This is the third installment of our blog series, Solving Teacher Shortages.
On May 17, the House Education and Workforce Committee passed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act in a bipartisan move that paves the way for reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act). The Perkins Act provides more than $1 billion annually to support high-quality career technical education (CTE) programs. Through the reauthorization, Congress has an important opportunity to strengthen CTE offerings in high schools around the country.
CTE helps prepare young people for success in both postsecondary education and a range of high-wage, high-skill careers and is a critical engine for our economy. Students concentrating in CTE programs graduate high school at higher rates (93%, compared to an average national freshman graduation rate of 80%) and succeed at higher rates in postsecondary education. These courses also provide a high return on taxpayers' investments, netting the economy at least twice as much in benefits as the students' training cost.
When integrated with strong academics, opportunities for applied learning, and student supports, CTE courses help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in college and a 21st century economy, such as critical thinking, complex problem-solving, and self-direction. Such high-quality courses require a strong and stable pool of CTE-certified teachers, yet in CTE—as in many subject areas—prepared and experienced teachers are hard to find. According to the U.S. Department of Education's 2016–17 nationwide listing of teacher shortages, 34 states reported shortages of CTE educators.
This serious shortage of CTE teachers undermines quality and limits access to these courses. With the reauthorization of the Perkins Act, Congress has the opportunity to fix this persistent problem by supporting evidence-based strategies to recruit and retain these highly skilled and critically important teachers. The House Committee bill gives a nod to educator workforce issues of recruitment and development—an important first step. As the Senate prepares to debate and pass its own bill, it has the opportunity to go even further in ensuring that students have access to high-quality CTE educators.
Shortages are particularly acute in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields—areas of labor market shortages generally. The country needs to do much more to produce STEM professionals, including teachers, by underwriting their postsecondary education, as many other countries do, and subsidizing preparation for teaching credentials. Also lacking are financial and career incentives for recent graduates or experienced STEM professionals to choose teaching over a higher-paying industry position. Rural districts face an additional challenge, often struggling to recruit industry experts to isolated geographic areas. High attrition rates also contribute to shortages: Like educators in other fields, CTE teachers are retiring or leaving the profession for other opportunities.
Provide financial incentives and additional supports for individuals with industry or educational backgrounds to become certified as CTE teachers, particularly in STEM-related fields. For example, Alabama and Tennessee offer financial incentives for CTE teachers, including allowing industry experts to count their professional experience as years of teaching for salary purposes, and providing statewide grants to supplement certain career sector salaries. Tennessee's Apprentice Occupational Education License also provides more flexibility to teacher applicants by counting industry experience toward higher education degrees. Virginia offers a provisional license to CTE teachers who do not hold industry certification credentials, allowing them extra time to earn these necessary credentials.
Incentivize CTE teachers to earn industry- or sector-specific certifications and credentials, such as in the STEM fields or other high-demand industry sectors or occupations. For example, Ohio provides additional funding based upon the demand for industry-specific jobs, with 25% of the funding being used directly for personnel expenditures and 75% directed toward educator needs, such as curriculum development, work-based experiences, and instructional resources for teachers.
Improve the pipeline into the CTE profession by underwriting preparation for individuals from both industry and academic backgrounds, particularly in subject-area shortage fields. For example, New York City's CTE teacher residency program, Success via Apprenticeship Program, offers a paid teaching internship, industry work experience, and post-academic study. Alaska, where CTE programs in rural districts are often taught by only one educator, made a concerted effort starting in 2010 to recruit, train, and retain teachers through professional development and mentoring programs and by strengthening Regional Training Centers. This program, a joint effort between the Department of Education & Early Development and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, included strategic partnerships with industry experts, educator development and CTE organizations, and the University of Alaska system to provide professional development, credentialing, and increased leadership development for CTE teachers.
Other options for addressing the shortage through reauthorization include allowing states to use federal funds to increase teacher support and retention, including through opportunities for mentoring and high-quality professional development. This effort would also be advanced by allowing the Secretary of Education to award grants that could be used to implement evidence-based efforts to recruit, prepare, and retain CTE teachers.
Perkins reauthorization is more than a decade overdue. Much has been learned about needed improvements in CTE and how best to strengthen these popular and important courses. Indeed, a number of states and districts have already begun these reforms. Now, the ball is in Congress' court to pass a bill informed by the latest research and that supports states in their efforts to recruit, support, and retain the high-quality CTE teachers needed to ensure that all students are fully prepared for college and career.
Kathryn Bradley and Hans Hermann provided research support for this blog.


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Luis Hartwig (born 23 November 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for 2. Liga club St. Pölten on loan from VfL Bochum.

Career
Hartwig made his professional debut for VfL Bochum in the 2. Bundesliga on 24 January 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Simon Zoller against SV Sandhausen. The away match finished as a 1–1 draw.

For the 2022–23 season, Hartwig was loaned to SKN St. Pölten in Austria.

Personal life
Hartwig's father, Knut, was also a professional footballer who played in the 2. Bundesliga for Wuppertal.

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Kevin Hart's 'Pain' brings box office joy
The up-and-coming stand-up came from left field to score a box office hit
By Brad Wete
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Kevin Hart, major movie star? He may not be a household name (yet), but the stand-up comedian's first film — Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain, a documentary about his recent tour — came out of nowhere to make a box office splash last weekend. Now he's laughing all the way to the bank.
You Know Him From
Hart, 32, has starred in two hilarious Comedy Central specials — I'm a Grown Little Man (2009) and Seriously Funny (2010) — and also hosted the 2011 BET Awards. But he got his biggest break last month as the unofficial host of MTV's "hostless" 2011 Video Music Awards, where he cracked jokes about the Jersey Shore cast, Lil Wayne, and Lady Gaga. "It got me a different following," Hart says of the gig. "I went up 250,000 Twitter followers on that night."
The Movie's Backstory
Once he wrapped his latest comedy tour, which somehow found the funny in having a drug-addicted father and a mom who died young, Hart decided to turn footage of the experience into a film. (It also chronicles an emotional stop in his hometown of Philadelphia.) Partnering with Codeblack Entertainment and AMC Theatres, his Hartbeat Productions spent $75,000 to make Pain. Though it played in just 98 theaters — all AMC screens, for now — it grossed nearly $2 million in its opening weekend. "AMC came out to several shows," Hart explains. "After they saw how supportive and faithful my audience is, they made a deal with me." After another week, the movie will roll out to other chains. "Our goal is 300 screens," he says.
How did Hart react to his box office win? By calling up boxer pal Floyd Mayweather Jr., who's fighting Victor Ortiz in Vegas on Sept. 17. "I said, 'Get me some goddamn tickets to your fight, because I'm having a good weekend,"' he explains. "And he said yes!"
'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' reigns over box office in opening weekend
Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart bring character to odd-couple dramedy The Upside: EW review
Avengers: Endgame officially coming back to theaters with Spider-Man sneak peek
Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish's Night School tops box office with $28 million
Chrissy Teigen can't stop laughing in exclusive Bring the Funny preview
Dark Phoenix director owns up to film's failure at the box office: 'That's on me'
Spider-Man: Far From Home breaks box office record on opening day
Kevin Hart calls Oscars host backlash a 'malicious attack': 'My apology is accepted or it isn't'
Men in Black: International continues lackluster summer box office with $28.5 million opening
Kevin Smith says Jay and Silent Bob Reboot cast includes 'three Batmans'
Kevin Hart's The Upside unseats Aquaman in unexpected box office victory
Martin Freeman suffers bizarre romantic mishaps in quirky Ode to Joy trailer
Kevin Costner reflects on his biggest roles, from Field of Dreams to Yellowstone
Princess Diana, movie star? Kevin Costner says she almost starred in The Bodyguard sequel
Tiffany Haddish gave Kevin Hart — and herself — a 'whupping' on Night School
Rocko's Modern Life movie teaser brings back the neurotic wallaby this August
Toy Story 4 takes second consecutive box office victory in sluggish summer weekend
Paris Is Burning director on the spin-off idea too painful to make
Spider-Man: Far From Home takes in $25.2 million over July 4th holiday
Kevin Costner loaded kitchen counter with whatever he could sweep off for Bull Durham love scene

