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Top Schools for Master's in Human Resources in the UKCreate Account
The UK offers plenty of great schools where students can obtain a Master's in Human Resources, or more specifically, a Master's in Human Resource Management. Full-time students tend to finish in one year, with the process taking two years for many part-time students. The UK is immensely popular with students due to its cultural opportunities, sense of tradition and multiculturalism, and it is a natural choice for a student of human resources.
What is a Master's in Human Resources?
A Master's in Human Resources programme usually requires that a student have a Bachelor's degree in a social sciences field, and to study in the UK, you must meet English-language requirements. This degree at the Master's level is geared toward students who aim for senior careers in human resources.
Although human resources programmes at each university vary, there are common features. For instance, you should expect:
- Courses on business leadership skills, research, employment law, global talent, gender and equality, and organisational behavior.
- Required and elective courses (elective courses allow you to customise areas of study).
- Opportunity for real-life work experience.
- Faculty members who are experts in their fields.
- Assessments such as papers, presentations, logs and examinations.
- Dissertation.
It is important to check with each individual programme you are considering for factors such as time tables, specific courses and entry requirements.
What Are the Benefits of Getting a Master's in Human Resources in the UK?
There are many advantages to getting a Master's in Human Resources in the UK. For example, many of the principles can be applied to countries worldwide (diversity management, gender, equality, training and development, etc.). At the same time, if continuing a career in the UK particularly interests you, you will gain insight into UK-specific areas such as employment law. Here are a few other reasons to pursue getting a Master's in the UK:
- Top-notch schools such as the University of Birmingham, the University of York, Leeds University, the University of Surrey and the University of Edinburgh.
- Countries including Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England.
- Diverse UK culture.
- Immersion into global and UK business scene.
- Expert faculty members.
- Increased opportunities for salary raises and more responsibility at work.
By studying in the UK, you are in a good place to further your career goals both in the UK and abroad.
What Kind of Career Can You Expect with a Master's in Human Resources?
A Master's in Human Resources can lead to many careers. Some job titles are:
- Human Resources Development Generalist.
- Program Designer.
- Curriculum Designer.
- Corporate Learning Specialist.
- Human Resources Development Specialist.
- Program Evaluator.
- E-Learning Coordinator.
Of course, there are many more potential career paths; the above list is a mere sampling. Here is a closer look at two of the possible careers.
An e-learning coordinator, also called an e-learning specialist, works to optimise online learning programs for a wide range of businesses, universities and governmental agencies. Such a person might make course recommendations and tailor programs to best fit the needs of the particular client or employer. These coordinators or specialists also identify training needs or training gaps.
A human resources development generalist may work in areas such as payroll, benefits, training, hiring, employment law or employee relations. It is possible to work in multiple areas at the same time, particularly for smaller employers. The employee relations aspect often consists of:
- Developing hiring processes at all levels, including those for temporary workers.
- Conducting exit interviews.
- Handling internship programs.
- Working in areas such as employee relocation and immigration.
Working in recruitment could lead to tasks such as attending career fairs, understanding and clarifying company culture, developing a website and running an ongoing blog. Meanwhile, administering compensation programs could entail tracking job performance reviews, checking for compliance with internal salary raise processes and ensuring that treatment is fair. A human resources generalist often serves as a mentor or coach for others in the human resources department.
A job in human resources is possible with a Bachelor's degree. However, many such positions may be entry level, so people wishing for careers with more responsibility, challenge and salary opportunities often seek a Master's degree. Many advanced-level human resources jobs also require some work experience as well.
There is no time like the present to begin exploring the varied Master's in Human Resources programmes in the UK, so start today to take a look.
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University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom
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University of Southampton (Southampton) is a public institution located along the University Road in Southampton, United Kingdom. Southampton offers a wide range of master's degree programs across its five academic faculties namely: Arts and Humanities; Engineering and Physical Sciences; Environmental and Life Sciences; Medicine; and Social Sciences....
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- USD 17,833Average Tuition
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The University of Birmingham is located in the heart of England with campuses in the Edgbaston and Selly Oak areas of the city of Birmingham. Birmingham University offers over 350 different courses in its undergraduate program; 400 postgraduate taught courses; 140 research courses and 450 PhD opportunities....
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Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Cardiff Met) is a UK public Institution with two central campuses located in Llandaff and Cyncoed in Wales, United Kingdom. Through its 6 academic schools, the university offers master's programs in a wide range of disciplines....
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University of West London with campuses in Ealing and Brentford in London, UK offers undergraduate and postgraduate studies through its eight schools: the London School of Film, Media & Design; Claude Littner Business School; School of Computing and Engineering; London College of Hospitality and Tourism; Ealing Law School; London College of Music; College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare; School of Psychology, Social Care and Human Sciences....
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University of Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire) has multiple campuses across Gloucestershire and Cheltenham, United Kingdom. Students at Gloucestershire are offered a wide range of master's degree programs through its 8 academic schools, including: School of Art and Design; School of Liberal and Performing Arts; School of Natural and Social Sciences; and the School of Media....
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
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University of Liverpool, established in 1881, is a multicultural, research-intensive University located in the city of Liverpool in England, UK. The University offers a number of master's degree programs from its various departments and schools including Arts, Dentistry, Communication & Media and Law....
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Dundee, United Kingdom
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The New Zealand dollar may extend gains from a three-month high this week on speculation Spain will prompt the European Central Bank to resume is bond-buying programme, boosting demand for risker-assets.
The New Zealand dollar recently traded at 81.78 US cents, little changed from 81.89 cents at 8am. That's right in the middle of this week's trading range of 80.50 cents to 83.20 cents, according to a BusinessDesk survey of five analysts.
Three out of five analysts predict the kiwi will finish the week higher, one lower and one refused to comment.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy hinted Spain may be forced to ask Europe's central bank for a bailout to cover its rising debt. The ECB last week signaled plans to buy short-term bonds to ease the pressure on indebted nations such as Spain and Italy. Spain's two-year bond yields dropped 135 basis points to 3.96 percent on Friday. Its 10-year yield fell back below the 7-percent mark.
"The reason this is positive for risk appetite is because the ECB said they may do things but only if countries officially ask for help," Imre Speizer, market strategist at Westpac Banking Corp. "When Spain officially ask that is the trigger for ECB action - that is the trigger for the kiwi."
ECB president Mario Draghi have previously pledged to buy short-term bonds as well as pledging to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the single currency, though he hasn't given a deadline.
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will speak twice this week and markets will be looking for fresh clues about how the world's largest economy has changed after Friday's upbeat employment figures. US employers added 163,000 jobs last month, beating the 100,000 expected by economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
A Reuters polled showed there is a 63 percent chance the Fed will act for the third time to expand its balance sheet via large-scale bond purchases.
In the US, the earnings season will continue to set the tone for equities with Walt Disney, Macy's and JC Penney all report earnings this week. About 73 percent of the Standard & Poor's companies which have reported so far have beaten estimates, according to Bloomberg.
