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MARCH 1, 2012

Now that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports regularly on the employment situation for people with disabilities, there is strong evidence that it has gotten disproportionately worse for workers with disabilities since 2009.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

December 4, 2009 Benetech’s Reply Comments in response to the Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry and Request for Comments on the Topic of Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons With Disabilities The issue all comes down to human rights vs. money.

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JUNE 23, 2014

A Managing Director at the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Christy has made invaluable contributions to Benetech since she joined our Board in 2009. Finally, we are thrilled to have Christy Chin step into a new role of Chair of the Benetech Board of Directors.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

ZeroDivideâ„¢ Board of Directors Position Description ZeroDivide is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term commencing on February 1, 2009. We're seeking new board members.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

During my April 2009 visit to work with the NHRC I noticed other changes in addition to upgraded computers and a better-trained staff, The NHRC had moved to a building that had a wheelchair ramp and a ‘talking’ elevator to accommodate visitors with physical or visual impairments.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A key with an n with 232 digits (768 bits) was factored in 2009 using many years of computing time and dozens of computers spread around the world. This means that even if n is public (which it is because it's part of the public key), the private key (including p and q ) is still a secret.

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

From: Pavi Mehta Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:36 AM To: Bookshare Team Subject: Thank You Notes from the Volunteers Hi All, Just wanted to send out these snippets of appreciation from volunteers (in response to what Carol Lake’s donation made possible). More than fifty book requests have already come in.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

at Precious Blood of Christ Catholic Church, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, October 24, 2009. Most of all, we’ll be inspired by his life as a gentle man who aspired to always be considerate, always aware of his impact on others. Given by his son, James R. Fruchterman, Jr.,

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JULY 14, 2009

Jim Fruchterman Chairman’s Address to the Social Enterprise Alliance 2009 Annual Summit The world’s a mess. I had a blast in New Orleans revving up the crowd about this exciting time for the Social Enterprise Alliance and the movement. Here's the text of my speech: [long post alert] Social Enterprise: Not Business as Usual!

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

MacArthur Foundation led to an apparent gain of $1,569,623 in the first year followed by average apparent deficits of roughly $500,000 annually for the years 2009-2011. As with multi-year grants, this created an illusory surplus in 2008 and contributed to an illusory deficit of over $500,000 in each of the years 2009 through 2011.

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MARCH 11, 2009

The initial results of the HRDAG analysis will be presented at a special session of the meetings of the American Statistical Association in August, 2009. The analysis also attempts to answer what kind of policies and practices the police employed in relation to human rights abuses.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Summer 2009 Our growth over the last year has been so phenomenal that I wanted to use this summer update to highlight some of the great people working for Benetech: our interns, summer associates and fellows. Two or three times a year, I publish a president's update for Benetech.

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Los Angeles South Africa United States Statistics 100

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

For the period covered by SIGACTS (2004-2009), IBC reports 15,000 civilian deaths found only in the SIGACTS data, 27,000 found only recorded by IBC’s press sources, and 64, 000 recorded in both, for a total of 106,000.

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MAY 13, 2011

Reviewing where we were at the beginning of 2009, it’s amazing to see the growth in impact that Benetech and our team have had in the world. Last summer I talked about our great summer interns and fellows and early this year, I sent a copy of our 20th Anniversary Report that talked about our entire history.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

A guest Beneblog by By Anita Gohdes, Megan Price, and Patrick Ball Several media organizations including Reuters , Foreign Policy and New Scientist covered the January 21 release of the 2009 Human Security Report (HSR) entitled, “The Shrinking Cost of War.”

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