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UPDATED: The Real Lucy-in-the-Sky-With-Diamonds Honored by Childhood Pal Julian Lennon

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Lucy Vodden, courtesy of Lupus foundation

Lucy Vodden, courtesy of Lupus foundation

Lucy Vodden was the subject of a painting brought home from nursery school by a young Julian Lennon, who showed it to his dad, John, and told him it was “Lucy — in the sky with diamonds”.

Julian got back in touch with Lucy a few years agi when he heard that she was battling Lupus, an auto-immune disease.

Now, a plaque commemorating the woman who inspired the Beatles’ hit, will be placed in Liverpool in memory of Vodden who died in 2009 at age 46. (See the original painting below)

Following her death, Lennon became heavily involved with St Thomas’ Lupus Trust, which commissioned the plaque, and he become the Lupus Foundation of America’s Global Ambassador.

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UPDATED: The Real Lucy-in-the-Sky-With Diamonds Honored by Childhood Pal Julian Lennon

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Lucy Vodden, courtesy of Lupus foundation

Lucy Vodden, courtesy of Lupus foundation

Lucy Vodden was the subject of a painting brought home from kindergarten by a young Julian Lennon, who showed it to his dad, John, and told him it was “Lucy — in the sky with diamonds”.

Julian got back in touch with Lucy a few years ago when he heard that she was battling Lupus, an auto-immune disease.

Now, a plaque commemorating the woman who inspired the Beatles’ hit, will be placed in Liverpool in memory of Vodden who died in 2009 at age 46. (See the drawing below)

Following her death, Lennon became heavily involved with St Thomas’ Lupus Trust, which commissioned the plaque, and he become the Lupus Foundation of America’s Global Ambassador.

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Sweet Deal for Girls After Lemonade Stand was Closed for Lack of Permit

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lemonade stand on Jekyll Island park (park photo_Three girls whose lemonade stand was shut down by the police in Midway, Georgia, for not having a business license and food permit, were offered a prime location to reopen in the tourist-rich state park of Jekyll Island.

Jekyll Island officials contacted the young teens and invited them to sell their lemonade at Summer Waves Water Park. They even built the girls a new lemonade stand.

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Sweet Deal for Girls After Lemonade Stand was Closed for Lack of Permit

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lemonade stand on Jekyll Island park (park photo_Three girls whose lemonade stand was shut down by the police in Midway, Georgia, for not having a business license and food permit, were offered a prime location to reopen in the tourist-rich state park of Jekyll Island.

Jekyll Island officials contacted the young teens and invited them to sell their lemonade at Summer Waves Water Park. They even built the girls a new lemonade stand.

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Gabrielle Giffords Returns To Congress to Help Pass Dramatic Debt Deal

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gabby-gifford_returns-to-US-house-govCongresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, absent from the U.S. Capitol since she was shot in the head 7 months ago, walked into the House chamber to hearty applause before she cast a yea vote as the dramatic debt ceiling debate came to an official close in the House of Representatives early this evening.

With her surprise appearence, the Representative from Arizona joined 94 other Democrats in passing the compromise bill, 269-166, averting a possible default on the nation’s credit. 175 Republicans also voted for the bipartisan deal, easily passing the measure, which had been crafted over the weekend.

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Gabrielle Giffords Returns To Congress to Help Pass Dramatic Debt Deal

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gabby-gifford_returns-to-US-house-govCongresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, absent from the U.S. Capitol since she was shot in the head 7 months ago, walked into the House chamber to hearty applause before she cast a yea vote as the dramatic debt ceiling debate came to an official close in the House of Representatives early this evening.

With her surprise appearence, the Representative from Arizona joined 94 other Democrats in passing the compromise bill, 269-166, averting a possible default on the nation’s credit. 175 Republicans also voted for the bipartisan deal, easily passing the measure, which had been crafted over the weekend.

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UK Opens Free, Solar-powered Plug-in Vehicle Charging Network

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UK electric cars get free solar charging-Ecotricity photo

For first time electric vehicles will be able to travel the length and breadth of Britain using the world’s first solar national charging network at motorway service stations across the country.

