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Mueller's Testimony Highlights Need for Additional Election Security Funding
July 26, 2019 by HJ Mai
Election security has been under the microscope since reports of Russian interference during the 2016 U.S. presidential election first surfaced.
The findings by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence further indicate that the Russian government directed attacks on U.S. elections infrastructure during that time.
The reports also showed that neither the federal government nor individual states were adequately prepared to counter such activities. When asked during Wednesday's congressional hearing if Russia would attempt to attack future U.S. elections, Mueller replied: "They are doing it as we sit here."
While there has been no evidence that any votes were changed or that any voting machines were manipulated, the reports have shaken the public confidence and the integrity of the U.S. election system, which are a "cornerstone of American democracy," the Department of Homeland Security said on its website.
DHS, state and local election officials have responded to those reports by working together to make the U.S. election infrastructure more secure, but there's still more work to be done as the country barrels toward the 2020 elections, Liz Howard, counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice's democracy program and former deputy commissioner for the Virginia Department of Elections, told The Well News.
"The Senate Intelligence report said that state officials need to address the equipment issue, including aging equipment and equipment that doesn't have a paper trail," Howard said. "Right now, we have 11 states that continue to use voting equipment that does not have a paper trail. At least two of these states are currently working on transitioning over to new voting equipment before the 2020 election, so that's an important step forward."
A recent report by the Brennan Center showed that most states used their portion of the $380 million that Congress allocated toward election security on four things: audits, new voting machines, voter registration and cybersecurity updates.
The report, co-authored by Howard and Christopher Deluzio, showed that the $380 million is not enough to address the myriad of security challenges faced by state and local offices. "Many have substantial election security needs that likely will not be met absent additional federal support," the report concluded.
Howard described the lack of funding as one of the biggest problems when it comes to fixing election security vulnerabilities.
"We've talked to election officials and many have said they want to transition to new voting equipment or to put these other election security measures in place, but the only thing stopping them is they do not have sufficient funding … and that's what we really need in order to ensure that we have resilient systems today and that we have resilient systems going into the future, no matter what adversary we're facing," she said.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., said in a statement on Thursday that the progress that has been made over the last three years is a testament to what can be accomplished when people are given the opportunity to be part of a solution.
"I hope the bipartisan findings and recommendations outlined in this report will underscore to the White House and all of our colleagues, regardless of political party, that this threat remains urgent, and we have a responsibility to defend our democracy against it," Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said in prepared remarks.
Despite Mueller's testimony and the Senate intelligence report showing the need for increased security, Senate Republicans blocked a package of bills aimed at strengthening election security twice within 24 hours.
Two of the bills would require campaigns to report any attempt of foreign entities to interfere in US elections, and the third is aimed at protecting the personal accounts and devices of senators and some staffers from hackers, according to CNN.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the legislation package, which was passed by the House, "so partisan that it received just one Republican vote in the House." He added that any election security measure that the Senate takes up must be bipartisan.
Russia has repeatedly denied all accusations of interfering in U.S. elections.
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Q: Is there a stronger word than "incite"? I am looking for a word that conveys the strongest level of inciting someone, pushing someone to do something:

Their boss VERB'd them to work as hard as possible.

The strongest I can think of is spur, is there something better?

A: I can think of inflame, stir up, galvanize, goad, or rouse.
It can be useful to also read the note reported by the NOAD.

The best way to start a riot is to incite one, which means to urge or stimulate to action, either in a favorable or an unfavorable sense.
  If you instigate an action, however, it implies that you are responsible for initiating it and that the purpose is probably a negative or evil one (the man who instigated the assassination plot).
Foment suggests agitation or incitement over an extended period of time (foment a discussion; foment the rebellion that leads to war). An instigator, in other words, is someone who initiates the idea, while a fomenter is someone who keeps it alive.
  You can provoke a riot in the same way that you instigate one, but the emphasis here is on spontaneity rather than on conscious design (her statement provoked an outcry from animal rights activists).
To arouse is to awaken a feeling or elicit a response (my presence in the junkyard aroused suspicion), or to open people's eyes to a situation (we attempted to arouse public awareness).
  But once you've aroused people, you may have to exhort them, meaning to urge or persuade them, by appealing to their sympathy or conscience, to take constructive action.

A: Exhorted might be the word you seek.
Instructed, impelled, ...
Compelled and forced suggest more than mere words..

A: My choice would be 'coerced' for that particular sentence.  As in 'Foxconn workers were coerced into working beyond their physical and mental limits.'

A: I would use prompt, or induce (in the case where the incitation succeeded).

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@Lazar-Demin and @Kit-Bishop : I don't think that I have tried to load any sketch without the Onion Arduino Library but I guess I must have done so...at least I hope so. BUT... following the instruction to press the MCU Reset button prior to loading the sketch does not seem to be working. The docks LED never goes into a mode where it flashes super quickly. Is there anything else I can try? Can I program the dock through the ICSP connector like other Arduinos?
There may be an easier way...but...if you have an Arduino Mega you can one of its extra serial ports to the Arduino Dock, run the multiserialmega sketch on it, and then see the serial output from the Arduino Dock relayed through it. Or use a little blue tooth card or do it the old fashioned way with a serial to usb cable? I am sure there is a more eloquent way but the mega version worked well for me.
Why would my dock suddenly stop accepting a flash?


