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Q: Plesk 10 migration failure I have 2 dedicated servers both running CentOS 5.3 and Plesk 10.0.0.
I'm trying to migrate stuff from one to the other but it's not happening, just after I fill out "Migration settings" and press "Next" I get "Host xx.xx.xx.xx is not accessible"
What I've done so far that didn't have any effect whatsoever:

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*stopped the firewall on the source server

*enabled "PermitRootLogin yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

*and restarted the service

Any ideas?
UPDATE: I was able to initiate the migration from the new server (which is blank) to an old one (I need vice versa), so there's definitely something relating settings.
I pulled out a log file, and this is where it fails:
23117: 2011-08-22 16:34:22,949 INFO Executing <subprocess[23118] '/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/launchpad --send-scout --host=XX.XXX.XXX.XXX --login=root --session-path=/usr/local/psa/PMM/msessions/2011082216342281'>
23117: 2011-08-22 16:34:32,983 INFO Subprocess raised ExecuteException: Subprocess <subprocess[23118] '/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/launchpad --send-scout --host=XX.XXX.XXX.XXX --login=root --session-path=/usr/local/psa/PMM/msessions/2011082216342281'> was finished with exit code 10
== STDOUT ====================

== STDERR ====================
Cannot send scout to the remote host
23117: 2011-08-22 16:34:32,983 ERROR Subprocess <subprocess[23118] '/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/launchpad --send-scout --host=XX.XXX.XXX.XXX --login=root --session-path=/usr/local/psa/PMM/msessions/2011082216342281'> was finished with exit code 10
== STDOUT ====================

== STDERR ====================
Cannot send scout to the remote host
23117: 2011-08-22 16:34:32,983 INFO Outgoing packet:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<errcode>130</errcode>
<errmsg>Host XX.XXX.XXX.XXX is not accessible</errmsg>
</response>

A: Solved. Edited hosts.deny and hosts.allow and that did it.


We're told that Ambon is looking for a moniker. We met a woman who had worked to promote Ambon as a tourist destination, who said there was some tension between the candidate slogans of "city of music" and "the waterfront city." We're not sure how well either of those apply, because for us Ambon will be remembered as "the city of delicious food".
There was plenty of time to find local haunts, and we had incredible meals at the little rumah makan (restaurants) near the city market.
I seem to have a lot of photos like this one, capturing the a great spread just before we attack it. These restaurants actually put all of their dishes on your table, then only charge you for those you eat. Dangerous.
Indonesian food is amazing. Oh my goodness, it is just delicious.
We had to try the Muluku staple called pepeda, a porridge goo made from sago (which is made from the pounded heart of tree trunks- hungry yet?). Our new shoreside family made dinner for us one evening so that we could try it along with a range of regional dishes. It's a good thing we had the other dishes, because pepeda- as one of our shoreside fam referred to it- has all the eating qualities of glue. But the rest? Amazing. Fresh fish with a spicy soy sauce, a heavily spiced fish stew, and more.
Here's a charming image of the glue pepeda. Mmmm. Trees.
Some indulgences were decidedly less local. At the fancypants mall, the kids inhaled bowls of frozen yogurt. Mmmm…. And then we discovered that the Indonesian restaurant upstairs made chocolate milkshakes and French fries. Trouble!
I was lucky to have another very memorable cooking lesson on board Totem. A conversation with a new friend about how nutmeg is used for savory cooking turned into a lazy weekend afternoon extravaganza on Totem (with their extended family, natch) so they could provide hands-on instruction. Our recipe: Babi Kecap, pork in a rich sauce. It's somewhat unusual in that pork is less commonly eaten in this predominantly Muslim country, but this region has a significant Christian population…although it took some work to track down the pork. I did the grocery shopping, they brought the knowledge (and their families), and we made a day of it. More, please!
Wash pork, drain well, and cut it into bit-sized pieces. Set aside in a bowl. Add about a tablespoon each of kecap manis and soy sauce, a generous pinch of salt, and about 10 cloves of minced garlic. Stir and let stand for 15-30 minutes.
Chop half of onion and mince 10 cloves of garlic. Fry in a bit of oil (we used coconut) until fragrant, then add pork. Grate in lots of nutmeg- we used about half of a large nut- than splash on a couple of tablespoons of kecap manis. Eventually this will color the sauce to a dark brown color.
Stir over medium heat. My cooking teachers periodically added a bit more kecap manis until they were satisfied with the color and quantity of the sauce. As the pork cooked and rendered fat, this became like a very dark runny caramel.
When pork is nearly done, grate in more nutmeg- we used almost a whole clove. When it is tender and nearly complete, add the other half of the onion (rough chopped into crescent slivers) and scallions (chopped). Cook until these are wilted and mixed in. Cool slightly, then serve with rice.
We ate the entire batch before I could get an "after" photo, and trust me, "before" photos of raw pork just aren't that exciting. I'm told this is even more delicious the second day, but we haven't made it last that long yet!
i think they have enjoyed alot there trip.


