Kardashian not but created her thoughts into clothes

Mum who was homeless a year ago close to first million - thanks to dress made from SKITTLES 

Just one year ago Sarah Louise Bryan was homeless. Now she is heading towards her first million after making a dress made from SKITTLES.

The incredible global success of the garment - made from 3,000 of the sweets - has taken Sarah Louise from being penniless to being feted by the rich and famous.

Twelve months ago the former beautician, 27, and her two children were forced to rely on the kindness of friends to keep a roof over their heads

It all began when Sarah Louise had an idea one night when she lay in bed thinking of how she could improve her life and that of her two kids, reports the Birmingham Mail .

Almost in a dream state the idea of creating a dress out of Skittle sweets came to her.

It was to be a moment which changed her life forever.

She got busy to work on the dress which took 180 hours to make, using thousands of the colourful chewy-centre sweets.

Sara Louise, from Sutton Coldfield, who has a 13-year-old son and two-year-old daughter, spent six hours everyday for a month making the dress.

She used more than 145 bags of the sweet treat and about 90 tubes of glue.

She said: “My idea came to me one night when I was falling to sleep - almost dreaming.

“It was like a eureka moment for me - a striking dress made out of Skittles.

“I jumped out of bed and googled the internet to see if it had been done before. I thought the dress would look incredible on Lady Gaga.

“I got busy working on it the next day. It took months to finish.

“I stuck a picture of the dress on social media when I finished and it just snowballed from there. The response was incredible and clothing company Ripleys got in touch with me.

“Since then I have been given my own Sarah Louise Bryan range. I design clothes and handbags for celebrities and the agency I work for will be supplying my clothes to the Kardashians.

“It has been quite an incredible journey. I had a tough upbringing and was placed in foster care.

“I got pregnant at 14 and have a 13-year-old son. Just a year ago I had nothing - I was penniless.

"I couldn’t afford to pay my rent and I never wanted to rack up arrears so I moved out and lived with friends with my two children.

“They were difficult times but I am a fighter. I have always wanted to give my children a better life and was always thinking of ways I could do this. I had an incredible break with the Skittles dress idea and things have just snowballed since.

“I am now renting a lovely home in Sutton Coldfield. I have a sports car and can give my two children all the materialistic things I couldn’t just a year ago. “I am hoping to be a millionaire in the not too distant future. I am proof that no matter who you are and how bad things can get anyone can get themselves out of a bad situation with ideas and drive.

“Now I am mixing with celebrities and get invited to lots of parties. It is like I am living a dream and I never want to wake up from it.”

Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Masters Scholarships

The University of Sheffield has a strong commitment to International Development. One of the themes of the University’s strategy is ‘celebrating, promoting and increasing the volume of the work that we do to improve the lives of others through our international relationships, locally and abroad’. Building on this commitment the University, in collaboration with the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust and the Sheffield Institute for International Development, is now able to offer 12 scholarships (over 3 years) targeted at international students from developing countries for a number of courses that are affiliated with the Sheffield Institute for International Development.

2016 Scholarships

There are four scholarships available to academically strong individuals from developing countries. Each scholarship offers the following:

• A full tuition fee waiver
• Maintenance for University accommodation and a monthly stipend

source: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/international/money/fergusonscholarship

Eligibility criteria

1. You must hold an offer for one of the following courses to study at the University of Sheffield in 2016 by Friday 29th April 2016:
   
   • MA Cities and Global Development
   • MA International Development
   • MSc in Environmental Change and International Development
   • MPH in International Development
   • MA in Globalisation and Development
   • MA in Global Justice
   • MA in International Relations
   • MSc in International Social Change and Policy
2. You must be classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
3. You must be self-funded to receive this award, i.e. not funded by a research council, government, private enterprise, charity or any similar organisation.
4. This scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other funding awards, either from the University of Sheffield or external sources.
5. Your mode of attendance must be full time.
6. You must begin your studies at the University of Sheffield in 2016. This scholarship cannot be deferred.
7. Receipt of the scholarship is subject to successfully meeting any condition(s) attached to your offer before the deadline provided by the Admissions Service.
8. Receipt of the scholarship is subject to successfully receiving a visa to study at the University in September 2016.
9. You must be a national of, or permanently domiciled, in one of the following countries or territories:

Afghanistan Angola Armenia Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Bolivia Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt

El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lesotho

Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Philippines Rwanda Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal

Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Viet Nam West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

How to apply

You will be automatically considered for the scholarship if you receive an offer to study one of the eligible courses and you are a national of, or permanently domiciled in, one of the eligible countries or territories. Your course application will be assessed by a panel of academic judges to decide whether you will progress to the final stage of the application process.

Please use our postgraduate online application system to submit your application for an eligible course.

Selection

If you are selected for the final stage of the application process we will contact you by 13th May 2016. At this point we may ask you to submit a short personal statement to support your application.

If you do not receive an email by Friday 20th May 2016 asking you to submit a personal statement for the Allan & Nesta Ferguson Scholarship you have not been selected for this award.

If you have any questions about this award please email internationalscholarships@sheffield.ac.uk

source: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/international/money/fergusonscholarship

Prince’s sister to inherit his entire $800 million

The death of prince, the singer who had the hit song -Purple Rain was a pain as he was found dead while recording in his home studio. Even though Prince seemed to have known that he may be dying, it doesn't look like he left a will behind, he started writing his memoir, he wrote up to 58 pages but no will. If that is the case, the vast fortune he amassed over the course of his music career will likely to go to his only sister, 55 year old. Tyka Nelson stands to be awarded Prince's estate under Minnesota state law as his closest living relative.

Minnesota law states that if an unmarried person who doesn't have kids dies without a will, the parents, grandparents, and siblings of that person stand to inherit their wealth, though that can be contested in court under certain circumstances.

Prince's parents, John L. Nelson and Mattie Shaw, are both dead and Tyka is his only sibling. 

However, after Prince's parents divorced, they both remarried and had kids. His father John had three daughters and two sons from his marriage to Vivian Nelson while his mum remarried and gave birth to two sons. So he has seven half siblings but his parents are dead.

 

His sister Tyka Nelson had a strained relationship with her brother over the years when she  was struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine and prostituting herself to support her two young sons, Sir Montece Laeil Nelson and President LenNard Laeil Nelson. However, in recent years after he became religious and became a Jehovah witness, he became close to his sister.

Prince has an approximate net worth of $300million, which does not include the millions his estate is set to make in the coming weeks from the increased sale of merchandise and music or the money the singer received when he signed a deal agreeing to stream all his music on Tidal.

 

His music catalog meanwhile is worth over $500million according to Prince's first manager Owen Husney, because unlike other artists he owned both his master recordings as well as his own music publishing. 

Prince also has a large collection of unreleased music, which Husney believes may include an album he made with jazz great Miles Davis

When Prince 37, he married his 22-year-old backup singer and dancer and now reality star on Hollywood exes Mayte Garcia on February 14th 1996. They had a son named Boy Gregory on October 16, 1996, who was born with Pfeiffer syndrome but he died a week later. Prince and Mayte divorced in 1999 but she is still in love with him till date.

The African and the American

An American man walked into a restaurant in London. As soon as he entered, he noticed an African man sitting in the corner.

 So he walked over to the counter, removed his wallet and shouted, "Waiter! I am buying food for everyone in this restaurant, except that black African guy over there!"

So the waiter collected the money from the man and began serving free food to everyone in the restaurant, except the African.

 However,insteadof becoming upset, the African simply looked up at the American and shouted, "Thank you!" That infuriated the man. So once again, the American took out his wallet and shouted, "Waiter! This time I am buying bottles of wine and additional food for everyone in this bar, except for that African sitting in the corner over there!" So the waiter collected the money from the man and began serving free food and wine to  everyone in the bar except the African.

