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Chris Williamson represents Culture Vannin on the IoM Arts Council. He joined the board of Culture Vannin as a Member in March 2018 and is one of the three Culture Vannin lay members appointed by Tynwald.
Chris has a strong interest in Manx language, folklore and history and is a supporter of Manx arts as well as being a regular attendee at Manx music events. He is a keen advocate of promoting the Manx language. He fully believes that the promotion of Manx Cultural Identity and the arts can have a positive impact on the Island's economy, environment and quality of life, and that the promotion of our unique Manx culture and distinctiveness is central to the Island's image, nationally and internationally.
As Culture Vannin representative on the IoM Arts Council, Chris is particularly involved in the joint formulation of a national development strategy for culture and the arts as well as in the coordination of grant giving.
Prior to returning to live in the Isle of Man in 2018, Chris held a number of wide ranging senior management positions in the IT industry and has worked as a consultant and manager at the CTC Charitable Trust, The UK's National Cyclists' Organisation (now Cycling UK).
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Together, the people, the place and the passion for providing an extraordinary, engaging life for our residents and the remarkable staff who serve them, are at the heart of what makes Ingleside at King Farm a very special place.
Continuing care retirement communities are a popular retirement living choice among older adults who live fully, or mostly, independently today but desire to live in a setting whereby long-term care services are available if needed in the future. Choosing the right community is an important often complex decision process. Here are four key aspects of the decision process:
Pamela Mills, Ingleside's Director of Memory Programming addresses some common questions in a four-part series.
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How do you help if you know someone going through this experience?
If you know someone who is living this experience, please get involved. Ask how you can help. Perhaps go to the Dementia Friendly America website and take the quick training on how to be dementia friendly. Encourage your neighbors and friends to do the same.


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Bad news emerges as Emery and Arsenal dealt huge blow
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Arsenal will be looking to make it three wins from three in the Europa League when they meet Sporting Lisbon on Thursday at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
The Gunners have already beaten Vorskla and Qarabag in the competition so far and will face their most difficult test when coming up against the Portuguese outfit, who also remain unbeaten.
Unai Emery will be looking for his side to capitalise on their brilliant overall form though heading into the game, having not lost a match in their last ten competitive matches.
However, according to a match preview by Sky Sports, a number of his players have not made the trip south.
Both Sead Kolasinac and Nacho Monreal both stayed in north London and will miss the game after having suffered from hamstring injuries, with Carl Jenkinson being called up to the first-team after becoming somewhat a forgotten man.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Petr Cech have also not been included in the squad, despite having recently returned to full training.
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Biblical Discernment: The Glory Rule
I'm sure you've heard it before. "If it glorifies God, then a story is acceptable." The statement is true at its core and a good measure of whether any particular story is beneficial or not, but it is so often misused as to be worthless.
On one hand, you have the interpretation claiming that unless it is overtly Christian in theme, content, mentions God and Jesus, has a good salvation message in it somewhere, includes Bible verses, etc., then it isn't glorifying God.
On the opposite side, glorifying God is reduced to excellence in what one does, no matter the content, that anything goes and some use that reasoning to justify reading spiritually damaging books.
What did Paul mean when he said:
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor. 10:31)
Like last week's verse, once again we find Paul talking about food. Particularly in this passage, meat offered to idols. Paul's main argument runs along the lines that meat is meat. Idol-gods don't exist. One could eat such meat in ignorance and they would not be guilty of worshiping the idol.
However, once you know, a couple of factors come into play that should bring one to the conclusion that while eating it wouldn't be sinful, it may not be beneficial either to the eater or other Christians. One, to knowingly eat meat offered to idols places you in fellowship with demons. (1 Cor 10:20-21) Two, your witness to brothers and sisters you have influence over can violate their conscience, because of the apparent endorsing of idols it would appear to be. (1 Cor. 10:28)
On the second point, Paul asks:
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? (1 Cor. 10:29)
He answers that question with our verse–whatever you do, do for the glory of God. He then ends those thoughts with the words:
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. (1 Cor 10:33)
In this context, what glorifies God? It can be summed up in one verse from this chapter:
Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor. (1 Cor. 10:24 NASB)
Or to put it another way, love for our brothers and sisters. Notice the link between love and glory mentioned in Jesus' High Priestly prayer:
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. (John 17:22-24)
It is by this love that we are shown to be Christ's (John 13:35), and exhibit the glory of God (Matt. 5:16). Paul's point, then, is that in whatever we do, even mundane things like eating and drinking, we participate in it in such a way that God's glory shines in us in how we love one another, so others will recognize Him in us, and by all means, save some.
