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The following is an article written by Matt Bolton, a sophomore college student from Brooksville, FL. He posted it at his blog site yesterday. I am reposting it with a preface because of its importance. Matt has served (and continues to serve) as an intern for one of our companies,
Read DetailsOkay, I admit that I am addicted to both the Candy Crush Saga and Candy Crush Soda Saga (Fig. 1) games. I didn’t want this to be; it just happened. But now, I am almost ready to quit the game because…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 1/11/15
Read DetailsHappy 2015! Most likely, many folks can’t wait to clean the weather palate from 2014 and get rid of the bad weather they experienced (namely the “Polar Vortex”). Yet, when considering all events, 2014 wasn’t really that bad weatherwise…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 1/4/15
Read DetailsSchools are closed for the next week or so across the Nation due to the winter break and the Christmas-New Year’s holiday period. Hence, the forecast of no significant snow for most places across the Nation is really not bad news for school kids…To read the entire feature, click here.
Read DetailsThe following is an article written by Emily Trimm, a high school senior in Naples, FL. Emily serves as administrative assistant at our Mathworks Tutoring Center, a company whose mission is to foster learning. Unbeknownst to me, I followed Dr. Pergolizzi’s approach to learning by simply asking Emily to write
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On the morning before Christmas (2014), one of my interns (he lives near Tampa), texted me that, “it was raining from cirrus clouds.” This observation, made in the excitement of the moment, left out the transition step that allows ice crystals to fall from cirrus (ice crystal clouds) and melt
Read DetailsTwo and a half years ago, I penned a story about education versus learning. I expressed strong criticism about how education, with its overuse of testing, pacing charts and similar tools, had taken “learning” out of the schools. I was livid about this scenario then; I am even more upset
Read DetailsThe sky over Naples, FL (and much of southwest and south Florida) early on Dec. 12, 2014 was filled with patches of clouds that appeared as ripple marks. This pattern meant that the clouds were banded — there were lines of clouds, each separated from the adjacent lines of parallel
Read DetailsBy Wed., Dec. 10, 2014, the high temperature in Naples will only be about what the low temperature was on Sat., Dec. 6, 2014. This change will come about slowly, not by the usual cold frontal blast…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 12/6/14
Read DetailsAs noted in earlier articles (see list of suggested links below), the, “Polar Vortex” is a semi-permanent fixture at high latitudes in both northern and southern hemispheres. Last winter, part of the vortex moved southward and took up residence…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 12/4/14
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