm
Fri August 31, 2012

Farmers Use YouTube To Share Devastating Impacts Of Drought

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A YouTube user who goes by Katzcradul posted this image of a parched gulch on her drought-stricken land in Missouri on the site.

Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 9:29 am

Business
11:48 am
Fri August 31, 2012

Bernanke Defends His Efforts To Lift Economy

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

NPR's business news starts with the latest comments from Ben Bernanke

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

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Participation Nation
11:09 am
Fri August 31, 2012

Reading Aloud In Wilmington, Del.

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A Read Aloud Delaware volunteer reads to a student.

Originally published on Sun November 25, 2012 10:15 am

Read Aloud Delaware — headed by Executive Director Mary Hirschbiel and more than 800 volunteers — is making a noticeable impact in Wilmington.

When you read to the same children time and again, Mary says, "you see changes in their vocabulary, their ability to answer in complete sentences, and gradually the ability to have a conversation."

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