1 00:00:03,904 --> 00:00:11,345 >> THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION WAS PRODUCED IN HIGH DEFINITION BY WEDU -- TAMPA, ST. PETERSBURG, SARASOTA. 2 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:19,186 >> THIS PROGRAM IS UNDERWRITTEN IN PART BY THE HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, A PROUD SUPPORTER OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON WEDU, 3 00:00:19,186 --> 00:00:27,227 INCLUDING "WEDU QUEST." TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, 4 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:35,302 VISIT HELIOS.ORG. A GRANT FROM THE S.L. GIMBEL FOUNDATION ADVISED FUND AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INLAND 5 00:00:35,302 --> 00:00:41,275 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, LEWIS B. AND LOUISE 6 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:49,383 HIRSCHFELD CULLMAN, SUE AND EDGAR WACHENHEIM III, SHAILAJA AND UMESH NAGARKATTE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 7 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:51,451 PARTICIPATING STATIONS. 8 00:00:53,854 --> 00:01:00,193 >> ON THIS EPISODE OF "WEDU QUEST," STUDENTS COMPETE IN A MEMORY TOURNAMENT. >> THE MEMORY TOURNAMENT IS AN 9 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:06,800 ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN SHOW THEIR LONG-TERM MEMORY AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN REMEMBER. >> PROTECTING OUR ECOSYSTEMS 10 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:12,906 FROM INVASIVE SPECIES. >> THE THINGS THAT MAKE FLORIDA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WILL BE ERASED. 11 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:19,613 >> A POTENTIAL CURE FOR COLOR BLINDNESS. >> A VITREORETINAL SURGEON SLIPS THE NEEDLE UNDERNEATH THE RETINA 12 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:25,352 IN ORDER TO TREAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE BACK OF THE EYE. >> AND A COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN TAMPA SUPPORTS THE WHOLE FAMILY. 13 00:01:25,352 --> 00:01:30,090 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT HINDER STUDENT SUCCESS THAT AREN'T IN THE CLASSROOM. 14 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:43,770 [ MUSIC ] >>> WELCOME TO "WEDU QUEST." I'M DR. SHANNON McQUAIG. DO YOU STRUGGLE REMEMBERING 15 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:49,943 NAMES, SIMPLE GROCERY LISTS, OR SHORT NUMBER SEQUENCES? ARE YOU A STUDENT STRUGGLING TO MEMORIZE LARGE AMOUNTS OF 16 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:54,881 MATERIAL? THERE IS HOPE. STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TAMPA BAY MEMORY 17 00:01:54,881 --> 00:01:56,416 TOURNAMENT. 18 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:07,728 >> THIS IS DR. DEXTER FREDERICK, THE CEO OF THE BRAIN EXPANSION AND SCHOLASTIC PROGRAM, OR B.E.S.T., A MEDICAL-BASED 19 00:02:07,728 --> 00:02:15,068 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. >> THE MISSION OF OUR PROGRAM REALLY IS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS 20 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:20,707 GAIN ACCESS AND GAIN INFORMATION, BE NURTURED IN THE PURSUIT OF BECOMING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 21 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:26,980 >> TODAY, DR. FREDERICK IS TEACHING HIS STUDENTS MEMORY TECHNIQUES TO HELP THEM IN THEIR STUDIES AND FOR AN UPCOMING 22 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:35,889 MEMORY TOURNAMENT. >> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE A SESSION WHERE STUDENTS CAN BE OPEN AND 23 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:44,131 UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR BRAIN WORKS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN FASTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND LEARN AT A PACE WHERE IT'S JUST TREMENDOUS, 24 00:02:44,131 --> 00:02:49,703 WHERE THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS AT A HIGH LEVEL. >> 16? >> COFFEE. 25 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:53,140 >> 17? >> TABLE. >> 18? >> CHILD. 26 00:02:53,140 --> 00:02:58,178 >> 19? >> PHONE. >> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO USE AS MANY OF THEIR MENTAL 27 00:02:58,178 --> 00:03:06,620 FACULTIES TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED. SO WHETHER OR NOT WE USE MUSIC, WHETHER OR NOT YOU USE ACTING, WHETHER OR NOT YOU USE THE 28 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:15,462 MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS, THAT IS AMAZINGLY AN IMPORTANT TOOL AND WHERE LEARNING CAN OCCUR. SO WHEN I ASK A STUDENT TO COME 29 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:22,302 FORWARD, THAT IMMEDIATELY KEEPS THE ADRENALINE, PUSHES THE ADRENALINE A LITTLE HIGHER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NERVE FIBERS 30 00:03:22,302 --> 00:03:27,541 ARE EXCITED AND LEARNING CAN OCCUR FASTER. >> OH, EYES. >> APPLE. 