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The West Hawai'i Community Health Center (WHCHC) is a vital partner to the Hawai'i Public Health Institute (HIPHI) in Hawai'i County. As an active ally for both Tobacco-Free Hawai'i Island (TFHI) coalition and the Hawai'i Island Healthy Eating + Active Living (HI HEAL) network, the health center provides leadership and guidance in the areas of tobacco prevention and control, the built environment, worksite wellness and the promotion of physical activity and nutrition.
WHCHC recognizes the importance of respecting the diverse beliefs and values of the vulnerable populations and underserved surrounding communities. One of the health center's key programs, under the Department of Innovation and Transformation, is the Community Outreach and Education Program, led by Jasmin Kiernan, RN. Kiernan and her staff serve as cultural brokers, advocating for the needs of West Hawai'i and providing programs focused on addressing and improving health and wellness.
Recently, 12 WHCHC staff were trained as facilitators in a tobacco prevention program developed in collaboration with the University of Hawai'i at Hilo School of Pharmacy and the Tobacco-Free Hawai'i Island coalition. The educational program focuses on tobacco and electronic smoking devices (ESD) prevention to grow awareness, increase knowledge, and empower youth with decision-making skills to say no.
Staff presented to different grade levels from Kindergarten to fifth grades at Kealakehe Elementary, including Honaunau Elementary and Ehunuikaimalino schools. Staff also organized two youth advocacy programs to address change to the built environment (roads, walking paths, etc) in West Hawai'i. Their team hopes to expand its scope to more schools as vaping continues to increase among students throughout Hawai'i County.
The WHCHC Outreach team is often found at community health fairs and other events sharing smoking cessation materials for the public and encouraging them to participate in WHCHC's Tobacco Cessation Program, which offers free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). WHCHC also recently introduced the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program, a smoking cessation program created to reduce or stop tobacco usage among women during the prenatal and postpartum period.
The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP): Sixteen weeks of weekly classes followed by monthly checks up to a year. Their goal is to have clients lose at least 5% of their weight and to take charge of their diet/nutrition and increase their activity level.
Self-Management Blood Pressure Program: Another component of the DPP is supporting people with hypertension by providing free blood pressure monitors for people diagnosed with hypertension willing to take part in the program. As a component of this program, Hula for Health, Ola Hou I Ka Hula, is provided weekly at Hale Halewai to encourage participants to increase their activity through hula. A curriculum is provided with the hula, and blood pressures are taken before and after the class.
Affordable Housing Units: WHCHC runs two youth groups at Ulu Wini Affordable and Transitional Housing and Kahalu`u Housing and provide monthly health topics at Ulu Wini.
The team worked on a project called the Youth Engagement and Action for Health (to promote youth leadership by learning to advocate for themselves and their community. Each youth group chose a project after a built-environment survey, identifying a need within their environment. Presentations were then made to appropriate stakeholders, giving them an opportunity to propose a solution for an identified need.
Family Wellness Initiative: provide monthly activities (ex: Zumba, volleyball, cooking demos, etc.) to promote increased activity and better nutrition for parents and children.
Kona Paradise Club – provide monthly presentations for adults with mental health problems. We also provided the Diabetes Prevention Program for 15 clients.
Monthly Safe Sleep Class for pregnant Moms and partners as part of Perinatal Support Services. Free Pack and Play cribs are provided for any pregnant Mom that participates.
Farm outreach: providing free health screenings, health education, and enrollment assistance for affordable health insurance at various farm sites for farm workers and families.
HIPHI is expanding its partnership with the West Hawaii Community Health Center, which will host TFHI's 2019 planning retreat and will continue to deliver and expand the ESD prevention program throughout West Hawai'i schools.
HIPHI thanks WHCHC for their commitment to public health and making Hawai'i County a healthy place to live.


