Word: connection
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...moved around so much as a kid because of your dad's job [as a military judge]. Did that help you connect with Nadia, who feels that pull to foreign lands...
...comes Dust Networks. To connect sensors in factories, commercial buildings or any type of processing plant, the four- year-old start-up developed a small wireless hub that relays measurements along a daisy chain of stations to pool collected data. In what is called a mesh network, each station passes along data to the nearest available station, using any one of many communication channels. The mesh network solves the problem faced by other wireless systems in factory settings: being blocked by giant metal structures. The system uses so little power that stations can go 10 years without a battery change...
...obstacles he faces, Vilsack has several strengths as a candidate. Orphaned at birth in Pittsburgh and adopted and raised by an alcoholic mother, he offers just the kind of unique personal narrative that could help him connect with voters. He's been a popular governor, coming back from a 20-point deficit to win an upset victory in the gubernatorial race in 1998 - in the process becoming the first Democrat in 30 years to take the statehouse. He captured 53% of the vote in 2002 only two years before John Kerry narrowly lost the state to President Bush...
...HUPA aims to connect undergraduates with professors across the campus, and expose them to research opportunities in the field. This spring term a group of College students will study abroad in Botswana, working with the HSPH Aids Initiative (HAI) and gaining valuable lab experience in the field of HIV/AIDS research. The Botswana-Harvard Partnership has existed since 1996, but this spring marks the first time that research opportunities will be open to undergraduates...
Troy seems to rely on the reader to connect the dots between past experience and present action, or at least to trust that learning about Hillary the first lady is important to understanding her in her current and prospective capacities...