A blonde & her husband are lying in bed listening to the next door neighbor’s dog. It has been in the backyard barking for hours & hours.

The blonde jumps up out of bed and says, “I’ve had enough of this”.

She goes downstairs.

The blonde finally comes back up to bed and her husband says, “The dog is still barking, what have you been doing?”

The blonde says, “I put the dog in our backyard… let’s see how THEY like it!”

And then…
Lisa & Judy were doing some carpenter work on a Habitat for Humanity House. Lisa was nailing down house siding,
would reach into her nail pouch, pull out a nail & either toss it over her shoulder or nail it in.

Judy, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, ‘Why are you throwing those nails away?’

Lisa explained, ‘When I pull a nail out of my pouch, about half of them have the head on the wrong end & I throw them away.’

Judy got completely upset & yelled, ‘You moron! Those nails aren’t defective! They’re for the other side of the house!’

And then…
Did you hear about the two blondes who froze to death in a drive-in movie? They had gone to see ‘Closed for the Winter.’

And then…
A blonde hurried into the emergency room late one night with the tip of her index finger shot off. ‘How did this happen?’ the emergency room doctor asked her.

‘Well, I was trying to commit suicide,’ the blonde replied.

‘What?’ sputtered the doctor. ‘You tried to commit suicide by shooting off your finger?’

‘No, silly’ the blonde said. ‘First I put the gun to my chest, & then I thought, ‘I just paid $6, 000.00 for these implants…

I’m not shooting myself in the chest.’

‘So then?’ asked the doctor.

‘Then I put the gun in my mouth, & I thought, ‘I just paid $3,000.00 to get my teeth straightened. I’m not shooting myself in the mouth.’

‘So then?’

‘Then I put the gun to my ear, & I thought: ‘This is going to make a loud noise. So I put my finger in my other ear before I pulled the trigger.

And then…
A blonde was driving home after a game & got caught in a really bad hailstorm. Her car was covered with dents, so the next day she took it to a repair shop. The shop owner saw that she was a blonde, so he decided to have some fun… He told her to go home and blow into the tail pipe really hard, & all the dents would pop out.

So, the blonde went home, got down on her hands & knees & started blowing into her tailpipe. Nothing happened. So she blew a little harder, & still nothing happened.

Her blonde roommate saw her & asked, ‘What are you doing?’

The first blonde told her how the repairman had instructed her to blow into the tail pipe in order to get all the dents to pop out. The roommate rolled her eyes & said, ‘Uh, like hello! You need to roll up the windows first.’

And then…
A blonde was shopping at Target & came across a shiny silver thermos. She was quite fascinated by it, so she picked it up & took it to the clerk to ask what it was.

The clerk said, ‘Why, that’s a thermos….. It keeps hot things hot, And cold things cold.’

‘Wow, said the blonde, ‘that’s amazing…..I’m going to buy it!’

So she bought the thermos & took it to work the next day.

Her boss saw it on her desk. ‘What’s that,’ he asked?

‘Why, that’s a thermos….. It keeps hot things hot & cold things cold,’ she replied..

Her boss inquired, ‘What do you have in it?’

The blond replied…… ‘Two popsicles & some coffee.’

And then…
A blonde goes into work one morning crying her eyes out.

Her boss asked sympathetically, ‘What’s the matter?’

The blonde replies, ‘Early this morning I got a phone call saying that my mother had passed away.’

The boss, feeling sorry for her, says, ‘Why don’t you go home for the day? Take the day off to relax & rest.’

‘Thanks, but I’d be better off here. I need to keep my mind off it & I have the best chance of doing that here.’

The boss agrees & allows the blonde to work as usual.

A couple of hours pass & the boss decides to check on the blonde. He looks out from his office & sees the blonde crying hysterically…

‘What’s so bad now? Are you gonna be okay?’ he asks.

‘No!’ exclaims the blonde. ‘I just received a horrible call from my sister. Her mother died, too!’

Mother sent this to me after a post reflecting on life as we knew it… some very interesting points. Most of these things, I remember…

In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.

The woman apologized to him and explained, “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.”

The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment.”

He was right — our generation didn’t have the green thing in its day.

Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.

But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.

But he was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s diapers because we didn’t have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts — wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that clerk was right; we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.

In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us.

When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

But he’s right; we didn’t have the green thing back then.

We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.

We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.

We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

But isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?

INDIE-ROCK MUSICAL TO PREMIERE AT COURTHOUSE SQUARE

DAYTON, OH- Encore Theater Co. will present the premiere performance of the daring new indie-rock musical THE CONSEQUENCES at 10:00 pm on Thursday, August 4th and Saturday, August 6th. The performances will take place in the lower level outdoor patio space adjacent to downtown Dayton’s Courthouse Square.

THE CONSEQUENCES is a bittersweet love story about high school friends who meet again ten years later – and begin to examine the way their lives have changed through each other’s eyes. The three person musical composed by the creative team of Kyle Jarrow (book, music & lyrics) and Nathan Leigh (music & lyrics). Jarrow and Leigh are members of the very popular Brooklyn-based indie-pop band Super Mirage. THE CONSEQUENCES is not the writers’ first foray into the theatre world. As a team they have also composed the musical Big Money. Jarrow is probably best known for his popular shows A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant, and his recent collaboration with Tony-Award winning Duncan Sheik on the hauntingly beautiful Whisper House.

THE CONSEQUENCES was featured on Encore’s Litehouse New Musical Reading Series in November 2010. It was previously performed in developmental workshops at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, and the New York Theatre Workshop.

The cast of THE CONSEQUENCES features ETC Company Member JJ Parkey, Chicago-based actress Amy Geist and DayTony winner Alex Carmichal in his first musical theatre performance. The show is directed by Shawn Hooks with music direction by Lindsay Sherman. Sound design is by Mark Iiames with lighting design by Brian Cox of BLC Entertainment. Ally Wetz serves as stage manager and assistant producer.

Performances will be held at the KeyBank Building’s lower level patio, accessed via Courthouse Square on Thursday, August 4th and Saturday, August 6th at 10PM each night. Tickets cost $10, available at the door. For more information about Encore Theater Company and its programs promoting the art of new musical theatre in the Miami Valley region can be found at: www.EncoreTheaterCompany.com.

THE CONSEQUENCES is just one part of the 2011 Festival of New Musicals, a collaboration between The Human Race Theatre Company and ETC taking place August 4-7. Additional offerings include workshop presentations of PLAY IT COOL (Human Race), LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND (Human Race) and PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Encore). These mainstage presentations take place in The Loft Theatre, 126 North Main Street on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A full schedule of festival events as well as ticket information can be found on www.HumanRaceTheatre.org

Last night I posted a photo of a sweatshirt with a message I found to be quite thought provoking for my self. In no way was it intended to be a shield or banner proclaiming my views.

However, the post on Facebook has received a number of interesting thoughts, all valid, too.

I like those “shoe on the other foot” items that truly open my awareness. I use to buy into the “WWJD? – What Would Jesus Do?” but I find I cannot even suggest that any more because the various Christian departments all have their individual design on what Jesus would have, or would not have done. And, does anyone truly know?

I do not subscribe to the origins of the sweat shirt’s design by the group that posted it (hell, I couldn’t even recall the name of the group without scrolling up). I tend to care little about organizations, and what they truly stand for. Sometimes, there are quotes I select because of how they speak to me. And that is all they are for on my Facebook page. If they speak to others, great.

Once I posted a quote attributed to Adolph Hitler. It was thought-provoking for me, personally. So many were outraged that I preferred a quote by one of the most defiled men in human history. “You are taking it out of context.” Well, aren’t so many quotes taken out of context from another intent? Look at The Bible. Folks are always taking certain pages out of context to use for their own agenda, and I have heard identical passages used by a variety of ministers with numerous meanings.

I’ve written on other occasions, and on other posts that I, personally, am not a big supporter of Civil Rights, Equal Rights, Gay Rights, etc.. I am, simply put, for Human Rights.

Ironically, it is our fellow man who determines who should be considered human to deserve particular rights.

A woman’s right to vote was one that always seemed absurd.

Why?

Ironically, this put women beneath the Black man “in the day” when former Slaves were granted rights to vote.

But a woman could not?

I always figured this was merely a power control issue for men…

Last weekend, I was quite moved by a production of the musical, 1776. Toward the end, the vote for independence, which was to be a unanimous vote in Congress, was held up by one statement in Mr. Jefferson’s draft. Slavery. If the institution of holding Black people as slaves was to end upon the signing of the declaration, then the two Carolinas and Georgia would not sign the Declaration of Independence. However, if slavery was to remain in the soon-to-be united colonies, then the three Southern states would vote “yea,” thus announcing our nation’s independence to the world.

Amazing!

A human’s right to live freely was to be determined by the forming of a new nation.

