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For Dow's Beth Whelan, her job is a passion and a pleasure
'I just love watching the athletes and cheering them on and interacting with the kids'
By Fred Kelly, Midland Daily News
Published 10:11 am EDT, Sunday, April 19, 2020
Dow High Facilities Manager Beth Whelan poses with Alyssa Keptner, the Chargers' lone girls' basketball senior, during the 2019-20 season.
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Beth Whelan may have been a student, an athlete, and a graduate of Midland High in her younger years. But to see her now, you'd think she had been born in swaddling clothes of Dow High Charger green and gold.
Whelan, the facilities manager for Dow High over the past 23 years and a former Dow coach in various sports, has been a fixture at Chargers' athletics events for a good chunk of her life — a presence reliable, upbeat, seemingly omnipresent, and oh so important to making Dow home games go off without a hitch.
And she loves every moment of it.
"I do. I really do. I love the kids," Whelan said when asked if she enjoys her job as much as she seems to. "I interact with the kids and do the school spirit stuff, and I just love watching the athletes and cheering them on and interacting with the kids in the crowd.
" ... I just love it. Somebody asked me recently how much longer I'd be doing this, and I told them I really don't know. And sometimes I'll have kids tell me, 'You coached my mom,' or 'My mom knew you when she was in school,'" Whelan added with a chuckle. "You don't realize how long you've been here, because you just enjoy it so much."
A native of Midland, Whelan graduated from Midland High in 1975 and played volleyball and tennis for the Chemics.
"Believe it or not, they didn't have basketball (for girls) back then. I played a little bit of softball; that was just starting up (for girls). There was a limited amount of sports at the time," she noted.
Upon graduating from MHS, Whelan began working as a paraprofessional with special needs kids for Midland Public Schools, a job she held for 32 years, first at Siebert Elementary for 20 years, then at Jefferson Middle School for three years, and then for another nine years at Dow.
In the mean time, she also took on the role of assistant facilities manager at Dow in 1996 and, shortly afterward, became the head facilities manager. And she has been filling that role ever since.
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"I just wanted to stay active in sports. They needed somebody, and they didn't really have anybody (to fill that job), so I applied for it, and I got it," said Whelan, who has worked under five different athletics directors at the school.
As the facilities manager, it is Whelan's job to make preparations for home athletics events and make sure everything runs smoothly. Her duties include scheduling workers to run the scoreboard, do the public address announcing, selling and taking tickets, running the "chain gang" at football games, etc.
"It's my job to get whatever workers we need for home games, get them lined up, and make sure they're there," she said. " ... I'm usually the first one to arrive at events and make sure everything is set up before the teams arrive. ... On football nights, I'm typically the last one to leave the stadium. I'm the one who turns the lights out."
Whelan, who also has coached basketball at Jefferson and volleyball and softball at Dow in the past, said she takes her job as facilities manager very seriously and makes it a point to make everyone — home and visitor alike — feel right at home at Dow High.
"After I get all the workers set up, I greet the teams as they arrive and show them where to go. I've always treated them as though they're coming into my house," she said. " ... A lot of opposing coaches know me by now, and they will thank me for the hospitality and the organization and for just making them feel welcome.
"I also like to mingle with the crowds, even the parents of the visiting teams," she added. "I try to treat them all like they've come into my home and are welcome. There have been a lot of friendships made there (over the years)."
After the games actually begin, Whelan's role transforms from organizer to cheerleader and good will ambassador.
"At the games, I try to get the kids fired up and do different cheers with them. They seem to like it. Sometimes, I get silly," she laughed, adding that crowd control really hasn't been too much of an issue in recent years.
" ... That has gotten so much better over the years," she said of fan behavior. "We try to teach them to have a good time within reason and to respect the officials and the players and the other fans. And you have to show them that by example. ... It's just about having a good time and supporting each other."
As one of the Chargers' biggest fans, Whelan began writing quirky little poems about four years ago which she then will read over the school's PA system while promoting upcoming home games.
"For most of the Midland-Dow home games, I'll make up a poem based on the sport or the activity that's coming up, just to get the kids motivated and excited and pumped up," she noted. "They've really liked the poems. ... I just began doing it as a motivator. I like to try different things to get the kids motivated and pumped up."
Asked about her favorite sport to watch, Whelan admitted that she doesn't have one.
"I like them all," she said simply. "I wouldn't say I have a favorite. I just like sports, and I like to watch them all."
As for her favorite Dow sports moments, she said that the boys' basketball team's recent upset of perennial power Saginaw High stands out in her mind.
"That was thrilling," she said, adding with a chuckle, "By the end, I found myself standing up and yelling and cheering very loudly, and I didn't even realize I was doing it."
While she said she completely understands the need to shut down high school sports last month at the onset of the coronavirus crisis in Michigan, Whelan noted that seeing the season come to an abrupt end for so many Chargers was a heartbreaking turn of events.
At the time that the MHSAA suspended all play, Dow had four teams still in postseason contention: the boys' swimming and diving team (state final), the hockey team (state semifinal), the girls' basketball team (regional final), and the boys' basketball team (district final).
"We were all getting so pumped up for the teams who were (still playing). We had busloads of kids wanting to go watch hockey, and we had a lot of fans wanting to go watch basketball," Whelan recalled. "It was kind of like riding a bike and then having your tires go flat and you just come to a stop. We were all excited, and then all of a sudden it all just stopped.
"I just feel so bad for the seniors, because they didn't get to finish. And I feel really bad for the spring sports athletes, because they never even got the chance to start," she added. " ... That last week before the virus started (spreading), I found myself getting so pumped up and so excited, and that excitement was just catching. It was electrifying."
Whelan said she can't wait to get back to work at Dow, while noting that she treasures the occasions when past student-athletes pay her a visit.
"Now that I have all this time on my hands, I miss the kids and I miss the staff. I miss being around them," she said. "What's neat is when kids come back after they've graduated and they come and see me. It's always good to see their success after they leave.
"It makes you feel like a part of their family."