China, New Zealand's second-largest export market, has a raft of data out this week, with inflation and retail sales on Thursday followed by trade balance statistics on Friday.
"The Chinese data is what I call quasi local - it will be a big driver for the Aussie and we will follow suit," Speizer said.
The kiwi fell to 77.34 Australian cents from 77.48 cents at 8am. The Reserve Bank of Australia meets to review its target cash rate on Tuesday and is expected to hold the rate unchanged at 3.5 percent.
In New Zealand, ANZ Job Advertisements will be released this afternoon. That's followed by the quarterly employment survey and labour cost index for the June quarter on Tuesday, and the household labour force survey on Thursday. Accommodation and the electronic cards are due out on Friday, all from Statistics New Zealand.
QV monthly house price statistics for July will be released on Wednesday.
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The superstars of Smart Building and HVAC controls were at the 2018 ControlTrends Awards in Atlanta. The winners are chosen through a voting process that includes global smart building and HVAC contractors, consulting engineers, building owners, and distributors. This celebration of the best of the best in smart buildings people, products and companies culminated with the announcements of the winners at the fabulous Fox theater. If you missed the festivities, don't worry, you can check out the official ControlTrends Awards highlight reel here. [Read more…]
Catching Up with CBRE/ESI's Paul Oswald at RealComm|IBcon
Thanks to the team at RealComm|IBcon for letting us fill in on Conference Live. In this video we had the chance to catch up with one of our favorite people CBRE/ESI's Paul Oswald. We love talking to Paul because of his experience as one of the premier master systems integrators in Smart Building controls.
Best advice to owners on how to deal with a "horribly broke" new construction process, how to think about " new cost versus life cycle cost" and how to measure productivity are just a few of the insights Paul shares.
Paul was one of the first people I heard use the phrase "tribal knowledge leaving the building".
Hear how he attracts talent, and creates continuous learning programs to reduce on boarding time.
If that is not enough, for systems integrators, Paul explains the "right kind of conversation" to have with your clients.
In an age of deployed data analytics, what percent of calls are still hot/cold calls? The answer will surprise you as it did us! You are going to have to watch the video to find out the answer.
Smart Building Controls Rewind: Therese Sullivan
Revisit Building Context's Therese Sullivan interview on ControlTalk Now:The Smart Buildings Video Cast and Podcast. Therese gives us an update on Haystack Connect, the 2016 RealComm|IBcon show, the right way to use twitter, and much more!!! Check it out!
30 Minutes with Lynxspring Webinar Series – Professional Services – New Onyxx Products
The 30 Minutes with Lynxspring Webinar Series continues on Wednesday, November 18th, at 12:00 PM CST with a look at Lynxspring's new Onyxx platform and products.
Session 6 – Lynxspring's New Onyxx Products. Overview: Our IoT world is increasingly populated with smart equipment, systems and devices. As this continues, the rise of connected devices and greater connected intelligence at the edge is taking place.
Lynxspring has created Lynxspring E2E (Edge-to-Enterprise), an ecosystem for IoT that enables smart systems, smart devices, intelligent equipment and Cloud service delivery across key market segments and business verticals.
Lynxspring's Onyxx, is part of E2E and is an embedded edge platform, consisting of a family of modular, open, hardware, bridges and gateways supporting multiple devices across key market segments, edge-to-enterprise and Cloud applications.
This session, presented by our R&D team, looks at what Onyxx is and the new products that are currently available which includes a BACnet to Haystack Data Pump, a Cellular Router, and a Modbus to BACnet Bridge.
When: Wednesday, November 18, 2015, Time: 12:00 PM CDT
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/195515524631483650
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar series.
Please contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to you joining us. Toll free: 877-649-5969 | E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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The grow room
The grow room is your nursery. This is where everything takes place. When a grow room isn't as what its supposed to be, this produces stress for female plants affecting its ratio. It is thought that stresses from the nursery will affect physical changes that occur in marijuana plants. If the plants' environment changes or uncontrolled, it will either turn into a male seed thus reducing its seed ratio. Stressful environment changes include harsh weather conditions such as too cold or too warm, low sunlight, and poor ventilation. Because of this, it genetically reprograms the seed to turn hermaphrodite. Contrary to belief, the pollen is what is feminized in the plant and not the seed. To some cultivators, this belief has been the basis for other growing methods in order to produce more feminized seeds.
"Cool Daylight"
Using a warm white bulb is discouraged since the use of a higher blue light increases the chance of a seed developing into a female. Growers have been debating about whether to use ordinary florescent lights or splurge on a much expensive lamp designed to emit complete spectrum. Keeping two sets of bulbs will certainly come in handy. The other can be used for cool daylight which will have approx. 6500k for vegetation phase and warm bulbs which have 2700k for the reproduction phase.
Fertilizer values
Knowing what you're putting on is a must because like any other living thing, female marijuana will need proper fertilizer values. A high potassium level isn't always a yes. Sometimes, it is crucial to choose for a fertilizer You don't want to strike potassium from the mix, since it is crucial for a fertilizer to have high nitrogen and low potassium values. This is important because it will keep your plant strong with a solid stem and will give a much higher resistance to diseases and pests. In most cases, the compost tea method with the use of chicken manure is advisable.
Check your light schedule
Common misconception about light scheduling is that the thought that more light is better. More light is indeed better and certainly won't hurt if all the other variables are in check. Obviously, more light would mean higher temp which is not good because warm conditions can dry the plants out. Some growers also believe that exposing it to more light will create more male seeds.


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We are proud to announce that this Oct 2nd, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM we will be hosting an Open House at 3105 Deer Ridge Drive in the Deer Ridge neighborhood, West Vancouver. This is an opportunity to visit this excellent West Vancouver Condo Apartment for sale in beautiful Deer Ridge.
Please come with any questions you may have. In the meantime you can take a virtual tour of this Deer Ridge West Vancouver Condo Apartment for sale.
As always please do not hesitate to give me a call at 604-790-1900 if I can answer any questions before the open house, or if you would like to book a private showing.
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We had a wonderful time meeting up with our friends Abigale & Scott while we were visiting Wisconsin. Their son Warren is so cute! Thanks for letting us take your family photos, we adore you guys!
Here are a few kind words from Abigale:
"We had a great time with Alacrity Photography! Ashley and Bryan are the nicest, most easy going photographers. My husband, 8 month old and I got some family fall portraits taken at 1000 Islands Recreation Area in Kaukuana Wi, and they turned out GORGEOUS! My kid is a tough one to make smile sometimes, but Ashley did a great job in entertaining him enough to crack a few 🙂 I am sure her bright, vibrant pink hair helped to keep his eyes on her. They were both very flexible with time and location, we had to change the location and time the photos would be taken a couple days before, and it was not a problem. It also only took about a week to receive the files of all the photographs, in color and black and white. I highly recommend this dream team for all your photo needs!!!!"


