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Kindness, and other things we love about Via Vita
The image below was created by the kids, so there are a few spelling mistakes. But, as said by one of our amazing teachers, spelling, like life, isn't always perfect. But it can still be honest, heartfelt, and beautiful. So, with that, we hope you enjoy this beautiful piece written in combination by our students and our fantastic Ms. Tori. A wonderful way to start Spring! Thank you VVA!
"Can you name 10 things that make Via Vita unique, that you love and appreciate about your school?"
It's a question I'm sure most of the kids have thought of from time to time but one that I was curious to see be put into words. As I stare at the wonderful 60 faces in front of me, eager to participate, I can not help but have a sense of immense pride. Pride in my kids, in my work team, and in the environment in which I have been honoured to become a part of.
As I stand at the front of the room in Buddies with my fellow teachers in tow, I am amazed at the level of critical thinking these kids bring to class every day. Without hesitation they create groups that involve all ages and designate a writer and "techy" who copies down the information and then prepares it for our Menti project. Menti (as the lovely Ms. Rhiannon taught me) is a brainstorming website that allows multiple people to add words to a central idea or question. The best part is the ideas that come forward more often are the ones that grow in size. It is reflective of that age old classroom question "so what's our big picture, what is our major focus", without standing at the front of the room in a lecture-style lesson. As we rotate around the room, it is clear that the kids mirror many of their fellow teachers' style of classroom management. They prompt their friends for answers to our question, and are patient for the ideas to come out rather than move on to the next student. Some of our older students engage with focus activities or adapted questions to help our Pre-Kindergarten kids feel acknowledged and involved.
All in all the lesson goes according to plan, and as we come back together to share our answers with the Menti Cloud projected on to the wall, I cannot help but feel that twinge of excitement to see what the kids really believe sets our school apart.
Their excitement grows with each word that is typed and submitted, and while they smile, laugh, and point I cannot help but feel that sense of pride again. It wells up in my throat as I observe the things that I know in my heart are important to their learning, but that you sometimes wonder if they are picking up on. Music, daily physical activity and kitchen are the first to be thrown up on the board, and it is amazing to see how they value the impact that daily life skills have on their growth. Values like kindness, buddies, and helping others are quickly added; compassion training that is close to all of our collective hearts. After school is added by another student and I feel Ms. Hilary grab my arm, and with a giant smile she goes, "Look, I'm up there!"
"Of course you are Hilary", I think... we couldn't do this without you.
As the word 'kind' builds it's way up to the centre (being the most common word they think of), I stare at these beautiful future adults. If the one thing we could bring to them every day is how to be kind to each other, I know I would never have another moment where I question myself, "did I make an impact today?"
Buddies lesson for the day: never underestimate the value of kindness in a child's education. It will truly inspire everyone around you. It is something I have seen every day since I joined Via Vita Academy, and I cannot express how thankful I am to work in an environment that values this quality.
And knowing that our kids believe it sets us apart too?
Well, there's something kind of magical about that, isn't there?
From the very appreciative,
Ms. Tori
Building Visions, Together
Our VVA staff is truly something special. Up until the years of VVA, we had never worked with such diverse, supportive, and passionate group of educators who truly take risks together, share and reflect together to build such a positive work and learning space. Another dream conquered - a work environment that feels like home! Every day we see new layers of ourselves appear because we feel so supported and apart of an amazing team. Thank you VVA staff. Truly, thank you.
An extra special thank you to Mr. Ryan for writing this beautiful post, describing a very special day for all us of at VVA, the day we decided upon our Vision Statement. A couple year's into operating, and we still hadn't narrowed down our vision statement enough to confidently share it with the world, that is until this wonderful summer's afternoon. It was a day none of us have forgotten, and often long to create again. The wonderful mix of mindful reflection, nature at it's finest, and clear and confident minds that came together that day has truly left a beautiful mark on all of us.
Now that it's January, I thought I might share a flashback to this one day that our teaching team shared back in August, when things were warmer, and our vision for this school first officially took shape...
Mid-August arrives, and the Via Vita Teaching Team gathers to envision how our year of learning together is going to look...
...But before we can start, there is a major list of tedious to-do's to be done; rooms need rearranging, schedules need straightening, forms need filling, protocols need punctuation, new staff need to be shown the ropes, plus-this-plus-that and then some, among a bunch of other one-last-little-items. Phew. The first days of our first week back have us feeling a bit hectic, straight outta the gate.
Then comes a surprise: we're invited to spend a day together out of the school, well removed from our list of to-do's. There's this place, on a lake, away from the whirring, clunking sounds of the city. A place surrounded by trees, whose leaves will be gently rustled by the crisp winds of late summer. A place where the year ahead might be more comfortably envisioned.
Also we'll be fed dinner.
Away we go.
Upon arrival, everything that was promised comes to life. We are alone on the lake, where all but the Judas Trees are still green with the vivacity of August's bittersweet ending. We set up shop in a wide oval on the deck, and for that day's first hour, we do little but breathe this place in together, and exhale the last few days away. This place. This is where we'll truly begin our year.
Working comes easily. We have a list of to-do's for this day, too, but here, getting things done flows as readily as the lake lightly rippled by the breeze. So we explore things that might've been harder somewhere else--our personal strengths and struggles, how we can be more mindful in our learnings and teachings, and how to move forward as a new team, together. These talks are challenging, but they are beautiful, and as we share, our vision of the year ahead becomes ever more clear.
There is one item left on our list, but the day is young, so we stop to eat and laugh. Above us, clouds waver indecisively about whether to rain, while late summer sunbeams promise to keep things warm regardless. After several helpings of delicious food, we're feeling ready to take on that last to-do: make a statement about the school, one that encapsulates, in one line, what it is we'll be ever-envisioning for our school as we learn, teach, play, and work alongside our students.
Our team is in full swing; we're especially pumped about this line, and it shows in our approach; in pursuit of something simple, true, and achievable, we take to willfully weaving our ideal pursuit. Somehow, what we envision has to fit into this one clear-cut sentence. It sounds heavy, it sounds intimidating, and yet for us, melding likeable minds lakeside, under the shifting summer sky, the day's last to-do is done not long after we've begun:
Our vision is a culture empowered by community, compassion and wonder.
We're finished, but, because we're feeling pretty great about our day, we decide to keep it going. So into the lake we finally go. Some dive straight in, while some dip toes. Some swim to the raft, and some soon after leap off in a rush after spotting spiders. While we're laughing and treading water together, The sky finally makes up its mind, and we watch as the wind pushes a warm rainfall across the lake toward us. And we stay put, and keep treading water, and laughing together.
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The Wow Moment, Three Years Later
Three years ago, today, we announced to the world that we would open a school.
The echo of those words still, every time, sounds so strange in our ears, "Open a school"?! I think we still follow that up with, "who does that?" Because honestly, who does that? Did we really actually do that? I guess we did! And really, it turned out to be everything we dreamed it could be, plus some. Which really was a gamble, don't you think?
We recognized that opening a school would be the riskiest, scariest, bravest, most unheard-of thing we could do at the time for our teaching careers and lives. It would change everything in our lives, from personal to professional, and everything in between. But, with a special blend of trust in each other and our skills, a strong dose of perseverance, and great amounts of passion for what we believed education could be, we took that big leap of faith and announced to the world January 1st, 2016 that we would open a school. (We didn't realize that that would be first of many great leaps of faith we'd be making along the journey of entrepreneurship, but that's besides the point)
So, looking back, has it been scary? Was it really a big deal? Yes, 100%. Managing people, money, time, resources, clients, families, our own beliefs and values, goals, ideas, and our own families is no easy feat. The toughest part is reminding ourselves that it's okay, it's not easy, and there's no perfect way of doing it. We've made it through, with smiles on at the end of each day. And what's even better, we're still going strong with that same recipe for motivation that we started with.
So, yes, all of that was big and scary. But what's bigger to us, what really gets us saying, "Wow", is when we're standing in the back lobby right after snack time when the kids are hanging their coats and rushing off to their next class. You see 58 pairs of boots lined up on the shelf, older ones stopping to tie a little one's shoe, a younger one stopping to say hello, and they all bustle past and then suddenly, it becomes quiet as classes get started – that moment of quiet, when we both look at each other and know exactly what the other one is thinking. Wow. What is it, you ask? What is it about that moment that gives us goose bumps, wide eyes and is immediately followed up by a deep breath? It's when we both realize that all of this just wouldn't be without that that great leap of bravery 3 years ago and the continued leaps every day since. It makes every once of effort worth it. These students wouldn't have made new friendships, wouldn't be aware of how different a class of 10 can be. They wouldn't be bouncing to math class with the skip in their step, lining their boots along the shelf with care. They may not be confident in their ability to speak up, or even acknowledge the needs of someone else to tie a shoe. This all happens, day in and day out, which we think is quite amazing and awesome, because of a big decision we made, and truthfully continue to make every day, to push through barriers, go against the grain, and open Via Vita.
We, now, get to be apart of each of these students' lives and play a role in shaping their future. They inspire us daily to be better and try harder, and we are forever grateful for that. We have met and continue to learn from the most amazing educators, parents, and community members who teach us everyday the value of working as a team.
To all of the wonderful teams of people who we've come to meet along this journey, and those we will get to meet in 2019, thank you, thank you, and happy New Year! Thank you for supporting us, challenging us, motivating us, inspiring us, and most importantly, reminding us stay true to who we are. It truly takes a village, and we are beyond proud of the village VVA has become.
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program notes > O > Overture "1812" (Ouverture Solennelle)
Overture "1812" (Ouverture Solennelle)
Peter I. Tschaikowsky/arr. by Mayhew L. Lake
Overture "1812" (Ouverture Solennelle) Tschaikowsky was commissioned to compose a ceremonial overture to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Russia's victory over Napoleon in 1812. The commission was to mark the 1882 Moscow Exhibition, and specifically the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior which was built to give thanks for the Russian victory during the Napoleonic Wars. Although the composer himself found the piece "very loud and noisy", the premiere was an immediate success and its popularity has never waned.
In this country, the Boston Pops orchestra performed the overture at a Fourth of July concert in 1974. With booming cannons, ringing church bells, patriotic sing- alongs and a grand fireworks finale, the revival was a huge success. "1812" has become a traditional part of holiday celebrations at countless concerts ever since.
Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) began his adult life as a law clerk in the Russian government. Disillusioned by an "unjust promotion" over his head, he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music. His compositions reflect the emotional extremes of his complicated, unconventional lifestyle. He is beloved for his many ballets, symphonic poems, symphonies, operas, songs, piano music, and chamber works.
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Q: Algorithm for Calculating Distance Between Two Points I'm working on an API that identifies points within a given proximity to a specific latitude and longitude.  I'm leveraging three ESRI geometry services.  The first is the buffer service that returns all locations within the proximity to the discrete lat/lon.  The second service is a query that finds all points in my feature service that are within the buffer polygon.  These two steps result in two requests to ArcGIS Server.  I'm pushing the results to a simple table that is generated from the JSON response.  I'd like to add a column to the table that shows the distance each point is from the given lat/lon.  I was able to get the data by making requests to a third geometry service - the distance service.  The problem with this is that the API might have to make a maximum of nearly 900 separate requests to the distance service.  Virtually all calls to the API will result in no more than 10 features being returned and runtime is great up to a couple hundred.  Runtime goes up to about 25 seconds for all features.  I'm really not a fan of sending 900 requests to a REST endpoint, so I did some research and came up with an equation that will determine the distance between the two points.  The equation is below.  The trouble I'm having here is that the distances are off by a relatively small degree when compared to what ESRI's distance service returns.  I've also tested using Leaflet's distance and distanceTo tools and those values are very close to what is returned from the equation below.  I'm almost certain the discrepancy is due to the Earth_Radius parameter below.  The parameter in the equation treats the radius of Earth as a constant whereas I believe ESRI has some fancy formula that adjusts the value based on lat/lon value.
So here is the question.
(1) Does anybody know where to find the equation ESRI uses to calculate distance?  When I run the API with the equation runtime is superb.
lon1 = lon1*Math.PI/180;
lat1 = lat1*Math.PI/180;
lon2 = lon2*Math.PI/180;
lat2 = lat2*Math.PI/180;
var deltaLat = lat2 - lat1;
var deltaLon = lon2 - lon1;
var a = Math.pow(Math.sin(deltaLat/2), 2) + Math.cos(lat1) * Math.cos(lat2)
     * Math.pow(Math.sin(deltaLon/2), 2);
var c = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a));

