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"Best Buy Ignites Teen Potential through Technology For decades people have turned to Best Buy for answers to their technology questions. As a company, we aim to ignite human potential.  To support these efforts, the Best Buy Foundation provides underserved teens with access to technology to build 21st century skills and bridge the digital divide. As technology becomes more ingrained in our society, it is critical for youth to develop the necessary skills for future college and career success.  Sixty percent of the jobs that will be available in 10 years don't even exist today. As experts in technology, our goal is to leverage our knowledge, resources and talented Best Buy and Geek Squad employees to empower underserved youth and help prepare them for the future.   National Partner Overview Best Buy seeks nonprofit partners that create hands-on learning opportunities for underserved teens to engage them in learning, experimenting, and interacting with the latest technologies to build 21st century skills. The overall goal is to provide youth with access to new technologies and help them become interested and fluent in digital learning while developing skills to help better prepare them for future education and career success. Programs should help teens build 21st century skills by utilizing cutting-edge technology such as computers, digital cameras, video cameras and professional software in a wide range of areas including (but not limited to): Audio production (including music mixing & recording) Coding/3D printing Computer Maintenance and Repair Digital photography/graphic design Filmmaking & videography Maker Faires/hack-a-thons Mobile & game app development Programming Robotics Web site design    Grant Overview Best Buy is searching for national organizations with a demonstrated track record for building skill proficiency in technology through out-of-school time programs. The primary responsibilities of the nonprofit organization include: Workin

"MIAMI - June 19, 2014 - Mozilla, The New York Times and The Washington Post today announced that they are teaming up to build a new content and commenting platform that will allow audiences to more deeply engage with media coverage and help news organizations everywhere better manage user comments and contributions. The online community platform is supported by $3.89 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation."

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"The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation with global scope formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community."

"session and 60 minutes of laser cutting time to show off your new skills."

"Apereo Foundation 2013 Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres 2012 CENATIC 2012 Creative Commons 2012 Debian 2012 The Document Foundation 2012 Drupal Association 2012 Eclipse Foundation 2012 FreeBSD Foundation 2012 Friends of OpenDocument 2012 Joomla (Open Source Matters, Inc.) 2012 KDE eV 2012 Linux Foundation 2012 Linux Fund 2012 MariaDB Foundation 2013 Mozilla Foundation 2012 The New Zealand Open Source Society 2012 Open Source Software Institute 2012 Open Source Sweden 2012 Outercurve Foundation 2012 OW2 2012 Plone Foundation 2012 Python Software Foundation 2012 Sahana Software Foundation 2012 SOUJava 2012 Tiki Software Community Association 2012 Wikimedia Foundation 2012 Wikiotics 2012 "

"Dr.Eddie Hadlock, President North Central Texas College 1525 W. California St. Gainesville, TX 76240   Dear Dr. Hadlock:   I am writing to express support of NCTC's [name of project] proposal. The project you propose to establish will [State how the project will address community, industry, or educational challenges. Express your or your company's interest in the proposed project - how do its goals or objectives match your vision or mission?   If you have partnered with NCTC in the past, briefly describe the association and benefits received. If a student or a parent, give examples of how your association with NCTC has affected your life.]   Our [company or organization] is or [We are, I am] pleased to continue a relationship that is beneficial to us [me] and to the NCTC.   Sincerely,  "

"We cast this message into the cosmos ... Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some - perhaps many - may have inhabited planets and space faring civilizations. If one such civilization intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope some day, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination and our goodwill in a vast and awesome universe."