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Meet the Frugalwoods
This weekend, I read Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence through Simple Living. I was hesitant to write a review of this book because I was afraid I would not find the words to explain my feelings from the book, or how it was presented.
The book is a first-person memoir-style accounting of the life of "Liz Frugalwoods", as she is affectionately known online. Liz tells her tale which starts with the end of university, and entering into the real world as a young adult. Without telling any part of her story, she weaves you into this dreamlike state where you follow her as she becomes a married woman still seeking her own definition. You will want to cheer for her, you will want to nudge her in the right (or different) directions, and you will simply not be able to put the book down.
It's been three days since I read the book, and I want more. I want to know what happened next, what new things they discovered as a family, etc. That's the impression it made on me.
There are many reasons it moved me.
Liz is so resourceful and frugal! Listen to the lessons in the book. There were tons of choices that they made as a couple that the majority of us would likely have chosen different, like the apartment they stayed in. She made a comment in the book about how their friends had already inflated their lifestyles by renting or purchasing larger homes, and she and her husband were still in the basement apartment. They resist joining the race to have what the Jones' have, they choose to use what they have, and they recognize that what they do have is enough.
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It's enough.
I don't know where you hail from. Maybe you are a low-income earner, fighting poverty. You could be someone who is newly single and looking to change your life. Or, you could be part of a family and want something different than your folks had. I don't know your story, and it doesn't matter because this story is for everyone.
Liz opens the book with a conversation about privilege. It's important to understand privilege, and it's been a very sore subject for me for some time, and I think I found out why. I was angry that I felt like I had to apologize for being privileged, like it was my choice or my fault I was born white, or heterosexual, or identifying with a female gender, or coming from two parents that are still together, or being raised with a roof over my head, and food on my table. However, by learning more and more about privilege, the reason why I was so angry was because I wasn't.
I wasn't as privileged as I thought.
I thought I was. Yes, all those things I mentioned are all factors that contributed to my life. It's much more than what some others have had, and I recognize that.
However, and my parents will deny much of this, we were raised in scarcity. There was never a guarantee of anything. We were always told how fortunate we were to have a bed, a room, a home, etc. I recognize now that those statements created guilt, not gratitude, for me. We knew that we would be fed, but there was unstable employment throughout my childhood (a side-effect of living in an auto city that lost much of its auto work), which made my parents angry and likely felt hopeless, or at least desperate and embarrassed. They would tell us that we have cable – for now. We have food, but where's the next meal coming from? It was truly confusing for a child, or at least for me. We had food stored in the basement that we put away when it was on sale, and yet we never felt as though we could just help ourselves without permission in case it was a meal for later. It always felt like we were two steps away from not having anything, and the small bit that I thought I had as a child – my room, my belongings, my space – was never mine. It was always the parents' space, and there was not respect for space. Yes, my parents would argue that I didn't clean my room enough, or that I forgot lunches in my school bag, or that they found inappropriate notes between friends… and I would come home and my space, my sanctuary, had been thoroughly gone through, things were re-organized, furniture relocated around the room, and the nest was gone. It was not mine to be safe in, it was always theirs.
Post-secondary education was a necessary luxury.
I did not have education paid for, and it was never discussed that it was my responsibility to find out that there were exorbitant fees associated with the prescribed post-secondary education that one is expected to obtain. There was no instruction about money, other than the lecture that I should put some of it away because my father said so, or how funds were always limited, and cherish every dollar you had. I remember going to the mall when I was a teenager, and my friend wanted to purchase a snack. I was looking for the cheapest alternative at that place, and bought a brownie. It was one of the cheaper options on the menu, yet I remember having enough money for a brownie, and probably more, but I was buying something non-essential, and without permission. I always felt guilty about spending money.
When freedom cost nothing but dreams.
When I was 18, there was a situation that led me to move out on my own. I recall having $2,000.00 in the bank, and thinking it was so much. I had college starting in a few months, and I found work in a local call centre. They paid enough, and I recall sitting in my cubicle, calling people to talk about going to a free seminar, or signing up for this or that event, and having people get really angry with me just doing my job. (Side note: whoever thought blowing a whistle in the phone would stop the telemarketers, please stop. We are just doing our job, and now we are doing it with hearing damage.)
My Crown Heights, Brooklyn
My first place was the second floor of a house in a "bad neighbourhood". The upper street was lined with half-way houses for parolees, addicts and anything inbetween, and the hospital was down the block. I had a bedroom and a second room that was converted into a kitchen, and I shared the bathroom with the thirty-something-year-old man who lived across the hall in his mirror bedroom/kitchen suite. I had orange shag carpeting, and a cinderblock basement that flooded on one half when it rained. On the dry end, there was one washer and one dryer. Thankfully, the laundry machines were included, but we were told when we could use them and use was monitored, as was our comings, going and visitors.
It was my then-boyfriend who helped me get settled, and the rules of the house were no opposite-sex sleepovers. The older couple who lived below were used to having exchange students upstairs, so I was an anomaly for sure. During the first month or so, I didn't speak to my parents, and six weeks into living on my own, the relationship with that boyfriend ended. He was my support system, and a friend for many years, and the loss of that relationship devastated me. Never had I felt so alone.
The change in relationship status did not change my living arrangements. There was no happy homecoming, and the efforts required to obtain parental consent for student loans (which is how things were in the late nineties) were phenomenal. My parents had to remit forms that shared their income, and ability to assist me, and they were so secretive with the information that they mailed the application themselves. My student loans were half of what they could have been, but there was no financial support, and little emotional support, due to our broken-down relationship.
