• This school district saved $1.5 million just by turning off lights and stuff0

    The Lake Stevens School District in suburban Seattle has saved itself $1.5 million since 2010 simply by being vigilant about turning off lights, computers, monitors, and printers when not in use. The $1.5 million represents a 34 percent reduction in the district’s energy bills, which has enabled the administration to better fund schools. In accomplishing this,

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  • Sweet Tweet: Join Kelly Rowland and Get Healthier with Commitment Day0

    Commitment Day is a year-round movement to unite Americans in making personal commitments to a healthier lifestyle. Recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and television personality Kelly Rowland (of Destiny's Child, The X Factor, etc.)  is joining with MusicCares for the movement, and she's actively encouraging people to participate. She is even offering a code on her website so that

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  • Laws of Physics Can’t Trump the Bonds of Love0

    Teacher Jeffrey Wright inspires his students every year with his lecture about his son (who has a rare developmental disorder) and the meaning of life, love, and family. The New York Times, 12/25/2012

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  • Staying Independent in Old Age, With a Little Help0

    As people live longer, dilemmas about living arrangements for the elderly are becoming increasingly common. Money is often an issue, along with the desire to remain independent. Many older people living independently need outside help long before they require round-the-clock care, and a range of assistance and housing alternatives has rapidly sprung up to meet

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  • Smarter Ways to Discipline Children0

    Techniques that psychologists often use effectively with the most difficult kids, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, can work well on typical kids, too. Approaches, with names like "parent management training" and "parent-child interaction therapy," are backed up by hundreds of research studies, but their tactics remain little known among

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  • Food labels sometimes wrong, cause allergic reaction0

    The Food and Drug Administration and manufacturers have issued 20 recalls in the last 60 days for undeclared allergens in food products, including Chicken of the Sea tuna, which had undeclared soy; two kinds of Wegmans brownie mix with undeclared milk; and two kinds of ice cream with undeclared pecans, according to FDA records. An ABC

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