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DR. ELLEN TSAGARIS, executive director of American Doll and Toy Museum in Rock Island Illinois shares her deep insights into toys, especially dolls, in this episode. This museum is a dynamic teaching museum displaying several hundred dolls, many of them nearly one hundred years old, others months old.

Since she was three years old, Ellen has collected dolls. Her interest in dolls has resulted in extensive research and writing.  "Dolls and toys are humanity's historians, in short, Dolls Rock!"

Her competencies stretch far and wide. Tsagaris has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish from Augustana College, a Master of Arts in English from The University of Iowa, a J.D. from The University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Ellen has helpful links to doll collections:
     https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/buying-selling-dolls-4102140
    https://dollreference.com/
   
https://www.facebook.com/americandolltoymuseum/photos/pcb.627761041957455/627746481958911/

Many, many sellers carry books written or published by Ellen. This is one random sample:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thinking-outside-the-doll-house-ellen-m-tsagaris/1138766260
and
https://www.amazon.com/With-Love-Tin-Lizzie-Mechanical/dp/0615505570/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391571250&sr=8-1&keywords=with+love+from+tin+lizzie+a+history+of+metal+dolls


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The music of Leroy Anderson is by permission.
https://classicalexburns.com/2020/04/09/leroy-anderson-the-typewriter-click-ding-slide/

Leroy Anderson was the composer behind such light music classics such as 'The Typewriter', and 'Sleigh Ride'. He has been dubbed by movie music maestro John Williams as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."

Young Leroy was given his first piano lessons by his Swedish-born mother who was a church organist.

When he was 11, Leroy began studying piano at the New England Conservatory of Music. By 17, he was composing, orchestrating and conducting the school orchestra.

At Harvard, Anderson studied trombone, organ and double bass, as well as composition and orchestration.

He spoke English and Swedish and became fluent in Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, French, Italian, and Portuguese.

Anderson and his brother played in various dance orchestras. They also performed on cruise ships of the Norwegian Line crossing the Atlantic.

In 1942 Anderson joined the Army, and was assigned to Iceland with the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps as a translator and interpreter. In 1945 he was moved to the Pentagon as Chief of the Scandinavian Desk of Military Intelligence.

Anderson was released from active army duty in 1945 and moved to New York to pursue his composing career.

Sleigh Ride was written during a heat wave in the summer of 1946. The Boston Pops' single of it was originally issued on red vinyl.

In 1958, Anderson composed the music for a Broadway show Goldilocks. Even though it earned two Tony awards and his score was well-received, the story was criticized as being weak. Anderson never wrote another musical.

Anderson died of cancer in 1975 and was buried in Connecticut.

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The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (APAEP) at Auburn University is a community of educators, artists, and students dedicated to bringing quality educational opportunities to people incarcerated in Alabama. APAEP believes that education provides fertile ground for all people to express their creative voice and vision, explore inherent curiosities, and cultivate a lifelong relationship with learning.


Auburn University’s Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (APAEP) is a national leader in providing quality educational opportunities for people incarcerated in Alabama prisons. Since 2002, APAEP has offered a wide range of continuing education courses in the arts and sciences and recently expanded to offer incarcerated students who meet Auburn’s rigorous academic standards an opportunity to earn college credits while in prison.

The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project is a program at Auburn University dedicated to bringing educational opportunities to prisoners in Alabama. The program helps the adult prison population gain a quality education and also fosters a relationship with learning that will continue to grow for the rest of their lives. APAEP provides access to sustained and quality educational experiences in the arts, humanities, and sciences. APAEP follows the premise that education provides a fertile field for transformation and growth and that these learning experiences contribute to the positive development of the person.

APAEP programming. She has served as a grants reviewer for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts, was an inaugural member of an emerging arts administrators organization in Alabama, and works in advisory capacities nationally for individuals and programs seeking to develop arts and education programming within prisons. She is the fourth generation of her family to work in Outreach at Auburn University and was awarded an Auburn University Young Alumni Award for her efforts building APAEP. She was also an inaugural recipient of the Lillian E. Smith Writer in Service Award and continues to publish poems.

http://apaep.auburn.edu/
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MUSIC by permission       The following is extracted from Wikipedia

Anderson completed "The Typewriter" on October 9, 1950 "The Typewriter" received its first performance on September 8, 1953 

Bell structure

Its name refers to the fact that its performance requires a typewriter, while using three basic typewriter sounds: the sound of typing, the "ring" of the carriage return indicating an approaching end-of-line , and the sound of the typewriter’s carriage returning. 