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Fade to Black: Graveside Memories of Hollywood Greats, 1927-1950
Fade to black is indeed an illuminating collection of short memoirs about the academy awardees of cinema during the golden age of film from 1927 to 1950. Starting at the end of the silent films, this period continued to the dissolution of the studio system with the passing of the imperious movie moguls. Hollywood was the celebrity center of the entertainment world and while many films were produced, some still remain as classics that set the tenor for the movie industry. With the academy awards serving as the focus, Michael Thomas traces the careers of the academy awardees for almost a quarter century and follows them to their burial sites. While this may sound ghoulish, this quest is done in the effort to pay homage to these megastars, whose memories remain imprinted on the film world.
This is a book that will appeal to movie buffs and all those viewers of ancient film classics who are too young to have seen these stars in their heyday, as well as those of us who recall these personalities with reverence. The classic Norma Shearer beat out Gloria Swanson for best actress in the 1920's. In the following decade, so many remembered names like Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Frederic March, Helen Hayes, Charles Laughton were awarded best thespian honors for their gender. Among directors, Frank Capra, John Ford, and John Huston. along with others, stand out. And who can forget the poignant Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and if you follow her genealogy tree, she shares a branch with Ulysses S. Grant. Continue on with the familiar names of the indomitable Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Greer Garson, Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier, Ronald Colman, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Vivien Leigh. More recently, but still in the past, the iconic Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, who shocked the country with her independent life style and survived the furor her affairs aroused. Read the book to recapture the magic that these, and so many more, brilliant players bequeathed to the public.
The author draws a compassionate composite outlining the careers and influences of the Academy awardees. Like the rest of us, the stars experienced the joys and tragedies so characteristic of life. We see them at their most radiant, but they too underwent the vicissitudes of time and fortune. Reportedly, their deaths are recorded as due to cardiac attack, strokes, cancer, accidents, suicide, and natural aging processes. Remarkably, now nonagenarians, the famous feuding sisters Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland are living quietly in separate locations.
Reflecting the black and white of this film era, the text is fittingly grey toned with wonderful reproductions of the stars in their glory and finally accompanied by photos of the gravesites. Each of the luminaries is succinctly described, from birth to film career tidbits and family life. There are tasty morsels of gossip peeking at the peccadillos of some of the stars, which makes them all the more appetizing.
This charming recollection of movie greats captures the history of the cinema along with the mixed personalities that endowed it with greatness. It is fitting that we smile in tribute to their memories by reviewing their contributions. This is our inheritance and one that the reader will enjoy.
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Sheryl Crow Says Universal Music Fire Destroyed Her Masters
By Ann Ferguson On 26 June 2019
Sheryl Crow is the latest artist to come forward and confirm that her masters were destroyed in the 2008 Universal Music Group (UMG) fire.
In an interview with the BBC, the singer says she learned this week through an article published in The New York Times Magazine that all her masters were destroyed when a music archive went up in flames in Los Angeles over a decade ago.
"It absolutely grieves me," Crow told the BBC in an interview. "I can't understand, first and foremost, how you could store anything in a vault that didn't have sprinklers? And secondly, I can't understand how you could make safeties and have them in the same vault. I mean, what's the point?"
She added, "And thirdly, I can't understand how it's been 11 years. I mean, I don't understand the cover-up."
Crow joins a long list of artists who are only now learning about the loss of their catalogs. Janet Jackson, The Eagles, No Doubt, Nine Inch Nails, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have lost tapes as well as musical icons Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Dolly Parton.
UMG is currently facing several class-action lawsuits filed by countless singers and estates over the loss of music.
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Nearly all sexually active people will contract at least one type of human papillomavirus at some point in their lives. Nine women talk about how the virus has affected them.


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Face recognition has long been a goal of computer vision, but only in recent years reliable automated face recognition has become a realistic target of biometrics research. In this paper the contribution of classifier analysis to the Face Biometrics Verification performance is examined. It refers to the paradigm that in classification tasks, the use of multiple observations and their judicious fusion at the data, hence the decision fusions at different levels improve the correct decision performance. The fusion tasks reported in this work were carried through fusion of two well-known face recognizers, ICA I and ICA II. It incorporates the decision at matching score level, a novel fusion strategy is employed; the Likelihood Ratio Fusion within scores. This strategy increases the accuracy of the face recognition system and at the same time reduces the limitations of individual recognizer. The performance of the analysis studies were tested based on three different face databases ORL 94, Indian face database and eNTERFACE2005 Dynamic Face Database and the simulation results are showed a significant performance achievements.
S. Gleni and P. Petratos, DNA Smart Card for Financial Transactions, The ACM Student Magazine 2004, http://www.acm.org.
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Wine is a better investment than equities, especially in a bear market, a study shows.
University of Fribourg PhD candidates Philippe Masset and Jean-Philippe Weisskopf found that including investment-grade wine in a portfolio increases the portfolio's returns and mitigates risk, particularly during an economic crisis.
Their study was first published in 2009 and has now been updated to reflect the recent recession.
It compares the performance of wine (based on auction results for the most-traded wines), against that of the Russell 3000 index of the largest U.S. companies, over 13 years.
This period included two bull and two bear markets.
Wine outperformed equities – mainly by holding its value during the recession – with lower volatility.
Top growths in top vintages since 2005 alone have returned 500%, to the Russell's 50%.
'That wine does better in a bear market probably won't surprise people who know wine,' said Weisskopf.
The researchers attribute wine's performance during the boom to the relatively overinflated price of equities.
Wine fund manager Peter Lunzer argues wine is a safer bet than art.
'Those of us in the trade have seen prices rise in an extraordinarily predictable way,' he said.


