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Where's that 12 in x 12 in solar panel with related battery that will power a truck? The Sunnev is a start, and it works ... http://www.sunnev.com/ ... infinity miles per gallon .... and very little co2 output
 
 
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Revkin, Andrew C. 2010. (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ DotEarth Blogs). New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
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Where's that 12 in x 12 in solar panel with related battery that will power a truck? The Sunnev is a start, and it works ... http://www.sunnev.com/ ... infinity miles per gallon .... and very little co2 output
 
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Revkin, Andrew C. 2010. (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ DotEarth Blogs). New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
 
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Brown, Jerry and Rinaldo Brutoco. 1997. Profiles in Power: The Anti-nuclear Movement and the Dawn of the Solar Age. Twayne Publishers.
 
 
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SustainableJeroen. 2011. [http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/02/222205/World-Solar-Challenge-2011-Starts-In-Two-Weeks World Solar Challenge 2011 Starts In Two Weeks]. October 02. tech.slashdot.org.
 
 
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Amiel, Frederic. 2010. [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/climate/solar-generation-youth-delegates-fight-for-so/blog/29213 Solar Generation youth delegates fight for solutions in Cancun]. December 1. Greenpeace.org
 
Baikie, Bruce. 2011. [http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/power_supply/worlds_largest_single-school_s.html World's largest single-school XO laptop solar power deployment]. August 19. Cambridge, MA: OLPC News.
 
Bainbridge, David and Ken Haggard. 2011. Passive Solar Architecture: Heating, cooling, ventilation, daylighting and more using natural flows.
 
blair1q. 2011. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/23/1955202/Solar-Panels-Increase-Home-Value Solar Panels Increase Home Value]. April 23. news.slashdot.org
 
cartechboy. 2014. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/01/23/1831208/will-electric-cars-and-solar-power-make-gasoline-and-utilities-obsolete Will Electric Cars and Solar Power Make Gasoline and Utilities Obsolete?]. January 23. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
Chandler, David. 2010. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/self-healing-solar.html Solar cell, heal thyself: New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance.]. Cambridge, MA: MIT News.
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Cylonlover. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/13/1837203/Google-Invests-In-Worlds-Largest-Solar-Power-Tower-Plant Google Invests In World's Largest Solar Power Tower Plant]. April 13. hardware.slashdot.org
 
FACT SHEET: White House Announces Executive Actions and Commitments from Across the Country to Advance Solar Deployment and Energy Efficiency. 2014. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/fact-sheet-white-house-announces-executive-actions-and-commitments-acros FACT SHEET: White House Announces Executive Actions and Commitments from Across the Country to Advance Solar Deployment and Energy Efficiency]. Washington, DC: whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/fact-sheet-white-house-announces-executive-actions-and-commitments-acros .
 
Farrell, John. 2012. [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/01/509117/four-charts-provide-distributed-solar-lessons-from-california/ Four Charts Provide Distributed Solar Lessons From California]. July 1. thinkprogress.org
 
Gipes, Paul. 2011. [http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/solar-interview-with-energy-policy-expert-paul-gipe/ Solar Interview with Energy Policy Expert Paul Gipe]. May 10. Burlington, VT: chelseagreen.com.
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Greenerd. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/07/186248/Students-Invent-Revolutionary-Solar-Sterilizer Students Invent Revolutionary Solar Sterilizer]. May 7. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
Harvey, Fiona. 2011. [http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/09-6 Renewable Energy Can Power the World, Says Landmark IPCC Study: UN's climate change science body says renewables supply, particularly solar power, can meet global demand]. May 9. commondreams.org.
 
Hirsch, Jennifer. 2010. [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/miot-mrc090110.php MIT researchers create new self-assembling photovoltaic technology that repairs itself]. September 5. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
Hosman, LJ. 2011. [http://ict4dviewsfromthefield.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/successful-solar-installation-in-lascahobas-haiti-to-charge-500-laptops/ Successful solar installation in Lascahobas, Haiti to charge 500 laptops!!!!!]. August 15. ict4dviewsfromthefield.wordpress.com.
 