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Blue Chinos: How to wear Blue Chinos with Style
- 1 Blue Chinos: How to wear Blue Chinos with Style
- 2 What to wear with Blue Chinos
- 3 The Fitting
- 4 What can you combine with Blue Chinos?
- 5 Summary
- 6 In Conclusion
It's no news that chinos are the best alternative to jeans. They work best by brightening up your outfit, helping you look smart and well-organized. Blue jeans are very popular among men but if you are looking to break away from the norm a little, then try blue chinos. Read on for some cool blue chino combinations we feel will up your style a little.
What to wear with Blue Chinos
Blue chinos can be teamed up with a lot of other clothes. They are very versatile and can be dressed up or down depending on the look you intend to portray. Most are light and are the next thing to linen trousers during summer. In this short guide, we will go through various style combinations that will give you an idea of what combines best with blue chinos or any brighter color for that matter. Shoes to wear, top color tees and probably accessories to help dress you up.
Causal Outfitting with Blue Chinos
For casual looks, just pair your blue chinos as you would blue jeans. Mix things up with simple pieces like a lumber jacket or a denim jacket to add some excitement to the dress combo. Basic t-shirt and textured jumpers will do just fine too. Chino has the added advantage of giving your combination a slightly formal edge than regular jeans.
Smart-Casual Dressing with Blue Chinos
You are probably going to hit the smart casual dress style with chinos than with jeans. You can easily create a casual dress vibe if you focus on the fitting of the chinos and you pair them up with a button-down formal shirt. Fitting will always be king. A well-fitted chino is the first step to pulling off the smart-casual look. To dress up the look, add few dress accessories whilst keeping the colors simple.
Blue chinos and black shoes are a match made in heaven. You definitely need to pair them up. This is not to say brown and other colors won't work well. Try one a black suede tassel loafer for a sleek look that is simple and doesn't go overboard.
Formal Blue Chino Combination
Looking to step up in style to a formal event? Instead of sticking to regular formal pants there are a few ways blue chinos can get you in the formal vibe. Pairing blue chinos with a Navy suit is a steal. They blend in seamlessly. This combo radiates formality unlike using a black suit that can easily pass for a smart-casual look.
If you are not in tune with the uniformity of a blue chinos and navy suit you can slop the navy colored suit for a grey or beige blazer. You can't go wrong with a black suede shoe or an ankle length Chelsea boots.
The Fitting
Proper fitting any alignment with your body shape is a must. You have to make sure what you wear is fits you or you risk appearing sloppy. There is a wide range of sizes for chinos, so finding on that suit you like a glove shouldn't be a hassle. Look for something that isn't too skinny (summer months are hot) and not too baggie (this isn't the 80's anymore). You will do well to visit a departmental store to try on some pairs before making investments online.
Wide Leg Design
For those looking to make a style impression, wide leg chinos are statement pieces. They look out of place on skinny guys so it's best you avoid them if you haven't made any progress at gym sessions. If your body shape manages to pull off a great look with wide leg chinos then you can style them up in various eye-catching ways.
Slim Fitted Chinos
Slims fit doesn't have to mean skinny. Slim fitted pants skim through the legs in a way that is flattering to your appearance. They are loose enough, providing the much-needed space for breathability. If you plan on using slim fitted blue chinos for smart casual or formal occasions, the slim fit vibe is the surefire way to go.
What can you combine with Blue Chinos?
We recommend working your way from the chinos to other outfits. What I mean by that is, make the Chinos a base piece before finding what to pair with them, not the other way round. For your upper half, denim jackets, blazers, jumpers, tees, can liven things up.
Keep the experimental lab door open until you find combinations that work for you. Avoid the dreaded color riot by sticking to no more than three colors for the entire look. Don't get carried away with colored layers.
- Chinos are the best alternative to jeans. They are versatile and can easily be dressed down or up.
- For casual wear, pair with a denim jacket and tee. Finish off the look with breathable trainers or sneakers. Smart-casual dress combo requires that you put on a formal dress shirt while you can use a suit in case things get serious for formal occasions.
- The right fitting will help you look smart and avoid sloppy dressing. Not too wide and not too skinny.
In Conclusion
The dress combos that can be achieved with blue are numerous. However, make sure you aren't playing too much with colors as this can really mess things up for you. With chinos, you can easily achieve a smart or formal look than with jeans. Go ahead and make the most of your chinos by wearing the same pair for a number of outfits.


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The UKYA Book Blogger Awards are OPEN!
Give a big shout out to the wonderful helpers this year:
Aditi @ A Thousand Words A Million Books
Amy McCaw @ YA Under My Skin
Andrew @ The Pewter Wolf
Annalise @ AnnaliseBooks
Aurelija @ myblinddatewithbooks
Chelley Toy @ Tales Of Yesterday
Chloe @ Writer-On-Wheels
Cintia @ Reflection of the Books
Emma @ Howling Reviews
Georgia Stencel @ The Books Bandit
Jesse @ thatjessebloke
Kaisha @ thewritinggarnet
Rachel Kennedy @ Ya-bberingBooklover
Rebecca @ Rebecca McCormick's Authorial Blog
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Voting for the SHORTLIST is via Luna's Little Library who is hosting the UKYA Book Blogger Awards this year. Just follow this link here
The voting closes on Friday 27th May 2016.
Don't forget to share the love! #awardukyabbloggers
28 UKYA bloggers made the UKYA Book Blogger Awards LONGLIST this year:
Annalise – Annalisebooks
Ben – Benjaminoftomes
Beth – Bibliobeth
Charli – To Another World
Dani Reviews Things
Denise – The Bibliolater
Emma – Howling Reviews
Hollie – Hollieblog
Holly – Lost in a Library
Huriyah & Nalisha – SugarQuills
Jenny – Wondrous Reads
Jessica – Paper Utopia
Kaisha – The Writing Garnet
Katie – queenofteenfiction
Maia – maiaandlittlemoore
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Nicola – Nicola Reads YA
Olivia Mitchell – Rewrite This Story
Rachel Kennedy – Ya-bberingBooklover
Rebecca – Rebecca McCormick's Authorial Blog
Rita – Weaving Pages
Sanne – booksandquills
Sarah – Feeling Fictional
Sophie – So Many Books, So Little Time
Stacey – The Pretty Books
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On the heels of this weekend's Barbados Labour Party (BLP) convention, two political scientists are confident about the Opposition's readiness to face the next general election.
However, both Peter Wickham and George Belle have expressed unease about the preparedness of the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) to face the much-anticipated poll due here by 2018, suggesting that there was still a big question mark over the governing party's leadership.
"I think we need to be told if the current Prime Minister will continue to represent the Democratic Labour Party going forward, or if he will shift and allow one of the other options that are on the table to take the DLP forward," explained Wickham, while taking issue with Stuart's management style, which he said "essentially allows ministers to do as they like".