31 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,943 >> VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT! 32 00:03:31,011 --> 00:03:37,684 [ MUSIC ] >> AFTER ALL THE TRAINING, THE STUDENTS ARE READY FOR TOURNAMENT DAY. 33 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:43,490 THEY GATHER TO COMPETE AT HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN TAMPA. >> THE MEMORY TOURNAMENT IS AN 34 00:03:43,490 --> 00:03:50,497 ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN SHOW THEIR LONG-TERM MEMORY AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN REMEMBER. >> THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS WITH 35 00:03:50,497 --> 00:03:57,170 MUCH ANTICIPATION AND EXCITEMENT. >> AND WE HAVE DIVIDED IT INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES WHERE THEY 36 00:03:57,170 --> 00:04:04,678 HAVE TO REMEMBER WORDS. THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVEN A LIST OF NUMBERS, AND THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVEN SOME MEDICAL TRIVIA. 37 00:04:08,682 --> 00:04:14,588 YOU'LL HAVE TWO STUDENTS FACING EACH OTHER, OR NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND THERE WILL BE A JUDGE. 38 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:22,162 THEY WILL BE SHOWN A LIST OF WORDS, AND THEY WILL HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO LOOK AT THOSE WORDS, AND USING THE MEMORY 39 00:04:22,162 --> 00:04:29,369 TECHNIQUES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED WITH TO USE, THEY WILL THEN TRY TO RETAIN THAT INFORMATION. 40 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:34,875 PLAYER NUMBER ONE WILL SAY WHAT THE FIRST WORD IS. PLAYER NUMBER TWO WILL THEN SAY WHAT THE SECOND WORD IS. 41 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:41,181 PLAYER NUMBER ONE WILL SAY WHAT THE THIRD WORD IS, ALTERNATING BACK AND FORTH UNTIL ONE ACTUALLY MISSES ONE OF THE 42 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:47,354 WORDS. THEN WE DO THAT WITH NUMBERS. THEY'LL HAVE A LIST OF 20 NUMBERS OR 30 NUMBERS. 43 00:04:47,354 --> 00:04:55,862 >> THE FINAL CONTEST IS MEDICAL TRIVIA. HERE THE STUDENTS WORK IN TEAMS. >> NEXT QUESTION. 44 00:04:55,862 --> 00:05:02,068 >> MANY LIVES WERE CHANGED TODAY. THE WINNER OF THE WORD COMPETITION WAS DESU IMUDIA. 45 00:05:02,068 --> 00:05:08,575 >> HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE B.E.S.T. PROGRAM HAS REALLY HELPED ME WITH BEING MORE CONFIDENT IN MY MEMORIZATION 46 00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:15,215 SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT I DO HAVE A GREAT MEMORY AND SO DOES EVERYBODY ELSE. IT'S JUST THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN 47 00:05:15,215 --> 00:05:20,787 WHICH WE USE IT AND HOW WE FIGURE OUT WE HOW BEST CAN BE ABLE TO MEMORIZE. AND THIS COMPETITION HAS 48 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:27,194 DEFINITELY BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE AND HAS SHOWED ME THAT I AM CAPABLE OF A LOT MORE THINGS THAN I THOUGHT. 49 00:05:27,194 --> 00:05:32,666 >> AND TYLYN THOMAS USED HER TRAINING TO WIN THE NUMBERS COMPETITION. >> IT WAS EASY TO MAKE A STORY 50 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:37,737 OUT OF THEM. AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS HAVE PATTERNS, TOO. SOME OF THEM WOULD BE 43, 44, 51 00:05:37,737 --> 00:05:44,244 AND THEN 33. OR I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP ON 38th STREET AND THEN I GO ON 19th STREET, LIKE I'M DRIVING. 52 00:05:44,244 --> 00:05:51,952 SO MAKING A STORY OUT OF WHAT I'VE HAD. I FELT ACCOMPLISHED AT THE END. I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT MYSELF 53 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:59,125 THAT MY BRAIN FUNCTIONED TO GO THIS LONG WITH THE NUMBERS. >> LUKE DETLOR LED THE WINNING TEAM IN THE BRAIN BOWL. 54 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:05,031 HE FOUND THE B.E.S.T. PROGRAM OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE. >> NOT ONLY DOES IT TEACH YOU FACTS ABOUT ANATOMY AND HOW TO 55 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:12,172 BE ETHICAL IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU SKILLS FOR MEMORY AND NOTE-TAKING. AND THESE SKILLS CAN BE APPLIED 56 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:16,910 TO ANYTHING THAT YOU SET YOUR MIND TO. WE ALSO HAD SOMETHING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME AND THAT 57 00:06:16,910 --> 00:06:21,248 IS THAT WE AFFIRMED OURSELVES EVERY TIME WE BEGAN A MEMORY EXERCISE. >> I HAVE GREAT MEMORY. 58 00:06:21,248 --> 00:06:27,721 I HAVE POWERFUL MEMORY. I HAVE A MEMORY SYSTEM. >> VERY GOOD. GO B.E.S.T. TAMPA, RIGHT! 