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The shocking truth is that burning can bring untold blessings to families as well as individuals
The truth is that burning ancestral treasures can bring untold blessings to individuals and families
It's been a major element of Chinese culture for many years, used to honor ancestors during festivals or ceremonies.
The practice of burning the money of your ancestors can promote balance and peace in life, and also generate positive energy and increase abundance. This is also a symbol of gratitude and reverence for our ancestors by acknowledging their contribution to the community through kindness and love.
When ancestral money is burned, the smoke is carried directly up to the heavens in the belief that dead ancestors guard their children on Earth. The smoke also conveys any prayers or wishes they have offered while paying tribute to their family line. In doing this, it will bring luck, health, and fortune.
Burning ancestral money is also considered a method for relatives to show gratitude to those who have passed before them for all their good deeds in life, not just spiritually but also financially. In the end, the long-lasting friendships between living and deceased family members are strengthened with the sense of spiritual harmony.
The practice of burning the remains of an ancestor's wealth assists in connecting families with each other and preserve their legacy for the future and honoring events of the past with reverence wherever possible. Celebrations are entirely based on local traditions and customs that could differ slightly depending on the location, but one thing is shared by most families: burning the ancestral wealth could bless the realms of neighbours when done correctly.
The subject of money is usually a complex issue, that is surrounded by emotions and connections to culture. Your relationship to money has a lot to do with the stories about money that you grow up learning from your parents and grandparents.
Connection between Money and Relationships with Your Ancestors
This implies that your mindset to money could have been inherited by your family members before you. Do you have a habit of spending much more than you earn? Do you save every penny? Some of these habits can be traced back to when your parents talked about money when you were younger, or stories they told about their own personal experiences with money.
It's important to recognize the way your ancestors' behavior with money may influence your own. It didn't matter if they had excessive or insufficient the same dynamics are still present in contemporary households, but there's an opportunity to create something that is better for future generations by understanding the fundamentals of your relationship to money.
Be aware of where these ideas originate from, while being aware of the ways they affect the way you think about your financial security and stability in your adulthood. By doing this, we can remove our thoughts and opinions around money, ultimately reframing our perception of its importance in our daily lives.
Money is often a complex issue, that is surrounded by emotions and connections to culture. Your personal relationship with money has a lot to do with the stories about the subject that you grew up being taught by your parents and grandparents.
It is possible that your way of thinking toward money may be passed down by your family members before you. Do you have a habit of spending way more than what they earn? Do you squander every dime? Many of these behaviors can be traced back to the way your family talked about money when you were younger, or the stories they shared about their own experiences in the financial realm.
It's crucial to understand how your ancestors' dynamics regarding money could impact your own. It didn't matter if they had excessive or insufficient this kind of behavior is still evident in our current households. But there's an opportunity to create something better for your future generations by understanding the underlying principles of your financial relationship.
Acknowledge where these ideas come from, and be aware of the way they impact the way you think about financial security and stability at the age of an adult. This allows us to separate our emotions and thoughts about money, and ultimately reframe the role of money in our lives today.
Burning Ritual at Your Ancestral Altar
Lighting a candle on the ancestral altar is a way of remembering your ancestors. It serves as an avenue between living people and the dead, connecting us with our loved ones.
The way you light the candle lets them know that you remember them. They recognize that they have lit a candle to honor them, a sign of reverence and respect.
The ritual helps to maintain the connection to the world around them by providing them with what they need in their spiritual journey and making them part of yours.
This is how we remain in touch with where we came from while forging ahead on our own individual paths.
By this method in this way, we demonstrate respect for our predecessors in addition to expressing gratitude for their many blessings.
And while they may no necessarily be physically present anymore in this ceremony, at the altar of our ancestral home, we have a meaningful moment with our loved ones who have passed away - one that will never be forgotten.
The blessings that come from the burning of ancestral money is a tradition that can bring untold bliss, and clarity to a blessing seeker. Whatever method you decide to use to carry out this ritual it will positively affect your life in multiple positive ways. However, like anything else related to spirituality, it requires intentionality and commitment for the best outcomes. If you are focused and committed you'll soon realize that this is an extremely significant act that can change your life.
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Home Sport Wilder, Fury Vow To Settle Rematch With A Knockout
Heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury have both promised knockouts to avoid going to the judges' scorecards when they meet again on Feb. 22 in Las Vegas with Wilder's WBC world title on the line.
The first meeting between the pair in December 2018 ended in a controversial split-decision draw after 12 explosive rounds, a result that satisfied neither fighter but left both with their undefeated records intact.
Speaking at a news conference in Los Angeles, Fury (29-0-1) said he would down Wilder (42-0-1) in two rounds, while the champ said that Fury would not be able to withstand his powerful right hand this time around.
"This is unfinished business that I will finish. I'm going to knock him out," Wilder said. "I'm the lion, I'm the king of the jungle, and come February 22nd, I'm gonna rip his head off his body."
After proving an elusive target in their first fight, Fury promised to stand toe to toe with Wilder in the rematch.
"I'll meet you, Deontay, in the middle of the ring … I won't be running, you won't have to look anywhere for me."
"Just watch out for the right hand because you're going to sleep in two rounds," said Fury, who has won 20 of his fights by knockout. "Two. 100%."
Likening their trans-Atlantic showdown to when Briton Lennox Lewis defeated American Mike Tyson in June 2002, Fury said he expected fireworks when the two meet again.
"To beat Tyson Fury, you have to nail him to the canvas. And that's what this little skinny-legs super-noodle will have to do – nail me to the canvas," he said of the tall and slender Wilder, whose body more resembles that of a basketball power forward than a traditional heavyweight boxer.
"And if he can't do that, I'm going to eat him up." (Reuters/NAN)
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My name is Samantha King. I am a wife, and a mother to four very busy young boys. I am a hobbyist photographer in Woodstock, Ontario, and my main goal is to capture the childhood and experiences of my boys and the memories of my family. For that reason, though I occasionally photograph others, you can expect to be bombarded by photos of my own family on this blog. Luckily for you, they are all pretty darn cute!
I began my photography journey when my most wonderful husband, along with my sweet family, gifted me with my first ever DSLR – a Canon T3i with the 18-55mm lens. I had been pining after it for some time, but just couldn't bring myself to spend the money on such a luxury. (For those of you who have started spending money on photography equipment, you'll laugh that I considered that such an expense!) Over the following year, I added a 50mm 1.8 and Speedlite 430EX II to my arsenal, forced myself out of auto settings, and started learning. There is so much to learn. I have since graduated to my Canon 6D, a 24-70mm 2.8, and a 100mmL macro 2.8. My wish list for lenses is growing all of the time, as is my working knowledge of photography. I'm excited to continuously keep learning, and sharing what I capture as my children grow.
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Q: MVC3 Data binding I have a partial view which I pass a model to and it displays checkboxs which the user can select and this eventually gets posted with my form so that I can query their checked state and insert data into DB as required.
I want to change my partial view so that instead of taking a model that contains a list of models it take the list of models directly thus decoupling it and making it more useful as a partial view. The problem is when I do this it doesn't seem to bind the data correctly. Below is an example of the code before (working correctly and after not working).
I would very much appreciate if somebody is able to shed some light as to why my changes are not taking affect, i.e. in the after code when I inspect the posted data the list is null and in the before it is populated correctly:
Before:
Call the partial view:
<fieldset>
    <legend>Facilities</legend>

            @{Html.RenderPartial("Partial/FacilityPartial", Model);}

</fieldset>

Partial view:
@model namespace.Models.SchoolRegisterModel
@for (var i = 0; i < Model.Facilities.Count; i++)
{
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Facilities[i].name)
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Facilities[i].facility_id)
    @Html.LabelFor(x => x.Facilities[i].@checked, Model.Facilities[i].name);
    @Html.CheckBoxFor(
            x => x.Facilities[i].@checked,
        new
        {
            id = Model.Facilities[i].facility_id,
            @class = "RightSpacing",
            description = Model.Facilities[i].description
        }
    )
}

After:
Call the partial view:
<fieldset>
    <legend>Facilities</legend>

            @{Html.RenderPartial("Partial/FacilityPartial", Model.Facilities);}

</fieldset>

Partial view:
@model IEnumerable<namespace.Models.facility>
@for (int i = 0; i < Model.Count(); i++)
{
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.ElementAt(i).name)

    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.ElementAt(i).name)
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.ElementAt(i).facility_id)
    @Html.LabelFor(x => x.ElementAt(i).@checked, Model.ElementAt(i).name);
    @Html.CheckBoxFor(
            x => x.ElementAt(i).@checked,
        new
        {
            id = Model.ElementAt(i).facility_id,
            @class = "RightSpacing",
            description = Model.ElementAt(i).description
        }
    )
}

Thanks in advance!
Joe
Finished Code (Working)
Model:
public class SchoolRegisterModel
{
    // ... Lots of data
    public string Data { get; set; }

    [Display(Name = "Facilities")]
    public IEnumerable<FacilityViewModel> Facilities { get; set; }
}

namespace namespace.Models
{
    public class FacilityViewModel
    {
        public FacilityViewModel()
        {
        }

        public FacilityViewModel(facility facil, bool bSelected = false)
        {
            this.Facility = facil;
            this.Selected = bSelected;
        }

        public facility Facility { get; set; }
        public bool Selected { get; set; }
    }
}

Editor Template:
@model namespace.Models.FacilityViewModel
@Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Facility.facility_id)
@Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Facility.name)
@Html.LabelFor(x => x.Selected, Model.Facility.name)
@Html.CheckBoxFor(x => x.Selected,
    new
    {
        id = Model.Facility.facility_id,
        @class = "RightSpacing",
        description = Model.Facility.description
    }
)

Controller:
// GET: /School/Register

public ActionResult Register()
{
    var viewModel = new SchoolRegisterModel();

    PopulateFacilityCollection(ref viewModel);
    return View(viewModel);
}

private void PopulateFacilityCollection(ref SchoolRegisterModel viewModel)
{
    List<FacilityViewModel> FacilityCollection = new List<FacilityViewModel>();
    foreach (facility facil in DBModel.facilities)
    {
        FacilityCollection.Add(new FacilityViewModel(facil));
    }

    viewModel.Facilities = FacilityCollection;
}

View:
<fieldset>
    <legend>Facility</legend>

            @Html.EditorFor(x => x.Facilities)

</fieldset>

All seems to work well now, I hope that this helps somebody else!