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How Spanish Toledo Revived European Civilization
March 31, 2014 — Victor Tribunsky
Toledo, Spain.
From 712 to 1085 the Spanish city Toledo—now one of the most visited tourist cities of Spain—belonged to the Moors, who called it Tulaytula. By that time, Europe had slowly forgotten all the achievements of the Greeks and Romans, having deteriorated into some muddy backwater of overall illiteracy and grubbiness, but the Arab world kept rapidly developing. Nowadays it's hard to imagine that back then science prospered in Bagdad, Cairo, Cordoba, and Toledo, rather than in Rome, London, or Paris.
In 1055, the Russian knyazhna Anna, married to the French king, wrote in horror to her father, Yaroslav the Wise, the Grand Prince of Kiev, "Dear Father, they wash themselves only once a year here!… The dwellings are gloomy, the churches are ugly, and the mores are terrible… No king here is able to read… Where did you send my sinful soul? To this stinking hole, to France, to this damned city of Paris!…"
By the way, Anna Yaroslavna knew three other languages apart from Russian: Greek, Latin, and French.
Meanwhile the work of translating all writings of the Greek scientists that could be found during trips to Asia Minor was in full swing in the Arab Muslim Caliphate. All the bright minds of the empire assembled in Bagdad. They were well paid only for a single purpose–to keep developing science and art. Moreover, nobody ever demanded proof that the research would result in practical use.
No antique works could be found in medieval Europe. The Christian church gradually destroyed almost everything that had been created before the Bible, but the most curious thing is that the Bible was not available to the people either. They were not allowed to read it or have it in their possession; only the church clerics had such a right. The logic is clear: it is easier to control illiterate people. In order to keep them happy and humble, you only need to feed and entertain them. Ancient Rome did it splendidly, but not the Christian leaders.
The first thing the Romans did in the location of the future city was to build an aqueduct to supply fresh stream water from the nearest spring. The distance to this spring, which sometimes reached dozens of kilometers, never disturbed them. Then they constructed thermaes and amphitheaters, and only after that did they consider the dwellings. The grandiosity of the currently preserved Roman aqueducts simply amazes.
San Martin Bridge
Alcantara Bridge or Puente de Alcantara
The Romans realized the importance of the availability of running water in the city, unlike the medieval European rulers. The latter saved themselves this expense–as it turned out–at the cost of people's lives. Why should we build such an expensive aqueduct, if we can take water from the nearest lake instead? And they were hardly ever concerned that eventually all the dirt drained into this very lake too. What was the result? You will never find a single reference to the plague epidemic in the historical chronicles of Egypt, Rome, or Greece. As for medieval Europe–plague was one of the central characters of each "theatric" season. Hundreds of thousands of people died.
So, while the Europeans messed around in the dirt of their plagued cities, the works of Greek and Roman geniuses–Euclid, Galen, Hippocrates, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Pythagoras–were translated into Arabic in Cordoba, Toledo, Cairo, and Bagdad.
Do you think Copernicus was the first to suggest that the earth moves around the sun? No! 500 years before him, the Arabic astronomer Abu Rayhan al-Biruni in his tractate described the planetary movement for which Copernicus almost ascended to the inquisition fire.
Do you think Thomas Savery invented the first steam engine? No. 1600 years before him, the first model was represented by the Greek mechanic, Hero of Alexandria. He failed to use it in practice, so the technical revolution happened much later.
Basilica de Santo Leocadia
Cathedral garden
In the Middle Ages, European scientific literature was kept in Christian churches. If the number of books reached 80, the library was considered to be enormous. Just imagine the amazement of the emancipators of Spain from the Moors when they entered Cordoba and discovered 80,000 books in its library. Thank God, they had enough wisdom not to burn it down.
After the Reconquista accomplishment, the process of translation of Greek scientific works from Arabic into Latin started in Cordoba and Toledo. Scientists from all of Europe rushed to Toledo in order to get new knowledge, which was in point of fact well-forgotten old knowledge. In other words, the revival of scientific and cultural thinking in Europe had started in Toledo. It was the start of the Renaissance. The Sorbonne appeared after that, but the first university in the history of mankind was Cairo University in Egypt.
Nowadays, the Spanish city of Toledo is known more for the Toledo steel used in the production of the best swords in the world, although Damascus can dispute this statement. Sure enough, the city is full of souvenir shops, selling different swords, daggers, and sabres. You can buy the full armament of a Templar Knight with chain armor, helmet, and white mantle with the red cross. We even thought to take this dress for the Venice Carnival we were going to visit next year, but…a Templar sword told me, "Take me with you. I can be of good use to you," and I took it.
As a rule, we bring some memorabilia items from each trip, but it was the first time when a souvenir was almost the same height as me and as heavy as an anti-tank rifle.
The modern Old Toledo is a very clean medieval city, although it's easy to see that nobody invests money in it now. The city keeps patiently waiting for its moment of glory, never forgetting the role it played in the history of European civilization.
As always, we decided to take nightly photos of the city and went to Alcazar Bridge. Alcazar of Toledo cannot be compared to Alcazar of Segovia, but it looked quite picturesque in the night illumination. There is a road from Alcazar Bridge, rounding the bend of the Tajo River, from which you can take panoramic shots of Toledo. That's why Irina suggested taking a walk along this road. "Judging from the map, it's quite a short distance to the second bridge."
The road was really romantic, especially after sunset; there were no streetlights at all–complete darkness. After five kilometers, I asked whether this road actually leads to the second bridge? After two more kilometers it turned out that it really leads to the San Martin Bridge. Here, our walk around Toledo ended, and my back, reminding me of the precise number of my age, told me to get into bed and lie without moving for at least ten hours.
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17 Responses to "How Spanish Toledo Revived European Civilization"
sueslaght Says:
As always Victor and excellent post and beautiful photos. The aqueducts and their necessity so picturesque now.
Thank you, Sue. Toledo is worth a visit.
Victor – as always your photos are incredible, but your nightshots of Toledo are just…. magical!. We took both our daughters to Madrid and Toledo 3 years ago – and all of us wish we could just fly back again soon. As you said above, "Toledo is worth is visit… or more". Carina
Thank you very much, Carina.
Spain is a big and interesting country, and Toledo is just a small part of it. Come back to Spain whenever you can.
delacybrown Says:
Amazing post! I lived it so much when I went there a few years back. In fact it inspired the marzipan I've been baking all weekend! Loving the blog!
I don't eat marzipans, but I understand that it is is something very tasty.
Great post, Victor…Toledo is a place I definitely want to visit
Thank you, Suej.
heatherparady Says:
Good post Victor – reminded me of my visit there. I would have liked a sword as a souvenir but it would have taken a lot of explanation at the airline check-in desk that's for sure.
There was no problem with the sword. We packed it separately and checked it in together with our suitcases.
Historic buildings tell us so much of how life was in the past. Your photos and informative articles are always a treat.
Thank you very much, Anneli. History is so interesting sometimes. For example, in this case.
Jdomb's Travels (@jdomb) Says:
The bridge quite reminds me of Besalu.
bits and pieces on photo Says:
I was in Toledo a month ago and loved it. You have got photos here that I missed.
We tried to take the photographs of Toledo more outside than inside the city.
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Q: adding to a dataframe column of overlapping times suppose there are many workers for a business, and all of them work different amount of hours that start and end at different hours of the day.
each day, and you are given a list of each workers' start and end times.
what is the fastest and most efficient way to create a dataframe column that contains the number of workers that will be working at each hour for the day?
df=pd.Dataframe([9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17],columns=['business_hrs'])
df['ppl_working']=0