Wickham, who is also a noted regional pollster, also questioned whether the DLP would be going into the elections with its existing team and how it would match up against the BLP's recently-ratified slate of 30 political candidates, which he described as a good mix.
Belle also praised the Opposition team, calling it a "consolidation" which was stronger than its 2013 team.
At the same time, he warned that Stuart did not represent the future of the DLP.
However, he cautioned that there could be "warfare" within the DLP ranks should anyone try to unseat him.
"They got to think for the future, but I don't think he [Stuart] represents much for the future," said Belle, arguing that "a new dynamic kind of leader" was needed to take the party into the next election.
He listed Donville Inniss, Chris Sinckler, Ronald Jones and Richard Sealy among the potential leaders of the DLP, but said it was dependent on "if any of them have the guts to move forward at this time, because any moves within that party right now, can even cause [Prime Minister Freundel Stuart] to go into elections sooner than [he] might want to. So they have in a sense to keep quiet.".
"Those guys are unable in a sense to make a strong move for themselves in the conditions that the party now finds itself in relation to its parliamentary strength . . . and therefore, the very reason why Freundel has been a weak leader and why he has not been able to discipline some uh dem, is the same reason why they can't challenge him," he added.
As for the BLP, Belle downplayed suggestions that the recent election of Member of Parliament for St Andrew George Payne to the chairmanship of the Opposition would result in any serious problems for either its leader Mia Mottley or the party as a whole.
In fact, he fully expects Payne to fall in line and not to create any fresh issues for himself or his party.
And to those who remain concerned that the Opposition is still divided into factions, Belle said factions were healthy for any political party once they were properly managed.
"The factions in parties are normal; it is when the factions start to give each other trouble and unless you have evidence that the factions are giving each other trouble, there is not a problem of factions. Right now I do not see any evidence that within the Barbados Labour Party that the factions are not being managed," he said.


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A Voices of Minnesota segment featuring three interviews. Monsignor J. Jerome Boxleitner, head of Catholic Charities talks with Dan Olson about our attitudes toward poor people. Paula Schroeder interviews former St. Cloud dairy farmer Veryl Fenlason, a member of a search team looking for Amelia Earhart's plane. Their expedition leaves for an island in the South Pacific this week. Governor Carlson has proclaimed today, "Read to a Child Day." We'll find out about how reading to children increases their intelligence from Dr. Hillary Stecklein, Health Partners pediatrician. She's the designer of Reading R-X.
Also, Odd Jobs - Deborah Biede, the textile conservator at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.


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Ms. Dilma Rousseff, former President of Brazil (2011 -2016), will deliver a speech at Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) on Monday (April 10) not about her specialty (Economics) but about the "Challenges for Democracy in Brazil", as part of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Distinguished Speaker Series.
Brown University didn't specify whether Ms. Rousseff will include some paragraphs to explain to the foreign audience about the huge corruption scheme that transformed Petrobras into a bribery machine that according Operation Lava-Jato (Car Wash) transferred vast resources to the Workers' Party presidential campaign.
For sake of clarity, Ms. Rousseff's lecture will be delivered in Portuguese and simultaneously translated into English. The 4 p.m. event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Rousseff will answer questions submitted by the audience at the close of her address.


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Big room of 23m2 with a zen and oriental style in the Berlin Mitte district (Gesundbrunnen).
On the first floor in the "Hinterhaus".
The room has a private balcony. Quiet and nice view on the garden, very pleasant.
Perfect to stay a few days and visit the vibrant german capital. You'll have a very central flat where you can really relax and get some peace after an intense day full of visits.
Very central and well connected : 5 min walking distance from Ubahn - Sbahn station Gesundbrunnen (a station with the bigger amount af lines and connections after AlexanderPlatz) which allows you to comute easily inside the city.
Access to the fully equipped kitchen (microwave, owen, fridge, congelator, stoves, electric coffee maker, kettle, toaster...)
You will find also a washing machine in the bathroom for laundry.
Internet WLAN available in the whole apartment.
2 cool bars just next door : 1 swedish Bar (F bar) and 1 artist gallery bar (Studio 8).
3 min walking from the apartment: one supermarket open until 10pm, another one with discount prices, bakeries, fresh fruits and vegetable shops, late shop open 24/24 with food, beers, drinks, cigarettes, sweets...
5 minutes walking from the apartment:
- the "Humboldthain Park" for sunday joggers
- the Gesundbrunnen Center (big and modern shopping mall)
Very quick and easy access to all the monuments and touristic attractions since Gesundbrunnen is very central, for exemple the Wall Memorial, the Modern Art Museum, the Hackescher Markt and the Scheunes Viertel district, the "Museum Island", Friedrichstr., Checkpoint Charlie, Alexanderplatz, Brandburger Tor and "Unter den Linden", Postdamerplatz, the "Jüdisches Museum", the Kreuzberg district, Prenzlauer Berg...
And also 20 min walking to the Mauerpark, famous for its flea market and its funky karaoke in summer!
Easy access to the airports : from Tegel only 30 minutes to reach the apartment and from Schönefeld (Easyjet) about 50 minutes.
I am a french living in Berlin since months now so I know quite good the city and can help you planing your visits and give you some tips about the good restaurants, bars and cafés depending on your desires and budget.
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By Christine Tolfree
Posted: 8/13/2004
Parishioners from St. Alphonsus Church in Beverly have come together to build a church in the Dominican Republic after receiving notification on May 25 that the parish would be closing Aug. 29. Although the news of the parish closing did not come as a shock, parishioners desired to do something productive to ease the sting of closing, said Father Paul Soper, the church's pastor."People here have worked long and hard to do this with grace and dignity," he said. Father Soper suggested building a new St. Alphonsus for Catholic people who do not have a church, and parishioners immediately jumped into action.About 60 St. Alphonsus parishioners met on July 28 to discuss funding for the church project. At the meeting, three parishioners and Father Soper shared stories and slides from their planning trip to the Dominican Republic in mid-July during which legal papers to start the project were signed.Future trips were also planned at the meeting. Several parishioners will visit the site with supplies and check the progress of construction in the fall, and a larger group will go to the dedication ceremony next February."They're pleased there's a new St. Alphonsus," he said. "I think it's terribly important for them."Father Soper suggested the Dominican Republic as the site for the new church since he had experience visiting that country with a group from his former parish, St. Anthony in Revere.The new church will be built in Pueblo Nuevo, a little town on a mountainside near Santiago, without a church and seven miles from the closest village. It will serve 90 families, seat 80 people and contain sacred items from its namesake including, a chalice, candlestands, stations of the cross, tapestries, a statue of the Sacred Heart and a crucifix saved from the old St. Alphonsus building that burned in 1967.The parish was unable to donate some of its larger items since transportation to Pueblo Nuevo is difficult."You have to get them there and then get them up the mountain, which is non-trivial," said Father Soper. Trucks can make the journey to the village but rain makes the mountain roads impassable. Even most villagers only make the arduous trip to Mass once every three weeks.Construction on the project, which began last month, is expected to take 10 to 20 weeks, depending on weather. Heavy bags of cement must be carried up the mountainside, and the rainy season begins in November and lasts until February.The parishioners on the trip were glad to know that they will be helping to build a church where the need is so great."It makes you re-think your priorities," said Clare Bravo. "The level of poverty was astounding."Children do not have toys and homes have dirt floors. Even driving up the mountain was strenuous because the terrain is rough. But amidst all this material poverty is a wealth of spirituality. People wear rosaries and religious articles are prominent in their homes, Bravo said."I'm sure it [the new church] will be full every week," Bravo said. "I have no doubt."Ray Crean, parishioner for 32 years and a lector, said he also noticed the spiritual dedication of the people of Pueblo Nuevo who made the long trip to Sunday Mass."I saw what real inconvenience is," he said. "Getting used to a welcoming parish won't take much doing."Dianne McGrane, parishioner for 18 years, said she has been looking for a higher reason for the closing of her parish and has found it in the building of a new church."We're dealing with a great sadness closing St. Alphonsus," she said. "It brings a new level of Christianity when we can look beyond our world."