Craig lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with his wife and one year old daughter. He writes fiction and nonfiction across many genres. His upcoming book, a humorous sci fi piece about an artificial intelligence who teaches a jerk journalism student what it means to be human, is being published by MuseItUp. Craig has recently been published in American Fiction, Short-Story-me!, Liquid Imagination, and The Cynic Online.
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Who remembers bubble memory? For a short while in the early 1980s it was going to be the next big thing in computer technology, then it was never heard of again. Prime "Tomorrow's World" material. (A British TV program that never learned that predicting is difficult, especially about the future). What was it anyway? What happened to it?
Bubble memory was a weird technology, it was a kind of magnetic integrated circuit. A ferrimagnetic substrate was made from artificial garnet. Specially-shaped electrodes were deposited on the surface, and the whole thing was wrapped in two coils at right angles and sandwiched between two permanent magnets. By feeding out-of-phase waveforms to the coils and applying the right signals to the electrodes, tiny cylindrical magnetic domains nicknamed 'bubbles' - effectively tiny isolated magnets - could be created in the magnetic layer and shunted around in serial loops rather like the 'bit buckets' in a CCD, with the electrodes guiding them. Each domain could be in one of two states, creating the classic binary digit. Special electrodes could read and write the bit value as a domain was shunted past. A 'major-minor' loop design was used to shorten access time, but a drawback of the technology is that, like the CCD, it does not provide random-access to the data. The resulting 'module' was also bulky, heavy and power-hungry compared to a CMOS memory device. On the positive side, bubble memory is non-volatile: the content persists after power is removed, in common with other magnetic storage media.
For a few years around 1980, pundits all predicted that bubble memory was going to be the next major computer storage technology. In reality it never did become important commercially. CMOS transistor RAM memory, such as is still used today, proved to be cheaper and simpler to make, and a few technological advances suddenly increased the capacity of hard disk drives by orders of magnitude. Nevertheless, products incorporating bubble memory did make it to market as you can read below.
Inevitably, bubble memory technology attracted the interest of the military, because of its non-volatility, and also because it was claimed to be radiation-hard. It was incorporated in a number of systems for use on ships and aircraft, although details are scarce. There was a minor scandal in 1987 when a French firm was found to have been supplying the Soviet Union with technology for fabricating bubble memory devices. This is covered in sensationalistic detail in a broader article in The Iran Brief.
Below you can see my bubble memory module collection but I am still seeking examples of, and data about, many types. It is noted in the text where this is the case, so if you can help, please Note that I am happy to have non-working examples.
Bubble memory was invented at Bell Labs in the USA. By the mid 1970s many research organisations were interested in it. Experimental devices could store only a few Kilobits, but that was already a threat to the magnetic core memory technology used in computers of the time. Notable research was undertaken by Bell Labs, IBM, Crouzet and Plessey, as well as in Japan.
These early devices were not sold commercially, but the first bubble memory module, the Western Electric type 29A, was used by AT&T in the US telephone system to provide automated voice announcements. This package comprised four 68121-bit chips, making a total of 272484 bits, which could store twelve seconds of speech encoded at 24 Kbps. The chips were simple shift registers, without major-minor loop structure. I believe four of the modules were used on a single circuit board.
Plessey Microsystems in England was a leading early researcher of bubble memory, but information about their products is scarce. I believe that they manufactured two bubble modules, the 64 Kbit PB064 and the 256 Kbit PB256. I suspect that these were used by the UK defence industry, and I do know that they were incorporated on cards for the "Portable Billing Machine (PBM)", a device for use by utilities meter readers.
In 1979 Plessey decided to stop making their own bubble modules and to concentrate on board-level systems, using modules from other manufacturers. They sold at least two bubble memory products using Rockwell bubble modules (see below), the PBS90M and PBS180M. (Plessey Microsystems split from the main Plessey Company in 1988 to form Radstone Technology). They also used Hitachi modules as shown below. The British magazine "Computer Age" in December 1980 published this rather poor image of Plessey's products.
Crouzet S.A. in France were also a leader in magnetic memory technology, which they called moving domain (MOD) devices. These were fabricated on a nickel-cobalt substrate (i.e. not garnet) and did not need permanent magnets to provide a static magnetic field. Their devices apparently had 35000 bit capacity but I do not know their part numbers. They were used in a military digital television system, an avionics display refresh memory, and a prototype for a satellite memory.
According to contemporary records, the first commercial bubble memory module was the TBM0103 announced by Texas Instruments (TI) in 1977. Oddly, its apparent prototype TBM0101 was mentioned instead, in this article in the BYTE magazine issue of June 1979. The TBM0103 was a 92 Kbit module that was used internally in some TI products. My image shows a pair of modules in such a TI device. The string of hexadecimal digits printed on the label stuck on each module is a mask that specifies which of the minor loops should not be used because of defects. The device's nominal capacity is less than its true physical capacity so that defective loops can be left unused. This is a feature of most of the modules shown below, although later types had the mask pre-stored in one of the minor loops by the manufacturer, so that the user did not have to read the label and program an EPROM on their board. Of course this meant that, instead, the module manufacturer had to test and program each module.
These should be TBM0103 modules, but any printed part number is covered by the labels. However I am intrigued by the final -0102 printed after the mask data. See my comments on TIBS0004 below for more information.
The TBM types were superseded quickly by the TIB0203 another 92 Kbit module introduced in 1978.
The TIB0203 was also short-lived and is hard to find, more common is the physically identical TIBS0004 shown. Both part numbers can be found with a variety of suffixes, 3 in the case of both my examples. A Web search reveals the existence of a TI data book for the TIB0203, but nothing for the TIBS0004. However, it is intriguing that the mask numbers are followed by -0203, in the same way that my TBM modules end with -0102. Does this indicate that the TIBS0004 is fundamentally a TIB0203, and my supposed TBM0103 modules are really TBM0102 (for which no data seem to exist)? On the Web, I can find only one image of a TI bubble module from a device similar to mine, and its number ends in -0101. Is it a TBM0101?
The TI numbering scheme sets a precedent that was followed by other manufacturers with variations: a major number that signifies the module capacity, followed by a minor number or character that signifies a technological variation on the basic design.
TI went on to release a 256 Kbit module TIB0303. I am very interested in obtaining an example of this.
If you have data about or examples of original TI bubble modules, or you know why TIB0203 was changed to TIBS0004, please I'm also interested in buying bubble memory cards from the TI "Silent 700" terminal model 763 or 765, working or not.
Puzzlingly, TI then developed a different series of high-capacity modules: TIB250, TIB500 and TIB1000. These were announced in 1979, at least the last was claimed to be almost available on boards, but I don't think they were ever actually sold. TI decided to abandon bubble memory production in 1981 along with Rockwell and National Semiconductor.
This module is the 64 Kbit BDG0104 made by Hitachi as shown on the label, which is stuck to a metal shielding plate that normally covers the device rather than to the module itself. (I have moved the plate aside in the image). Throughout the 1980's Hitachi produced a whole series of modules of various capacities (see BDJ0110 below) and used them on memory cards made by Fanuc and Okuma for CNC machines. The lowest capacity modules that I have found, and therefore probably the earliest, were BDG0103 and BDG0104, which have the same capacity and so I think they are variants of the same basic design. My module is on a Fanuc card type A87L-0001-0015 with chips on it dated 1983.
However, not all Fanuc card labels show the module number: some just have the mask of defective locations.
Many manufacturers entered the market with 256 Kilobit modules.
This rather chunky device is the 256 Kbit RBM256 made by Rockwell International. This was available on a memory expansion board for the legendary Rockwell AIM-65 computer, which used the 6502 microprocessor. My image shows a plastic container holding four of them plus some support chips; it was intended to hold ten modules. I also have four cards, about the same size as vintage computer punched cards, which have data on these modules including the defect mask.
In the late 1970s Rockwell agreed with Burroughs to exchange technical information and manufacturing assistance on bubble memories. Rockwell also licensed the German electronics giant Siemens as a second-source for its bubble memory products. I have never seen an image of a bubble module branded Burroughs or Siemens, and would be very interested in any.
BDH01nn - 128 Kbits - not made?
BDM01nn - 2 Mbits - not made?
I have some small plastic cartridges marked "FBM43CA bubble memory cassette", in transparent plastic boxes with Japanese script on them plus an English translation. These were used in the Fujitsu FM-8 microcomputer and possibly in its relatively unknown predecessor the Bubcom 80, a computer named after its bubble memory. The same cassettes were used in digital oscilloscopes made by Nicolet, a US firm despite the French name, so Fujitsu must have been selling both cassettes and readers to other OEMs.
The cassette does not open readily, but I have succeeded in opening one to see the 256 Kbit Fujitsu module itself, which has the suffix DA, not CA, as shown. This seems to be common to several Fujitsu bubble memories: the C indicates a cassette that contains a module with the D suffix. This FBM43DA is also unusual in having a visible coil wound around it. The cassette has a sliding switch on it, which I assume is a write-protect switch, but it is not clear at all what effect the switch has!