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Magazine | Cars
From the paddock to the pub with the Paul Smith Porsche 911
After a long day of hooning up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, there's only one thing for it – a refreshing cold beer. We joined James Turner and his precious new Paul Smith Porsche 911 art car on a rather colourful trip from the paddock to the pub…
If you've been active on social media over the past few weeks, you will have probably seen this fabulous 1965 Porsche 911 2.0, resplendent in the British fashion designer Paul Smith's signature Artist Stripe, shared by countless high-profile accounts, including Porsche itself.
The car was the brainchild of James Turner, co-founder of Sports Purpose, who, together with Richard Tuthill of Tuthill Porsche and Marcus Black, Head of Licensing at Paul Smith, brought an audacious idea to life in the most exquisite fashion.
"Marcus and I first spoke a while ago about an idea I had for another project and we just clicked," recalled Turner, as we sat down in the Drivers' Club garden at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed together with his co-conspirators. "He's been working with Paul Smith for many years, so when the opportunity came up to build a racing car with Richard, it seemed obvious to talk to Marcus and ask if we could paint it in the wider Artist Stripe."
These initial talks commenced just six short months ago and, allegedly, Paul Smith himself didn't take much persuading to agree to the idea. "All it took was a one-page sketch of the car and the colour scheme," comments Black. "Paul has always been a fan of the Porsche 911 and he's owned numerous examples over the years."
With Paul Smith on board, it was all systems go for Richard Tuthill and his 35-strong team at Tuthill Porsche. The original plan had been to build a short-wheelbase two-litre car to pre-1966 FIA specifications in time for Turner to race it in the Porsche Classic Race at the Le Mans Classic in early July. And that goalpost wasn't going to move – regardless of the new art car concept.
"Aside from the time constraints, the paint was problematic because we weren't able to get the exact colours from Paul Smith," Tuthill explains. "It had them for materials and vinyl, but the codes did not translate to Pantone colours for the paint. It got to the point when we were mixing colours up in the paint shop ourselves and collectively judging which ones matched best."
As a result, three different types of paint were used throughout the car, all of which required a slightly different process to apply. To further complicate matters, it was decided that the Artist Stripe should continue both inside and underneath the car. In total, the Paul Smith treatment added over 400 hours to the 200 hours it typically takes Tuthill to paint a 911.
But the trio sat in front of us were the first to agree it was worth the headaches – the quality and the attention to detail is nothing short of staggering, testament to the skill, patience, and dedication of Tuthill's team. The stripes coordinate with millimetric precision. Even the back of every panel, which you can't actually see, is correct. "Once we'd started, we just couldn't stop," says Tuthill. "Even the ballast box in the passenger footwell and the battery strap are half one colour, half another."
Where interior features such as the seat and the roll cage simply could not follow the rest of the car, careful thought was put into how they would add or deter from the overall aesthetic. "We discussed how painting the roll cage in black would have killed the look," Turner explains. "So Marcus came up with the idea of finishing it in the dark green from the nose of the car – it was a stroke of genius."
Crowning touches included the 917-inspired wooden gear knob, complete with Paul Smith's signature, and the '2 LTR' number plate, a nod to 'The 2.0L Cup', a newly formed single-make race series for 2-litre short-wheelbase Porsche 911s built before 1966, established by Turner in collaboration with Tuthill, Maxted-Page, Historika, and Peter Auto.
Tuthill Porsche is renowned around the world not only for the stunning fit and finish of its race-prepared Porsche 911s, but also the reliability and performance. After Richard had run in the 2-litre engine in another car and driven only around 10 miles in the Paul Smith 911, it was sent straight into battle at Le Mans, where it performed faultlessly for over two racing hours. And it looked to be in rude health at Goodwood, too, when Charlie Settrington, heir to the Goodwood estate, enthusiastically hustled the car up the hill.
After the final chequered flag for the day had dropped, Turner jumped in the multi-coloured Porsche and drove it straight from the paddock to the pub, stopping only to sneak onto the Goodwood Motor Circuit for an impromptu photo call and a 'slow' lap or two. As the low sun cast its vivid golden rays onto the '65's ever-so-slinky bodywork, it was hard not to be blown away by the humble little racer.
"If there's one Porsche I could have over any other, it'd be a 1965 short-wheelbase 911," says Tuthill. "They're just wonderful little things to drive – small, light and controllable. And you can drive the doors off them without ever getting into too much trouble!" And from a man who's raced a self-built 997 R-GT rally car in several rounds of the WRC, that's quite a remark.
In addition to the Paul Smith 911 and 'The 2.0L Cup', Turner's infectious Porsche passion has led him to organise the first Luftgekühlt meet on British soil, with the express permission of the cult air-cooled event's founders Patrick Long and Howie Idelson. "I love things that are new and different, and when Pat started Luftgekühlt, it was clear he'd broken the mould. When you're setting up a new business, you think about what you can do to promote it in a fun way. It's going to be a bit of a toe in the water, but Patrick is extraordinary and great fun to work with." Needless to say, Classic Driver will be there in force – we can't wait.
And what of the future for the Paul Smith 911? "The reception has been overwhelming," Turner concludes. "When you do a project like this, you get so close to it and putting out there is the real acid test. It became the most-liked photo on Paul Smith Instagram account and I actually love that not everybody loves it. It wouldn't have happened without Marcus and Tuthill Porsche's workmanship left us all speechless."
Turner hopes to drive to a few 2.0L Cup rounds on the continent next year and to contest the Tour Auto. And he's adamant that in 20 years' time, he'll be driving it to the local boulangerie in the South of France to collect his morning croissants. And you can bet the residents of whichever sleepy village he chooses to stop at will be just as astonished as the Friday-night pub-goers near Goodwood.
Photos: Robert Cooper for Classic Driver © 2018
With special thanks to Gabriel Ludlow, Matt Hearn, and Sam Fairweather for kindly granting us access to the Goodwood Motor Circuit after hours.
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SSA FAI Badge Record Home Page
Click here to find information about Badge and Record Links, Contacts, and Sporting Code
Click here to see availbale forms for badges and records
Click here for the Badge and Record procedure guide.
If your questions are not answered here then e-mail badgeandrecords@ssa.org
E-MAILING OF Applications and files. Only Badge Flights I will accept e-mails of .igc files and Applications if sent together. I cannot accept separate mailings or emails of files and applications. If you are sending documents, they must be scanned as PDF files.
ABC Bronze Training Program
A Badge
B Badge
C Badge
Bronze Badge
FAI Badges
FAI Silver Badge
FAI Gold Badge
FAI Diamond Badge
Diplome Badges
SSA Distance Awards
Symons Wave Memorial
World Distance Awards
Sporting License Application
The SSA ABC Training Program was developed at the prompting of Society members to have a standard of training available. It is designed to provide a basic approach to flying for the student glider pilot as well as to give the accomplished power pilots the necessary points unique to soaring so that the transition may be made safely.
This program is administered by designated SSA Instructors who must have 50 hours of glider time with 100 flights and hold a current CFI-Glider.
The SSA Instructor is responsible for ascertaining that the training requirements have been met. The appropriate pins and blue cards are awarded to the students who achieve the level indicated by A, B, C, and Bronze, each designated to develop skills and experience necessary for future safe flight and FAI Badge attempts.
Requirements (All Badges):
Applicant Must be a Current Member of the Soaring Society of America, or the membership dues should accompany the badge application form.
A Badge Requirements:
Preflight Phase
Applicant Demonstrates Knowledge of:
Sailplane Nomenclature
Sailplane Handling Procedures
Sailplane Pre-flight Check
Airport Rules and Federal Aviation Regulations
Tow Equipment, Signals, and Procedures
Hook-up of Towline
Launch Signals
Pilot Responsibilities
Applicant Possesses:
Valid FAA Pilot Certificate
Pilot Logbook or Suitable Permanent Record
Presolo Phase
Applicant Has Completed the Following Minimum Flight Training Program:
Familiarization Flight
Cockpit Check Procedure
Effects of Controls - Ground and Flight
Takeoff Procedures - Normal and Crosswind
Flight During Tow
Straight Gliding Flight
Shallow Turns
Circuit Procedures and Landing Patterns
Landing Procedures - Normal, Downwind, and Crosswind
Moderate and Steep Turns Up to 720 Degrees in Both Directions
Stall Recognition and Recovery
Conditions of Spin Entry and Recovery
Effective Use of Spoilers/Flaps/Slips
Oral Examination on Federal Aviation Regulations
Solo Flight
B Badge Requirements:
Practice Phase
Applicant Demonstrates:
Soaring ability by a solo flight of at least 30 minutes duration after release from a 2,000-foot tow (add 1½ minutes per 100 foot tow altitude above 2,000 feet).
C Badge Requirements:
Pre Cross-country Phase
Applicant Has Completed the Following Flight Training:
Dual Soaring Practice, including instruction in techniques for soaring thermals, ridge soaring, and wave (simulated flight and/or ground instruction may be used when suitable conditions do not exist).
Has Knowledge of:
Cross-country Procedures
Sailplane Assembly, Disassembly, and Retrieves
Hazards of Cross-country Flying
Demonstrates Soaring Ability by Solo Flight of at Least 60 Minutes Duration After Release From 2,000 Foot Tow (add 1½ minutes per 100 foot of tow above 2,000 feet).
While Accompanied by an SSA Instructor, Demonstrate the Following:
Make a Simulated Off-field Landing From the Approach Without Reference to the Altimeter
Perform an Accuracy Landing From the Approach, Touching Down and Coming to a Complete Stop Within an Area No Greater Than 500 Feet in Length.
Bronze Badge Requirements
(study guide available here):
Cross-Country Readiness
Applicant Must:
Complete the ABC Training Program with the C Badge Awarded.
Log at Least 15 Solo Hours in Gliders. This Time Must Include 30 Solo Flights with at Least 10 Flights Flown in a Single-Place Glider if Possible.
Log at Least 2 Flights, Each Having Duration of Two Hours or More.
Perform at Least 3 Solo Spot Landings in a Glider Witnessed by an SSAI. The Accuracy and Distance Parameters Established Should be Based on Glider Performance Data, Current Winds, Runway Surface, and Density Altitude. As a Guideline, a Maximum Distance of 400 Feet Would be Acceptable for a Schweizer 2-33 Glider.
Log Dual Time in Gliders with an Instructor during which at Least 2 Accuracy Landings are Made without Reference to the Altimeter to Simulate Off-field Landings.
Pass a Closed Book Written Examination Covering Cross-country Techniques and Knowledge. The Minimum Passing Score is 80%. This Examination is Administered Only by an SSAI.
Established in the 1930's, Federation Aeronautique Internationale ("FAI") Badges acknowledge internationally-recognized levels of soaring achievement. The hundreds of Badge applications reviewed by SSA's Badge and Record office each year reflect the popularity of this challenging and rewarding program, administered in compliance with the FAI Sporting Code.
Detailed information about the program and requirements can be obtained directly from The Soaring Society of America.
The FAI Silver Badge involves 3 required elements. Silver Altitude is a 1,000-meter (3,281-foot) altitude gain above an in-flight low point; Silver Duration is a 5-hour flight time after tow release and Silver Distance is A straight distance flight from a start at release to a finish fix located at least 50 km from release and at least 50 km from the fix recorded at the beginning of the take-off roll.
The FAI Gold Badge involves 2 required elements. Gold Altitude is a 3,000-meter (9,843-foot) altitude gain above an in-flight low point; Gold Distance is a 300-km (186.42-mile) cross country flight.
The FAI Diamond Badge involves 3 required elements. Diamond Altitude is a 5,000-meter (16,404-foot) altitude gain above an in-flight low point; Diamond Goal is a 300-km (186.42-mile) cross country flight using a pre-declared Out and Return or Triangle course; Diamond Distance is a 500-km (310.7-mile) cross country flight.
Diplome Badges - (750k and 1000k badges shown)
FAI Diploma flights begin with a minimum distance of 750 km and increase
in 250 km increments.
A Diploma is awarded once only for the incremental distance immediately less than the distance flown.