59 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:33,660 >> I THINK THAT THAT TAUGHT US CONFIDENCE, AND THAT CONFIDENCE, I THINK, IS KEY TO HAVING A GREAT MEMORY AND TO BE ABLE TO 60 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:40,467 EXPAND IT AS FAR AS WE CAN. >> THIS IS SOMETHING ANYONE CAN DO NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND. 61 00:06:40,467 --> 00:06:50,744 >> IF WE CAN ALLOW STUDENTS IN THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES AND FLORIDA TO BE, NUMBER ONE, EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING AND FEEL 62 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:58,418 VERY CONFIDENT IN WHATEVER THEIR FIELD OF STUDY IS, THAT'S EXCITING. >> THE BENEFITS OF EXPANDING 63 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:03,590 YOUR MEMORY SKILLS ARE VAST. >> DID YOU MAKE UP A STORY? >> YEAH, I MADE A STORY. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR STORY 64 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:09,262 ABOUT THE GIFT. >> MY LIFE PHILOSOPHY IS TO USE MY INFLUENCE TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. 65 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:17,504 AND IF I CAN DO THAT AND HELP SOME STUDENTS AND HELP MAYBE ONE DAY A DOCTOR OR A NURSE THAT I TRAINED THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF 66 00:07:17,504 --> 00:07:24,878 ME AND SAVE MY LIFE, THAT WOULD BE JUST A JOY. AND THEN TO RAISE A NEW GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE 67 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:29,516 PROVIDERS THAT ARE COMPASSIONATE, KIND, LOVING, AND HAVE A GREAT MEMORY. 68 00:07:32,085 --> 00:07:33,853 >> QUEST FOR MEMORY AT: 69 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:45,765 >>> INVASIVE SPECIES COME IN MANY FORMS AND ARE A COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT PROBLEM. MITIGATING THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE 70 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:51,304 ISN'T EASY, BUT SCIENTISTS ARE FINDING THAT IT IS ACHIEVABLE AS LONG AS EVERYONE DOES THEIR PART. 71 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:53,073 HERE'S THE STORY. 72 00:07:54,841 --> 00:08:01,147 >> INVASIVE SPECIES. IT MAY SOUND LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE, BUT THEY ARE VERY REAL. 73 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:07,253 >> THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF INVASIVE SPECIES. ONE WOULD BE A NATIVE AND THE OTHER WOULD BE AN EXOTIC. 74 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:13,393 EXOTIC INVASIVES ARE THE ONES THAT COME FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE, GET INOCULATED INTO AN AREA BECAUSE WE PLANTED THEM OR 75 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:19,165 INTRODUCED THEM SOMEHOW, AND THEN EVENTUALLY JUST KEEP GROWING SO MUCH THAT THEY START SHOVING OUT OF THE SPECIES. 76 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:25,538 WE WANT TO MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY. THE EXOTICS MAKE THINGS LOOK MORE HOMOGENEOUS. 77 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:31,411 >> IN SOUTH FLORIDA, GIANT AFRICAN SNAILS HAVE BECOME A MAJOR CONCERN. >> THE BIGGEST SNAIL WE 78 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:36,616 FOUND HERE IT WAS CLOSE TO SEVEN INCHES. >> THE SNAILS THREATEN NATIVE SPECIES BECAUSE OF THEIR 79 00:08:36,616 --> 00:08:44,491 VORACIOUS APPETITE. THEY FEAST ON AT LEAST 500 PLANT SPECIES AND THEIR ABILITY TO RAPIDLY REPRODUCE. 80 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:52,499 >> IN SEPTEMBER 2014, ONLY IN ONE HOUSE WE FOUND MORE THAN 4,000 SNAILS. >> THEY ALSO POSE A THREAT 81 00:08:52,499 --> 00:08:58,004 TO PEOPLE. >> THE HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH THREAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE CDC, THE PRESENCE OF 82 00:08:58,004 --> 00:09:04,778 ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A VERY RARE FORM OF MENINGITIS. AND THERE IS NO CURE FOR THAT. 83 00:09:04,778 --> 00:09:12,085 >> OFTEN, IT'S ANIMALS THAT GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. INVASIVE SPECIES, LIKE NILE MONITOR LIZARDS, BURMESE 84 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:19,626 PYTHONS, AND LIONFISH ARE WELL KNOWN TO MANY FLORIDIANS. BUT EVEN BENIGN LOOKING PLANTS CAN POSE SERIOUS THREATS TO OUR 85 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:25,932 NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS. >> THIS PLANT RIGHT HERE IS BRAZILIAN PEPPER. IT'S IN AMONG SOME OTHER TREES, 86 00:09:25,932 --> 00:09:31,037 OAKS, ET CETERA. I'M NOT TOUCHING IT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I MIGHT REACT VERY MUCH LIKE PEOPLE REACT WITH 87 00:09:31,037 --> 00:09:36,609 POISON IVY. THIS IS ON THE EDGE OF A WETLAND, AND IT IS A RATHER NICE CYPRESS DOME. 88 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:41,314 I'M THINKING IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WETLAND. THE PROBLEM IS THAT BRAZILIAN PEPPER GROWS WELL ON THE EDGE OF 89 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:47,754 THOSE WET SOILS AND EVENTUALLY WILL CROWD OUT A LOT OF THE OTHER PLANTS HERE AND TAKE OVER THIS SPACE. 