A: The issue is that you seem to be using Partial Views when you should be using Editor Templates. When using Partials, you will need to pass around the full Model in order for the Html Helpers to retain the full object hierarchy in the names/ids it generates. Since the Model Binder uses those names during deserialization, if the hierarchy is lost... the data cannot be re-saturated.
I would suggest using an Editor Template instead, this will allow you to keep the Razor code in your Partial View the same while passing only the object needed in the top level model... in your case the list.
Here is a pretty good tutorial on how to use them: http://coding-in.net/asp-net-mvc-3-how-to-use-editortemplates/

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According to the Central Avenue Streetscape & Bridge Project, on May 8, 2017, Aliceanna Street between Central Avenue and Eden Street became open to westbound traffic only. Visit the web site below for progress updates.
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Aqaba New Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal - Jordan
Together with its sister company BAM Contractors from Ireland and its Jordanian joint-venture partner MAG Engineering & Contracting Co. BAM International was awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the LNG jetty in November 2013. BAM Infraconsult was involved in the designing of the civil works.
The scope of work for the new LNG jetty included a 100 metres trestle on steel piles, a concrete off-loading platform of 20 x 20 metres, four mooring dolphins and four breasting dolphins. The project further comprise a 700-metres long gas pipeline to the shore tie-in point, as well as associated control equipment and instrumentation. The development of the terminal area including roads and two buildings also belonged to the contract.
The terminal was handed over to Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) in June 2015.
For more information about our activities in the area Middle East / Gulf States please contact BAM International head office in the Netherlands, our area office in Dubai, our branch office in Abu Dhabi, our branch office in Jordan, our branch office in Oman, our branch office in Qatar or our representative office in Egypt.
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New metrics needed to evaluate and combat HIV epidemics in the US
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
A new peer-reviewed commentary published in the January issue of the American Journal of Public Health argues for new metrics to evaluate the public health response to HIV in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced plans to reduce the number of new HIV infections by 75 percent in the next five years and 90 percent in the next 10 years. "Ending the HIV Epidemic" (EtHE) efforts will focus initially on 48 high burden counties; Washington, DC; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and seven states with substantial rural HIV burdens, before moving on to all U.S. counties.
Dr. Denis Nash, Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Executive Director of the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, notes that because ending the public health threat of HIV requires intensification and more focused targeting of implementation, there is a need for new metrics to inform and evaluate EtHE initiatives. Nash argues that newer metrics should complement the current metrics that focus on new HIV infections, individuals successfully being treated for HIV, and coverage of pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a drug which can prevent HIV infection.
The HHS plan should develop metrics that track the deployment and uptake of specific intervention delivery strategies, which would provide data regarding plan goals. Nash contends that HIV-related health disparities in both implementation outcomes and health outcomes require special attention.
"Given the major disparities in HIV incidence and the potential for these disparities to be further exacerbated through differential access to HIV testing, PrEP, HIV treatment, and treatment adherence support, special attention must be paid to the use of metrics and targets capable of informing action and course corrections aimed at mitigating disparities," Nash says.
Finally, Nash underscores the need for HHS to develop a public facing web-based dashboard system that more rapidly disseminates actionable information based on the new metrics needed to inform the implementation of the HHS plan.
"We have made substantial strides in getting useful data into the hands of those that are in a position to act in support of New York's Ending the Epidemic initiative," he said, referring to New York's Ending the Epidemic Dashboard system. "The national EtHE Plan needs a timely dissemination system like the one we have here in New York in order to accelerate impact and share lessons learned within and across those jurisdictions aiming to end HIV as a local public health threat."
This work was supported by funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the Einstein, Rockefeller, CUNY Center for AIDS Research (ERC CFAR, P30 AI124414), and the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (P30 MH043520), the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, and the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health.
Denis Nash
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About the Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health at the City University of New York.
The CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) was founded on the notion that substantial improvements in population health can be efficiently achieved through better implementation of existing strategies, policies, and interventions across multiple sectors. We study how to translate and scale-up evidence-based interventions and policies within clinical and community settings in order to improve population health and reduce health disparities. CUNY ISPH. Pursing population health gains through better implementation. http://www.cunyisph.org. Follow us on Twitter: @CUNYISPH.
About the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) is committed to teaching, research and service that creates a healthier New York City and helps promote equitable, efficient and evidence-based solutions to pressing health problems facing cities around the world. For more information, visit sph.cuny.edu.
"Designing and Disseminating Metrics to Support Jurisdictional Efforts to End the Public Health Threat Posed by HIV Epidemics," Denis Nash, American Journal of Public Health, 2020;110:53-57. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305398
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Pres. Duterte Wants Straight Answer from China, Clarifying Real Intentions in the West PH Sea
Ahead of possible talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam, President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday that he wants to know straight answer from Beijing to clarify what it "truly needs" to do in the West Philippine Sea.
"It's about time that ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries – not really to confront – but to make clear to us what China really wants," President Duterte said on Wednesday, November 8, at his pre-departure briefing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before leaving for Da Nang in Vietnam to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
President Duterte speech prior to his departure in Vietnam APEC Summit.
Philippine President said he would bring up the issue either in a bilateral meeting or during a plenary session.
"I should be bringing this important matter to the surface so that we will know when can we be safe in traveling the expanse because they have claimed it now," said Duterte.
He said, "I do not take it against China. But what are the stakes? Do you want control of the passage?"
"Unbridled, undisturbed, unmolested [passage] while we use that small way from the Indian Ocean, the Indo-China Pacific which is facing Palawan," he continued.
China should be clear about its plans as these could have an impact on the Philippines and on the region in general.
"We are friends with China. May utang na loob tayo (We have a debt of gratitude). At one moment in our life or the lives of the Filipinos, they were there to give us the arms when we had none and we were fighting it out in Marawi," the President told a press briefing at the NAIA Terminal 2.
"But let us be clear on what we intend to do here because eventually, it will affect the entire Philippine archipelago," he said.
"The truth is, if I could only confront China or if it is China alone – that's the problem. But I said, there are contesting countries which have overlapping jurisdictions," the President said.
"And if I engage China now, I will have to engage the five others. It would be something like a scramble there because if China concedes to one, Philippines, it has to concede to the others," he pointed out.
"And what will now happen to our general claim of being the economic zone belonging to my country? That's a problem," he added.
"I just hope that he (Chinese President Xi) would honor it because it will change the entire geography of the world. And war starts. I don't know what will be the next geographical division of Asia," the President said on Tuesday.
Watch President Duterte speech prior to his departure.
Interes ng Pilipinas sa West PH Sea handang Ipagtanggol ng Philippine Navy
PH Aircraft carrying Lorenzana going to Pag-asa island challenged by China
Philippine Warship Deployed in Benham Rise to Conduct Sovereignty Patrol


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HBO Max Watch Party: T. Thomas Fortune Hits the Big Screen!
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center will host a watch party of the HBO Max new series,
WHEN: January 24, 2022, 8 PM
WHERE: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, 94 Drs. James Parker Blvd., Red Bank
For more information visit https://www.tthomasfortuneculturalcenter.org/fortune-on-hbo and contact evelynfortunefoundation@gmail.com for further questions.
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The show will feature the character of T. Thomas Fortune, played by actor Sullivan Jones. It takes place in New York in 1882 during the American Gilded Age, a time of economic change and conflict between the old world and the new world.
Jones, who visited the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center last spring after accepting the role, learned the rich history of the trailblazing giant. Jones has big shoes to fill in his portrayal of Fortune, who was born into slavery in 1856 in Florida. Fortune made a name for himself as a journalist and newspaper publisher, during the Gilded Age in New York, where his newspapers, the New York Globe, Freeman and the New York Age, were published. Fortune was a dynamic orator, who spoke truth to power and someone many politicians feared.
Jones learned quite a bit about Fortune (left), who started the first successful black political organization in 1887, The National Afro-American League, a precursor to the NAACP. The actor spoke with Lynn Humphrey, who is the Cultural Center's archivist, and she provided him information on Fortune and his family, who lived in Red Bank from 1901-1910. The information Jones gained that day from his visit reassured the actor as he steps into this role.
Most people have never heard of T. Thomas Fortune. However, this highly anticipated series, with Jones appearing in almost every episode, will introduce them to Fortune, who was a force to be reckoned with during this time.
The show will also feature The Good Fight's Christine Baranski, And Just Like That's Cynthia Nixon and Meryl Streep's youngest daughter making her series debut.
This will be an exciting event celebrating Fortune on the big screen. Don't miss it!