In selecting our fiction, here are some questions to ask yourself as to whether reading it is glorifying God or not.
1. Does the quality of the product reflect the glory of God? If the author hasn't taken the time to give his readers a good story, well written and formatted, what does it say about his love and respect for his readers? A Christian author/publishing house should have enough love for others that their efforts show a reader-centric focus.
2. Does the theme(s) of the story prompt the reader to greater love? Some characters won't. Not all scenes may, taken in isolation, glorify God in this way, but when you look at the story as a whole, does it encourage you to love your neighbor more than before? Does it convict and motivate you to love God more?
3. Does consuming this story encourage others to violate their conscience? This doesn't mean we are subject to everyone who has a gripe about the spiritual condition of an author, but if reading a book called, Satan's Glory, would cause another Christian to sin against their conscience by reading it, it is not very loving to ignore your brother so that you can fulfill your own liberty. Lack of love for each other hides our light under a bushel.
Take these questions out for a spin. Applying the above credentials, does my old flash fiction that appeared at Everyday Fiction, The Captain's Chair, glorify God? Do you feel it glorifies God for you to read it?
On the opposite side, glorifying God is reduced to excellence in what one does, no matter the content, that anything goes and some use that reasoning to justify reading spiritually damaging books.
Motivations are not irrelevant. You could read something for the wrong reasons. However, I think content ultimately is irrelevant to the act of glorifying God.
Books can't be spiritually damaging on there own. The idea of carefully monitoring one's media consumption is probably a hold-over from the early twentieth century, when media scholars theorized that media could inject new ideologies into a population, to brainwash the people.
This doesn't mean we are subject to everyone who has a gripe about the spiritual condition of an author, but if reading a book called, Satan's Glory, would cause another Christian to sin against their conscience by reading it, it is not very loving to ignore your brother so that you can fulfill your own liberty.
I once took out one of the New Atheist books from the library of my old college, an anthology edited by Christopher Hitchens. I felt a duty to read it. I had asked an atheist in one of my classes to show me a book that explains atheism well. I was not reading it to have a good time — it made me quite miserable. But being miserable is not necessarily spiritually damaging.
So, yes, I might read a book entitled Satan's Glory, in order to confront and reject the worldview contained within it. The only definitive way for Christians to disable the power of such an outright evil message is to confront it and to endure it with the faith that God is greater.
Applying the above credentials, does my old flash fiction that appeared at Everyday Fiction, The Captain's Chair, glorify God?
That's not the right question. The right question is, did I practice proper discernment when I chose to read your flash fiction a few minutes ago?
By your standards, probably not. I had glanced briefly at the comments and saw that someone called it "gritty," and that's all I knew about the story before reading it. I didn't investigate the extent or type of "grittiness." I didn't ask anyone whether the themes would lead me to greater grace in my spiritual journey. I just read, undiscerning, because you said to.
Each person has to read and write according to their own conscience. If a person is writing thrillers, they should write the very best they can, and that includes standard thriller fare–high body count, chases, suspense, nasty bad guys, and a pretty girl.
If a person is writing romance, or kid fiction, or mysteries, or any other genre, they need to hit that genre's tropes. But Christian sit in judgement on every single genre!
"You're writing a mystery with MURDER IN IT? God commands us not to murder, therefore you're going to burn in Hell."
We can only write what God gives us ideas to write. We're not responsible for the reader who reads our books obsessively over and over, or the one who screams that our book caused them to think bad thoughts. They bring their problems along when they read.
My standard would be that if something is okay with your conscience and you can read it without sinning, then you decide whether you should actively advertise or not. For instance, I would, and do, actively read and watch Japanese media, and that is fine for and most people. But they have a very fantastical view of religion where they treat religions in an INO (in name only) way. They also have some other issues that I don't think are sins, but might straddle dangerous territory for one weaker. So I wouldn't say to a new or otherwise weak Christian "hey, here's a great manga or anime here". Why? Because it would lead them astray and confuse them via the purposely INO portrayal of Christianity (and other faiths too, for that matter).
For me, I marvel at the fantastical adventures, but think to myself that if this were true, I would really hate the world as the wonder of Heaven, and other things would be not there. I admire the self-sacrifice and so on of characters. Same thing with DC Comics and Marvel. In those worlds, witches, magic, the occult, are a natural phenomenon and so on, not religious. I enjoy the story, am inspired by the heroics, but I am glad that such things are not real on the earthly (super-villain battles) or metaphysical plain. I am reminded to look forward to the New Heaven/New Earth.