var EARTH_RADIUS = 6371;
theDistance = c * EARTH_RADIUS * 1000;

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In my vile imperialist fashion, I used to believe an assumed wisdom that Britain was the supreme country when it came to queuing. In England there seems some sort of idea we probably invented the queue, and then passed it onto the civilised world.
Who knows? Actually, when you look into it, it doesn't seem clear which race formed the first orderly queue - maybe only the English care enough to write about queuing. However I do know that whoever did it first, it has been refined into a far superior art form by the Cubans.
Of course, Cubans get a lot of practice. The first thing you do when you arrive in the country is join an endless queue to change money. You queue for the bank, to buy internet cards, and for the supermarket. Actually, you queue three times for the supermarket – once to get in through the front door, once for checkout, and lastly to have your purchases checked against your till receipt when you leave. If you are really unlucky you also queue to leave your other bags in the bag storage place outside the store (you can't take bags in) and to retrieve them afterwards. You queue for buses and endlessly for any form of official business – of which I suspect there is a fair amount for your average Cuban. And much of the queuing is done outside in the street, waiting until the person on the door decides it is quiet enough inside to let a few more people in. Perhaps that stops any rioting in store.
But it's hot in Cuba. Queuing outside in the sunshine would I suspect kill large swathes of the Cuban population each year - if they hadn't devised their exemplary system. When you arrive at a bus stop, for example, the first thing you ask is who is the last person in the queue. That person might well not be at the back of the physical line, but could be sitting on a wall in the shade across the street. Or on a bench under a tree. Or chatting to their mate. Once you know who "el ultimo" is, you don't have to stand in the queue, you can go and sit somewhere in the shade as well, and the next person to come along will find out that you are the "ultimo" and form a virtual queue behind you. It is extremely civilised. Once the bus comes along, the queue reforms, and everyone gets on in their allotted order.
Obviously, it requires you not to forget who you are behind, or that person to not remember an urgent appointment and go off somewhere else. I was a bit worried that the man in the yellow hat, who was the person in front of me in a long virtual queue at a police office when we went to renew our Cuban visas, might take his hat off and I wouldn't recognise him.
The other noticeable thing about the Cuban queuing system is the good natured tone of the whole thing. No one seems to get grumpy or impatient. In a shop, once you get to the front of the queue, you are free to look at every tea towel in the box, change your mind six times about which chocolate bar to get, or (if you are a hopeless tourist) fumble about in a confused fashion with the various coins and notes for the two local currencies, trying to find the right change. No one tut tuts. It's your turn, and you can make the most of it.
Us British (and our colonial offshoots) have a lot to learn.
Shopping for dinner. It took quite a while for this guy to set off, as the head was so heavy he couldn't get his balance. Eventually the shopkeeper had to give him a push to get him on his way.


