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21 Year-old Saves 100 From Ontario Fire, Hailed as Hero

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Jul 20, 2011

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James Slatcher is being hailed a hero, credited with saving more than 100 lives, after a devastating fire tore through a 36-unit townhouse development in Sutton.

The 21-year-old was out playing basketball at around 3 a.m. when he noticed thick, black smoke billowing a balcony and sprang into action.

After locating a fire alarm and getting his sister’s family out, with no thought to his own danger, Mr. Slatcher pounded on 36 doors and helped carry dazed and frightened children, as well as pets, outside to safety.

(READ the story, w/ photos, in YorkRegion.com)

Team Behind Virgin Galactic Unveils A Hybrid Electric Flying Car

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Jul 20, 2011

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Forget those gas-guzzling flying cars. Now you can drive and fly while saving lots of money on fuel.

The hybrid flying car, called BiPod, went from preliminary design to inaugural flight (in March) in just four months. The two-seater, which is designed to be driven like a car from the left cockpit and flown like a plan on the right, squeezes out 820 miles on a tank of gas and 35 miles in electric mode.

How Healthy Lifestyle Can Prevent Half of all Alzheimer’s Cases

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Jul 20, 2011

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Half of all Alzheimer’s disease cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes such as exercise, eating healthily and not smoking, claim researchers.

For the first time, scientists have calculated the extent to which certain lifestyle traits – including lack of exercise, smoking and obesity – all contribute to the disease.

Conservationists Save Rare Blue Iguana From Extinction

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Jul 19, 2011

Blue iguana photo by Julie Larsen-Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society

Score another success for species conservation. The Grand Cayman blue iguana now has a chance for complete recovery, even though the wild population numbered less than two dozen 8 years ago.

The Blue Iguana Recovery Program announced yesterday that 500 captive-bred reptiles have successfully been released since 2002.

Conservationists Save Rare Blue Iguana From Extinction

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Jul 19, 2011

Blue iguana photo by Julie Larsen-Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society

Score another success for species conservation. The Grand Cayman blue iguana now has a chance for complete recovery, even though the wild population numbered less than two dozen 8 years ago.

The Blue Iguana Recovery Program announced yesterday that 500 captive-bred reptiles have successfully been released since 2002.

Sony to Build Giant Metal Rainbow to Bring ‘Sense of Optimism’ to L.A.

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Jul 19, 2011

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A rainbow nine stories high and 188 feet wide will tower over Culver City, California, as part of its Art in Public Places, a Sony Picture homage to the rainbow imagined in The Wizard of Oz — which filmed on its movie studio lot there.

According to the artist, Tony Tasset, the $1.5 million sculpture is intended to speak to “the sense of optimism and well-being associated with rainbows in general and more specifically with the rainbow in popular culture as imagined in the iconic Wizard of Oz film, created by the very studio that will become home to the Rainbow sculpture.”

Alabama Cuts Medicaid Costs by $30 Million by Examining Drug Receipts

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Jul 19, 2011

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Three years ago, Carol Steckel, Alabama’s Medicaid director, sent a national alert to all of her counterparts around the country. She asked them to join her in uncovering fraudulent prices published by major drug makers — prices that she said inflated the amount all states were paying to pharmacies.

At the time, Alabama had won three lawsuits against drug manufacturers on the grounds that published prices were artificially high. Steckel was working on an entirely new way to set drug prices for Medicaid beneficiaries, one that aimed to lower Alabama’s overall costs, but also remain sensitive to the needs of local pharmacies to make a profit.

Last September, Alabama won federal approval for the change Steckel sought. Since then, the state has launched its new pricing method, and expects to shave 6 percent off its prescription drug bill this year.

Alabama Cuts Medicaid Costs by $30 Million by Examining Drug Receipts

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Jul 19, 2011

pillls - Photo by Ron Bergeron via morguefile.com

Three years ago, Carol Steckel, Alabama’s Medicaid director, sent a national alert to all of her counterparts around the country. She asked them to join her in uncovering fraudulent prices published by major drug makers — prices that she said inflated the amount all states were paying to pharmacies.