In general, I guess I say that I will admit what I am reading/doing, but will not go the extra mile to push something on someone who can't handle it.
And then there is the notion of scenes that are appropriate for the genre/story/plot, so on, that could be harmful to others as they are in other films. Porn is bad, obviously, but the love scene with Leonidas and his wife in 300 is typical of such older tales, has import for how the rest of the movie flows and so on. I Am Charlotte Simmons has a fairly graphic sex scene that is absolutely squicky, to show how far Charlotte is falling. Both scenes are absolutely (in my opinion) appropriate, and I think belong in the stories. Both scenes are hard for some people to handle.
I could throw in Harry Potter, Harry Dresden, Batwoman, Buffy, others, for some examples. You know, this reminds me of the Mortal Kombat debate Christians and others had in the '90's.


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Barack Obama to propose $45 million in stimulus funds for Western Massachusetts broadband expansion
By: Patrick Johnson, The Springfield Republican
Published: July 2, 2010
(SPRINGFIELD) President Barack Obama will announce on Friday the awarding of $45.4 million in funding to be used to expand high-speed Internet access to rural parts of Western Massachusetts and other parts of the state, the White House said.
The funding is part of 66 broadband projects nationwide that will be funded by a total of $795 million in grants and loans that are part of the 2009 Recovery Act, also known as the stimulus package.
The Massachusetts funding is directed specifically toward infrastructure improvements needed to provide affordable, high-speed Internet access to businesses and residents in remote areas of Western Massachusetts, according to a statement issued by the White House.
Massachusetts will be required to put up $26.2 million in matching funds.
In all, it calls for the installation of more than 1,300 miles of cable in Western Massachusetts, with a potential to reach an estimated 1 million people, 44,000 businesses and 700 community institutions. The project is also touted as a means to create hundreds of jobs and drive economic development in areas of the state still reliant on slow dial-up Internet connections, the statement said.
With so much of the worlds of commerce, government and information readily available online, a lack of high-speed internet leaves residents of less-populated areas at a disadvantage compared to the cities and suburbs.
Governor Deval L. Patrick, who has touted expanding broadband access to every corner of the state since becoming governor, issued a response hailing the White House plan.
"I cannot overstate the value of this project for the communities of Western and North-Central Massachusetts that have gone without reliable high speed broadband service for too long," he said in a prepared statement.
He thanked the Obama Administration for including funding for Massachusetts, and thanked members of the state Congressional delegation for their work.
Patrick said he was looking forward to putting the funding to work immediately to allow rural portions of the state "can connect and take an active part in a 21st Century economy."
Massachusetts in 2008 authorized $40 million in bonds to being broadband expansion.
According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the percentage of adults regularly using the Internet is around 70 percent.
But access to broadband drops the further one moves into less populated areas. In cities, 61 percent use broadband but in rural communities, it drops to 47 percent.
Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, who represents many of the communities that will be affected, said "this is extraordinarily good news" for the 123 communities in Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire and Franklin counties lacking broadband.
"This will create jobs and help strengthen our local economy," he said. Residents and businesses "will see their quality of life dramatically improved, and their towns will finally bridge the 'digital divide,'" he said.
Michael J. Falk of Becket, a member of the town's Broadband Committee, said the news was welcome in Becket which, like a lot of remote communities, has been left in the dust of the high-speed revolution.
Until a few years ago, the town relied entirely on slow dial-up access, he said. Verizon made a push to expand high-speed service a few years ago by installing DSL lines, he said.
He said half the town has DSL lines and half either use dial-up service or pay out the nose for satellite service.
DSL is much better than dial-up but it is still woefully slow compared to broadband cable, he said.
As a result Becket, he said, has gone from being unserved to under-served, but the end result is the same: Becket is still at an economic, educational and social disadvantage to other, more populated parts of the state.
"It's horrendous. You can't attract businesses to the community. Businesses of all types rely on high-speed broad band."
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Hello, Timblerwolves! I'm Dr. Overcash, and I'm thrilled to join the Pack this year as a 6th grade History teacher!
I received my Ph.D. in Ancient History from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia), and also hold graduate and undergraduate degrees in Secondary Education, Ancient History, and Religion. For much of the last decade, I've been privileged to teach history and ancient language classes to students from grade 7 through university in Australia, and I'm delighted to continue my vocation to education at Trailside.