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ABOARD THE POLAR PIONEER, off the Antarctic Peninsula — I never intended to go to Antarctica and I intended never to read "Moby-Dick." There is a significant distinction between these two positions. It had simply not crossed my mind that Antarctica could be a tourist destination, until I was offered a writing commission to go there. But "Moby-Dick" was a book that was always waiting to be read, and it was an active assertion of will to decide no, I wouldn't. I made that decision after someone I don't now remember described it as an interminable novel with tortured descriptions of harpoons and ropes and men with crazy obsessions. I can't fully explain the doggedness of that position, which I don't extend to any other so-called great book, but I became even more intractable about it after my friends Karin and Elizabeth, the two people whose literary tastes I most trust, also pressed me to read the book.
But when a week before I set off, another friend suggested "Moby-Dick" should accompany me on the 10-day voyage from Ushuaia, Argentina, to as-far-as-the-ice-would-allow-it along the Antarctic Peninsula and back to Puerto Williams, Chile, it immediately felt inevitable. I would read the book I had planned never to read in the place where I had never planned to go. There's no arguing with the universe when it throws symmetry your way.
I started to read it two days into the voyage, when our ship, the Polar Pioneer, a Russian icebreaker carrying 52 tourists, had crossed the choppy Drake Passage and was nearing the South Shetland Islands. I opened to the first page of the book and wrote in its bottom margin, "Dec 8: Sailing to Antarctica on the Polar Pioneer. First whale (humpback) sighted at 2.20 p.m." I never annotate novels; it seems odd to think anything I might write in the margins could add to rather than detract from what is printed on the page. But from the start, the echoes between what I was reading and what I was seeing around me seemed to ask for me to take note, quite literally.
And so very quickly (in fact, by page 20, as my annotations tell me) my favorite reading spot became a high chair on the bridge, where I could look up from the "ice and icebergs all astern" on the page to see the very sight before me. "Through icy water — we feel the ship scrape against small icebergs," I wrote as the Polar Pioneer progressed through the Lemaire Channel with snow-covered cliffs on both sides and snow petrels swooping about. At the top of the next page I read Melville's phrase "brace the ship against the icy concussions of those battering seas" and at the bottom is my handwriting again: "Almost constant shuddering through the ship now that it is impossible to skirt the icebergs."
Sometimes the annotations were marks of difference rather than similarity between the Pequod of "Moby-Dick" and the Polar Pioneer of my voyage. "Supreme lord and dictator" is how Melville describes Captain Ahab. Beside that sentence I wrote, "And here I sit, on the bridge, behind Captain Yuri of very tolerant countenance." I should say that "very tolerant countenance" is not in my everyday speech. But by this point the book was working its way into me — as was the surrounding landscape. As I read on and traveled on, the superficial annotations marking echoes and variations became increasingly sparse: In iceberg country, the bulk of experience lies beneath the surface.
"Moby-Dick" and Antarctica have this in common: At the very start you stand amazed, believing you've experienced "the great flood-gates of the wonder-world swung open," and it is only when you are further in that you look back upon that beginning (of book, of voyage along the continent) and are startled by how ordinary it seems compared with where you now are. The day I started to read the book was also our first landing via inflatable Zodiac crafts, in which we skimmed along the calm water toward the Aitcho Islands of the South Shetlands and visited our first penguin colony. How feverishly we all reached for our cameras and took pictures of the first, lone penguin that walked past our party; how we gasped in amazement at the first Weddell seal moving across the snow like a slug.
We knew nothing then of what was yet to come: the sculpture parks of icebergs; the elephant seal pups that would lie on our legs and consent to being stroked; the hissing, jabbing, pecking battles between skuas and penguins for penguin eggs on the verge of hatching; the sailing into the caldera of an active volcano; the whale pods swimming alongside the ship, raising their flukes above the surface ever so often — a sight that Melville described as "perhaps the grandest sight to be seen in all animated nature." All these sights were still unimagined when, back on the bridge after Aitcho Island, I was reading the encounter of Ishmael with Queequeg the Cannibal, not recognizing that as wonderful as it was, it couldn't possibly prepare me for the complete break with all convention, all recognized form, that Melville would embark on once he had his readers on the Pequod.
Why do people persist in claiming that "Moby-Dick" is about Ahab's obsession with the white whale? Certainly it is a book about obsession, but it is Melville who is obsessed, with the need to capture the visible in a net of words. What else explains all those chapters about kinds of whales, parts of whales, stages of reducing a dead whale to salable components, not to mention the details of every last rivet on a whaling ship? Or, as Andrew Delbanco more elegantly puts it in his introduction to the Penguin Classics edition, "it furnishes one dazzling solution after another to the persistent literary problem of conveying to an innocent reader the palpable reality of an unfamiliar world." Until Antarctica, I had never stepped foot anywhere that struck me so forcefully as an "unfamiliar world" in a purely physical sense. From Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro to the Buddhist stupas of Taxila, everything I have ever seen has been an amplified version of something I've seen or read about before.
Antarctica is a different matter. "How will you ever describe this to people who haven't been here?" the other tourists asked me, over and over. The line announced itself as a challenge the first time I heard it, and everywhere I went I tried to translate the images around me into descriptive sentences, particularly the icebergs, so varied in shape and texture and even color (those blues!). It felt from the start that I would fail; the camera on my smartphone would convey more than I ever could.
But as I burrowed more deeply into Melville, I knew my failure had nothing to do with the power of word versus photograph and everything to do with the power of Melville's sentences versus mine. One Antarctic afternoon, near the British base of Port Lockroy, I trudged knee-deep in snow toward what appeared to be sun-bleached oars someone had jammed vertically into the packed whiteness. They were whale vertebrae, from a partially buried skeleton. A few of us dug around to reveal more of them, part of the skull and a lower jaw. The size muddled our comprehension: We spent a long time identifying the bone that was the mandible, even though its position near the unmistakable skull should have made it obvious. How could a jawbone be that size?
