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You Need to Know about the Amazing Human Genome ProjectOn June 26 with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Clinton announced that the international Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics Corporation have both completed an initial sequencing of the genetic blueprint for human beings. More than 1,000 researchers across six nations have laid out nearly all 3 billion letters of our genetic code. On this webpage, you'll find documents and a webcast detailing this scientific feat that will revolutionize the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of most human diseases. Labor
of Love: Recycling CD-ROMs Abroad
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Love of Washington State's Department of Transportation teamed up
with the Pan American Institute of Highways to recycle obsolete
engineering CD-ROMs to countries that are thrilled to get them.
It keeps environmentally unfriendly plastic out of landfills and
helps transportation departments overseas. Can other organizations
use this model?
The
Manitoba Government in Canada is developing a common technology
infrastructure that it can ultimately apply across all government
departments. This will mean more comprehensive services in the future.
Starting
Christmas Eve, you can track Santa's location online as he delivers
toys to children over the globe. The tracking program started 44
years ago thanks to the predecessor of the North American Aerospace
Defense Command (NORAD) in Colorado Springs, CO. A local store advertised
a Santa hotline, but the telephone number printed was that of the
Director of Operations for the then Continental Air Defense Command.
When Colonel Harry Shoup received the first Santa call, he had his
staff check radar data to see if Santa was making his way south
from the North Pole. Indeed he was and staff gave updates to the
children who called. When the United States and Canada formed NORAD
in 1957, the organization continued tracking this important annual
airborne mission. This holiday season, volunteers from Cheyenne
Mountain and Peterson Air Force Base staff the phone lines, the
US Space Command provides satellite information, and private sector
organizations pitch in to support the website.