According to Ecotricity, the company that installed the network, range anxiety has now been removed from the electric vehicle equation in the UK.

Every charging post will be powered with 100% green energy made at Ecotricity’s wind and solar parks across the UK, and means that electric car drivers (and motorcyclists) will be able to drive from London to Edinburgh or Exeter completely free and with vastly reduced emissions.

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UK Opens Free, Solar-powered Plug-in Vehicle Charging Network

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UK electric cars get free solar charging-Ecotricity photo

For first time electric vehicles will be able to travel the length and breadth of Britain using the world’s first solar national charging network at motorway service stations across the country.

According to Ecotricity, the company that installed the network, range anxiety has now been removed from the electric vehicle equation in the UK.

Every charging post will be powered with 100% green energy made at Ecotricity’s wind and solar parks across the UK, and means that electric car drivers (and motorcyclists) will be able to drive from London to Edinburgh or Exeter completely free and with vastly reduced emissions.

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Good News for Many Fish Species: Stimulus Funds Dam Removal

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Winnicut River dam - NH government photoNative brook trout have been rediscovered in a tributary located in the New Hampshire Seacoast region — a sign that the ecosystem altered by man for centuries is restoring itself following the removal of pre-Industrial Age dam.

Removal of the deteriorated and outmoded head-of-tide dam is allowing the return of many sea-run species to the Winnicut River, improving upstream and downstream migration for river herring, American eel, and rainbow smelt and other species.

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When Drugs Don’t Work: Restoring Happiness in People With Depression

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Photo by Su nStarPracticing positive activities may serve as an effective, low-cost treatment for people suffering from depression, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Duke University Medical Center.

Although antidepressants can be lifesaving for some individuals, initial drug therapy produces full benefits in only 30 percent to 40 percent of patients. Even after trying two to four different drugs, one-third of people will remain depressed.

In their paper, which appears in the August 2011 issue of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the team of UCR and Duke psychology, neuroscience and psychopharmacology researchers proposed a new approach for treating depression – Positive Activity Interventions (PAI).

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When Drugs Don’t Work: Restoring Happiness in People With Depression

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Photo by Su nStarPracticing positive activities may serve as an effective, low-cost treatment for people suffering from depression, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Duke University Medical Center.

Although antidepressants can be lifesaving for some individuals, initial drug therapy produces full benefits in only 30 percent to 40 percent of patients. Even after trying two to four different drugs, one-third of people will remain depressed.

In their paper, which appears in the August 2011 issue of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the team of UCR and Duke psychology, neuroscience and psychopharmacology researchers proposed a new approach for treating depression – Positive Activity Interventions (PAI).

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Girl Loses Half her Brain in Car Crash… and Gains an Amazing New Artistic Ability

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painting by Taisla - photo by Central European NewsTaisia Sidorova, 21, from St Petersburg, was given the last rites after an accident that left half her skull smashed and the damaged left hemisphere of her brain removed.

But slowly – with the love and support of her family – she came around, and the artistic right side of her brain began compensating for lack on the left.

To relax and recover, she began sketching. Even though she’d never been interested in drawing before, she began to display remarkable natural talent. Her family bought some paints and the resulting artwork is called “tops in her class”.

(READ the story in the Daily Mail)

Solar Chargers for Electric Cars Make Zero Emissions a Reality

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EV charger for Chevy Volt - GM photoThe California company, SolarCity, has started offering solar EV chargers to customers in 11 states and Washington, DC, allowing people to drive their cars purely on sunshine.

The company, fresh off a $280 million investment from Google, makes it easy for electric car owners to embrace solar power by leasing them complete photovoltaic packages.

It already installed solar EV charging stations along highway 101 between Los Angeles and San Francisco in 2009.

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U.S. Aims to Slash Emissions from Oil, Gas Industry

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smoke-stack-pollutionThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued draft rules on Thursday that would cut toxic emissions, which contribute to smog and asthma, by nearly 25 percent across the oil and gas industry and by 95 percent from natural gas wells drilled using the controversial technique of hydraulic fracking.

