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"Best Buy Ignites Teen Potential through Technology For decades people have turned to Best Buy for answers to their technology questions. As a company, we aim to ignite human potential.  To support these efforts, the Best Buy Foundation provides underserved teens with access to technology to build 21st century skills and bridge the digital divide. As technology becomes more ingrained in our society, it is critical for youth to develop the necessary skills for future college and career success.  Sixty percent of the jobs that will be available in 10 years don't even exist today. As experts in technology, our goal is to leverage our knowledge, resources and talented Best Buy and Geek Squad employees to empower underserved youth and help prepare them for the future.   National Partner Overview Best Buy seeks nonprofit partners that create hands-on learning opportunities for underserved teens to engage them in learning, experimenting, and interacting with the latest technologies to build 21st century skills. The overall goal is to provide youth with access to new technologies and help them become interested and fluent in digital learning while developing skills to help better prepare them for future education and career success. Programs should help teens build 21st century skills by utilizing cutting-edge technology such as computers, digital cameras, video cameras and professional software in a wide range of areas including (but not limited to): Audio production (including music mixing & recording) Coding/3D printing Computer Maintenance and Repair Digital photography/graphic design Filmmaking & videography Maker Faires/hack-a-thons Mobile & game app development Programming Robotics Web site design    Grant Overview Best Buy is searching for national organizations with a demonstrated track record for building skill proficiency in technology through out-of-school time programs. The primary responsibilities of the nonprofit organization include: Workin

"Turtle Graphics in Python Documentation on Turtle Graphics: This is the ultimate source for all information on this library. Comprehensive List of Colors List of Programs in Turtle Graphics # File: Hello.py # Description: This program writes out Hello World import turtle def main(): # put label on top of page turtle.title ('Hello World') # setup screen size turtle.setup (1000, 1000, 0, 0) # move turtle to origin turtle.penup() turtle.goto (0, 0) # set the color to navy turtle.color ('navy') # write the message turtle.write ('Hello World!', font = ('Times New Roman', 36, 'bold')) # hide the turtle turtle.hideturtle() # persist the drawing turtle.done() main() # File: Squares.py # Description: Draws squares of different sizes import turtle # draw a square of a given side # starting at uuper left corner (x, y) def drawSquare (ttl, x, y, side): ttl.penup() ttl.goto(x, y) ttl.setheading(0) # set the pen in the +ve x direction ttl.pendown() for iter in range (4): ttl.forward(side) ttl.right(90) ttl.penup() def main(): # put label on top of page turtle.title ('Squares') # setup screen size turtle.setup (800, 800, 0, 0) # create a turtle object ttl = turtle.Turtle() # assign a color to the turtle object ttl.color ('red') # draw multiple squares drawSquare (ttl, -50, -50, 50) drawSquare (ttl, 0, 0, 50) drawSquare (ttl, 50, 50, 50) drawSquare (ttl, -50, 50, 150) # fill a closed region ttl.fillcolor ('purple') ttl.begin_fill() drawSquare (ttl, 0, 0, 50) ttl.end_fill() # persist drawing turtle.done() main() # File: Figures.py # Description: Draws various types of geometric figures import turtle, math # draw a line from (x1, y1) to (x2, y2) def drawLine (ttl, x1, y1, x2, y2): ttl.penup() ttl.goto (x1, y1) ttl.pendown() ttl.goto (x2, y2) ttl.penup() def drawPolygon (ttl, x, y, num_side, radius): sideLen = 2 * radius * math.sin (math.pi / num_s

"We Believe...The Internet is for Everyone   For more than 20 years the Internet Society has been doing advocacy work at the intersection of policy, technology and development.   We believe...   In permission-less innovation  Internet access is for everyone This is your internet, this is your future, let your voice be heard"

"On behalf of the University of Chicago Law School chapter of [name of organization], I would like to invite you to the Law School to speak on [topic/panel].  Our organization would like to host a program on [topic] on [X date or dates] at [time], and given your expertise in that subject matter, we hope that you will be able to join us for the event.  Our organization would be happy to cover costs associated with your travel to the Law School [if the speaker is from out of town, and depending on the student organization budget, you may want to add, "in the form of a $750 stipend" at the end of the sentence].  We would be honored if you would accept this invitation to join us for this event.  Please let me know at your convenience if you will be able to join us for the event, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the event.  Sincerely, Name Title (President, IPLS, etc.)"