start_times=[8,9,13,12,10]
end_times=[12,13,17,16,13]

this is the first thing i thought of
for s,e in zip(start_times,end_times):
    df.loc[(df['business_hrs']>=s) & (df['business_hrs']<=e),'ppl_working']+=1

intuition tells me there is a much more efficient way to do this, without having to do as much iteration, and would make a difference if there are for example millions of workers

A: Use list comprehension through the nine rows of business_hrs AND NOT vice versa through potentially millions of rows of ppl working data... This should be performant.
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame([9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17], columns=['business_hrs'])
df1 = pd.DataFrame({'start_times' : [8,9,13,12,10], 'end_times' : [12,13,17,16,13]})
df['ppl working'] = [((df1['start_times'] <= hr)
                      & (df1['end_times'] > hr)).sum()
                     for hr in df['business_hrs']]
df
Out[1]:
   business_hrs  ppl working
0             9            2
1            10            3
2            11            3
3            12            3
4            13            2
5            14            2
6            15            2
7            16            1
8            17            0

A: A package called staircase will be useful here and provide an efficient method of working.  It is part of the pandas ecosystem and facilitates working with step function data.
import staircase as sc

# Create Stairs object (which abstracts step function)
sf = sc.Stairs(start=start_times, end=end_times)

# you can plot it if you want
sf.plot(style="hlines")

To sample the step function you call it (as if it was a method).  Wrap this up in a dataframe like this
import pandas as pd

# sampling hours 0 to 19
sample_times = range(20)
pd.DataFrame({"hour":sample_times, "num_workers":sf(sample_times)})

the result
    hour  num_workers
            ...
5      5            0
6      6            0
7      7            0
8      8            1
9      9            2
10    10            3
11    11            3
12    12            3
13    13            2
14    14            2
            ...