Now, to me, that is incredible! We sacrificed one population’s freedom in order to form this country so that another popular could be free of tyranny. A tyranny that this free population would impose on the population that would not see freedom for quite some time.

Here in this country, one must subscribe to certain conditions before basic rights are granted. Our government can pick and choose which portions of the population are considered “human” in order to receive certain rights.

For me, personally, I have never been placed in a situation where I feel my basic human rights are challenged, and I pray I may never see that day.

In the musical, Rodney Caesar said, as the members of the Congress turned on one another, “The enemy is out there.” (referring to The British)

But is it?

As I delve further into this question of human rights, I am also finding a parallel with the teachings of The Church as we know it. If one does not subscribe fully to certain beliefs, one is denied “something” – depending on the denomination – but generally, and foremost, a golden ticket to heaven.

In politics, and religion, if one tends to disagree, they are too often considered, “disgruntled.” I have seen this, numerous times, on various posts.

Why should a differing opinion be considered ‘disgruntled’?

I think it may all return to “power.” So often, when others feel their power, or control, is questioned, they react with strict criticism, and balloon themselves up to comical proportions to display their authority. One post I read this morning received an incredible back-lash from an individual who happened to be a professional in the one post of concern, and the rebuttal literally had me laughing (yes, out loud). There was so much anger, and authority in the gentleman’s words which basically implied, “You are an unfit human being, and I despise you for disagreeing with my beliefs.”

Interesting… and sad…

Is there ever a possibility, in our generation’s life-time, where one’s thoughts, beliefs, opinions, and life will ever be truly valued even when they differ from our own?

A Jewish prayer:

“Oseh Shalom” – “He who makes/offers peace.”

A Muslim Prayer for Peace:

“Praise be to the Lord of the Universe who has created us and made us into tribes and nations, That we may know each other, not that we may despise each other.”

A Baha’i Prayer for Peace: “Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be fair in they judgement, and guarded in they speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.”

Native American Ten Commandments:

Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereon with respect.
Remain close to the Great Spirit.
Show great respect for your fellow beings.
Work together for the benefit of all Mankind.
Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.
Do what you know to be right.
Look after the well being of mind and body.
Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
Be truthful and honest at all times.
Take full responsibility for your actions.

This morning I attached my self to a post that described how our children are different than they were in past years. One mother compared a moment of John Boy Walton to her own son. I was so glad she posted what she did because it sprang my brain into thinking of my own home.

The one thing I hear too often is “things use to be so different.”

I always believe if things have changed, we, ourselves, have allowed them to change. Yes, things were different back during The Depression, or even back when I was a child in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

What is different?

Technology.

Economy.

Clothing styles.

Hair styles.

Toys.

Communication.

Etc.

Most of the big changes are things that have shaped our world, and how we communicate. Sadly, it has shaped our communication skills to be non-present communicators.

Automatic tellers.

U-Scan at the grocery store.

Voice mail.

Email.

Cell phones.

Texting.

We do not communicate face-to-face, or even in hand writing. And trust me, I am just as guilty of these technological pleasures. For me, though, I use Sprint and can rarely call or text (or receive) from my own home. Standing in my backyard in last week’s heat was not an option!

One thing I constantly hear is, “Kids are so different today.”

What is different about our kids, today?

Has anything REALLY changed?

If children have changed, then we, ourselves, especially as parents, have allowed it.

If children refuse to do assigned chores, and we do not follow up, or address the unfinished chore, and do it ourselves, then the child is doing the parenting.

Why?

Why do we allow our children to set the course for our lives as adults when it is our duty, our responsibility to teach them?

Are we afraid to say, “No” to our children?

Do we wish to not upset them for fear we will not be liked by our own children?

If our values, or belief system has changed, then it rests squarely on our shoulders.

I had one parent say to me last week, “my child talks back to me and I would never have done that to my parents.”

Well, my response was, “Because your parents would not tolerate it. So, why do you?”

Sometimes, I think we use “times are different” or “things were different back then” as an excuse so we do not have to take responsibility in being parents, or even good citizens.

I remember when cable television and HBO came to our community in 1980. There were citizens who were out-raged because it could be available in their homes and they did not want HBO in their homes for their children to watch. Well, they missed the point: don’t order cable, or, if you do, set down the ground rules.

I remember my mother saying, “If you don’t want your children to watch HBO, be the parent and tell them, ‘No.”

Ahhh… the one lesson in parenting I have always remembered from my mother – and God bless her for demonstrating it.

That evil word that so few parents like to use: “No.”

Why is it we cannot use “No” with our children?

Don’t want to deal with the results?

I have heard, “I work all day, run errands, come home, drive kids to various practices, lessons, games, dance, etc., and the last thing I want is an argument.”

I understand this. Generally, the ones from whom I hear the above statement, or something of a similar complaint, have a spouse who assists in raising the children. Seldom do I hear these complaints, or whines, from single parents.

Interesting…

The only thing that works for me is: I’m the parent in my home. I call the shots. It is not a democracy. It is not a group-led home.

“Oh, but that’s being a control freak.”

Ok. Call it what you wish, but the buck stops here. I am the responsible for my home, and my children. It is my duty, my responsibility to raise my sons on the path to become fully-functioning adults, providing them the valued, well-experienced tools that were handed down to me by my mother (who, during most of my childhood was single, and had no problem saying, “No” or setting down rules which were to be obeyed… I am not promoting single-parenthood – merely stating personal facts).

Yes, things were different back then. I grew up without air conditioning. This past week I feel I survived simply because I had air conditioning. However, I survived hot summers as a child – and I do not believe summers were less hot back then.

What has changed in this scenario?

Me.

I have air conditioning, and on hot days I use it. It’s a choice.

We, as parents, have a choice in determining whether or not our children will participate in life, or whether we will allow them to fall victim to our excuses. I raise sons whose earlier lives were prescribed by their birth parents, or foster parents. Some days I know it would simply be easier to allow myself to feel victim to my child’s past.

All I can say, is: LOL.

Not on my watch!

Composers for New Musicals Needed Immediately

Chameleon Theatre Co., Ltd., a New York City-based 501(c)3 non-profit, is seeking composers for several new ON SPEC projects:

“Jack London’s Martin Eden,” originally presented in a non-musical version at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium as a staged reading in 1990, the copyrighted adaptation of his semi-autobiographic al novel now serves as the basis for a Ragtime Musical;

“The Pied Piper,” a cautionary tale for parents, set in 14th century Germany during the Black Death, recalling Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana;”

“The Last Nights of Pompeii,” set in the Ancient equivalent of South Beach, complete with a gladiatorial battle, an orgy and an exploding volcano;

“Samba De Carnival,” adapted from Aphra Behn’s Restoration comedy “The Rover,” this romantic story of clashing cultures is re-set in early 19th century Brazil; and

“No Money Down!,” adapted from the screenplay of the award-winning indie, “Johnny Montana,” set in modern-day New York City.

For details, please send your resume’/c.v. , list of references with contact information, letters of recommendation, reviews if any, along with mp3s of music you have composed to lyrics in the appropriate genres, to:

amateursinner

Or, hard copies of documents, plus CDs to:

Chameleon Theatre Co., Ltd.
25-26 42nd Street #3B
Astoria, NY 11103

The first-draft libretti and lyrics, or lyric sketches, are complete and copyrighted.

When produced commercially, the royalty split will be 50-50, rather than the standard 2/3 to the librettist-lyricist , 1/3 to the composer.

Hey Netflix,
I know how you can improve your service! Go back to the old plan where we had instant view and 1 or 2 movies sent to our homes!

I am not all that keen on helping you out with your little surveys any more…

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Wow! Are you kidding me, Netflix???

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Sorry for all those hoping to find something here on Casey Anthony… but this is from Dayton History.

If any of my friends want to go, please let me know! This sounds like an absolute hoot!