Although I call North Carolina home, my second home is Sydney, where I lived for nearly a decade and became a proud US/Aussie dual national while working towards my postgraduate qualifications. I returned to North Carolina in 2016, and then, just before this school year began, packed up and moved once again with my husband, Cameron (who is a graduate student in Political Science at American University), to begin our new adventure in this beautiful and historic area of our nation's capital!
When I'm not teaching, I enjoy cooking, travelling, learning new things, and being creative with my mind and hands. I also remain actively engaged in scholarship in my field, and when I have the time, I continue to research, write, and publish (which you can learn more about here).


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What Are Birthstones And What Do Each Of Them Mean
Birthstones have fascinating history which are worthwhile to know about. Knowing your own birthstone is fun as you can pattern the jewelry you buy with it! More enthralling is to know what your birthstone means and maybe it says something about your personality. How cool is that?
Each person has a birthstone, and it is quite interesting that this is a universal concept! As its name implies, these are related to the month when you were born. Another interesting thing about birthstones is that each has its unique meaning. Find out what your birthstone is and know what it means, then see why you should get yourself a birthstone jewelry.
Birthstones have fascinating history which are worthwhile to know about. Knowing your own birthstone is fun as you can pattern the jewelry you buy with it! More enthralling is to know what your birthstone means and maybe it says something about your personality. How cool is that?
Read on and know a thing or two about birthstones. Learn where it has originated, why we even have this concept, and most especially what your birthstone is. It's really easy how to determine your birthstone, as it only depends on your birth month, but what's more exciting is to know what your own birthstone means.
Origin of birthstones
Birthstones are believed to have originated way back Before Christ (BC) time. It is said that these are the stones found on Aaron's breastplate (just a refresher for some, Aaron is a prophet and a high priest; Moses' brother). These gems are said to represent the 12 tribes of Israel.
Just a sample breastplate, to give you an idea how the prophet Aaron's looked like (Photo from Flickr)
There are lots of legends and myths regarding birthstones. Some say that these gems have healing properties, that some people even have the whole collection of these stones and wear each per month!
Birthstones by month
Are you excited to know what your birthstone is? Find out below!
Birthstone per month
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January: Garnet. This gem comes in many different colors but the most popular is deep red. This stone is often related to friendship and trust. Its name originated from the Latin word "granatum" which means "seed" as its appearance looks like a pomegranate seed.
February: Amethyst. Its purple hue symbolizes royalty. However, like garnet, it has other color variation and the origin coming from modern Russia to ancient Greeks and Romans. Each culture has different interpretations to this gem.
March: Aquamarine. As its name, "aqua" is about water, this stone is used to protect sailors who are out in the ocean. This blue gem is durable and pure, and thus famous for its durability.
April: Diamond. One of the hardest gems in our time, the diamond is known as the most beautiful and popular birthstones ever. It's also referred to "a woman's best friend". Just letting you guys know 😉
May: Emerald. With its deep green color, Emerald is said to represent youth, growth, and intelligence. It originates from the Greek word "smargados" which literally means "green".
June: Pearl. This birthstone can be considered as the most unique one as it is made by a living animal. Note: Some consider Alexandrite as the second birthstone of June. It's a color-changing gem, green in daylight and purple-red in artificial light.
July: Ruby. Another hard natural gem is the Ruby, which, due to its deep red color, symbolizes wisdom. Its deep red color is so famous that a lot of people use it for fashion.
August: Peridot. Historically, this lime green gem is used to heal and ward off nightmares. This stone comes from under the ground and are brought up to the ground through volcanic eruptions.
September: Sapphire. This dark blue to violet gem is known to protect lovers from harm. It is also known as one of the hardest minerals.
October: Opal. This gem is so unique as it appears like having tri-color. It is so beautiful and fun to wear. Another known birthstone of October is Tourmaline, a pink stone that looks lovely on any person!
November: Topaz. This stone has been priced since the ancient Chinese era, and its beautiful orange-pink hue is reason for its being precious. Like the other months, November also has a second stone, which is the warm, orange Citrine.
December: Blue Topaz. It is said that this stone is a symbol of love and affection. It is also known as an instrument to help a person with his/her sweet disposition. Aside from this gem, December has other birthstones: blue zircon, tanzanite and turquoise, all blue in color. Even if December isn't your birth month I think it's interesting to have a jewelry with topaz to help us be more affectionate and helpful to others! 🙂 Lavari Jewelers birthstone collection
Now that you already know which birthstone you have, it's time to explore the different jewelry collections form Lavari Jewelers! Even more fun part is knowing that you can buy any birthstone even if it's not yours, technically! Remember, in the ancient times, people have each birthstone so that they can avail all the powers each one has.