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Next Gen Fellowship Program for Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2014
Carnegie Corporation of New York is funding three distinct competitive fellowship opportunities for early-career social science faculty of African academics working on peace, security and development issues. The three fellowships are: the doctoral dissertation research fellowship, doctoral dissertation completion fellowship and doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship. Fellowship program also offers two workshops each year for fellow's Masters research in their research publications. 45 fellowships are awarded each year. Online application must be submitted by December 1st 2013.
Study Subject(s): The fellowships support dissertations and research on peace, security and development topics.
Course Level: This fellowship is for pursuing PhD research level.
Scholarship Provider: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Scholarship can be taken at: Africa
1. The doctoral dissertation research fellowship: All applicants must be citizens of and reside in a sub-Saharan African country while holding a current faculty position at an accredited college or university in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda. Applicants for any of the funding opportunities offered through this program must have a master's degree and be working toward completion of the doctoral degree. The program seeks to promote diversity and encourages women to apply. To be eligible for the US$15,000 dissertation research fellowship, applicants must have an approved dissertation proposal but will not yet have undertaken research of nine months or more.
2. The doctoral dissertation completion fellowship: All applicants must be citizens of and reside in a sub-Saharan African country while holding a current faculty position at an accredited college or university in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda. Applicants for any of the funding opportunities offered through this program must have a master's degree and be working toward completion of the doctoral degree. The program seeks to promote diversity and encourages women to apply. To be more eligible for the US$15, 000 dissertation completion fellowship, applicants must be in the final year of writing and have completed at least one dissertation chapter.
3. The doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship: All applicants must be citizens of and reside in a sub-Saharan African country while holding a current faculty position at an accredited college or university in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda. Applicants for any of the funding opportunities offered through this program must have a master's degree and be working toward completion of the doctoral degree. The program seeks to promote diversity and encourages women to apply. To be eligible for the US$3,000 dissertation proposal fellowship, applicants must be admitted to a graduate program but have yet to undertake dissertation research.
Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Citizens of and reside in a sub-Saharan African country while holding a current faculty position at an accredited college or university in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda can apply for this PhD fellowship.
Scholarship Description: The program, launched in June 2011, responds to a shortage of experienced faculty in African higher education. The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program provides fellowships to nurture the intellectual development and increase retention of early-career faculty in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The program assists fellows to develop research opportunities and skills, obtain doctoral degrees, and participate in robust research communities. Toward this end, the project features a thematic focus in order to renew basic research agendas addressing peace, security, and development topics as well as strengthen interdisciplinary social science research capacity on these issues. Funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, this project offers a replicable model at scale and complements foundation initiatives to develop and strengthen the next generation of African scholars.
Number of award(s): Approximately 45 fellowships in total each year are offered.
Duration of award(s): Fellowships are offered each year. The doctoral dissertation research fellowship is about 9-12 months.
-The doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship supports short-term research costs of up to US$3,000 to develop a doctoral dissertation proposal. -The doctoral dissertation completion fellowship supports a one-year leave from teaching responsibilities and a stipend up to US$15,000 to permit the completion of a dissertation that advances research on peace, security, and development topics.
-The doctoral dissertation research fellowship supports 9-12 months of dissertation research costs of up to US$15,000 on a topic related to peace, security, and development.
Selection Criteria: Strong proposals will offer clear and concise descriptions of the project and its significance. Proposals should display a thorough knowledge of the relevant social science literature that applicants will engage and the methodologies relevant to the project. In addition, applicants must demonstrate that all proposed activities are feasible and can be completed in a timely manner. All proposals will be evaluated for these criteria by an independent, international committee of leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines.
Notification: Not Known
How to Apply: The mode of applying is online. All applications must be submitted using the online application portal.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for applications is December 1st 2013.
Read more: PhD Fellowship for sub Saharan African Countries, 2014 : 2013 2014 Scholarship Positions


Review: Californian group The Samps are back. Cole M. G. N is joined by J. Darrah and Harland Burkhart on their genre bending debut album. Having released previously on imprints like Mexican Summer and Big Love Records, Breakfast is served by Nite Jewel's Gloriette Records. The dozen or so tracks across the album span a vast trajectory of electronic music styles such as funk, hip-hop/R&B and soul. A vibrant and almost psychedelic musical journey in the tradition of The Avalanches with its meticulous sample heavy approach. Cole M. Greif-Neill is a Grammy Award winning producer that has worked for artists including Beck, Snoop Dogg, DaM-FunK, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Christine & The Queens, as well as being a member of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti.


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Player's Own Voice
Canucks coach Desjardins again feeling heat after demoralizing road trip
The hot seat is nothing new for Willie Desjardins. The under-fire head coach of the Vancouver Canucks looked to be in trouble with his team mired in an ugly nine-game losing streak earlier this season before a subsequent 7-4-1 stretch cooled talk of his immediate job security.
Vancouver has just 5 regulation wins through 30 games this season
The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 15, 2016 7:19 PM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2016
Head coach Willie Desjardins and his Vancouver Canucks are searching for answers as they sit second-last in the Pacific Division. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
The hot seat is nothing new for Willie Desjardins.
The under-fire head coach of the Vancouver Canucks looked to be in trouble with his team mired in an ugly nine-game losing streak earlier this season before a subsequent 7-4-1 stretch cooled talk of his immediate job security.
But after a demoralizing 1-4-0 road trip culminated in Tuesday's stunning 8-6 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in which the Canucks led 5-2 heading into the third period, the pressure is back on.
"That was the same story a month ago," Desjardins said Thursday when asked how he's dealing with the situation. "Our focus a month ago was what we're going to do and how we're going to do it. Nothing's changed. That's the way you approach every game.
"I won't worry about [getting fired]. It's out of my control. Why worry about it?"
With the team sitting 28th in the overall standings, fans seething and plenty of talk in the local media about Desjardins' future, the players know it's on them to silence the critics.
"You hear different things, but we're a family in this room," said Canucks centre Bo Horvat. "Willie's been so great for me and for this team and for the organization. We want to play hard for him. We don't want to see anything happen."
Desjardins guided the Canucks (12-16-2) to a 101-point campaign in 2014-15, but the club slipped to 28th last season as it started to rebuild and has struggled most of this year with just five regulation wins through 30 games.
"We just feel pressure as a team overall," said defenceman Luca Sbisa. "Everyone's job is on the line. A player can get traded any day. Everyone is accountable. We're not looking for outside help.
"The quality's here. We just have to find a way to make it work."
Vancouver captain Henrik Sedin said rebounding from that previous 0-8-1 slide served as an indication then the club still believed in Desjardins, and nothing has changed.
"It's not the first time we've faced that pressure this year," said Sedin. "It showed the last time around a couple weeks back when we came back and played really well that we enjoy playing for him."
Hurricanes' blowout latest misstep
But no one — not the coach or his players — had any answers during that meltdown in Carolina that saw the Canucks allow the Hurricanes to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 lead during a chaotic 4:40 stretch.
"To let it get away on us in the third was hard for everybody to take," said Desjardins. "That hurt us."
Mistakes were compounded by more mistakes and snowballed from there as seemingly simple plays turned into disasters.
"It was pretty deflating," said Vancouver goalie Ryan Miller. "The nature of hockey and the NHL is you pretty much more get defined by how you persevere, how you get up off the ground."
The Canucks will look to do that on Friday when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning (15-13-2) to open a four-game homestand that could go a long way in determining how the rest of the season unfolds.
"We're at a crucial time of the year where if you want to stick around and battle for a playoff spot, we've got to do it right now," said Sbisa. "A loss like that [in Carolina] kind of opens your eyes.
"It wasn't pretty to watch, it wasn't pretty to be a part of."
The lone bright spot of that road trip for Vancouver was a 5-1 triumph over Tampa Bay, but the Canucks know they will be in tough against a team that posted a 6-3 win in Calgary on Wednesday for just its second victory in nine.
"They'll be ready for us. They weren't happy with what had happened at home," said Desjardins. "We can't worry about what another team brings. We have to worry about what we bring and what we do.
"We have to recover."
Note: Canucks defenceman Christopher Tanev, who has missed the last 20 games with a lower-body injury, is close to a return and could play Friday.
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In ny app I have to switch between two viewcontroller.
On the second viewcontroller I have three container views.
If I make a Segue in Interface Builder the transition is smooth but I cannot make it slide from right or slide from left.
If I use code instead to make the transition I can make slide from right or slide from left, but i does not look good.
Is it possible to add a slide from right transition in the Interface Builder Segue?
Or is it possible in code to make the transition smotth as an segue?
What are the parameters of your segue ?
Also, that would be helpful to show us the code of the view controller being transitioned to.
The viewcontroller has three container each having its own viewcontroller.
Heres what it looks like when I use a Segue inInterface Builder.
Here I only have Cover Vertical, Flip Horizontal, Cross dissolve and Partial Curl.
I would like to use Slide From Right.
My problem is that the Segue in IB works smoothly, but does nat have the transition I need.
And if I do it in code it look chunky.
I tried to insert a photo, it show up under Edit but not elsewhere.
I don't know how ti insert images in thread.
>I don't know how ti insert images in thread.
Don't bother - we're not allowed to see them.
DevForums does not currently let you post images (r. 22028729)-: I recommend you upload your image to some other site and post a link here. That'll require moderator approval, but that's easy.
I recommend you post an image of the problem (per your post on 20 Oct and my reply that same day).