As time passed slowly, the relationship between my folks and I started to improve. We kept our distance, as there were a lot of hurt feelings and misunderstandings. Other relatives weighed in with their opinion of a half-concocted tale they felt was the truth.
The summer before college
I worked hard that summer, and learned what it was like to be independent. My mode of transportation was either bus, walk or bike. I had a bicycle that I would ride to work, and around town. Like many, I learned how to fetch groceries with a backpack and a bike ride, or taking the bus. It meant choosing what I purchased, not in the best price per unit, but how many bags could I actually carry. I adopted my first kitten, and found out how heavy kitty litter really was when carrying it from the store to the bus to the house. I walked other places, and started to learn the neighbourhood I was in, and pushed the limits as I was a naïve, bull-headed 18-year-old on a mission, going to college alone and not knowing enough about life to warn me about the years to come.I was a naïve, bull-headed 18-year-old on a mission, going to college alone and not knowing enough about life to warn me about the years to come. Click To Tweet
That's the digest version of the first 18 years of my life. No family vacations, no educational symphonies or operas throughout my childhood. No summer camps, no big school trips, no escape to Paris for a week. I've never been a girl guide, and never been skiing. The big family outing was driving an hour away to shop in a different mall once or twice a year.
It was enough. I was enough.
I was privileged enough to have a bed to sleep in, friends who cared, family who fed me and loved me in the ways they knew how, and to be in a good school district. I acknowledge this. I also acknowledge that life could have gone very, very differently. My parents were high school graduates, and my father returned to school for a post-secondary education after a number of lay-offs. I worked hard because I knew there was no one else to count on if I didn't.
Perhaps that's my privilege.
Besides talking about goals, frugality, family, and alternate ways to make things happen, the book makes the reader think. It's possible that anyone could strive for the same kinds of goals, and I know that it created a discussion or three with my partner. He was raised in a similar income bracket, but he had more measurable privilege than I did. The home was more stable, employment was stable, and above all, his mother taught them about having enough.
We have so much, and we forget to acknowledge that it's enough. When we have the basics, we can look forward, and create goals and have dreams. The book encouraged me to ask my partner where he saw us living in the future. While I do not have a dream of owning a homestead or living in the woods, I dream of a small home on water, where the winters are held off and tropical trees have a chance to flourish. This magical place is likely in British Columbia. I am nervous to go there in case I do not come home.
We have enough.
We have enough. We have each other, a roof, food in our cupboards, and jobs that pay us enough. It will never be a "banker's" salary, and we will likely not see a high income, but together, we have as much as anyone could ask for, and that's enough privilege for me. Thanks to the book, we have a goal that we will work towards together, for one day we will wake up and have coffee on our deck, overlooking the water and the mountains, and know that anything is possible, privileged or not.


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This weekend marks the beginning of the annual Southern California Quilter's Run. Every year, quilt shops around the southern California area open up and participate in this fun shop hop.
We discovered it two years ago and have been participating ever since. We have our pins and we get a new bar every year. There are plans and plots and snacks mades for the long hauls across Los Angeles, out to Palm Desert, and down to San Diego.
This year the theme is California's Camping and each shop plays off the theme in their own way. Some of these shops go all out and really do a great job. We can't wait to see what's in store for us!
At each stop we'll get a stamp in our card and some piece to a quilt that can be made from the parts gathered at each shop. Last year we received letters to be appliquéd and the year before we received a fat quarter with a block pattern.
To kick off this year, we're going to the Orange Quilt Bee on July 14th at 3:00 to hold a meet and greet with a few other local quilters. Because the run is so large and covers a lot of mileage, it can be hard to bump into people you know so we wanted to set up a time and place to meet with other runners!
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Beginning on Saturday, we plan to head out early to reach some of the furthest stops, one being the Quilt Emporium in Woodland Hills. That entire day will be spent on the road collecting stamps and game pieces. We'll end at The Quilt Cupboard in Placentia.
Day two will see us on the road early to reach Palm Desert for our first stop at Monica's Quilt and Bead Creations and ending up at the Orange Quilt Bee in Orange.
Once we get our first weekend under our belts, we'll post again to share what our last leg of our trip looks like. If you want to see our antics as we race around from shop to shop, make sure you've liked @hobbiesuptohere on Instagram to see our posts at each shop.
And if you want to reminisce with us and see what past years were like, check out our YouTube channel for our SoCal Quilter's Run playlist. We try to vlog as much as possible while we're on the move!
Lastly, if you are local and running the Quilter's Run yourself, keep an eye out for us! We'll be sporting our Hobbies Up To Here shirts proudly and we'll always be ready to stop for a hug and a chat!
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A coastal village in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, Ammapattinam has seven mosques including the Nahjath mosque. Known in the neighbouring villages for being a secluded place, Ammapattinam is predominantly populated with orthodox Muslims who live in piety and harmony. Being a coastal town the beach in the region has a lighthouse that is also a popular leisure destination among the locals.
Places to Stay
While there are not many options for accommodation available at Ammapattinam, travellers can find affordable accommodation at nearby Pudukkottai. Places like Hotel Royal Park and Hotel Pandian offer rooms from Rs.500 onwards.
The annual festivals like Pongal, Diwali, Navrathri are celebrated with great zest.
Telugu is the Local Language here.
Places to Visit
The ancient fort at Aranthangi is a popular tourist destination
How to Get There
The nearest airport is at Tanjore (78kms).
The nearest railway station is at Aranthangi.