There is a warning on the cassette about not touching the pins of the connector (which are not visible but are inside the black plastic housing on the right on the image), as the contents are static-sensitive. The cassette is the subject of US patent 4459680, and the third figure in the patent shows a support chip inside as well as the memory module. However, no such chip exists in the cassette that I have opened.
There are similar Fujitsu cassettes with different capacity modules inside. I have only one, marked FBM-C128GA. It is easily unscrewed open and contains an FBM54DB 1 Mbit module. Apparently they changed the numbering system from the obscure module number to a byte capacity value (1M bits = 128K Bytes).
К1602РЦ1A is a 90 Kbit type.
К1602РЦ1Б is a 64 Kbit type.
К1602РЦ1B is a 32 Kbit type.
Sapphire's next module is the К1602РЦ2 shown. That linked page states that it is (approximately) a 256 Kbit type, but, as with the К1602РЦ1, the full capacity version has a suffix A. The suffix Б, as in my example, denotes that a failure in one half has been masked off resulting in a 128 Kbit device, and another suffix Cyrillic В (latin V) can be found, indicating a further reduction to a 64 Kbit version.
This К1605РЦ1 is another Soviet Union bubble memory module, made by Элма ("Elma") from Zelenograd. It comes in a nice polystyrene box with a label and an internal note with masking information. That linked page states that its capacity is approximately 256 Kbits. There are a number of suffixes which, rather than capacity, denote its temperature characteristics: К1605РЦ1, К1605РЦ1A, К1605РЦ1Б, К1605РЦ11A, К1605РЦ11Б, К1605РЦ11B, К1605РЦ11A1, К1605РЦ11Б1. Unlike all other bubble memory modules, it uses a yellow-brown plastic filler under the steel magnetic shield, rather than black plastic.
Here is another Soviet Union bubble memory module, РЦ080101, made by a manufacturer that survives today, физика (anglicised as "Physics"). It also is a 256 Kbit module, and sometimes the part number is prefixed by К. It appears to have a suffix -1 but I know of no other suffix values.
My image shows it in its unusual orginal plastic package, a cylinder with scalloped grips, both ends of which have removable caps. One end contains the module itself, the other a small paper sheet printed with the defect mask. I am indebted to Eduard Denisov for providing me with this module.
Originally this module was designated MЦ706 (latin MC706) and my compound image shows this rare variant.
The next wave of bubble memories had 1 Megabit capacity. The К1602РЦ3 by Sapphire (see above) is one. Again the full capacity version has a suffix A but my example has the suffix Б denoting that a failure in one half has been masked off resulting in a 512 Kbit device, a most unusual capacity. My image also shows an example of the suffix Cyrillic В (Latin V) version, indicating a further reduction to 256 Kbits. It is questionable how many full 'A' modules were actually made.
физика ("Physics") also made a 1 Mbit bubble memory module, the РЦ100104 as shown, which also may have the prefix К. That linked page raises the question of whether this module ever actually worked.
The most widespread 1 Mbit type was that made by Intel, of PC processor fame. They licensed technology from IBM and manufactured the 1 Mbit 7110 module shown (various suffixes exist, as is the case with many of the other modules shown here). Intel incorporated their modules on development boards of various kinds, often emulating a floppy-disk drive in order to circumvent the serial-access limitations of the technology. The oldest ones look like the leftmost image, more recent ones have the defect mask printed on them. They may be branded Intel Magnetics, just Intel, or Memtech, a management buyout of the magnetics division in 1987.
Intel persisted with bubble memory manufacture despite other major companies abandonment in 1981, and Memtech continued with the technology until the late 1980s before turning to flash memory instead.
This MBM2011A is a rare 1 Megabit type made by Motorola, which followed on from their MBM2256. I also have one marked MBM2011A-P23 but I don't know what the suffix signifies. Motorola also seem to have second-sourced the Intel 7110: at least, I have seen an image of a Motorola module numbered 7110.
This MBS2011B is also a rare 1 Megabit type, branded SAGEM, which was a French electronics company that seems to have mainly sold to the military. Their bubble memory systems were used in Mirage aircraft. Apparently SAGEM also made a data recorder (EBS 2801) system used on the SIGMA, EURECA 1, and SPOT 4 satellites. The memory capacity of the recorder ranged from 4 to 32 Mbytes. I don't know whether this used the MBS2011 or the smaller MBS2256.
This FBM54DB is a 1 Mbit Fujitsu type. It is mounted on a small card with several Fujitsu LSI chips on it, and came in an anti-static bag that is marked FACOM, the brand name for Fujitsu computers. It looks a lot like an equivalent of the Intel BPK-72 bubble memory evaluation board. I suspect that the module is logically split in two halves, as indicated by the two sets of numbers on it. This may even reflect two physical garnet dies internally, as suggested by the larger number of pins than the Intel 7110. Some examples of FBM54DB are simply painted black with no defect mask; I am unsure if these are early ones.
I also have an FBM54DB mounted on a small card, with apparently other components sealed under a coating, and rows of pins on two opposite sides that make the whole assembly a kind of giant DIL module. This is described in US patent 4710895 A. It was sold to me simply as an FBM54DB.
I have no original data for the FBM54DB, please contact me if you can provide any. There may also have existed a 1 Mbit FBM53DA, I would also be interested in it.
This image shows a magnetic bubble memory cartridge for the Sharp PC5000 MS-DOS computer. Although I have not opened it, I know that it contains a Hitachi 1 Megabit bubble memory module. The Web shows several examples of this cartridge, even one that has been opened, but the part number is not specified. Hitachi made at least three variants of a 1 Mb type, the BDL0131, BDL0133 and BDL0134. I don't know which is in my cartridge.
The greatest capacity devices that made it to market were 4 Megabit types. This Hitachi BDN0151 and the BDN0153 below are nominally 4 Mbit types. However, Hitachi 'cheated' by encapsulating four 1 Mbit dies in a single package. Consequently the two types have a bigger module with very many more pins than all the other bubble memories shown here.
The MBC-11 controller board supported up to sixteen MBB-11 Bubbl-Pac boards, each holding four TI 92 Kbit bubble memory modules giving a total of 46 Kbytes of storage. This was a DEC LSI-11 memory system. It must have been one of their early products.
The VMH-1 Bubbl-Board was a 512 Kbit VME bus memory board that used plug-in cartridges.
The BBC128 was a single-board computer with an Intel 7110 on it, giving 128 Kbytes of non-volatile storage.
The BDH-1 Bubbl-Dec was a standard-sized drive unit that accepted one or two BPH-1 plug-in 128 Kbyte bubble memory cartridges rather than floppy disks. It was available for a number of system buses: VMEbus, STD-bus, Multibus, Versabus, IBM-PC bus, and others.
the QSB-11 Bubbl-Board was a 1 Mbit Qbus memory board for DEC VAX computers using an Intel 7110, it emulated an 8 inch floppy drive. It was superseded by the QFI-11 board that used a single Intel 7114 to provide 4 Mbits of memory.
A number of contemporary descriptions of the bubble memory market state that the Nippon Electric Company (NEC) made bubble memories, however the Web contains no information about these except for the original patents relating to the technology. which never give a part number. I suspect that NEC did not market the devices, but only used them internally, although they may also have been used in equipment branded Panasonic.
I have managed to purchase an NEC bubble memory card intended for use in telephone exchange equipment. It bears two modules as shown, which use a package very similar to the Hitachi ones above, the number of pins suggesting that they also are 4x1 Mbit types. However they have only handwritten markings, which suggest that their part number might be N3. (Hitachi used internal development numbers H3M, H8M etc).
The only true 4 Mbit commercial type of which I'm aware is the Intel 7114. Intel managed to reduce the size of the features on the garnet sufficiently to create this capacity. The module is physically bigger than the 7110 but has the same number of pins. Later examples are branded MemTech, the buyout of Intel Magnetics.
My image shows a 7114-1 on the Bubbl-Tec QFI-11 Qbus memory board mentioned above. The card also has a Z80 CPU on it, and an Intel 7225 controller, rather than the 7220 that was used with the 7110 module.
I possess the interesting device shown on the right. It is the size of a small smartphone, but much heavier. It is marked "Magnesys DATA CARTRIDGE PATENTS APPLIED / MADE IN USA" and "INDUSTRIAL 720 K BYTES". The case is made of sheet steel, and the red plastic sliding tab has one end marked WP, for "write protect". The same end of the casing holds a recessed female connector for a 42 pin plug. Magnesys were a start-up company in Santa Clara, who manufactured bubble memories. They were founded in 1983, and were acquired by Group Technologies Corp. in 1990. They specialised in ruggedised bubble memories for military and industrial use. 720 KBytes is the capacity of a double-sided 3½ inch floppy disk, which this device emulated. A former employee, Roy Urich, has told me that Magnesys manufactured all of it except the raw garnet wafers that came from Japan, and the custom LSI logic chip in the drive unit. The printed circuit board soldering was outsourced for the electronic drive units in the later years. Magnesys did the wafer production, wafer testing, die attach, electronic assembly and testing. Honeywell was their largest customer. It was used in a US Army battlefield radio back pack. Magnesys produced over 800 of the cartridges in 720K and 360K sizes.
Another correspondent, Stan Drobac, has found how to open one of the cartridges. His image shows the electronics is hidden beneath metal plates, probably magnetic shielding.
Magnesys also made a 720 KByte bubble memory PC card, called the "Electronic Drive Card". Again it was marketed as a rugged device for use "where floppy drives and hard disks don't survive".
I bought an IBM circuit card containing four of these aluminium-cased modules, because I have seen Web articles claiming that they are IBM bubble memory. They have the right surface area, but they are not deep enough or heavy enough. There's a thread on classiccmp.org which concludes that these are 64 KByte CMOS DRAM chips and the card was designed specifically for use in the IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155. I have no original data on the chip itself, but a simple Web search gives the basics.