In 1995, The Soaring Society of America adopted the SSA Distance Award. Pilots' accumulated cross-country soaring miles add up in the SSA Distance Award Program, which uses the Carl Herold Handicap system to equalize distances for glider performance. Written notice of flight claims must be submitted within 7 days and flight documentation must be turned in within 45 days of the flight. In every other way, application procedures parallel those in place for FAI Badge flights. Applicants may submit any number of documented cross country flight claims, each accompanied by a $10 processing fee.
The SSA Distance Award winner, second- and third-place pilots are determined each calendar year, based on the SSA Distance Award points granted for each pilot's best flight in each of four flight categories: Straight Distance to a Goal; Out and Return; Triangle Distance and Free Distance.
Lennie Pins
In the late 1940's when Robert F. Symons, a mountain pilot and wave pilot pioneer, was working out of the airport at Bishop, California, he instigated a new and unique system of awards for wave flying which he called "lennie" pins. Pilots who soared to great heights in the Sierra Wave received a one-lennie pin for attaining an altitude of 25,000 to 35,000 feet, a two-lennie pin for reaching 35,000 to 40,000 feet, and a three-lennie pin for exceeding 40,000 feet.
Very early, Symons recognized the excellent soaring conditions in the Owens Valley and helped organize a soaring group in 1938. As a professional pilot engaged in cloud seeding, he learned first hand of the power generated in the Sierra Wave and became well-known for his studies and lectures on mountain wave phenomena. Although his lists are incomplete, it is believed that he issued some 35 one-lennie, 16 two-lennie, and 10 three-lennie pins. The awarding of these pins ceased in 1958, when Symons lost is life in a glider accident.
In 1962, Carl Burson Jr., saw one of these pins and upon learning of its history, became interested in re-establishing their issuance as a memorial to Bob Symons. In 1963, the program was re-established under the official auspices of SSA, with each new pin holder also receiving a handsome wall plaque. The pin itself is 7mm in diameter (the same as the FAI Gold Badge) and has one, two or three white lenticular clouds set off against a blue background with a silver rim. Each pin is consecutively numbered.
All applications for lennie pins should be made on the standard SSA badge application form. More detailed information can be obtained by contacting the SSA directly.
World Distance Award
On Jan 1, 1992, The Soaring Society of America Board of Directors approved the World Distance Award. The purpose of the award is to promote and encourage cross-country soaring on a long term basis. The award is presented to pilots who accumulate through a series of cross-country soaring flights a total of 40,000 km, the distance around the earth. There is no time limit for accumulating the total distance.
This award is conducted on the honor system. Turnpoints do no have to be declared prior to take off. No barograph or GPS trace is rquired. Any reported flight distance must be greater that 50 km after being corrected for the difference between start and finish altitude as stated in the Guidelines. There is no documentation to submit other than the pilots yearly distance accumulation. The distance accumulation is to be reported to the WDA Administrator when each 5,000 km level is achieved or at least the end of each year. A one time registration fee of $20 is required at the time of registration.
Certificates will be awarded to participants for each 5,000 km distance level achieved distance and name of pilot will be reported in Soaring Magazine.. Upon achieving 40,000 km, a ring, representing an orbit of the earth, will be made available to the pilot at a nominal cost. This ring is designed to attach to any FAI Silver, Gold, or Diamond badge. A photo of the ring mounted to a Gold badge is on the bottom of the WDA Guidelines.
FAI Badge and Records Committee
SSA Instructors and the ABC Badge Training Program
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I've posted quite a few photographs of Cape Cod sand dunes from vintage postcards. This is the first in black and white. The postcard was printed during the era when it only cost a penny to mail a postcard and have it delivered anywhere in the United States. Notice all the beach grass and vegetation growing on these sand dunes at the end of the 19th century. When the National Seashore took possession of acres of seashore on Cape Cod, which included sand dunes, during the last three decades of the 20th century they grappled with erosion. Much of the natural vegetation had been destroyed by tourists eagerly dragging coolers, umbrellas, and beach towels to set up their spot for relaxing by the water's edge. And then there were all the children exuberantly running and sliding down sand dunes. Temporary fences were erected and new dune grass was planted. While once there was a parking area by Pilgrim Lake on the way into Provincetown for tourists to stop and walk the dunes, that parking area was closed and blocked off. Why? Just too many people causing the vegetation to become damaged and rampant erosion taking place. The wind blows hard and the sands shift and change. So it is with stories and tales of Cape Cod and Provincetown. Read any Provincetown books lately which capture the flavor of what it's like to live in the town? Remaining in Provincetown by S.N. Cook is awaiting your reading pleasure. Available in bookstores and online as a trade paperback or ebook. Like us on Facebook. Keep the conversation going.
Race Point Beach in Provincetown, now a part of the National Seashore is a favorite spot for swimming, fishing, and nature watching where one might catch a glimpse of a seal or whale, depending on the season. But Race Point is also the site of many shipwrecks and between 1873 and 1902 had a Lifesaving station known as Race Point Station. Unfortunately the station was no longer in operation when the fishing schooner Buema crashed into the surf and was wrecked on January 7, 1908. The above postcard, purchased in 1924 tells the story. During the time the Race Point Station was in operation they had three surfboats which aided hundreds of seafarers. Among the names of men who served at the lifesaving station and lost their lives aiding others were Captain Dave Atkins and Frank Mayo. Is that where the name for the road Atkins Mayo, the dirt road where two characters in the mystery novel Remaining in Provincetown live, comes from? Curious to read the new murder mystery set in Provincetown, the book everyone's talking about. You can pick up a signed copy at the Provincetown Book Shop while they last or buy a book online at Amazon.com in trade paperback or ebook. Like us on Facebook and keep the conversation going.
Long Point, the very end of the Cape has a lighthouse and a secluded beach.
Going to the beach on Cape Cod offers so many choices. There are the National Seashore beaches and the various town beaches, but without a beach sticker your options are limited. If you can make your way out to Long Point, at the very end of Provincetown, either by boat or by walking across the breakwater there is a beautiful unspoiled secluded beach and the opportunity to shed your clothes if the area is not tightly patrolled.
In previous blog posts I've talked about the clothing optional sections of Herring Cove /New Beach. The other place to visit is beautiful Long Nook in Truro. If you walk down the beach to the right, you'll start to notice it has become clothing optional. During the summer season, you will need a beach sticker from Truro which you can buy if you are renting property for the week or month. Otherwise you could try bicycling there… Perhaps readers may have some other suggestions. Now when you do get to the beach of your choice, what book did you bring to read? I'm hoping you brought a copy of Remaining in Provincetown, the new mystery novel that everyone is talking about with all those almost familiar characters. Like us on Facebook. Currently on sale at the Provincetown Bookshop and online at a variety of sites in trade paperback and as an ebook. What's your favorite beach?
Provncetown Bicycle trails near Race Point Beach Cape Cod.
Built in the 1960's the bicycle trails on National Park Service lands take you across the sand dunes to the Beech Forest, Province Lands Visitor Center, Race Point Beach Parking lot and Herring Cove Beach Parking lot. The loop trail is almost five and half miles in length. On your drive along the steep winding trails you will see beautiful vistas of sand dunes as well the native vegetation which includes wild roses and beach plums along with the grasses that have been intentionally planted to help retard the shifting sands that cause dunes to shift and change shape each season. If you are lucky, in the off-season you may encounter a fox. In summer there are small toads around Bennett Pond.
Don't have a bicycle? You can rent one in Provincetown for a few hours or a day, to explore the trails. Bring a towel, bathing suit, and plenty of water as well as a picnic, if you'd like to enjoy a daylong adventure.
People of all ages enjoy using the bike trails. The Carreiro children, in the recently released novel Remaining in Provincetown, can't wait to get a hold of their bicycles so they can go riding on the trails, even if it is early spring—way too early for swimming. Want to gain a better insight as to what it's like to live in Provincetown because you are planning a visit? Remaining in Provincetown by S.N. Cook makes a great beach read, or start reading it now in anticipation of your vacation. Now available at local bookstores, online and at Amazon.com. Like us on facebook. Show the big publishers you can make your own decisions on what to read. Join the conversation.
In 1910, the automobile was still a relatively new luxury form of transportation. If you owned one, it was a treat to take a driving tour out to the very end of Cape Cod and visit the beaches, sand dunes, and town of Provincetown. This antique postcard shows the parking lot of the Race Point Coast Guard Station (now part of the National Seashore) on a clear sunny day with all of its original buildings. It's still a great place to visit today, and summer is almost here. Want to get in the mood for your visit? Read the new novel, Remaining in Provincetown by S.N. Cook now available online and in bookstores and at Amazon.com in trade paperback and on kindle. Like us on Facebook.
Provincetown's sand dunes, now part of the Cape Cod National Seashore, have inspired many artists. One writer, closely associated with the dunes was Harry Kemp,(1883-1960) who was fondly referred to by the summer and year-round residents as "The Poet of the Dunes". It is likely Kemp helped promote that name for himself, as one of his poetry collections he self-published in 1952 was entitled Poet of the Dunes. Here is one of his short poems.
And wears glory on its back.
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Kemp first arrived in Provincetown in 1916. His memoir, Tramping on LIfe: an Autobiographical Narrative (1922) was a bestseller during the 1920a and 30s. He was part of the elite circle of bohemian writers of his era that included Upton SInclalir, Max Eastman, Eugene O'Neill, Edmund WIlson, John Dos Passos and many others. Setting down roots for a time in Greenwich Village, In the late 1920's he started spending his summers in a Provincetown dune shack. A heavy drinker and a womanizer, he was a master of self-promotion, performing stunts for the press in order to garner publicity and attention. Eventually his literary popularity waned, and when he could no longer find a publisher for his poetry, he founded the Provincetown Publishers and had his books printed by the Advocate Press which he sold for two dollars and autographed with a seagull feather along with an envelope of sand "gathered from the first landing place of The Pilgrims". Now that is marketing for you!
While the purchase of the new mystery novel Remaining in Provincetown does not include sand gathered from the dunes, it is the hope of the writer that when you read the book you will feel as if you've been walking on the streets of Provincetown, which usually results in a little sand in your shoes. Now available in trade paperback or on kindle at Amazon.com , Like us on Facebook and keep the conversation going.
Before there was a National Seashore, four wheel drive vehicles could traverse the sand dunes at the tip of Cape Cod, traveling back and forth to visit dune shacks and go fishing. Tourists would pull over to the side of the highway and get out of their cars to run up and down the dunes as they approached Provincetown. This postcard from the 1960s shows a Dune buggy tour on the sand dune above Pilgrim Lake, which you see as you approach Provincetown from Truro. Initially the National Seashore built a parking lot near Pilgrim Lake to provide a safe spot for visitors to park but quickly realized all the erosion damage taking place and closed the area. Dune grass has been extensively planted to help prevent more loss of the dunes. In 1946 Art Costa started Art's Dune Tours and his son Bob Costa has continued the tradition of providing interesting educational tours that explain some of the historic highlights of the sand dunes that span from the back side of the town out to Race Point and the Outer Shore. You can walk the across the dunes by taking the path at Snail Road and hiking across the sand or you can enjoy the bicycle trails that cross the sand dunes as the Carreiro children do in the soon-to-be released mystery novel Remaining in Provincetown.


