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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

"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.)"

"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."

"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!"

"We cast this message into the cosmos ... Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some - perhaps many - may have inhabited planets and space faring civilizations. If one such civilization intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope some day, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination and our goodwill in a vast and awesome universe."

"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"

"Dr.Eddie Hadlock, President North Central Texas College 1525 W. California St. Gainesville, TX 76240   Dear Dr. Hadlock:   I am writing to express support of NCTC's [name of project] proposal. The project you propose to establish will [State how the project will address community, industry, or educational challenges. Express your or your company's interest in the proposed project - how do its goals or objectives match your vision or mission?   If you have partnered with NCTC in the past, briefly describe the association and benefits received. If a student or a parent, give examples of how your association with NCTC has affected your life.]   Our [company or organization] is or [We are, I am] pleased to continue a relationship that is beneficial to us [me] and to the NCTC.   Sincerely,  "

"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."

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

"The number of variables and the speed and volume of transactions are just too much for human decision makers."

"Apereo Foundation 2013 Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres 2012 CENATIC 2012 Creative Commons 2012 Debian 2012 The Document Foundation 2012 Drupal Association 2012 Eclipse Foundation 2012 FreeBSD Foundation 2012 Friends of OpenDocument 2012 Joomla (Open Source Matters, Inc.) 2012 KDE eV 2012 Linux Foundation 2012 Linux Fund 2012 MariaDB Foundation 2013 Mozilla Foundation 2012 The New Zealand Open Source Society 2012 Open Source Software Institute 2012 Open Source Sweden 2012 Outercurve Foundation 2012 OW2 2012 Plone Foundation 2012 Python Software Foundation 2012 Sahana Software Foundation 2012 SOUJava 2012 Tiki Software Community Association 2012 Wikimedia Foundation 2012 Wikiotics 2012 "

"Test-driven development (TDD) is a process that has been documented considerably over recent years. A process of baking your tests right into your everyday coding, as opposed to a nagging afterthought, should be something that developers seek to make the norm, rather than some ideal fantasy."

"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

"Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools."

"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."