By using technologies to capture and sell natural gas that now escapes into the air, the industry would actually save nearly $30 million a year even as it cut dangerous emissions, the agency said.

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Alabama Turns Around Historic Species Loss With First Comeback From Endangered List

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river towpathAlabama leads the lower 48 states in river bed extinctions, with 29 snails and 28 mussel species so far. But the state now becomes the first in U.S. history to bring back such a species, crucial for maintaining good water quality, from the brink of extinction.

In 1991, after dam construction ended the free flow of water, the Tulotoma snail was barely clinging to one small spot, extinct in 99 percent of its historic range. The snail now has expanded to ten percent of its range, bringing the numbers from 10,000 to hundreds of thousands.

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BMW Unveils Electric Car Models

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BMW electric vehicle i3BMW unveiled two plug-in electric cars yesterday both headed for production beginning in 2013 — the sporty i8 hybrid super-coupe and the i3 urban all-electric car, a small vehicle designed to go about 80 miles between recharges.

The i3, specifically designed for city use, uses carbon fiber to shed 500 pounds making it capable of 0 to 62 mph in less than eight seconds. It can be recharged in less than an hour with a high-capacity recharger.

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Obama Deal Increases Fuel-economy Standards for US Cars

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fuel efficiency standards - WH graphicPresident Obama today announced the next phase in the Administration’s program to increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. These new standards will cover cars and light trucks for Model Years (MY) 2017-2025, requiring performance equivalent to 54.5 mpg in 2025 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 163 grams per mile.

Developed in partnership with auto manufacturers, the State of California, the United Auto Workers (UAW), national environmental organizations and other stakeholders, these standards will:

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Thousands Honor 9-Year-old’s Memory with $331,000 to her Charity

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Rachel's water charity photoRachel Beckwith is getting her wish — more than 1000 times over.

One month before she was fatally injured in a car crash last week, Rachel made it known that all she wanted for her 9th birthday was donations toward her goal of raising $300 to bring clean water to African villagers.

After she died, the donations poured in beyond any expectation, raising $331,000.

”I am in awe of the overwhelming love to take my daughter’s dream and make it a reality,” her mother wrote on the donation webpage. “In the face of unexplainable pain you have provided undeniable hope.”

Since the story was updated on Tuesday in the Seattle Times, Rachel’s birthday donation page at MyCharityWater.org has doubled, and today exceeds $614,000!

On her page, Rachel wrote, “I’m celebrating my birthday like never before. Even better, every dollar is “proved” when the projects are complete, and photos and GPS coordinates are posted using Google Earth.”

(READ the original story from the Seattle Times)

Thousands Honor 9-Year-old’s Memory with $331,000 to her Charity

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Rachel's photo on Water Charity page

Rachel's water charity photoRachel Beckwith is getting her wish — more than 1000 times over.

One month before she was fatally injured in a car crash last week, Rachel made it known that all she wanted for her 9th birthday was donations toward her goal of raising $300 to bring clean water to African villagers.

After she died, the donations poured in beyond any expectation, raising $331,000.

”I am in awe of the overwhelming love to take my daughter’s dream and make it a reality,” her mother wrote on the donation webpage. “In the face of unexplainable pain you have provided undeniable hope.”

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A ‘Dear Abby’ for the Down and Out

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Sal Dimiceli a CNN hero for Wisconsin residents

Sal Dimiceli was named this week's CNN HeroIn this recession, many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, but people in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, have a unique safety net of sorts: Sal Dimiceli.

Raised in poverty, Sal vowed when he was 12 years old that he’d always help people in need, and he’s spent nearly all of his adult life making good on that promise.

Through his local newspaper column, Sal invites people who’ve fallen on hard times to write him letters, describing their situation. Once he’s verified that the need is real, he’ll assist with immediate needs – food, rent, utilities – and try to improve their long-term situation with financial management skills.

For decades, his nonprofit, The Time Is Now To Help, has provided basic needs – and often much more – to more than 500 people a year.

WATCH the CNN Heroes video below, or READ the story here.

(Thanks to KC Carlson for submitting the story to our Facebook page)

 

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