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Q: ControlTransfer instruction not sending value parameter from setup packetr in LibUsbDotNet I have a USB device that I need to be able to talk to from a .net application.  The device is not a standard HID device and in order to initilise it I've been given a trace of packets from a USB Protocol Analyser / Sniffer for the packets used when intialising it on another type of machine.  I need to replicate this packet sequence from my .net application to initialise the device.
Everything is working well until I get to a particular control transfer packet / class type request.
The trace I've been given states I should issue:
Control Transfer Class Type Request
21 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00
Result stall (intentional)

Control Transfer Class Tyoe Request
A1 01 01 03 00 00 40 00
Result will initiate a 64 byte transfer of data from the device to the host.

This is the code I'm using to do this:
                // Transcation 6
                UsbSetupPacket setup = new UsbSetupPacket(0x21, 0x0A, 0, 0, 0);
                bool result = MyUsbDevice.ControlTransfer(ref setup, buffer, 0, out transferred);
                Console.WriteLine("Result = {0}", result);

                // Transcation 7
                setup = new UsbSetupPacket(0xA1, 0x01, 0x0301, 0x0000, 0x0040);
                result = MyUsbDevice.ControlTransfer(ref setup, buffer, 64, out transferred);

                Console.WriteLine("Result = {0}, {1}", result, transferred);

And this is the trace I'm receiving from BusHound which is sniffing the USB data traffic for this device:
Device  Phase  Data                      Description       Cmd.Phase.Ofs(rep)
------  -----  ------------------------  ----------------  ------------------
  46.0  CTL    21 0a 00 00  00 00 00 00  SET IDLE                20.1.0
  46.0  USTS   c0000004                  stall pid               20.2.0
  46.0  CTL    a1 01 01 03  00 00 00 00  GET REPORT              21.1.0
  46.1  USTS   c0000004                  stall pid               22.1.0

As you can see the 0x0040 value parameter in the setup packet is not making it out even though I'm setting it.  I'm relatively new to USB and to .net / LibUsbDotNet and I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong.  I wonder if anyone can suggest anything for me to try?
Note, I'm developing on a Windows 7 64bit machine using Visual Studio 2008.
Thanks,
Rich

A: OK, after much investigation I found the source of the problem and it was really my lack of understanding of how LibUSBDotNet works, which isn't helped by the poor documentation for the otherwise excellent library.
The problem is that the 0x0040 should not be manually specified in the setup packet - this value appears to be irrelevant.  Instead simply specify the bytes to transfer in the ControlTransfer method and also ensure that buffer is a pre-allocated suitably large byte array eg:
byte[] buffer = new byte[256];
setup = new UsbSetupPacket(0xA1, 0x01, 0x0301, 0x0000, 0x0000);
result = MyUsbDevice.ControlTransfer(ref setup, buffer, 0x0040, out transferred);

This will generate the correct control transfer packet sent to the USB device
Control Transfer Class Tyoe Request
A1 01 01 03 00 00 40 00

It appears the LibUsbDotNet does some validation on the various parameters and in the case where the buffer array isn't large enought it simply just sends something else instead (in my case 0x0000) rather than throwing an appropriate exception.


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In a conversation for Philanthropy's Reflective Practices, Jan Jaffe and Sindhu Knotz spoke with Nikki Foster, program officer at the Northwest Area Foundation, about reflective practices she has used in a for-profit organization and in philanthropy.
Jan Jaffe: What does the phrase "reflective practice" mean to you and when did you first become aware of it?
Jan: I love your paradoxical spin on reflective practice! Would you unpack that a little more?
Nikki: We've all heard that during conversations, most people spend their time thinking of what they're going to say next, not listening to what the other person is saying. When I find myself doing that, I try to refocus my thoughts and listen closely. I also remind myself that the objective of the conversation is to make sure we are moving toward our shared goal, not an outcome only I possess.
Jan: Can you identify how you learned to do this?
Nikki: When I was working in the banking industry, I was an Aspen Institute "First Mover" Fellow along with people from Google, Unilever, MasterCard and elsewhere to develop leadership skills that would help us achieve our social impact goals. One activity we learned was to read poetry, reflect on its meaning in small groups and talk about how it applied to our work challenges. The poems became metaphors we used to coach each other: "Remember to look for the mountains" to remind us to keep an eye on our big goals or "clap for sprouts" to celebrate the small things that are hard to achieve.
Reading, and even seeking out poems to match dilemmas and goals, helped me think about things at a much higher level and opened up new insights.
Sindhu Knotz: How about as a program officer at a foundation? Have you discovered other reflective practices?
Nikki: This work is hard and complex with challenges different than those I faced while employed at a for profit. I realized through Aspen that I am an introvert and that is where I get my energy. Finding the quiet space to just think and write out my feelings and thoughts is really important. It's hard to feel that is a productive time, but it really is. At the foundation, it's okay to sit in a conference room with a cup of tea to reflect and uncover lessons from our daily work. And planes! We work in eight states and travel a lot. Lately, I try to use the plane time to read, journal, and think instead of opening my computer to answer emails or write reports.
I've been journaling in the last few years, but I'm not always sitting down with pen and paper. Sometimes I grab pictures or interactions from my Facebook and emails and paste them in my journal. I belong to an email-based poetry circle and taking even 10 minutes out of my week to read and reflect on a poem that has been shared sharpens my practice and exposes me to new ideas and questions.
Jan: I hear you saying that part of what you learned from the Aspen experience is to mobilize all your strengths and understand and manage your weaknesses to be more effective at work. How has that played out?
Nikki: One of the reasons I shifted to philanthropy from banking was the opportunity to bring my whole self to the work. I wanted to use what I've learned from my personal experiences as well as my professional training to contribute to better outcomes. Knowing how to examine my strengths and my weaknesses can lead to a significant shift in my work. For example, I'm super Type A. I was recently diagnosed with MS so it has forced me to organize my time differently to practice self-care and do what I can without overloading myself or others. Being Type A and introverted also means that wanting to use the right word all the time can hamper my ability to share.
Our communications director brought in a coach to help us tell stories about our work. I've been trying to use that as another practice to be effective. For example, I'm leading an initiative to build the capacity of African American-led organizations. I spent time thinking about how as a program officer and a white woman living in Minnesota what I could offer to connect with our grantees. I wanted to share my passion and perspective on why I care deeply about this effort. Early on, I was asked to be on a panel and shared my stories as part of a biracial family and from my past. My ancestors were part of the underground railroad in Illinois and left behind written stories about that part of our family history. What they wrote about their experiences made me ask: what narrative will I leave behind about my commitment to reducing disparities?
Another example is from a recent program retreat where we were trying to assess where we were in a long-time effort to get better at evaluation. In the middle, it can feel like we are getting nowhere but by reflecting about it, we were able to see that we have moved forward. We reviewed activities completed during the year and surfaced examples of when we used something we learned to quickly shift our approach. There were some genuine a-ha moments that day. To get to that point, we needed a dedicated period of time to talk openly with each other and as a team draws the parallels in our individual and collective work. Everyone has full plates and so committing to this time is critical to effectively reflecting together.
Sindhu: I love these stories about working together as a staff to reflect on practice. How about in your day-to-day work with grantees and grant applications? How have you found reflective practices help you do better work?
Nikki: This will sound counterintuitive but I try to take myself out of the picture by making the dynamic of what is going on more explicit.
Jan: I like that! Do you mean that you stay alert for possible ambiguities?
Nikki: It's important to say from the start that a grant agreement is a point in time and there may be events that require us to revisit it. I want to be really clear so we don't have a question about communicating in that messy middle. My assumption is that when you are upfront, it signals you trust your partner and that opens up the possibility of a two-way street.
Jan: It sounds like you try to remember that while you are doing something you care about deeply; the work is role-to-role. That's a creative tension to hold!
Nikki: Talking about creative tensions, I learned from one of my colleagues that I used to jump into agendas too quickly. Especially in my interaction with Native communities. It is important to have time to establish a relationship and get to know each other. I was so appreciative of the feedback and the need to be thoughtful about the balance between the personal and the objective work.
I've slowed down, but I still prepare to deliver messages beforehand and anticipate what questions they might ask. In the moment, I name the reason I'm asking questions to be clear that I want to understand more so I can be more of an advocate. I work to read body language and read the room. When things don't go well, I make a point of talking through difficult situations with colleagues, since they bring different perspectives even though we have shared values.
Finally, and most important, I try to always assume positive intent.
Our team would love to hear from you. If you have suggestions for topics, tools or would like to post somtehing, contact jan@reflectivepractices.org.