Ambajipeta Bus Stand runs regular bus service that connects the place to neighbouring towns. Private bus operators like Universal Travels run regular buses to and from the village. TicketGoose.com, a leading Online Bus Ticket Booking Service, provides low price, high quality options for bus travellers. The online bus ticket booking facility at Ticketgoose.com can save you a lot of time and energy.
Chennai, formally called Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It is situated on the south eastern coast of India, which is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal. Traditional music and dance forms are the most popular in the city. In comparison to the hectic life of other cities like Mumbai and Delhi, Chennai tops the list of cities that is famous for its history, culture and tradition.
Budget Hotels in Chennai
There are several star rated and budget hotels in Chennai. Some of them are Mallika Residency (Tariff – Rs 350), Raj Residency (Tariff – Rs.900), Samco Hotel (Tariff – Rs 1725) and Hotel The Orchid Inns (Tariff – Rs.1265).
The official language of Chennai is Tamil . The languages spoken by others who have made Chennai their home include Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Telugu.
Events in Chennai
Pongal (January), Natyanjali Dance Festivals (February) and Ganesh Chaturthi (August) are important festivals of this metropolis.
Places to See in Chennai
Travelers can take pleasure in exploring the historical spots and major landmarks of the city. They areMarina Beach(15kms from bus stand), Crocodile Park (1.7kms from nearest bus stand), Elliot's Beach(7kms from bus stand), Parthasarathy Temple(2km from bus stand), Kapaleeswarar Temple(1.2km from bus stand), Ashtalakshmi Temple(2kms from Besant Nagar bus stand), andThousand Lights mosque(2.5km from Cathedral bus stand).
How to Get There
Chennai International Airport is located along Meenambakkam and Tirusulam, 7 km from the south of Chennai.
Chennai Central also fondly called Madras Central is a major railway hub in the city. It is positioned right adjacent to the headquarters of the Southern Railway, as well as the Ripon Building. The other busy railway terminus includes Chennai Egmore and Tambaram.
Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus or CMBT is a major hub of activity that is located Koyambedu. Some of the best bus operators that offer exceptional experience for passengers include Palraj bus operator, Wahaan Tours & bus operator and KNP Tours bus operator. Log on to bus ticket online booking sites like Ticketgoose and book your tickets without any hassle.


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8 Serene acres surround this recently renovated farm house. Loads of outdoor spaces to reflex and reflect. Beautiful stocked pond For catch and release fishing, walking trails, and butterfly gardens for a relaxing place to set and take in the scenery. Each guest suite has a Private entrance from the outside and private luxury bath. They are Furnished with queen pillow top beds with lots of comfy luxury linens And quilts. Guests can enjoy the private deck and hot tub, and will receive an in-room massage when they purchase the "Relaxation" Package. A full country breakfast is served each morning, which is made from whole fresh ingredients. We offer fresh free-range eggs from our own Flock of laying hens, who share their barnyard with three friendly Miniature goats. We source other fresh ingredients from our small Veggie/herb gardens and our local farmers market. Guests may also Request a gourmet picnic basket when they purchase the Weekend "Get-A-Way Package.
Meadow View Farm Bed & Breakfast
Innkeeper(s): Terry & Julie Brumley
Address: 3501 Hwy 305 South, Hernando, MS 38632
Region: Hills Region
Local Phone: (901) 289-4677
Rate Range: $99 - $150
Types of Payment Accepted: Cash, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover
Types of Rooms: Rooms, Suites
Number of Rooms: 4
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Title: Weekend get-a-way
Category: Ongoing
$269 – includes: two nights lodging, gourmet Picnic and full country breakfast each morning.
Property Amenities:
- Child Friendly
- Private Bathrooms
- Air Conditioning
- Pet Friendly
- Fireplace
- Whirlpool / Jacuzzi Tubs
- High Speed Internet
- Weddings / Events
- Meeting / Conference Area
Business Friendly Amenities:
- Desk in Room
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Learning To Be In Relationship With Ourselves
June 19, 2010 by Deborah Calla
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I do understand the longing of being in a relationship or being part of a family. I have lived away from home since I'm eighteen years old and am now a widow.
I do know we no longer need each other to fight dinosaurs or keep guard at the entrance of a cavern, but we do need each other for companionship and to love and be loved.
I also know the most intimate of all relationships is the one we have with ourselves.


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Poland <-> Ísland. Seriously?
Polish-Icelandic artistic project "Ultima Thule – at the end of the world"
Weronika Trojańska
On medieval-age maps, Ultima Thule was the label used to denote any distant place located beyond known borders – a distant unknown region, the extreme limit of travel and discovery. "Ultima Thule – at the end of the world" is also the title of a Polish–Icelandic art project promoting cultural diversity through the exchange of film screenings, music and meetings – all by means of audio-visual events.
The project is being carried out by The National Film Archive in Warsaw and The Reykjavik Film Academy. Inaugurated in Reykjavik in November 2015 with a review of the heritage of Polish cinematography, the festival moved from Gdańsk (February 12 – 24, 2016) to Poznań (February 25 – March 8, 2016), and then to Warsaw (March 9 – 20, 2016). I had the opportunity to participate in some events held at the New Palace Cinema in the Castle Cultural Centre in Poznań, and I also got the chance to get to know Iceland a little better.
Opening ceremony in Poznań
Over the last few years, Polish audiences have seen such films as "101 Reykjavik" and "Noi Albinoi", and recently – "Hrass í Oss" and "Fúsi", all of which make for a nice introduction to the unique atmosphere and outstanding message coming from the young and developing world of Icelandic cinema. It is no wonder that the central role in "Ultima Thule – at the end of the world" has been given to the film festival, around which other events (concerts, lectures, and masterclasses) take place. The aim of the film review is to make Icelanders and Poles better understand each other through films that describe their respective cultures. Its program consists of more than twenty Icelandic movies, including those made by directors such as: Árni Ásgeirsson, Ragnar Bragason, Róbert I. Douglas, Ólafur de Fleur Jóhannesson, Rúnar Rúnarsson, and Marteinn Thorsson, among others.