90 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:53,126 ALSO NOTICE IT'S A FAIRLY EMPTY ZONE RIGHT HERE. THAT MIGHT VERY WELL BE DUE TO THE CHEMICAL RAIN THAT COMES 91 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:59,032 DOWN FROM THIS PLANT THAT INHIBITS OTHER PLANTS. >> THE BRAZILIAN PEPPER TREE WAS BROUGHT TO THE U.S. AS A NURSERY 92 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:05,438 PLANT IN THE 19th CENTURY, BUT IT LONG AGO ESCAPED BACKYARDS AND HAS THRIVED IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. 93 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:12,045 >> IT'S OVER 700,000 ACRES, PROBABLY MORE LIKE 750,000 ACRES NOW THAT IS OCCUPIED BY BRAZILIAN PEPPER. 94 00:10:12,045 --> 00:10:18,618 AND THAT'S VERY COMPARABLE TO THE COMBINED TWO COUNTIES OF ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. >> AS WITH MANY INVASIVES, 95 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:24,724 ERADICATING BRAZILIAN PEPPER IS A DIFFICULT TASK. >> TO GET RID OF THIS MEANS YOU HAVE TO COME IN HERE AND CUT 96 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:31,698 THIS, PROBABLY DRAG THOSE BRANCHES OUT OF HERE, VERY CAREFULLY CLOTHED SO YOU'RE NOT BREAKING OUT IN A RASH FROM THIS 97 00:10:31,698 --> 00:10:37,403 CHEMICAL, BUT THEN IT USUALLY REQUIRES SOME FOLLOW UP BECAUSE IT CAN RESPROUT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE 98 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:43,576 WILL DO IS TO TREAT THAT STUMP WITH A CHEMICAL. THAT REQUIRES SOME TRAINING AND SOME PERMITS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T 99 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:49,782 NECESSARILY JUST SPRAY THE STUFF INTO A WETLAND. >> PREVENTION IS OFTEN A MUCH CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE, BUT IT 100 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:56,389 REQUIRES THE EFFORT OF MANY INDIVIDUALS. >> THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER CAN -- JUST THINK ABOUT THE KINDS OF 101 00:10:56,389 --> 00:11:01,661 PLANTS THAT THEY MIGHT BE PLANTING IN THE YARD, THE ONES THAT WOULD GROW TOO FAST AND SPREAD TOO FAR. 102 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:07,233 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THE ANIMALS THAT WE CHOOSE TO OWN AS PETS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE 103 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:14,807 ANIMALS WHEN WE'RE TIRED OF FEEDING THESE LARGE THINGS. >> INVASIVE SPECIES CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT, 104 00:11:14,807 --> 00:11:20,580 ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY THREATEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. BUT THEY THREATEN SOMETHING EVEN MORE PRECIOUS TO MANY 105 00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:26,519 FLORIDIANS. >> WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT OUR WORLD TO LOOK LIKE? 106 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:32,659 AND HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT WORLD? WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH ARE WE WISHING TO RETAIN SOME OF 107 00:11:32,659 --> 00:11:37,997 THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND VALUABLE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THINKING ABOUT MOVING TO FLORIDA OR WHEN WE HAD FAMILIES THAT 108 00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:43,069 GREW UP HERE. THE THINGS THAT MAKE FLORIDA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WILL BE KIND OF 109 00:11:43,069 --> 00:11:49,442 SMUDGED AND ERASED BY INVASIVE SPECIES FROM LOTS OF OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT SHOW UP HERE. SO WE WILL LOSE THIS UNIQUE 110 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:53,179 CORNER OF THE WORLD. THAT SHOULD MATTER TO US FUNDAMENTALLY. 111 00:11:54,747 --> 00:11:56,683 >> QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE AT: 112 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:11,030 >> AS THE MOST COMMON GENETIC DISORDER WORLDWIDE, COLOR BLINDNESS AFFECTS ROUGHLY 1 IN 12 MEN AND 1 IN 200 WOMEN, 113 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:16,970 THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WHOM HAVE TROUBLE PERCEIVING RED AND GREEN. AFTER A DECADE OF GROUNDWORK, 114 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:23,943 VISIONARY RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MAY HAVE FINALLY CREATED A CURE FOR THE COLOR BLINDNESS BLUES. 115 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:35,655 >> THIS IS SAM. HE'S A PRETTY SPECIAL MONKEY. YOU SEE, UNLIKE ALL OTHER MALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS, SAM CAN SEE 116 00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:42,862 THE COLOR RED AND HAPPILY PROVES IT IN EXCHANGE FOR A SUGAR PALLET. >> AND SQUIRREL MONKEYS, ALL THE 117 00:12:42,862 --> 00:12:48,234 MALES HAVE COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY, SO THEY ARE ALL COLOR BLIND. >> BUT NOT SAM HERE, WHOSE 118 00:12:48,234 --> 00:12:54,374 ABILITY TO SMUSH HIS FACE AGAINST THE PINK DOTS ON A TOUCH SCREEN REPRESENTS A CULMINATION OF COLOR VISION RESEARCH BY 119 00:12:54,374 --> 00:13:03,016 JAY AND MAUREEN NEITZ. >> MAUREEN IS A GENETICIST AND GENETIC ENGINEER, AND I'M A NEUROSCIENTIST. 