Never Too Young To Make A Difference: Brittany Wenger

Brittany Wenger, a freshman at Duke University, is transforming cancer diagnostics with her breakthrough innovations for Breast Cancer and MLL Leukemia. Innovating with Artifical Intelligence and Neural Networks, Brittany shows us all that following your passions - at any age - can lead to life-transforming breakthroughs.

A freshman and AB Scholar at Duke University, Brittany Wenger is dual majoring in biology and computer science and conducting research in an epigenetic ovarian cancer lab. Wenger began studying neural networks when she was in the seventh grade. And in 2012, she won the grand prize of the second Google Science Fair for her project, "Global Neural Network Cloud Service for Breast Cancer." Brittany's resulting Cloud4Cancer service aids in early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. And because it is delivered as a cloud service, Cloud4Cancer is built to support usage by every hospital in the world. Recently, Cloud4Cancer has been extended to manage leukemia diagnostics. Not only detecting aggressive cancers, it can also recommend which proteins may be candidates for drug targeting in the future.

Salvation Army Today - January 16, 2014

Powerful storm in Tonga...Inside a High Council...A Pledge to Reduce Poverty

Check Out Yippie Yogurt And The Youth Job Training Program!

FAIRFIELD – Yippie Foundation is now accepting applications for their next eleven month job Yippie Yogurt Youth Job Training Program which includes three months of job readiness training, a six month paid internship at the Yippie Yogurt® Training Center, mentoring and two months of job placement support.  Applicants must be 16-24 years of age, live or attend school in Fairfield or Suisun and be low-income.  Applications are available on www.YippieYogurt.org or at Yippie Yogurt® located at 1955 West Texas Street, #4 in Fairfield, 94533.  Applications must be turned in or mailed to Yippie Yogurt® by Friday, January 24 by 5:00 PM

The Yippie Foundation is a local 501 (c) 3 nonprofit whose mission is to provide students with valuable job readiness skills, food handler’s license, CPR certificate and first aid certificate, mentoring, work experience at the Yippie Yogurt Shop, job placement and hope.  The goal is that each Yippie graduate will be employed within two months of graduation while remaining in school.  Yippie graduates have a competitive edge in the entry-level career job market and are getting jobs at The Home Depot, Costco, The Jelly Belly Factory and more.  For more information, visit www.YippieYogurt.org or call 707-208-0853.

Salvation Army Today - 01.09.2014 - Bitter Cold, Mary Rice Hopkins, Fami...

Record Breaking Temperatures...Mary Rice Hopkins & Puppets with a Heart... A Family Store Fire

Love Is All | Playing For Change

To celebrate the launch of the new PFC website (http://playingforchange.com) we invite you to view this new Song Around The World of children across the globe performing "Love Is All". Turn it up, spread it around and lets make the world a better place one heart and one song at a time...

This video was produced in partnership with Okaïdi childrens clothing stores. Okaidi designed a special line of PFC T-Shirts to be sold in over 700 Okaïdi stores worldwide this holiday season. Okaïdi has committed 1 euro per T-Shirt sold to go to supporting the PFC Musicians and PFC Foundation's music education programs. We thank them for their generous support of the Playing For Change Movement!

A Song by Roger Glover , 1974.

What makes us feel good about our work? - Dan Ariely

What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our work. (Filmed at TEDxRiodelaPlata.)

Salvation Army Today - 01.02.2014 - Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Doug Holiday's dying wish to ring the bell for The Salvation Army, The Wall Street Journal publishes an interesting article on the variety of Red Kettle donations, and the beautiful country of Kenya.