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Installing Python and Spyder
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A brief introduction to Spyder
There are three main windows in Spyder, see the following layout of Spyder.
There are three tags on the top right side: Object inspector, Variable explorer, and File Explorer.
Object Inspector - this is used for information, help documentation, and many actions
Variable Explorer - names and properties of variables
File Explorer - where you can access files
There are three tags on the bottom right side as well: (Python) Console, History log, and IPython console.
Console - this is the default Python shell, where the commands are going to be executed. You can test small parts of code in a console but anything you type here is not saved.
History Log - history of commands executed in consoles
IPython Console - this is a powerful interactive Python shell. For example, it makes system commands available directly and it allows you to see plots inline. There are many good features of IPython. See more detail in IPython Documentation. You also can test small sections of code in IPython consoles. Anything you type here is not saved.
Note: You can use either Python console or IPython console. We recommend using IPython as it has many good features.
Some tips for using Spyder
You can personalize the look and feel of the Spyder interface by choosing from different syntax themes. You can access the setting by clicking Tools --> Preferences. Click on the different options to instantly view the setting for different windows. For example, you can change the syntax color scheme to Spyder/Dark after visiting Editor.
Using # to note the information about sections of code will help you recall what you have done. Also, commenting is useful in instances where you are not sure which part of your code is wrong. The shortcut key for commenting and uncommenting in Spyder is Ctrl + 1 (Click Ctrl and 1 simultaneously).
For both Python shell and IPython shell, they have command history through the arrow key. Clicking the up arrow key will show previously typed commands.
To clear the output on Console, use Ctrl-L.
To clear all global variables and restart the Python interpreter (in general, it is Python 1), click the yellow triangle on the down-right corner and click the green man icon which is next to the yellow triangle.
To restart kernel or open a new IPython console (in general, it is Console 1/A), click the small square icon on the down-right corner (see the layout of Spyder above).
Use the help command to get help for using functions. For example, type help(range) on Console will show the help on the built-in function range.
You can enable the object inspector to display the documentation of a function when the function is called. Go Tools (on the top) ----> Preferences ----> Object Inspector (on the left-hand side) ----> Automatic connections and check the environment you want to use the inspector. High recommended checking all of them. Try type range( in the IPython console and check out the output in the window of object inspector. You will see the documentation of the built-in function range() in Python.
Print function - (0:26)
Assign variables - (1:27)
String variable - (2:44)
Float variable - (3:11)
Int variable - (4:01)
Round function - (4:14)
Mathematical functions - (4:33)
Input function - (5:22)
Formatting - (6:33)
The detail Built-in Types can be found at python.org.
In python, x^y doesn't represent x to the power y. It is the bitwise exclusive or of x and y. To calculate x to the power y (x^y), you can use x**y or pow(x,y). This is very different from other programming languages.
A pound sign '#' is used when we want to make comments. It defines a comment line.
Basic Calculation - (0:09)
Exponent Operator - (1:37)
Sequence - (2:12)
List - (2:31)
Tuple - (3:53)
abs function - (4:45)
max function - (5:08)
sum function - (5:50)
len function - (6:08)
Basic data structure: sequences
There are 6 built-in types of sequences. Here we introduce two of the most common - tuples and lists.
tuple() - a function to list a sequence of values.
Note: in Python, indexes start at 0, and the maximum is non-inclusive; for example, specifying the range 1 to 5 will include the second, third, fourth, and fifth values.
tuple((3, 1, -2)) # use the tuple function
Output: (3, 1, -2)
(3, 1, -2) # use parentheses to create a tuple
3, 1, -2 # use a comma to separate components
3, 1, "hello" # tuple can be used to store numbers and strings together
Output: (3, 1, "hello")
"math", "statistics", "physics", "chemistry" # a tuple of strings
Output: ('math', 'statistics', 'physics', 'chemistry')
tuple("hello") # a tuple of 5 components h, e, l, l, o
Output: ('h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o')
a = tuple("hello") # assigning a name to the tuple
a[1] # the second component in the tuple will be returned
Output: 'e'
a[0] # it returns the first component in the tuple
Output: 'h'
a[0:3] # it returns a tuple of the first, second,
and thrid components in the original tuple
Output: ('h', 'e', 'l')
a[2:4] # it returns a tuple of the third and fourth components in the original tuple
Output: ('l', 'l')
Note: You should notice that the index or position of a tuple starts from zero, not one.
Tutorials for learning Python tuples can be found at python.org (data structures) or tutorialspoint.
list() - a function to list a sequence of values. Here is an example:
list((1, 2, 3)) # use the list function
Output: [1, 2, 3]
[1, 2, 3] # simply use brackets to create a list
list("abc") # use the list function
Output: ['a', 'b', 'c']
list(("abc", 2, 3))
Output: ['abc', 2, 3]
b = [3, 1, -2, 7, -5] # assign a name to the list
b[2] # it returns the third element in the list
Output: -2
b[0] # it returns the first element in the list
Output: 3
b[1:4] # this returns a list of the second, third, and fourth elements
in the original list
Output: [1, -2, 7]
Note: The index of a list also starts from zero.
Tutorials for learning Python lists can be found at python.org (data structures) or tutorialspoint.
Difference between tuples and lists: Tuples have no methods, which means that you can't add, remove, or find an element in a tuple directly; their contents are fixed and cannot be changed without overwriting the tuple entirely.
Numeric Types - float(), int()
float() - convert a number or a string to a floating-point number, if possible.
int() - convert a number or a string to an integer (i.e. a whole number), if possible.
Here is an example for float() and int().
float(312)
Output: 312.0
float("312.17635")
Output: 312.17635
round(312.17635, 2) # use round() to round a number for 2 decimal places
Output: 312.18
int(312.17635) # truncate the number and replace it with the resulting integer
Output: 312
int("312") # convert a string to an integer
int(float("312.17635")) # convert a string to an integer
round(312.17635, 0) # round a number to the nearest integer
Stop: In the above example, you can find the outcomes of the last four commands are all 312. What's the difference between them? Why do we need different ways to find the same outcome? Try int("312.17635"), what do you get?
Some commonly used built-in functions in data analysis
There are a number of functions built into the Python interpreter. We introduce some commonly used built-in functions here. More details about the built-in functions can be found on this page on the official website of Python Programming Language.
Simple calculation functions: abs(), max(), min(), sum(), len()
abs() - a function to evaluate the absolute value of a number. Try abs(-5) and see what you get.
max() - a function to evaluate the maximum of a list of values
min() - a function to evaluate the minimum of a list of values
sum() - a function to evaluate the sum of a list of values
len() - a function to evaluate the length of an object
Here is an example for abs(), max(),min(), sum(), and len().
abs(-7)
max(3, 1, 5, -2) # maximum of values
max((3, 1, 5, -2)) # maximum of values in a tuple
max([3, 1, 5, -2]) # maximum of values in a list
min(3, 1, 5, -2) # minimum of values
min((3, 1, 5, -2)) # miniimum of values in a tuple
min([3, 1, 5, -2]) # minimum of values in a list
sum((3, 1, 5, -2)) # sum of values in a tuple
sum([3, 1, 5, -2]) # sum of values in a list
c = 3, 1, 5, -2;
len(c) # it returns the length of a tuple
d = [3, 1, 5, -2];
len(d) # it returns the length of a list
More functions
Range function - (0:04)
All function - (0:37)
Any function - (1:53)
Sorted function - (3:42)
range() - a function to list a range of values. It indexes in the same way as a tuple or list (see above).
range(0, 10) # it returns a list of values from 0 to 9
Output: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
range(13, 19) # it returns a list of values from 13 to 18
Output: [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
all() - a function to check if all elements of an object that is capable of returning its members one at a time are true
any() - a function to check if any element of an object that capable of returning its members one at a time is true
Here is an example for all() and any().
all(x > 5 for x in range(0, 10))
Output: False
all([x > 5 for x in range (0, 10)])
any(x > 5 for x in range (0, 10))
Output: True
any([x > 5 for x in range (0, 10)])
any([x > 5 for x in range (0, 6)])
Note: In the above example, all(x > 5 for x in range(0,10)) and all([x > 5 for x in range(0,10)]) return the same outcome; this is because lists and tuples behave the same way when they aren't being edited. To see how the example above examines each element in a list or tuple, see the example below.
a = (x > 5 for x in range (0, 10)) # a is a generator
a.next() # repeat this command 10 times, you should see False, False, False,
False, False, False, True, True, True, True, respectively
[x > 5 for x in range (0, 10)] # this returns a list of [False, False, False,
False, False, False, True, True, True, True]
print() - a function to print an object. Here is an example
print a+b
print "a+b=", a+b # use a comma to combine two statements
Output: a+b= 8
print "a+b="+str(a+b) # use a plus to combine two statements
Output: a+b=8
print "Hello! You are doing great!!"
Output: Hello! You are doing great!!
Note: We can use a comma or + to combine two statements. But what's the difference between these two ways? Try: print "a+b="+(a+b) and see what you get.
sorted() - a function to sort a list of numbers. Here is an example
c = [8, 3, -7, 0, 2, -4, 1] # define a list and assign it to c
sorted(c) # sort the list in ascending order
Output: [-7, -4, 0, 1, 2, 3, 8]
sorted(c, reverse = True) # sort the list in descending order
Output: [8, 3, 2, 1, 0, -4, -7]
print c # c maintains the same
Output: [8, 3, -7, 0, 2, -4, 1]
c.sort() # methods are another way to sort a list
# just place a period after the object and follow it with the method you wish to use.
# in this example, we call the .sort method on the object c.
print c # the list is changed
c.sort(reverse=True)
Note: From the above example, you should see that using the sorted function only sorts the list of values but it doesn't change the original list. In addition, sorted() can be used to sort any object that capable of returning its members one at a time, not just a list.
open() - a function we use to open a file. We will introduce how to use it in the section of Importing Data & Writing Files.
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LAHORE: Pakistan's biggest textile exhibition at the government level, TEXPO-2019, has attracted $600 million trade through export orders by foreign buyers, claimed Federal Commerce Secretary Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera while talking to the media at the end of the second edition of TEXPO here at the Expo Centre.
"More than 5,000 business-to-business (B2B) meetings were also held on the sidelines of TEXPO-2019, which will definitely help boost country's textile and its related exports," he added.
The secretary further informed that delegations from various countries including Russia, Bahrain, USA, China, Japan, UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Czechoslovakia, Nigeria, France, Netherlands and Spain actively took part in the TEXPO.
Around 231 exhibitors including new entrants from across Pakistan put their products on display. Leading fashion designers and textile houses and retail brands also showcased their latest collections.
He said that special initiative of bi-annual event of TEXPO had been taken by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) with prime objective of enhancing country's exports through comprehensive display of diverse Pakistani textile and clothing products.
The TEXPO-2019 also featured a Trade Envoys' Conference on the last day where the stakeholders from the industry and the government exchanged their opinions. The TDAP also organised a two-day seminar, attended by leading exporters from various sectors.