Hren, Stephen and Rebekah. 2010. [http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/hren/2010/10/12/solar-power-international-2010-day-1-lakota-sioux-leading-nation-away-from-fossil-fuels/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChelseaGreenCommunity+%28Chelsea+Green+Community+Blogs%29 Solar Power International 2010 Day 1: Lakota Sioux Leading Nation Away From Fossil Fuels]. October 12th, Burlington, VT: chelseagreen.com.
 
inkscapee. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/25/182219/Massive-Solar-Tower-Planned-For-Arizona Massive Solar Tower Planned For Arizona]. July 25. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
itwbennett. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/05/1925223/Film-Turns-Windows-Into-Solar-Panels Film Turns Windows Into Solar Panels]. October 05. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
liqs8143. 2011. [http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/15/223206/Solar-Powered-Airplane-Completes-First-International-Flight Solar-Powered Airplane Completes First International Flight]. May 15. tech.slashdot.org.
 
Lucas123. 2015. [http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/03/12/0247252/new-solar-capacity-beats-coal-and-wind-again New Solar Capacity Beats Coal and Wind, Again]. March 12. tech.slashdot.org/story/15/03/12/0247252/new-solar-capacity-beats-coal-and-wind-again .
 
Lucas123. 2014. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/11/19/0030229/rooftop-solar-could-reach-price-parity-in-the-us-by-2016 Rooftop Solar Could Reach Price Parity In the US By 2016]. Nov 18. hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/11/19/0030229/rooftop-solar-could-reach-price-parity-in-the-us-by-2016 .
 
Lundgren, Kari and Lars Paulsson. 2011. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-29/utilities-giving-away-power-as-wind-sun-flood-european-grid.html Utilities Giving Away Electricity as Wind, Sun Overwhelm European Network]. Sep 30. New York, NY, Bloomberg News.
 
McKie, Robin. 2014. [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/solar-energy-sunflower-ibm-airlight-electricity Solar energy: a sunflower solution to electricity shortage: A new piece of solar technology from IBM not only provides electricity – it can desalinate water for sanitation and drinking]. September 27. theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/solar-energy-sunflower-ibm-airlight-electricity.
 
mdsolar. 2013. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/11/22/1716216/a-war-over-solar-power-is-raging-within-the-gop A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP]. November 22. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
Necro81. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/17/1912239/Capturing-Solar-Power-With-Antennae Capturing Solar Power With Antennae]. May 17. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
inkscapeenecro81. 20112012. [http://hardwaretech.slashdot.org/story/1112/0709/2514/1822192246208/Massivetowards-Solara-Tower50-Plannedefficient-Forsolar-Arizonacell MassiveTowards Solara Tower50% PlannedEfficient ForSolar ArizonaCell]. JulySeptember 2514. hardwaretech.slashdot.org.
 
liqs8143nfn. 2011. [http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/0509/1530/2232061512249/SolarMITs-PoweredArtificial-AirplaneLeaf-CompletesMakes-FirstFuel-InternationalFrom-FlightSunlight Solar-PoweredMIT's Airplane'Artificial CompletesLeaf' FirstMakes InternationalFuel FlightFrom Sunlight]. MaySeptember 1530. tech.slashdot.org.
 
O'Dell, Jolie. 2011. [http://mashable.com/2011/04/19/solar-energy-infographic/ The Past, Present & Future of Solar Energy]. (InfoGraphic). April 19. mashable.com.
Necro81. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/17/1912239/Capturing-Solar-Power-With-Antennae Capturing Solar Power With Antennae]. May 17. hardware.slashdot.org
 
O'DellRevkin, JolieAndrew C. 2011. [http://mashabledotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/0409/1923/solardesigning-energysustainable-infographicstructures-from-the-land-up/ TheDesigning Past,Sustainable PresentStructures &From Futurethe ofLand Solar EnergyUp]. (InfoGraphic)September 23. AprilNew 19.York, mashableNY: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com.
 
Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Solar Dreams and Reality at the White House. September 9. (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/). New York, NY: The New York Times:
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Revkin, Andrew. 2010. [http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/population-billionaires-face-tough-choices/ White House Ends ‘Deliberative Process’ On Solar]. October 5. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
Revkin, Andrew. 2010. White House Puts Off Solar Enthusiasts. (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/). September 10. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
Shareable. 2011. [http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0048211/Low-Cost-DIY-Cell-Network-Runs-On-Solar Low-Cost DIY Cell Network Runs On Solar]. August 27. mobile.slashdot.org.
 
Singh, Timon. 2010. [http://inhabitat.com/2010/10/18/mit-unveils-compact-solar-powered-water-desalination-system/ MIT Unveils Portable Solar-Powered Water Desalination System]. October 18. inhabitat.com
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Soulskill. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/13/1549238/MIT-Researchers-Printing-Solar-Cells-On-Fold-able-Sheets MIT Researchers Printing Solar Cells On Fold-able Sheets]. July 17. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
Soulskill. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1755206/MIT-Unveils-Sun-Free-Photovoltaics MIT Unveils Sun-Free Photovoltaics]. July 29. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
Soulskill. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/15/1731247/Solar-Breakthrough-Could-Provide-Power-Without-Solar-Cells Solar Breakthrough Could Provide Power Without Solar Cells]. April 15. hardware.slashdot.org
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Tomes, Ray. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/24/1243238/Large-Scale-247-Solar-Power-Plant-To-Be-Built-in-Nevada Large Scale 24/7 Solar Power Plant To Be Built in Nevada]. May 11. hardware.slashdot.org
 
Vaughn, Kelly. 2010. [http://www.rmi.org/rmi/SolarOffSidelines Getting Solar Power Off The Sidelines]. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.
 
Udell, John. 2011. [http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/07/12/a-california-sized-solar-panel/ A California-sized Solar Panel]. July 12. blog.jonudell.net.
 
Unknown Lamer. 2011. [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/28/1856230/A-Solar-Powered-3D-Printer-Prints-Glass-From-Sand A Solar-Powered 3D Printer Prints Glass From Sand]. June 28. hardware.slashdot.org.
 
van der Leun, Kees. 2011. [http://www.grist.org/solar-power/2011-10-11-solar-pv-rapidly-becoming-cheapest-option-generate-electricity Solar PV rapidly becoming the cheapest option to generate electricity]. Oct 11. Grist.org.
 
Vaughn, Kelly. 2010. [http://www.rmi.org/rmi/SolarOffSidelines Getting Solar Power Off The Sidelines]. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.
 
Wesoff, Eric. 2011. [http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Third-Party-Owned-Solar-Drives-California-Market/ Third-Party-Owned Solar Dominates the California Market]. September 30. greentechmedia.com.
 
Third-party-owned solar is more than 50 percent of the California home solar market in 2011. San Jose is number one in residential installs.
 
Wingfield, Bruce. 2011. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-26/solar-may-be-cheaper-than-fossil-power-in-five-years-ge-says.html GE Sees Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Power in Five Years]. May 26. New York, NY: Bloomberg News.
 
Wingfield, Bruce. 2011. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-18/u-s-offers-2-1-billion-backing-for-solar-trust-s-california-power-plant.html U.S. Offers $2.1 Billion Backing for Solar Power Plant]. April 18. New York, NY: Bloomberg News.
 
Wasserman, Todd. 2011. [http://mashable.com./2011/09/28/google-solar-panel-firm/ Google Invests $75 Million in Solar Panel Firm].
 
Zothecula. 2013. [http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/01/21/1648230/swiss-federal-lab-claims-new-world-record-for-solar-cell-efficiency Swiss Federal Lab Claims New World Record For Solar Cell Efficiency]. January 21. science.slashdot.org.
 
