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+<div id="title-header">
+  <span class="header">Acknowledgments</span>
+  <span class="subheader"></span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Selectricity is made possible through the generous support of a
+series of organizations and groups.</p>
+
+<p>The <%= link_to "MIT Media Lab", "http://www.media.mit.edu" %> funded
+work on the project during its first year as a research prototype. In
+particular, the <%= link_to("Electronic Publishing",
+"http://ep.media.mit.edu") %> research group supported the creation of
+the <%= link_to("RubyVote", "http://rubyvote.rubyforge.org") %> library
+while the <%= link_to("Computing Culture",
+"http://compcult.media.mit.edu") %> research group supported the
+creation of much of Selectricity and an earlier research prototype
+called <em>HyperChad</em>.</p>
+
+<p>Funding for the current version of the project comes from the <%=
+link_to("Digital Incubator", "http://www.digitalincubator.net/") %>
+initiative -- a joint effort between <%= link_to("MTV",
+"http://www.mtv.com") %>/<%= link_to("MTVu", "http://www.mtvu.com") %>
+and <%= link_to("Cisco", "http://www.cisco.com") %>. <em>MTVu</em> has
+also played an important role in publicizing the project.</p>
+