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7 Marlborough
7 Marlborough (2013)
Irregular Lot 16.97′ on Marlborough, 17.11′ on Alley 421, 112′ North-South (1.908 sf)
7 Marlborough is located on the north side of Marlborough, between Arlington and Berkeley, with 5 Marlborough to the east and 9 Marlborough to the west.
7 Marlborough was designed by architect Charles K. Kirby and built by William W. Bray, mason, in 1862-1863, one of three contiguous houses (3-5-7 Marlborough) that form a symmetrical composition with a single entrance porch.
In his Houses of Boston's Back Bay, Bainbridge Bunting does not attribute 3-5-7 Marlborough to a specific architect. However, deeds for the houses confirm that they were designed by Charles K. Kirby.
The land on which 3-5-7 Marlborough were built was part of a larger parcel purchased by Peleg W. Chandler, J. Amory Davis, and Henry Lee, Jr., on September 2, 1858, from George Goss and Norman Carmine Munson. George Goss and Norman Munson had purchased the land from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that same day; they were the contractors responsible for filling the Commonwealth's Back Bay lands.
In 1862, Charles Kirby entered into an agreement with Peleg Chandler and his partners to purchase the land for 3-5-7 Marlborough and build the houses on it. The agreement does not appear to have been recorded with the Suffolk County deeds, but is referenced in a party wall agreement dated June 21, 1862, with George T. Shattuck, owner of the land at 9 Marlborough. On June 27, 1862, Charles Kirby entered into an agreement with William W. Bray to provide the materials and labor to build the three houses.
On March 9, 1863, as the houses were nearing completion, Charles Kirby purchased the land from Peleg Chandler and his partners. On the same day, he sold 3 and 5 Marlborough. On May 26, 1863, he sold 7 Marlborough to George Cheyne Shattuck and Nathaniel J. Bradlee, trustees for Eleanor Anne Brune Shattuck (George C. Shattuck's daughter). Each of the deeds included a provision preventing material changes to the front façades without the consent of the owners of all three properties.
Click here for an index to the deeds for 7 Marlborough, and click here for further information about the land on the north side of Marlborough from Arlington to Berkeley, south of Alley 421.
3-7 Marlborough (2013)
On October 20, 1863, 7 Marlborough was purchased from George Shattuck and Nathaniel Bradlee by John Sewall Hooper. He and his wife, Maria Louisa (Barnes) Hooper, made it their home. They previously had lived at 36 Boylston. They also maintained a home in Hingham.
John S. Hooper was a stationer.
The Hoopers' son, attorney Sewall Henry Hooper, lived with them. He married in June of 1888 to Annie Heywood Lord, and they continued to live at 7 Marlborough with his parents.
Maria Hooper died in April of 1891, and John S. Hooper died in March of 1900.
Sewall Henry Hooper and Annie Hooper continued to live at 7 Marlborough. They also maintained a home in Hingham. In addition to practicing law, S. Henry Hooper also served as president of Hooper, Lewis & Co., his father's stationery business.
They continued to live at 7 Marlborough until about 1912, when they moved to The Charlesgate at 535 Beacon.
7 Marlborough was not listed in the 1913-1915 Blue Books.
On December 21, 1914, 7 Marlborough was acquired from Sewall Hooper by Anne Williams (Gillingham) Seaver, the wife of Jonathan Mercer Seaver, a dealer in ivory and boneblack. They lived in Waltham.
On September 17, 1915, 7 Marlborough was purchased from Anne Seaver by Dr. Martin Edwards. He and his wife, Ethel (Hooper) Edwards, made it their home. They previously had lived at 30 Pinckney.
Martin Edwards was a physician and maintained his medical office at the house and also at 79 Shawmut.
3-7 Marlborough (ca. 1942), photograph by Bainbridge Bunting, courtesy of The Gleason Partnership
The Edwardses continued to live at 7 Marlborough until about 1917, when they moved to Wayland. He continued to maintain his offices at 7 Marlborough and 79 Shawmut.
During the 1917-1918 winter season, 7 Marlborough was the home of leather and wool merchant Louis Rosenthal and his wife, Mabel (Rothschild) Rosenthal. They previously had lived in Columbus, Ohio. By the 1918-1919 season, they had moved to 9 Gloucester.
7 Marlborough was not listed in the 1919 Blue Book.
By the 1919-1920 winter season, 7 Marlborough was the home of attorney John Lothrop Motley and his wife, Nancy (Barton) Motley. They had married in January of 1918 and 7 Marlborough may have been their first home together. Prior to his marriage, he had lived at 22 Commonwealth with his mother, Eleanor (Warren) Motley, the widow of Thomas Motley.
By mid-1922, the Motleys had purchased and moved to 151 Beacon, and 7 Marlborough was once again the home of Martin and Ethel Edwards. They had moved from Wayland to 76 Revere in about 1920, and he had moved his offices to 21 Bay State Road at about the same time.
In June of 1923, Martin Edwards applied for (and subsequently received) permission to remodel the walls on the first floor. His permit application indicated that the current use was as a residence and doctor's office, and that there would be no change in occupancy.
By 1924, however, Martin and Ethel Edwards had moved back to 76 Revere and 7 Marlborough appears to have become a a combination of medical offices and apartments, with several families listed there in the Blue Books, City Directories, and Lists of Residents.
On September 12, 1924, Martin Edwards transferred the property into his wife's name.
3-23 Marlborough, looking west (ca. 1942), photograph by Bainbridge Bunting, courtesy of The Gleason Partnership
On January 21, 1925, 7 Marlborough was purchased from Ethel Edwards by Lewis B. Gardner and his wife, Carolyn Victoria Gardner. In the February 3, 1925, Boston Globe article on the transaction, the property is described as a "five story and basement stone building used for doctors' offices, apartments, etc."
Lewis Gardner was a physician and an engraver. He and his wife lived at 3 Walnut, where they operated a lodging house.
On May 8, 1942, 7 Marlborough was acquired from the Gardners by Clarence Haendel Pond, former president of Ivers & Pond, piano manufacturers. His primary residence was in Winchester, but he also lived in one of the units at 7 Marlborough. He continued to live there until his death in February of 1957
On March 26, 1958, 7 Marlborough was acquired from Clarence Pond's estate by Richard D. Haskell. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Cahill) Haskell lived in one of the units They had recently married; he previously had lived at 226 Beacon with his parents, Edmund Ralph Haskell and Helen F. (Glancy) Haskell, and she had lived in an apartment at 344 Commonwealth. Richard Haskell was New England manager for Sports Illustrated; Elizabeth Haskell was a teacher. They continued to live at 7 Marlborough in 1960, but had moved to an apartment at 88 Beacon by 1962.
On September 5, 1961, 7 Marlborough was acquired from the Haskells by Dr, Jason Aronson, a physician and psychiatrist, who lived in one of the units and also maintained his practice there. On June 29, 1962, he transferred the property to his parents, Louis and Mollie (Weiner) Aronson of Little Falls, Minnesota.
In May of 1964, Jason Aronson (on behalf of Louis and Mollie Aronson) filed for (and subsequently received) permission to legalize the occupancy as six apartments.
The property subsequently changed hands and on May 15, 1997, was purchased by John F. Kelleher, Jr., trustee of the Seven Marlboro Street Trust.
In October of 1997, the Trust filed for (and subsequently received) permission to convert the property from six apartments to two apartments. On February 12, 1999, it converted it into two condominium units, the 7 Marlborough Street Condominium.
1-7 Marlborough, with 7 Arlington in foreground (ca. 1870), courtesy of the Bostonian Society.


