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13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day

Have Fun - Do Good

Global Fund for Women's blog Maine Coon Adoptions They rescued and helped us adopt our Maine Coon cat, Dora! We are an open source project, to pioneer 'community funded reporting.'” GI-NET's blog Global Fund for Women Mission: "The Global Fund for women promotes women's economic security, health, education and leadership."

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. Betsy, a former teacher with a Master's in Education and Learning Disabilities, has a keen understanding of what educators need to adopt Bookshare.org and other technology in the classroom.

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