120 00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:08,955 AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER OUR EXPERTISE. >> NOT TO BRING MALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS UP TO PAR WITH FEMALES. 121 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:14,494 >> OUR WHOLE GOAL WAS EVENTUALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN PEOPLE. >> COLOR-BLIND PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM MIGHT BE GREEN WITH ENVY 122 00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:21,267 WATCHING A MONKEY SEE RED. THERE ARE A LOT OF MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT COLOR BLINDNESS. 123 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:29,142 >> OH, YOU MUST SEE ONLY IN BLACK AND WHITE, LIKE A BLACK-AND-WHITE TELEVISION, BUT ALMOST EVERYBODY WHO'S 124 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:35,348 COLOR BLIND IS NOT COMPLETELY COLOR BLIND. >> 99% OF COLOR-BLIND PEOPLE HAVE THE RED-GREEN VARIETY, 125 00:13:35,348 --> 00:13:39,585 WHICH DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T SEE RED OR GREEN. THEY JUST EXPERIENCE RED OR GREEN DIFFERENTLY FROM 126 00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:45,024 NORMAL PEOPLE. AND THIS SMALL GAP IN THE COLOR SPECTRUM CONTAINS EVEN THE MOST BASIC EXPERIENCES. 127 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:53,332 >> A RED PEPPER AND A GREEN PEPPER ALMOST LOOK IDENTICAL. A GREEN BANANA AND A YELLOW BANANA, AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY, 128 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:59,205 VERY HARD TO TELL. >> A SIMILAR FRUSTRATION CAN OCCUR AT THE BUTCHER'S COUNTER. >> A COLOR-BLIND PERSON IS 129 00:13:59,205 --> 00:14:07,313 PRETTY LOST AT BEING ABLE TO TELL THE NICE BRIGHT RED MEATS USING THEIR COLOR VISION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN'T 130 00:14:07,313 --> 00:14:15,354 BE USDA MEAT INSPECTOR UNLESS YOU HAVE PERFECT COLOR VISION. >> OTHER JOBS ARE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 131 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:20,960 >> PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PILOT OR THEY WANT TO BE A NURSE. A NURSE CANNOT REALLY BE COLOR BLIND. 132 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:27,266 THERE'S ALL THOSE PILLS THAT ARE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS. IF THE PATIENT IS TURNING BLUE OR FLUSHED AND THEY ARE RED. 133 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:32,672 >> OR IF YOU ARE A COLOR-BLIND VIDEOGRAPHER TRYING TO A MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT COLOR VISION. >> IT MAKES YOUR LIFE 134 00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:39,812 EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. >> PREACH ON, DR. NEITZ. >> OH, HONEY, LET'S TAKE A VACATION TO VERMONT AND SEE THE 135 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:45,785 BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN COLORS. YOU KNOW, THE SUNSET. OH, SWEETHEART, ISN'T IT SO ROMANTIC? 136 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:51,057 THE COLOR OF THE SKY LOOKS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. >> YOU CAN START TO SEE WHY 1 IN 12 MEN OR 1 IN 200 WOMEN 137 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:59,198 AFFECTED BY THE DISORDER MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A CURE. >> SO IN 1999, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GIVE IT A SHOT AND TRY 138 00:14:59,198 --> 00:15:06,873 TO SEE IF WE COULD DO THE CURE. >> EASIER SAID THAN DONE. COLOR BLIND ISN'T AN ILLNESS. IT'S 100% GENETIC. 139 00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:13,679 >> RIGHT. >> SO THAT -- WELL, THAT -- >> LET'S BACK UP FOR A SECOND. AT THE BACK OF YOUR EYE IS 140 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:19,552 YOUR RETINA. AND INSIDE THAT ARE THREE TYPES OF PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS CALLED CONES. 141 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:25,825 >> THERE'S ONE MORE SENSITIVE TO RED, ONE MORE SENSITIVE TO BLUE, AND ONE MORE SENSITIVE TO GREEN. >> AND EACH OF THESE CONES AND 142 00:15:25,825 --> 00:15:32,498 THEIR CORRESPONDING PIGMENTS ARE ENCODED BY SPECIFIC GENES. >> SO HUMANS AND OTHER OLD-WORLD PRIMATES HAVE TWO GENES ON THE 143 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:37,904 X CHROMOSOME THAT ENCODE VISUAL PIGMENTS. ONE ENCODES THE RED-CONE PIGMENT AND THE OTHER ONE ENCODES 144 00:15:37,904 --> 00:15:46,712 GREEN-CONE PIGMENT. >> BUT IF YOU'RE COLOR BLIND -- >> ONLY ONE TYPE, RED OR GREEN, IS EXPRESSED. 