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  • Charlotte Gaymers Network

    November 27, 2020 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    What began as informal online gaming sessions grew into a group of hundreds of LGBTQ gamers, calling themselves Charlotte Gaymers Network, that fostered community and a safe place to gather during the pandemic. Though most of the network's events had to be held virtually, that ended up meeting a need, as more traditional in-person meeting spaces for Charlotte's LBGTQ community had shut down. The group promotes inclusivity in gaming designs and uses events like a tournament to build its following.

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  • In Rwanda, Learning Whether a ‘Smart Park' Can Help Both Wildlife and Tourism

    November 24, 2020 |

    Atlas Obscura |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda’s Akagera National Park, once a conservation failure, has been revitalized with fences, patrols, and new technology to become a successful wildlife park. The government partnered with conservation group African Parks to manage the national park, which has led to an increase tourists, patrols, and even lions and black rhinos. Akagera also became the world first “Smart Park” after it installed a telecommunications network called LoRaWAN to securely track, monitor, and communicate between rangers, vehicles, equipment, and animals.

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  • How sunshine can make the railways greener

    November 24, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Australia, Byron Bay, New South Wales

    As a way to reduce the amount of diesel fuel that powers trains, governments and transit companies around the world are turning to solar panels as a way to utilize renewable energy. In Australia, a solar train launched in 2017 that uses lithium-ion batteries that are charged by solar panels on the roof of the carriages. And a rail line in the United Kingdom uses energy from a solar farm to keep the train running. Scaling solar panels for nation-wide transit systems can be challenging, but many countries are committed to eliminating the use of fossil fuels on their rail networks.

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  • New Orleans actively releases videos of police shootings. Is it paying off with trust?

    November 23, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Once viewed as one of the nation's most brutal and corrupt police departments, New Orleans Police Department has earned steadily improving public support with a host of reforms. One reform that it took voluntarily, and in contrast with common practice in Louisiana, is to quickly release body-camera videos of police shootings and other uses of force. Though its effect is hard to untangle from other initiatives, video releases have become routine. In one case, a video prompted an official apology after proving rubber bullets were used against protesters. This helped lead to new restrictions on crowd control.

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  • Can an Algorithm Prevent Suicide?

    November 23, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Veterans Affairs' Reach Vet program uses an algorithm weighing 61 factors to flag veterans deemed at highest risk of suicide. While its results have not been shown to affect the suicide rate, it has more than doubled high-risk veterans' uses of V.A. services and been associated with a lower overall mortality rate. Built on an analysis of thousands of previous suicides in the V.A.'s system, Reach Vet assesses scores of facts from medical records, including some that are not obvious to humans trying to spot problems. Doctors then intervene and ensure the veteran has a suicide safety plan in place.

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  • Online directory aims to help Black businesses thrive in nation's whitest state

    November 22, 2020 |

    The Maine Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    An online directory is helping consumers find small, black-owned businesses in Maine. Black Owned Maine has highlighted businesses, providing examples of success for Black youth and has also provided grants for businesses seeking financial assistance.

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  • This entrepreneur is plugging the world's drinking water into the (digital) cloud

    November 20, 2020 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States

    “In 2015, nearly 21 million U.S. residents relied on water systems that violate the standards set by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.” Meena Sankaran is helping to reverse the trend. Her startup, KETOS, uses analytics and sensors that provide real-time data that can be sent through a mobile app. Instead of having to wait for people to monitor and process the data, or for people to get sick, data can be delivered instantaneously. “So far, the company has compiled 13 million data points from municipalities across all 50 states, spanning the last 18 years.”

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  • These Algorithms Could Bring an End to the World's Deadliest Killer

    November 20, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Nandurbar

    An app that uses A.I. to scans lung X-rays is helping two hospitals in rural and remote parts of India to identify cases of tuberculosis that they otherwise would have been likely to misdiagnose. Medical professionals caution that the app is not a replacement for a clinician's diagnosis but say when used in conjunction with a clinical assessment, the interpretation of a chest X-ray is likely to be more accurate.

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  • Richmond art studio helps people with disabilities stay connected

    November 20, 2020 |

    Richmond Confidential |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development provides classes and studio space for artists with disabilities. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization now offers six hours of daily virtual services to the 67 artists it serves, including sculpting, drawing, ceramics, and fashion making classes. Social activities, like bingo, cooking, meditation, and movement classes, are also offered online. The programming keeps the artists connected during the isolation of the pandemic and staff regularly text and call the artists who opt out of the virtual programming to maintain that connection.

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  • Know anyone applying to college during COVID-19? This program gets good results in Fresno

    November 17, 2020 |

    The Fresno Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In the central San Joaquin Valley, guidance counselors are using CaliforniaColleges.edu to help oversee their students' college-application process. Within the program, the counselors are able to manage every step of each application, which helps them determine whether they need to make interventions. Twenty-five schools have implemented the system.

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