Everything began with a love for Iceland. A personal touch is very present in the project, and not only because of the fact that its scale is not pompous and overwhelming like in most cases of big cultural events or film reviews. Here, the personal feeling is more because of the general atmosphere, which remains warm and friendly in spite of the coldness invoked from showing images and weather conditions as they are outside of the theater. The selection of movies seems very personal as well, as if they have been chosen by someone who would like to share his or her favorite films with others. Indeed, the choice of films was made on a basis other than just "the best Icelandic movies" or "new Icelandic cinema". Instead, the selection process was approached with the question of emotions in mind (which is particularly interesting as both the Polish and Icelandic nations are believed to be not all that effusive in terms of showing their feelings). What makes us laugh? What are we afraid of? What are the things that we miss?
The "Ultima Thule"-team took upon the task of looking for the answers to these questions in movies – in an effort to try and create mutual portraits of Poles and Icelanders. It's a great opportunity to learn more about both cultures, and thus gain a better understanding of each other – not least because Poles are the largest national minority on the small Scandinavian island. On the project's website, the informative section explains: "Ultima Thule – at the end of the world" is an investigative search for the cultural diversity found in Nordic Iceland, situated between America and Europe, and Slavic Poland, located in Mid-Central Europe. It asks: "Is it possible to find equivalents in these two heterogeneous worlds?" Well, is it?
After seeing a bunch of Icelandic movies and participating in a couple of events, I would say that it seems that there are more similarities than I initially would have thought. One of them, and which is often present for me, is a gloomy tone and an overwhelming feeling of longing. What is most interesting about this is that the foundations for these convergences are totally different for each country. In the case of Icelanders, this peculiar melancholia is mostly a result of the hermetic isolation of being on an island; in Poland, it is a consequence of a traumatic history and a dissatisfaction with post-socialist reality. Both countries often portray dysfunctions in their respective states, as in "XL" (2013), a movie by Marteinn Throrsson. The film depicts a dreadful world as a commentary on the social elites of Iceland, a world to which the main character – who is an alcoholic, sex-addicted politician – belongs. Ólafur de Fleur Jóhannesson presents a similar downfall in his detective movie "City State"/"Borgríki" (2011), the agenda of which contains corruption, revenge, prostitution and gang warfare. Both Iceland and Poland often try to turn these kinds of images into a joke, although we, Poles, appear more reserved and absurd, while the black humor of Icelandic pictures seems to be closer to that of the Czechs' nonsensical comicality. Icelanders definitely have a more distanced approach to issues such as religion (Guðnẏ Halldórsdóttir's "Under the Glacier"/"Kristnihald undir Jökli" (1989) is a good example), and the traditional model of a family is not always a priority.
After spending so many hours with Icelandic film characters, I would say that they have quite complex personalities. Many of them are often unable to enter adulthood (like in Róbert I. Douglas's "The Icelandic Dream"/"Íslenski draumurinn", in which the fascinated-with-football Toti, despite being over thirty years old, cannot cope with everyday reality), leading to complicated relationships and broken families (Ragnar Bragason's "Parents"/"Foreldrar", Reynir Oddsson's "Murder Story"/Morðsaga", and "Life in a Fishbowl"/"Vonarstræti", by Baldvin Zophoniasson), or stints in detention centers (Halldórsdóttir's "Quiet Storm"/"Veðramót"). Despite the gloominess of daily life, they often live in their own imaginary worlds. Like Kali – a boy from Ari Kristinsson's movie "No Network"/"Duggholufólkið" (2007) – who gets most of his life experience from screens: television shows, movies and computers; or the above-mentioned Toti. Toti has a utopian dream of creating a powerful business based on cigarettes smuggled from Bulgaria, and his wholehearted devotion to a fictitious football team overshadows the problems he has in relationships with his girlfriend and daughter, the latter being brought up only by her mother.
These movies show contemporary myths, ones in which tales about Vikings and elves have been displaced by modern-day problems and occurrences. I have never been to Iceland (as probably most Poles have not), and I know it only through images and stories. Iceland is commonly associated with its breathtaking nature – volcanoes, geysers and the aurora borealis. We all know the stories about Vikings, the tales of elves and, obviously – Björk – Iceland's most celebrated musician. But how does this really refer to everyday life in Iceland? When trying to understand Icelandic culture, it is important to understand the national psychology. "The psyche of Iceland is about wanting to be acknowledged", said writer Andri Snær Magnason[1]. "It isn't superior, it wasn't Viking mentality, it was to be recognized as on par with anything abroad".
One of the focal points of the event in Poznań turned out to be a showing of the award-winning "Volcano"/"Eldfjall" (2011), by Rúnar Rúnarsson, and the post-screening discussion with the director. The movie is undoubtedly very emotional. Hannes retires from his job as a janitor and is now confronted with the family that he had neglected over the years. When his wife becomes ill, he tries to reconcile with his children and atone for his cold bearing in the past. The plot raises not only the issue of generational conflict, which is often present in Icelandic art, but most of all, it talks about the important and difficult issue of euthanasia. Rúnarsson's feature-length debut approaches this subject without didacticism, and in a context that is naturalistic but also poetic.