At the time, Alabama had won three lawsuits against drug manufacturers on the grounds that published prices were artificially high. Steckel was working on an entirely new way to set drug prices for Medicaid beneficiaries, one that aimed to lower Alabama’s overall costs, but also remain sensitive to the needs of local pharmacies to make a profit.

Last September, Alabama won federal approval for the change Steckel sought. Since then, the state has launched its new pricing method, and expects to shave 6 percent off its prescription drug bill this year.

Teen Inventor Conquers Invasive Kudzu Vine

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Jul 19, 2011

Jacob Schindler battles Kudzu - CNN video shot

Jacob Schindler is not your typical American teenager.

He spends his days battling — and defeating — kudzu, an invasive plant native to Asia that has overrun millions of acres of land throughout the Southern United States.

His school science project led to the discovery that injecting helium at the root of the menacing vine effectively kills it.

(WATCH the video below, or read the story at CNN)

Teen Inventor Conquers Invasive Kudzu Vine

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Jul 19, 2011

Jacob Schindler battles Kudzu - CNN video shot

Jacob Schindler is not your typical American teenager.

He spends his days battling — and defeating — kudzu, an invasive plant native to Asia that has overrun millions of acres of land throughout the Southern United States.

His school science project led to the discovery that injecting helium at the root of the menacing vine effectively kills it.

First World Cup for Asian Team is Sweet Win for Disaster-ridden Japan

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Jul 18, 2011

FIFA photo of Japanese women's team in celebration

A come-from-behind victory for the Japanese women in the World Cup finals Sunday was particularly sweet, not only because they were the underdogs in the match against the USA or because they’d never beaten the Americans.

Even though the historic match was the first time any Asian nation won the FIFA tournament in either men’s or women’s competition, for Japan, the victory was especially meaningful because their country is still suffering from one of the worst natural disasters of recent times – the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that killed 23,000 and started an ongoing nuclear crisis.

‘Harry Potter’ Shatters Box Office Records as Boy Wizard Says Farewell

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Jul 18, 2011

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Harry Potter cast his final spell on fans worldwide, shattering box office records over the weekend, earning $168.5 million and setting a new all-time record for the highest-grossing opening weekend in North America, one previously held by “The Dark Knight.”

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the eighth and final film of the J.K. Rowling fantasy, earned more than $475 million worldwide and also set new highs for biggest midnight screening, $43.5 million, and biggest IMAX film, $15.5 million.

This installment marks a fitting farewell to a series about a teen wizard and his friends battling evil that has become the highest-grossing franchise of all time.

The eight films in the series have sold about $7 billion in tickets at the worldwide box office.{

The most inspiring result of the Potter magic is how it got kids reading. They lined up at midnight to buy a book with 700 pages and went home to read it – again and again. The 7-book series not only made J.K. Rowling the first billionaire publisher, it gave kids a reason to love reading again.

Tibetan Antelope, China Railway, Co-exist in Harmony

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Jul 18, 2011

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The sight this spring of herds of Tibetan antelopes galloping unhindered to breeding grounds at the other side of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, alleviated concerns that the railway would disrupt their migratory-breeding route.

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway’s success in balancing the threatened antelopes’ welfare with the construction of a massive railway has inspired designers of other ambitious projects.

How Facebook Saved My Son’s Life

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Jul 17, 2011

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Strep? Scarlet fever? The mother of a 4-year-old was commenting via social networks about the doctors’ changing diagnoses of her sick son. Within 24 hours, dozens of comments helped lead to the diagnose a rare disease that doctors had missed.

The next day she received a call a former neighbor. “I hope you’ll excuse me for butting in,” she said, “But you have to get to the hospital. Now.” Her son Max had had the exact same symptoms, and was hospitalized for Kawasaki disease, a rare and sometimes fatal auto-immune disorder that attacks the coronary arteries surrounding the heart.

How Facebook Saved My Son’s Life

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Jul 17, 2011

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Strep? Scarlet fever? The mother of a 4-year-old was commenting via social networks about the doctors’ changing diagnoses of her sick son. Within 24 hours, dozens of comments helped lead to the diagnosis of a rare disease that doctors had missed.