PS. Do people still say “hoot” anymore? I know I tried to revive it in college but don’t know if it went far…

Innocent or Guilty?? Courtroom Drama at the Old Courthouse July 22 – 24, July 29 – 31, August 5 – 7 Join Dayton History for an interactive courtroom drama at the Old Courthouse. This summer, the sensational 1896 Bessie Little murder case will be retried, with the verdict decided by you – the audience. After listening to evidence from both the prosecution and defense, spectators will be left to determine whether Bessie Little met death as a result of suicide – or murder. With one of Dayton’s most notorious court cases re-enacted, audience members will learn what law and order was like in the Gem City at the turn of the twentieth century. Performances will be held on the following days: Friday July 22, 7:30 pm Saturday July 23, 7:30 pm Sunday July 24, 3:00 pm Friday July 29, 7:30 pm Saturday July 30, 7:30 pm Sunday July 31, 3:00 pm Friday August 5, 7:30 pm Saturday August 6, 7:30 pm Sunday August 7, 3:00 pm $10 – Dayton History Members $12 – Non-members Reservations suggested Recommended ages: 14 and up For more information call 937-293-2841 or visit www.daytonhistory.org Carillon Park Concert Band at Patterson Homestead July 9 · 2:00 pm Join us as the Carillon Park Concert Band will be performing at the Patterson Homestead out on the lawn by the gazebo. The Patterson Homestead is located at 1815 Brown St. Carillon Park Concert Band and Deeds Carillon July 10 · 3:00 pm Join us for a joint concert with the Carillon Park Concert Band and our carillonneur, Larry Weinstein, playing Deeds Carillon on Sunday, July 10 at 3:00. The concert will be held at the base of Deeds Carillon. Lawn chairs or blankets are suggested. The concert is free but regular admission fees into Carillon Historical Park apply. Connect A Million Minds: Harmuth Printing 101 July 12, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Dayton History in partnership with Time Warner Cable Southwest Ohio, invites you to experience our new national philanthropic initiative involving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).We are addressing the STEM crisis together by introducing youth to opportunities and resources that inspire them to develop the important STEM skills they need to become the problem solvers of tomorrow. Eighty percent of jobs in the next decade will require science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills. This next generation needs these skills to solve our nation’s greatest challenges. Our next FREE program will be Harmuth Printing 101 on July 12th from 3:30 – 5:00 pm, grades 4 – 8. Visit the only fully operating 1930s letterpress printing shop in a museum anywhere in the United States! Students will enjoy the chance to learn the printing trade firsthand by completing tasks such as setting type, preparing printing surfaces, composing, editing and printing an original Linotype and more. Along the way, students will learn of Dayton’s role as a leader of the nation’s printing industry during the 1930s. For more information and to register call 937-293-2841. Visit www.daytonhistory.org Settler Survival Camp July 18-22, August 1-5 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Experience the Miami Valley from an early settler’s perspective. Participate in everyday chores and activities that enabled settlers to survive on the wild frontier. Learn about firearms, early travel methods, hearth cooking, woodworking, textiles, gardening, candle making and games. Costumed interpreters will lead the children through an intense history experience. A few activities children will do: · Make their own hand-dipped beeswax candle · Cook their lunch over the hearth · Play the same games children did 200 years ago · Practice using a drop spindle to make yarn · Use a shaving horse to work with wood · Identify herbs in the heirloom garden · Learn about musket firing and watch a demonstration Ages: 8-12 Dates: July 18-22 or August 1-5 Times: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Fee: $150 Dayton History Members receive a $10 discount Two or more camp registrations in the same family receive a $10 discount per child. Registration Deadline: One week before the start of each camp For more information or registration contact Phone: (937) 293-2841 ext. 107 E-mail: bpicek@daytonhistory.org Or visit us on the web: www.daytonhistory.org Extreme Travel Summer Camp July 25 – July 29 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Each day experience a new travel method used here in Dayton. Fun hands-on activities will take the camper through wagons, canals, trains, bicycles, cars and the airplane. Dates: July 25 – 29 Ages: 7-11 Times: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Fee: $150 Dayton History Members receive a $10 discount Two or more camp registrations in the same family receive a $10 discount per child. Registration Deadline: One week before the start of each camp For more information or to register contact Phone: (937) 293-2841 ext. 107 E-mail: bpicek@daytonhistory.org Or visit us on the web: www.daytonhistory.org Carillon Concert Series Summer Schedule July 24 – 3:00 pm August 7 – 3:00 pm August 21 – 3:00 pm August 27 – 1:00 pm September 5 – 12:00 pm September 11 – 3:00 pm September 18 – 1:00 pm Carillon Concert Series Summer Schedule July 24 – 3:00 pm August 7 – 3:00 pm August 21 – 3:00 pm August 27 – 1:00 pm September 5 – 12:00 pm September 11 – 3:00 pm September 18 – 1:00 pm Carillon Park Rail & SteamSociety Train Run Schedule The Carillon Park Rail and Steam Society will be operating their scale train rides (for an additional $1 fee) for the visiting public from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm, unless otherwise noted, on the following dates: Saturday, July 9 Saturday, July 23 Saturday, August 6 Saturday, August 20 Saturday, September 10 Sunday, September 18 Saturday, October 1 Saturday, October 15 Saturday, November 26 Saturday, December 17 Culp’s Café New Menu Daily Specials Culp’s Café…Chef José has a new kitchen…a new menu…stop in and have a taste of history, go to our website at www.daytonhistory.org and click on the Culp’s Café button to see the new menu items. Monday – Slow Roasted Pot Roast served with Potatoes and Vegetables Tuesday – Hot Shot Tuesday; Turkey or Roast Beef Hot Shot served with Mashed Potatoes and Vegetables Wednesday – Double Bacon Cheese Burger served with any one side Thursday – Cabbage Rolls served with Vegetables and Mashed Potatoes Friday – Fish and Chips served with Culp’s Cole Slaw Follow us Keep up to date with everything that is happening at Dayton History by following us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Quick Links Become a Member Become a Volunteer Check out our brand new website! Enjoy a day of fun for the whole family! Carillon Historical Park 1000 Carillon Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45409 937-293-2841 www.daytonhistory.org Enjoy beautiful Carillon Park then stop in Culp’s Café for lunch! Carillon Historical Park 1000 Carillon Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45409 937-293-2841 www.daytonhistory.org