Here are some of the gorgeous birthstone collections of Lavari Jewelers.
Check out our collections and see our different necklaces, rings, bracelets, and others with your birthstones! Have fun hunting for them!


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Take, for example, our personal suite stewardesses. They offer you thoughtful, unobtrusive service, delivered with care to ensure you a warm, scented bath of your choice from our Pure Pampering℠ menu or surprising you at night with a sprinkling of rose petals on your bed, she helps make your wishes come true. You can also look forward to her:
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Madame Tussaud: A Legend in Wax
Broad Art Center
6pm - 9pm
Organized by UCLA Art|Sci Center. Pop Up Film Screening + Director's Talk w/ Nina Barbier In an astonishing life that spanned both the French and Industrial revolutions, this single mother and entrepreneur travelled across the Channel to England, where she overcame the odds to establish her remarkable and enduring brand. Determined to leave an account of who she was and the times she lived through, her memoirs, letters and papers offer a unique insight into the creation of the extraordinary empire which bears her name.
L.A. Documentaries at Union Station #2 | "Mur Murs"
Union Station
8pm - 10pm
Metro Art Los Angeles is pleased to present "Mur Murs," (1981, 80 min, Dir. Agnès Varda) as the next installment of our documentary series about Los Angeles. Inspired by the ambiguity behind the rising mural movement in Los Angeles, Varda documents her search for the art community transforming public art through visionary artworks. This documentary acts as a catalogue, preserving images and stories of early Los Angeles muralists of the late 1970s and early 1980s.This documentary series highlights the vibrant social, cultural and artistic movements that flourished across Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. All films in the series were directed by women. "Mur Murs" features interviews with notable Los Angeles muralists including Metro commissioned artists Judy Baca and Richard Wyatt.
PsyJazz #3: Wolf Eyes, FlucT, Flaccid Mojo, Odwalla1221
8pm - 1am
$17 - 20
PSYCHO JAZZ IN L.A. - NIGHT THREE. WOLF EYES FLUCT FLACCID MOJO ODWALLA1221 LEXIE MOUNTAIN DJ MATTHEW CLIFFORD GREEN. Wolf Eyes have decrypted lower floors of consciousness, transmuting the shadow world into a dank audio cosmos. FlucT is the radical motion collaboration of Monica Mirabile and Sigrid Lauren. Violently intimate dance that gli-gli-glitches the signal of the culture machine. Bjorn and Aaron from Black Dice let their sandbox spill into the live realm, a zone of total vibe and discovery. Odwalla 1221 Speaking songs along drumstick trigger samples of whatever they wanna, this couple of sassy aesthetes push poetry and punk gesture, sounding off on body politics with a proximate pop appeal and just enough anti- to keep it in check. Lexie Mountain (Baltimore, MD) Ringleader and namesake of the reality intervention parade called Lexie Mountain Boys, this dame of the weird has also cut her tongue with the Howling Hex and the Scroll Downers.
See Glacial Breach - 3 Days Only!
The Velaslavasay Panorama
$4 / $6 suggested
12pm - 6pm (also Sunday)
The Effulgence of the North re-surfaces from the depths of its retirement for three days only! Catch the wonders one last time before she melts under 'til the next icing over! Also open Thursday.
Myco-Cosmos / Paul Stamets, Laraaji
Los Angeles State Historic Park
6:30pm - 8:30pm
MYCO-COSMOS a journey through matter and space with Paul Stamets and Laraaji conceived and directed by Phil Ross. Fathomers invites you to join us for MYCO-COSMOS, a guided exploration of biology, space travel and the interconnected universe led by famed mycologist Paul Stamets, with live accompaniment by new age musical legend Laraaji. Conceived as part of Fathomers' ongoing collaboration with artist/mycologist Phil Ross to grow spacesuits and other astronautical provisions from fungal, mycelium-based materials, this outdoor performance aims to inspire an evening of ecstatic learning about how organisms move through the world — those vast, strange trips — and convey an alternative approach to the typical visualization and modeling of organic phenomena.
Incendiary Traces opening reception
Los Angeles Contemporary Archive
2pm - 5pm
Incendiary Traces invites viewers to draw the landscape of the Mediterranean within the virtual battlespace of Arma 3. Arma 3 is an open world, military simulation game sited on the fictional island of Atlis, inspired by the real-life Greek island of Lemnos. Derived from US and UK military training simulations, the game imitates real NATO operations that have increased in the region since 2016. In 2012, while the game was in development, two Arma 3 developers vacationing on Lemnos were arrested by Greek authorities, charged with espionage and imprisoned for 129 days for photographing Greek military installations. Drawing in situ, we will look closely at Arma 3's version of this landscape in conflict, and consider the politics of visualizing the southern EU border.