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Seit 1988 ist er mit Katherine Jane Whalley verheiratet. Mit ihr hat er zwei Töchter und einen Sohn und Titelerben, Hon. William Evelyn Cecil (* 1996).

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Could Renewables Be the Backstop for a Climate Change Bill?
Smarten up on the climate change debate by learning this acronym: CEPS-All. It stands for Clean Energy Portfolio Standards.
It's a catch-all term that refers to your basic renewable energy standard -- 25 percent of all energy coming from non-coal sources by 2025. But it also adds to this target other "clean" fuel sources like nuclear power, natural gas, and coal plants that can successfully capture carbon, and applies the target to hydroelectric and municipal waste plants.
According to an analysis by Resources for the Future, CEPS-All would reduce carbon emissions by more than 7.6 billion tons by 2030 at a total cost of about $108 billion.
If cap-and-trade is dead, CEPS-All is where the Senate and the House might end up.
The U.S. has pledged to reduce its emissions by 12 billion tons by 2030, and CEPS-All is a way to get more than halfway there without any carbon pricing policies. It doesn't add much of anything to the federal deficit, and the cost per person winds up being about $120 extra per year, a relatively cheap price to pay.
Here's how this might work: Democrats will play their cap-and-trade hand. They'll lose. Cap-and-trade will become cap-and-tax. Then they'll try a version of cap-and-trade that focuses solely on the utility companies ... or excludes the transportation sector ... or maybe lowers the targeted amount of emissions reductions. If this doesn't wash, Democrats might very well resort to a CEPS-All type of program. No cap; no new messy mechanism for emissions trading; no threat of tax demagoguery. Certainty for the industry.
Republicans like Lisa Murkowski have supported renewable standards in the past and could very well support a bill that includes them as a centerpiece. The political beauty of this concept is that a good renewables bill will increase the proportion of power generated from nuclear energy and dramatically increase the use of natural gas reserves -- both popular ideas to wean the nation off of its coal and oil addictions.
But Democrats are skeptical of the concept because Republicans have pushed it in the past solely as a mechanism to defeat cap-and-trade. It's also pretty complicated to put into practice. My sense is that Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee are locked into the idea of cap-and-trade and would consider a CEPS-All bill not worth the hassle.