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L.Perry@murdoch.edu.au
Professor Laura Perry
PhD, Loyola University of Chicago (2003); B.A., University of Michigan (1991)
I conduct research about educational disadvantage and inequalities, especially as they appear between schools, and the systems, structures and policies that shape them. I am particularly interested in the causes and consequences of school social segregation, a large driver of educational inequalities in most countries. More largely, I am interested in educational marketization, school segregation and stratification, between-school inequalities, and social class and education. I use a variety of research methodologies and conduct both empirical and conceptual research. I draw on the disciplines of comparative/international education, sociology of education, and education policy to examine these topics.
I teach in the areas of education policy, comparative education, and sociology of education. I teach the following unit:
BED 300 Schooling and Society
My research interests cover the fields of comparative/international education, education policy, and sociology of education. The main question that lies at the bottom of all my research is this: "how can education systems better help all students to reach their potential?" Inherent in this question is a commitment to equity of educational opportunities, experiences and outcomes. I am passionate about finding systemic and structural solutions that enable all students to develop to the best of their abilities and interests, regardless of where they live, which school they attend, or how much money their parents earn.
Most of my research examines the causes and consequences of school socioeconomic segregation, and possible solutions for reducing it. I am particularly interested in the impact of structural factors (e.g. marketisation, school choice, school funding, school selectivity, school autonomy) on school composition and educational inequalities more generally.
I am currently working on these projects:
differential effects of school SES on academic achievement, for students with varying levels of academic performance: a quantile regression analysis of five English speaking countries (with Roslyn Mickelson, University of North Carolina Charlotte and Argun Saatcioglu, University of Kansas).
causes of school segregation in OECD countries: a Qualitative Comparative Analysis.
a typology of cross-national school funding regimes in OECD countries (with Emma Rowe, Deakin University and Chris Lubienski, Indiana University).
educational marketisation and school segregation: a theoretical framework
equitable access to selective public schools for low-income students: insights from the US and Australia (with Emma Rowe, Deakin University)
Springer/AER award for best paper published in the Australian Educational Researcher, 2020
2019 AARE Symposium at BERA: The Australian Association for Research in Education awarded my symposium to represent the association at the 2019 conference of the British Educational Research Association in Manchester, September 2019
Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago, 2018
Finalist, Award for best paper published in the Australian Educational Researcher, Australian Educational Research Association, 2014
Nominated, Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Murdoch University, 2013 and 2017
2012 AARE Symposium at AERA: The Australian Association for Research in Education awarded my chaired symposium to represent the association at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association in Vancouver, April 2012
Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research (Early Career Development and Achievement), Murdoch University, 2011.
Chief Investigator (2010-2011, extended to 2012). "How is school socio-economic composition associated with student outcomes? A comparative study of seven countries". Funded by the Australian Research Council (Discovery Project 1097057, $40,000).
Invited Lectures and Symposia
Qualitative comparative analysis, University of Manitoba; July 8, 2021.
Equity of access to education in Australia: Challenges and solutions. Symposium entitled, Education for equity, excellence, and inclusion. Presented at the Australian Social Policy Conference, University of New South Wales; October 27, 2021.
Educational inequality in Australia. How unequal? Insights on inequality – CEDA research. Panel event organized by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Perth; April 27, 2018.
Educational inequality in Australia. How unequal? Insights on inequality – CEDA research. Symposium organized by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Melbourne; April 20, 2018.
Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An innovative approach for unravelling causal complexity in education research. Charles University, Institute for Research and Development of Education, Prague, Czech Republic; September 21, 2017.
Research performance in FoR 13 across Australian universities. Positioning for Impact and Engagement in Research, webinar hosted by the Community of Associate Deans Research in Education (cADRE), Australian Council of Deans of Education; May 9, 2017.
Invited panelist, Local Research, Global Focus. Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Annual Forum, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle; August 6, 2016.
Conducting research to inform education policy. Western Australian Institute for Educational Research, Fremantle; September 23, 2015.
"How to get published". Symposium at the New Scholars Workshop, annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society, University of Newcastle; November 28, 2013.
A comparative analysis of educational equity in Australia and Canada – The power of education policy. Institute of Educational Research, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; June 17, 2013.
The impact of education policy on the educational outcomes of the poor: A case study of Australia. Presented at the Presidential Invited Symposium entitled, "The Role of Research in Understanding and Addressing Poverty: An International Perspective". American Educational Research Association, San Francisco; April 27-May 4, 2013.
Chair, Education Equity: Opportunities, Outcomes and Mechanisms. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Symposium at the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver; April 13-17, 2012.
Chair, Education Equity: Opportunities, Outcomes and Mechanisms. Invited symposium, Australian Association for Research in Education, Hobart; November 27-December 1, 2011.
School socio-economic status and student outcomes: How does Australia compare? Invited symposium, Newcastle University, School of Education, Newcastle, Australia; August 19-20, 2011.
Quality assurance in mass higher education systems: International perspectives. Shenyang Institute of Engineering, Shenyang, China; August 14, 2010.
An American in Australia: Impressions and experiences. Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China; August 17, 2010.
School socio-economic status and student achievement: Evidence from PISA. Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; October 28, 2009.
Editorial service
Editorial Board Member, Australian Educational Researcher (2021-2024).
Regional Editor, Australia (2017–2020), Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies (authoritative digital resource on the state of education systems as well as the nature of childhood and youth experience around the world), published by Bloomsbury UK.
Reports and other non-refereed publications
Rowe, E., & Perry, L.B. (May 27, 2019). Some public schools get nearly 6 times as much funding, thanks to parents. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/some-public-schools-get-nearly-6-times-as-much-funding-thanks-to-parents-117268#comment_1932181
Perry, L.B., Ledger, S., & Dickson, A. (2018). What are the benefits of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme for teaching and learning? Perspectives from stakeholders in Australia. Report commissioned by the International Baccalaureate Organization.
Sciffer, M., Perry, L.B., & McConney, A. (2018). School compositional effects: Are they real? Doi 10.31235/osf.io/kqsjt. Preprint, available from https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/kqsjt/
Perry, L.B. (2019). Reducing educational inequality in Australia. Professional Voice, 12.3. Available from https://www.aeuvic.asn.au/pv123-4#overlay-context=news-media/professional-voice-journal
Perry, L.B. (April 20, 2018). To reduce inequality in Australian schools, make them less socially segregated. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/to-reduce-inequality-in-australian-schools-make-them-less-socially-segregated-95034 . Republished on the ABC online news site, April 20, 2018: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-20/inequality-in-australian-schools-ses-resources-poverty-ceda/9679028
Perry, L.B. (March 15, 2017). Educational disadvantage is a huge problem in Australia – we can't just carry on the same. The Conversation, http://theconversation.com/educational-disadvantage-is-a-huge-problem-in-australia-we-cant-just-carry-on-the-same-74530
Perry, L.B., & Rowe, E. (October 3, 2016). Yes, some Australian private schools are overfunded – here's why. The Conversation, http://theconversation.com/yes-some-australian-private-schools-are-overfunded-heres-why-66212. Also republished on the ABC online news site, October 3, 2016: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-03/why-some-australian-private-schools-are-overfunded/7898442
