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Caltech: Founding Values

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open source Syria technology Richard Feynman open content intellectual property science Guatemala social entrepreneurship Caltech' If we can do that, by being as open and sharing as we can be, we’ll better realize the founding values of Caltech and its motto: “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!”.

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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

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million downloads of accessible books through its online library, to over 200,000 people with disabilities such as blindness and severe dyslexia. Skoll World Forum Skoll Syria SWF Big Data Harvard Business Review Web Reader human rights SkollWF SWF13 Bookshare'

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

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And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea. Even back then, we included information about his service in the box of each Arkenstone Reader because we knew people would rather not have to scan a book before reading it!

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

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The Challenge is open to all nonprofits and public libraries in the world that have received Symantec product donation(s) and are currently using the product. (a) This Challenge is void in Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and all countries under sanction by the U.S. Eligibility. a) Nondiscrimination. a) In General.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

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They have teamed up with the American Islamic Congress and the FREE Syria Foundaiton to bring their “ Interrupters Program ” to over 130 Syrian volunteers working on the ground there. Generous Giving: Online Resource Library on Islamic Philanthropy. The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. Additional Resources.

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

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The Sweepstakes is open to individuals, submitting on behalf of nonprofit organizations and libraries all over the world, who are attending the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") in Washington, DC. This Sweepstakes is void for organizations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria ("U.S.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

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Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1.

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