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After a confrontation between authorities and protesters, police use pepper spray as multiple groups, including Rose City Antifa, the Proud Boys and others, protest in downtown Portland on Saturday. (Dave Killen / The Oregonian via Associated Press)
Police in Portland, Ore., on Monday made public an anonymous email they received purporting to contain the recipe for "milkshakes" containing quick-drying cement that were thrown by at least some protesters during dueling rallies over the weekend.
The email was released at the same time that police sought the public's help in identifying three protesters who are wanted on suspicion of assault and robbery for actions during the June 29 rallies.
Police have already made three arrests, and medics treated eight people at the scene, including three police officers.
Members of the so-called Proud Boys, a far right-wing organization, and an anti-fascist group called Rose City Antifa held dueling protests at several locations in downtown Portland. Fights broke out when the groups crossed paths.
Andy Ngo, a writer and photographer for the conservative website Quillette.com, posted on Twitter that he was attacked by anti-fascists and had his camera gear stolen. An article posted Sunday on Quillette.com about the incident said Ngo was hospitalized overnight with a brain hemorrhage after going to the emergency room with bruises and bleeding on his face.
Police tweeted a warning during the rallies that "some of the milkshakes" thrown on Saturday contained quick-drying cement.
A lieutenant in the field observed "a material with a texture and smell that was consistent with concrete," the Portland Police Bureau elaborated on Monday.
The fallout from the protests promised to further erode a rocky relationship between rank-and-file police officers and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.
The police union called on Wheeler to crack down on violence in the city by right-wing groups and anti-fascist counter-protesters alike, adding that officers feel their hands are tied.
"It's time for our Mayor to do two things: tell both ANTIFA and Proud Boys that our City will not accept violence in our City and remove the handcuffs from our officers and let them stop the violence through strong and swift enforcement action," said Daryl Turner, the president of the Portland Police Assn. "Enough is enough."
Wheeler was out of the country. He tweeted Monday that Portland "has always been a beacon of free speech" but that those who broke the law would be held accountable.
"We stand against all forms of violence — regardless of someone's political leanings," Wheeler tweeted. "Portland police officers have the unenviable task of keeping the peace. It's a difficult job and hard decisions are made in real-time."
Liberal-leaning Portland is the site of frequent clashes between right-wing groups who come to the city from outside the state to march and the counter-protesters who show up to try to stop them.
The mayor and police have struggled to find a balance between allowing free speech and preventing the violence that often breaks out among demonstrators.
At previous rallies, officers have also encountered unusual projectiles, including horse lubricant mixed with gold glitter.
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Confronting Campus Scourge of Anti-Israel Venom
Hostile Territory?: What responsibility does a university administration have to avoid anti-Israel intimidation? Image by Milesgehem/via Flickr
By Judea Pearl October 14, 2014
In early October, a number of prominent Jewish studies professors signed a letter stating their opposition to the AMCHA Initiative, a group with the mission of monitoring anti-Semitism at institutions of higher education in America. A study just released by AMCHA indicates, among other findings, that the Center for Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, may have violated the law by promoting anti-Semitic discourse and anti-Israel bias.
As a long time professor at UCLA and a first hand witness to the politicization of CNES, I was keenly interested in this reaction of Jewish studies professors to the AMCHA report.
I was disappointed that they chose to postpone a substantive discussion of AMCHA's findings and focused instead on attacking the motivation for conducting the study in the first place and the character of AMCHA's organizers. They were also perturbed by AMCHA's decision to circulate a list of Middle East studies professors that the organization considers anti-Israel.
It was disappointing, because the letter could have been more credible had it been supported by a counter study showing AMCHA's findings to be invalid or, at least, less alarming than reported. No such study was cited.
Alternatively, the 40 professors could have reported to the Forward's readers about their own efforts to curb anti-Israel propaganda on their campuses, the methods they applied, and how successful those efforts were. I wish they had.
The professors' letter focuses instead on AMCHA's technique of monitoring lectures, symposia and conferences, saying that this "strains the basic principle of academic freedom." I take issue with this statement. Such studies based on first-hand witnesses are extremely valuable, and are often used by universities to gauge the impact of their programs.
Last year, when I presented the UCLA chancellor, Gene Block, with my personal observations of how Israel was being demonized in CNES programs, he asked whether I have "supporting documentation" of such activity over an extended period of time.
I wish I could have handed him the results of a study like the one AMCHA organized, which, theoretically, should have been conducted by the university itself. It wasn't. Nor was it conducted by the Center for Jewish Studies, though the issues involved threaten to change Jewish life on campus. AMCHA went to the trouble of producing such documentation, and sure enough, 40 professors rose up to scold the organization for documenting open public symposia, instead of paying attention to the anti-Zionist rhetoric used in those symposia.
Another interesting thing I learned from the UCLA chancellor was that, with the exception of a few professors like me, leaders of the Jewish community on campus have not complained about the CNES program.
Indeed, I do not recall the Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA discussing whether it is appropriate for an academic unit that calls itself "Center for Near East Studies" to take an entire country, a home to about 50% of the Jewish people, and to claim it as illegitimate, obsessively denying Jews the right to a homeland in the Middle East. The co-directors of CNES, Gabriel Piterberg and Sondra Hale, are active promoters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, and have signed several petitions to boycott Israeli academics (including me).
I do not recall the Center for Jewish Studies conducting sit-ins or teach-ins or writing protest letters when two notorious Israel demonizers were chosen to co-direct the CNES, replacing Susan Slyomovics, who started CNES on its persistent anti-Israel campaign.
This silence by Jewish studies professors may have been a major contributor to the wait-and-see attitude of the UCLA administration towards the drastic deterioration of campus climate, with CNES consistently providing BDS speakers and activists academic cover and legitimacy.
The professors' letter expresses grave concern over "stifling of debate" and over "the importance to provide opportunities to students to consider the world around them from a wide range of perspectives." This concern is real and should be guarded vigilantly. However, I have seen how CNES stifles debate in its programs. And when pointing this out I have been told that the Israel Studies Center would be a better home for "alternative views." But let us recall, the Higher Education Act, Title VI, obligates each academic center to present diverse perspectives; it is not enough that the university as a whole offers such opportunities.
Once we agree on the importance of open debate, we should also agree that the anti-Israel character of programs like CNES should be a subject of discussion. I believe there is now substantial evidence for characterizing the BDS movement as racist, one that uses genetic lineage and other immutable characteristics to deny Jews that which is granted to other collectives. So the appropriateness of BDS activists to serve as directors of academic centers at UCLA and other colleges and universities should be broached. I fail to see why my esteemed colleagues consider these topics taboo, bordering, heaven forbid, on "witch hunting" or "black listing."
There remains therefore one unanswered question: If the BDS movement is indeed racist, what do we call its leaders and how should we guide students who are confronted with them on campus?
Judea Pearl is the Chancellor Professor of Computer Science at UCLA and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation.
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New US country trio Lockeland (Michael Boris, Kyndon Oakes and Mark Vikingstad), are set to release their sophomore single 'Drive', ahead of their UK appearances at The Long Road and Millport Festival this summer.
Penned by the band's lead singer Kyndon Oakes, guitar player, Mark Vikingstad and Susie Brown (formerly of the JaneDear girls), and co-produced by Michael Boris and Sean Spence, the track is slated to impact country radio on Monday 8th July and will be available via all major digital retail and streaming outlets on Friday 30th August.
Revved by a four-on-the-floor groove, geared with driving guitars, shredding fiddle and shimmering steel, and steered by trademarked Lockeland's signature harmonies, the storyline paints an image of a young love on board for an adventurous zero-to-one-hundred getaway.
"Mark, Susie and I wrote this about seven years ago. The opening first line just flew out of my mouth. I originally recorded it as part of my solo project; Lockeland just brings it home." – Kyndon Oakes
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The sophomore release follows the momentum of the group's debut single, 'Til The Cows Come Home', which met with unprecedented, exponential success at country radio (charting in the top 40 on the MusicRow Country Breakout Chart).
The corresponding 'Drive' music video was shot in Lebanon, Tennessee and at Redneck Riviera in downtown Nashville; a worldwide release is anticipated in late July 2019
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Mark and Michael come from different spectrums of the Empire State, while Kyndon hails from the "Land of Oz." The trio met in Nashville to "lock the lands" and thus, Lockeland was formed. What brings these friends together is their love of life, humour and the mutual passion to create music that recalls pages from the past and captures memorable moments of the here and now.
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Drugs, abuse, and humiliation are part of everyday life for young Kyndra Abbott, a beautiful prostitute working the streets of Chicago. She found herself working as a lady of the night against her will when circumstances took her down a path she never knew existed. Living under a tyrant pimp, she can feel her life and every last shred of self-worth slip away from her. When she finally decides to give up and end it all, she finds her savior cast away in a dirty old cardboard box next to a smelly red Dumpster.
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The Northwoods village of Whispering Pines used to be a safe haven for outsiders, but after three deaths in two months, it's become a hotbed of murder. Exhausted from being the only law enforcement official on duty, while also trying to open a bed-and-breakfast, Jayne O'Shea welcomes the escape she finds in her grandmother's journals. Each entry gives her a deeper understanding of why her grandparents moved to the secluded spot so long ago. But as questions are answered, deeply hidden secrets are unearthed.
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What would you do to save yourself? In the village where "all are welcome and those in need may stay" long-buried secrets keep rising to the surface. With renovations on the house finally complete, Jayne and Tripp are ready to open their B&B. Villagers and tourists gather for their grand opening barbecue. Close friends check in as their first guests. Aside from a minor glitch or two, everything is going to plan...and then someone turns up dead on the side of the road.
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Sixteen years after a family feud drove her from the cozy Northwoods village of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin, former detective Jayne O'Shea returns to prepare her grandparents' lake house for sale. Once there, not only does she find that the house has been trashed, her dog discovers a dead body in the backyard.
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Tucked next to a pristine lake, the part-Medieval Europe, part-Renaissance Faire hamlet of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin, is a utopia...except for the recent murders. One month after arriving in the Northwoods, former detective Jayne O'Shea has settled comfortably into small-town life and is making good progress with her task of getting her grandparents' house ready for sale. Then, the shocking death of one of the carnies rocks the community, and the villagers look to Jayne for help.
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In the early Renaissance, a captain born in a noble family must choose. Will he marry the child bride his father has chosen or the woman who has captured his heart? The doctor's assistant is brave, learned, and handles a weapon like a man. Unfortunately, her beauty is beyond compare, and without a dowry, she attracts the attention of a powerful man who would have her as his mistress.
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There are no fish, in the future. We killed them. But it's not just the ghosts of the shoals making artist Cally Dune unhappy. Her husband has gone. Vanished, after being called up for the President's new "Training Scheme".
"Nobody ever comes back the same." Worried whispers drift through the pubs, gathering like rainclouds to drip their paranoia into Cally's mind, which is already marinaded in grief for Simon and fear about being called to Training herself.
Letting the wine flow into the places where it hurts, Cally stumbles into the arms of a clammy banker and unwittingly discovers a disturbing and painful secret. She is propelled on a journey through the dust of Africa and the hidden tunnels deep below London, unraveling the fading scrolls of the ancient Egyptians and illuminating their lurid hieroglyphics.
And ultimately towards a heartbreaking choice...to save her marriage or save her soul.
Because now there's something else at stake.
They are coming for it. And it's inside her.
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This book is a great read for the times we are in now. I normally only listen to books when I go out for a walk and this book made me want to go out for a walk! The narrator did an excellent job and I am picky about narrators. Sometimes for me they make or break a book. Lillian's voice and this story are a match made in heaven !
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This audiobook has a "1984" creepy feel to it. The narrator really vocalizes the angst the characters go through. I really enjoyed how hope and love seem to come out in the end.
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An intriguing dystopian romance tale, set in a none-too-distant future Britain, that explores post-modern relationships in a godless Orwellian society, consequences of environmental irresponsibility, controlling political propaganda, and… jellyfish? The author deploys wonderfully well-crafted wordsmithing with deliberate rhythm and clever turns of phrase that teeter at times toward an ethereal melding of prose and poetry. Unexpected alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia appear as an almost intuitive inevitable expression of action and emotion. The words - clearly labored over to deliver precise mental images and psychological impact - are nearly tactile in the reader's imagination as the story plays out on page. Yet... as much fun as this book is to read, the words truly yearn to break free from mere text, to be spoken aloud and heard "in the wild" where the true richness of the language has an opportunity to unspool and bloom and work its magic on the listener. That is why you must hear this audiobook, as narrated by the wonderful Lillian Rachel, to fully appreciate this author's artistry. Lillian's narration gives each character life and individuality, each emotion an honesty and gravitas, each setting an anchor in the story's world. Anna and Lillian are a formidable team, and I look forward to enjoying the next works from both this impressive new author and amazing voiceover talent.
The Sound of Your Soul is brilliantly composed and an emotionally charged dystopian romance. This was my first book by Anna Cookson, and I'm impressed by her beautifully written words and her captivating characters. The plot is well-developed with a smooth flow and vivid imagery, I was thoroughly enthralled. Lillian Rachel captured the narrative and the characters with her performance. The Sound of Your Soul is a fascinating tale with quality plot and characters. I highly recommend this audiobook! I was given a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.