Some people may see some similarities to "Amour", the last movie by Michel Haneke (although Rúnnar Rúnarsson's movie was made before Haneke's production). Both strike affecting chords for anyone who has dealt with a partner or an elderly parent's illness and the painful decisions that arise from it. Someone in the audience even asked a question about the similarity of the two films, to which Rúnarsson commented: "Please ask him". I remember watching "Amour" in a small cinema. The movie theater was mostly occupied by elderly couples. Some of them spent the majority of the film's running-time crying; the rest just left. In contrast, the attitude of the older viewers of "Volcano" seemed more exceptional – they responded to the movie with great enthusiasm: "It's a masterpiece! Thank you!".
Screening with life music. Photo: Jacek Łagowski
Overall, I was quite surprised by the movies that I saw in terms of their lack of scenic landscapes – something that is so significant for us, and strongly associated with the Nordic countries. Many of the scenes take place in the suburbs of Reykjavik, often in blocks of flats in which the main characters live (the post-socialistic equivalent is also very characteristic of the scenery used in Polish cinematography), or else the action takes place on the sea (on a fishing boat, to be precise). It seems like the place of nature has been taken over by music, which plays a very significant role in Icelandic culture. Its presence often turns out to be as vivid as the existence of the main characters. Much has been also written about how Iceland's landscape infuses its music. Therefore, "Ultima Thule" could not do without a music program, one which included "inter alia", a project by Efter/Sóley/Asikids (initiated by the Danish group Efterklang): children from Polish music schools were invited to play accompaniments to video clips recorded by the Icelandic artist Sóley.
The last day of the festival in Poznań belonged to the musical feast offered up by SHOFAR (Mikołaj Trzaska, Raphael Rogiński and Macio Moretti), who with live, improvised music accompanied the first known Icelandic documentary filmed about the country – "Ísland í lifandi myndum" (1925). This silent moving picture, made by photographer Loftur Guðmundsson, focuses on herring fishing and the commercial life of the docks. There was no doubt that the performance by the trio of Polish musicians was outstanding, even making the endless scenes of fishing and fish-gutting beautiful to behold.
During his masterclass, Rúnar Rúnarsson said that the power of a good movie lies in the moment when you forget that you are watching a film. "Ultima Thule – at the end of the world" gives its audience a virtual trip to Iceland, a mental journey that delivers emotions which immediately go deep inside one's self – right down to the soul, and proves that Icelandic culture (and cinema, in particular) can be both seductive and addictive. Prof. Tadeusz Konwicki, Head of The National Film Archive in Warsaw, said: "The end of the world is relative – it depends on the point of view. It may actually become the beginning of understanding…". ultima-thule.pl


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S: July 2011
BC: Summer 2011
1: Audubon Park Zoo
2: Summer is finally here!
3: "It's a beautiful day, don't let it get away."
4: Summertime!
6: Summertime!
21: "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken" - James Dent
24: "Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone."
28: Can never take too many pictures! I love summer!
29: Soaking up the sun!


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Listing of the Day
Location: New York City Price: $10.7 million
Now that the "whisper listing" of this East 64th Street postmodern townhouse has gone public, there's a lot to be said.
It was designed in the mid-1980s by Diana Agrest and Mario Gandelsonas, one of New York's most renowned teams of architects, who had quite a tall order to fill. First, the house is located on a landmarked block in a notoriously difficult neighborhood for renovations.
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Says listing agent Thomas DiDomenico of the designers' undertaking: "They really had to jump through all sorts of hoops and hurdles. It's difficult on the Upper East Side to get any postmodern architecture green-lighted—even today. But especially back in the '80s, it was an arduous process, and only really top architects would get their projects approved in a neighborhood committed to preserving its values and aesthetic style."
The second difficulty was due to the divergent styles of the two buildings on either side of the home. Postmodern architecture as a whole celebrated the collision of various aesthetics, but this townhouse had the additional duty of serving as a stylistic bridge between its two adjacent neighbors. The designers weren't stuck between a rock and a hard place, exactly, but rather a Gothic church (Central Presbyterian) and a Philip Johnson glass structure (the modernist Asia House)—"almost opposing" in looks, as Ms. Agrest once said of the two buildings.
While on most landmarked blocks, townhouse façades are untouchable, Ms. Agrest and Mr. Gandelsonas were able to get the ordinance to do so, and the result is a beautifully bowed convex front made of limestone.
Also unique to the design is how the traditional townhouse interior, in this case, has been flipped on its head: Instead of the private living spaces occupying the highest floors of the home, here they are concentrated on the lower floors, while the upper stories have been transformed into entertaining spaces intended for large parties. But the private domains can be easily bypassed by visitors thanks to a high-speed elevator installed during the redesign.
More: A Modern House in the Hamptons—Sun-Drenched, With Ocean Views
The postmodern blending of old and new is enacted on a smaller scale, too, in remaining details such as the four original fireplaces and mantles, which were all restored and reinstalled, as well as the many sconces throughout the home leftover from its former incarnation.
The success of Ms. Agrest and Mr. Gandelsonas' vision has paid off, decades later. While the house itself has not been landmarked, there are dedicated postmodernist enthusiasts who might be working to change that. It was listed as one of the most important structures in New York on Metropolis Magazine's November 2014 article entitled "Postmodern Watch-List," alongside some of the most famous constructions in the city—the Sony Tower, the Bergdorf Goodman Façade, the Frick Collection pavilion, just to name a few.
In the article, Ms. Agrest is quoted as saying that she and Mr. Gandelsonas "didn't want to replicate a historic building." Instead, it appears they have successfully created their own.