 When the waiter finished serving the food and drinks, once again, instead of becoming angry, the African simply smiled at the American man and shouted, "Thank you!"

 That made the American man furious. So he leaned over on the counter and said to the waiter, "What is wrong with that African man? I have bought food and drinks for everyone in this bar except him, but instead of becoming angry, he just sits there and smiles at me and shouts 'Thank you.' Is he
mad???"

 The waiter smiled at the American and said, "No, he is not mad. He is the owner of this
restaurant.

May your enemies work unknowingly in your favour.

The smallest things matter

Guess what? The smallest things matter.

Mosquitoes kill 2.7 million people every year.

The smallest are the deadliest.

Small 'sins', hardly noticed by many, are the most deadly to your spiritual life.

Avoid excuses for not praying and allotting few moments of your day to your creator on your List  of Devotion. 

Sins of omission are just as deadly as sins of commission.

White lies, gossiping, small lies, are committed more frequently and are deadly.

Mind those little compromises that you do daily.
They are the ones that will bring your downfall.

Successful people have two things on their lips,
"Smile and silence".

Smile can solve problems, while Silence can avoid problems.

Sugar and salt may be mixed together but ants reject the salt and carry away only the sugar.

Select the right people in life and make your life better and sweeter.

If you failed to achieve your dreams, change your ways not your Creator.

Remember, trees change their leaves, not their roots.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Haters will see you walking on water and say it's because you can't swim.

Even if you dance on water, Your enemies will accuse you of raising dust.

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your own hands.

Remember Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

Be wise and be smart

Joke of an illiterate Woman

An illiterate woman boarded a plane from Lagos to Abuja. She was booked for an economy class seat. Just after the plane took-off, the woman stood up and went to sit in the first class cabin. The flight attendant went to ask her to go back and sit in economy class because that's where her ticket allowed her to sit but she refused. She had paid and wanted the best seat.

The Flight attendant decided to inform the Co-pilot. The Co-pilot went and spoke with the lady but she still refused. So, he decided to inform the Chief pilot.

The Chief pilot said, 'I am married to an illiterate, I'll go and talk to her.' The Chief pilot went and whispered some words to the woman's ear and she peacefully stood up and went to her economy class seat.

The Flight Attendant and Co-pilot surprised, asked the Chief pilot: 'Sir, what did you tell her?'

The Chief Pilot said; 'Easy Guys! I just told her that first class is not Going to Abuja , only economy class is!

Hahahahahahaha, have a nice day 

Nigerian-born high school student accepted by 8 Ivy League schools in USA

Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, high-school student from Long Island, N.Y., and the daughter of Nigerian immigrants has a big decision to make soon.  

The Elmont High School valedictorian was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools! - Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.

 

She also gained admission to Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Augusta said her parents instilled in her the value of education.

"Though I was born here in America, I visited Nigeria many times," she said. "And I’ve seen that my cousins don’t have the same opportunities that I have. So definitely, whatever I do, I want to make sure that it has an impact on Nigeria."

 

She also says her own tenacity and persistence helped shape her into becoming a great student. But as with a lot of students, she did face hardships with some classes.

"I’ve struggled with numerous classes in the past," Augusta said. "But I guess what allowed me to be successful, ultimately, in those classes, at the end, is my persistence and my tenacity."

On Monday, Augusta received an invitation to the White House Science Fair. Science is her passion, and she was an Intel finalist for her research on cement that could help prevent underwater oil rigs from rupturing.

Michelle Flannory is Augusta's research adviser.

"She knows that you have to work," she said. "Is she naturally talented? Yes, but she definitely pursues excellence."Flannory said.

Augusta hasn't decided on which college to attend, but with a GPA of 101.6, and a recent invitation to the White House Science Fair, there's no doubt that she'll continue her academic excellence and will thrive whatever choice she makes"