Sacramento Voices is a nine-month program that trains South Sacramento residents to tell the stories of their neighborhoods. The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education created Sacramento Voices as a vehicle for community members to become multimedia storytellers, and to be new voices directly shaping reportage and journalism in the community.
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Q: if statement for a subprocess python not working I've tried to create a little app that plays a sound when you lose connectivity for an extended period and plays another when the connection is established. Useful for wireless connections.
I'm still new to Python :) trying little projects to improve my knowledge. If you do answer I will be very grateful if you could include any information about how to use subprocess.
I've defined the subprocess but I'm not sure how to word my if statement so it loops from one function to the other. IE Function 1 = IF ping loss > 15 pings play sound and move on to function 2... If function 2 ping success > 15 pings play sound and move back to function 1. So on.
I've yet to wrap the program in a loop, at this point I'm just trying to get the ping to work with the if statement.
So right now the application just continuously loop pings.
import os
import subprocess
import winsound
import time

def NetFail():
    winsound.Beep(2000 , 180), winsound.Beep(1400 , 180)

def NetSucc():
    winsound.Beep(1400 , 250), winsound.Beep(2000 , 250),

ips=[]
n = 1
NetSuccess = 10
NetFailure = 10
PinSuc = 0
PinFail = 0
x = '8.8.8.8'

ips.append(x)
for ping in range(0,n):
ipd=ips[ping]

def PingFailure():
    while PinFail < NetSuccess:
        res = subprocess.call(['ping', '-n', '10', ipd])
    if ipd in str(res):
        PingSuccess()
    else:
        print ("ping to", ipd, "failed!"), NetFail()

def PingSuccess():
    while PinFail < NetFailure: # This needs to be cleaned up so it doesn't interfere with the other function
        res = subprocess.call(['ping', '-n', '10', ipd])
    if ipd in str(res):
        PingFail()
    else:
        print ("ping to", ipd, "successful!"), NetSucc()

A: As you use the command ping -n 10 ip, I assume that you are using a Windows system, as on Linux (or other Unix-like) it would be ping -c 10 ip.
Unfortunately, on Windows ping always return 0, so you cannot use the return value to know whether peer was reached. And even the output is not very clear...
So you should:

*

*run in a cmd console the command ping -n 1 ip with an accessible and inaccessible ip, note the output and identify the differences. On my (french) system, it writes Impossible, I suppose that you should get Unable or the equivalent in your locale

*start the ping from Python with subprocess.Popen redirecting the output to a pipe

*get the output (and error output) from the command with communicate

*search for the Unable word in output.

Code could be like:
errWord = 'Unable'    # replace with what your locale defines...
p = subprocess.Popen([ 'ping', '-n', '1', ipd],
             stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
out, err = p.communicate()
if errWord in out:
    # process network disconnected
else:
    # process network connected

Alternatively, you could search pypi for a pure Python implementation of ping such as py-ping ...
Anyway, I would not use two functions in flip-flop because it will be harder if you later wanted to test connectivity to multiple IPs. I would rather use an class
class IP(object):
    UNABLE = "Unable"   # word indicating unreachable host
    MAX = 15            # number of success/failure to record new state
    def __init__(self, ip, failfunc, succfunc, initial = True):
        self.ip = ip
        self.failfunc = failfunc  # to warn of a disconnection
        self.succfunc = succfunc  # to warn of a connection
        self.connected = initial  # start by default in connected state
        self.curr = 0             # number of successive alternate states
    def test(self):
        p = subprocess.Popen([ 'ping', '-n', '1', self.ip],
                     stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
        out, err = p.communicate()
        if self.UNABLE in out:
            if self.connected:
                self.curr += 1
            else:
                self.curr = 0   # reset count
        else:
            if not self.connected:
                self.curr += 1
            else:
                self.curr = 0   # reset count
        if self.curr >= self.MAX:     # state has changed
            self.connected = not self.connected
            self.curr = 0
            if self.connected:        # warn for new state
                self.succfunc(self)
            else:
                self.failfunc(self)

Then you can iterate over a list of IP objects, repeatedly calling ip.test(), and you will be warned for state changes

A: Not quite sure, what you want to achieve, but your if statement has to be part of the while loop if you want it to be executed each time ping is called via subprocess is called.
Also:
Here is the documentation for subprocess: https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html
For viewing the output of a process you have to call it via subprocess.call_output:
ls_output = subprocess.check_output(['ls'])

For further information have a look at this: http://sharats.me/the-ever-useful-and-neat-subprocess-module.html#a-simple-usage


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Thom Loverro: Redskins are all the rage
By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times - Friday, September 25, 2009
It has come to this — the only thing worth anticipating for D.C. sports fans is the opening of the NHL season next week.
I'm not disparaging the Washington Capitals, but let's face it: When the Caps are the only thing sports fans here can wrap their arms around without getting stuck by thorns in October, it's not a good sign — not when Redskins season is in full swing.
Fans here should be thankful they have the Caps — an organization that everyone feels good about from the top down. Feeling good about the local sports teams these days is as rare as a Redskins touchdown.
The Caps, though, may be only a Band-Aid for the bumps and bruises suffered by D.C. sports fans, especially early in the NHL season, long before the Stanley Cup playoffs and the real interest begins to peak.
There is a lot of rage out there these days — witness the reaction by Redskins fans to last-man-on-the-roster Robert Henson's Twitter comments criticizing the fans for booing at FedEx Field following Sunday's 9-7 win over the worst team in football, the St. Louis Rams.
The rage, though, is yet another measure of the place the Redskins hold in this town compared with all other sports teams — even ones as warm and fuzzy as the Caps. It is a testament to the popularity of the franchise.
Let's look at the baseball team. Is anyone looking at the baseball team?
The Washington Nationals are finishing yet another dismal losing season, this one likely worse than the 102-loss season fans suffered through last year (it's rare you don't see the word "suffer" or "suffering" when it comes to D.C. sports fans recently).
It's a good thing they don't have blackouts in baseball based on attendance, because the Nationals would never be on television (not that many people would notice; by the way, whatever happened to Bud Selig's investigation into the woeful MASN viewership numbers last year for Nationals games?).
They are averaging 22,700 a game at Nationals Park this year, down almost 7,000 a game from last year. It is so bad that team president Stan Kasten never released the season-ticket sales for this year as he has done in the past. But it's not hard to figure — based on some of the sparse crowds that have been in the ballpark and the attendance announced by the team — that the season-ticket base this year was around 12,000.
Will it drop to under 10,000 next year?
No one, save for a handful of die-hards, is particularly outraged about the woeful operation that put this franchise in this position. There should be someone, even if you believe they are finally digging their way out instead of digging deeper into the abyss the baseball team has fallen into. But there is no rage — only indifference.
When the Wizards won just 19 games last year, there was no rage - just empty seats, the symbol of indifference — at Verizon Center. And even if the Wizards manage to return to a level of respectable competition with the return of Gilbert Arenas from three knee surgeries and the addition of Mike Miller, Randy Foye and coach Flip Saunders — fans will be entertained. If the team stinks again, there will be no rage - only indifference.
The Redskins, though, we are reminded yet again, are a different story. With the team playing at a mediocre level for a number of years now, the fan base may have been unhappy but had enough good moments to anesthetize it. But just as we have seen the frenzy of joy the Redskins can create in this town during good times, we are now seeing the level of rage created by the perception that this team isn't even capable anymore of providing enough good moments to soothe the savage fan.
The only thing fans could feel good about after Sunday's game against the Rams was the 9-7 win, and that wasn't enough based on the booing following the victory.
If you are a Redskins player, coach or owner — would you rather have fans in the seats booing or empty seats?
Indifference isn't an option for Redskins fans — at least not yet. It may be someday as a coping device because it takes energy to be outraged.
But Redskins fans are not there yet. They still have enough passion left to express rage, which may reach a level we have never seen before if Jim Zorn and Co. find a way to lose to the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
If that happens, remember — Caps season opens Oct. 1.
*Listen to "The Sports Fix," co-hosted by Kevin Sheehan and Thom Loverro, from noon to 2 p.m. weekdays on ESPN 980 or espn980.com.
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Valley, Panguitch advance to 1A finals
By Deseret News Feb 21, 1998, 12:00am MST
Jay Hinton, Staff Writer
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Valley coach Ferril Heaton was saying all the things a coach would say in a close game - "help out," "defense" and "set it up" - but it wasn't a close game. It was a rout.
Beverly Glover scored a game-high 21 points and teammate Caroline Heaton added 15 as the Buffaloes posted a 71-29 victory over Dugway Friday night at the Centrum to advance to the 1A state title game."I thought it would be a lot closer than it was," Heaton said. "I thought it would be an 8-to-10 point game that could go either way."
The Buffaloes will shoot for their second-straight 1A title today as they battle Panguitch - which beat Manila 44-40 - at 2 p.m., and Valley's starters will be well-rested.
"A lot of the time they have to play to be ready to play," Heaton said of his starters' extensive rest. "Hopefully it will be a plus and they'll be ready for Saturday."
After Dugway scored the first basket of the game, Heaton converted a three-point play the old-fashioned way to start a 17-0 Valley run that put the game out of reach. Heaton scored nine points in the run.
Heidi Bruce led Dugway with eight points.
PANGUITCH 44, MANILA 40: After Manila tied the score at 38-38 with two minutes left, Panguitch held the Mustangs to just two points the rest of the way to earn the victory, despite just hitting 6-of-14 foul shots down the stretch.
Cindy Peterson led Panguitch with 13 points, while Lindsey Guest had 13 for Manila.
CONSOLATION BRACKET
RICH 53, ICS 30: Cami Pope scored 12 points and Penny Weston added 10 more as Rich advanced to the third and fourth place game. Paige Wager had 20 points for ICS.
PIUTE 42, WATERFORD 28: The T-Birds advanced to the fifth and seventh place game behind Brianna Torgerson's 16 points. Rachel Burkes led Waterford with 12 points.
ESCALANTE 52, GREEN RIVER 43: Escalante outscored Green River 9-0 in overtime to record the victory. Nicole Cottam had five of her game-high 17 points in the extra period for Escalante. Coralie Hughes had 25 points for the Pirates.
MONUMENT VALLEY 57, SALT LAKE LUTHERAN 45: Devonna Bedonie and Sonia Deputee led a balanced scoring attack with 13 and 11 points, respectivley as the Cougars edged the Lynx. Michelle Knudsvig led SLL with 24 points.