Forward email ehafenbrack | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Dayton History | 1000 Carillon Blvd. | Dayton | OH | 45409 Posted in Blogroll | 1 Comment Welcome to Sprint… Posted on July 6, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy As many of my blog readers, and 4500+ friends on Facebook have read, I cannot receive Sprint service in my own home. Many of my incoming and outgoing texts are not sent or received until I leave my property. Since I work from home this is a great inconvenience for those wishing to contact me. I explained the situation to Sprint and received the following response. They want me to pay an additional $160.00. Grant it, they will wave the $4.99 monthly fee for two years, but I still feel like I am getting screwed by a company whose own employees share their dissatisfaction with the Mother Ship. Any of the folks who know the legal-ese with these situations have any suggestions? 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Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment Sam Waterston's Remarks at Monticello, July 4th, 2007 Posted on July 4, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy Sam Waterston�s Remarks at Monticello, July 4th, 2007 It’s wonderful to be here and a privilege, indeed, to congratulate you, the heroes of the moment in the great work of making and sustaining a government that derives its authority from individual liberty. My father came to this country from Scotland via England, and became a citizen.  He knew beforehand that the ceremony was going to be a significant event.  Even so, he wasn’t prepared for the emotional power it had for him.  He became a citizen in a group like this, neither very large nor very small.  The ceremony’s power multiplied with their numbers.  Everyone in his batch of new citizens was moved for themselves, my father included, but they were all overwhelmed by each other, new members of a centuries old tide of migration here ‘to the empire of liberty’.  It lifted them out of what we mistakenly call ordinary life into the realization that properly understood, life is grand opera, as one is sometimes made aware by a wedding, or the birth of a child. Something like that, momentous and every-day, is afoot here.  Brand new Americans are being made, and I’m delighted to be here to celebrate my father’s becoming an American citizen through your becoming American citizens, and your becoming American citizens through celebrating him, and through all of you, the rest of us, who were lucky to be given what you reached for and took.  It’s delightful.  We are all lucky, the old citizens in what we got for free, and you, the ones, in knowing what it’s worth.  We have a lot to tell one another. Congratulations.  Bravo. Yay.  The conversation begins now. Monticello is a beautiful spot for this, full as it is of the spirit that animated this country’s foundation: boldness, vision, improvisation, practicality, inventiveness and imagination, the kind of cheekiness that only comes with free-thinking and faith in an individual’s ability to change the face of the world — it’s easy to imagine Jefferson saying to himself, “So what if I’ve never designed a building before? If I want to, I will.”) — to make something brand new out of the elements of an old culture, be it English Common Law or Palladian Architecture. With its slave quarters and history, it’s also a healthy reminder that our old country, your new country, for all its glory, has always had feet of clay, and work that needed doing. So it’s good that you’ve come, fresh troops and reinforcement. We old citizens could use some help. It’s a glorious day, making allowances for the heat. It’s the Fourth of July, the 181st Anniversary of the deaths of the second and third Presidents of the United States, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, the individual who impertinently designed this house. It’s a double birthday, of the country, and of your citizenship. A great American Supreme Court Judge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, describing a similar day, said that it looked as if “God had just spit on his sleeve and polished up the universe till you could almost see your face reflected in it.” We know all the beauty of this day wasn’t arranged exclusively for those of us gathered here, we’re reasonable people, but you who are about to become citizens here, are within your rights to look at it all and see your own faces reflected there, as Justice Holmes said, because it really is a place and time made for you. You’re joining a country already in motion that looks for your effect on it, so that it can better know what it needs to become, for tomorrow. Welcome. We need you. There’s much to be done. My talk is, effectively, your graduation address, and every good graduation address begins with a call to the graduates to help the world they are entering discover its future. Consider yourselves called. And if the sea that’s America looks large in comparison to the size of your ship, don’t be dismayed. Let Thomas Jefferson be our example: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”. The words are so familiar, so potent, so important, so grand and fine, it’s hard to believe that a person, any single person, actually wrote them, picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and, on a blank white sheet, made appear for the first time what had never before existed in the whole history of the world. By scratching away at the page, he called a country into being, knowing as he wrote that the country was no more than an idea, and the idea might, at any instant, be erased and destroyed, and the United States of America become just another sorry footnote in the history of suppressed rebellions against tyranny…. And went on writing. You can’t help but be impressed by all that that one person, and the small group of individuals around him, not much larger than your group of new citizens, won for so many. I guess you can see where I’m headed. Abraham Lincoln called ours “Government of the people, by the people, for the people.” I claim that the word ‘people’, as used there, stands for a great many individuals, rather than for a collective. It wasn’t a mob, but individuals acting in a group that made this country up out of whole cloth. These are just the sort of people the country needs now, individuals acting together for the common good. How apt, how opportune, that you should come to join us just now. Theodore Roosevelt said, “The foundation stone of national life is, and ever must be, the high individual character of the average citizen.” That understates the case: the United States — a participatory democracy is one way political scientists describe it — counts on its citizens turning out to be above average, like all the students in Lake Woebegone. And that’s where you come in. Thomas Jefferson’s fragile idea looks pretty solid now, with all the history and highways and airports, and webs of all kinds tying us together. But for all the building and bulldozing, the wealth, and the resources, the United States is still a contract among individuals around an idea. If the saying is, ‘contracts are made to be broken’, we want this one to hold, which requires all hands to be on deck. That’s where you come in. You come in from Togo; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Canada and Peru; Afghanistan, India, and Mexico; China, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom; Croatia, El Salvador, Ghana, the Philippines, and Vietnam; Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Guatemala, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and Turkey — The names themselves a poem about all the migrating peoples who come here. The United States may seem like a fixed star, but it isn’t. It is a relationship between citizens and an idea, and, like all relationships, it changes with the people in it. Its past is always up for reargument; its present is constantly unfolding, complex, a continuum of surprises; and the future is yet to be written. A country is alive, or it’s history. As long as this country endures, it will always be in search of how to understand itself and where to go from here. That’s where you come in. That’s where we come in. We all need to exercise our lungs in the discussion: what does our past mean, what are we to do now, and what will be our future? This is not a job just for the talking heads on TV and the politicians. Nor for moneyed interests, nor for single-issue movements. As the WWI recruiting poster said, “Uncle Sam needs you”, needs us. You just heard John Charles recite the three cardinal rights that no one may take from us, to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”. As newly minted citizens, they were already familiar. But my question is for the rest of us, the ones who are citizens already. In the midst of the interests and pressures of our own lives, don’t we leave a good deal of Life and Liberty to the Government to attend to, so we may concentrate full-time on the Pursuit of Happiness? Don’t we too often think of our part as being to vote, occasionally, not in very great numbers, and only if there’s time and inclination, to keep up with the news, if it’s amusing and entertaining, but, like the man in the song who was hardly ever sick at see, never, never, well, hardly ever interfere, as individuals, with the work of the politicians? But if this be so, or partly so, would that be a reason to be concerned? History shows that America is the all-time greatest self-correcting nation. It almost seems to be both a perpetual motion machine and a self-righting machine. Why would any sensible citizen and patriot want to throw a wrench in the works, or try to fix what isn’t broken? I would like to suggest that if we think this way even a little, we have the wrong idea. We are greatly mistaken to think sharing our views with the television set and our husbands and wives, and voting a little, is enough. Don’t you who are new pick up these bad habits from us. America has been marvelously able to correct its course in the past because the founding idea — of individual freedom expressed through direct representation — has stirred its citizens to participate, and interfere. Information from the people makes the government smarter. Insufficient information from us makes it dumber. Or, as Abraham Lincoln more elegantly expressed it, ” Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?” Leaders, if they are wise, will be patient. But we mustn’t try their patience too much. For us, finding that ultimate justice means thinking and talking until we reach it, and continuing to speak until the politicians understand it. We may not leave it to the three branches of government to sort things out, to bring us the right questions for decision, to make the right decisions themselves. Never has that statement been truer than now. Our national politics have stalled over a quarter of a century over very large issues, including immigration, social security, health care, and especially, since it affects the countries you’ve left, the country you’re joining, and all the countries in between, the health of the planet. War has both parties running to extremes. If you think the problems are not any more urgent, or the discord any worse, than normal, then, well, I disagree, but my point remains: in our country, things are ‘normal’ only when your voices are clearly heard. The old model of our citizenly relation to politics was of a group of people under a tree, taking turns on the stump all day, discussing the issues of the time. The old model was the town meeting where every citizen can have their say. Old citizens like me hope that