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Is it really STEM at work?
In April 2011, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Strategic Plan Task Force of the FCR-STE M (the Florida Center for Research in STEM) published its strategic plan for Florida STEM education (Click Here to read the full report). This 60+ page effort focuses on K12 and post-secondary education. The declared task is to build a strong and deep STEM knowledge and skills based workforce. The document also defines current status by compiling a number of educational rankings and standardized test results into one document. These data provide some guidelines as to what needs to be improved, it is also data that the Florida Department of Education (FL DOE) and educators have been tracking, for that purpose, for a number of years. The Florida STEM Strategic Plan is laid out in three goals: the first related to student performance; the second related to teacher preparation and performance, and the third focused on establishing a sustainable infrastructure for STEM.
Although it is commendable that this FCR-STEM publication has set STEM performance and preparation goals, increasing the competency levels of Florida's K12 students and faculty in STEM disciplines has been a clear focus of the FL DOE for a number of years. Its implementation of the 2006 legislation defining Florida Career Academies initiated the FL DOE's long-term strategy to increase student graduation rates, provide relevant career aligned education, align career education programs with valid industry certifications, and implement problem based learning in learning communities in Florida schools. There are now numerous academies across Florida school districts, and thousands of industry certifications earned by Florida high school students. The FL DOE has continued to push the rigor of career academies by aligning the CTE standards to academic STEM standards to permit academic credit for students in the aligned academies. The state driven implementation timeline includes breathing room to be sure teachers are, or will be properly trained and credentialed to teach both a CTE and an academic science, or math.
The FLDOE has also developed the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) as well as implementing new, more rigorous high school graduation requirements legislated in 2009. To graduate from a Florida high school, 9th graders in 2013 will be required to successfully complete 3 rigorous math and 3 rigorous science classes. Most of these courses must also have an end of course exam that can be used for acceleration and/or transfer.
What's next? As the FCR-STEM document is digested, it is hoped that policy makers, legislators, and industry partners appreciate that much of the first two goals are already being addressed by FL DOE. Therefore, they should focus their attention on establishing a sustainable infrastructure (goal 3) by tackling the challenging task of finding stable funding to adequately support and sustain the ongoing bold efforts being systematically implemented in our state. In addition to secure funding, sustainability requires that STEM industries must become personally and permanently engaged in the educational processes. There are many ways to do this, including financial incentives, mentoring, school partnerships, curriculum reviews, student and educator celebrations and more. A predictable, realistic funding formula, coupled with industry engagement will ultimately promote efficient and effective long term strategies and spawn a robust post-secondary population of students pursuing STEM careers, requiring further education.
To make all of this work, it is necessary to put the needed funding plan in place now, and then remember that the first data point reflecting full implementation of the new graduation requirements will come with the graduating class of 2017. We need to be patient, hold the course, and continue full support of the FL DOE programs and processes in place. The current efforts have built-in success indicators along the way to keep us informed and suggest corrections. Energy and resources should now be spent on program and process enrichments as well as adding strategic complementary programs which accelerate our successes.
What is FLATE's role in this grand Florida STEM challenge? FLATE has supported a rigorous integrated approach to STEM in its curriculum, outreach, and recruitment efforts for K-12 students since its inception. All students need a strong STEM foundation no matter what they choose for their career path. Bringing students, faculty and industry together has always been one of our guiding principles behind everything we do. Since 2004, NSF, via FLATE alone, has invested nearly $6 million in supporting STEM education in Florida. Activities include STEM-based teacher and faculty professional development, ready to use curriculum modules based on Florida industries, implementation of school-industry partnerships, award winning curriculum development, support for technical programs and labs, awards and recognition for teachers, and providing financial support for relevant student experiences including robotics camps and industry tours. NSF has also provided significant funding directly to various Florida State Colleges and Universities in support of STEM-related educational initiatives.
On a different sTEm related front, please join us in celebrating the success of Lakewood Ranch students taking a lead in getting industry certified. Before you try your hand at the next sTEm-at-work puzzle, check out the article about Brooksville Elementary School and their use of our sTEm-at-work puzzles, drop in at the STEM educators corner to enroll for the STEM camp for teachers, or the FLATE Engineering Technology Institute. As we draw closer to the deadline, don't forget to submit your nominations for the 2011 FLATE Awards!
MSSC Paves Pathway for Students in Manatee County to Get Industry Certified
Students at Lakewood Ranch High School (LRHS) in Manatee County, FL attained forward momentum this spring thanks to the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Certified Production Technician (CPT) assessment that has created a cohesive pathway for high school students to become industry certified. Doug Wagner, director for career and technical education at the school district of Manatee County says it's no longer just about the skills. Today "workers need to have the educational as well as the technical credentials, and be able to apply the academic know-how to solve technical problems."
Indeed, industry certifications form a core component in paving a pathway to high-tech, high-wage job in the modern manufacturing environment. From the things you wear, to the things you eat, see and sit upon, Wagner says there is a product that relates back to manufacturing and/or STEM. Now more than ever, students need to be educated about exciting and rewarding career choices, and educators play an integral role in striking the connection between industry certifications, manufacturing and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).
Greg McGrew, engineering technology instructor at LRHS has taken measurable strides in establishing a connection between technical, academic and practical skills, and in getting students industry certified. McGrew has served in this capacity for the past 15 years, and has been a driving force in creating excitement among students to become industry certified. His forte as an educator lies is his prowess as a motivator, and in his technical skills. He motivates students by celebrating their successes. He is also big on showcasing the connection between education, business, industry and solid career opportunities, and has led the way by becoming industry certified prior to his students. From building and designing cardboard chairs using SolidWorks, building carbon dioxide powered dragsters, constructing boats/floatation devices, or welding projects that involve creation of a 9 ft steel horse, McGrew has spearheaded numerous projects that combine hands-on learning with classroom curriculum.
Eugene Helfrick & Alec Bacon
First high school students
in Manatee County to earn
the MSSC CPT Certification
One of his major accomplishments undoubtedly has been his effort to encourage students to take the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Certified Production Technician (CPT) assessment. In the last two years since McGrew has administered the MSSC testing, enrollment into the engineering technology program at LRHS has increased significantly. A total of 63 LRHS students have taken at least one of the MSSC CPT assessments. Forty eight percent of the students passed Safety, 74% passed Manufacturing Processes and Production, 75% passed Quality Practices and Continuous Improvement, and 73% passed the Maintenance modules. Among them, Eugene Helfrick and Alec Bacon passed all four parts of the MSSC CPT certification this spring, and became the first high school students in Manatee County to earn the CPT certification. Eugene Helfrick plans to attend UCF School of Engineering, and Alec Bacon who was accepted into the US Naval Academy plans to pursue a career as a naval engineer.
Industry certifications like the MSSC offer tremendous benefits and perform a two-fold function. For the students, it provides a competitive edge to prove their credentials to prospective employers, and serves as a credential to obtain internships, summer jobs, or other job opportunities after post secondary education. For manufacturers, it offers a pathway to ensure students'/incumbent workers' knowledge, skills and ability to become productive employees. As an added bonus, students who get MSSC certified also qualify for CAPE funding ($1200 per student depending on where you are located in the state) from the Florida Department of Education.
The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council is a nationwide, industry-led organization that focuses on building foundational skills and knowledge needed by workers in the nation's advanced manufacturing sector. It offers manufacturing production workers the opportunity to demonstrate they have mastered the skills increasingly needed in the high-growth, technical jobs of the 21st century. FLATE has embedded the MSSC Skills Standards into the Engineering Technology (ET) A.S. /A.A.S. Technical Core that consists of 18 credit hours and covers CADD, Electronics, Measurements, Processes, Quality, and Safety. Upon completion of these courses, students can earn an 18 credit hour college certificate, and be prepared to take the MSSC skills tests to earn the national certification. To enhance this pathway, FLATE in conjunction with the Florida Department of Education and their industry working group, has also developed a new secondary program curriculum framework that allows high school students currently enrolled in career and technical programs and/or related areas that are aligned with MSSC Skills to have those credits applied to an ET Degree anywhere in Florida.