Pregnant, in your first trimester and looking for a stronger, prenatal yoga class? Then this Yin-Yang session is for you! This session is great for pregnant yoginis who have a regular yoga practice.
Starting off with connecting with your baby in your belly, your heart, feelings and the breath. The deep belly breathing will give your baby all the oxygen, energy and love it needs. This is followed by Yang movements to open up the back, shoulders and chest, enhance blood circulation and release built-up tension. Next, the stronger part of the sequence, which works on the upper body and leg strength - this is important during pregnancy to help you support the weight of your growing belly.
At the end you will calm down with some Yin poses to stretch the shoulders and back, finishing the session with a guided Savasana and/or meditation.
In both the Yin and Yang parts, please stay attuned with how you feel. If at any moment you feel pain, dizziness or nausea, take a moment to rest and breathe. If you want to repeat a certain parts to get an even stronger practice, please do. This session will leave you feeling stronger, more open and less tense; it also will help you to connect with your baby while taking care of yourself. Different options are given for each pose, so you can adapt them to your needs.


Heading back to school is often stressful for students and parents alike. But it doesn't have to be stressful! Staying organized and planning ahead is the key to a successful school year. Here are 7 organizational and planning tips that will get you started off on the right path!
Stock up on School Supplies: This is a great time to school shop! Stock up and purchase more than required so you can have them during the school year as needed. Get our other shopping tips.
Create The Homework Zone: Create a space in your home that your children can do their homework. In this space, be sure to have all the required materials needed for homework time. Organize the materials in a way that fits your child's learning style and make sure you have ample materials to get you through the next few months.
Identify Your Goals: Sit with your children and establish goals for a successful school year. Each goal should differ for each child. Taking the time to do this one-on-one with each child is highly recommended. This allows you to focus on each child's individual needs and this a great time to hear your child's perspective on what they want to focus on this school year. Be sure to write these goals on a board so your child can see it daily!
Implement the Bed Time Routine: Start implementing the bedtime routine. A week allows your child to get acclimated to the bed time routine. Getting to bed early encourages good sleeping habits and promotes a positive attitude towards school.
Establish a Weekly Family Meeting: Set one day in your week to go over the weekly schedules and expectations. This is a great time to grab the family calendar and go over everyone's schedules. If you have students in middle school and high school, this is a great time for them to update their personal planners and discuss their plans for the week. This weekly meeting will help instill good time management and organizational skills that will last a lifetime.
Designate Your Home & School Mail Location: Select a location in your home that is solely for school paperwork. Have your child place the paperwork that needs your attention in this area. Some great solutions include: pinning paperwork to a cork board, posting paperwork on a magnetic white board or refrigerator or simply placing the paperwork in a box.
Prep for the BIG DAY: The night before school begins, be sure to have all your clothes and school items ready to go. You want to make sure the morning goes smoothly. Having all your clothing, snacks, lunches and book bag items ready will minimize the morning chaos and ensure a successful morning!
Remember that organization and planning need to be reassessed over time. Make changes as you need to! I hope these tips will help create a smooth transition back to school. I hope this year is exciting, filled with new discovery and much success!
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Dying of Whiteness
There are two main ideas in Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland:
Right-wing policies implemented by Republican administrations attract supporters because they align with a fundamental desire of many white voters to preserve their position at the top of an imagined racial hierarchy.
In practice, these policies deliver mortal harm to the very people they are supposed to benefit, namely lower- and middle-class whites. "Mortal harm" means literally that: increased death rates, and decreased years of life.
The author is Jonathan M. Metzl, Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University. He sets out to prove these claims by presenting three case studies of policies implemented by Republican administrations in states in the south and mid-west:
Loosened gun restrictions in Missouri.
Health care in Tennessee, specifically the refusal of that state to extend Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act
Drastic tax cuts in Kansas and the subsequent reduction in funding for public education
His key finding is that Americans are literally dying of whiteness.
"This is because white America's investment in maintaining an imagined place atop a racial hierarchy – that is, an investment in a sense of whiteness – ironically harms the aggregate well-being of US whites as a demographic group, thereby making whiteness itself a negative health indicator." [p. 9]
By Jonathan M. Metzl
Basic Books, New York, 2019
For each of his three studies, Metzl conducted research between 2013 and 2018 including focus group interviews with residents of each state, and statistical analysis of population-level data.
For instance, starting around 2010 the State of Missouri began to roll back restrictions on guns. By 2016, Metzl writes, Missouri had:
Ended prohibitions on the open or concealed carry of guns in public places
Lowered the age for carrying a concealed gun from 21 to 19
Eliminated many of the requirements for background checks and purchase permits
Eliminated training and education requirements for carrying a concealed gun
Extended "Castle Doctrine" and "stand-your-ground" protections for using lethal force against perceived threats both inside and outside the home
Nullified city and regional gun restrictions within the state
All this, apparently, in the name of giving law-abiding citizens the unfettered right to defend themselves and their families.
But while murders and mass shootings dominate the news around gun violence in America, the sad fact is gun suicides account for about two thirds of all gun deaths. That's actually the focus of Metzl's Missouri case study. Here he presents a range of data showing the increased number of lives and years of life lost from suicide due to Missouri's gun policies. And it's overwhelmingly white male lives that are shortened and lost.
Metzl shows that between 2009 and 2015 nearly 80% of gun suicides in the US were committed by non-Hispanic white men even though they made up less than 35% of the population. The state-level figures for Missouri are comparable.
Yet it's the transcripts of focus group interviews that are the saddest and most harrowing parts of the book. Many of the people interviewed were family members who discovered the bodies and had to clean up the gore-spattered homes of parents or siblings who had committed suicide.
Almost without exception they still refused to consider any kind of restrictions on guns. People said guns were part of Missouri's culture, and "it's not the gun's fault."
Metzl argues that this gun culture and the laws and policies surrounding it are designed to reinforce an idea of privileged white masculinity. For example, he tells how guns were marketed as a "Man Card" that would "restore the balance of power".
"White men themselves become the biggest threat to … themselves. Danger emerges from who they are and what they wish to be. Over time, the data suggests, 'being a white man who lives in Missouri' then emerges as its own, high-risk category." [p. 109]
In Tennessee, Metzl examines the impact of that state's refusal to adopt Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The rationale for this refusal is often stated in terms of cost – it's too expensive, it will blow a hole in the State's budget, etc. But in reality, it seems to be about whites not wanting to pay the health care costs of people they consider undeserving, like "Mexicans and welfare queens," even if it means going without health care themselves.
Metzl also argues that in southern states there's a deep-seated resentment of the federal government stemming from the occupation of the South during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War when states were forced to grant political rights for freed slaves. Seen through this lens, a national health care program that covers everyone gets twisted into a federally imposed flattening of the racial hierarchy. (I think this may also explain some reactions we're seeing today to federal coronavirus vaccine mandates.)
It's no surprise that most of the formerly Confederate states have, like Tennessee, rejected Medicaid expansion. You can see it on this map.
What it adds up to is poorer health care for everyone, including whites. It means, as Metzl says, that "failure to expand Medicaid" is "among the leading causes of man-made death in Tennessee."
Voting Against Their Own Interests?
Liberals and/or progressives (I include myself here, if those labels still mean anything) often ask how people can vote for policies that are so obviously counter to their own interests. Metzl himself notes that,
"I repeatedly found examples of policies, politics or products that claimed to restore white authority but silently delivered lethality." [p. 6]
But he also cautions readers not to assume that "we" know what "their" interests really are.
Metzl suggests that what motivates people – voters – in the three states he's studied is not safety or health care or education, but rather perceived status and privilege within a racial hierarchy. And like many authors in this area, he points to the systemic and structural factors that support these beliefs.
He says,
"… the mortal risks of whiteness extend beyond questions of whether or not any one person holds any one set of biases or beliefs. Risk evolves from politics or policies that surround identities and give shape to interactions among people and communities." [p. 271]
I found large parts of Dying of Whiteness sickening, particularly the statements of people who have endured so much self-imposed suffering in pursuit of a false cause, racial superiority.
I had read before about the deep historical origins of racism and of white resentment but somehow Metzl's interviews caused this to click into place for me.
There were some aspects of the statistical analysis in Dying of Whiteness that I didn't find convincing. A few too many linear extrapolations and tenuous causal assertions for my liking. I'd have to look into some of the underlying academic papers cited in the Notes to assess this more fully.
Earlier this year I read Heather McGhee masterful book The Sum of Us which describes the "drained pool politics" in which whites try to preserve their own status and privilege yet end up harming themselves and everyone else. You can read my review here.
Dying of Whiteness was published a couple of years before The Sum of Us, and McGhee refers to Metzl's work in her book.
The Sum of Us has a bigger scope; it looks at a broader range of issues and at deeper historical causes. Dying of Whiteness drills down into the details of specific policies in specific locations. But they both deliver the same message; historically rooted present-day efforts by whites to preserve their status within a false racial hierarchy amount to "political self-sabotage" that harms everyone, including themselves.
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8 Responses to Dying of Whiteness
Common sense tells me there is a lot of truth in these assertions, thanks for sharing your thoughts
Yes, and sadly so. Thanks for reading.
A fascinating read, even with its flaws. Which of the two, this and The Sum of Us, would you recommend if you could read only one?
The Sum of Us for sure. It's covers much more ground so it gives a bigger picture view of the problem.
I haven't read this one but you've definitely got me interested. I did read The Sum of Us this year and found it compelling. Racism is a lose-lose game for everybody involved.
I agree: The Sum of Us was great. Racism is lose-lose for sure.
Katie | Doing Dewey ❤ (@DoingDewey) says:
I think this book sounds fascinating, but I also wondered at first who the audience was. It seems like the people who would most benefit from taking the message in this book to heart are unlikely to read it. However, it sounds like you got something out of the details of this book even though the overarching claim feels obvious. Adding it to my to-read list 🙂
Well, in this case, the book is based on years of research so I think Metzl is trying to reach a larger audience than he would normally get through academic journals. And I did learn a lot from the details.
But I agree with your larger point, and it applies to lots of books. I suspect most people don't normally read books that challenge their worldview. I'm guilty of this myself sometimes. 🙂
I hope you get something out of it too.