Rowe, E., & Perry, L.B. (September 14, 2016). Yes, education funding has increased – but not everyone benefits. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/yes-education-funding-has-increased-but-not-everyone-benefits-65340
Perry, L.B. (February 19, 2015). The lesson from Canada: why Australia should have fewer selective schools. The Conversation, http://theconversation.com/the-lesson-from-canada-why-australia-should-have-fewer-selective-schools-35534
Perry, L.B. (June 3, 2014). The scholarship fig leaf: They won't improve access for all. The Conversation, http://theconversation.com/the-scholarship-fig-leaf-they-wont-improve-access-for-all-27321.
Perry, L.B. and Lubienski, C. (March 13, 2014). Australian schools as engines of inequality. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/australian-schools-engines-of-inequality-23979#comment_333359 .Also included on the SBS online news site, March 13, 2014: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/03/13/comment-australian-schools-engines-inequality.
Perry, L. B. (2013). How to make Australia's education system one of the best. Professional Voice, 9(2), 20-24.
I am accepting students with the following topics: educational marketisation (including school choice), school funding, school segregation, school stratification, school composition effects, peer effects, social class and education, and educational inequalities. I am also interested in supervising studies that use Qualitative Comparative Analysis or other forms of configurational analysis.
Current students (principal supervisor):
Minerva Blancenaux, PhD; "Equity of access and participation in higher education in the Carribean"; under examination.
Jen Newlands, EdD; "Leadership in a specialised school for at-risk youth"; expected completion 2022.
Kiran Bhujun, PhD; "Higher education policy in Mauritius: Should public higher education be harmonized?"; expected completion 2022.
Kiki Donnelly, PhD; "Gendered perspectives on Education for Gross National Happiness in Bhutan"; expected completion 2023.
Michael Sciffer, PhD; "School segregation and school composition effects"; expected completion 2023.
Sebastian Leist, PhD; "Spatial analysis of school choice and segregation in a German educational market"; expected completion 2023.
Malcolm Bromhead, EdD; "Parent rationales for choosing online distance education"; expected completion 2023.
Damon Sokolowski, EdD; "Parent perspectives about their child's online distance education"; expected completion 2023.
Terry Phipson, M.Ed.; "Parent rationales for leaving online distance education"; expected completion 2023.
David Garden, EdD; "School marketing and service delivery of online distance education"; expected completion 2023.
Michael Poole, M.Ed.; "Teacher perspectives on school timetabling approaches"; expected completion 2023.
Heather Jefferies, M.Ed.; "Strategies for improving teacher wellbeing"; expected completion 2024. *
Sarah Wang, Ed.D.; "Explaining high national performance on PISA: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis"; expected completion 2025.
Sarah Jennings, EdD; "International education policy for developing student global competence"; expected completion 2025.
Jennifer Featch, PhD; "Schooling experiences of political and business elites"; expected completion 2025. *
Iain Browning, PhD; ""Alternative school leadership accountability models"; expected completion 2026. *
Nimi Varghese, EdD; "School leadership opportunities and barriers for culturally and linguistically diverse educators"; expected completion 2027. *
Current student (co-supervisor):
Alison Hilton, EdD; "LANTITE: Purpose and impact on initial teacher education students"; expected completion 2022.
Courtney Bryant, M.Ed.; "Predictors of STEM study in university"; expected completion 2022.
Liberty Carter, EdD; "Perspectives of Australian schooling from teachers from culturally and linguistically different backgrounds"; expected completion 2025. *
Kim Balnaves, PhD; "Using Minecraft to promote student learning"; expected completion 2025.
* still undergoing coursework or confirmation of candidature
Completed students (principal supervisor):
Victoria Kelleher, EdD, 2021; "Afrikaans attitudes, experiences and understandings of schooling".
Gbenga Afolayan, PhD, 2021; "Female education and childhood marriage in Nigeria".
Anisah Dickson, EdD, 2020; "Letting go of the MYP: Why schools discontinue the IB Middle Years Program".
Sarah Penn, EdD, 2020; "Teaching strategies and school practices for improving the outcomes of students from low SES backgrounds".
Jennifer Featch, M.Ed., 2020; "Alumni perspectives of elite private schools".
Kevin Sullivan, PhD, 2019. "How do school resources and learning environments differ across Australian rural, regional and metropolitan communities?"
Irene Ikafa, PhD, 2016. "Integration of African refugees and migrants in Australia".
Erica Nolan, M.Ed., 2014. "Using Foucault's History of Madness to examine the international development industry".
Theresa Truong, M.Ed., 2014. "Reconsidering career education in secondary schools".
Nor Saidatul Aminv Zamzam, PhD, 2013. "Sustaining remote primary schools in Malaysia: Parent and community perspectives".
Susanne Martins, M.Ed., 2013. "Cultural intelligence in a multicultural workplace setting".
Lisa Lou, EdD, 2012. "Using overseas study programs to build the capacity of academics at Chinese universities".
Peter Baffour-Awuah, EdD, 2012. "Teacher supervision in Ghana".
Robert Mowbray, M.Ed., 2011. "Improving Malaysian university lecturing skills".
Rose Chapman, PhD, 2009. "Nurse perceptions of their experiences of workplace violence in a non-tertiary hospital: Cues, causes, consequences and adaptation".
Completed students (co-supervisor)
Ali Hayes, PhD, 2022; "Experiences of refugee background students in higher education".
Stephen Spain, PhD, 2022; "Rethinking Australian curriculum policy through a systems thinking perspective".
Rebecca Nicholson, M.Ed., 2020; "Grammar teaching within a standardized testing regime".
Kathleen Clark, M.Ed., 2008. "Pastoral care and teacher professionalism". Winner of the Thelma Harley Brown Prize in Education for best masters (research) degree thesis.
Perry, L., (2009),Western Perspectives of Post-communist European Schooling: Talking Democracy, Making Empire,Lambert Academic Publishing.
Hesterman, S., Perry, L., Waniganayake, M., (2020),Access to Early Childhood Education,In: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies, Bloomsbury Academic, pages to.
Hesterman, S., Perry, L., Waniganayake, M., (2020),Overview of Early Childhood Education (Australia),In: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies, Bloomsbury Academic, pages to.
Hesterman, S., Perry, L., Waniganayake, M., (2020),Initial Teacher Education in Early Childhood Education (Australia),In: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies, Bloomsbury Academic, pages to.
Perry, L., (2018),Educational inequality in Australia,In: How unequal? Insights into inequality, Committee for Economic Development of Australia, pages 56 to 67.
Perry, L., (2013),Democratic Aspects of Communist and Post-communist Schooling in Central and Eastern Europe,In: Logics of Socialist EducationEngaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty, Springer, pages 155 to 171.
Perry, L., (2009),American Academics and Education for Democracy in Post-Communist Europe,In: American Post-Conflict Educational Reform: From the Spanish-American War to Iraq, Palgrave Macmillan, pages 169 to 188.
Perry, L., (2005),Education for democracy: Some basic definitions, concepts, and clarifications,In: International Handbook on Globalization, Education and Policy Research: Global Pedagogies and Policies, Springer, pages 685 to 692.
Rowe, E., Perry, L., (2021), Voluntary school fees in segregated public schools: How selective public schools turbo-charge inequity and funding gaps., Comparative Education, , , pages -.
Dean, J., Roberts, P., Perry, L., (2021), School equity, marketisation and access to the Australian senior secondary curriculum, Educational Review, , , pages -.
Rowe, E., Perry, L., (2020), Inequalities in the private funding of public schools: parent financial contributions and school socioeconomic status., Journal of Educational Administration and History, 52, 1, pages 42 - 59.
Rowe, E., Perry, L., (2020), Private financing in urban public schools: inequalities in a stratified education marketplace, The Australian Educational Researcher (AER), 47, Online first May 2019, pages 19 - 37.
Sciffer, M., Perry, L., McConney, A., (2020), Critiques of socio-economic school compositional effects: Are they valid?, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41, 4, pages 462 - 475.
Leist, S., Perry, L., (2020), Quantifying segregation on a small scale: How and where locality determines student compositions and outcomes taking Hamburg, Germany as an example, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 31, 3, pages 356 - 380.
Dickson, A., Perry, L., Ledger, S., (2020), Challenges impacting student learning in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, Journal of Research in International Education, 19, 3, pages 183 - 201.
Perry, L., Lubienski, C., (2020), Between-school stratification of academic curricular offerings in upper secondary education: School decision-making, curriculum policy context, and the educational marketplace., Oxford Review of Education, 46, 5, pages 582 - 600.
Lubienski, C., Perry, L., (2019), The third-sector and innovation: Competitive strategies, incentives, and impediments to change, Journal of Educational Administration, 57, 4, pages 329 - 344.
Dickson, A., Perry, L., Ledger, S., (2019), Letting go of the Middle Years Programme: Three schools rationales for discontinuing an International Baccalaureate programme, Journal of Advanced Academics, 31, 1, pages 35 - 60.