between you and the Internet the old model will get a new lease on life. Whether you work within the Democratic or Republican parties, or join in supporting a bi-partisan ticket for 2008 as I have, in an effort to drive the parties to work together and to show them how it’s done, do do something. From your first breath as an American citizen, make it known what matters to you. We can’t let ourselves become mere units of statistical analysis. It appears to be so, that if you ask any 1000 Americans their views on anything, you’ll have a pretty good idea what all Americans think. You might almost conclude that individuals didn’t matter at all anymore. But then here you come in, and prove the opposite. By individual choice and individual effort, you traveled the miles, and did the work required, to arrive here today to join the country whose whole monumental structure rests on personal freedom. Will you make yourselves content to become a mere grain of sand in a vast statistical ocean? Don’t be discouraged by the odds. It isn’t all determinism and the tide of history. An individual can up-end what is determined, and speed or reverse the tide. The man on whose estate we stand, by pushing his pen across a blank page, proved that. Besides, the science of statistics has another aspect. It appears that the most reliable way to know who will win the next election or whether the stock market will go up or down is to ask as many people as possible to make a bet about it. Their bets often tell more than all the opinions of the pundits and economists, politicos and market watchers. It turns out Lincoln was right about the ‘ultimate wisdom of the people’. But here’s the catch: if you don’t make yourself heard, your bet can’t be counted. “Men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master,” as Jefferson predicted. But will we, by our silence, indifference, or inaction, give the trust away, cede it to the wealthy, present it to the entrenched, hand it off to the government, entrust it to any process or procedure that excludes our voices? It could happen. “As a nation of freemen,” Abraham Lincoln said, “we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” That’s where we all come in. As graduating citizens, you will know how the government is set up: the justly familiar separation of powers, the well-known system of checks and balances, and the famous three branches of government: the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch. If these are the branches, what is the tree? Do not think it’s the government. We are the tree from which the government springs and spreads into its three branches. Every citizen is part of the root system, part of the trunk, no mere twig or leaf. Help our government never to forget it. We have to bring energy, action, participation, and money to the three branches, or they get no nourishment, and nothing will prevent them from becoming brittle and dry, and unfruitful. I hope you don’t waste all the time I have in figuring out how a citizen should relate to his government. Talk to it. Tell it what you like. Tell it what you don’t like. Vote, of course. Think about what you want our future to look like. Let the government know. Roll up your sleeves, stick out your chin, sharpen your elbows, get in the middle of things, make them different. You will be bound to get a lot of things wrong. That’s what we do. But the possibility of error is no excuse for being quiet, and I say this on the good authority of past Presidents: “Man was never intended to become an oyster.” That’s Theodore Roosevelt talking. “Get action. Seize the moment,” he said, and he also said, “The credit belongs to the man…. who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who… spends himself for a worthy cause” And President Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The evils flowing from the duperies of the people [— that is, the ignorant errors of folks like you and me —] are less injurious than those from the egoism of their agents [ — that is, the arrogant errors of those who speak and act for us].” So it turns out citizenship isn’t just a great privilege and opportunity, though it is all that, it’s also a job. I’m sorry to be the one to bring you this news, so late in the process. But don’t worry, it’s a great job. Everything that happens within this country politically, and everywhere in the world its influence is felt, falls within its province. It’s a job with a lot of scope. You’ll never be able to complain again about being bored at work. As we multiply our individual voices, we multiply the chances for our country’s success. Which is where we all come in. May your initiation here be a reminder to us all to put the participation back into ‘participatory democracy’. May all our citizenship be individual, unflagging, and vocal, and may our old country, your new country, so prosper. There’s lots to do.  All hands on deck.  Members of the class of 2007: Congratulations.  God bless you.  Let us hear from you. Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Barak Obama, Colonial America, Eleanor Roosevelt, First Ladies, Founding Fathers, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Harry Truman, John Adams, Kennedy Family, Mary Todd Lincoln, Richard Nixon, Smithsonian Institute, Theodore Roosevelt, Thoma Jefferson, U.S. History, U.S. Presidents, Vacation & Travel, Washington, DC, White House | Leave a comment Garry "Todd" Jolliff 1964-2011 Posted on July 4, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy Garry “Todd” Jolliff Jan. 30, 1964 — July 2, 2011 The Herald Bulletin ALEXANDRIA, Ind. — Garry “Todd” Jolliff, 47 of Alexandria, died July 2, 2011, at St. John’s Medical Center in Anderson. He was born Jan. 30, 1964, in Elwood. On Sept. 9, 1984, he married Laurie A. Lundy. He worked at Borg-Warner Company in Muncie for 10 years; retiring in 1994. Todd attended Elwood Community High School, Hinds Vocational School and Ivy Tech College. He was a member of the National Rifle Association, Alexandria Eagles Lodge and U.A.W. He was an avid gun, knife, and coin collector. Todd enjoyed fishing and spending time with his immediate family and his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Laurie A. (Lundy) Jolliff of Alexandria; mother, Judy (Everling) and husband, Terry Shepard of Fairmount; two daughters, Collette (Nathan) Watson and Jacklyn Jolliff (companion, Brian Peyton), all of Alexandria; two sons, Garry L. Jolliff (companion, Carrie Jones) and Austin R. Jolliff, all of Alexandria; sister, Traci (Wayne) Harrell of Marion; seven grandchildren; great-grandmother, Arlene Everling of Greentown; and two nephews. Todd was preceded in death by his father, Garry D. Jolliff; grandmother, Rosemary Bateman; and grandfathers, Adam Mroz, James Bateman and Pete Everling. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Copher-Fesler-May Funeral Home, 415 S. Anderson St., Elwood, officiated by Pastor Todd Bryant. Burial will take place at Knox Chapel Cemetery, Fairmount. Visitation 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made, through the funeral home, to: Austin Jolliff’s College Fund. Post online condolences at: copherfeslermay.com. Posted in Blogroll, Every day life, Family Life, Indiana, The Haasienda | Leave a comment Here's a question…. Posted on June 28, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy I have a question…. Nagasaki 1945, after the atomic bomb Nagasaki2011, following earthquake and tsunami What the heck is that arch made of???? Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment Wonderful photos… Posted on June 27, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy There is such a majesty, inspiration, humor, and affection in these photos. Take a few minutes to enjoy them! UnusualPictures1.pps Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment “Top Ten Perks Of Being The Leader of Al Qaeda” Posted on June 27, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy “Top Ten Perks Of Being The Leader of Al Qaeda” 10. Always feel wanted 9. Get royalties every time the phrase “Death to America” is used 8. Free wake up calls from Navy Seals 7. Your wardrobe and curtains are interchangeable 6. Free gym membership at PakistaniMilitaryTrainingAcademy 5. No overambitious wannabes clamoring for your position 4. If someone takes your parking spot, you can kill them 3. You get to keep all of the soccer balls that get kicked into your compound 2. Ka-ching! An instant $25 million for turning yourself in 1. Stretch camels Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment A wonderful adventure… Posted on June 24, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy What an incredible evening! Dinner at UNO’s with Quintin was loaded with good humor, and great food.  I love eating at UNO’s prior to a show at The Victoria Theatre, or The Schuster Center, because there is that familiar electricity in the air that is not only energizing, but comforting, as well.  I absolutely love that feeling I get before a production begins. Quintin’s eyes devoured the expansive, imposing lobby of the Schuster Center.  While at the ticket center, I personally met someone who had just written me that morning about my posts on Facebook.  It was such a nice surprise. We took our seats – four apart – and the families began pouring into the auditorium.  Yes, it looked like a sea of young sprouts ready to watch Disney On Ice, but I love seeing the little peeps at the theatre, or in concerts.  Seated next to me was a plump little thing not older than 8 years, who had no control over her body, whatsoever.  Within a few minutes I had dubbed her Princess Bounce A Lot! We were up in the upper balcony, and could not see the incredible dome which, to me, is one of the most gorgeous memorials to The Wright Brothers.  The dome is the constellation’s configuration above Dayton the night before the Wright Brother’s first flew at Kitty Hawk in 1903.  Every time I see it I am quite touched. I don’t believe I have ever attended a production where giraffes simply walking across the stage received an ovation; however, I don’t think I’ve ever seen giraffes on stage… well, perhaps in some productions of Children of Eden.  The opening number continued to build, and build, and build until there was this enormous wall of sound, and a scenic moment of set, costumes, lighting that was breathtaking.  I kept thinking how famous scenic & lighting designer, Jo Mielziner would have reacted to this moment – and the many more that were to follow. I had thoroughly enjoyed the animated motion picture, The Lion King, when it first appeared on the scene years ago, tonight the story’s line came to life in a much richer expanse.  I love the themes where the protagonist has no idea when it is his time to step up the role for which he is truly intended.  I saw some Hamlet peek through, but more of Moses and Lincoln.  Good always triumphs over evil. Several times I looked down the row to see how Quintin was taking in this epic experience.  I know I probably teared up a little as I watched him bounce to the music, his head toss back with laughter, and a smile remain on his face.   Following intermission, Princess Bounce A Lot and her mother were escorted to different seats, so Quintin joined me.  I could tell he was loving every minute.  After the show we walked over to Riverscape, and he cheerfully pointed out his favorite moments. As I sit here, several hours following the production’s close, I cannot decide if I watched true musical theatre, or something beyond legitimate musical theatre.  At times, the beauty on stage seemed to be living scenery choreographed to music.  And, it truly does not matter.  