Escenas Latinas: Changing the Narrative
Hammer Museum
3pm - 6pm
Latina presence on American television has increased in recent years, with new shows creating dynamic and innovative roles for Latina actresses. Writers Vivien Mejia (Ugly Betty, East Los High), Carolina Rivera (Jane the Virgin, Devious Maids) and showrunner Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time) discuss the importance of bringing new narratives about women of color to the screen. Moderated by UC Irvine film and media studies professor Bambi Haggins.


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That makes the plane ride sound a little easier than it was. To be entirely truthful, last Wednesday, LO stood in his bouncer screaming while I ran around like a madwoman throwing random things into a suitcase so that we could make our 12:30 departure (from the house). [Side note: I am a terrible packer. I always intend to be packed and ready to go with plenty of time before whatever trip there is, and yet I always end up trying to figure out what the heck happened to all my clean clothes about 15 minutes before I absolutely must leave or else just cancel the trip altogether. I could claim that this terrible habit comes from my thinking that I don't want to pack up stuff that I'm just going to need at home before I leave, but that would be a lie. My brain has just categorized packing as something that is not worth my time, like following Lindsay Lohan's twitter account or mopping. And yet packing, unlike celebrity stalking or floor-cleaning, does eventually need to be done. Which is why my son screams with impatient unhappiness while I try to rationalize packing clothes with ketchup stains on them].
After that delightful and stress-free exercise, I loaded LO, our suitcase, the diaper bag, the stroller, the car seat, several grand pianos and a few exotic birds into the car (which took approximately 17 trips back and forth, not counting my having to stop back in for a bathroom break and a diaper change--I'll let you decide who needed which one). And at that point, we were off!
Except that instead of falling into a sweet and untroubled slumber in the car, which was our pre-arranged agreement (I have the contract, footprinted in triplicate by LO), LO decided to remain unhappy and loud through the hour and 20 minute drive to the airport. Since I was getting a little peckish, and I had built in two hours of security checkpoint foolishness, just in case, I decided to stop for a sandwich in the hopes that letting LO eat my lunch might put him in a better frame of mind. He was happy to steal turkey and bread from me, but it did not improve his chances for napping. Something was UP. Things were DIFFERENT. There would be no napping during these strange times.
We arrived at the airport with plenty of time, and despite my concerns about TSA and LO going head-to-head in a baby smackdown, both the child and the security folks were smiley, helpful and curious about the magical conveyor belt. (Okay, maybe that last one was just LO.) Several TSA agents even collapsed the stroller for me, as it is impossible to do one handed, and requires several mechanically inclined people to figure out how to work when the one person who knows how to work it is struck remarkably articulate: "Um, you turn the thingie on the handle...No, you've got push and turn, but the other direction. Yeah, and then you've got to pull up on the other thingie. No, not the tray, because it'll just come off..."
By the time we reached the gate, I was certain that LO would fall gently to sleep in his stroller, as it had been five hours since his last nap (duration: 15 microseconds). Apparently, last Wednesday I was not only remarkably articulate but also prescient, as well. Because my dear little boy didn't close his eyes again until we had arrived in Baltimore and he woke up everyone on the Eastern Seaboard with his complaints to the management about this unacceptable bout of wakefulness.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
One of the benefits to having a smiley and adorable baby is that people tend to be much more forgiving of negative behavior than they might otherwise be. For example, LO loves to sit on my lap while I'm reading library books, grab hold of a page, and let 'er rip. I've now had to explain to the library twice why one of their books is not only de-paged, but also nibbled on. I find if I hold LO aloft in one hand while handing the ruined book over with the other, the librarian refrains from calling the library police and doesn't even get out the "Delinquent Borrower" whacking stick. S/he just coos over LO and asks for a pint of blood, which I'm happy to give.
So even though I was expecting most people to give me dirty looks for flying with a baby, instead they cooed over him, asked me his age and name, and generally looked out for us.
Then the puking began.
As we were boarding, something in LO's stomach decided that it was just too nice a day to stay inside and it made a reappearance on my shoulder. No problem! I have read enough parenting articles, blogs, books, humorous essays, etc, that I have learned from others' mistakes and know that I should travel with changes of clothing for LO *and* myself. Within moments of choosing a seat, I had my old shirt in a plastic baggie and a new shirt on, and I only gave a couple of flight attendants a slight thrill by changing right at my seat.