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Why hydrate yourself during physical effort.
60% of the body is composed of water. Water is therefore essential for the cells to function. It is involved in many of the chemical reactions that fulfil the demands of physical exercise. Water also allows the nutrients, which the body uses to adapt to physical exercise, to be transferred between the cells.
Water is used in stabilising the temperature of the body and prevents overheating. Indeed, during a triathlon, only 20 to 25% of the energy produced by the muscles is used to drive the body's movements; the remaining 75 to 80% produces heat. If the body does nothing to eliminate this heat, it accumulates and the body temperature increases to the point where it becomes damaging to the performance and health of the athlete. The body must therefore eliminate the excess heat. It achieves this by perspiring. Sweat is composed of water and minerals (mainly sodium).
Water is also used to eliminate the waste produced by physical exercise, either in the urine or the perspiration.
All these water losses can cause significant dehydration, which will be damaging to performance. It is therefore necessary to compensate for these losses with the right level of water intake.
Triathlon can cause dehydration because of the level of perspiration. The body may lose over one and a half litres through perspiration each hour, and sometimes up to three litres an hour. The risk of dehydration is real, regardless of the atmospheric conditions and increases in hot conditions and particularly in humid heat. Dehydration is the main source of injury and underperformance. It is estimated that a 1% decrease in body weight will cause a 10% drop in physical ability and a 2% decrease in body weight will cause a 20% drop in physical ability.
It is essential that the body regularly takes on water. Do not wait to feel thirsty as this feeling is not a good indicator. The feeling of thirst emerges relatively late, when your body weight has already decreased by 1%. Furthermore, it takes time to absorb water and transfer it to the bloodstream.
- Drink the day before the event right up until you go to bed in order to stay hydrated.
- During the last three hours before the start, take a pre-race drink to maintain your hydration, particularly in hot conditions.
- Do not wait to feel thirsty before drinking. Drink regularly (every 10 – 15 minutes) in small quantities (one or two mouthfuls).
- If the triathlon is going to take less than one hour, water alone will be sufficient (depending on the intensity).
- If the triathlon is going to take more than one hour, take an ISO type isotonic drink suited to the level of physical exercise.
- Drink one mouthful of water during each transition.
- Keep the bottle of pure water to splash over your body and rinse your mouth.
- During and after the triathlon, do not take ice-cold drinks as this can create digestive problems.
- Drink plenty of fluids after the triathlon to optimise your recovery.
- After the triathlon, keep a bottle of water close at hand so that you can continue to hydrate regularly.


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Q: Why can't I open/write from a serial port on Android? I have written an Android app which runs on a custom kernel on Android 4.4 Kitkat device, which uses the Android Serial Port API (https://code.google.com/p/android-serialport-api/) in order to open the serial port "/dev/ttyACM0" which is the port associated with my serial device. The port has the proper "666" permissions (crw-rw-rw), and the app itself even has the  WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" permission.
However, even though the permissions appear correct, when my app tries to open said serial port using the library, it fails. In my java code, if I try to do a "device.canWrite()" it returns false, whereas a "device.canRead()" returns true. I feel like this is a symptom of a greater permissions problem.
If I use the sample apk bundled with the serial port api/library, I get the same issue, where the app fails at the device.canWrite() and throws a SecurityException.
The exact same code DOES successfully run and open when ran on a custom kernel ICS device, for which the app was originally developed for. However, the kernels for both  were written by the same developer, and at least on a surface glance, the permissions on the port seem to be the same.
Is it likely this is an issue that I can resolve on the application code side? I have tried some other serial port libraries (USBSerial3.0, usb-serial-for-android-master) and I seem to encounter the same issue.
Regardless of where the issue may lie, would anyone have any ideas of what the problem may be? Making changes to the kernel, app, and api are all on the table. Thank you.

A: Gabe, Google changed the SELinux mode from Permissive Mode to Enforce Mode in Android 4.4, by default apps do not have the (SELinux) permissions to access the serial ports. Here are a couple of ways to work around the issue:
 (1). If your device is rooted you can toggle the SELinux mode from Enforce Mode to Permissive Mode: "su setenforce 0". You will need to run the command every time you restart your device. see http://www.xda-developers.com/easily-change-your-android-selinux-mode/
 (2). If you have access to the kernel framework files for the device you
    can change them and grant serial port access to your apps.

A: run setenforce 0 from shell to disable SELinux. It worked for me and I was able to read/write on tty/ACM0.

A: The issue turned out to be with SELinux, which most of the Samsung line of devices use as a security enforcement policy. That security policy was set to enforcing, such that no apps could access files outside of their designated app space, such as the serial port I was trying to open.
Given that we could change the kernel, we were able to add a policy exception to SELinux that gave my app elevated priviliges, thereby allowing it to open the port correctly.