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Indian Fry Bread – positively orgasmic
3rd March 2019 /3 Comments/in Arizona, Random thoughts, Travel, USA /by Mary Murphy
I had a list of food I wanted to try during our California/Arizona road trip. At the top of it was a bacon cheeseburger from In'n'Out in LA. The second was prime rib, which I managed twice – once in Phoenix and a second time in Maricopa. The third was a carne asada burrito which we managed in Torrance, CA. The fourth was a trip to the Olive Garden – that one I never made. But something I hadn't expected and didn't even know about was Indian Fry Bread. Read more
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2019 Grateful 46: Made in America
19th February 2019 /0 Comments/in 2019 Grateful 52, Arizona, Random thoughts, Travel, USA /by Mary Murphy
Wandering around Williams AZ shortly after 8 am on a Friday morning, I spotted a rare sight. A man smoking. It was such a novelty that I went to join him. We'd been stateside a week and he was maybe the third person I'd seen with a cigarette. Ah no, you say, you're not back smoking? I'm not, but I have the odd one when I feel like it. And sure amn't I on my holidays. Anyway, this particular cigarette would prove to be the most interesting one I've ever had. Read more
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A Valentine's Day to remember
15th February 2019 /3 Comments/in Arizona, Travel, USA /by Mary Murphy
Sad really. Neither of us could remember what we'd done for the last three years on Valentine's Day. Nothing memorable obviously. Himself would rate himself as more of a romantic than not, but perhaps in thought rather than in deed. Pragmatic runs to my core – romance is the stuff movies are made of. That said, I always appreciate flowers, no matter the occasion, but having surreptitiously checked whether a dozen long-stemmed roses would fit in the console of the rental car, I nixed even voicing that wishpectation. Read more
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A hole in the ground
26th July 2013 /5 Comments/in Arizona, Travel, USA /by Mary Murphy
Why, I asked. Why would you want to see the Grand Canyon – it's just a massive hole in the ground. That said, I did take that detour to see meteor crater, so that in itself makes me a bit of a hypocrite. And I hadn't been to the Grand Canyon since the early 1990s and back then, when I looked over the edge it was impressive, yes. But I've been more impressed by smaller stuff.
On the website, the tour looked amazing. Ah the power of advertising and advertorials. Collected from hotel in Vegas, bussed to airport to catch a plane, then a helicopter, then rafting down the Colorado River, then lunch with the Indians and then back to the hotel via plane and bus. A little over seven hours in total. What wasn't to like? If you're going to do something, I say, do it in style.
That I was on the wrong side of the plane going out and didn't see the Hoover Dam was a tad upsetting and no one's fault but my own. We were weighed and seated according to weight. That the helicopter ride took all of ten minutes (at a stretch) was a little disappointing. That the rafting was more like a sedate float down the river without shade in 117 degree weather was a trifle discomfiting. That the lunch was bagged salad, frozen veg, packet mash, and a piece of chicken was torturous. All in all, having been picked up at 6.30 am, we'd done it all by 10.30 and didn't get back to the hotel until after 3. Tired, cranky, and feeling more than a little cheated.
On reflection – was the tour worth it? Absolutely not. Next time (and I'd go again to this huge hole in the ground) I'd drive. And take my time. And pack my own lunch. I'd do the helicopter thing again – but for longer – and only that. Mind you, there were so many choppers in the sky it is a wonder more accidents don't happen. Apparently someone falls into it every 2-3 months and in a country where Health and Safety are king and queen, there wasn't a railing in sight. Great for the natural look, I say. Not so great for human stupidity. But the view the from air was magnificent.
The canyon is 4 to 18 miles wide (6 – 28km) and is 277 river miles long (445km). In places it's half a kilometre deep. It's tilted – the northern rim is 1200 ft higher than the southern rim. It took the Colorado River 3-6 million years to carve it out (there's patience for you!) Over 800 million gallons of water flow through it each day.
I listened to the facts being recited, by rote, both on the recorded spiel on the plane and by the boat guy, and then looked at those walls and wondered at the power of nature. How could we ever think, as mere mortals, that we could tame her?
I've spent many an afternoon on the flat of my back on the grass looking up at the clouds in the sky, fancying that I see a pig or a boat or a slice of pizza. I like to do the same with rocks and boulders, and when in South Africa a couple of years ago, I became all too familiar with the Lion Rock and how deceptive nature's shapes and shadows can be. So the highlight for me was Eagle Point and the fantastic natural shape of the rock. That made it all worth while.