When I took off my wet gloves, my hands were warm with sun and exertion. I snapped some photographs. Considered if I could come up with anything better than "sun-bleached oars" to describe the vertebrae; couldn't. Tried to construct an image of a whale from the bones against which I rested my fingertips; couldn't again. A few days later I read the chapter "Measurement of the Whale's Skeleton." "How vain and foolish ... for timid untravelled man to try to comprehend aright this wondrous whale, by merely poring over his dead attenuated skeleton. ... Only in the heart of quickest perils; only when within the eddyings of his angry flukes; only on the profound unbounded sea, can the fully invested whale be truly and livingly found out." The rhythm of the language, its use of rhyme and assonance, the miracle of compression within that expansive sentence! You journey into Melville as though he were a new continent, unlike any you've encountered before.
Of course, I was wrong to think Melville's sole obsession was with capturing the visible. It was my own preoccupation with the "how would you describe this?" question that I was reading into his work, which goes so far beyond the visible world. By the end of the voyage I realized that describing icebergs couldn't really begin to convey how it felt that day, our last before we sailed away from the Antarctic Peninsula, when we spent hours on Zodiacs, warming our hands against the sun-soaked flanks of the crafts gliding along a sea so still that every iceberg was almost indistinguishable from its reflection. The next day I jotted down one of my last annotations, just over halfway through the novel: "Final landing, on Elephant Island. Returning to the ship I noticed only one iceberg to be seen. We have sailed away from them; the sea has lost much of its magic."
Because then the annotations almost entirely disappear, I don't know how many pages of "Moby-Dick" I had left when we disembarked the Polar Pioneer at Puerto Williams. A little over 50 is probably about right. I switched on my phone, which had served the sole function of camera for the last 10 days, and the first text message I saw, sent more than 24 hours earlier, was from a BBC producer asking me if I might come on a news show to talk about "the tragedy in Peshawar." It fell to my sister, who still lives in Pakistan, where we both grew up, to explain what that meant: the massacre of schoolchildren by the Taliban. When I next picked up "Moby-Dick," that evening, all I could see in it was Ahab, the fanatic, infecting his crew with his vengeful, suicidal madness. In what world of enchantment had I been sailing that allowed me to read "Moby-Dick" without seeing a reflection of the blood-soaked world in which we live?


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: 6/24/2017 05:25:33
∞ Western Imperialist ∞
Level 17
Considered in itself, the Roman world-dominion was a negative phenomenon,
being the result not of a surplus of energy on the one side - that the
Romans had never had since Zama - but of a deficiency of resistance on the
other. That the Romans did not conquer the world is certain; they merely
took possession of a booty that lay open to everyone. The Imperium Romanum .
came into existence not as the result of such an extremity of military and
financial effort as had characterized the Punic Wars, but because the old East
forwent all external self-determinations. We must not be deluded by the appearance
of brilliant military successes. With a few ill-trained, ill-led, and
sullen legions, Lucullus and Pompey conquered whole realms - a phenomenon
that in the period of the battle of Ipsus would have been unthinkable. The
Mithradatic danger, serious enough for a system of material force which had
never been put to any real test, would have been nothing to the conquerors of
Hannibal. After Zama, the Romans never again either waged or were capable
of waging a war against a great military Power. Their classic wars were those
against the Samnites, Pyrrhus and Carthage. Their grand hour was Cannae.
To maintain the heroic posture for centuries· on end is beyond the power of any
people. The Prussian-German people have had three great moments (1813, 1870
and 1914), and that is more than others have had.
Here, then, I lay it down that Imperialism, of which petrifacts such as the
Egyptian empire, the Roman, the Chinese, the Indian may continue to exist
for hundreds or thousands of years - dead bodies, amorphous and dispirited
masses of men, scrap-material from a great· history - is to be taken as the
typical symbol of the passing away. Imperialism is Civilization unadulterated.
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: 6/24/2017 05:35:20
∞ Western Imperialist ∞
Level 17
In this phenomenal form the destiny of the West is now irrevocably set. The
energy of culture-man is directed inwards, that of civilization-man outwards.
And thus I see in Cecil Rhodes the first man of a new age. He stands for the
political style of a far-ranging, Western, Teutonic and especially German future,
and his phrase "expansion is everything" is the Napoleonic reassertion of the
indwelling tendency of every Civilization that has fully ripened - Roman, Arab
or Chinese. It is not a matter of choice - it is not the conscious will of individuals,
or even that of whole classes or peoples that decides. The expansive
tendency is a doom, something daemonic and immense, which grips, forces into
service, and uses up the late mankind of the world-city stage, willy-nilly, aware
or unaware. Life is the process of effecting possibilities, and for the brainman
there are only extensive possibilities. Hard as the half-developed Socialism
of to-day is fighting against expansion, one day it will become arch-expansionist
with all the vehemence of destiny. Here the form-language of politics, as the
direct intellectual expression of a certain type of humanity, touches on a deep
metaphysical problem - on the fact, affirmed in the grant of unconditional
validity to the causality-principle, that the soul is the complement of its extension.
When, between 480 and 2.30,3 the Chinese group of states was tending
towards imperialism, it was entirely futile to combat the principle·of Imperialism
(Lien-heng), practised in particular by the "Roman" state of Tsin and
theoretically represented by the philosopher Dschang Yi, by ideas of a League
of Nations (Hoh-tsung) largely derived from Wang Hu, a profound skeptic who
had no illusions as to the men or the political possibilities of this "late"
period. Both sides opposed the anti-political idealism of Lao-tse, but as between
themselves it was Lien-heng and not Hoh-tsung which swam with the
natural current of expansive Civilization.
Rhodes is to be regarded as the first precursor of a Western type of Caesars,
whose day is to come though yet distant. He stands midway between Napoleon
and the force-men of the next centuries, just as Flaminius, who from 232 B.C.
onward pressed the Romans to undertake the subjugation of Cisalpine Gaul
and so initiated the policy of colonial expansion, stands between Alexander and
Caesar. Strictly speaking, Flaminius was a private person - for his real power
was of a kind not embodied in any constitutional office - who exercised a
dominant influence in the state at a time when the state-idea was giving way to
the pressure of economic factors. So far as Rome is concerned, he was the arche-type of opposition caesarism;with him there came to an end the idea of stateservice
and there began the ''will to power" which ignored traditions and
reckoned only with forces. Alexander and Napoleon were romantics; though
they stood on the threshold of Civilization and in its cold clear air, the one
fancied himself an Achilles and the other read Werther. Caesar, on the contrary,
was a pure man of fact gifted with immense understanding.