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Q: react state not working as it is supposed I started doing this tutorial and reached to the point where it is about making a sidebar, instructor made a hook and also made a context provider and then his button does its toggle functionality as it is supposed but after introducing the hooks my sidebar is gone.
I should get something like this where the humburger menu toggle the sidebar, I haven't done hamburger menue yet, in mine it's just a X button in the side bar which it is supposed to toggle it but instead I don't even see my sidebar:

All I see is this:

This is my sidebar component:

import React from 'react'
import { Link, NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
import { SiShopware } from 'react-icons/si'
import { MdOutlineCancel } from 'react-icons/md'
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups'
import { links } from '../data/dummy';
import { useStateContext } from '../contexts/ContextProvider';
const Sidebar = () => {
  const { activeMenu, setActiveMenu } = useStateContext();
  const activeLink = 'flex items-center w-40 gap-5 pl-4 pt-3 pb-2.5 rounded-lg text-white text-md m-2';
  const normalLink = 'flex items-center w-40 gap-5 pl-4 pt-3 pb-2.5 rounded-lg text-lg hover:bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-200 dark:hover:text-black m-2';
  return (

      {activeMenu && (<>

          <Link to ="/" onClick={() => { setActiveMenu(false) }} className="flex inline-flex items-center gap-3 ml-3 mt-4
           flex text-xl font-extrabold tracking-tight dark:text-white text-slate-900">
            <SiShopware /> Shoppy
          </Link>

          <TooltipComponent content="Menu" position="BottomCenter">
            <button type="button"
            onClick={() => setActiveMenu(prevActiveMenu => !prevActiveMenu)}
            className="text-xl rounded-full hover:bg-light-grayblock md:hidden">
              <MdOutlineCancel />
            </button>
          </TooltipComponent>

          {links.map((item) => (

                {item.title}

              {item.links.map((link) => (

                <NavLink to={`/${link.name}`}
                key={link.name}
                onClick={() => {}}
                className={({ isActive }) =>
                  isActive ? activeLink : normalLink
                }
                >

                  {link.icon}

                  {link.name}

                </NavLink>

              ))}

          ))}

        </>)}

  )
}

export default Sidebar

This is the contextProvide.js:

import React from 'react'
import { Link, NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
import { SiShopware } from 'react-icons/si'
import { MdOutlineCancel } from 'react-icons/md'
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups'
import { links } from '../data/dummy';
import { useStateContext } from '../contexts/ContextProvider';
const Sidebar = () => {
  const { activeMenu, setActiveMenu } = useStateContext();
  const activeLink = 'flex items-center w-40 gap-5 pl-4 pt-3 pb-2.5 rounded-lg text-white text-md m-2';
  const normalLink = 'flex items-center w-40 gap-5 pl-4 pt-3 pb-2.5 rounded-lg text-lg hover:bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-200 dark:hover:text-black m-2';
  return (

      {activeMenu && (<>

          <Link to ="/" onClick={() => { setActiveMenu(false) }} className="flex inline-flex items-center gap-3 ml-3 mt-4
           flex text-xl font-extrabold tracking-tight dark:text-white text-slate-900">
            <SiShopware /> Shoppy
          </Link>

          <TooltipComponent content="Menu" position="BottomCenter">
            <button type="button"
            onClick={() => setActiveMenu(prevActiveMenu => !prevActiveMenu)}
            className="text-xl rounded-full hover:bg-light-grayblock md:hidden">
              <MdOutlineCancel />
            </button>
          </TooltipComponent>

          {links.map((item) => (

                {item.title}

              {item.links.map((link) => (

                <NavLink to={`/${link.name}`}
                key={link.name}
                onClick={() => {}}
                className={({ isActive }) =>
                  isActive ? activeLink : normalLink
                }
                >

                  {link.icon}

                  {link.name}

                </NavLink>

              ))}

          ))}

        </>)}

  )
}

export default Sidebar

This is the index.js

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

import './index.css';
import App from './App';
import { ContextProvider } from './contexts/ContextProvider';//TODO:HERE
ReactDOM.render(
    <React.StrictMode> //TODO:HERE
    <ContextProvider>
      <App />
    </ContextProvider>
  </React.StrictMode>,//TODO:HERE
    document.getElementById('root')
    );

And the app.js:

import React, { useEffect } from 'react'
import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
import { FiSettings } from 'react-icons/fi'
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';

import { Navbar, Footer, Sidebar, ThemeSetting } from './components';
import { ECommerce, Orders, Calendar, Employees, Stacked, Pyramid, Customers, Kanban, Area, Bar, Pie, Financial, ColorPicker, ColorMapping, Editor }
from './pages'
import { useStateContext } from './contexts/ContextProvider';

import './App.css'

const App = () => {
  const { activeMenu } = useStateContext;
  return (

        <BrowserRouter>

                    <TooltipComponent content="Settings" position="Top">
                        <button type="button" className="text-3xl p-3 hover:drop-shadow-xl hover:bg-light-gray text-white "
                        style={{background:'blue', borderRadius: '50%'}}
                        >

                        <FiSettings />
                        </button>
                    </TooltipComponent>

                { activeMenu ? (

                        <Sidebar />

                ) : (

                         <Sidebar />

                )}

                        <Navbar />

                    <Routes>
                        {/*Dashboard*/}
                        <Route path="/" element={<ECommerce />}/>
                        <Route path="/ecommerce" element={<ECommerce />}/>
                        {/*Pages */}
                        <Route path="/orders" element={<Orders />}/>
                        <Route path="/employees" element={<Employees />}/>
                        <Route path="/customers" element={<Customers />}/>
                        {/*Apps*/}
                        <Route path="/kanban" element={<Kanban />}/>
                        <Route path="/editor" element={<Editor />}/>
                        <Route path="/calendar" element={<Calendar />}/>
                        <Route path="/color-picker" element={<ColorPicker />}/>
                        {/*Charts*/}
                        {/*
                        <Route path="/line" element={<Line />}/>
                        <Route path="/area" element={<Area />}/>
                        <Route path="/bar" element={<Bar />}/>
                        <Route path="/pie" element={<Pie />}/>
                        <Route path="/financial" element={<Financial />}/>
                        <Route path="/color-mapping" element={<ColorMapping />}/>
                        <Route path="/pyramid" element={<Pyramid />}/>
                        <Route path="/stacked" element={<Stacked />}/>
                    */}
                    </Routes>

        </BrowserRouter>

  )
}

export default App

this is the link to what I did In case someone wants to see it live:
GitPod Link
this is the main repo:
Main Repo

A: Problem in use of useStateContext, you forget to use as function
App.js
const { activeMenu } = useStateContext();