As Mr. DiDomenico notes, the story of 110 East 64th Street is thus also the story "of how postmodern architecture came to be highly respected in its own right today."
The Stats
The six-story townhouse has four bedrooms (with an additional sitting room that could function as a bedroom), five full bathrooms, and three partial bathrooms. It spans 6,300 square feet.
High-speed elevator; four wood-burning fireplaces.
Agents: Thomas DiDomenico, Mike Fabbri and Scott Francis of Corcoran Group
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Adoptable pets
Looking for a pet to adopt?
Use this search page to view the animals available for adoption at the Marion County Animal Center. The typical adoption fee for dogs and cats is $50, which includes the spay/neuter surgery, vaccines, county license and microchip.
We have an ongoing adoption special in which the second adoption (of the same species) is reduced to $25 if both animals are going to the same household.
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Please note that animals in the adoption wings do not have set time limits. They generally can remain available for adoption as long as they are healthy and friendly, or until they find homes.
Due to the need for Animal Services to place animals in a timely manner, the shelter will not hold or reserve animals or take requests from residents for animals listed on our online kennel. Rescue groups are asked to help us by taking animals that have special needs or may be otherwise difficult to place. If your rescue group would like to work with our agency, please email us to start the process!
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Introducing Microsoft® VisualStudio® LightSwitch™
This morning at VSLive! 2010 in Redmond, Microsoft announced a new developer offering: Microsoft VisualStudio LightSwitch (previously codenamed 'Kitty Hawk'). LightSwitch is the newest member of the Visual Studio product family, and it will also be available as part of Visual Studio Professional and above. Its core mission is to simplify the development of the majority of line-of-business applications, which typically consist of forms + data, but do so by leveraging the robustness of the .NET Framework, including Silverlight, Entity Framework, WCF RIA services, LINQ, Office integration and more.
In the vein of Visual Basic and PowerBuilder, LightSwitch is a rapid application development tool that aims to remove a lot of the 'plumbing' work via application shells and screen templates to allow you to concentrate on the core business logic and value proposition of your own application, but at the point when you need to tinker under the hood, you can do so by opening your LightSwitch application in the 'full' version of Visual Studio. Furthermore, deployment is simplified in that applications built with LightSwitch (which are at the core Silverlight applications) can be deployed to the client, browser, and even Windows Azure (post-beta).
The Beta 1 download will be available on August 23rd to MSDN Subscribers, with general availability to follow; release is scheduled for 2011. That means there's still a couple of weeks before you can start playing around with LightSwitch. In the interim, here's a few pointers to more information to get you up to Light(Switch) speed.
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Officials from the defence ministry have declined to reveal the number of Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers, instead asking legislators to approve an extra 22 billion Shillings for food.
Members of Parliament sitting on parliament's budget committee had asked for the force number to determine the food consumption per capita of each UPDF soldier. But the defence Permanent Secretary (PS) Rosette Byengoma said matters relating to the number of the force are confidential and classified.
Her response left the MPs confused as to how they can budget for a force number they do not know.
At this point, budget committee chairperson Amos Lugoloobi appealed to the Ministry of Defence officials led by state minister Col. Charles Okello Engola to be considerate of the small resource envelope when budgeting for items like food which he said takes a huge sum of money.
Lugoolobi appealed to officials from the ministry to come up with innovative ways of trying to lower the cost of feeding soldiers.
According to the PS Byengoma, the ministry was in the financial year 2016/2017 allocated a total food budget of 35.9 billion Shillings against the required 68.6 billion Shillings hence a short fall of 32.7 billion Shillings.
She noted that only 22 billion Shillings was given for supplementary budget still leaving a gap of 10.7 billion Shillings of unpaid food bills that her ministry is going to cross over with in the coming 2017/2018 financial year budget.
Byengoma mentioned increase in the number of soldiers due to recruitment and increase of food prices as causes for the shortfall. She said that beans are bought between the range of 2450 to 3000 Shillings per kilogramme while a kilogramme of posho is bought at between 2,100 and 2,800 Shillings.
Byengoma further noted that her ministry purchases a kilogramme of rice at between 4,000 to 4,500 Shillings while a kilogramme of Sugar ranges between 3,900 to 6,000 Shillings.
Lugoloobi, the Ntenjeru North MP noted that prices at which the ministry purchases food items is a matter of concern saying that a wholesale buyer cannot purchase goods at a retail price.
Kachumbala County MP Patrick Isiagi noted that the country is relatively peaceful and that the defence ministry should recruit less than those retiring so that the budget is not strained.
According to the defence ministry, the item of feeding caters for troops in operations, troops in units across the country, soldiers in training schools, personnel on recruitment exercise, patients, and soldiers participating on different ceremonies among others.


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Saskatoon Blades @ Swift Current Broncos
Tonight's game is the fifth of eight regular season meetings this season between the Saskatoon Blades (32-9-0-2) and the Swift Current Broncos (22-23-0-1). The Blades have won 3 out of the first 4 meetings, but it was the Broncos who were victorious in the most recent game between these two clubs by a score of 4-2 back January 2nd. This game is the 2nd of 5 times that the Blades and Broncos will meet in January. These same two clubs meet again tomorrow night in Saskatoon for the back end of this weekend home and home series.
Josh Nicholls leads the Blades scoring attack against the Broncos, having collected 7 points (4G 3A) in the 4 games vs. Swift Current this season. Following closely behind Nicholls are defensive partners Duncan Siemens (1G 5A = 6pts) and Stefan Elliott (2G 3A = 5pts) who have combined for 11 points and a +11 rating vs. the Broncos this season. For Swift Current, Justin Dowling has picked up 4 points (1G 3A) in the 4 games vs. the Blades this season.
