), American Christian songwriter and musician who performs as Beaker ( musician )

Beaker is a pseudonym for David Strasser, a Christian songwriter and musician well known for his collaborations with artist Rich Mullins.

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* Beaker ( drinkware ), a beverage container

* Beaker ( glassware ), or " laboratory beaker ", a glass object used for holding fluids and chemicals in a laboratory setting

* Beaker ( archaeology ), a prehistoric drinking vessel

* Beaker ( Muppet ), the hapless assistant of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on The Muppet Show

* Steve Whitmire-Rizzo the Rat, Bean Bunny, Lips, Statler ( since 2002 ), Beaker ( since 1992 ), Kermit the Frog ( since 1990 ), and Ernie ( since 1993 )

Especially in the west ( Scandinavia and northern Germany ), the drinking vessels have a protruding foot and define the Protruding-Foot Beaker culture ( PFB ) as a subset of the Single Grave culture.

The Bell-Beaker culture ( sometimes shortened to Beaker culture, Beaker people, or Beaker folk ; ), ca.

In some sites, material of the megalithic Monte Claro culture has been found in association with true Bell Beaker materials ; elsewhere, Beaker material has been found stratigraphically above Monte Claro and at the end of the Chalcolithic period in association with the related Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture ( 1800-1600 BC ), for which C-14 dates calibrate to ca.

Believed to be of Iberian origin ( modern day Spain and Portugal ), Beaker techniques brought to Britain the skill of refining metal.

* Frank Welker – Baby Kermit, Baby Skeeter ( 1986 – 1990 ), Baby Beaker, Camilla, The Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard

( the Muppet Theater's Christmas " Spectacular Spectacular " opens with a number set at the " Moulin Scrooge ," which climaxes as Miss Piggy dons the role of Satine and performs " Santa Baby "), Cirque du Soleil ( feebly adapted by an apathetic choreographer as the " Cirque du So Lame "), A Beautiful Mind ( when Dr. Honeydew works out the money needed to save the theater's finances by doodling on a window, and, after listening to Beaker squeak, responds, " Why, thank you, Beaky, I think you have a beautiful mind, too "), For Dummies books ( Daniel is given a book called Performing Miracles for Dummies ), and the old Gift of the Magi comedy routine ( coming to a crashing halt in this film when one of the participants forgot to sell or buy anything ).

** Beaker culture spreads to most of Western Europe ( Portugal, Spain, France ( excluding the central massif ), Great Britain and Ireland, the Low Countries, and Germany from the Elbe valley west, with an extension along the upper Danube into the Vienna basin in Austria, with Mediterranean outposts on Sardinia and Sicily ).

" Step By Step ", a song written by good friend Beaker and included on volume one, and incorporated into " Sometimes By Step " with additional lyrics by Mullins on volume two, became an instant hit on Christian Radio, and, like " Awesome God ", it became a popular praise chorus.

In 1993, Mullins assembled a group of Nashville musicians ( including Jimmy Abegg, Beaker, Billy Crockett, Phil Madeira, Rick Elias, and Aaron Smith ) to form A Ragamuffin Band, whose name was inspired by the Christian book The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning.

* Rock Music with the Muppets-Hosted by Dr. Teeth with assistance by Beaker in a recording studio, with guest stars Debbie Harry, Linda Ronstadt, Alice Cooper, Ben Vereen, Helen Reddy, Leo Sayer, Loretta Swit, and Paul Simon.

Canticle of the Plains is a musical written by songwriters Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker, and Beaker which is based on the life of St. Francis of Assisi.

When Beaker was in the seventh grade, his youth pastor introduced him to his friend Rich Mullins, and the two soon became collaborators.

Beaker co-wrote, performed, and toured with Rich Mullins for several years.

In 1988, Mullins moved to Wichita, Kansas where, in 1991, he enrolled as a student at Friends University and lived with his best friend, David Strasser ( a. k. a. Beaker ).

In 1997, Mullins teamed up with Beaker and Mitch McVicker to write a musical based on the life of St. Francis of Assisi, entitled The Canticle of the Plains.

Mullins had great respect for St. Francis, and even formed " The Kid Brothers of St. Frank " in the late 1980s with Beaker.

With Mullins and song collaborator Beaker, McVicker co-wrote the musical, The Canticle of the Plains, which is based on the life and teachings of Catholic Saint Francis of Assisi.

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