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Q: Searching using multiple keywords with a parameter in C# SQLite I'm trying to do a search through the comments column of my table, but I can't get it to work using multiple keywords. For example, my table looks something like this:
Items
-------
name | comments
foo    first example comment
bar    second example comment

My search query looks like this:
SELECT name, comments
FROM Items
WHERE comments LIKE @comments

And I'm using my command parameter like this:
cmd.Parameters.Add(new SQLiteParameter("@comments", Item.commentSearchTerms));

To get commentSearchTerms my Item class has two properties, comments and commentSearchTerms. The comments are retrieved from a Windows Form Text Box. The commentSearchTerms property grabs comments and transforms it so that it can be used in an SQLite query that would hopefully be able to handle multiple key words:
public string commentSearchTerms {
    get
    {
        List<string> commentsList = comments.Split(' ').ToList<string>();
        string commentsTerms = "";

        if (commentsList.Count > 1)
        {
            commentsTerms = "%" + commentsList[0] + "%";

            for (int i = 1; i < commentsList.Count; i++)
            {
                commentsTerms += " AND comments LIKE %" + commentsList[i] + "%";
            }
        }
        else
        {
            commentsTerms = "%" + commentsList[0] + "%";
        }

        return commentsTerms;
    }
}

This seems to work for individual search terms, such as searching for "first" or "second", but when I try to search using multiple terms such as "first example" or "second example" I can't get any results to come up. I've tested my query by hard coding the search query like this:
SELECT name, comments
FROM Items
WHERE comments LIKE '%first%' AND comments LIKE '%example%'

And I'm able to successfully retrieve the data I need. However, when it comes to using SQLite Parameters I just can't seem to get it right. I've also tried adding '' to the search terms so it looked like
commentsTerms = "'%" + commentsList[0] + "%'";

and
commentsTerms += " AND comments LIKE '%" + commentsList[i] + "%'";

to match the hard coded SQLite query, but that didn't seem to work either. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the way C# substitutes Parameters, but I'm not sure. I have a feeling that when C# substitutes the single search Parameter it adds '' to each side making it look like '%first%' in the actual query, which would make sense why it works for single keywords.
I can also see how this would be a problem with multiple keywords, because if my theory is correct then C# is adding '' on either side of my commentsTerms, which would definitely break my query. And if that's the case, then it makes solving this a lot more troublesome than I originally anticipated. Is there a better way to go about this?
EDIT:
Got my answer thanks to some advice from @juharr. I needed to dynamically build my query and add parameters. The code now looks like this:
string query = @"
    SELECT name, comments
    FROM Items
    WHERE ";

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List<string> commentsTerms = comments.Split(' ').ToList<string>();
query += " comments LIKE @term0";
cmd.Parameters.Add(new SQLiteParameter("@term0", "%" + commentsTerms[0] + "%"));

if (commentsTerms.Count > 1)
{
    for (int i = 1; i < commentsTerms.Count; i++)
    {
        query += " AND comments LIKE @term" + i;
        cmd.Parameters.Add(new SQLiteParameter("@term" + i, "%" + commentsTerms[i] + "%"));
    }
}