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Benin: Legislative elections were scheduled to take place March 19. Results will be reported in our next issue.
Bulgaria: The third postcommunist parliamentary election occurred on December 18. Bulgaria's ex-communists, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), regained a majority by winning 125 out of 240 seats (a gain of 19) with 43.5 percent of the vote. BSP leader Zhan Videnov has promised market-oriented reforms to improve Bulgaria's worsening economic situation. The anticommunist Union of Democratic Forces garnered only 24 percent of the vote and 69 seats (a loss of 41). Three smaller parties divided the remaining 46 seats. The People's Union won 18 seats, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (the Turkish minority's party) took 15 seats, and the Bulgarian Business Bloc won 13 seats.
Estonia: Elections for the 101-member parliament were held on March 5. Preliminary results indicate that the Safe Haven coalition, a group containing many members of the old Soviet-era nomenklatura and led by former prime minister Tiit Vahi, won 32.4 percent of the vote and went from 17 to 41 seats. The Estonian Reform Party-Liberals garnered 19 seats with 16.3 percent of the vote. Closely following was the Estonian Center Party with 16 seats and 14.1 percent of the vote. The remaining 24 seats were divided among four other parties, including President Lennart Meri's Pro Patria party (8 seats and 7.6 percent of the vote, down from 29 seats and 20.7 percent in 1992). Lacking an outright majority, Safe Haven will in all likelihood seek to organize a coalition government.
Kyrgyzstan: On February 5 and 19, there occurred the first legislative elections since President Askar Akayev's 1994 dismissal of the old 350-member, Soviet-style legislature. A thousand candidates ran for seats in the new 105-seat parliament, comprising a full-time, 35-seat Legislative Assembly and a 70-seat People's Assembly that meets twice a year. Only one out of every five candidates belonged to any of Kyrgyzstan's 12 registered parties. In the first round, only 13 aspirants topped the 50 percent threshold needed for victory. Sixty more came out of the second round (in which voter turnout reached 61.4 percent); the remaining 32 races remained undecided as of this writing.
Mexico: In state elections in Jalisco on February 13, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico's ruling party for the last 66 years, accepted a gubernatorial defeat. National Action Party (PAN) candidate Alberto Cardenas Jimenez was recognized as the new governor. The PAN also won in most of Jalisco's big cities (including Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city) and in the state legislature. By conceding these results, President Ernesto Zedillo appeared to be upholding his promise of a more democratic, multiparty Mexico.
Micronesia: Legislative elections were scheduled for March 7. Results will be reported in our next issue.
Niger: In legislative elections on January 12, four opposition parties, led by the National Movement for Social Development (founded by authoritarian President Ali Saibou in 1988), won a combined total of 42 of the 83 seats. Five parties supporting President Mahamane Ousmane of the Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama party won 40 seats. An independent party won the remaining seat.
Uzbekistan: The ex-communist People's Democratic Party (PDP) retained control of the 250-seat legislature after two rounds of voting, December 25 and January 22. The PDP won 205 seats in the first round alone; official figures for the second round remained fragmentary at the time of this writing. Three other parties took part in the election, but none of them clearly opposes the PDP. The new legislature is expected to be loyal to the incumbent, President Islam Karimov.
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As a result of the Emperor's intervention, John called together a Synod at Antioch, at which were present Acacius of Beroea, Andrew, Theodoret, and Alexander of Hierapolis. These drew up six preposition, first of which was to the effect that the Creed of Nicaea and Athanasius' ad Epict. (as an exposition of that Creed) should form the basis of an agreement with Cyril; they also laid down that Cyril's explanation, and especially his Twelve Anathematisms, should be withdrawn (Mansi, v. 829; Hefele, op cit III. p. 121). Cyril's reply was that he could not withdraw what he had written against Nestorius, but what if they would agree to the Patriarch's deposition, an understanding could be arrived (Ep. Ad. Acac. Ber., P. G. 77. 157ff.). The effect of this letter was, apparently, to divide the Antiochenes into two camps—those who, like John (of Antioch), were prepared to come to terms with the Alexandrine, and those who, like Alexander and his following, were convinced that the enemy of Nestorius was a heretic, and would have no dealings with him.


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Chicago's very own Pillars and Tongues have just released their new track 'Points Of Light' which premiered on Brooklyn Vegan Chicago. Frontman Mark Trecka's even baritone glides above a thick bass line, as he's colorfully countered by co-vocalist Beth RemisPillars and Tongues have just announced a Fall tour with Angel Olsen. Their new LP "End-dances" is out September 17th on Empty Cellar Records.
Listen To 'Knifelike' On Diffuser!
Read The Lyrics To 'End-dances' Here!!
"Pillars and Tongues' music always has one foot in the avant-garde, while never completely abandoning pop, which in this case is gloomy, dark, and dreamy, almost cinematic, evoking pictures of lost and doomed landscapes." ---Henning Lahmann, No Fear of Pop"
Listen To 'Points Of Light' On Brooklyn Vegan Chicago!
End-dances is the new album by Pillars and Tongues on Empty Cellar Records. Although from Chicago, Beth Remis, Ben Babbitt, and Mark Trecka have spent much of the last few years traveling, performing music in a wide variety of contexts, exploring the severe and sublime landscapes of America, and returning to or refusing to return to variations on the theme of home.
Recorded by Theo Karon, End-dances leaps forward in the direction implied by the last full-length, The Pass and Crossings, and the recent cassette, If Travel is Asked of Me. Long-form compositions are coerced into considered and patiently constructed songs, resulting in their most pop-oriented work to date. But in that, the work allies with the darker, stranger side of the pop realm, evoking the drama and atmosphere of Dead Can Dance, and the art-prog experimentation of Peter Gabriel's 4. The characteristic harmonium and violin blend with enveloping synths, undulating loops and gated rhythms of hazy origin.
Karon's adventurous engineering is apparent throughout the record; the band's attention to the expressive potential of the sounds themselves is supported by mesmeric tape loops, saturated vocal echoes, and vibrant tones coaxed from radically transformed sources. Points of intersection between the acoustic and the electronic are embraced, calling the assumed organic nature of a drum and the artifice of a synthesizer into question. Loping, hypnotic rhythms give way to cinematic ambient passages, receding to reveal, again and again, the voices, with Trecka's bold baritone in the lead. Remis' voice -- central and refined -- conjures, floats, and skitters, at varying points harmonizing with and countering Trecka's lead, as both chant against Babbitt's croon.
The lyrics are poetic, exploring themes of ambivalence, health and the acts of writing and singing. 'Knifelike' reads like a less optimistic version of Kate Bush's 'Love and Anger', flirting with tender descriptions of metaphorical violence: "My lines, knifelike impressions of your life / give teeth to timelines / cut knuckles testify". 'Bell + Rein' is an acknowledged homage to Leonard Cohen's 'Take This Longing', reiterating an infamous desire to not desire. 'Medora' and 'Travel' are both hallucinatory descriptions of travel as an act of self-actualization. "I ride through / to follow / where I go". 'Ends' evokes the elegiac melancholy of William Basinski, pitting a single thin and unadorned violin against a torrent of tape-garbled pianos.
Pitchfork conceded in 2010 that "it's difficult to talk about influences or genres with Pillars and Tongues, and almost as hard to talk about their sound." And The Chicago Tribune has said that the group "defies easy categorization, unless you're looking in that bin marked 'essential." While affinities may be noted with contemporaries like Julia Holter, Liars and others working creatively with tone, texture, and ambience, in the context of voice-driven songwriting, Pillars and Tongues cuts a singular path through the contemporary musical landscape.
'End-dances' is released on September 17th on Empty Cellar Records (US) and Murailles Music (Europe).


This is part of a collection of 5 documents available on Early Learning HQ featuring activity ideas relating to the Forest School approach. These documents have been produced as a practical resource with ideas and activities that promote a healthy disposition to learning outside. They have been written with the intention of supporting primary schools in a variety of circumstances, from those with limited outdoor facilities to those with woodlands on their doorstep. The multi-sensory nature of these activities are intended to support all areas of learning all year round.
They were created by Clare Beynon, Lynnette Erasmus, Coral John and Elizabeth Rowden.
This activity should be used in conjunction with our early years risk assessment document .
All 5 sessions are hugely helpful and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks to all the above for sharing their creativity.
How do I see all of the above list? Am I being stupid?
I am eager to set up a forest school activities for our young members and would love some ideas and inspiration.
I would like to be able to download these ideas, please.
Minibeast themed EYFS / Year 1 Primary Learning Challenge document.


