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Guide Dogs for the Blind Unleashes New Puppy Raising Program to Expand Volunteer Base in Oregon

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) aims to broaden its network of volunteer puppy raisers by launching a new puppy raising initiative in Oregon that provides support and education through a hybrid model of online trainings, webinars, and in-person workshops.

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  • Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) aims to broaden its network of volunteer puppy raisers by launching a new puppy raising initiative in Oregon that provides support and education through a hybrid model of online trainings, webinars, and in-person workshops.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240213800822/en/
    Family in hybrid puppy raising program holding their guide dog puppy, Sandra.
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    Following the success and popularity of a pilot project in Northern California last year, GDB is introducing the new puppy raising model to Oregonians.
  • “GDB wants to meet volunteers where they are, providing individuals and families with a way to contribute to the guide dog puppy raising program while balancing other commitments and activities,” said Guide Dogs for the Blind President and CEO Christine Benninger.

Guide Dogs for the Blind Partners With American Printing House for the Blind on Summer Careers and Canine Program for Young Adults

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) and American Printing House for the Blind (APH) ConnectCenter have extended a partnership to offer a career program for young people who are blind or have low vision through Careers & Canine Connections, a weeklong immersive program for young adults aged 18-24.

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  • Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) and American Printing House for the Blind (APH) ConnectCenter have extended a partnership to offer a career program for young people who are blind or have low vision through Careers & Canine Connections, a weeklong immersive program for young adults aged 18-24.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240131410116/en/
    A young woman with long dark hair smiles while sitting with a yellow Labrador Retriever from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
  • Although it is not a guide dog training program, Careers & Canine Connections is tailored for young job seekers interested in exploring the guide dog lifestyle.
  • To learn more, visit Guide Dogs for the Blind’s website or attend the APH's information session on February 8th.

Tachyum Presents Software Stack for HPC/AI and Supercomputer Management

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Tachyum ™ today released a white paper, “Tachyum HPC/AI Software Stack Overview,” detailing the software packages offered by the company and supported by its software team that enable software developers to build HPC applications deployed as part of Prodigy®-empowered data centers.

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  • Tachyum ™ today released a white paper, “Tachyum HPC/AI Software Stack Overview,” detailing the software packages offered by the company and supported by its software team that enable software developers to build HPC applications deployed as part of Prodigy®-empowered data centers.
  • The company’s software team cooperates with early customers and partners to create software packages ideally suited for HPC environments primarily using open-source software.
  • With its software stack, Tachyum supports all key software libraries required for HPC applications and addresses current challenges and opportunities.
  • Clustering, management, and job scheduling: SLURM for jobs management, Zabbix and Prometheus with Grafana for monitoring, Kubernetes for automating software deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications, Ansible for IT automation.

Guide Dogs for the Blind Unleashes Hybrid Puppy-raising Pilot to Expand Volunteer Reach in Northern California

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) aims to expand its pool of volunteer puppy raisers by embarking on a pilot puppy-raising initiative in March in Northern California.

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  • Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) aims to expand its pool of volunteer puppy raisers by embarking on a pilot puppy-raising initiative in March in Northern California.
  • GDB’s Hybrid Puppy Raising Project team will be accepting interest forms until March 15, 2023, from people who live within 50 miles of its headquarters campus in San Rafael.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230228005311/en/
    A Guide Dogs for the Blind Labrador/Golden Retriever puppy is wearing a green puppy vest.
  • For more information, visit GDB Hybrid Puppy Raising .

Guide Dogs for the Blind Partners With American Printing House for the Blind to Aid Careers of Young People

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) and American Printing House for the Blind (APH) ConnectCenter have announced a partnership to offer joint programming and career development programs for young adults who are blind or have low vision.

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  • Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) and American Printing House for the Blind (APH) ConnectCenter have announced a partnership to offer joint programming and career development programs for young adults who are blind or have low vision.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230202005188/en/
    A young man sits on a bench at Guide Dogs for the Blind with his arm around a yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog.
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    The inaugural collaboration is called Careers & Canine Connections, which is a weeklong immersive program for young adults aged 18-24.
  • Although it is not a guide dog training program, Careers & Canine Connections is tailored for young job seekers interested in exploring guide dog mobility.

New RISC-V Certification to Help Those Seeking Entry-Level RISC-V Roles or to Transition from Another Architecture

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and RISC-V International, the global open hardware standards organization, have announced the immediate availability of the new RISC-V Foundational Associate (RVFA) certification exam, which is designed to test foundational knowledge of the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).

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  • RISC-V is an open standard Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) enabling a new era of processor innovation through open collaboration.
  • To ensure vendors have the skills necessary to meet their goals and continue this growth, the talent pool must also grow.
  • The RVFA certification is ideal for those pursuing a career in roles such as embedded systems engineer, RTL design engineer, design verification engineer, software developer, or documentation engineer.
  • Candidates should already have familiarity with git, high-level programming languages such as C, debuggers like GDB, and system architecture.

Guide Dogs for the Blind’s K9 Buddy Program Expands to Include the Entire United States and Adults of Any Age

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221027005004/en/
    The K9 Buddy Program matches specially selected dogs with people who are visually impaired to become companions and pets.
  • In addition to receiving K9 Buddies from GDB free of charge, K9 Buddy recipients are also eligible for GDBs Veterinary Financial Assistance program to support the ongoing health of their dogs throughout their lifetime.
  • To learn more about GDBs K9 Buddy Program, visit GDB K9 Buddies .
  • Headquartered in San Rafael, Calif., Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is the largest guide dog school in North America.

Guide Dogs for the Blind and American Foundation for the Blind Release Research Study Findings

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) and the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) have announced the findings of The Role of Guide Dogs in 2022 and Beyond, a joint, two-year research study to examine the long-term outlook for guide dog use in the United States and Canada.

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  • Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) and the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) have announced the findings of The Role of Guide Dogs in 2022 and Beyond, a joint, two-year research study to examine the long-term outlook for guide dog use in the United States and Canada.
  • Study findings will be published in peer-reviewed research journals and will be presented at conferences focused on blindness.
  • Headquartered in San Rafael, Calif., Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is the largest guide dog school in North America.
  • The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) mobilizes leaders, advances understanding, and champions impactful policies and practices using research and data.

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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