The next day she received a call a former neighbor. “I hope you’ll excuse me for butting in,” she said, “But you have to get to the hospital. Now.” Her son Max had had the exact same symptoms, and was hospitalized for Kawasaki disease, a rare and sometimes fatal auto-immune disorder that attacks the coronary arteries surrounding the heart.

New All-organic Carpets Could Have Multiple Lives

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Jul 17, 2011

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In our increasingly recycling-aware society, a carpet is one of those things that usually does not get re-used – it is simply thrown away, and later, burned.

That could soon change, says an international team of scientists who have come up with a method to make wool carpets with all-natural backing that can be re-processed after a life cycle.

They replaced all synthetic substances and chemicals with organic materials.

Abbey Road Studio Installs Live Webcam on Famous Beatles Crosswalk

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Jul 16, 2011

Abbey Road photo with tourists (c)

The historic crosswalk in front of Abbey Road Studios now has a 24-hour live streaming web camera focused on the iconic crossing to show tourists trying to recreate the famous Beatles lineup photographed for the Abbey Road album cover.

The camera is installed atop a white wall in front of the Abbey Road recording studios — a wall that is painted and repainted whenever it fills up with love notes left in pen to John, Paul, George and Ringo.

Every day tourists flock to the famous crosswalk next to the studio, which is quite busy during rush hour, hoping to snap a photo of themselves in the crosswalk. Fans can be seen darting back across the street to check the photos and try for a better frame.

To properly recreate the actual shot from 1969, the photographer needs to be directly in the middle of the street, but most shoot their photos from the sidewalk. (When I was there with my husband, son and his friend, we asked a stranger to take our picture, the one you see above.)

During the 1960’s, the Beatles made 90 percent of their recordings inside the studios. They came together in April, 1969 to record their final album and best-selling work as a group, ‘Abbey Road’.

January 3rd, 1970 marked the final Beatles song, I Me Mine, to be recorded inside Abbey Road. But the band continued to use the facility as solo artists, beginning with Paul McCartney and a new group called Wings. George Harrison went into Studio 3 to record his chart topping single My Sweet Lord and his triple album set All Things Must Pass.

In June of 1972, Pink Floyd began worked on the ground-breaking Dark Side Of The Moon there.

Abbey Road Studios today still offers recording, mixing, mastering and remastering, but also provides DVD authoring, and video services. Film projects to come out of the studio include the award winning Lord Of The Rings trilogy and a two of the Harry Potter movies.

See the Abbey Road live feed here (scroll down the page to see the feed).

You can grab screenshots and upload them to the website, like the one posted above.

Abbey Road Studio Installs Live Webcam on Famous Beatles Crosswalk

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Jul 16, 2011

Abbey Road photo with tourists (c)

The historic crosswalk in front of Abbey Road Studios now has a 24-hour live streaming web camera focused on the iconic crossing to show tourists trying to recreate the famous Beatles lineup photographed for the Abbey Road album cover.

The camera is installed atop a white wall in front of the Abbey Road recording studios — a wall that is painted and repainted whenever it fills up with love notes left in pen to John, Paul, George and Ringo.

Every day tourists flock to the famous crosswalk next to the studio, which is quite busy during rush hour, hoping to snap a photo of themselves in the crosswalk. Fans can be seen darting back across the street to check the photos and try for a better frame.

Ad Hoc Efforts Help Cut U.S. Healthcare Costs

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Jul 16, 2011

There is a glimmer of hope in the U.S. health care system for cutting sky-rocketing costs. Innovative programs have helped reduce costs by millions of dollars for those heath care networks willing to try something new.

One Utah group of 23 hospitals noticed that by eliminating early induction of labor for pregnant women, and the many risks and complications involved, it could save over $40 million per year and have healthier outcomes.

Solar Power for 2,000 Oahu Military Homes

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Jul 16, 2011

solar roof installed in Hawaii

More than 2,000 military family homes on Oahu are going to be powered with solar energy and will be one of the largest solar-powered communities in the country.

Construction is under way at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to provide more than 5.6 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually from installations on 600 rooftops.

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