145 00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:52,852 >> FINDING THAT FAULTY GENE WAS RELATIVELY SIMPLE. REPLACING THOSE GENES INSIDE THE CONE CELLS WITH THE RIGHT GENES, 146 00:15:52,852 --> 00:15:58,524 WELL, THAT'S A BIT TRICKIER. >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME WAY OF DELIVERING A GENE TO THE CELLS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TREAT AND 147 00:15:58,524 --> 00:16:05,064 NOT INTO OTHER CELLS. >> FORTUNATELY, NATURE HAS CRAFTED A REALLY POWERFUL METHOD OF FORCING DNA INTO A VERY 148 00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:07,800 SPECIFIC CELL -- A VIRUS. 149 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:14,674 >> THE VIRUS THAT WE USE IS CALLED ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS, AND PEOPLE CALL IT AAV. ITS MAIN ADVANTAGE IS THAT YOU 150 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:17,910 DON'T GET AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST THE VIRUS. 151 00:16:17,944 --> 00:16:23,382 >> SO WHILE RESEARCHING HOW TO LOAD THE THERAPEUTIC GENE INTO THE VIRUS, THE NEITZS TRAINED A PAIR OF COLOR-BLIND 152 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:30,590 MALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS, SAM AND DALTON, TO TAKE A COLOR BLINDNESS TEST. >> EVERY SINGLE MORNING, THE 153 00:16:30,590 --> 00:16:34,861 MONKEYS WAKE UP, AND BEFORE THEY HAVE BREAKFAST THEY GO, OKAY, IT'S TIME TO HAVE OUR COLOR VISION TESTED. 154 00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:41,801 AND THE MONKEY IS TRAINED TO TOUCH THE PLACE WHERE THEY SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT COLOR BLOB. AND THEN THEY GET A TREAT. 155 00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:48,007 THEY CAN BE MOST EFFICIENT AND GET THE MOST REWARDS IF THEY JUST TOUCH WITH THEIR NOSE AND THEN THEY GET DOWN AND GET THEIR 156 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:53,880 LITTLE TREAT. >> AND JUST TO BE THOROUGH -- >> WE ALSO RAN UNTREATED ANIMALS. 157 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:59,518 YOU KNOW, OCCASIONALLY THEY MIGHT JUST BY CHANCE TOUCH THE RIGHT SPOT. BUT OVER TRIALS YOU KNOW THEY 158 00:16:59,518 --> 00:17:04,724 CAN ONLY REALLY GET IT RIGHT ALL THE TIME IF THEY HAVE NORMAL COLOR VISION. >> ONCE THE MONKEYS WERE TRAINED 159 00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:11,130 AND THE VIRUS WAS READY, SAM AND DALTON UNDERWENT A FAIRLY ELABORATE PROCEDURE. >>> A VITREORETINAL SURGEON 160 00:17:11,130 --> 00:17:16,903 SLIPS THE NEEDLE UNDERNEATH THE RETINA. THEN THE FLUID IS INFUSED IN ORDER TO TREAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE 161 00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:21,908 BACK OF THE EYE. >> IT WASN'T IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS THAT IT WORKED. >> AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG 162 00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:29,048 IT WAS GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR AFTER THE PIGMENT WAS EXPRESSED ROBUSTLY. >> NOW WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND 163 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:36,656 YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ANIMALS, IT'S SO DRAMATIC. IT'S AN AMAZING THING. AND IT AMAZED US. 164 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:42,795 >> ALTHOUGH THE FDA HAS YET TO APPROVE THE PROCEDURE FOR HUMAN TRIALS, RECENTLY THE NEITZS HAVE DEVELOPED A ONE-SHOT VERSION OF 165 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:48,801 THE CURE. >> IT'S LIKE AN EVERYDAY SHOT THAT WOULD TAKE ONE SECOND, JUST A SHOT RIGHT INTO THE EYE. 166 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:54,974 >> AND WHILE GETTING A SHOT IN YOUR EYE SOUNDS TERRIFYING TO SOME, IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR LIVING OUT A DREAM OR 167 00:17:54,974 --> 00:18:01,747 GETTING TO SEE A SUNSET IN ALL ITS GLORY OR MAYBE JUST NOT LEAVING YOUR HOUSE DRESSED LIKE THIS. 168 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:05,284 >> QUEST FOR CLARITY AT: 169 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:14,293 >>> SCHOOLS IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SPECIAL CHALLENGES. ONE SCHOOL IN FLORIDA IS TAKING 170 00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:20,366 A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HELP STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND THEIR MISSION IS SIMPLE: 171 00:18:20,366 --> 00:18:24,403 PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY MEANS BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE STUDENTS. 172 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:34,480 >> COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE AN INNOVATIVE PRACTICE. IT IS A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN DONE INTERNATIONALLY. 