We took off with LO gnawing on a teething biscuit, and I settled in to listen to my book on ipod (knowing that it would REALLY be impossible to read on this flight). I had hoped that the white noise and motion of the plane would put LO to sleep, but instead it riled him up. ("What's that? What's that? I don't like that! What's this?") Halfway through the flight, some more of LO's food decided to make a reappearance, but baby wipes easily took care of it, and I resigned myself to smelling slightly sour as I landed in my hometown.
And then it happened. As we landed, LO gave me a look that warned me to brace myself for incoming. And out came pretty much everything the child had eaten for the previous 24 hours. He was covered. I was covered. The seat was covered. I waited for the child's head to spin around and for him to do some really inappropriate things with a cross, but he just gave me a maniacal grin and rubbed his eyes.
As soon as the fasten seat belt sign went off, I slipped into MacGuyver Mom mode. I warned the flight attendant that there was a mess in 37-C, headed back to the tiny restroom, perched LO on the toilet seat, and dug around in the diaper bag for my second extra shirt (I'm that good!) as well as my extra bra (it was that gross!). I couldn't do anything about my jeans smelling like something unpleasant at a dairy, but I was able to give LO a wipes bath and a new onesie and make sure I no longer looked like a crazed homeless woman, provided no one got close enough to sniff me.
At this point, LO and I were both thrilled to see the stroller waiting for us just outside the plane. Hello, old friend. We know you. You will give poor mom's arms a rest. LO can lay his keppy down on you.
Unfortunately, the lack of quality naps, the strangeness of the plane ride, the fact that Dad was not with us, the violent reappearance of lunch, Elevenses, breakfast, midnight snack, etc, and the fact that airports are never particularly fun or comforting places, LO managed to be an unhappy little cuss for the rest of the evening. He screamed at grandparents. He screamed at Mom. He refused to sleep. Finally, we lay down together in a tangle of exhaustion in my old room, and he told me he would think about it tomorrow.
And that is why any mother who tells you she flew with her 9 month old is leaving out most of the story.


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Something that should be talked about more
Something that should be talked about more is zero waste protective sex. How can we prevent getting pregnant without buying single-use plastic packaging or pumping our bodies full of hormones?
Motivated by zero waste and health reasons, I decided to go off the birth control pill. I'd been on the pill for almost 15 years. That's half my life and basically all of my adult life. My hormones are slowly starting to balance out again, but I'm left with a lack of options for the sexy time… Bar in the arm? No way.
I'm done with hormones. Barbed wire in the snatch? There's no way I'm putting a piece of metal in my taco. No thank you… Get the snip? Sure!! But that's super invasive and doctors have tried to deter us because they believe we're too young (we're both 30). So, what do we do!? We play it as safe as possible for as long as we can and then finally resort to buying these… At this point, we're seeing condoms as part of 'medical' plastics. I'd love to hear how others approach this.
Thanks to @simplyzerowaste for bringing up this topic earlier in the week.


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About this book
Maximizing reader insights into the challenges facing maritime supply chains and container port logistics service providers in Asia, this book highlights their innovative responses to these challenges through real-world case studies.
With a focus on mathematical modeling, simulation and heuristics approaches, this book provides academics, engineers, container terminal operators, students in logistics and supply chain management with the latest approaches that can be used to address the planning and scheduling problem in large container terminal yards.
This book can be used on a self-contained basis as teaching cases in an undergraduate or specialist class setting, or on techniques applied to maritime container operations for port operations.