 
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Rosenthal, Elisabeth. 2011. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=834765 Germany Dims Nuclear Plants, but Hopes to Keep Lights On]. August 30. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
 
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Haines, Art. 2010. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0JNohHaqM4&feature=player_embedded Infinity Miles per Gallon Solar Car - Sunnev]. Maine: New Farmer Films.
 
 
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Solar Energy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Energy
 
Solar VehicleEngineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_VehicleSolar_Engineering
 
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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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Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/ .
 
 
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===In Virtual World===
 
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
ScienceSim. 2011. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php . Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
 
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com
Second Life - Harvard's virtual island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
 
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
 
Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net
 
Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/
 
Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html
 
ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010
 
Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/
 
Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/
 
OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)
 
Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/
 
Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/
 
Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php
 
Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
 
Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.
 
SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/
 
There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/
 
Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar
 
Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/
 
WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/
 
World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage
 
 
 
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===Learning Networking===
 
Teach and Learn using free Social BookmarkingNetworking software to identifyshare what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....
 
 
About Me - World University and School -
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DiggFacebook.com's World University and School - http://diggwww.facebook.com/worlduniversityandschoolgroup.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').
 
 
Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool
Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).
 
 
Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - Scott MacLeod - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/
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Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts
Google + - https://plus.google.com/
 
 
Google BuzzGroups's World University and School - httpshttp://profilesgroups.google.com/WorldUniversityAndSchoolgroup/World-University-and-School
 
 
Like
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LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337
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Quora - http://www.quora.com/
 
 
Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/
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Wer Kennt Wen - World University &and School subject- grouphttp://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/
 
 
World University & School 'subject page' group
 
 
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===Linked Open Data===
 
Linked Open Data, Linked Data for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on privacy and security.
 
 
 
===List of Wikipedias===
 
List of Wikipedias. 2015. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias]. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias .
 
 
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Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:
 
 
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
Google + Hangouts - https://plus.google.com/hangouts
 
 
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv
 
 
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
 
 
MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/
 
 
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Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail
 
 
iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
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''Free, group video conferencing''
 
AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/
 
Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
 
Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection
 
ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx
 
Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com
 
sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/‎
 
Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok
 
Vyew - http://vyew.com/
 
Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/
 
Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/
 
 
 
=== Universal Translator at WUaS ===
 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
 
Google Translate language:
 
Sugar Labs: Translation System language:
 
Region:
 
 
'''Select Translators'''
 
Babelxl. 2015. [http://babelxl.com/ Babelxl: the best translator]. http://babelxl.com/ .
 
Babylon Online Translation. 2015. [http://translation.babylon.com/ Babylon Online Translation]. (Offering hundreds of dictionaries and translation in more than 800 language pairs). translation.babylon.com/ .
 
Free-translator.com. 2015. [http://free-translator.com/ Free-translator.com]. free-translator.com/ .
 
Google Translate. 2015. [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate]. translate.google.com/ .
 
SDL Free Translation. 2015. [http://www.freetranslation.com/ SDL Free Translation]. freetranslation.com/ .
 
Word Lingo Free Translation Tools. 2015. [http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products/ Word Lingo Free Translation Tools and Machine Translation Products]. worldlingo.com/en/products/ .
 
 
'''Select Video with Subtitles for Translation'''
 
Amara.org. 2015. [http://www.amara.org/en/ Amara.org: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified]. (Amara makes video globally accessible: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified). amara.org/en/
 
TED Open Translation Project. 2015. [https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project TED Open Translation Project]. (See - https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project - and - https://www.ted.com/participate/translate/get-started). ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project .
 
 
===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===
 
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS]]
 
 
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PB Works - http://pbworks.com/
 
 
Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/
 
 
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Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
 
 
===Wikidata / Bots ===
 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots
 
 
===World University and School Licensing===
 
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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.
 
All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ .
 
 
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