Randy Twizzle

The trumpeter is Jack Sheldon. It's from the album Mink Jazz. Keep the figalagee but remember that Flick Lives.

BY JOCELYN GECKER ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Top hotels in several Asian capitals have stopped ordering sea bass and sole from waters off their tsunami-ravaged coastlines to ease diners' concerns about fish feasting on corpses. Some have turned to suppliers in Australia, while others are buying fish from Indonesian islands off the Pacific Ocean that were untouched by disaster -- dealing another blow to fishermen whose livelihoods were shattered by the giant waves. Health officials say fears of fish are unwarranted and insist there is no evidence of a risk posed by eating fish from the Indian Ocean, where at least 160,000 people died in Asia and Africa. But, in a region that suffered through bird flu and other recent food scares, several top eateries and their suppliers are unwilling to take chances. Markus Schneider, a manager at Jakarta's Mandarin Oriental, said the hotel's first reaction to the Dec. 26 disaster was to collect donations for victims. Then, the focus turned to seafood dishes at the hotel's three restaurants. "We went straight to our suppliers to make sure their supplies didn't come from Sumatra," he said. Many did, including the shrimp for an Italian risotto, the antipasti's calamari and the sea bass filets served over sauteed greens. Tens of thousands died on Sumatra after the magnitude 9 temblor and tsunami that followed. Some of the hotel's fish was already imported, but all orders that had come from Indonesia were switched to Australia. That increases costs by about 15 percent, a figure that doesn't worry hotels that cater to business travelers and tourists. "We didn't want people to be concerned. There's nothing worse than a sick customer," said Schneider. The hotel's branch in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, has taken similar precautions, he said. International health agencies, including the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization, say the fears are unfounded. "The fish myth is making the rounds all over the place," said Harsaran Pandey, a WHO spokeswoman. "The fears are not scientifically based." There is no evidence fish in tsunami-hit areas are feeding off corpses or that it would cause a health risk if they were, Pandey said. And Pandey said there also is no evidence of higher mercury levels or other toxins in the Indian Ocean since the tsunami, noting that most of what washed away were villages and beachfront properties rather than industries.

Here I am during my lunch break.

Okay, maybe Glickton's not brilliant, but he still looks like a genius compared to the joker who wrote the article.

"This will be a rare performance," says clarinetist and sax man Glickman. "Just preparing for it has been challenging." He'll also bring his frequently present banjo. Thursday's program will progress from early 20th century jazz (and Glickman's own song about its performers) and progress to "real music from real guys" of late '20s — Charley Parker, Felonius Monk, Dave Brubeck, to "big" jazz bands at the tailend of the swing era. http://www.ashlandwi.com/placed/index.php?...story_id=191734

Burns is quite diabolical

A busybody health professor has just discovered that gym class can be a waste of time. That's precisely why I enjoyed it; it had no redeeming social value. My high school gym teachers were a surly bunch of aging ex-jocks, some with drinking and/or gambling problems which they made little attempt to hide. They largely didn't give a damn and that's why we loved them. .The Associated Press Updated: 3:22 p.m. ET Jan. 17, 2005 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lisa Lewis, a health professor, heard her two sons talk about how bad their high school P.E. class was, so she went to see for herself. “It’s been terrible,” she said. The teacher was a basketball coach, and “that’s basically all they did — play basketball between 40 and 50 kids.” Many students, especially those who weren’t athletic, just stood on the sidelines of the disorganized game. Physical education experts say there’s little accountability for P.E. teachers in most schools. They say the classes are often poorly run, and students don’t spend much time in them anyway — even as American children grow fatter and more out of shape. Nearly one-fifth of all high school P.E. teachers don’t have a major and certification in physical education, according to the most recent numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics. Focus on winning, not on health Often the instructor is a coach more interested in winning games than in producing healthy students, experts say. “That stigma that a coach cares more about the team than his physical education class does exist,” said George Graham, professor of kinesiology at Penn State University. “When a teacher or coach is doing that, it’s really up to the principal to get in there and say, 'We want to win ball games, but the kids in P.E. deserve a good education too.'’ The lack of respect for P.E. also appears in the number of students required to take it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2003, only 28 percent of high school students nationwide attended a daily P.E. class, but 38 percent watched television for three hours or more each school night. While 71 percent of the nation’s freshmen were in P.E. at least one day a week — hardly enough to be effective, experts say — those numbers drop to 40 percent by the students’ senior year. Participation varies by state But participation varies widely by state. In Tennessee, for instance, only 18 percent of seniors were enrolled in a P.E. class, while New York has better than 90 percent participation. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education says Illinois is the only state that requires daily physical education K-12, while Alabama requires it for K-8. In California, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, New York, South Carolina and Vermont, accountability standards are being developed for health and physical education programs. “Unless we hold physical education teachers accountable for the fitness of the student ... there’s no way to evaluate who is good or who is bad because we’re more concerned with math and reading,” Lewis said. “There needs to be some sort of minimal national fitness standard — that would be a very easy thing to establish.” Some schools have done just that — like the Victor Central School District just outside Rochester in Victor, N.Y. Superintendent Timothy J. McElheran said his teachers are held to specific goals and judged like any math or science teacher would be.

Here's an August 14,1961 story about some other young people who went to that convention. Unfortunately Dr King doesn't get much ink here. According to this article the topic of "Space" was discussed by Congressman Walter H Moeller.

Guys, Dolls, Cover Star and New Star

I'm reading "Ted Williams The Biography of an American Hero" by Leigh Montville

E Buzz Miller and Lorraine

The Pee Wee column came from the Portland (Maine) Press Herald. I found it and all the other articles I've posted at newspaperarchive.com. It''s very easy to find interesting stories there. If you love old newspapers it's damn near paradise and well worth the yearly membership fee. I might add that I'm not in any way affiliiated with the site.

Correction: it's from Feb 16, 1951

Here's a surprisingly honest 1950 newspaper column about Pee Wee's health problems:

It seems that your graphic didn't come through, but if it has anything to do with the MacNeil Leherer Report, then the answer is yes.

I picture God sitting on his/her heavenly throne, when one of his/her flunkies enters and announces " I have good news my Lord, Cyrus Chestnut has publicly thanked you for making his latest CD possible."

Here's some Banjo Face

Both of the stories are from November 1950.

Bebop behavior will not be tolerated.

It's 1950, do you know where your children are?

I found this ad in a 1934 issue of the "Nevada State Journal" of Reno. I don't know what ever happened to Kewpie Martin, but the name Gil Evans rings a bell or two.