Dickson, A., Perry, L., Ledger, S., (2018), Impacts of International Baccalaureate programmes on teaching and learning: A review of the literature, Journal of Research in International Education, 17, 3, pages 240 - 261.
Sullivan, K., McConney, A., Perry, L., (2018), A Comparison of Rural Educational Disadvantage in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand Using OECD's PISA, Sage Open, 8, 4, pages -.
Dickson, A., Perry, L., Ledger, S., (2017), How accessible is IB schooling? Evidence from Australia, Journal of Research in International Education, 16, 1, pages 65 - 79.
Perry, L., Lamb, S., (2017), Curricular Differentiation and Stratification in Australia, Orbis scholae, , , pages 1 - 21.
Perry, L., (2017), Assessing the performance of educational research in Australian universities: An alternative perspective, Higher Education Research and Development, online version available, , pages -.
Perry, L., Lubienski, C., Ladwig, J., (2016), How do learning environments vary by school sector and socioeconomic composition? Evidence from Australian students, Australian Journal of Education, , , pages -.
Mowbray, R., Perry, L., (2015), Improving lecture quality through training in public speaking, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 52, 2, pages 207 - 217.
Bogachenko, T., Perry, L., (2015), Vospitanie and regime change: Teacher-education textbooks in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine, Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 45, 4, pages 549 - 562.
Sullivan, K., Perry, L., McConney, A., (2014), How do school learning environments differ across Australia's rural, regional and metropolitan communities?, The Australian Educational Researcher (AER), 41, 5, pages 521 - 540.
Prodonovich, S., Perry, L., Taggart, A., (2014), Developing conceptual understandings of the capacity to aspire for higher education, Issues in Educational Research, 24, 2, pages 174 - 189.
Perry, L., Southwell, L., (2014), Access to academic curriculum in Australian secondary schools: A case study of a highly marketised education system, Journal of Education Policy, 29, 4, pages 467 - 485.
Song, S., Perry, L., McConney, A., (2014), Explaining the achievement gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students: An analysis of PISA 2009 results for Australia and New Zealand, Educational Research and Evaluation, 20, 3, pages 178 - 198.
Sullivan, K., Perry, L., McConney, A., (2013), How do school resources and academic performance differ across Australia's rural, regional and metropolitan communities?, The Australian Educational Researcher (AER), 40, 3, pages 353 - 372.
Bogachenko, T., Perry, L., (2013), Conceptualisations of school relationships in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine: A comparative analysis of teacher education textbooks, Educational Practice and Theory, 35, 1, pages 7 - 25.
Perry, L., McConney, A., (2013), School socioeconomic status and student outcomes in reading and mathematics: A comparison of Australia and Canada, Australian Journal of Education, 57, 2, pages 124 - 140.
Perry, L., (2012), Causes and Effects of School Socio-Economic Composition? A Review of the Literature, Education and Society, 30, 1, pages 19 - 35.
Perry, L., Southwell, L., (2011), Developing intercultural understanding and skills: models and approaches, Intercultural Education, 22, 6, pages 453 - 466.
McConney, A., Perry, L., (2010), Science and mathematics achievement in Australia: The role of school socioeconomic composition in educational equity and effectiveness, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 8, 3, pages 429 - 452.
McConney, A., Perry, L., (2010), Socioeconomic status, self-efficacy, and mathematics achievement in Australia: a secondary analysis, Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 9, 2, pages 77 - 91.
Perry, L., McConney, A., (2010), School socio-economic composition and student outcomes in Australia: Implications for education policy, Australian Journal of Education, 54, 1, pages 72 - 85.
Chapman, R., Styles, I., Perry, L., Combs, S., (2010), Examining the characteristics of workplace violence in one non-tertiary hospital, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, 3-4, pages 479 - 488.
Chapman, R., Styles, I., Perry, L., Combs, S., (2010), Nurses' experience of adjusting to workplace violence: A theory of adaptation, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19, 3, pages 186 - 194.
Perry, L., McConney, A., (2010), Does the SES of the School Matter? An Examination of Socioeconomic Status and Student Achievement Using PISA 2003, Teachers College Record, 112, 4, pages 1137 - 1162.
Chapman, R., Perry, L., Styles, I., Combs, S., (2009), Consequences of workplace violence directed at nurses, British Journal of Nursing, 18, 20, pages 1256 - 1261.
Perry, L., (2009), Conceptualizing Education Policy in Democratic Societies, Educational Policy, 23, 3, pages 423 - 450.
Perry, L., (2009), Characteristics of equitable systems of education: A cross-national analysis., European Journal of Education: Research, Development and Policies, 41, 1, pages 79 - 100.
Chapman, R., Perry, L., Styles, I., Combs, S., (2009), Predicting patient aggression against nurses in all hospital areas., British Journal of Nursing, 18, 8, pages 476 - 483.
Perry, L., Tor, G., (2008), Understanding Educational Transfer: Theoretical Perspectives and Conceptual Frameworks, Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 38, 4, pages 509 - 526.
Perry, L., (2008), Using PISA to examine educational inequality, Orbis scholae, 2, 2, pages 77 - 86.
Perry, L., (2005), Globalization and Democratic Aspects of Post-communist Education, Educational Practice and Theory, 27, 1, pages 5 - 23.
Perry, L., (2005), The seeing and the seen: contrasting perspectives of post-communist Czech schooling, Compare, 35, 3, pages 265 - 283.
Perry, L., (2003), Democratic Aspects of Post-Communist Schooling, Political Crossroads, 11, 2, pages x - x.
Perry, L., (2003), Key Concepts in Democracy and Education, Education and Society, 21, 3, pages x - x.
Phillips, R., Maor, D., Cumming-Potvin, W., Roberts, P., Herrington, J., Preston, G., Moore, E., Perry, L., (2011),Learning analytics and study behaviour: A pilot study,In: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Annual Conference (2011).
McConney, A., Perry, L., (2008),Secondary analysis of large-scale international datasets in the service of national education policy evaluation: The case of PISA Australia.,In: Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) International Conference (2008).
Perry, L., (2008),Why are some national systems of education more equitable than others?,In: 36th Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES) (2008).
Perry, L., (2008),School Composition and Student Outcomes: A Review of Emerging Areas of Research,In: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Education Research Conference (2007).
Perry, L., (2007),School Composition, School Choice and School Segregation,In: 22nd Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER) Forum (2007).
Perry, L., Tor, G., (2007),Educational Transfer: Analytical frameworks, conceptualisations and motives,In: 35th Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES) Annual Conference (2007).
Perry, L., (2006),A Model for Conceptualizing Democratic Education,In: 22nd Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE) Conference (2006).
Perry, L., (2006),School Choice in Australia and the US: The Impact of Values and Ideology on Educational Change,In: 34th Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES) Annual Conference (2006).
Perry, L., (2003),Talking Democracy, Making Empire: Western Discourse of Post-Communist European Schooling,In: Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) (2003).
Perry, L., (2002),Democratic Aspects of Post-communist Education,In: Comparative and International Education Society 2002.
Perry, L., (2001),Contrasting Perspectives of Post-Communist Czech Schooling,In: Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society 2001.
Perry, L., (2000),American Actors in the Process of Czech Educational Reform,In: Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society 2000.
Perry, L., (1999),Czech Educational Reform: Czech and Foreign Perspectives,In: Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society 1999.
(forthcoming)
Dickson, A., Perry, L.B., Ledger, S. (2021). Challenges of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme: Insights for school leaders and policy makers. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29(137). https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5630
Sciffer, M., Perry, L. B., & McConney, A. (2021). Appropriate modelling of school compositional effects: A response to Malatinszky and Armor, and Marks. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(5-6), 627–632. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1959301
Perry, L. B., Rowe, E., & Lubienski, C. (2022). Theoretical perspectives on school segregation. Comparative Education (forthcoming). *
Lubienski, C., Perry, L. B., Canbolat, Y., & Kim, J. (2022). Market models and segregation: Examining mechanisms of student sorting. Comparative Education (forthcoming). *
Sciffer, M., Perry, L. B., & McConney, A. (2022). The moderation of socio-economic compositional effects by national schooling systems: A comparative OECD trend analysis. Comparative Education (forthcoming).
Perry, L. B., McSporran, G., and Whipp, P. (2022). Family, school, and community contributions to student outcomes, in M. Berends, B. Schneider, & S. Lamb (eds), SAGE Handbook on the Sociology of Education (forthcoming).