The outdoor exhibition of various Indian huts was interesting enough. But my heart went out to the trio who were dancing a tribal dance to an empty amphitheatre. Somewhere along the line, the lines between tourism and taste were crossed. There's a lot to be said for knowing your audience. And while I would like very much to take part in a real Indian dance night, this was just a tad too twee, even for me.
And yet, had I been there sans the masses, and had I the quiet and the solitude all to myself and a few crows, it would have been quite special. But that's the Catch 22, isn't it. Discover and share – or keep to yourself and enjoy.
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From the Danube to the desert – a church on the move
Before the aura reader told me that I should visit the solar plexus vortex, I'd already been. I can't say I was strangely drawn to it for any reason out of the ordinary. It's at the site of a church and I'm drawn to churches. Solar plexus or no solar plexus. And this church is a little more unusual than most in that the plans were drawn up long before the site was found and it was originally meant to be built in Budapest. Small world.
Way back in 1932, a woman by the name of Marguerite Brunswig Staude was looking at the Empire State Building in New York. Somewhere, in this edifice, she saw a cross. And from this got the idea of building a church that would also have a cross as its core. She showed her design to Llyod Wright and he worked on it with her to further develop it. In 1937, they were ready, and the Chapel of the Holy Cross was to be built in Budapest, Hungary, overlooking the Danube.
But the war came and the dream shattered. But she got to thinking… why not built such a shrine in the USA? Why should Europe have a monopoly on shrines? It would take 24 years for her dream to come true but finally, on a spur 250 feet high that sticks out of a 1000 foot rock wall, Marguerite built her church in Oak Creek, Sedona. Her wish? That the Church might come to light in the souls of men. And so it did, in 1956, the year of the Hungarian revolution.
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Saddened by Sedona
17th July 2013 /1 Comment/in Arizona, Travel, USA /by Mary Murphy
Shop after shop. Mall after mall. Even the outskirts, 20 minutes from the main drag, were joined to the centre by an arterial ribbon of mini-malls, fast-food joints, and gas stations. Yes, it's all tastefully done. The planners have kept a firm hold on what can and can't be built in the city of Sedona, but for me it's lost a lot of its magic.
You can barely see the houses nestling in the foothills, so well do they blend in with their surrounds. Hardware shops in this part of the world don't do much trade in pastel paints, unlike the West of Ireland or the Venetian island of Burano or the Spanish city of Las Palmas. Here, it's all muted tones and autumnal palettes. And for that one has to give thanks.
Downtown, once you escape from the main drag, the Tlaquepaque shopping village, originally conceived as an artists' community, appears to have been around a lot longer than it actually has. A child of the 1970s, these 40 or so shops and galleries look like they've taken residence in a hundred-year-old village. There are many European planners who could learn a lesson or two in Sedona.
The main street itself though, leaves a lot to be desired. Overpriced food, half-assed cocktails passing themselves off as Margueritas (beware the newborn expert), and shelf after shelf of sameness was a far cry from what I remembered.
Sedona is famous for its vortexes… and yes, I have that pluralisation correct… in Sedona one vortex, two vortexes. We'd passed a few dust devils as we'd travelled across the Sonora desert, and knew vaguely that a vortex 'is created from spiraling motion of air or liquid around a center of rotation'. Usually, that is. In Sedona, they're created from 'spiralling spiritual energy'. So it's little wonder that the place is a magnet for new age therapists, mediums, aura readers, and such like. And yes, there was a time I'd have been right there in the midst of it all. But that was then.
I no longer feel the need to know the future – why live through the disappointment twice. But I did have my aura read (and photographed) just to see if my chakras were all open and in good working order. I got a clean bill of health. Lots of white and blue light. Am relatively sane and have a bevvy of spirits working in the wings guarding me night and day. What's not to like about that?
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Too much to hope for?
Eons ago, when I was an avid Enid Blyton fan, I'd go play in the field behind our house. It had a hole in the ground that to me was huge. Not quite as big as meteor crater, but to my little mind, it was big enough to map. To explore. To get lost in. Me and my neighbour would spend hours there. She always got to be Julian because she was the oldest. I got to be Dick. Neither of us was much interested in being Ann or George and we didn't have Timmy the dog or bottles of ginger beer. But we had fun.
A few years back, on a whim, I climbed through the ditch at the back of the field and went looking for my crater. It was tiny. So small that I couldn't really believe I'd ever thought it to be so huge. Memory does that to us. Time does it, too. As does distance. We tend to make things bigger and better than they ever were. Old relationships become sadly perfect. Events become grander. Holidays become more amazing. Few, if any, memories, ever stay true to what actually happened, each one coloured by the prism of the experiences and perspectives that followed.