For information on LRHS contact Doug Wagner Doug Wagner at wagnerd@fc.manatee.k12.fl.us. For information on FLATE's statewide ET degree and the MSSC Skill Standards contact Dr. Marilyn Barger at barger@fl-ate.org, or visit http://www.fl-ate.org/projects/mssc.html.
sTEm Puzzle #19: Vacuum Pump Operating Test For Gas Diffusive Flow
A vacuum pump pulls gas molecules down a long pipe by diffusion or convection. A technician must determine if the pump is making the gas move by diffusion instead of convection. In the former, the gas molecules move by random walk ("1 step back, 2 steps forward") while in the latter, all molecules move in the same direction. The Tech starts the gas flow and monitors the time the gas takes to reach specific locations along the pipe. The Tech then compares the gas movement with pump performance data from previous tests. She also knows that for short distances, gas moves faster by diffusion.
Curve (a) is operating curve for diffusive flow down pipe. (Yes or no). Please submit your answers at http://www.fl-ate.org/.
sTEm Puzzles Cultivate Problem-Based Learning At The Elementary Level
They are young, they are innovative, and they have a passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Seth Dillon, Cody Torres, Jacob Argoncilli, Janya Capel and Dheron Barnes may be young, but it is not premature to envision them as future engineers. These fifth graders at Brooksville Elementary School (BES) in Hernando County are part of the engineering club at BES, and share a common passion for STEM. The engineering club is one of the most robust clubs on campus, and has members engaged in hands-on projects that range from building bridges, learning about live weight, dead weight, or programming robots.
A key part of their learning lies in becoming "out-of-the-box thinkers." To set them on this path, Anna Speessen, one of the STEM teachers and a technology ambassador at BES has devised a plan that involves integration of FLATE's, state-of-the-art STEM puzzles, into her STEM curriculum. To date, Speessen has used puzzles 1, 3 and 7 to teach fifth grade students like Seth and his classmates linear measurements, angles, and how to read graphs.
Speessen's approach is simple. Her motto "the faster we fail, the sooner we succeed" adopted from the television show "Design Squad" is somewhat of a reverse engineering strategy. In that, to derive a solution and/or come to a reasonable conclusion, students undergo a step-by-step process whereby they talk about the things they do know, to get to the things they don't know. Speessen hopes somewhere during the process students will be able to connect and bridge the dots, deconstruct the problem, understand, analyze and perhaps come to some form of solution, or at least a solution they are able to defend. The idea is a deviation from an answer-driven, traditional classroom form of learning/teaching to a more analytical skill-building tactic—one that promotes problem-based learning and higher level thinking skills.
In addition to cultivating analytical skills, the STEM puzzles have also helped expand students' knowledge about local manufacturers by taking the content they're learning in the classroom and connecting it to the real world using real world companies/scenarios. The STEM puzzles have also given students an opportunity to work as a group to bounce ideas off of each other, and raised awareness about local high-tech opportunities. Speessen hopes the experience will continue on in middle school, "motivate students to develop a passion for STEM," and to apply STEM in everyday practical applications.
The STEM puzzles represent a larger FLATE-led "sTEm-at-work" initiative that works to dispel a commonly held misconception that the letters s, t, e and m are four independent disciplines, and to advocate an operating principle behind STEM that science and mathematics support engineering practices that culminate in a technology application. The "sTEm-at-work" initiative currently offers three resources: STEM Puzzles, STEM video clips with embedded lessons, and HSTI or the High School Technology Initiative. To learn more about FLATE's sTEm initiatives and resources contact Dr. Marilyn Barger at barger@fl-ate.org, or visit www.stem-at-work.org.
Industry Day for Local Students Offers a Paradigm Shift in Technical Education
FLATE recently partnered with CTEF (Career Technical Education Foundation) in Palm Harbor, FL, to orchestrate a two-day "Industry Day" for high school students in the greater Tampa bay area. As a result of this effort, 125 students from the engineering academies at River Ridge High School in Pasco County, and 150 students from East Lake High School in Pinellas County toured 10 local high-tech manufacturing facilities. These fun-filled, yet educationally engaging tours showcased the importance of industry-aligned education, the tools required to meet these educational requirements, and the skills needed to secure sustainable career goals.
Students from River Ridge High School tour
Southern Manufacturing Technologies in
Industry hosts Honeywell, Con Med, Pall Aeropower, Nielsen Media Research, Micron Pharma Works, Coastal Caisson, Valpak, Jabil Circuit, Southern Manufacturing Technologies and Mitre Corporation opened their facilities to give students a detailed overview of high-tech operations. They also set up special employee presentations that provided an overview of educational pathways needed to secure available high-tech careers. As part of the experience, FLATE provided students with information on statewide educational and career opportunities in modern manufacturing, and advised students to take advantage of the resources posted on the "Made in Florida" website. The Center also helped cover a portion of the transportation cost for eight buses to transport students to and from and between manufacturing facilities.
Indeed, industry day was marked by a comprehensive effort to generate interest in engineering, manufacturing, technical education, and to integrate theoretical as well as practical experience into the educational experience. The initiative represented an extension of FLATE's "Made in Florida" outreach campaign designed to give students a real-world view of high-tech careers/educational pathways, and an opportunity to connect classroom-based knowledge to real-world innovation and application. Dave Gula, FLATE's outreach manager said the tours underlined the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and its relevance/applicability outside the classroom, and gave students an in-depth overview of high-tech careers, exploration of post-secondary educational requirements to qualify for these jobs.
Prior to the tour, students researched local high-tech companies, and explored the kinds of high-tech jobs they offered. Students were also required to document and report their experience at the conclusion of the tour. A post visit survey conducted by FLATE also showed more than half the students agreed the tour helped them understand the use of math, science and technology in industry. The survey indicated considering a career in manufacturing, or related technical industries. As pointed out by Gula "striking a connection between theoretical and practical knowledge enhances students' interest and helps develop a desire to apply their knowledge towards innovation."
The "Made in Florida" industry tours, for students grades 7 through 12, are designed to stimulate student interest in modern manufacturing careers, and to encourage enrollment in the technology programs throughout the state. Since the implementation of the tours in 2004, nearly 3000 students from 151 schools (middle, high school and technical) in the greater Tampa Bay area have toured approximately 50 local high-tech manufacturing facilities. From past surveys conducted after the tour, approximately 78% of the students either 'agreed' or 'strongly agreed' the tours were helpful to their understanding of jobs and career options. Eighty-eight percent also 'agreed' or 'strongly agreed' they wanted a high-skill, high-wage position.
For information on FLATE and the Made in Florida outreach campaign, contact Dave Gula at gula@fl-ate.org/813.259.6581, or visit www.fl-ate.org/projects/tours.html and http://www.madeinflorida.org/.
STEM Educator's Corner: Alternative Energy: It's Hot!
Summer STEM Camp for Teachers: A "Summer Camp Style" In-Service Workshop for Teachers
HCC SouthShore Campus
551 24th Street North East, Ruskin FL 33570.
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This out of district, 15 contact hour in-service professional development workshop ai med at middle and high school teachers focuses on STEM curriculum and problem based learning (PBL) applied to the hot, new topic of alternative energy. Teachers will have fun while gaining additional tools to allow them to more effectively use and apply STEM concepts in school curriculum emphasizing the "T & E" in STEM, use educational technologies to develop a usable STEM lesson plan for use in their classrooms, become practitioners of problem-based and experiential learning in their classrooms based on energy activities, and become better equipped to help students understand, appreciate, and apply STEM concepts in school and investigate pathways in science, technology, engineering, and manufacturing (including energy!) careers.
Please email mboyette3@hccfl.edu before June 14 to register.
Save the date: FLATE Engineering Technology Summer Institute
For specific questions contact Dr. Marilyn Barger at barger@fl-ate.org/813.259.6578, or Brad Jenkins at jenkinsb@spcollege.edu
MAF Discussion Forum II
Discussion Forum II (Sarasota)
For more informion on the forums visit http://www.fl-ate.org/news/events.html
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I always had long hair since I was a child, and i still do. My hair is waist length and I'm trying to get it to tailbone length but I haven't seen a difference in length. I wash and deep condition regularly, and moisturize in between.
Wow. Your hair is super long. I would say that everyone has a maximun hair growth length. Maybe you've reached it. I don't care as much about length as I do health. If your hair is healthy it will grow, but again... at some point your hair will stop at its maximum growth potential. If length is what you are looking for I think you've go it.