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Deliver Her by Patricia Perry Donovan
May 30, 2016 May 30, 2016 Emma8 Comments
When Meg comes home to find her house trashed, the result of a house party hosted by teenage daughter Alex, she has finally had enough. The bag of pills hid in a cushion seals the deal and, fuelled by a mix of anger, frustration and worry, she makes a decision. Alex needs more help than she or her husband can provide but help a boarding school for troubled teens can.
It's not a decision she makes easily, but she feels lost and helpless. A year earlier, Alex had been involved in a car accident and lost her best friend Cass. Meg knows it's hit Alex hard, affecting her school work (when she goes to school) and leading her into bad company and way too many parties. When challenged she lashes out at her parents. When asked what's wrong, she shuts down. Despite getting her help, Alex just can't be reached. Neither can Meg's soon to be ex-husband Jacob, who doesn't agree with Meg at all.
Knowing that attempting to take Alex to the school herself will be difficult, if not impossible, without a major fight, Meg makes a second decision, to hire a "transportation" company, who will do the job for her. It's owner, Carl, is the one who takes on the job, arriving at Meg's house in the early hours of the morning to take Alex away. He will not, he promises, let Meg or Alex down. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned and, despite Carl's best efforts Alex goes missing and the search to find her begins, leading to secrets being revealed and Meg, Alex, Carl and Jacob having to face some hard truths.
Told through the eyes of Meg, Carl and Alex, more than anything is is Meg and Alex's story – one borne of misunderstanding and perfectly believable if I think back to my teenage years. I may not have pushed my parents to try to ship me off but I know I gave them a hard time. Being a teenager is hard. It's especially hard when you have been through what Alex has been through, losing a best friend but also dealing with her parents divorce and failing at school. Once the secrets around Cass' death are revealed, it makes Alex's behaviour even more understandable. The fact that Alex never talks about it also explains Meg's response. She makes a lot of mistakes but they do come from a good place.
As characters I liked Meg and Alex a lot. I thought they were well written and well rounded, as was Carl. I wanted a happy ending for all of them. Jacob, who didn't get his own voice, I didn't think was as solid and some of behaviours felt like they were more to drive the plot forward than what I might have expected. If that was the intention though it worked because after a slow start, the pace picked up and kept going till the end. I found myself turning pages and needing to know what was going to happen next. What I got wasn't what I had expected when I bought the book – I think I was expecting more of a standard thriller / suspense and got quite an emotional roller coaster- but that is no bad thing as I really liked it a lot. A recommended read!
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8 thoughts on "Deliver Her by Patricia Perry Donovan"
Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library says:
I can see where this could turn into an emotional roller coaster. I can't imagine being in the position where you have to send your child away but I've seen situations where it was necessary. This does sound like a good read if a hard one. I'm curious to see how it all unravels and am adding it to my TBR.
I can't imagine it either but I know friends who have reached the end of their rope. Better to send them there than chuck them out I suppose.
This does sound like an emotional rollercoaster and although I understand what you are saying about the intentions being good ones, I simply don't believe most mothers would eject an obviously unhappy child but perhaps I'm being naïve…
I think her unhappiness was well hidden behind bad behaviour- not sure if it's that it's more likely to happen in America but I know it does happen there. It's like teen boot camp.
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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among school-aged children, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of these child victims also were victims of bullying at school, and several sources have established at least an indirect link between school bullying and suicide.
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Q: Use hibernate project with EJB My setup:

*

*Library using hibernate to work with the database. (ETM)

*EJB component with local interface to work with the library. (ETMEJB)

*Web app with servlet using EJB. (ETMWeb)

*Interfaces for EJB (local List item) ETMEJBClient

*All of it is inside EAR. (ETMEAR)

ETMEAR:

*

*--ETM

*--ETMEJB

*--ETMEJBClient

*--ETMWeb

When I use library(ETM) from normal Java application it works alright.
When I try to deploy the whole thing (JBoss 7.1) I get:
http://pastebin.com/gDmiFfhL
I guess what it boils down to is:
Caused by: org.hibernate.HibernateException: Connection cannot be null
when 'hibernate.dialect' not set

I guess hibernate.cfg.xml is not found. Where should I put it?
I already put a copy in every root of source of every part of application (it's silly but I'm desperate) and it doesn't help.
Maybe this is something else?
Thanks!
Let me know if I can provide more info.
EDIT: My hibernate.cfg.xml (works for accessing library from Java app):
EDIT @ouapdouap : reformated code section
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
    "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
    "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">

<hibernate-configuration>
    <session-factory>
    <!-- We're using MySQL database so the dialect needs to MySQL as well-->
    <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect</property>

    <!-- Database connection settings -->
    <property name="connection.driver_class">org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver</property>
    <property name="connection.url">jdbc:hsqldb:/data/Documents/etm</property>
    <property name="connection.username">sa</property>
    <property name="connection.password"></property>

    <!-- JDBC connection pool (use the built-in) -->
    <property name="connection.pool_size">1</property>

    <!-- Disable the second-level cache  -->
    <property name="cache.provider_class">org.hibernate.cache.NoCacheProvider</property>

  <!-- This will drop our existing database and re-create a new one.
      Existing data will be deleted! -->
  <property name="hbm2ddl.auto">create</property>

    <!-- Echo all executed SQL to stdout -->
    <property name="show_sql">true</property>

    <!-- Names the annotated entity class -->
    <mapping class="com.leonty.etm.domain.Contract"/>
    <mapping class="com.leonty.etm.domain.Employee"/>
<mapping class="com.leonty.etm.domain.Job"/>
<mapping class="com.leonty.etm.domain.Time"/>

A: I migrated all my config into persistence.xml
I put it into:
ETMEJB/ejbModule/META-INF/persistence.xml
So now my ear deploys.
The thing is when I try to use my hibernate objects from EJB it reads persistence.xml not from META-INF of EJB but from META-INF of ETM library, so I have to put the same file in 2 directories:
ETMEJB/ejbModule/META-INF/persistence.xml - so deployment succeeds
ETM/src/META-INF/persistence.xml - used when application is running
When I first try to use my hibernate object by creating EntityManagerFactory I get following exception:
    20:50:47,905 ERROR [SchemaExport] schema export unsuccessful
java.sql.SQLException: You cannot set autocommit during a managed transaction!
    at org.jboss.resource.adapter.jdbc.BaseWrapperManagedConnection.setJdbcAutoCommit(BaseWrapperManagedConnection.java:582)

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void AudioServicesPlaySystemSoundWithVibration(SystemSoundID inSystemSoundID, id arg, NSDictionary *vibratePattern);

@interface CVAViewController ()

@property (nonatomic, strong) CMMotionActivityManager *motionActivityManager;
@property (atomic) CMMotionActivityType motionActivityType;