I'm like that with places. It had been about 20 years since I'd turned a corner in Sedona, Arizona, and been gobsmacked by the redness of it all. The rocks, standing tall and magnificent, daring anyone and everyone to do their damnedest to move them or get past them. And in the midst of the barren landscape, tiny shrubs taking root, as if in challenge. The opening lines of John Donne's No man is an island came to mind.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main
Mile after mile of red rock bespeckled with the occasional daub of green stretched before us. Just outside the city limits of Sedona, the world was as I had remembered it. As awesome and as beautiful as it was 20 years ago.
The average age hasn't changed much. With 10 000 year-round inhabitants, the means still stands at 50. But the diversity comes from the millions of tourists who visit every year. I knew it would be too much to hope that the town itself had remained unchanged – that it still had the one main street with a hodge-podge of artisan shops, a hand or two of tarot readers and the faint purple glow of some new age auras. But still, I hoped.
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A gaping big hole in my education
What happens when a piece of an asteroid traveling at 26,000 miles per hour crashes into planet Earth? It leaves a big hole. A very big hole. A hole that is 2.4 miles in circumference and more than 550 feet deep.
That all this happened approximately 50,000 years ago is neither here nor there. It's all been scientifically validated and proven beyond doubt that Meteor Crater, in Arizona, is 'the most well known, best preserved meteor crater on Earth'. That I'd never heard of it is neither here nor there either. Put that down to me not paying attention in Geography class. But like the millions of other tourists that can't resist the signage off the I40, I had to go have a look.
Now, I suppose if you're a space fanatic, a mineralogist, or a geologist, you might get a kick out of it. I'm firmly in the 'oh, it's a hole in the ground' category. Yes it's impressive, in its own way but it just didn't do it for me.
I have trouble dealing with time in such great numbers. Anything BC is beyond my limited imagination. Fifty thousand years ago is way too far back to have any impact on my life, at all. It's a little like temperature. Anything over 25 degrees Celsius is hot. Anyone over 5.10 is tall. My sense of scale leaves a lot to be desired.
Until I got to thinking what would happen if some similar piece of stuff hit the Earth tomorrow. What devastation would result from a collision that had the energy of more than 20 million tons of TNT? Is there any part of the world so remote that the damage to human lives wouldn't be off the charts? And would we see it coming? Or would it be all over before we knew what had hit us?
The mind boggles. Science is boggling. And for the 30 minutes of 'what ifs' that ensued, coupled with a repeated resolve to leave nothing unsaid in this lift lest a little piece of rock is already hurtling on its way, it was worth the detour.
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3rd July 2013 /3 Comments/in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Travel /by Mary Murphy
I finally got to drive Route 66. Not all of it, just a short stretch, but enough to feel the magic. Dubbed the 'Mother Road – the road of flight' by the fictional Joad family in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, this narrow, two-lane road goes from Chicago to Los Angeles (2448 miles in all) and, for the most part, runs parallel with Interstate 40.
Route 66 0pened on 11 November 1926 in Springfield, MO. Back in the 1930s, it was the path to freedom for many from Oklahoma who went west, dodging the clutches of the Dust Bowl. It has been immortalised by writers like Jack Kerouac. It has been a source of wonder and inspiration for comedians like Billy Connolly. But in the 1980s, it had outlived its usefulness and on 27 June 1985, it was decommissioned, no longer an official US highway. It hasn't gone away, though, and while it might not be ploughed by snow ploughs during the winter or patrolled by Highway Patrol year 'round, the Mother Road is still very much alive and kicking – and as the t-shirts and fridge magnets declare, many still get their kicks on Route 66.
Like much of the rest of my world (Ireland and Hungary), many small towns thrived from the traffic the route brought. But then, as infrastructure upped a notch or five and freeways and highways and motorways were built, the lifeblood of these small communities was choked at source. In the USA, it was Eisenhower, who in 1956, inspired by the German autobahn he had seen during World War II, began the move to make US highways more efficient. Route 66 was what might be called collateral damage. Now, instead of booming centres of commerce, Route 66 is dotted with tacky souvenir trading posts, fast-food joints, and petrol stations. There is the occasional gem, though, like Joseph's Bar and Grill in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Here, in 1956, a WWII veteran by the name of José Campos, opened La Fiesta drive-in, which developed into a full-service restaurant within a couple of years. Handed down to the next generation of Campos in 1985, it blossomed under the banner 'Joseph's Bar & Grill'. Now home to a gift shop, the restaurant is what any tourist would expect of an American diner. It has struck the right note between tacky and nostalgic and the food is as comforting as diner cooking should be.