It has been called one of "the wittiest and most clever pieces in the orchestral repertoire". Author Steve Metcalf has written that "Despite the almost total disappearance of typewriters in everyday life, the statistics show that "The Typewriter" is still a favorite Anderson item."
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Kyes shared these kind words with me:
       YOU ARE A GOOD GOOD EGG PATRICK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS PODAST. AND FOR  BEING SUCH A KIND HEART.

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MISSION; 

The mission of MToxins has always been to provide the highest quality, ethically collected venoms available worldwide at a fair price to assist in the creation of life saving antivenoms. With the opening of our new facility as well as public serpentarium we push our mission further with educating and inspiring the future generations of scientists to help continue to study these animals and their venoms, protect their habitats and share in the fascination of how these animals benefit mankind. 

Mr. Nathaniel Fränk provides a critically helpful services to people worldwide. In less than 60 days there gave been more than 400,000 recorded snake bites from venomous snakes. An additional number of bites have been made by scorpions and spiders.

Antivenom is made using several processes. It all starts with the “facing the snake”. 

This discussion is replete with compassionate respect for the animals and a genuine interest in saving lives. The snake is an important partner in medical research and current pharmaceuticals. 

Practical advice is shared.

This discussion is both dramatic and humorous.

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MUSIC GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY;
Leroy Anderson    American composer
Anderson completed "The Typewriter" on October 9, 1950 
http://www.leroyanderson.com/

Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, of which many were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music

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COMMUNITY SERVICE  Episode

ERIN MANGANO is a director of programs at Edward Hines, Jr VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, discusses each service that the qualifying veterans can use. The services are far beyond those available to a stereotypical understanding of the word "homeless."

These programs are designed to maintain the health of each veteran and to maximize each opportunity to achieve a home.

Erin answered a common question uncommonly well.

"Erin, what brings you to your work with the homeless?"

"Patrick, I used to visit my father when I was very little downtown. He worked in the financial district, and we would take Lower Wacker Drive to get to his office building. I remember being five or six years old and being so shaken up by all the individuals living in tents and outside on Lower Wacker. I asked my mom why all these people were outside when we had plenty of room in our house for them to stay. She told me maybe I could do something a out that one day, and now I am!

My family were big volunteers with Habitat for Humanity in Clarksdale, Mississippi when I was younger as well, and I went with my dad for about ten years down to this community to build homes for the underserved there.  This solidified my choice to pursue this career.

I don't know if there is a more worthy group to serve than those who literally fought for our homes. I see it as a calling to fight for their homes now after all they have done for me to keep mine."

MUSIC BY PERMISSION
"The Typewriter"
Composition by Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
Written | October 9, 1950
Released | October, 1953
Recorded | September 8, 1953
Genre | Light music
Length | 1:34
Label | Decca Records
Composer(s) | Leroy Anderson

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Tim Brust's discusses of the intersection of human development and the space animals rightfully occupy.

Tim works for EDGE Engineering & Science.   https://edge-es.com/  
His work includes detailed assessments which describe the presence of protected animals. In other words, the company helps projects get built while working to protect/conserve our  country's rare natural resources. Does this sound like walking a tightrope?  

Tim graduated from Virginia Military Institute, concentrating in ecology and later from Marshall University with a concentration in biology.

He became fascinated with reptiles and amphibians as a young boy growing up in Pennsylvania. The stories he shares along that trajectory are often hiding a bit of humor. I'm sure that you will discover the joy!

Tim maintains an engaging presence on LinkedIn.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-brust

Can the environmental scientist walk the same path with the engineers designing new buildings, roads and bridges? It seems likely.

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COLUMBUS GHOST TOURS    Columbus Ohio

Bucky Cutright pleasantly takes us into STORIES and PLACES which we typically avoid. Underneath the  dark, somewhat terrifying opinions and crazy visions, the  Paranormal becomes the Normal. Trust me!

 Bucky leads us respectfully back to the light of day. Historical peoples and events are literally in shadows of each spooky tale. Unable to meet Bucky personally, enjoy this visit. I'm not sure if the children should listen. The journey includes a long stop at a place which was once a penitentiary. Written words fail to disclose the horror.

Will you walk with Bucky when the Moon hides, the trees stand bare, and the wind blows cold against your face? He will take you to the cemetery and introduce the long dead with the living stories.