173 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:39,785 IN THE UNITED STATES, WE HAD A MODEL STARTED BY THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY IN NEW YORK. BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING 174 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:45,491 COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TOGETHER TO HELP IN SCHOOLS OF HIGH NEED. >> THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL 175 00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:52,031 HAS BEEN IN THE U.S. FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THIS YEAR, THE CONCEPT COMES TO THE BAY AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME 176 00:18:52,031 --> 00:18:59,772 TO MORT ELEMENTARY IN TAMPA. MORT'S INITIAL START WITH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS. 177 00:18:59,772 --> 00:19:06,512 >> AT MORT WE HAVE EIGHT CORE PARTNERS, SO WE HAVE A LEAD SOCIAL SERVICE NONPROFIT THAT IS CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY. 178 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:12,952 WE HAVE A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER THAT IS TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS. WE HAVE A UNIVERSITY PARTNER, 179 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:19,558 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOUR CORE PARTNERS, WE ARE ALSO 180 00:19:19,558 --> 00:19:25,264 BRINGING IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE TAMPA INNOVATION ALLIANCE, 181 00:19:25,264 --> 00:19:30,770 VAN DYKE CHURCH AND FLORIDA HOSPITAL. AND SO EACH OF THESE EIGHT PARTNERS HAVE MADE A 25-YEAR 182 00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:38,110 COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> MANY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE 183 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:45,284 TO STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, INCLUDING EDUCATION-BASED PARENTING CLASSES. >> THE CLASS IS FACILITATED 184 00:19:45,284 --> 00:19:52,792 THROUGH THE HISPANIC SERVICES COUNCIL, AND IT'S CALLED LA RED DE PADRES ACTIVOS. IT'S ENTIRELY TAUGHT IN SPANISH. 185 00:19:52,792 --> 00:20:00,933 BUT THE GOAL IS TO GET OUR PARENTS ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN SCHOOLS. AND SO EACH WEEK THEY TALK ABOUT 186 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:05,071 DIFFERENT ISSUES. THIS IS WHAT THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IS. THIS IS WHAT THE ROLE OF THE 187 00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:09,542 SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS. THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL. THIS IS HOW YOU CAN FOLLOW THROUGH ON DIFFERENT THINGS. 188 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:15,014 THIS IS HOW YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR THESE ARE YOUR RIGHTS AS PARENTS. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TRAINING 189 00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:20,853 CLASS FOR THE SPANISH-SPEAKING PARENTS AT MORT. PRINCIPAL WOODLAND JOHNSON IS THERE TO WELCOME THEM TO A NEW 190 00:20:20,853 --> 00:20:27,993 YEAR AT THE SCHOOL. >> HAVE WORKED FOR OVER A YEAR TO GET OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL UP AND GET OUR NEW PARENT RESOURCE 191 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:35,234 CENTER UP AND READY. >> IT TOOK 18 MONTHS OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION TO GET HERE. >> A LOT OF FUND-RAISING, 192 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:42,741 A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF WORKING AT GETTING PARTNERS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS TO REALLY BELIEVE IN 193 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:49,348 THE PROCESS, TO BELIEVE IN THE VISION OF WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY AREA 194 00:20:49,348 --> 00:20:56,922 COMMUNITY WHICH THE MORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS IN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND WHY WE WANT 195 00:20:56,922 --> 00:21:04,230 TO BE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL. >> THE SCHOOL ALSO PROVIDES EMERGENCY SUPPORT AS NEEDED. >> WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE 196 00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:10,169 GOTTEN UP AND RUNNING OUR FOOD PANTRY. WE HAVE A LARGE FOOD PANTRY THAT WE HAVE THROUGH OUTSIDE 197 00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:16,041 DONATIONS AS WELL AS THROUGH PUBLIX CHARITIES, WHICH IS SUPPORTING US. WE ALSO HAVE A CLOTHES CLOSET 198 00:21:16,041 --> 00:21:22,381 WHERE WE HAVE CLOTHES THAT WE HELP FAMILIES WITH AS WELL. >> CHANGES ALSO CAME TO MANY OF THE CLASSROOMS HERE. 199 00:21:22,381 --> 00:21:29,088 >> WE'VE GOT NEW FURNITURE IN SOME OF OUR CLASSROOMS WITH WRITE-ON DESKS AND TABLES THAT MOVE WITH WHEELS SO THEY CAN 200 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:35,227 REARRANGE THE CLASSROOM AT THE DROP OF A HAT, AS WELL AS WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY. WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP WITH 201 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:42,768 PROMETHEAN TECHNOLOGY IN WHICH WE HAVE PUT LARGE WALLBOARDS WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE VERY INTERACTIVE. 