It doesn't stand on ceremony – come in your curlers! This couple, in their eighties, were making their way north to see their kids and were a tad concerned about the possibility of running into wildfires. But they'd resolved to go as far as they could go. Hats off to the tenacity of older Americans, whose 'live it while you can' attitude would put many a more delicate European to shame.
Route 66 may have been decommissioned but it still hasn't lost its magic. Along this very same road hundreds of thousands of people have travelled to better lives. Today, motorbikes and RVs and clapped-out cars make the trip as their drivers search amidst a nostalgic haze for life as it used to be. There's something so romantic about 'doing Route 66' – something I've had on my bucket list since I first read Jack Kerouac. And now that I've had a taste, the notion has cemented a place in my top 5 things to do before I die – preferably on a Harley.
It's a treasure of oddness and eccentricity. It's the home of the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX, the Continental Divide between Brannigan and Parks, AZ, and the Wigwam motel in Holbrook, AZ. There's also the Amboy Shoe Tree in California, the steady demise of which chronicles the demise of the route itself. Off to the side, American Indians trade their wares. The crafts of local artisans battle for space with Chinese imports. Billboards line the highway urging travellers not to miss the biggest and the best, each one promising something it can never hope to deliver. Yet the plight of towns like Amboy are a grave reminder of the price of progress.
Despite efforts to protect America's first paved highway, Route 66 now features on the Top 100 Most Endangered Sites to Watch – courtesy of the World Monuments Fund. With just 85% of the road still drivable, perhaps I'd better up the ante a little and promote this trip to top of my list.
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Angela Merkel urges Germans to stand up to hatred as she bids farewell to office
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Angela Merkel has urged Germans to shun hatred ahead of her farewell speech at the Grand Tattoo marking an end to her 16-years in office.
The ceremonial send-off for her in Berlin on Thursday was populated by Germany's political elite, except for the far-right Alternative for Germany, who were not included on the guest list.
Mrs Merkel remains caretaker chancellor until her successor, the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, is sworn in next week.
She said in a speech in advance of the ceremony: "Our democracy also lives from the fact that wherever hatred and violence are seen as a legitimate means of pursuing one's interests, our tolerance as democrats has to find its limit."
The outgoing chancellor was celebrated with a traditional military musical performance and parade held at the defence ministry.
Such an event would normally be held in a more public setting, but Covid restrictions meant celebrations were kept to a more suitable setting.
A brass band honoured Mrs Merkel in playing three songs of her choice.
The first, a piece called 'You Forgot the Colour Film', is by east Germany-born punk singer Nina Hagen.
The lyrics lament a young woman's boyfriend's failure to take colour pictures of their beach holiday.
Similar to Angel Merkel, Nina Hagen grew up in East Germany, but emigrated to the West in 1976 after clashing with the communist country's authorities.
Mrs Merkel explained that the song was "a highlight of my youth, which is known to have taken place in the GDR (the German Democratic Republic)."
"By chance, (the song) is also set in a region that was in my former constituency" on the Baltic Sea, she added.
"As such, it all fits together."
A popular tune by German singer Hildegard Knef, called 'It Shall Rain Red Roses' For Me was her second choice, followed by the Christian hymn 'Holy God, We Praise Thy Name'
The final piece chosen by the daughter of a Protestant pastor was an 18th century Christian hymn Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.
Mrs Merkel then went on to wish Mr Scholz and his government "all the best, good luck and much success."
She continued by urging her audience to "always see the world through the eyes of others too" and to work "with joy in your hearts".
Before Thursday evening's ceremony, she met other federal and state leaders to agree on new measures to curb coronavirus infections in Germany.
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Chinita Ullmann (March 14, 1904 – May 30, 1977), sometimes seen as Chinita Ullman, was a Brazilian dancer, born Frieda Ullmann. "Modern dance was largely introduced to Brazil by Chinita Ullman," notes The Oxford Dictionary of Dance.