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18-month-old dies after car crashes into home, Tennessee police say
Morristown investigators said they were looking to speak with a man named Walter Noe Mendez.
By Paige Hill and Debra Worley
Published: Aug. 23, 2022 at 9:53 AM CDT
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – An 18-month-old died after a car hit a home in Tennessee Saturday night, according to police.
A spokesperson with the Morristown Police Department said a car accelerated backward into the home around 10:40 p.m. on Aug. 20.
The toddler was sleeping inside the home during the crash and was killed, officials said.
According to police, the driver left the scene.
Officers found alcohol in the vehicle and believe that could have been a factor in the crash.
Investigators have identified Walter Noe Mendez as a person of interest in the deadly hit-and-run crash and are looking to speak with him.
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Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day prediction: 6 more weeks of winter


It's driving me mad. If I use the native e-mail client to reply to an email, it creates a new conversation in Gmail. When I log into the desktop version I have half a page of the same conversation spilt over lots of different threads.
If you have nothing useful to say why even bother?
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I say that because hotmail has no issues on WP. Everything Google so far has been a major issue on WP because Google sabotages the functionality of their products on non-Google devices. Even the YouTube app on Xbox 360 can't access all content and has issues.
I use Gmail on my Windows Phone all the time and I've never had an issue.
I don't have this problem with Gmail. Make sure you're syncing the sent items folder on your phone ( ... → folders → show all folders → sent items → ... → synchronise this folder ) and you've got conversations turned on ( ... → settings → Conversations ).
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I agree. I don't have any Gmail conversations chopped up, and Gmail is my primary email account.
Happens to me too sometimes. Not sure what is causing this - for some reason Gmail detects it as a new conversation. Must be something in the email body that changes when sending from WP as it seems to always break on mails sent from the WP email client.
It's not a 7.x issue it's a Gmail issue, now look who's posting useless things.
Please prove to me how this is a Gmail issue.
Well if the conversation shows up fine in the email on WP but not on the Gmail site you kinda have to wonder. Also it's a non issue with hotmail or Yahoo mail, so who's at fault then? Certainly not MS.
First of all, that is your assumption, you have no proof to back that up.
Second of all, your argument makes no sense. Is Gmail developed by Google or by Microsoft? We are talking about Gmail here, that's the source - Google makes the rules. It has to work properly there, you can not judge the system by some third party implementation. No, it's the other way around - WP has to implement the Gmail support in a way where it is not breaking the Gmail site. Hence, it is a WP problem.
The fact that Yahoo and Hotmail work properly only means that their implementation is working fine. But it has nothing to do with Gmail.
I haven't had any problems ether , it seems to be a *intermittent* problem.
works sometimes and other it doesn't.
I do conversation with both G-mail and Hotmail/live and never had it happen.
I did research online and every one seem to be claiming that G-mail has problem with almost every OS but Android ( witch would make sens). but no official confirmation or fix could be found.
Make sure you're syncing the sent items folder on your phone ( ... → folders → show all folders → sent items → ... → synchronise this folder ) and you've got conversations turned on ( ... → settings → Conversations ).
considering it works on ALL other E-mail client and some times it doesn't work on Gmail its for sure a problem on the G-mail side. if it was a problem with the WP OS build it would be the same for every one.
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In computing there is nothing like an *intermittent* problem. EVERYTHING happens for a reason, there is a reason why this happens, and this reason is a bug in the code. A bug in the WP code. Because it does not happen in Gmail, it should not happen in a THIRD party applications that supports Gmail. It is that simple.
Checking your settings won't help, because it has nothing to do with that.
So if Google tinkers with their APIs, its still a third party (in this case Microsoft) problem. Based on the bi-weekly changes to YouTube, I would be just a little suspicious. Nothing malicious mind you. Just that Google does not have a clue when it comes to doing anything beyond a beta stage.
Hey, you have a Windows Phone. Get a Hotmail account already.
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I dont think you understand what a intermittent means.
its actually called a Intermittent Fault, witch means that the problem comes in intervals and is usually irregular.
This can be caused by Hardware or software and the more complex a software the more the chance of having Intermittent faults.
the simple fact that this problem does not happen with Hotmail or any other E-mail client BUT G-mail , power of deduction *( or common sens) will show that this is obviously a problem WITH Google/G-mail ... Google did not properly link all the APIs to other Operating system witch can cause multiple problems like this one,.
hence why It has problems on almost EVERY OS but Android.
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An intermittent fault points to a problem in the system. Yes, those can happen, but there is always a reason why it happened. Something in the system went wrong and the system was not prepared for this. Bugs in a system can have many forms, an intermittent fault is one of the ways how to expose a weakness in the system. But an intermittent fault is never desirable and can always be fixed by adapting the system to handle the root cause of the problem. Of course, no system is perfect, that's why we have bugs and faults in all complex systems. But that's exactly the point - those bugs need to be fixed and the system needs to be adapted to handle faults better.
Anyway, the important part here is that I believe that the problem occurs on the WP side, not on Googles. And as long as this is a Google email platform, it's up to Microsoft to implement it in a way where it works reliably. I could even make the effort to go ahead and prove to you that it does not happen on an iPhone. But since it wouldn't solve anything and the problem won't be fixed anyway, it would be just a waste of time.
Regardless, from the user perspective, it does not matter whose fault it is. It's in Microsoft's interest to fix this, regardless how and on which side (Google or MS). The problem is, with WP8 coming, they probably never will in 7.x.
PS: Actually I do have a suspicion what is causing this. I believe the problem is that when sending an email reply, WP does not always correctly update the Sent folder (you will not find the sent email in the Sent folder on the Gmail site after sending it from the phone). I believe this is the WP bug that is causing the conversations to break up because when you then receive a reply to your sent email a new conversation is started.
EDIT: Regarding this working fine with Hotmail etc... You have to remember that conversation grouping does not work the same way in every email platform. Mails are not grouped just by the Subject - the criteria for the grouping are actually a bit more complex and there is no standard for this (for example to avoid grouping emails which have the same Subject but are not part of the same conversation). And because Gmail checks the body of the email and (I suspect) also the previous emails, the missing sent email causes the split in the conversation.
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In computing there is nothing like an *intermittent* problem.
and now you say they can?
you Contradict your self every other post so Forgive me if i find a lack of credibility in your words.
And as long as this is a Google email platform, it's up to Microsoft to implement it in a way where it works reliably.
WHAT!?!? .... So its MS's responsibility to Fix Google's e-mail? lol..
this makes no sens, Google have ALL the proper tools/API's to make this work perfectly yet they haven't. not very complicated , WP OS have ALL the proper API's to support this.
Last edited by Se1fcr3ation; 07-25-2012 at 10:53 AM.
I think I explained in my second post, that what I meant was that there are no intermittent problems in the sense that every problem has an explanation a cause and a solution. I apologize if that was not clear, but I am not a native speaker, so some things might get lost in the translation. I hope it is clear now.
I repeat, there are no standards for email grouping. And a third party application has to respect the rules of the source system. The only reason why this appears to work on WP and break in the Gmail site is because the Gmail grouping is more complex than the one implemented in the WP client (which seems to only check the Subject), so it is not affected by the problem it itself creates.
You did not even experience the problem, you know nothing about it and yet you keep repeating "it's Google's fault, it's Google's fault". That does not move the conversation further. I provided a possible root cause, you are welcome to comment on that but please be constructive. All evidence points to this being a problem with the WP implementation of Gmail. You have no proof that this is a Google problem, only your biased opinion against all that is not Microsoft related.
If you want to look at it from another angle, imagine this being a problem with Hotmail on iOS. Who would you expect to fix it, Apple or MS? I'll answer that one for you: Apple.
Last edited by MrBurrrns; 07-25-2012 at 08:07 PM.
If you ask me I think this thread oughta be closed.


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