Tackling Teen Substance Abuse, One Kid, One Family, One Tablet At A Time For Drug-Free Kids.

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids has been working hard to reduce teen substance abuse. The initiative is also aiding families impacted by addiction.  The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids is a family-focused nonprofit that help families prevent and cope with teen drug and alcohol abuse by providing resources and direct support.
Sometimes it is hard for families to manage these as the environment has changed much since the parents were teens, both positively and negatively. So reaching out via web and mobile devices takes major part in the project.

Google joined hands with Drug-Free Kids and providing much needed help in the form of  online content and tools. By having information at hand, people will be able to prevent the problems ever from happening and in the unfortunate side, once in the mire of drugs, to get out of it.
So far Google has funded search advertising campaigns, helped develop a mobile app with substance abuse-related information. Also improved Drug-Free Kids website, and revamping of its YouTube channel is in the works. 
On the other hand, Google is helping the process by other means, like efforts of fighting rogue online pharmacies, one of the sources for prescription drugs. This year Google has removed more than 7 million these types of ads.
The Medicine Abuse Project, is bringing together people from all works of the path, parents, educators, health care providers, communities, and law enforcement to help prevent teens from abusing substances like prescription drugs and even the over-the-counter cough medicine. 

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids via Google

Want To Send Grandma To Washington?

Man I laughed like, till tears, were coming out.
"I don't feel like how they look to me!", One GrandMa said!
Wish My GrandMa As sweet as she is would go to Washington!.

Senate Votes Down Keystone Oil Pipeline Construction

The U.S. Senate narrowly voted down construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline bill with a vote of 59-41 on Tuesday, falling one vote shy of the threshold. The pipeline would carry petroleum from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries,with no real benefit to Americans.

Will You Risk Your Life For School?

For kids all over the world risk their lives, some everyday, to go to school and get educated. It just is very hard to understand, value of education when it is provided to us so easily. I love this photo because, I could see the determination, in those eyes, I do not know what is in her heart. There are many more, heart breaking images, just like this at Lifehack. Happy schooling.

Alan Turing, “You deserved so much better.”

Benedict Cumberbatch (right) as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.

Did you know;

"Alan Turing was a gay person, and in 1952 the government had convicted him for violating the existing laws against expressing homosexuality. It stripped him of his security clearance and even demanded his castration. The prosecution led Turing to kill himself in 1954. He was 41 years old."

“You deserved so much better.”
I did not know. I knew about Alan Turing and ever since has been intrigued by the Turing machine. Knew about his great feats in solving the German Cyphers, Enigma Code, during the World War II.
But to read the above sentence, made me ashamed in first place for not knowing about the heinous treatment one my hero's has received from his own government, supposedly a country of gentlemen and ladies. Sometimes we spend years reading learning about a persons work, without paying much attention to the person himself. I even wrote about Mr. Turing on this blog.Secondly I am ashamed that we live in a society that chemically castrates people because they are gay (This happened in 1954 or there about, not very far from today.)
But I am very happy that there are people, like Graham-Cumming, who seek justice and obtaining the apology from the British government.
I am relieved that I learned about this before, I saw the movie, The Imitation Game.
Read how Graham-Cumming, silently, calmly and intelligently achieved the task, an apology fron British government, on BackChannel.

The Concert For Valor

The Concert for Valor is live now on HBO and also online. Support the veterans!
Salute to our Veterans with #TheConcertForValor live NOW on @HBO or free online: http://www.theconcertforvalor.com/ 

How To Love, Everyone, Even Senator Cruz.!

There isn't a person you wouldn't love if you could read their story!
Andy Grammer

Senator Ted Cruz, Made Me Love Oatmeal!

I do not like Oatmeal, the food kind, but today I can very happily say Senator Ted Cruz made me fall in love with Oatmeal, Netneutrality.

People, Elecronic Payments And Digital Markets.

Alberto Jimenez, director of mobile payments at IBM has written an article on TechCrunch, that explains the implications of electronic payments. Ability to generate money related requirements in the society today, like banking, Credit or simple recognition can change lives. But it will have a far wider implications than just opening a bank account. It can open up doors to larger markets for people in both developed and emerging markets.
Jimenez summerizes his thoughts with;

In summary, electronic payments can both accelerate traditional financial inclusion but also open access to relevant services that meet real needs and, more importantly in low-income segments, create new opportunities to generate income.

Jimenez, Alberto @ TechCrunch

Fox News Really Shines!

What do correspondents for Fox Business do when they are not analyzing Wall Street on television? If it is Fox’s Charlie Gasparino, he will rip CNBC’s Ron Insana, apart on Twitter over something as innocuous as a magazine ad. Like to see what Fox does, I guess nothing :0 It's Fox.
Mediaite

How Google Works!, Coaching Helps.

In their new book How Google Works, Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg share the lessons they learned over the course of a decade running Google.

Natalia "Saw Lady" Paruz, A Pleasent Soul.

Time to time, you come across some people, you want to see, hear again. And the Saw Lady is one of them.
Here she is (You can also find her at sawlady.com);

Dan Ha, A San Francisco Based Engineer, Has Been Missing Since Halloween.

Dan Ha, an iOS developer at a San Francisco startup called Metromile, has been missing for almost a week.
If you have any information whatsoever about Dan’s whereabouts, please contact the SFPD at 415-553-1373, and use this case number: 140937521. And, particularly if you live in the San Francisco area, please share his description on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 
Via Techcrunch

STARWARS Episode VII, The Force Awakens, A Letter From J.J.Abrams

And only few days to go like 409 days. But we will wait!
It was revealed that STARWARS Episode VII, will be called "The Force Awakens" and filming has all wrapped and there was a party where everyone got a letter from J.J.Abrams;

I Am Hank Green, What Type Of YouTube Star Are You

I love Youtube, I love twitter, so when Youtube Tweeted "What kind of youtube star are you?" I had to find out. So I went over to Buzzfeed;

Followed the instructions and I got;

 

You got: Hank Green 

You’re a nerd and you’re proud. You have thousands of ideas per minute and once you actually go through with them, they turn out to be amazing. You’re very intelligent and people look up to you. You’re very friendly and sociable. Keep it up, kid—you’ll go far!

Tinder Plus To Change The Way You Swipe, For A Fee.

Tinder, the dating app, will be introducing Tinder Plus that allow one to do more on the Tinder app. For instance, if you swipe past a beauty or a hunk by mistake or because your fingers were sweaty with anticipation, new you can swipe back or undo the swipe. Also in the making is capability to hunt for companions away from home. Good stuff, if you are lonely, or cheeky, like making deals.
"Whether it's using Tinder to get local recommendations when traveling or trying to make friends or doing business - we hear all the time that people are cutting deals on Tinder,We're now learning from our users and those hacks to find the next opportunities." According to Tinder co founder, Sean Rad. May be Tinder Gold or Tinder Platinum?
Tinder is almost two years old and has received some investment, but has yet to generate any revenue.


Geemodo: Tinder Plus Will Allow You To Swipe Back You Missed Date, For A Fee.