"Hello, everyone! I'm name, organizer of this Python user group. Thanks for coming to the project night. We have wifi here, and food and drinks that you can take; thanks to sponsor name for making that possible. We're excited about having people of all experience levels in Python here today, and to support them, we have a few people who are excited about helping beginners. Can I get those people to stand up? We've labeled a table as the "Beginner's corner," so if you specially want mentorship today, go visit there and say hi to the person next to you, and talk with one of the lovely people who want to help you have a great time with Python. I'll be here all evening, so if you need anything else, just ask me. Thanks to all of you for coming!"

"If you would like to get new events listed on these calendars, please write to events@python.org mentioning: the name of the event (including the user group name for user group events) type of event (conference, bar camp, sprint, user group meeting, etc.) focus on Python and approximate size (number of attendees) the location (venue address, including city and country) the dates/times (including the time zone) a URL with more details for the event"

"EFF one page information sheets (PDF). Print some your next speaking engagement, club meeting, or other social forum: GENERAL EFF by the Numbers EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers EFF's Work Across the World EFF Action Alerts (Updated 5-17-13) INNOVATION & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Coders' Rights Project Defending Your Right to Hack Hardware The Battle for Your Digital Media Devices Patent Fail: In Defense of Innovation Reform Computer Crime Law FAIR USE DVD Customers Are Not Pirates The "First Sale" Doctrine TRANSPARENCY Government Transparency Stopping Copyright Trolls PRIVACY EFF's Fight Against the NSA's Warrantless Surveillance Is your printer spying on you? Know Your Rights! Electronic Search Tips Who Has Your Back? 2013 Consumer Protection Report CISPA: Stop Cyber Spying Bills"

"network investigative techniques"

"We are pleased to confirm that we will provide in-kind contributions of a value totaling (amount in dollars) for your project (project name) as proposed for funding under the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund."

""It's really a call for all hands on deck"

"To promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world."

"Turtle graphics is a popular way for introducing programming to kids. It was part of the original Logo programming language developed by Wally Feurzig and Seymour Papert in 1966."

"But an app for programming Python on iOS called Pythonista have some smart ways of getting around some of Apples restrictions. And one of the nice things you can do is home screen shortcuts, making your scripts available directly from your home screen of your iOS device."

"import turtle   turtle.bgcolor("green") t = turtle.Turtle() t.color("red", "blue") t.begin_fill() for i in range(0, 5): t.forward(200) t.right(144) t.end_fill()"

"class Hangman(): def __init__(self): print "Welcome to 'Hangman', are you ready to die?" print "(1)Yes, for I am already dead.\n(2)No, get me outta here!" user_choice_1 = raw_input("->") if user_choice_1 == '1': print "Loading nooses, murderers, rapists, thiefs, lunatics..." self.start_game() elif user_choice_1 == '2': print "Bye bye now..." exit() else: print "I'm sorry, I'm hard of hearing, could you repeat that?" self.__init__() def start_game(self): print "A crowd begins to gather, they can't wait to see some real" print "justice. There's just one thing, you aren't a real criminal." print "No, no. You're the wrong time, wrong place type. You may think" print "you're dead, but it's not like that at all. Yes, yes. You've" print "got a chance to live. All you've gotta do is guess the right" print "words and you can live to see another day. But don't get so" print "happy yet. If you make 6 wrong guess, YOU'RE TOAST! VAMANOS!" self.core_game() def core_game(self): guesses = 0 letters_used = "" the_word = "pizza" progress = ["?", "?", "?", "?", "?"] while guesses < 6: guess = raw_input("Guess a letter ->") if guess in the_word and not in letters_used: print "As it turns out, your guess was RIGHT!" letters_used += "," + guess self.hangman_graphic(guesses) print "Progress: " + self.progress_updater(guess, the_word, progress) print "Letter used: " + letters_used elif guess not in the_word and not(in letters_used): guesses += 1 print "Things aren't looking so good, that guess was WRONG!" print "Oh man, that crowd is getting happy, I thought you" print "wanted to make them mad?" letters_used += "," + guess self.hangman_graphic(guesses) print "Progress: " + "".join(progress) print "Letter used: " + letters_used else: print "That's the wrong letter, you wanna be out here all day?" print "Try again!" def hangman_graphic(self, guesse

"The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation with global scope formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community."