All that matters is that I was fortunate to share this experience with a new son. Posted in Acting, Actors, Broadway, Disney, Entertainment, Movies, Music - Band, Musical Theatre, People: Joshua Logan, Performing, Teaching, Theatre, Wright Brothers | 2 Comments Rail Festival is this weekend! Posted on June 22, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy Rail Festival at Carillon Park Presented by the James F. Dicke Family Saturday, June 25th · 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Sunday, June 26th · 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Dayton History and Carillon Park Rail and Steam Society are proud to present the 6th Annual Rail Festival presented by the James F. Dicke Family. Visitors young and old alike will be fascinated by indoor and outdoor model railroad displays of all sizes and varieties. Vendors offering unique railroad merchandise will be on-site so that you can find the perfect gift for your favorite railroad fan. The festival is beautifully set against the backdrop of Carillon Historical Park’s transportation collection and you won’t want to miss this opportunity to see the exhibits in a new light. Live Steam engines Model Train displays Historical exhibits Free miniature train rides Fun for all ages Food and merchandise vendors Regular admission prices will be in effect during the festival. Dayton History members will be welcomed free of charge. Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, no additional fees will be charged to ride the Carillon Park Rail and Steam Society’s trains during the event. Additional support for educational programming is provided by The Mary H. Kittredge Fund of The Dayton Foundation. For more information visit www.daytonhistory.org or call 937-293-2841 A Toast To Dayton At The Dunbar House June 25th 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Join Dayton History for a poetry slam in honor of the 139th anniversary of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s birth. Poetry performances by: Brave Nate Miss Purity Jay Martinez EyeWitness Life Musical entertainment from Premium Blend. Admission: $15 per person, collected at the door. 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm – Tours of the Dunbar House 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm – Poetry readings and musical performances The Dunbar House 219 Paul Laurence Dunbar Street Dayton, OH 45402 For more information please call 937-313-2010 or visit www.daytonhistory.org Flight by Night @ Carillon Park Overnight Program July 8th to 9th 6:00 pm – 8:00 am Ever wonder what happens to the Museum at night? The learning and fun continue with our Flight by Night Overnight Program in the John W. Berry, Sr., Wright Brothers Aviation Center for children ages eight to twelve. Discover flight in an entertaining, educational, and interactive way through a discovery hunt, crafts, games, films and much more. Bring your sleeping bag and pillow so you can sleep among the exhibits. The $35 Dayton History member or $40 non-member fee includes snacks, a light breakfast and a free admission ticket to Carillon Park. Space is limited and advanced registration is required. For more information or to reserve your spot, please call 937-293-2841 ext. 107 or bpicek. Carillon Park Concert Band The Carillon Park Concert Band consists of approximately 100 high school musicians from two dozen Miami Valley High Schools. They will perform musical selections at seven concerts during the summer. The group is the descendent of the Old River Band operated by NCR for decades. Today’s band is under the direction of Mr. Michael Berning of the Kettering City School District. Mr. Berning is assisted by Mr. Bryce Newton of the Miamisburg City School District. June 25, 2:00 during the Rail Festival June 26, 2:00 during the Rail Festival July 9, 2:00 at the Patterson Homestead Historic House Museum July 10, 3:00 for a concert jointly with carillonneur, Larry Weinstein, at Deeds Carillon at Carillon Historical Park Settler Survival Camp July 18-22, or August 1-5 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Experience the Miami Valley from an early settler’s perspective. Participate in everyday chores and activities that enabled settlers to survive on the wild frontier. Learn about firearms, early travel methods, hearth cooking, woodworking, textiles, gardening, candle making and games. Costumed interpreters will lead the children through an intense history experience. A few activities children will do: · Make their own hand-dipped beeswax candle · Cook their lunch over the hearth · Play the same games children did 200 years ago · Practice using a drop spindle to make yarn · Use a shaving horse to work with wood · Identify herbs in the heirloom garden · Learn about musket firing and watch a demonstration Ages: 8-12 Dates: July 18-22 or August 1-5 Times: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Fee: $150 Dayton History Members receive a $10 discount Two or more camp registrations in the same family receive a $10 discount per child. Registration Deadline: One week before the start of each camp For more information or registration contact : Phone: (937) 293-2841 ext. 107 E-mail: bpicek Or visit us on the web: www.daytonhistory.org The Value of a Membership will be Higher than Ever in 2011! With the unveiling of many new buildings and exhibits in 2011, the value of a Dayton History membership will be higher than ever. New Buildings & Exhibits: On Sunday April 17th, we unveiled two newly relocated historic buildings at the Park: the Hetzel Summer Kitchen and the Newcom House. Walking Trails: On May 25th, we opened the first phase of a new system of walking trails at the Park. The Moraine Interpretive Center is now open to the public. Culp’s Café: Our members now receive a 10% discount at Culp’s Café. (Be sure to let your server know you are a member.) Annual Meeting And So Much More: Attend the members-only Annual Meeting on August 19, 2011, when we will officially dedicate the new Heritage Center of Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship at the Park. Walk through the original Deeds Barn and see our new special exhibition, “Dayton’s Self Starters…Igniting a Legacy.” Take a ride on our new Dayton Carousel of Innovation. Stroll through the Heritage Center’s extensive new exhibit space. As a result of these exciting additions, we plan to slightly raise membership rates for Individuals, Families and Grandparents on July 1, 2011. To avoid the rate increase, why not renew your 2011 membership early? Renew at the current rate before July 1st online at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mianuscab&et=1104634302344&s=0&e=001k_7IZKtTUtP4P_2IGfvAOgVK6Yb_tktV2AwBacV4AT6nTPM6pBnB868KqiH2mLWkuhy8lapYCBHzBpq51f8Xe3hOtj5EFjNZaS06tTiDUyb9kYY6ATzkQ3R-saeBzM9LEEfdGWcqc9o=, or call our Membership Department at (937) 293-2841 ext. 119 to renew by phone. Carillon Concert Series Schedule Sunday, June 26 – 4:00 pm Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society Train Run Schedule The Carillon Park Rail and Steam Society will be operating their scale train rides (for an additional $1 fee) for the visiting public from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm, unless otherwise noted, on the following dates: Saturday, June 25 * Sunday, June 26 * Saturday, July 9 Saturday, July 23 Saturday, August 6 Saturday, August 20 Saturday, September 10 Sunday, September 18 Saturday, October 1 Saturday, October 15 Saturday, November 26 Saturday, December 17 *No charge for train run Culp’s Café New Menu Culp’s Café…Chef José has a new kitchen…a new menu…stop in and have a taste of history, go to our website at www.daytonhistory.org and click on the Culp’s Café button to see the new menu items. Spring Items Available in the Museum Store Little Farmer’s Kids Tools $8.00 Little Farmer’s Kids Tools Tote $22.00 Flower Thumbtoy $3.50 Starter seeds to plant in your garden! Biodegradable eco-friendly garden kit includes eco pot, soil wafer and seed packet. Basil Parsley Chive Forget Me Not $5.50 each Follow us Keep up to date with everything that is happening at Dayton History by following us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Quick Links Become a Member Become a Volunteer Check out our brand new website! Enjoy a day of fun for the whole family! Carillon Historical Park 1000 Carillon Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45409 937-293-2841 www.daytonhistory.org Enjoy beautiful Carillon Park then stop in Culp’s Café for lunch! Carillon Historical Park 1000 Carillon Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45409 937-293-2841 www.daytonhistory.org Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment Adoption Day… Posted on June 20, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy 26 years ago today, my brother, Destin, and I were adopted by our step-father. Biologically, Destin is 36, and I am 46; however, legally, we are both 26 years old. A good friend, and one of The Miami Valley’s most incredible musicians and performers, Jim McCutcheon, “The Guitar Man,” introduced me to this song this morning! Thanks, Jim! And happy adoption day, Destin! (If we are both 26, does this mean you are no longer my littler brother? Are we now twins?) Listen to the video: Oh, who would have guessed, who could have seen Who could have possibly known All these roads we have traveled, the places we’ve been Would have finally taken us home Chorus: So here’s to you, three cheers to you Let’s shout it, “Hip, hip, hip, hooray!” For, out of a world so tattered and torn, You came to our house on that wonderful morn And all of a sudden this family was born Oh, happy Adoption Day! There are those who think families happen by chance A mystery their whole life through But we had a voice and we had a choice We were working and waiting for you Chorus No matter the name and no matter the age No matter how you came to be No matter the skin, we are all of us kin We are all of us one family Chorus Song credits: words & music by John McCutcheon John: autoharp & vocal Bobby Read: piano & organ Pete Kennedy: guitar Dennis Esapantman: bass Robert “Jos” Jospe: drums Martha Sandefer: harmony vocal ©1992 John McCutcheon/Appalsongs (ASCAP) Charlottesville, VA 1991. from Family Garden (Rounder 8026) Darin L. Jolliffe-Haas Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment …Life at The Haasienda… Posted on June 19, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy The Jolliffe-Haas Family of Ohio   …The Haasienda on Shroyer Road… …Meet Darin… Darin was born in Elwood, Indiana in 1964. Darin Jolliffe (pronounced, “Jah-liff”) was adopted by his step-father in 1984, and added the name “Haas” (pronounced, “Hahz”) to his birth name. However, as a teacher he is known just as “Mr. Haas.” Darin began his teaching career in 1984, and continues to teach today from his home studio in Kettering, Ohio.  His company, DLJH Musical Enterprises, boasts a number of job descriptions which fit nicely with all his many interests in the performing arts: Teacher (voice, piano, saxophone, student leadership) Playwright/Composer Musical Theatre Director Columnist (writing about being a single dad, older child  adoption) Clinician/Adjudicator (marching bands, show choirs, theatre) Darin’s current students are some of the finest musicians and performers in The Miami Valley of Ohio.  Most of the high school students are section leaders and soloists in their music ensembles, and most of the musical theatre students are always the leads in their school and community productions.  