Blades Last Game
It was the Matt Hewitt Show Wednesday as Regina's rookie goaltender stopped 59 of 62 shots through overtime and the Pats out-lasted the Saskatoon Blades 4-3 in a shootout. The shot tally was 62-33 in favour of the Bridge City Bunch, who never led in the game, but managed a point in the standings when Marek Viedensky scored a power play goal with 5:55 remaining in the third period. The Blades had a great chance to win in overtime when Regina forward Shayne Neigum drilled Saskatoon defenceman Teigan Zahn into the boards from behind...but they couldn't score on the 4-on-3 power play over the final 2:46 of the extra period. Lukas Sutter and Stefan Elliott had the other goals for the 32-9-2 Blades who got shootout goals from Jake Trask and Viedensky...but Pats' captain Garrett Mitchell ended the game by beating Adam Morrison in the fourth round.
Blades Banter
- On Wednesday, the Canadian Hockey League announced the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings for week 16 of the 2010-11 season. The Saskatoon Blades have been ranked 3rd this week, up one spot from lat week's rankings. The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League's Top 10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.
- The Blades have recalled Tanner Sohn for tonight's game vs. Swift Current. Sohn was re-acquired by the Blades on Monday's WHL trade deadline from the Vancouver Giants.
- On Monday the WHL announced that Stefan Elliott was named the WHL Player of the Week for the week ending January 9th. Elliott received the honours after picking up 6 points, scoring two goals and four assists to go with a +7 rating, in two games over the past week, helping the Blades to a 2-0-0-0 record in that span. Stefan Elliott is the 2nd Blade to receive the Player of the Week this season as Darian Dziurzynski also received the honour back in October.
By The Numbers
- Stefan Elliott continues to top the league rankings in numerous categories this season. Elliott is currently ranked 1st overall in the WHL in: Points by a defenseman with 48, Goals by a defenseman with 19, Plus/Minus with a +33 mark, and GWG with 9. Elliott also enters tonight's game riding a 7 game point streak which has seen him collect 5 goals and 9 assists over that time.
- The Saskatoon Blades have outshot their opponents in 29 of 43 games played this year and have posted a record of 24-3-0-2 when they do so. In their last 3 games played, the Blades have unloaded 152 shots on opposing netminders, including a 62 shot barrage against Regina on Wednesday.
- Marek Viedensky is on a modest 4 game point streak. During that time, the 20 year old San Jose Sharks prospect, has picked up 3 goals and 3 assists.
- The Blades enter tonight's game with 2nd best road winning percentage in the league at 63.0%. The Blades 14-8-0-1 record away from the CUC is good for 29 points in the standings which is tied for the league lead with Kootenay.


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If you do have an infection, the jewelry should be left in the piercing to allow for drainage of pus. If the jewelry is removed, the holes can close up, resulting in an abscess. LEAVE YOUR JEWELRY IN!
Don't use alcohol, peroxide, Betadine or Hibiclens as they are overly strong and drying which can hinder healing.
- Don't apply any ointment such as Bacitracin, Neosporin or any triple antibiotic ointment on your piercing. These prevent oxygen from reaching the wound and form a sticky residue which can cause complications. They are not designed for use on healing piercings.
- Don't over clean. Cleaning more often than once or twice a day is NOT better. This can delay your healing and irritate your piercing.
- Don't use too many different products; select and use only one cleaning solution (such as Provon or Satin) plus sea salt.
- Avoid oral contact, rough play, and contact with others' bodily fluids on or near your piercing during healing.
- Don't use band-aids on a healing piercing, they limit air circulation and the adhesive can irritate the area.
- Wash your hands prior to contact on or near the area of your healing piercing!
- Leave the piercing alone except for when you are cleaning it. It is not necessary or advisable to rotate the ring while healing except during cleanings.
- Leave the starter jewelry in during the entire minimum initial healing time! (Assuming your initial jewelry is appropriate in terms of metal content, style, and size. Inappropriate jewelry should be changed out by a professional.) Those with captive-style rings or barbells (straight, bent, or circular) can change the bead portion of the jewelry at any time.
- Check twice daily with clean hands to make sure the balls are screwed on tight on threaded jewelry such as barbells. Both balls tighten to the right.
- If you like your piercing leave jewelry in at all times. Even old, well-healed piercings can shrink or close in minutes after having been there for years! This varies from person to person, and even if your ear lobe piercings stay open without jewelry, your body piercing may not! Contact your piercer if your jewelry must be temporarily removed (such as for a medical procedure). Monofilament nylon or another inert metallic substance may be able to be inserted to maintain the piercing until jewelry can be reinserted.
- Make sure your bedding is clean and changed frequently while you are healing, especially if pets get into your bed.
- Wear clean, comfortable, breathable fabric clothing in the area of a body piercing.
- A multi-vitamin mineral supplement containing zinc and vitamin C may help boost your body's healing abilities. Take it with your morning meal according to package instructions.
- Get enough sleep, eat a nutritious diet, and avoid undue stress, recreational drugs, and alcohol consumption. The healthier your lifestyle, the easier it will be for your piercing to heal.
- Showering is safer than taking a bath, as bath tubs tend to harbor bacteria. To bathe safely, clean your tub with a bleach product before each bath, and rinse the tub before you fill it. Also, be sure to do a running water rinse on your piercing when you are done in the tub.
- In the event that the piercing drains a thick pus discharge instead of the normal liquid secretion, you may wish to see a doctor.
• Avoid tight, cinching belts and waistbands and inflexible clothing on the area during healing.