@end

@implementation CVAViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

	_motionActivityType = CMMotionActivityTypeUnknown;

	_motionActivityManager = [[CMMotionActivityManager alloc] init];
	[_motionActivityManager startActivityUpdatesToQueue:[NSOperationQueue new]
											withHandler:^(CMMotionActivity *activity) {
												_motionActivityType = [activity motionActivityType];
											}];

	[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:2.0f
									 target:self
								   selector:@selector(vibrate)
								   userInfo:nil
									repeats:YES];
}

///	Vibrate with a certain intensity.
///	@param intensity A floating point value from 0 to 1 representing the intensity of the vibration. 0 being the least intense, and 1 being most intense.
- (void)vibrateWithIntensity:(CGFloat)intensity
{
	// The intensity must be between 0 and 1.
	intensity = MIN(MAX(0, intensity), 1);

	CGFloat maxMultiplier = 20.0f;

	NSMutableArray *vibePattern = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

	int on = 75;
	int off = 1;

	for ( CGFloat i=0; i<intensity; i += 1.0f/maxMultiplier ) {
		[vibePattern addObjectsFromArray:@[@(YES), @(on)]];
		[vibePattern addObjectsFromArray:@[@(NO), @(off)]];
	}

	NSDictionary *pulsePatternDict = @{@"VibePattern": vibePattern,
									   @"Intensity": [NSNumber numberWithInt:1]};

	AudioServicesPlaySystemSoundWithVibration(4095, nil, pulsePatternDict);
}

- (void)vibrate
{
	NSLog(@"%lu", _motionActivityType);

	CGFloat intensity;
	switch (_motionActivityType) {
		case CMMotionActivityTypeStationary:
			intensity = 0.2f;
			break;
		case CMMotionActivityTypeWalking:
			intensity = 0.6;
			break;
		case CMMotionActivityTypeRunning:
			intensity = 1.0f;
			break;
		case CMMotionActivityTypeAutomotive:
			intensity = 0.1f;
			break;
		case CMMotionActivityTypeUnknown:
		default:
			intensity = 0.3f;
			break;
	}

	[self vibrateWithIntensity:intensity];
}

#pragma mark - UIViewController Misc.

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{
	return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}

@end

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After an internal vetting process, Boston Children's Hospital will select three finalists for the Innovation Tank. Finalists will compete at the Taking on Tomorrow Global Pediatric Innovation Summit + Awards 2015, on Monday afternoon, November 9, 2015, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.
Prize money, provided by the Innovation Tank sponsoring company, in the amount of $30,000 will be awarded. Judges will determine the amount awarded to each finalist. Prizes will be announced at the conclusion of the Innovation Tank on Monday afternoon, November 9, 2015, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.


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How the Affordable Housing Crisis Is Impacting Refugee Families
We all want to build communities where refugees and immigrants are welcome. But how can we do that if they don't even have a place to call home? The lack of affordable housing has created a challenge – but it's one we can work together to tackle.
The U.S. is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis right now. Perhaps you've even experienced this yourself. If so, you're not alone! For millions of families, the dream of homeownership feels hopelessly out of reach. College graduates beginning their careers face high rent prices that force them to live with four, maybe five roommates.
Across the country, more and more Americans are spending the majority of their income on rent. They are struggling to even find affordable housing. And houses are selling far out of a middle-class household's price range.
Sadly, this lack of affordable housing is preventing newcomers, including low-income immigrants and refugees, from achieving a stable sense of home here in the United States.
The Housing Crisis' Impact on Refugees and Immigrants
When Daniel arrived as a refugee in the United States, sleeping with a roof over his head every night was a new experience. Finally, after living in refugee settlements and sleeping under plastic tarps for years, he now had an apartment of his own.
Like Daniel, many refugees come to the United States having not lived in a home of their own for years – or at all. They may come from U.S. military bases (in the case of Afghan evacuees), a refugee camp, or a cramped space shared with friends and family. Others were displaced more recently but lost their homes in terrifying circumstances as they fled violence or natural disasters.
Establishing a home in the United States is an important first step toward recovery after the loss of so much. Refugees have lost their homes, their livelihoods, and often their family. They have to rebuild their lives in the U.S. – and feeling at home in a new house or apartment paves the way for their future success. From getting a new job to enrolling in school and exercising hospitality for new friends and family…thriving begins with home.
But not having affordable housing can jeopardize that.
The Housing Situation in Chicagoland
In Chicago and the nearby suburbs, families face several big challenges when seeking to establish a home.
There is a decreasing number of affordable housing units available to low-income families.
Families are paying more than half of their income on rent and utilities each month (30% is considered affordable).
Combined, these factors make it harder for families to pay for other essentials, including healthy food and medical care.
As a result, families are at higher risk of eviction and homelessness – which is devastating for families.
Sadly, the COVID eviction moratorium, which ensured that renters did not lose their housing, put financial pressure on landlords. Their loss of income and subsequent debt have motivated them to sell properties to developers. New investors "flip" properties, renovating to increase the rental value, making the same apartment unaffordable to low-income renters.
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At World Relief, we have found that paying rent is an important part of the adjustment process for refugee families. In fact, it helps refugee families build credit, learn U.S. financial systems, and understand tenant rights and responsibilities. It also provides a relationship to a landlord and creates the experience of true ownership of their living environment.
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But we still need long-term solutions.
World Relief is calling upon our partners and supporters to join in addressing the housing crisis throughout Chicagoland. Together, we can find affordable apartments with landlords who will rent to refugees, we can provide rent assistance to subsidize the cost of housing, and all of our neighbors can join together to advocate for new affordable housing development and the preservation of existing affordable units.
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Do you have connections in these priority areas?
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Creating Home by Leading the Change
It's through community collaboration and coordination that we can brainstorm solutions and create innovative solutions! If you have a permanent housing connection, please email chicagolandhousing@wr.org. As a result, you will help connect refugees and immigrants to safe, affordable housing. And that will change lives forever.
Together, we can ensure that every refugee has a place to call home.
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