His former students continue to blaze paths in the performing arts and music education: over thirty are in Broadway and/or professional productions throughout the United States and Europe several perform with opera companies several serve as conductors or administrators for performing arts organizations over twenty are band or choral directors for schools many more: conduct church choirs, community choirs or bands direct professional, college, high school or community theatre are involved in music while having full time careers in the non-performing arts Darin & Zach Pollock While keeping up his very fun career in the performing arts, Darin, 48, loves spending as much time with his son as possible.  This also means getting involved with band boosters, and other organizations with which his sons are involved.  Darin also works with the Beavercreek High School show choir, and volunteers with ACTION Adoption Services where he often teaches classes, and served as president of the board for three years. Darin was trained in musical theatre directing by the legendary, Joshua Logan. In 2009, he directed his 85th musical production – SOUTH PACIFIC. This was a great honor as it was the 60th anniversary of the original premiere of SOUTH PACIFIC which had been co-written and originally directed by Joshua Logan.  Darin is currently completing the writing of a musical on the Wright Brothers, the Lincolns, Father Flanagan, and has several projects on the back burner. Music is always alive in the Haasienda! Darin’s 3 loves… Being a dad Being an uncle Being a teacher Darin enjoys a wide variety of activities, especially when he and the boys are doing things together. They love going to historical sites, out for ice cream/coffee, to movies or local events, cheering family friends on in shows or sports, walking the dogs, hiking, going to Kings Island or Indiana Beach amusement parks, or spending time with family, and family friends. Darin can be found watching a Netflix documentary or History Channel documentary, or reading books on American history, presidents, the White House, or biographies.  …Meet Jose… Jose, now 21, was adopted in 2004 from Oregon when he was twelve years old, and adjusted wonderfully to adopted-life.  He graduated from Fairmont High School in June 2011. Two weeks later he was transported to Fort Benning in Georgia to fulfill the 18 weeks of basic training with the national guard. The biggest thrill for Jose during high school was marching with the award winning Marching Firebirds where he was in the front-line percussion as a marimba player. He also performed with the regionally award winning Fairmont Percussion Ensemble. While in high school, Jose willingly accompanied his dad to ACTION Adoption to assist with the younger children while their parents are in training or support group, and often joined his father when training prospective adoptive parents. While still serving in the National Guard, and attending classes at the local Sinclair Community College, Jose is also finishing up his training with the Ohio Police Academy.  Jose lives in his own apartment near The Haasienda. …Meet Quintin… Quintin, now 17, arrived at the Haasienda in December 2010 when he was 15, and quickly transitioned from New Mexico to Ohio.  Within a month of arriving in Ohio, Quintin auditioned on guitar, and was selected for a youth band in one of Dayton’s largest churches. His budding personality and quiet coolness quickly wins over hearts of teachers, friends, and anyone he meets.  Quintin is Navajo Indian, and was lived on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico before moving to Albuquerque when he was nine years old. May 2011, Quintin joined the marching band’s percussion section where he is a part of the battery on cymbals.  From November to mid-April (2012), Quintin rehearsed, and performed with Fairmont’s highly competitive indoor percussion which was ranked Mid-West champions, and ranked 12th in the nation. He loves school, and is thoroughly enjoying his sophomore year with all the music and digital art opportunities that are available.  Quintin cannot wait until May when marching band percussion rehearsals resume.  He also looks forward to spending several weeks with Grandma, Uncle Destin & Aunt Stacia and their four children in Indiana before marching band kicks in to full gear. Quintin has many interests, and keeps busy with: doing things with friends playing guitar writing music playing piano skateboarding (Rob Dyrdek is from our town and donated a huge skate park which is ranked nationally) going to movies playing XBox going to plays & concerts riding roller coasters and zip lining old and new muscle cars spending time with family in Indiana …Meet Flyer, Chief & Navi… Flyer, 11 years old, was adopted by Darin in 2001, and has been an absolute delight. She is trained to respond to commands in English, German, and Sign Language. Flyer loves spending time with “the men” and especially loves going on trips to visit Grandma, and other family members in Indiana. August 2010 Flyer developed pancreatitis and nearly died; however, despite losing her sight, she rebounded beautifully.  Chief & Navi, born November 2010, arrived at the Haasienda in February 2011. They quickly became household fixtures, and are quite popular with all Darin’s students. They have done a great job with their commands, even learning some of their commands in German and instructional sign language.  They love going on the family walks in the evening, and spend most of their time relaxing on the back deck, chasing one another around the back yard, or staying near Dad. Now fully grown, “the kids” are much larger, much more playful, much more trained, and still, much more a hand-full!   …Meet Our Indiana Family… GRANDMA If any woman deserves Mother or Grandma of the Year, it would be this woman. Darin’s birth father left the family when Darin was 12. His mother did a wonderful job of raising her children as a single parent, and served as a wonderful role model as a parent. In 1981, Grandma joined the Elwood Police Department while still managing a busy home filled with children, and their many friends. In February 2012, Grandma retired from the police department, and moved to Fowler, Indiana to live near Darin’s younger brother, Destin, and his family. Although her children are raised, they often turn to her for advice, and she is highly involved in all the grandchildren’s activities. Grandma frequently travels to Ohio to watch Quintin’s (and formerly, Jose’s) marching band contests, or Darin’s theatre and music activities. The success of her two sons, and now their children, is easily traced to Grandma. UNCLE DESTIN & AUNT STACIA  Darin’s brother & sister-in-law Uncle Destin is Darin’s younger brother, and is married to Aunt Stacia. Uncle Destin, formerly a social studies teacher and principal, is currently the superintendent of schools for Benton-Central Schools. In 2010 and 2011, Uncle Destin was one of Indiana’s 2010 Principals Of The Year. Destin is currently completing his doctorate in education while remaining extremely active with his family. Aunt Stacia, an educational therapist, is currently a stay-at-home mom, and keeps busy with their sons, Parker, 7, and Freddie, 5, and Carolyne, 2. January 30th, the family welcomed the fourth Haas baby, Jude.  Uncle Destin & Aunt Stacia are very involved with their school corporation, their community, and their church. They live on a beautiful farm that has been in Aunt Stacia’s family for over a century. It comes complete with barns, a pond, tractors, and a landscape dotted with wind turbines. Due to the very similar family values, and ideas on parenting, Destin & Stacia also are on our family Godparent Team. …A Few Things About The Jolliffe-Haas Family… Being in the Jolliffe-Haas family means… you are very loved, accepted, and special… being part of a tight-knit family team that thrives on time spent together in a variety of activities… cheering one another in their events… being honest with one another, and ourselves… celebrating one another’s victories while being sensitive to one another’s moments of need… laughing – a lot… picking up after our selves, taking responsibility, and doing our best… learning about family, friendships, and most importantly, our selves… learning about the world around us and how we each fit in as individuals, and as a family team, and as a community… learning to be the very best we can be as individuals… most importantly – always knowing we are all loved. …About the Godparent Team… Darin decided that instead of having one family designated as godparents, an entire team would be assembled. In the unlikely event that something should happen to Darin, this group would come together to work on the best plan for his sons. Uncle Destin & Aunt Stacia would lead this team of dear family friends. The team is comprised of teachers, a college professor, youth leaders, coaches, writers, a college vice president, a social worker, a pharmacist, engineers, two retired military personnel, musicians, active church members, an educational therapist, and above all, wonderful people who would be certain Darin’s sons each received the same values, tools, and love for life. Uncle Destin & Aunt Stacia Haas Each summer, Uncle Destin and Aunt Stacia invite the boys to spend time with them, and their children on their farm near Fowler, Indiana. Aunt Stacia’s cousins operate the farm which is complete with every young boy’s desire – woods, a pond, lots of room to play baseball, football and soccer, and each of the sons learn to drive under Uncle Destin’s mentoring. It is an especially nice visit now that Grandma lives in Fowler. Tony & Angela Bane Tony and Angela Bane first met Darin when their two oldest children, Jacob and Ellie, began studying piano with Darin.  Ellie and Jacob were even lead roles in Darin’s production of SOUTH PACIFIC in 2009.  Tony left the business world and is pursuing the next chapter of his career in education.  He also stays busy coaching baseball and attending the children’s swim meets during the summer.  Angela has taught elementary school in the Kettering district for fifteen years.  In 2010, the Bane family welcomed Noah into the family.  The Bane children get to see Uncle Darin each week when they head to piano and saxophone lessons. Mike & Diane Bowers Mike & Diane Bowers live in Beavercreek Ohio.  Mike retired from the Air Force in 2011 after 30 years of service.  Diane is a Speech Language Pathologist working in the school system for Greene County.  Mike volunteers with the middle school show choir where their son Brandon has been performing for the last three years.  Brandon studies voice and piano with Darin. They have two grown children, Justin (a personal trainer) living in Greenville SC, and Crystal (a housewife and new mom) living in Las Vegas.  Diane and Mike love to travel and have been fortunate to have experienced many cultures from all over the world. Steve & Shawnee Breitenstein Steve & Shawnee Breitenstein, and their two children, Lauren and Patrick, live in nearby Beavercreek, Ohio.  Shawnee, a former band director, is now a full-time band mom, and Steve, in the aerospace defense industry, volunteer many hours to the high school band program, and middle school band and show choir program. The Breitensteins are very active in their community, schools and church.  Their daughter, Lauren, is a flutist in band, and their son, Patrick, a student of Darin’s, is a singer/dancer in show choir, and a saxophonist. Tom & Heather Bridgman Tom and Heather, like the other godparent team members are busy as a band and show choir family. Their daughter is in Beavercreek HS’s show choir and symphonic band, and their son is in the middle school show choir. Tom is an electrical engineer with SIAC, a defense contractor, and Heather is an assistive technology consultant for the Ohio Center for Autisim & Low Incidence.  