Early life
Frieda Ullmann was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the daughter of Emil Paul Friedrich Ullmann and Wanda Wilhelmine Heuser Ullmann. Her father was an immigrant to Brazil from Breslau, Silesia; her maternal grandparents were also German-speaking immigrants to Brazil. Frieda Ullmann took an interest in modern dance, and went to Dresden to study with Mary Wigman.

Career
Ullmann was a member of Wigman's company from 1925 to 1927. She left the company to perform and tour as a solo artist, using the name "Chinita Ullmann".  She also wrote about dance, and taught modern dance; among her students were German dancer Lotte Berk and her husband, composer Ernst Berk.

Ullmann returned to Brazil in 1932, and was a founder of the Sociedade Pró-Arte Moderna (SPAM), and promoted the Laban method of dance education and dance notation.  She opened a dance school in São Paulo with Kitty Bodenheim. After World War II she taught at the Escola de Arte Dramática. She retired from performing after 1954.

Personal life
Ullmann died in 1977, aged 73 years, in São Paulo, Brazil. The Prémio Chinita Ullmann is named for her.

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1904 births
1977 deaths
People from Porto Alegre
20th-century Brazilian dancers
Brazilian people of German descent

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Dance routines, step aerobics, kickboxing and more. Bring hand weights (1-5 lbs), a floor mat (yoga mat) and wear your sneakers. Resistance bands and steps provided.
Classes are on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9:00-10:00am at the Fullerton Community Center.
Visit the News Section to see more information and print a registration form.
Children's Dance - New classes will begin in the Fall - Check website for information end of summer about registration dates.
For ballet, dancers ages 3 and up wear pink ballet shoes. For tap, dancers ages 3 and up wear flat black tap shoes with black ribbons. Older students wear high-heeled black tap shoes.
See above for ballet and tap. For jazz, at age 7 and 8 students wear ballet shoes and older students wear flat black jazz shoes.
See above for ballet, tap and jazz. Students 10 and older with 3 years of ballet experience wear pointe shoes with toe pads.
Students wear designated street/hip-hop sneakers.
No shoes required, students dance barefoot.
Jazz and/or tap will be offered for boys. For jazz, students wear black dance sneakers and for tap, students wear boys tap shoes.
Students must be dressed in dance attire for class with hair out of their face. Street clothing is not permitted.
Classes occur at Elmwood Elementary School and students are separated by age group. Students will be informed with a letter as to when their classes are. Hip-Hop occurs on Friday nights and Modern occurs on Saturday.
Students wear flat black jazz shoes.
Students wear black tap shoes.
Class occurs Thursday nights at Elmwood Elementary school.


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Student dead, 10 injured after school bus overturns in Georgia
By the CNN Wire Staff
The bus was carrying students in area about 50 miles west of Atlanta
It overturned after running off the roadway
The bus landed on top of a 17-year-old, who died
(CNN) -- A school bus traveling south on Georgia Highway 113 between Temple and Carrollton overturned Monday, killing a student and injuring 10 others, officials said.
The crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m., said Gordy Wright, a spokesman with the Georgia Department of Public Safety.
Sgt. Justin Howard, with the Georgia State Patrol, said the driver lost control and drove into a ditch.
"As the driver attempted to reenter the roadway, the bus overturned onto its right side. During the process of overturning, one of the students was partially ejected and the bus landed on top of the student," Howard said.
The student killed in the crash was identified as James Rashawn Walker, 17, said Wright, adding that 10 other students were injured.
Kenneth Ross Herringdine, 59, was driving the bus, he said.
Carroll County Schools Superintendent Scott Cowart said the driver was a trainee. A driver trainer was also on the bus at the time of the crash, he added.
Carrollton is in rural northern Georgia, about 50 miles west of Atlanta.
"This is a tragic situation that nobody wants to see happen," Cowart said.
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Changes coming in Home Care – what are the impacts?
Know the impact of the new Home Care Package reform on home care workers, service providers and clients. Learn more.
The next step in the government's aged care reforms begins February 27th. Home care package clients will have more control over their choice of service providers. Clients will be able to move providers more easily and allocate their funding to services they want.
~ If clients are receiving a Home care package and are happy with it there are will be no changes.


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The Township of North Huron is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2001 when the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on municipalities throughout the province. Specifically, the former township of East Wawanosh was merged with the village of Blyth and the town of Wingham.
The rural area of the Township of Howick is ideal for farming and other agricultural based operations. Our three villages, Fordwich, Wroxeter and Gorrie and two hamlets, Belmore and Lakelet, offer a setting for commercial and residential applications. We would like to extend an invitation for you to visit, relocate or establish a business in our friendly community.


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Acronym Contest – Hey U.G.L.Y.
when we converted ugly into Unique Gifted Lovable You.
Make sure you follow our rules and regulations below.
2019 Acronym Contest Rules and Regulations: All entries must be original, legible and emailed to PreventBullyingNow@heyugly.org as an attachment by May 31, 2019 in WORD, Notepad format or pasted into the body of the email. Entrant's name, age, grade, school name, home address, email address and phone number must be included on the entry. Contestants may enter contest more than once. Must be 7 – 17 to enter. Void where prohibited by law. All entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than May 31, 2019. All entries submitted for judging will become the exclusive property of Hey U.G.L.Y., Inc. and will not be returned to entrants. To determine the winner, all entries submitted will be judged on creativity, memorability, originality and positivity. An independent panel of writers and journalists will conduct judging. Judging will take place on or about July 15, 2019. Decisions of judges are final. If our judges select an acronym entry that is exactly the same as other entries, a random drawing will be conducted to select the winner. Winner will be notified, by phone or email, no later than September 15, 2019. First Prize is $100.00. To receive a written letter listing the winning entry, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Hey U.G.L.Y., PO Box 2142, Michigan City, IN 46361 by October 15, 2019. Winner need not be present to win. All taxes and any expenses not indicated herein are the sole responsibility of the winner. Any prize returned as undeliverable will be awarded to an alternate winner. Entry and acceptance of prize constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) for sponsor and anyone it may authorize to use winners' names, photographs or other likenesses, biographical information, hometowns and statements concerning the contest for purposes of advertising and promotion without compensation to the winner. Employees of Hey U.G.L.Y., Inc., its affiliated companies, participating partners and their respective advertising, promotion and production agencies and their immediate families are not eligible. Not responsible for lost, late illegible, mutilated, typographical or other errors. All prizes are guaranteed to be awarded.