Manuscript Description: Newspaper article published in The Lynn Transcript.
Editorial Note: This is Eddy's second response to the attacks on her teachings by Wallace W. Wright, published in The Lynn Transcript in January 1872.
Related Topic: To read other documents relating to the newspaper controversy between Wallace Wright and Mary Baker Eddy, see V05002Click link to view V05002 document in new window, 327.44.002Click link to view 327.44.002 document in new window, L08301Click link to view L08301 document in new window, and L05663Click link to view L05663 document in new window.
Moral ScienceEditorial Note: Eddy originally called her teachings Moral Science before she named them Christian Science. and Mesmerism.
Perhaps some of the readers of the Transcript may be interested in listening to some of my views on these two very distinct topics--but which will be given only in justice to science, and not as a reply to any libel.
The entire creation of God symbolizes nothing else but wisdom, love and truth. All that He hath made is harmonious, joy-giving and eternal. He also made man in His "image and likeness,"Gen 1:26 ¶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. and this must be a perfect man, that through the moral science of her creation we may learn the only true physical idea of God. All that is good, God has made, but all that is not good, man has sought out through many inventionsEccl 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. . Moral Science enables us to determine good from evil, and to destroy the latter by understanding, first, what is error, and what truth, and secondly, by undertaking this great work as Ethan Allen would have claimed the colonies, "in the name of Almighty God."Editorial Note: In 1775, at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, American patriot Ethan Allen reportedly declared, "In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!" as he and his "Green Mountain Boys" captured Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York.
Moral Science is to put down sin and suffering through the understanding that God created them not, nor made He man to be the servant to his body; and these signs shall follow thoseMark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; who have learned Him alright:- they shall have control over matter and man, over sickness and sin. Jesus demonstrated this moral control over matter and man, but this was not mesmerism it was God—a moral force reduced to science that gave the right explanation of God by making all things possible to HimMatt 9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. Mark 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. , and the man able to prove this great truth. All forms of suffering and disease, and even the winds and waves, obeyed the man, JesusMatt 8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! Mark 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Luke 8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. , through his God-being. When casting out disease he said to the woman. "Lo, Satan hath bound thee"Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? - not God. The winds he stilledMark 4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. Mark 4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. Mark 4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. Mark 4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? Mark 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? Mark 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Luke 8:22 ¶Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. Luke 8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke 8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. Luke 8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. Matt 8:23 ¶And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. Matt 8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. Matt 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. Matt 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. Matt 8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! turning the currents of earth into harmonious action. But the foul currents of leprosy, and the inflamed action that God created not, our Master destroyed or cast out through the Moral Science of God applied to its physical idea, even as the science of music that reveals one of the sweet harmonies of God, casts out the discord of man's making.
Fearing to think we should follow this example of Jesus is an error of our education, for which theology and physiology are greatly responsible. Jesus gave this example for man's instruction and imitation, saying, "He that believeth on me (i.e. who understandeth me), the works that I do shall he do also."John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. To be able to control our bodies by the soul, i.e. through God, is to be able not to let our bodies control us through the senses. Moral science teaches this soul-control, and just in the proportion to the greater or less extent that this truth is understood, will be the success or non-success of its students. If ties of sense weaken, as the stronger and more enduring ties of soul strength, what matter? Love is not thus lost, but nearer, far, as we approach God, who is love. From dust to Deity all is harmonious and eternal that God created. All that is truth and its idea, all that is love and its idea, which is purity, is immortal; but all that is error, and impure, is mortal; but mortality is not imagination, nor to be sneered at; rather it is to be understood so that It may be destroyed, even as Jesus gave the example by bringing to light immortalityII Tim 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: . Mortal error (and all error is Mortal) must be destroyed by immortal truth, and in no other way can it be destroyed.
So far as I understand it, mesmerism is neither truth nor its idea i.e. it is neither moral nor physical science, but simply an ism, originating in belief, by which one belief drives away another one, and the last may be even worse that the firstMatt 12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: Luke 11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. . This, therefore, originates with man and not with God. MesmerEditorial Note: Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815). For a history of mesmerism, see Adam Crabtree, From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic Sleep and the Roots of Psychological Healing. was the author of it, and never, to my knowledge, did he claim it was Moral Science; and I, who know no more of the practice of mesmerism than does a kitten, and think much less of it than did the originator, would be loath to steal his thunder, or to attempt to teach what I did not understand. Whereas I do claim to understand the Moral and Physical Science that I teach; and this I add, however, only in justice to the science- that is in times past I have beyond what my students have yet reached, although some of them are healing beyond what other methods are able to do.
I am preparing a work on Moral and Physical ScienceEditorial Note: This is Eddy's first announcement to the public that she has begun to write what would be published in 1875 as Science and Health., that I shall submit to the public as soon as it is completed. This work is laborious, and I have not much opportunity to write, hence the delay in publishing. I withhold my MSS.Editorial Note: Eddy allowed her early students to have copies of her manuscripts she used in teaching. From all eyes but my student's, first, because they are mere outlines of my subject, that require me to fill up by explanation, and secondly, because I think the mass of minds are not yet prepared to digest the subject.
Eddy originally called her teachings Moral Science before she named them Christian Science. In 1775, at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, American patriot Ethan Allen reportedly declared, "In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!" as he and his "Green Mountain Boys" captured Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York. Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815). For a history of mesmerism, see Adam Crabtree, From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic Sleep and the Roots of Psychological Healing. This is Eddy's first announcement to the public that she has begun to write what would be published in 1875 as Science and Health. Eddy allowed her early students to have copies of her manuscripts she used in teaching.


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Meet a number of the new species found in 2022
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The tree of life grew in 2022 as California Academy of Sciences researchers and their worldwide collaborators found 146 new animal, plant and fungi species.
The beforehand strange creatures and crops have been discovered around the globe, together with the mountains of California, Australia's Queensland state, the rocky peaks of Brazil and the coral reefs of the Maldives. Scientists made discoveries on six continents and inside three oceans.
Among the many new species have been 44 lizards, 30 ants, 14 flowering crops, 13 sea stars, seven fish, 4 sharks, three moths, two spiders and one toad.
Academy analysis affiliate Aaron Bauer's work helped greater than double the variety of recognized species inside a bunch of small forest geckos within the mountains of New Caledonia. The 28 new Bavayia geckos residing throughout dozens of South Pacific islands bear comparable brown and white markings.
"Practically each mountain in New Caledonia hosts a novel Bavayia species, and these habitats share lots of the similar circumstances," Bauer stated. "The result's a number of species which might be typically virtually indistinguishable from each other."
In the meantime, San Francisco Bay Space highschool college students Harper Forbes and Prakrit Jain labored with Lauren Esposito, curator of arachnology on the California Academy of Sciences, to find two new species of scorpions. The scholars noticed photos of the unidentified species on the iNaturalist on-line platform and carried out fieldwork to seek out the small scorpions, which reside within the dry lake beds of Central and Southern California.
Whereas one of many scorpions, Paruroctonus soda, is on federally protected land, the opposite, generally known as Paruroctonus conclusus, lives on a slender, mile-long strip that's unprotected.
"Your entire species may very well be worn out with the development of a single photo voltaic farm, mine, or housing growth," Forbes stated in a press release. "Mapping the biodiversity of a given space will help construct the case for why that land ought to be protected."
New species analysis is vital to determine ecosystems most in want of safety, stated Shannon Bennett, California Academy of Sciences virologist and chief of science.
Certainly, conservation was one of many key matters on the 2022 UN Biodiversity Convention held December 7-19 in Montreal.
"As we've seen over the past two weeks on the United Nations Biodiversity Convention, biodiversity science is on the forefront of worldwide conservation motion and is essential in unifying nations and equipping them with the instruments and data essential to reverse species extinction charges by 2030," she stated. "By uncovering and documenting new species, we are able to contribute to this landmark aim and be sure that our pure world stays wealthy and various for generations to return."
Academy analysis affiliate Julie Kierstead discovered a brand new species of onion by happenstance throughout a helicopter journey over California's Klamath Mountains in 2015. When the copter landed on Minnesota Mountain for about half-hour, Kierstead noticed an unidentified flowering allium, a part of a plant household that features onions, shallots and garlic.
Since then, one other patch of the Minnesota Mountain onion was found on close by Salt Creek Mountain. Each peaks obtain extra rainfall than others within the area, which has allowed the onion to flourish.
1000's of miles away, Frank Almeda, emeritus curator of botany on the California Academy of Sciences, and analysis affiliate Ricardo Pacifico recognized new flowering crops on the remoted peaks of Brazil's campo rupestre.
The tough circumstances of the mountainous area, which incorporates excessive temperatures, excessive winds and nutrient-leached soils, has induced flora to adapt — and surprisingly thrive in such a barren surroundings.
Almeda and Pacifico discovered 13 new species of flowers as they surveyed elements of the ecosystem that botanists had by no means explored earlier than.
"The shrubs on the summit have been lower than half a meter excessive," Pacifico stated. "It was like strolling via a backyard."
The newly found flowering crops reside below very particular circumstances, and so they may disappear on account of environmental shifts pushed by the local weather disaster, the scientists stated.
One of many seven new fish found this yr was the rose-veiled fairy wrasse, which lives within the Indian Ocean's "twilight zone."
Identified by the scientific identify Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa, the colourful fish was discovered at depths starting from 131 to 229 ft (40 to 70 meters) beneath the ocean's floor off the Maldives.
"Twilight zone" reefs might be 160 to 500 ft (about 50 to 150 meters) beneath the ocean's floor and supply a novel surroundings for fish corresponding to fairy wrasses.
The identify honors the fish's gorgeous pink hues in addition to the pink rose, the nationwide flower of the Maldives. "Finifenmaa" means rose within the native Dhivehi language.
A whole bunch of species thrive within the waters close to and surrounding the archipelago nation, however the fairy wrasse is the primary fish to be described by a Maldivian scientist — Ahmed Najeeb.
"It has at all times been overseas scientists who've described species discovered within the Maldives with out a lot involvement from native scientists, even these which might be endemic to the Maldives," stated Najeeb, a biologist on the Maldives Marine Analysis Institute, in a press release when the invention was introduced in March.
"This time it's completely different and attending to be a part of one thing for the primary time has been actually thrilling, particularly having the chance to work alongside high ichthyologists on such a sublime and delightful species."
Our rising world in 2022: Listed below are a few of the 146 spectacular new species found final yr
High 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photographs)