: 6/24/2017 05:42:32
∞ Western Imperialist ∞
Level 17
But even for Rhodes political success means territorial and financial success,
and only that. Of this Roman-ness within himself he was fully aware. But
Western Civilization has not yet taken shape in such strength and purity as
this. It was only before his maps that he could fall into a sort of poetic trance,
this son of the parsonage who, sent out to South Africa without means, made a
gigantic fortune and employed it as the engine of political aims. His idea of
a trans-African railway from the Cape to Cairo, his project of a South African
empire, his intellectual hold on the hard metal souls of the mining magnates
whose wealth he forced into the service of his schemes, his capital Bulawayo,
royally planned as a future Residence by a statesman who was all-powerful yet
stood in no definite relation to the State, his wars, his diplomatic deals, his
road-systems, his syndicates, his armies, his conception of the" great duty to
civilization" of the man of brain - all this, broad and imposing, is the prelude
of a future which is still in store for us and with which the history of
West-European mankind will be definitely closed.
He who does not understand that this outcome is obligatory and insusceptible
of modification, that our choice is between willing this and willing nothing
at all, between cleaving to this destiny or despairing of the future and of life
itself; he who cannot feel that there is grandeur also in the realizations of
powerful intelligences, in the energy and discipline of metal-hard natures, in
battles fought with the coldest and most abstract means; he who is obsessed
with the idealism of a provincial and would pursue the ways of life of past
ages - must forgo all desire to comprehend history, to live through history or
to make history.
Thus regarded, the Imperium Romanum appears no longer as an isolated
phenomenon, but as the normal product of a strict and energetic, megalopolitan,
predominantly practical spirituality, as typical of a final and irreversible condition
which has occurred often enough though it has only been identified
as such in this instance.
Let it be realized, then:
That the secret of historical form does not lie on the surface, that it cannot
be grasped by means of similarities of costume and setting, and that in the
history of men as in that of animals and plants there occur phenomena showing
deceptive similarity but inwardly without any connexion - e.g., Charlemagne
and Haroun-al-Raschid, Alexander and Caesar, the German wars upon Rome
and the Mongol onslaugghts upon West Europe - and other phenomena of extreme outward dissimilarity but of identical import - e.g., Trajan and
Rameses II, the Bourbons and the Attic Demos, Mohammed and Pythagoras.
That the 19th and 20th centuries, hitherto looked on as the highest point
of an ascending straight line of world-history, are in reality a stage of life
which may be observed in every Culture that has ripened to its limit - a stage
of life characterized not by Socialists, Impressionists, electric railways, torpedoes and differential equations (for these are only body-constituents of the
time), but by a civilized spirituality which possesses not only these but also
quite other creative possibilities.
That, as our own time represents a transitional phase which occurs with
certainty under particular conditions, there are perfectly well-defined states
(such as have occurred more than once in the history of the past) later than the
present-day state of West Europe, and therefore that
The future of the West is not a limitless tending upwards and onwards for
all time towards our present ideals, but a single phenomenon of history, strictly
limited and defined as to form and duration, which covers a few centuries and
can be viewed and, in essentials, calculated from available precedents.
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In this series Father Josiah explains the great significance of corporate evening prayer in the Jewish and Christian traditions - Vespers. He surveys the structure and meaning of the text of the Vespers service, sets forth an understanding of the sublime Lenten service known to Orthodox Christians as the Presanctified Liturgy, and explains how the entire drama of redemption in Jesus Christ is unveiled in the flow of every Vespers service. Since we believe what we pray, and pray what we believe the acquisition of an understanding of the Vespers service itself is greatly nourishing to a strong confession of traditional Christian faith.
Lecture 1: An Introduction to Evening Liturgical Prayer
Lecture 2: The Structure and Meaning of Vespers Pt. A
Lecture 3: The Structure and Meaning of Vespers Pt. B
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The question has come up if there is any way to tell what KIND of meeting has been set up by another person, i.e, collaboration, moderated or broadcast? As far as I can see, once the meeting has been set up, this information can not be seen by anyone other than the moderator themselves.
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Greetings everyone! It's that special time of year, which means new art at the Chapterhouse. This time around is a very special art opening party, combining our new art show with the Three Year Anniversary!
We're entering year four with two of our favorite artists: Agnes Montgomery, who will be having her third show at the shop, and Rob Cortez with a fresh crop of new mobiles, so don't forget to look up!
Agnes will be there in person selling her prints and answering questions about her work. Check out her website before the show at: http://www.agnesmontgomery.com
This party will be a blowout so bring a towel and some food & drink goodies to share! It's Chapterhouse's Birthday! Party starts at 7pm, be there or be squared!
Chapterhouse Cafe & Gallery • 620 S. 9th Street • Philadelphia


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Book Review: Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
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Trigger Warning: This review contains discussion of incest, sexual abuse, rape, forced abortion, gang rape, rape of male rapists and the psychological/emotional fallout of these events.
Spoiler Alert: Some details will be given that "spoil" the earlier chapters of the book.
Tender Morsels is an imaginative, beautiful fantasy novel that tells the story of a sexual abuse survivor, framed within the fairy tale of Rose Red and Snow White. The story opens with a focus on Liga, whose father is abusive (emotionally and sexually). When he accidentally gets her pregnant, he calls on the local herbalist/wisewoman for a solution. Sadly, though, he does not stop abusing his daughter, and she eventually gives birth to a daughter of her own, Branza.
Like real-world abuse victims, young Liga, having been victimized once, was high-risk for being abused again. When some local young men realize she's had a baby out of marriage, they decide that they can do whatever they want to her. After a gang rape that leaves Liga on the edge of sanity, she decides to end her life and the life of her infant daughter. A supernatural spirit intervenes, whisking the now-pregnant Liga and her daughter away to a new world. It is much like their own, but there's no alcohol and more importantly, no men. Eventually Urdda is born, and Liga raises her two daughters in the quiet and peace of her Heaven.
When her daughters reach puberty, though, pieces of the real world begin slipping through. The village they were from holds an annual festival where young men dress as bears and run through the streets. One of these men is turned into an actual bear and transported into their world. The children and Liga become attached to the bear, who spends months with their family. He is, as it turns out, only the first of many interlopers from the real world.
In equal parts beautiful, painful, and inspiring, Tender Morsels is a powerful read. It reminds those who have suffered trauma and abuse at the hands of others that completely withdrawing from the world isn't really a solution. As long as readers are able to get through the more dark and difficult content, the psychological growth and development of Liga and her daughters is empowering while being realistic.
Though we do not have a formal rating system yet at Ladybud, I want to give this book 4 out of 5 pot leaves. It would be a full five-leaves rating but some people believe a scene toward the end of the book involving Urdda and the men who attacked her mother condones rape as an act of vengeance (link is VERY spoiler-heavy). I personally do not believe the entire book should be written off because of the one scene, but do feel the need to warn readers.
Have you read Tender Morsels? Share your thoughts on the book in the comments below! If you want more, click here for previous book reviews published by Ladybud.