They are an active family in school and church.  Their daughter, Mia, a student of Darin’s in voice, is in show choir and band as a euphonium player, and their son, Tommy, plays percussion in the band and participates in show choir. Jeffrey Carter Darin met Jeff in 2004 when he returned to Ball State University for the Ball State Singers’ 40th anniversary performance when Jeff was the director of the Ball State University Singers and Associate Director of the entire music department.   Jeff now lives in St. Louis, MO, where he is the Chair of the Department of Music at Webster University, and a nationally-renowned conductor, adjudicator and now, a published composer. Jeff is a talented cook, voracious reader, and a busy world traveler, and very much a dog-lover. John & Kelly Eveleth John and Kelly Eveleth live in Beavercreek, Ohio. John manages a local branch for a nationwide lending company. Kelly works part-time at a rheumatology practice. They love attending their children’s various events and volunteer for many organizations throughout the year. Their son, Matt, is a junior in high school. He plays trombone for his high school’s marching band, jazz band, and show choir combo. He also plays the piano and guitar and has been taking voice lessons from Darin. If his schedule allows, Matt enjoys playing on a recreational soccer league in the spring. Their daughter, Allison, studies saxophone with Darin and plays in her middle school’s jazz band and show choir combo. She also enjoys dance and volleyball. Suzanne Grote Suzanne Grote is a music teacher in Beavercreek City Schools where she also taught middle school Spanish & French.  Suzanne has lived in nearby Yellow Springs, Ohio, her entire life.  She keeps busy playing organ for church, working on summer musical productions, attending shows in Dayton, Cincinnati & New York City, volunteering for Muse Machine, and enjoying her lead role as “Auntie” for Erin and Jack. Darin met Suzanne in 2009 when they were teamed together to direct and music direct a high school production, and they instantly became best friends. At least one or two weekend nights a month, the Haas family joins Suzanne for dinner and/or a theatre event, and are often joined by her niece, Erin, and their mutual family friend, Aaron Jacobs, also a God Parent Team member. Bill & Kay Hetzer Darin has been dear friends with the Hetzers since 1996.  In 2000 and 2001, Bill and Kay adopted two sons, Joey & Chris, through ACTION Adoption Services. The Haas and Hetzer boys grew up together, and always had the common bond of adoption journeys. Bill is retired from the United States Army, and is a teacher. Kay, very involved in music, is also a teacher. They are also very proud grandparents! Aaron Jacobs Aaron Jacobs is an outstanding band director and music educator, a musical theatre conductor, and was director of bands at a local middle school for three years.  He also studied voice with Darin.  Both Jose & Quintin look forward to seeing Aaron at lessons, or at the numerous music events.  In the fall you can usually find Aaron playing and marching with the alumni band with The Ohio State Marching Band. September 2012, Aaron returned full time to Wright State University to begin his graduate studies, and serve as a conductor. Patti King Darin met Patti when he began teaching her son, Greg, voice and piano.  Her youngest daughter, Kristen, was in marching band with Jose, and the Haas and Kings got to know one another even more.  Patti, a trained theater thespian, has kept busy raising three daughters and one son – now all adults – and working as a youth director for several churches.  Patti is one of the most incredible ladies, and is a guiding spirit for strength, perseverance, and laughter. Lea Loree Darin and Lea have known one another for several years as marching band parents.  Her eldest son, Michael, now a sophomore at Bowling Greene State University in Northwestern Ohio, was best friends with Jose, and a familiar fixture at The Haasienda.  Lea’s youngest son, Alex, will be a freshman in high school next fall, and will be a member of the marching band with Quintin.  Alex and Lea are also the wonderful folks who look after Flyer, Navi and Chief when the Haas family is busy.  Lea is an educational therapist.  She and her husband, and Alex, live around the corner from The Haasienda.  Brian & Joanie Pollock  Joanie & Brian Pollock have lived all over the United States, even Alaska, as an Air Force family.  Now, they live in Beavercreek, Ohio. Brian’s career still keeps him at the base, and Joanie is a social worker for Catholic Social Services and Hospice, as well as a substitute teacher. Their eldest son, Tyler, is a senior soccer star at Butler University currently student teaching in math and science; Zach, a former student of Darin’s, and now in college, was one of the Miami Valley’s strongest teen performers. Brian and Joanie are very active in their sons’ collegiate careers, church, school activities, and do a number of activities together with our family. Pati & Mike Rogers Pati and Mike Rogers are very active band parents with two teenagers in the band program.  Mike is a brilliant mechanic and has a knack for figuring out anything and everything on the computer, and volunteers MANY weekends driving the marching band’s semi-trailer throughout the fall marching season, and during the winter for indoor percussion contests.  Pati works in the medical field, and owns and operates her own photography studio.  Throughout the year she volunteers her time photographing marching band and winter music events.   Mike & Pati have two adult sons, and are the very proud grandparents of beautiful little Cassidy. The Rogers are a fun family, and, like many of the other god parents, have ‘adopted’ Quintin as one of theirs.  Their son Nick plays saxophone, and is a student of Darin’s, and their daughter will join the high school ranks this fall as a flute player. Tony & Susan Saliba Darin has known the Saliba family for many years having served as a teacher and director for two of their three children.  Tony is the dean of engineering at The University of Dayton, and Susan is the program director for The University of Dayton’s Research Institute in Engineering.  One son is a senior in college, one a senior in high school, and their daughter is a freshman in high school. Show choir and church activities keeps this family quite busy. Their eldest son, Joey, a former voice and theatre student of Darin’s, is a senior at The University of Dayton, and will marry this June. Justin, a high school soccer star, will play for The University of Dayton this fall.  Alaina, a voice student of Darin’s, is in show choir and musical theatre. …Our other family… ~ A.C.T.I.O.N Adoption Services~ Patricia Hill (director)       Mary Tarlano       Angela Brosh For twelve years, the angels from ACTION Adoption Services have been a part of the Jolliffe-Haas family. While helping many individual families build their own families, ACTION is a family unit, itself.  Our family has been blessed by the staff at ACTION, as well as many of the families who’ve been a part of the agency through the years.   ACTION’s Website:  http://www.actionadoption.org …Our Special Family Friends… While training prospective parents in pre-adoption classes at ACTION Adoption, Darin met a wonderful couple, Ann & Bill Impson.  He was immediately drawn to this family, and they became friends and began doing things socially.  Before long, The Impsons were matched with a sibling group of four!  Four years later Arthur, Rick, Monica and Destiny are thriving  in their new home, and demonstrating success in academics, football, baseball, band, choir, after school jobs, and so many other areas.  Each January, the Haas family joins the Impson family at Spaghetti Warehouse to celebrate the anniversary of the children’s adoption finalization.  The Haas family adores, and is blessed to know the Impson family. …Some of Our Family Activities… This slideshow requires JavaScript. Watch our family video… Darin’s Columns for Publication… Centerville High School senior Anna Leeper trades in her ruby slippers for bigger shoes Butler’s Coleman Hemsath marks his 30th production with Singin’ In The Rain Wayne High School senior Tray Shelton shines in Moon Over Buffalo Fairmont grad Phil Drennen launches new writing career following Altar Boyz tour Jack Gallagher lights the way Ready, Set, Hike! Underwear Mousetrap Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment Happenings at The Greene Posted on June 15, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy Concerts and FREE family film festival…. The Greene Town Center Weekly Email for June 15, 2011 Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment Pentagon Papers released 40 years ago today Posted on June 14, 2011 by Wright Flyer Guy Daniel Ellsberg’s website Dear Ellsberg.Net List Members, Forty years ago today, on June 13, 1971, the New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, provided to the Times by Daniel Ellsberg. Daniel had a very long day of media interviews today in commemoration, and in conjunction with today’s official declassification of the Papers. Here are some highlight quotes from Daniel: In an op-ed today for the Guardian (UK): “What we need released this month are the Pentagon Papers of Iraq and Afghanistan. . . .” On NPR (audio): “Vietnam was a fiasco for thirty years, essentially, that would not have stood the light of public discussions had the very documents in the Pentagon Papers been available [much earlier] during that [whole] time. 50,000 American lives and several million Vietnamese died. . . because the Congress and the American public had been kept in the dark.” On releasing them, “I expected to go to prison for life.” On NBC with Brian Williams (video): “The Pentagon Papers, the whole episode, reveals the power [government insiders] could have to save lives, and to save this country from disaster, if they were willing to risk their own careers.” On MSNBC.com (web video extra): “A policy that looked increasingly crazy, or unproductive, or hopeless outside, was seen by many people inside, with all the access to the classified information, as just as crazy, and just as hopeless, a policy that could not have served any purpose other than to keep each president from being called. . . a ‘quitter,’ a ‘loser,’ in a war that was hopelessly stalemated and unwinnable.” On CBS (video, starts 18:45): Reading the Pentagon Papers for the first time “made me believe that what I was involved in, in Vietnam, was not a noble cause that had gone wrong. It was unjustified homicide.” Last week, Daniel also spoke to the New York Times and CNN about the anniversary and the official declassification. Finally, if you haven’t seen in already, “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” is streaming for free tonight and tomorrow (6/13-14) on the PBS site, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Papers. Daniel will be doing a lot more media on these topics in the coming days. To hear the latest each day, follow Daniel on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you! –Michael Ellsberg (Daniel’s son) Posted in Blogroll | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts → The Haasienda on Shroyer… Blog at WordPress.com. Subscribe Subscribed The Haasienda on Shroyer... Sign me up Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now. The Haasienda on Shroyer... Subscribe Subscribed Sign up Log in Report this content View site in Reader Manage subscriptions Collapse this bar   Loading Comments...   Write a Comment... 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