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Downtown Durham Condos & Lofts for Sale
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see current active inventory!
Downtown Durham has been undergoing a renaissance! As the number and quality of entertainment/restaurant options has increased, so has the demand for convenient residential choices. This vibrant neighborhood offers access to over 75 restaurants, breweries, and food establishments, which has gained Durham national attention and applause from the New York Times, Southern Living, and Bon Appetit.
A walkable location is a key component to the popularity of the new condos since the city center is not only a destination for dining and nightclubs, but is also adjacent to the Durham Performing Arts Center and the nearby Durham Bulls stadium. There are several popular newer downtown Durham condos and lofts that have recently been built or converted.
The advantages of urban living are often accompanied by amenities such as wood floors, soaring ceilings, sleek kitchens, and open floor plans. Large windows often provide picturesque views of the city and surrounding areas. Below is a list of just a few of the most desirable newer condominium complexes.
The Bartlett - The Bartlett is a new building that features 34 luxury condominiums near Brightleaf Square in downtown Durham. Units have 1-3 bedrooms, high ceilings, hardwood floors, and floor to ceiling glass windows. Each unit is equipped with the latest smart home technology. Building amenities include a pet grooming room, fire pit, outdoor terrace, lounge, coffee station, and storage. Condos at The Bartlett are priced from the $300s to over $1 million.
Mangum 506 - Unlike some of the new condo complexes that were converted from historic warehouses, Mangum 506 was constructed from the ground up as a brand new building. It incorporates many of the features of the condo conversions but was designed to also include parking, which is often at a premium in the dense downtown area. 1-bedrooms in this complex start at just over $300k.
Church and Main - Office and retail space line the sidewalks on the first floor of this nine unit structure. The residential units of this historic building are modern and contemporary featuring 2-3 units on each of the four upper floors. A unique and private rooftop garden offers stunning views of downtown Durham.
City Port - These condos start at around $200k for a studio plan, which makes them a more affordable option for downtown Durham. The 3-bedrooms in City Port start around $500k. They are located directly west of the American Tobacco campus, so are only a few minutes walk to the Bulls Stadium. The units have floor to ceiling windows, 10-ft ceilings, bike storage, and garage parking available. There's also a common area rooftop terrace that features grills and great downtown views.
Bullington Warehouse - Originally a converted tobacco warehouse built in the 1920s, today this building houses exposed brick walls, hardwood floors and 10' windows near the historic Durham Bulls baseball field. The sleek design features modern kitchen and fixtures throughout the units. One of the few options if you're looking for a more loft-like feel with lots of light from the huge windows. Very convenient to Rose's Noodles, Dumplings, and Sweets, which is a great restaurant and bakery in downtown Durham. Condos start in the mid $400s.
The Kress Building - This structure is historically significant because it is one of the biggest and most splendid Art Deco buildings in North Carolina. Built in 1933 as a five-and-dime store, it now houses three floors of residential units. It was converted while keeping the history of the building in mind with historically appropriate windows and lofty ceilings included in the design. Penthouses top the structure.
Brannan Condos - These condos are located near the Durham Farmers' Market in Central Park (practically on top of it, which is super convenient!) There are roughly 35 residential units with gourmet kitchens, hardwood plank floors, a floor-to-ceiling fully retractable glass door leading onto an expansive terrace. The Brannan condos are not featured below so please contact us if you need more information!
Mangum Flats - Located on the eastern side of downtown Durham, just a few blocks from Durham Central Park, condos at Mangum Flats feature huge windows, balconies and courtyards, open floor plans, city views, and plenty of storage space. The condos range in size from 430 to 1800 square feet, and are priced from the $300s to $700s.
The Vega - Located downtown right next to the Durham Central Park (where the Durham Farmers' Market is located) this location can't be beat! Each condo will have its own expansive terrace and personal storage unit, and the building will feature its own fitness center and private parking. These condos will have either city or park views, will range in size from 900 to 2300 square feet, and will be priced between the $500s and $1 million plus.
One City Center - This mixed-use building is 27 stories tall, with 30 condos on six of its floors. These one, two, and three bedroom residences feature high-rise living with expansive floor-to-ceiling windows and hardwood floors. You will enjoy sunrises from an east-facing balcony or sunsets from the rooftop terrace. Complete with stainless steel appliances, all condos feature designer kitchens fit for a chef. Condo prices are around $1 million.
The Grove - This downtown Durham contemporary urban townhouse complex features 62 units. Priced from the low $500s to just over $1 million, the Grove is in Phase 2 pre-sale. Tree-lined pedestrian walkways connect the units and the outdoor social areas. The units feature 16-foot ceilings, rooftop terraces, and state-of-the-art kitchens.
Baldwin Lofts - These lofts are in the heart of downtown, converted from Durham's (circa 1927) premiere department store, Baldwin's. Today, there are 12 lofts over a commercial space, currently occupied by Cuban restaurant Copa. The building's lofts range in size from 668 to 1,296 sq ft. Most feature 10'-12' ceilings with floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and custom cabinetry. A shared rooftop patio offers great views of American Tobacco, DPAC, and the fireworks at the Durham Bulls stadium. 1-bedrooms start in the low $300s.
Array - This walk-up condo building features 18 residences, in 1 bedroom and studio layouts, with semi-private entrances and stairways, patios and balconies, light-filled spaces, and on-site parking. Priced from the mid-$200s, these condos are expected to open spring 2022.
Downtown Durham Condos and Lofts for Sale
807 W Trinity Avenue Unit #227, Durham $250,000 ▼
Downtown living! This condo has several new features such as floors, refrigerator, and water heater in the last 2 years. Outside, relax by the saltwater pool or lounge un...
521 N Mangum Street Unit #13, Durham $311,124
A fresh take on condo living in the heart of Downtown Durham! ARRAY offers 18 homes on three walk up floors, all studio or one-bedroom condominium units. Each home will h...
600 S Duke Street Unit #34, Durham $350,000
You will NOT want to miss this one bedroom, 3rd floor condo, in a building with an elevator! You certainly can't beat the location! You are less than a mile from the Du...
Close to downtown, American Tobacco, Brightleaf, and Duke, City Port is move-in ready. Features include high 10-ft ceilings, quartz countertops, floor to ceiling windows ...
1105 W Main Street Unit #202, Durham $450,000
Perfect 1 Bedroom apartment at the 34-unit Bartlett Condominium, a steel-and-concrete 7-story building in the heart of Downtown Durham's Brightleaf Square. The building &...
214 Hunt Street Unit #511, Durham $650,000
Overlooking Durham Central Park, The Vega is downtown condo living at its finest! Contemporary, open, light-filled designs with chef-inspired kitchens. 12 beautifully app...
400 W Main Street Unit #2003, Durham $819,900
Welcome to The Novus - Durham's premiere new high rise condominium! Open concept space and full length glass maximize the southern exposure of this unit. Matching sunrise...
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400 W Main Street Unit #2002, Durham $1,179,900
600 N Roxboro Street Unit #31, Durham $1,295,000
Stunning architectural detail and luxurious interiors define Downtown Durham's newest condo project, The Willow. Each spacious condo features multiple private balconies w...
110 N Corcoran Street Unit #2502, Durham $1,449,000 ▼
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Сын Арастагна, лорда Корнуайя, который, как утверждается, жил в замке Керрауре (Kerraouré) между Анвеком и Ирвийаком, святой Тужан был избран святым Жауа на замену себе в качестве священника Браспартов. Он обычно изображается монахом, с игуменским крестом  и собакой у ног. Поэтому к нему обращаются для сохранения или исцеления от бешенства. Длинный ключ висит на его правой стороне. Когда-то папы обычно посылали старейшинам, которых они хотели почтить, золотые ключи, которые висели на шее.