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Losing Our Way, When All Ways Lead to Self
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"Intolerant." Teens Don't Want the Label
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A long, long time ago, in a distant land, there were humans. These humans were not very interested in browsing the internet because there was no such thing at all. In fact, it was such a long time ago, that there was no electricity, either. There were no engines, no printed books. There was just survival, and … Continue reading The Life Changing Magic of Blocking Things
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It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do
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It is common knowledge - getting more things won't bring you a fulfilling life. It's one of those things which everyone says, yet nobody does. After all, what's more appealing to our simple selves - a not terribly specific or clear idea, or a new, shinning and luxurious car? It's actually surprisingly simple, and admittedly … Continue reading The Foreseen Trap of Materialism
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For years I've wanted to start a blog. Also for years, I've procrastinated doing so, even though I knew it would be fun and definitely not that hard to actually accomplish. Nowadays all it takes is googling 'free blogging websites' and taking 10 minutes to think of a decent name. Okay, maybe a few hours, … Continue reading How to Do a Big Thing


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Top dogs rarely (if ever) don American flag lapel pins, strut their stuff in crisp designer suits or wine and dine potential clients (more likely, they'll help dispose of an accidentally dropped crumb).
But these aren't necessarily the only credentials of a hard-working professional. And neither is having two legs or opposable thumbs. Many powerful pooches throughout history have held important positions in the realms of search and rescue, space exploration, health care and even politics. It's true: One classy bloodhound currently holds a mayoral position in a Colorado town.
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Hudson council passed three bylaws on Monday that aim to increase housing density in the town centre.
Hudson brings zoning bylaws in line with MRC standards
Hudson town council passed three bylaws on Monday that bring the municipality in line with land use standards set by the Municipalité Regionale de Compté (MRC) Vaudreuil-Soulanges.
No fewer than 10 residents objected that the bylaws aim to increase housing density in the community, particularly in the town centre. The Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC calls for the town to increase housing density within one kilometre of the Hudson commuter train station – identified as a transit-oriented development (TOD) area – up to a minimum of 40 units per hectare, which amounts to 336 units.
Just two trains stop at the station each day, on weekdays – one heading into Montreal in the morning, and another back at the end of the day.
"Hudson will not have a population necessary to support train service in the long-term, without drawing in a much larger population base," resident Marcus Owen told council during a question period.
"I'm suspicious that the TOD is driving development, rather than development coming along by itself," he said.
Councillor Deborah Woodhead replied that one purpose of the TOD and the three bylaws at large is to limit urban sprawl by building more dwellings in the core of towns and cities, particularly around transportation hubs such as train stations.
Limiting urban sprawl will save agricultural land in the province, as well as green spaces within communities, she said.
Asked whether the town had communicated with the Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT, which runs the train line), and other transport authorities about commuting options for the future, Woodhead replied that the bylaws are "a work in progress."
"We don't have all of these answers now, but these will come, and this plan will be modified," she said.
The three bylaws set direction for the town's land use planning program. In addition to standards on housing density, the bylaws establish guidelines on zoning of residential and commercial properties, seniors' residences, and standards to follow for green spaces and parks.
Regional municipal authorities must follow a metropolitan development plan, set by the Montreal Metropolitan Community, when they produce their land use plans. Hudson, like other member municipalities of the MRC, must comply with these plans to produce their own planning program, which guides zoning bylaws.
Residents questioned the timing of the new bylaws. Jamie Nicholls, a mayoral candidate for Hudson's Nov. 5 election, questioned how the town could proceed without plans to improve public transit in the region.
"You don't have any promises from the province or the AMT on improved transit," he said.
Quebec municipalities are also waiting for the Quebec government to establish new guidelines on flood zones, following the disastrous rise in water levels that damaged buildings on lakes and riversides throughout the region last month.
"We have to keep working on pubic transit, it's extremely important," councillor Natalie Best replied. "You have to submit plans, they have to be accepted. And as we know, the government is seriously looking at all the flood lines.
"These are all things that are being taken into consideration," she added.
Best and fellow councillors said the town can modify the bylaws once they are passed.
"We need to be in compliance with the MRC," Woodhead said. Woodhead. "Once we are in compliance, and we are inside of this regulation, we can do things for Hudson that we cannot form the outside."


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Tuesday, 12 January 2016
5 Lip Products I Currently Love
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Is it bad that I immediately knew two of those colours, just by looking at your pictures? Rimmel and Nars are two of my faves <3 19 is such a wearable shade, like my lips but better.. and cruella is one of my all time favourite reds <3ReplyDelete
Amazing post sweetie :)
Rebecca xx
I love your picks! I love all the Kate lipsticks, they are amazing! I need to try a few of these for myself!ReplyDelete
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Lovely choices here. I've heard such great things about the Nars lip pencils. I think i'm going to have to check them out for myself :-) Fab post hun - Love the photography.ReplyDelete
I own half of these shades and I love them all too - you have good taste chick! Really need to try out some Topshop lipsticks though, I'm missing out! xReplyDelete
Always, Alice
The Nars one looks such a lovely colour! I don't have any of these shades but thinking I may have to treat myself a litte ;)ReplyDelete
Sophie x
These are such stunning shades. I need to try these for myself. I'm loving Diva by Mac at the moment xReplyDelete
Ok I've never tried any of these! That Revlon chubby stick sounds great and it looks like a lovely colour!ReplyDelete
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I absolutely love the Revlon balm stains. They have such amazing colour and textureReplyDelete
Tamsyn-Elizabeth | Peaches and Bear
OK, I really need to cave and stock up on the Nars lip pencils!ReplyDelete
Alice / Alice Grace Beauty
Rimmel lipsticks are great! They are creamy and super soft..ReplyDelete
Annie | DrugstoreDreamer
Nars Cruella is one of my all time faves!! The Topshop colour looks amazing as well!ReplyDelete
Katy | Katy's Daily Life
I love the sound of the Rimmel and Nars lipsticks! My current go to is a Revlon lipstick in the mink - its a beautiful nude-y brown colour! Thanks for sharing :) xxReplyDelete
I've been tempted to purchase the Topshop Inhibition lipstick it's such a pretty shade, great post.ReplyDelete
I love the NARS 'Cruella' lip pencil too. It's such a pretty shade and I can't get over how long it lasts!ReplyDelete
xo, Liz
I don't own any of these but I love the Nars lip pencils, I have a few of those in different shades. Lovely lip products.ReplyDelete
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I also have (and love) the exact two lippies (Rimmel and Topshop) in the exact shades! haha I love the Inhibition colour, I agree that it's a wintery shade!ReplyDelete
I friend borrow me once the revlon lipstick and I love it! It's true what you said about it lasting all day. The rest seems really good even though I didn't try them hahaReplyDelete
I love lippie posts! I have tried them all but the topshop because they are hard to find in the US. I love the Rimmel Kate Moss! It's my go too. Great post! Love it!ReplyDelete