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Photodiscmdash;Getty ImagesBy Alice ParkDecember 19, 2014 11:41 AM ESTMark McCaskillrsquo daughter is only 11 years old and so far knows only the most basic things about viruses and how they work. But shersquo conducting pioneering biological experiments to find a treatment for Ebola. Or at least her Kindle is. When shersquo not using it to listen to her favorite singers or watch the latest TV shows, her tabl stanley cup et is scanning thousands of chemical compounds, any one of which could turn out to neutralize, or even destroy Ebola and save thousands of lives.Thatrsquo because her father, Mark, a transportation planning expert for Roanoke Valley in Virginia, signed up her Kindle, two of his own PCs and his motherrsquo computer to IBMrsquo World Community Grid WCG , an innovative mass computing network that allows anyone to contribute in the fight against everything from brain cancer to polluted water and now, Ebola, by essentially offering to WCG their computer processing power when it not otherwise being used. Nearly 700,000 people have registered their Android phones or PCs on the WCG the grid isnrsquo;t compatible with iOS yet, but IBM says it working on it .Some people volunteer in a traditional sense with Meals on Wheels. I think of this as my own personal form of volunteering, a new high tech way of volunteering, s stanley cup ays McCaskill.See The Tobacco Leaves stanley cup That Could Cure EbolaTobacco plants are grown for six weeks in the Med Mehy Don t Blink: Assassin s Creed Rogue Is Coming for PC
By Dan KadlecMay 22, 2014 9:37 AM EDTBaby boomers have always been a self-absorbed lot. But as we age evidence suggests the me generation has morphed int af1 o a we generation, in part through prolific volunteerism and philanthropy. Many have also discovered a new, not entirely selfless cause: launching our Millennial children.Young people by the millions are being sent into the real world without great job prospects, few safety nets and little practical knowledge yeezy about how to make ends meet and save for retirement among other goals. A good many have boomeranged back home, heightening boomersrsquo; collective concerns.Six in 10 Americans past the age of 50 provide financial support to adult family members, according to a report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Age Wave. Most commonly this support goes to adult children 68% , though 26% support grandchildren, 16% support parents, and 13% support sibli ugg ngs.The financial industry has begun to take note. Last year, Merrill Lynch adopted a formal business strategy built around helping boomers plan financially for the needs of extended family. The firm has made a big bet on this approach, which centers on seven life priorities, including home and family.Insurance giant Allianz Life is the latest financial firm to take a fresh look at family, and in a Love Family Money report finds that the traditional nuclear family is largely a thing of the past. Leave it to Beaver households were by far |
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