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MPs say fast fashion brands inaction on ethics is shocking
BBC News Jan-31-2019, 09:33:21 GMT
Fashion retailers JD Sports, Sports Direct and Boohoo, are "failing to commit" to reducing their environmental and social impact, MPs say. Amazon, TK Maxx and Missguided were also described by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) as being among the "least engaged" in sustainable fashion and labour market initiatives. The EAC said it was "shocking" the firms were "failing to take action". Boohoo said the report did not reflect its commitment to sustainability. The findings are part of the EAC's inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry.
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New Look slashes prices amid sharp fall in annual sales
BBC News Jun-12-2018, 08:05:20 GMT
Fashion chain New Look is continuing to cut prices as it tries to turn around its business. New Look wants 80% of its clothes to sell for less than £20. The price cuts come amid falling sales. Like-for-like sales plunged by 11.7% in the financial year which ended in March, and website sales tumbled 19%. New Look is one of many retailers this year that struck a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) under which a company buys time to sort out its debts.
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Boohoo action on exploitation claims 'inadequate'
BBC News Jul-10-2020, 15:26:24 GMT
One of Boohoo's largest shareholders is dumping stock in the fashion firm after it said the company had failed to address concerns about working conditions at a supplier in Leicester. Allegations of poor pay and conditions at a factory emerged last weekend. Boohoo has since announced an independent review of its supply chain. The fast fashion retailer's share price fell 2% to 279.7p each. A Sunday Times report claimed workers at a factory in Leicester - currently in local lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases - were paid just £3.50 an hour, while being offered no protection from coronavirus.
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Kourtney Kardashian and PrettyLittleThing get together to celebrate collection
Los Angeles Times Oct-26-2017, 22:36:14 GMT
Sean Combs helped celebrate Kourtney Kardashian's PrettyLittleThing collection in what amounted to a very L.A. evening. While much of the attention Wednesday night at West Hollywood nightclub Poppy focused on the gaggle of celebrities and other influencers assembled there, the celebration really served -- to anyone who perhaps hadn't noticed -- the highlight rapid strides PrettyLittleThing has made in the U.S. and elsewhere since its acquisition by Boohoo.com The party on the surface was to celebrate PrettyLittleThing partnering with the eldest Kardashian daughter on a wide-ranging collection of outerwear, apparel, shoes and accessories. The lineup includes faux-fur coats in colors such as burgundy and lime, barely there bodycon dresses ranging from velvet to satin lace, wide-leg jumpsuits and stiletto heels and boots. Those who came out to toast the reality TV star included Shanina Shaik, Christina Milian and Wiz Khalifa.
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Boohoo sees huge growth in fast fashion brands
BBC News Sep-26-2018, 13:13:15 GMT
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has reported strong half-year profits and rapid growth at its fast fashion brands PrettyLittleThing and NastyGal. Boohoo Group revenue jumped 50% to £395.3m and pre-tax profits rose 22% to £24.7m in the six months to 31 August, compared with the previous year. The online fashion retailer raised its forecast for revenue growth this year. It expects sales growth of between 38% and 43%, up from its previous range of 35% to 40%. Boohoo said use of its social media content had grown dramatically.
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BRO breaks record at Zoji La; extends access beyond Dec 31
Polity & Governance
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has raised its benchmark of excellence yet again by extending access to the formidable Zojila at an altitude of 11,649 ft, which links the Union Territory of Ladakh with the rest of the country.
For the first time, the Zojila pass remained open beyond 31st December. The pass was opened on May 18, last year.
Zojila Pass
It is the arterial road connecting Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh from the rest of the country.
Zoji La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.
About Border Road Organisation (BRO)
The Border Road Organisation develops and maintains road networks in India's border areas and friendly neighbouring countries.
The Border Roads Organization/Seema Sadak Sangathan works under the Ministry of Defence.
It is staffed by officers and troops drawn from the Indian Army's Corps of Engineers, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Army Service Corps, Military Police and army personnel on extra regimental employment.
Officers from the Border Roads Engineering Service and personnel from the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) form the parent cadre of the Border Roads Organisation.
Currently, the organisation maintains operations in twenty-one states, one UT (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), and neighbouring countries such as Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
The BRO India operates and maintains over 32,885 kilometres of roads and about 12,200 meters of permanent bridges in the country.
Automatic Generation Control(AGC)
ICMR approves indigenous kit to detect Omicron
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#44 in Presence of Female Faculty
RWU Law is tied for #44 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (44.7%).
#81 in Public Sector Salary
RWU Law is tied for #81 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($55,040).
RWU Law ranks #81 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (34.4%).
RWU Law ranks #104 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (78.0%), and it outperforms by +0.7% the state of Massachusetts's overall bar passage rate of 77.3%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)
#126 in Student to Faculty Ratio
RWU Law is tied for #126 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (7.8:1).
#142 in Private Sector Salary
RWU Law is tied for #142 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($60,000).
RWU Law ranks #145 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.28) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.
#148 in Library Size
RWU Law ranks #148 in terms of library size with 290,798 volumes or equivalents.
#160 in Presence of Minority Faculty
RWU Law ranks #160 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (8.5%).
#164 in Highest Tuition
RWU Law ranks #164 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($36,815). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.
#173 in Median LSAT
RWU Law is tied for #173 in terms of the median LSAT score (148) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.
RWU Law ranks #190 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 69.3% among those who applied for admission.
Application Deadline: April 1
State in which most graduates took bar exam: MA MA
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +0.7% -0.5%
Graduates employed at graduation: N/A N/A
Tuition: $36,815 $34,596
Room and Board: $7,650 $10,332
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $122,636 $123,332
Total Students: 454 370
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Private Sector (Median): $60,000 $50,000
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Biden chooses Connecticut education commissioner for top schools post
Miguel Cardona will be tested on his ability to unify opposing sides in the debate over reopening schools.
Miguel Cardona's selection fulfills President-elect Joe Biden's campaign promise to name an educator with public school experience as his Education secretary. | Neag School of Education/UConn – Ryan Glista
By TYLER PAGER, ALEX THOMPSON and NIRVI SHAH
Updated: 12/22/2020 07:44 PM EST
President-elect Joe Biden selected Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona to be his Education secretary on Tuesday, adding another Latino to his roster of Cabinet appointees and choosing a leader who has pressed schools to remain open for in-person classes during the pandemic..
Cardona's selection fulfills Biden's campaign promise to name an educator with public school experience as his nominee for the post. He has spent his entire career in Connecticut, working as an elementary school teacher, principal, district administrator and assistant superintendent, as well as adjunct professor before being named Connecticut's state chief last year by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont.
"As a lifelong champion of public education, he understands that our children are the kite strings that keep our national ambitions aloft — and that everything that will be possible for our country tomorrow will be thanks to the investments we make and the care that our educators and our schools deliver today," Biden said.