Bucky shares an interest with me. Each of us has a profound interest in people, living or dead. We have great reverence for the personal histories found in elaborate burial sites, or in the Potter's Field which holds the homeless, destitute, prisoner and nameless.
https://columbusghosttours.com/tour-info-%26-booking

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https://www.showmecolumbus.com/tours/boos/

MUSIC CREDIT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Anderson

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DEB LOGAN MANAGES THE COMPLEX AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IN NAPLES FLORIDA, AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

This is the third episode on this topic. I must admit that these episodes have made influenced me. I am grateful.
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Note from Guest:
Hi Patrick!

This is a long overdue, thank you!  I so appreciate you for shining the light on Blue Zones Project work via your podcast.  You are quite talented.  I remember the day we did the interview… I felt off and did not feel I did you justice and actually thought you might have to scrape the podcast! So, when I finally got a chance to listen to this final piece (the season has been wickedly busy), I was so pleased… you did some significant magic to make me sound good and ultimately create an informative, thoughtful piece.  THANK YOU!

 On another note, I hope you and your family are doing well… not just surviving, but thriving during these unprecedented times.  Thank you for coming into my life and sharing a snippet of your wonderful self with me.  What a treat! The pleasure was mine!
Kind regards,    Deb

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THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE EPISODES WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT A TOPIC THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL AND WORTHWHILE. IN THIS EPISODE THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS WHICH ONE CITY ENJOYED IN 2010 ARE NOW SHARED BY WELL MORE THAN 100 CITIES, AND EVEN THE ENTIRE STATE OF HAWAII.

CAN A CITY COMMUNITY SHED POUNDS, AND UNHELATHY HABITS? YES!

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME AND LISTEN TO THE TWO EPISODES ABOUT THE BLUE ZONES. A THIRD, FINAL EPISODE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE.

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I listened to the 2nd podcast and it was as fun and informative as the first Patrick! Thank you for doing such a great job of editing. Now I will see how we can use these podcasts to reach out and engage even more individuals and communities in the Blue Zones Project. Take care and stay safe and warm this winter.
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music acknowledgement
“The Typerwriter” by Leroy Anderson

© Woodbury Music Company Used with Permission

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Albert Lea, Minnesota is a small town located near the border with Iowa. Not unlike dozens of small towns in the region, there seems not much unique marking one town from others. Albert Lea is exceptional.
In 2009 Albert Lea  accepted a challenge like no other community.  Albert Lea's city's  leadership accepted the invitation to become the pilot Blue Zone community.  The leadership included government,  private sector, education and eventually the State of Minnesota  Department of Transportation.

The commitment to a healthy lifestyle is the core principle of a Blue Zone community. This commitment is not a simple assent. The commitment includes scientific measurements across a matrix quite  complete and measurable.

This episode will be followed up with two more, each focused on stories of Blue Zone community efforts and successes.

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8,000 cities and towns were suddenly linked when the east and west met at Promontory point, Utah. On that day, May 10, 1869, travel from the East  Coast to the  West Coast had reduced a perilous journey of months into a safe trip of less than one week.

Joe Connoly, AKA Head On Joe, became caught up in the bizarre story of trains. Joe grew up on a farm in Iowa which butted up against a railroad. in the late 1800's. The train, and all of its  mystery, roared by the young man on  regular schedule. This probably secured his interest in all aspects of trains and the railroads.  Did he imagine train accidents? The power of the train to both be a productive tool used in the development of the  United States, and to be the source of  entertainment to thousands pulled Joe Connely along tracks and disasters.

Along with others, Joe honed a craft most unusual. He staged crashes of locomotives at state fairs, and other venues. Thousands of people paid admittance to watch a crash of steam locomotives. The thunderous expositions met all expectations. These crashes were profitable. Engines on their way to scrap yards were common and inexpensive.  Crowds were easily lured to his ticket gates.
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Thank you for making me sound good, as best you could, within the limitations of what you had to work with!

 I have been alerting parties to the podcast and will continue to do so as I can.

 Again, I appreciate your interest in the subject. Had one party, by total coincidence, who recently read the book and contacted me and say that somebody from Hollywood should purchase the rights to the story and make a movie about Head-on Joe. I directed him to the podcast as well.

 Let me know if I can ever be of additional help with any information.

 Jim Reisdorff

South Platte Press

David City, NE

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