• A hard, vented eye patch (sold at pharmacies) can be applied under tight clothing (such as nylon stockings) or secured using a length of ace bandage around the body (to avoid irritation from the adhesive). This can protect the area from restrictive clothing, excess irritation, and impact during physical activities such as contact sports.


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Series: Air Awakens #2
Published by Silver Wing Press on November 19th 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Fantasy & Magic
Pages: 378
Format: Paperback
Source: Free for Review
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SoldierÂ… SorcererÂ… SaviorÂ… Who is Vhalla Yarl?
Vhalla Yarl marches to war as property of the Solaris Empire. The Emperor counts on her to bring victory, the Senate counts on her death, and the only thing Vhalla can count on is the fight of her life. As she grapples with the ghosts of her past, new challenges in the present threaten to shatter the remnants of her fragile sanity. Will she maintain her humanity? Or will she truly become the EmpireÂ's monster?
Fire Falling is the second book in the Air Awakens Series.
I'm thrilled to be a part of the Fire Falling Release Tour today! I absolutely loved Air Awakens, so when it came to starting Fire Falling, I was a little hesitant. Its always a little intimidating, when you aren't sure if you will like the next book in a series as much as you liked the first one. Of course, there is always  uncertainty, but it definitely feels heavier when you love the first book.
I started Air Awakens right before I went to bed one night and I stayed up way too late reading it. When I picked up Fire Falling, I was worried I was making exactly the same mistake. It's just as easy to read as Air Awakens and it has the same beautiful flow. However, I was a little disappointed in the first 50 pages. Vhalla is very upset after the events in the first book and is still reeling. 50 pages into Fire Falling, it had a much different and more serious feeling than I had expected. At that point, I wasn't hooked the way I was in Air Awakens, so I shrugged, closed the book and went to sleep early.
The next morning, I got up early and picked Fire Falling back up. I just expected to read for a few minutes and the go on with my day. Imagine my surprise when suddenly everything in the book blew up. Starting it that morning was a huge mistake! I didn't want to put it down and I was almost late for work. This doesn't happen often, because I'm extremely cautious about reading before work in the morning.. So saying I was almost late for this book is a huge compliment. It means I broke my personal rule of NO READING cause I simply couldn't resist trying to read another chapter…. or six.
Yes. Fire Falling has a more serious feel than Air Awakens, but they are dealing with more serious issues. The tone lends credence to what is happening in the novel. Vhalla has been sent off to war. Suddenly she isn't the carefree library scholar that she was. Everything she has known has been torn away from her. The shift in the writing suits that. It really emphasizes the growth and character development than Vhalla is going through over the course of the book. Everything's changing for her. Is she strong enough to change with it?
If you only start one new series this year, choose Air Awakens. You want to be ready for when Earth's End comes out in February. Missing it would be a tragedy. Friend's don't let friend's miss out on a book this good.
 Elise Kova has always had a passion for storytelling. She wrote her first novella, a high-fantasy, in sixth grade. Over the years she's honed her love of literature with everything from fantasy to romance, science fiction to mystery, and whatever else catches her eye.
Elise lives in Saint Petersburg, Florida, where she's currently working on the next installment in her debut YA fantasy series: Air Awakens. She enjoys video games, anime, table-top role playing games, and many other forms of "geekdom." She loves talking with fans on Twitter (@EliseKova) and Facebook (/AuthorEliseKova). Visit her website, EliseKova.com/, for news and extras about her books!


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The nature of the modern learner makes the rise of learning management software the best fit for efficient employee training. Companies that embrace platforms for delivering online learning content understand the current trends in learning. Classroom teaching takes a one size fits all approach, whereas learning management systems software tailors a custom approach. With an online platform, learners can digest course content at any time from any location. Allowing the learner to control the pace that they learn has been shown to increase retention and engagement.
For administrators, learning mangement systems software offers insights into individual training performance that traditional learning techniques couldn't. Administrators can create a custom learning path with unique content catered to several different roles. This allows for a more focused learning environment that feels more personal.
Investing in learning management systems software can reduce the amount of time that it takes to make your employees productive. You'll also have more insight into learning gaps and be able to be proactive in addressing these. TOPYX is a learning management solution that is great for large, complex organizations to train employees at scale. A quick assessment of your employee training needs can determine if TOPYX is a good fit for your company.


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The strength & conditioning industry today is saturated with gimmicks and devices offering unsubstantiated claims of extraordinary results. I have made it my career to seek, and implement, scientifically proven training principles and protocols to increase your performance and keep you healthy! I believe in quality over quantity, ensuring proper technique is always used, in order to keep you healthy and achieve optimal results. I will always have a 'why' for the exercises I prescribe, rather than simply prescribing exercises or programs to make you feel tired and fill time.
I have experience working with athletes from the elite youth athlete, to the NCAA Division 1, CIS,National, and Professional Level athlete in sports such as basketball, triathlon, soccer, swimming, rugby, hockey, track & field, rowing, and karate. Currently, on top of seeing individuals & groups, I am working as the strength & conditioning coach for West Point Grey Academy. As well, I've had the great opportunity to participate in the fitness testing for the Vancouver Canucks and their prospects for the past 3 seasons. I also greatly enjoy working with clients looking to become more educated on how to feel, move, and look better.
To achieve your goals, it will be very important for you to successfully implement the strategies learned here outside of your time spent with me. This may be in the form of spending more time in the gym on your own, stretching or doing your corrective exercises more frequently, or paying more attention to your nutritional habits. It is my aim to help you along during this oftentimes tough process.