About 70 percent of the state's schools reopened for in-person classes this fall. But when some Connecticut schools decided to shut down in-person learning in November, Cardona and the state's acting Department of Health commissioner wrote in an email to districts that they did not think "arbitrary, date-based closures of school are warranted at this time."
The state health and education chiefs said the prevention strategies schools are using are working, and the state wasn't seeing "sustained person to person transmission" of the virus in schools, or outbreaks at schools, despite a surge in the state. That put Cardona at odds with the state teachers union, although decisions about remote or in-person classes have been left to local districts.
The union has demanded statewide rules on sharing data about school coronavirus cases, testing and availability of personal protective equipment.
Still, the teachers union and other education unions in Connecticut endorsed Cardona's selection as head of the Education Department.
"We don't always agree," Jan Hochadel, president of American Federation of Teachers Connecticut, said in an interview. "But when we don't, we still keep communicating, very respectfully. And it's not just teacher unions, it's the superintendent unions, it's everyone until we can come to some middle ground. That's why we endorsed him. I mean, that's the way he's been as commissioner, and I think that's key for the role he's about to take."
As part of the effort to reopen schools, Cardona issued an order requiring schools to adopt face covering policies, with several exceptions. A group of parents and an organization known as the Connecticut Freedom Alliance sued — so far unsuccessfully — to block the policy's enforcement and have asked to move the case to the state Supreme Court.
Cardona also has said the state plans to carry on with statewide testing later in the school year. The pandemic led to federal waivers for all states on testing last spring, but DeVos has held firm that testing should proceed for the current school year, and Cardona's position in Connecticut could translate to the rest of the country if confirmed.
One issue in many states where teaching has shifted online is access to the internet and a device to use for school work from home. Connecticut had the same problems last spring but spent millions on laptops and internet connections, in part using federal aid. The state declared earlier this month that it is the first to meet the needs of every student who had an issue accessing online classes.
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And to fill a demand for teachers made worse by the pandemic and improve the diversity of the teaching workforce, Cardona recruited college students to work in public schools.
Cardona's parents moved to Connecticut from Puerto Rico and were living in a housing project when he was born, the Connecticut Mirror reported. He spoke only Spanish until he started school.
He was named Connecticut's principal of the year in 2012.
As Education secretary, Cardona would help lead Biden's charge to boost federal funding to education so a majority of schools can reopen in the first 100 days of his administration, which the president-elect has outlined as a "national priority."
If confirmed, Cardona would join Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services and Alejandro Mayorkas as head of the Department of Homeland Security as other Latinos in Biden's Cabinet.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which pressed Biden to appoint a Latino to the Education post and other Cabinet-level positions, said only two Latinos in that group of federal leaders wouldn't properly represent the country. It backed Cardona as well as former National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García, noting a Latina has never had the job.
Other finalists for the Education secretary role included Leslie Fenwick, the former dean of Howard University's college of education and Sharon Contreras, the superintendent of schools in Guilford County, S.C.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who herself was seen as a potential contender for the role early on, praised Cardona earlier this week, noting he was a former AFT member who was "committed to collaboration."
"His deep respect for educators and their unions will travel with him to Washington," she said Tuesday, "and that commitment to collaboration is crucial to providing the resources and social and emotional supports to safely reopen schools."
Cardona would be the third Latino to run the Education Department. Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr. was the first, working in the post during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. And John B. King Jr. during the Obama administration was the second.
Cardona would replace DeVos, who was sharply critical of the influence of labor unions and blamed the "establishment" for issues in the U.S. education system. DeVos promoted alternatives to traditional public schools as part of a school choice agenda that was anathema to teachers unions.
Biden, a self-described union guy, ultimately steered clear of current and former national union presidents to replace DeVos, and his selection of Cardona was met with relief from education advocates who have supported the current education secretary and her unrelenting advocacy of school choice.
"Had Biden picked a union leader or equivalent, it would have been akin to an act of war on the progress of the last three decades of pushing power to parents, and on those who have fought to get their kids educated this year, whether back in traditional schools or by their own hand," said Jeanne Allen, the founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform.
Biden has called for eliminating federal funding to for-profit charter schools and expanding scrutiny of federal dollars that help create all types of new charter schools.
Biden: No 'obvious choice' yet for attorney general
By NICK NIEDZWIADEK and TYLER PAGER
But some of the party's charter school advocates, including Democrats for Education Reform, have criticized efforts to scale back federal support for charter schools, saying it will cut off options for low-income students.
Cardona has expressed support for charter schools, telling the Connecticut Post last year that he wants parents — and his own children — to have choices and options for where they attend school. As education commissioner, meanwhile, he's pushed low-performing charters to improve their performance.
Though during his confirmation hearing last year, Cardona noted that his work would center on traditional public schools.
"Charter schools provide choice for parents that are seeking choice, so I think it's a viable option, but [neighborhood schools] that's going to be the core work that not only myself but the people behind me in the agency that I represent will have while I'm commissioner."
On the campaign trail, Biden vowed to triple federal funding for low-income schools through the Title I program, including boosting teacher pay. The president-elect also has committed to swiftly reversing DeVos' policies at the Education Department, including her Title IX rules governing sexual misconduct in schools and colleges, rescission of guidance promoting the rights of transgender students and rollbacks of Obama-era regulations targeting for-profit colleges.
On the higher education front, Biden has promised to double the Pell Grant and push for new federal funding to allow states to eliminate tuition at community colleges for all students and at four-year public universities for students from families earning $125,000 or less.
Biden's administration also will have to decide whether to relent to growing progressive demands that he use executive powers to cancel large swaths of outstanding debt owed by federal loan borrowers.
Nicole Gaudiano, Juan Perez Jr., Bianca Quilantan and Michael Stratford contributed to this report.
The Biden Transition
Joe Biden may be the new president-elect — but with President Donald Trump continuing to challenge the results and Senate control up still up for grabs, the story of the election is far from over.
Biden's plans
Kathleen Hicks is Biden's pick to be the first female deputy defense secretary.
Biden has tapped three senior officials onto his Covid-19 Response team.
Biden's transition chief blasts 'obstruction' by political appointees at OMB and the Pentagon.
Trump's unplanned gift to Biden is that clean energy is on the rise.
Trump and the GOP
Sen. Josh Hawley pledged to challenge Biden's victory in Pennsylvania on Jan. 6.
Nancy Pelosi will seat a Republican in a contested Iowa race.
Congress and the coronavirus could quash Trump's Electoral College gambit.
Sen. Ben Sasse delivered a critique of his Republican colleagues challenging 2020 results.
Coming up: Georgia Senate runoffs
A judge is seeking a deal to limit voter challenges in the Georgia runoff.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are going back to Georgia before the Senate runoffs.
Strong early voting turnout gives Democrats hope in Georgia runoffs.
Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue side with Trump on $2,000 stimulus payments.
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