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2016 Sunnyvale Measure M
The Sunnyvale Public Lands Act
Initiative Documents
FAQs – Overview
FAQs – General Questions
FAQs – Projects and Common Misconceptions
Public Lands At Risk
Visit the Main FAQ and Projects and Common Misconceptions FAQ pages
What is the purpose of the Sunnyvale Public Lands for Public Use Act?
Why is the scope of Measure M broader than just parks and why are lease renewals included?
What are the main properties protected by the Sunnyvale Public Lands Act?
Isn't this going to require costly elections for the city or slow down decisions?
Would the initiative apply to changing City land to City land public property use?
Why is the initiative limited to only Parks and Community Service Amenities?
Can you expand on what a Community Service Amenity is?
Does this prevent the city from being able to manage or change city services, such as moving a utility?
Would this Ballot Initiative affect the City's ability to enter into new Joint Use Agreements with a Public School?
Who has final say on covered Public Park and Community Amenity properties? What about commercial properties and utilities? What about natural disasters and other emergencies?
Aren't these concerns the reasons we elect City Council members?
I signed the petition, who gets to see my signature?
Q: What is the purpose of the Sunnyvale Public Lands for Public Use Act?
A: This measure will allow the voters of the City of Sunnyvale to have a direct say about the disposition of certain types of City property.
Currently, the City Council has the authority to sell, lease or even trade, swap or transfer city land with no more than a majority Council vote. The residents of Sunnyvale have no direct control over these critical and long lived decisions.
The Sunnyvale Public Lands Act will require a majority vote of Sunnyvale Voters BEFORE the City Council can approve the sale, lease, swap or transfer of certain types of city land which has been used as either 1) a public park, or 2) a community service amenity, which includes facilities and land whose primary purpose is to provide the public a place of city government administration, recreation, education, exercise, or enjoyment.
The measure does NOT interfere with management of city services. It does NOT affect City Services. It does NOT affect City-owned commercial properties, fire stations, storage yards, water supply and flood control related lands, roadways, utilities and other infrastructure areas.
Examples of Sunnyvale Public Lands Lost and at Risk:
In 2009 the Sunnyvale City Council authorized sale of land that was originally purchased to expand Murphy Park, which were subsequently sold in 2012 following City Council approval.
In 2012 the City Council gave direction to city staff to explore a public/private partnership which included possibly selling or long-term leasing up to 14 acres of the Civic Center campus land to a developer.
In 2013 City Council sold land at Raynor Park to fund a capital project, which instead could have been used to expand the park.
In 2015 a 2-acre corner of Civic Center land was considered for sale or lease to help finance the Civic Center Modernization project.
In 2016 City Council ignores Planning Commission, Citizens and rare opportunity to correct an earlier mistake and approves final sale of land at Raynor Park, including giving away 5,000 square feet of public parkland, to a private business, with priority use of the field area of a public park.
The Public Lands for Public Use Act would have required very carefully considered community discussion and a public vote before approving the sale of the land designated for Murphy Park; the land that could have been used to expand Raynor Park; and would require a public vote to approve a transaction if the Council were to seek approval to sell, lease, trade, swap or otherwise transfer the land that is currently part of the Civic Center.
For more information about this measure, please refer to our Home , Motivation and About pages. See Examples of Public Lands at Risk for an eye opening array of risks to public lands, not just in Sunnyvale, but all around us.
Q: Why is the scope of Measure M broader than just parks and why are lease renewals included?
A: Sunnyvale's Measure M by necessity has to include community service amenity lands because of what the City government has already tried to do when it attempted to embark on sale or long-term lease of portions of Civic Center land. That really woke up the public in Sunnyvale. This is what drove the expansion in language beyond parks to include community service amenities. The people of Sunnyvale need to have something to protect our public use lands. Sunnyvale is not for sale.
This is the same reason why the Measure M legal team included lease renewals. Repeat lease renewals, for example a 2 year, 5 year, 10 year recurring lease renewals could be used in an attempt to circumvent Measure M protections which prohibit non-public sale, lease, swap or transfer of public park and community service amenity lands without voter approval. Including lease renewals avoids attempts to create a long-term lease by using short-term lease renewals instead of voter approval.
Q: What are the main properties protected by the Sunnyvale Public Lands Act?
A: The main properties that the Sunnyvale Public Lands Act (SPLA) protects include the Civic Center, Community Center, two golf courses, all public parks – including the Orchard Heritage Park and Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum – and other community service amenities as clearly defined in section 2.07.030 (d) (1) "Community service amenity" and 2.07.030 (d) (2) "Public park" of the Text of the Initiative.
The Public Lands for Public Use Act amends municipal code to require voter approval before the sale, lease, swap or transfer between the City and another party of public parks or community service amenities, which includes facilities and land whose primary purpose is to provide the public a place of city government administration, recreation, education, exercise, or enjoyment.
See Examples of Public Lands at Risk for what's at stake not just in Sunnyvale, but all around us.
Protected properties range from traditional public parks and their onsite community rooms, playing fields, picnic areas etc., to our libraries, swimming pools, performing arts venues, gardens, city hall, city government administration buildings as well as our Tennis Center, Senior Center, two golf courses, Museum(s) and the Orchard Heritage Park; i.e. facilities and land which provide the public a place of city government administration, recreation, education, exercise or enjoyment. Most of these properties and facilities are owned by the city. This is the essence of the properties of interest afforded protection by the SPLA initiative and its simple voter oversight of far-reaching council decisions.
Additionally, the municipal code enhancements of the SPLA initiative will ensure that when the city builds more parks, branch libraries and other community service amenities, like the dedicated youth soccer fields in Santa Clara, that those cannot be undone without carefully considered community discussion and approval of the voters of Sunnyvale.
Limited Scope: It is important to note that the SPLA initiative has specific limited scope. It only applies when an outside transaction involving a sale, lease, swap or transfer of the lands of Sunnyvale City Parks and Community Service Amenities is proposed. Otherwise SPLA is not triggered and does not involve separate voter approval.
The act does NOT cover City fire stations, storage yards, water supply and flood control related lands, roadways, commercial properties, utilities or any other infrastructure areas. It would NOT have covered, for example, the acquisition of Onizuka Air Force Station land or the National Guard Armory site. It would NOT have affected the Fire Station 5 land swap. These facilities and lands are NOT Community Service Amenities. The measure will NOT cover any land swaps etc for these type properties in the future. It does NOT affect City services. It does NOT affect private property or development.
Q: Isn't this going to require costly elections for the city or slow down decisions?
A: No, voter approval will very rarely be needed because the initiative only applies to a proposed sale, lease, swap or transfer between the City and another party involving a public park or community service amenity, which includes facilities and land whose primary purpose is to provide the public a place of city government administration, recreation, education, exercise, or enjoyment. The measure does NOT apply to non-community service amenities, commercial properties, utilities or infrastructure. It does NOT apply to park and community building reservations, those are rentals and use permits. When necessary, costs are minimized by voters reviewing a covered project at our regular General Elections every two years, which minimizes the cost per ballot item.
The Exceptional Value of Our Public Lands: It's important to also remember that our public lands are extremely valuable; replacement costs are extraordinary. Measure M is the common sense solution to the extraordinary pressure our community faces to reallocate and re-purpose our Sunnyvale public parks and community amenity lands for non-public uses.
Sunnyvale's very valuable public lands are what Measure M is protecting!
How much is protecting our public lands worth?
Election Timing: Sunnyvale's General Elections are held November of even years. Consolidated General Elections benefit Sunnyvale by joining with other local, county and state elections to lower overall costs in a consolidated election. Additionally the City of Sunnyvale already budgets for election costs in our annual budget so there should be no added unplanned costs to the City.
Consolidation: A rarely needed ballot question can be further consolidated by taking several forms, including:
One vote for a number of covered parcels
One vote to handle short term and small-value leases at covered city properties
(for example one vote that they be handled by a Property Management Company)
Grouping similar covered parcels together under one ballot question.
Decision Timing: Regarding project timing, rarely covered projects involving city-owned properties are multi-year projects, typically 4-5 years or more from conception to approval or start of execution. With the 2 year cycle of Sunnyvale General Elections a rare covered project would likely come up for voter approval in much less than the full two years. Council planning and any rare covered project would quickly align themselves to the new process to shorten the cycle even further. Therefore there would be little, if any, effect on city decision making, negotiation, deal making and project timing for a properly vetted community discussion and voter approval. There would be virtually no reason to try to rush to obtain voter approval sooner than the next General Election.
Limited Scope: Also a reminder that the initiative only applies when a proposed transaction involving a public park or community service amenity contemplates a sale, lease-type transaction, swap or transfer of the public property between the City and another party. Non-community service amenities, commercial properties, utilities and infrastructure are NOT covered. As well, privately owned property and development does NOT fall under the Sunnyvale ballot initiative either.
Q: Would the initiative apply to changing City land to City land public property use?
A: No, the Sunnyvale Public Lands Act does not effect changing public land uses within City properties and lands.
For example, assume the City wanted to build a new library on an existing park site, and then re-purpose the existing library to a Teen Center or city administration offices. i.e. changing uses City land to City land within public use city properties. Another example would be relocating a public use feature or service from one City location to another City location. The Act does not require voters to weigh in on these types of scenarios because all land and uses stay within Sunnyvale's public lands properties.
The Sunnyvale Public Lands for Public Use Act initiative is of specific limited scope, it only covers the sale, lease, swap or transfer of the lands of Sunnyvale City Parks and Community Service Amenities in transactions with outside parties. Repurposing and changing public land uses within the City properties and lands does not trigger the Act and does not need separate voter approval.
Q: Why is the initiative limited to only Parks and Community Service Amenities?
A: This is done to retain the ability for the City Council and City Manager to manage and modify city utilities, commercial properties, infrastructure and other non-community service amenities without having to wait for a public vote. This allows the City to manage these non-public park and non-community service amenity properties and to easily react to unforeseen emergencies and service issues that affect the city.
City owned parcels such as the Water Treatment plant, Corporation Yard, Well Pump Heads and Storage Tanks, freeway exchanges, etc. are already off limits to the general public. The transfer of ownership of these parcels have very little impact.
Please see the amended Municipal Code – Redline in the Initiative section for more clarity of the amendments made to existing municipal code.
This initiative is designed to protect the city's parcels that contribute to the greater community of Sunnyvale: such as parks, libraries, gardens, pools, etc. – our public parks and community amenities as defined below from the Text of the Initiative:
2.07.030.
(d) For purposes of subsection (c), the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below.
(1) "Community service amenity" means libraries, swimming pools, community centers,
performing arts venues, gardens, golf courses, zoos, city hall, city administration
buildings, and other similar facilities and the land on which the facilities stand,
whose primary purpose is to provide the public a place of city government
administration, recreation, education, exercise, or enjoyment.
(2) "Public park" means land set apart for the recreation of the public, to promote
its health and enjoyment, to maintain open space in the city and also includes
city-owned public land which may be shared by agreement with adjacent public schools
to augment the public school's outdoors recreation area.
Q: Can you expand on what a Community Service Amenity is?
A: Yes, please see additional information below.
Community Service Amenities
The Sunnyvale Public Lands Act does not affect property other than city parks or community service amenities, which includes facilities and land whose primary purpose is to provide the public a place of city government administration, recreation, education, exercise, or enjoyment.
Key aspects of a "community service amenity" under Measure M are:
Must be "whose primary purpose is to provide the public a place of city government administration, recreation, education, exercise, or enjoyment."
It must be the "…primary purpose" of the facility and land.
That "…city government administration…" only covers executive and officer functions (i.e. facilities for City Council, City Manager and City Attorney).
The facilities and land must be specifically set apart for those purposes, not just temporarily or casually used once in a while.
For example, the Sunnyvale Office Center is a commercial property, which is NOT subject to Measure M. Therefore no voter approval elections would result under Measure M.
Even though a few city employees may be temporarily occupying some space at the Sunnyvale Office Center until the Civic Center is modernized, that does NOT make it a community service amenity property.
Q: Does this prevent the city from being able to manage or change city services, such as moving a utility?
A: No, it will not. This initiative is specifically written to avoid hindering the city from being able to act upon sales and other transactions of the City's commercial properties, utilities and other infrastructure. The measure only applies to City parks and community service amenities, as defined below from the Text of the Initiative:
Q: Would this Ballot Initiative affect the City's ability to enter into new Joint Use Agreements with a Public School?
A: No, Measure M will not affect in any way the City of Sunnyvale's ability to enter into new Joint Use Agreements with Public Schools. A Joint Use agreement is NOT a sale, lease, swap, or transfer of public land, therefore would not be subject to a vote.
Q: Who has final say on covered Public Park and Community Amenity properties? What about commercial properties and utilities? What about natural disasters and other emergencies?
A: Final Say – Voter approval is required before the city can complete a council proposed deal for the sale, lease, swap or trade of covered public park or community service amenity lands and properties. The City Council and City Manager retain decisions over City-owned commercial properties, utilities and infrastructure.
A: Commercial Properties and Utilities – The initiative is specifically written to not take away, and to retain and avoid hindering in any way, the ability of the City Council and City Manager to modify and act upon sales or other types of transactions involving city-owned commercial properties, utilities and other infrastructure.
A: Emergencies – Temporary "emergency" uses in response to, for example, an earthquake, flood, other natural disasters, major fire, severe weather etc., would NOT trigger the Act and would not need separate voter approval.
The Sunnyvale Public Lands for Public Use Act ballot initiative will give voters a direct say by requiring voter approval for any sale, lease-type, land swap or transfer of city-owned or leased land and real property used by the city as a public park or community service amenity, which includes facilities and land whose primary purpose is to provide the public a place of city government administration, recreation, education, exercise, or enjoyment.
This is why signing the initiative Petition and voting for it when it appears on the ballot helps protect all of the city's assets that are in the public's interest.
Q: Aren't these concerns the reasons we elect City Council members?
A: As many Sunnyvale Residents know, our community is experiencing increased pressure to reallocate and re-purpose our Sunnyvale public lands. We as Residents are feeling it. Our City Council is feeling this extraordinary pressure, it's becoming more and more difficult for the council alone to hold back this onslaught. Our Residents and City Council need a new tool, something to help ourselves and our elected representatives stem the pressures to change the character of our community without good community discussion and direct voter approval.
We all need a new tool to protect our public lands and to make sure Sunnyvale public lands are not used to facilitate private development, or to provide capital funding through any sale, lease, trade, land-swap or other transfer of our community service amenities or public parks without very carefully considered community discussion and voter approval. Our City Council needs the tool, we Residents need the tool, all in Sunnyvale need the tool.
Q: I signed the petition, who gets to see my signature?
A: Only the City Clerk, County ROV and Proponents will see signatures. The Sunnyvale City Clerk reviewed all the petitions and counted the number of signatures turned in to come up with the Prima Facie signature count. This is the only time that the signatures on the petitions are looked at by City employees. After the Prima Facie review, The City Clerk keeps the signed petitions securely in her possession until delivering them directly to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters (ROV) the following day. No copies are made by the City or the Registrar of Voters.
There are many ways the County ROV inspects a voter block to accept or disqualify that a properly registered voter of the City of Sunnyvale has entered their information and signature in the petition voter block. Although this is an uncertain period, we know from extensive meetings, communications and phone calls with the City Clerk and ROV office that every attempt will be made to qualify entries by voters of the City of Sunnyvale and to accept their signatures as valid.
Petitions are highly confidential to City Clerk, Deputy City Clerk and County ROV only (and temporary assistants during review). No copies are made by the City or the Registrar of Voters. Only Proponents (Members of the SPLA team) have a right to view the petitions. The petitions themselves are not subject to the Public Records Act and cannot be disclosed to the City Manager, City Staff, City Council or the Public. The Petitions will come back to the City Clerk whether declared sufficient or insufficient by the County ROV. Petitions returned to the City Clerk are confidentially and securely sealed and stored under lock by the City Clerk per California Elections Code 17200 and California Government Code 6253.5 until eight months after the certification of the results of the election for which the petition qualified or, if the measure, for any reason, is not submitted to the voters, eight months after the final examination of the petition by the elections official. Thereafter, per Elections Code 17200, the petitions are destroyed as soon as practicable unless it is in evidence in some action or proceeding or under government order to be preserved for a pending or ongoing investigation into election irregularities.