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17025-1
- Copyright Information Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
- Publisher Name Springer, Cham
- eBook Packages Engineering Engineering (R0)
- Print ISBN 978-3-319-17024-4
- Online ISBN 978-3-319-17025-1
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- Oil, Gas & Geosciences
- Engineering


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- The screen debut of UHM Jeong-hwa, who has enjoyed fame as one of the top singers over the past 20 years, surprisingly came quite a long time ago. She made her debut in her early 20s by starring in <We Must Go to Apgujung-Dong on Windy Days> by the poet and movie director [YOO Ha] based on his poetry collection of the same title. After this screen debut, she concentrated on her singing career, rising to the status of a dancing queen on the back of her sexy charisma as a pop icon. She returned to the big screen in the early 2000s through another film by [YOO Ha], <Marriage Is a Crazy Thing>, in a role as an audacious young woman who believes love and marriage are two different things, which brought her renewed recognition as an actress. Afterwards she stacked up an impressive filmography to compensate for the long lull in her acting career. She has mainly played strong-minded career woman. She displayed impassioned performances as a hip urbanite in <Singles> and <Mr. Handy>, as a young career mother fatigued by duties at work and home in <For Horowitz> and <Haeundae>, a big-shot art dealer in <Insadong Scandal>, and as a best-selling author in <Bestseller>. Interestingly, all her movie roles have been as sophisticated professional women. Having played a handful of mother characters on TV, she starred in 2011 as a terminally-ill mother who lives with her young son in <Mama>, eliciting many tears from spectators in the process. Her next performance was in the smash hit <Dancing Queen>, in which she played a housewife trying to fulfill her dreams of younger days of becoming a singer and prompting a conflict with her husband, played by [HWANG Jung-min] who is running for mayor. UHM switched gears for her next role a year later, playing the mother of missing child in the thriller <Montage>. In 2014, she starred alongside MOON So-ri and CHO Min-soo in the Sex and the City-style women's film <Venus Talk>. The next year, UHM was seen alongside SONG Seung-heon in <Wonderful Nightmare>, as an attorney who dies due to a mistake in heaven. She will be able to return to her life in one month, but first she must live as an ordinary housewife.
'10 18th Choonsa Film Festival, The Best Actress Award.
'06 7th Youngpyung Prize, The Best Actress Award.
'02 19th Baeksang Arts Awards, Movie Category, Best Acting Award
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Date of Birth⋮August 17th1969
Height, Weight⋮ 164㎝, 47㎏
Educational Background : Bukwon Women's High School
'93 <On a Windy Day We Must Go to Apgujeong>
'09 KBS2 <The Man Who Can't Get Married> - JANG Mun-jeong
'07 SBS <Get Karl! Oh Soo Jeong> - OH Soo-jeong
'04 MBC <Tropical Nights in December> - OH Young-shim
'03 KBS2 <My Wife> - SEO Hyun-ja
'93 KBS2 <Police> - CHOI Um-ji
'14 <Venus Talk> - JUNG Shin-hae
'12 <Dancing Queen> - Jeong-hwa
'11 <Mama> - Dong-suk
'10 <Bestseller> - BAEK Hee-soo
'09 <In the End Is My Beginning> - LEE Jeong-ha
'09 <Haeundae> - LEE You-jin
'09 <Five Senses of Eros> - LEE Jeong-ha
'09 <Insadong Scandal> - BAE Tae-jin
'07 <Changing Partners> - SEO You-na
'06 <Seducing Mr. Perfect> - Min-jun
'06 <My Piano>- KIM Ji-soo
'05 <Princess Aurora> - JEONG Soon-jeong
'05 <My Lovely Week> - HUH You-jeong
'04 <Mr. Handy> - YOON Hye-jin
'03 <Singles> - Dong-mi
'02 <Marriage is a Crazy Thing> - Young-hee
'94 <How to Top My Wife> - KIM Hye-ri
'93 <On a Windy Day We Must to Go to Apgujeong> - OH Hye-jin
'92 <Marriage Story> - Disc Jockey
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- Wonderful Nightmare 2015 Actress
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- Montage 2013 Actress
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- Dancing Queen 2012 Actress
- Mama 2011 Actress
- Bestseller 2010 Actress
- Five Senses Of Eros 2009 Actress
- Insadong Scandal 2009 Actress
- On The Way Home 2009 Staff ( Music Director )
- Haeundae 2009 Actress
- Love Now 2007 Actress
- Seducing Mr. Perfect 2006 Actress
- For Horowitz 2006 Actress
- Princess Aurora 2005 Actress
- All For Love 2005 Actress
- Mr. Handy 2004 Actress
- Singles 2003 Actress
- Marriage Is a Crazy Thing 2002 Actress
- How To Top My Wife 1994 Actress
- We Must Go To Apgujung-Dong On Windy Days 1993 Actress
- The Marriage Life 1992 Actress
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- <Montage> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2013) - Best Actress
- <Dancing Queen> Paeksang Arts Awards (2012) - Film Awards - Best Actress
- <Bestseller> Chunsa Film Festival (2010) - Best Actress
- <Princess Aurora> Busan Film Critics Association Awards (2006) - Best Actress
- <Marriage Is a Crazy Thing> Paeksang Arts Awards (2003) - Film Awards - Best Actress
- <We Must Go To Apgujung-Dong On Windy Days> Korea Gold Awards Festival (1993) - Grand Prize