202 00:21:42,768 --> 00:21:48,674 THEY ARE CONNECTED TO COMPUTERS. WE HAVE GOTTEN ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTERS FOR ALMOST ALL OF OUR THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH 203 00:21:48,674 --> 00:21:53,479 GRADERS. >> ONE OF THOSE FIFTH GRADERS IS RYLEE BOUCHER. SHE'S ALSO ACTIVE IN THE SCHOOL 204 00:21:53,479 --> 00:22:01,220 AS A STUDENT LEADER. THE STUDENTS ARE GROUPED INTO DIFFERENT HOUSES, AND THEY WORK AS A TEAM TO WIN REWARDS. 205 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:07,960 >> SO MY ROLE AT THE STUDENT COUNCIL IS AS PRESIDENT OF THE BLUE HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF COURAGE, PART OF MY ROLE, I HAVE 206 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:15,901 TO LEAD THE STUDENTS, HAVE THEM SHOW COURAGE, JUST BE MORE COURAGEOUS IN THE ACTS THEY DO AT SCHOOL AND TO GET THEM TO 207 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:22,908 HAVE THE BEHAVIOR, BE HERE ON TIME. EVERY TIME A STUDENT IS ON TIME AND THEY SHOW GOOD BEHAVIOR 208 00:22:22,908 --> 00:22:28,247 THEY'LL GET A POINT FOR THE HOUSE. AND THE HOUSE THAT HAS THE MOST POINTS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 209 00:22:28,247 --> 00:22:37,089 THEY WILL WIN A PARTY. MY GOAL IS TO HELP STUDENTS IN MY HOUSE EARN THAT PARTY. IT TAKES A LOT OF TEAMWORK TO 210 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:44,430 RUN A HOUSE, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF REWARDS IN OUR HOUSE IF STUDENTS ARE DOING GOOD, BUT THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO EARN THOSE 211 00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:51,804 REWARDS. >> WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT SO UNIQUE IS THE GOAL TO GO FAR BEYOND THE THREE- TO FIVE-YEAR 212 00:22:51,804 --> 00:23:00,613 FUNDING CYCLE OF MOST GRANTS. PARTNERS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A 25-YEAR COMMITMENT. >> WITH THIS 25-YEAR COMMITMENT, 213 00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:05,885 EACH OF THE PARTNERS ARE SAYING WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A GENERATION. SO EVEN WHEN THE GRANT RUNS OUT 214 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:11,590 IN ONE YEAR, THREE YEARS, OR FIVE YEARS, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THESE 215 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:18,163 PROJECTS. >> ONE SUCH PARTNER IS THE TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS. THEIR CEO, CHARLIE BOTTOMS, IS 216 00:23:18,163 --> 00:23:27,706 ALL IN. >> THIS IS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT WAS NEW TO ME. 217 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:35,014 AND IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY NEEDS INVOLVEMENT IN THERE. AND SO IT ONLY MADE A NATURAL 218 00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:45,324 PARTNERSHIP FOR US TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL AND PROVIDE HEALTH CARE ON-SITE TO THE STUDENTS, ABOUT 840 PLUS, AS WELL AS THE 219 00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:51,897 PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT IS SURROUNDING HERE. >> THESE EFFORTS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE MORT ELEMENTARY 220 00:23:51,897 --> 00:24:00,239 COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME. >> I REALLY BELIEVE IN COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER TO HELP FIX PROBLEMS, THAT IT'S NOT 221 00:24:00,239 --> 00:24:05,944 A TAP-DOWN APPROACH, BUT A GROUND-UP APPROACH AND BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS A VOICE. 222 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:11,216 IT'S THE SCHOOLS, IT'S THE BUSINESS PARTNERS, IT'S THE RESIDENTS, IT'S THE CHURCHES, IT'S EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER 223 00:24:11,216 --> 00:24:20,059 TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY. >> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 224 00:24:20,059 --> 00:24:26,498 GOING TO HELP OUR CHILDREN TO SUCCEED AND BE PREPARED FOR LIFE, TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT, TO GET JOBS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, 225 00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:33,038 WITHIN THE INNOVATE DISTRICT HERE IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA, AND THAT'S A BIG PIECE FOR 25 YEARS FROM NOW. 226 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:38,544 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOYS AND GIRLS ARE COMING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY ARE GIVING BACK, THAT THEY HAVE 227 00:24:38,544 --> 00:24:42,881 JOBS, THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 228 00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:49,188 >> 24% OF CHILDREN IN FLORIDA LIVE IN POVERTY. 229 00:24:52,758 --> 00:24:59,098 >> AND THAT WRAPS UP THIS EPISODE OF "WEDU QUEST." 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