For years, the beauty industry has been plagued by low-quality training schools that often fail to deliver on promises and leave students in debt and worse yet, without the credentials needed to land a high-paying job. Angela Ivana wanted to found a company that would finally bring affordable, reliable, and quality training to beauty industry professionals. She recently launched CosmoSafe–an innovative online beauty training company–and early signs indicated that the company is well positioned to disrupt the beauty industry training sector.
Ivana isn't just committed to changing how beauty industry knowledge is shared but also the industry's certification process: "At CosmoSafe, we also think a credit-based class system and certification could work better than forcing unreasonable hours on beauty professionals. " Currently, beauty industry professionals must work up to 3,000 hours to become certified, but required hours vary greatly across U.S. states.
Ivana entered the beauty industry after the 2008 market crash when she found herself looking for a new career. "I used the entrepreneurship skills I learned in a high school class to create a beauty business," she explains. "I freelanced as a makeup artist and also contracted beauty professionals for bridal and media work." Prior to starting her own beauty business, Ivana had spent several years working in the financial services sector. In that context, she had acquired experience in training. Eventually, Ivana decided to leverage her managerial and training background with her beauty industry experience and landed a job as a regional education manager for a major beauty brand. This new position would plant the seed for CosmoSafe, but the company wouldn't fully get off the ground until she assembled her team.
For many years, the beauty industry has been plagued by bad players who promise to train students and help find them high-paying jobs but deliver on neither account.
In 2018, the New York Times reported that more than 177,000 people enroll in U.S. for-profit beauty schools every year and on average, the schools charge more than $17,000 for tuition, fees, and supplies. The problem is that in many cases, the women and men going into debt don't receive the education and certification needed to eventually land a high-paying job in the beauty industry. A 2013 report in the New York Times found that hundreds of women in New York City alone had been victims of fraudulent beauty schools over the years. Some of these schools ensured students they didn't need to be fluent in English to pass a certification exam, which is not the case in most U.S. states.
"I traveled from state to state meeting thousands of beauty professionals with the same terrible story. They had all bought into the 'Great American Dream' and believed that if they took out over $20,000 worth of student loans they would gain a lucrative and rewarding beauty career. That was far from the case. They were working retail making minimum wage. Similar to them, I was unable to find work after being saddled with college debt. So, I knew exactly how they felt.
"Makeup artists in almost every state are forced to attend hair or skin care schools where they spend 1-3 days out of 9 months learning makeup. We think it's tragic to funnel students into programs that do not cover the material they're seeking to learn. Otherwise, they pay the same money for unaccredited artistic based education or makeup artists go without training and are limited to where they can work as freelancers.
Once Ivana and her team have launched these new programs, they hope to tackle an even bigger challenge: "We plan on rolling out more in-depth training programs for all sectors of the beauty industry that can rival current curriculums and modernize beauty education across the board." With salons, spas, beauty brands, and gig-based beauty apps already contacting CosmoSafe about their online training solution, CosmosSafe appears to be well positioned to achieve their ambitious goal.