The Personal Genome Project, spearheaded by George Church, the Director of Harvard's Center for Computational Genetics, aims to recruit 100,000 people to offer up their DNA and personal life histories, all in an effort to further knowledge of human genetics and why we get—or don't get—diseases.
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Wesley C. is a cartographer and Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He uses GIS technology to gather and organize information in order to improve pedestrian infrastructure. As part of ConnectEd's "Day in the Life" series, Wesley discusses his daily duties and the knowledge needed to be a Cartographer and GIS Analyst.
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JOB TITLE: Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: Assist scientists or related professionals in building, maintaining, modifying, or using geographic information systems (GIS) databases. May also perform some custom application development or provide user support.
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A village in Malawi is having trouble getting clean drinking water. Local well pumps are broken, technicians are not coming by for routine checkups, and girls are missing school, and the #GlobalProblemSolvers team is here to help. Watch along as they evaluate the situation and come up with a plan to fix the immediate problem. Discover how they work together to create a solution that monitors all the wells in the area in real-time so problems can be taken care of more quickly and with less…
Ivy Stormcatcher, a teen Internet video star contacts the #GlobalProblemSolvers after a hurricane hits the Gulf Coast of the United States and leaves local schools without power or Internet. Until students are able to return to school, the community cannot begin to return to normal. Follow along as the GPS team comes up with the idea of a "First Aid Kit" that schools can use to create popup classrooms anywhere.
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A web cam video capture of negative gravitropism, growing away from the stimulus of gravity. The plant also orients towards the light as it is curving upwards, this is and example of phototropism. The plant was oriented sideways and curved upward. Frame capture rate was once every 10 minutes, the elapse time is indicated in the video.
The music is my own recording of "Star of the County Down" on tin whistle, fiddle and guitar.
Families enjoyed a morning of heart-healthy fun at the Ready, Set, Explore Hearts event on Feb. 2nd, at the Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center in York.
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