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 ===Select Blogs===
+'''OLPC Ethiopia'''
+OLPC Ethiopia Blog. 2013. [http://blog.laptop.org/tag/ethiopia/ OLPC Ethiopia Blog]. blog.laptop.org/tag/ethiopia/.
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 Battro, Antonio M. 2011. [http://blog.laptop.org/2011/07/09/computers-as-reading-prostheses/ Computers as reading prostheses]. July 9. Cambridge, MA: blog.laptop.org.
 Brown, Sara. 2013. [http://mvgazette.com/news/2013/07/27/changing-world-one-laptop-time Changing the World One Laptop at a Time]. July 27. Martha's Vineyard, MA: Vineyard Gazette.
 Cherlin, Edward. 2011. [http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/peace_corps_challenge.html The Peace Corps Challenge to End Poverty]. May 25. Cambridge, MA: OLPC News.
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 Negroponte, Nicholas. 2012. [http://laptop.org/en/vision/mission/faq.shtml One Laptop per Child Vision - FAQ]. Cambridge, MA: laptop.org.
-Negroponte, Nicholas. 2012. [http://blog.laptop.org/2012/09/13/why-i-hope-kids-in-ethiopia-can-teach-us-something-profound-about-education-by-nicholas-negroponte/ “Why I hope kids in Ethiopia can teach us something profound about education.” by Nicholas Negroponte]. September 13. Cambridge, MA: blog.laptop.org.
 Nixon, James. 2011. [http://www.onenewspage.com/news/Technology/20110107/18540616/OLPC-jumps-ARM-bandwagon-with-165-laptop-at.htm OLPC jumps ARM bandwagon with $165 laptop at CES]. January 7. onenewspage.com
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 '''OLPC Ethiopia'''
+Negroponte, Nicholas. 2012. [http://blog.laptop.org/2012/09/13/why-i-hope-kids-in-ethiopia-can-teach-us-something-profound-about-education-by-nicholas-negroponte/ “Why I hope kids in Ethiopia can teach us something profound about education.” by Nicholas Negroponte]. September 13. Cambridge, MA: blog.laptop.org.
+Talbot, David. 2012. [http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506466/given-tablets-but-no-teachers-ethiopian-children-teach-themselves/ Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves: A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown “encouraging” results]. October 29. Cambridge, MA: MIT Technology Review.
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 Vota, Wayne. 2011. [http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo-175/xo-175_faster_sugar_and_androi.html XO-1.75: Faster Sugar and Android Support But No Touchscreen]. January. Cambridge, MA: OLPC News.
+'''OLPC Ethiopia'''
+[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0112r8s OLPC: Ethiopia - A report on how illiterate Ethiopian children learnt to use computers without instructions]. London, England: BBC.
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 ===Select Wikis===
+'''OLPC Ethiopia'''
+OLPC Ethiopia Wiki. 2013. [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ethiopia OLPC Ethiopia Wiki]. wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ethiopia.
 '''OLPC Oceania'''
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-Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, MIT OCW-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.
+Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, Greatest Universities-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.
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-World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, as of 2011.
+World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and has been a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity through November 12, 2012, and is re-instating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, as of September 2013, effective 2010.
 World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.