"change-clocks" Articles & Blogs:
Fall Back: Set Your Car Clocks Back on November 1!
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Don't forget to set the clocks back in your car on November 1! Daylight savings ends when we "Fall back" on the first Sunday in November and begins again when we "Spring forward" on the second Sunday of March. Benjamin Franklin was the first to propose a...[Read on] |
Don't forget to set your car clocks forward!
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I was on my way to LAX airport last Fall when I glanced at the clock in my car and discovered in a panic that I was going to be much later than I had expected. It was an early morning flight, and I thought I had left enough time to stop and get gas on th...[Read on] |
Celebrate Bike to Work Week!
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This week's Bike to Work Week! In case you're just hearing about the eco-commuting celebrations now, don't feel left out. Take a glass-half-full attitude and bike to work the rest of this week! And get inspired to green your commute all year long:
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Sometimes change means more of the same
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Congrats to Conan O’Brien for ascending to the pinnacle of TV hosting duties with tonight’s debut as host of The Tonight Show. FYI - there have been four hosts over the years — all white men — and now a fifth white man joins this illustrious clu...[Read on] |
Tea Party Women Could Change the Score, Long Term
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(WOMENSENEWS)--It could be the way Republican billionaire Meg Whitman is spending record millions of her own money on her gubernatorial campaign in California and attracting attention to her domestic-worker employment practices.
Or maybe it's the upset v...[Read on] |
On the anniversary of 9/11, what do you carry in your heart about this day?
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Julia Reed, Cynthia McFadden, Candice Bergen, Liz Smith, Joan Juliet Buck, Joan Ganz Cooney and Judith Martin recall what touched them — and what will never leave them from — that fateful day in 2001Question of the Day | Today 6:00 amJudith Ma...[Read on] |
Dee Dee Myers: President Obama Cannot Afford to Get His Deficit Plan Wrong
| Obama in September 2010. Photograph by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images.This afternoon, President Obama will lay out his plan for deficit reduction and entitlement reform. Finally. Substantively, the plan will likely borrow a number of important ...[Read on] |
Why Obama Can’t Make Kids Healthy (a different take on the nutrition bill)
| Pens don’t make change, actions do. A few days ago, President Obama signed a nutrition bill. Also known as the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010. People ooh & awed. Yay! We have ANOTHER bill. This will make the obesity crisis diminish. And we won...[Read on] |
10 'Obama Women' Who Are Changing Washington
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These powerful African American women, newly nicknamed the ‘Obama Women,’ have taken big jobs in the new administration and are some of the driving forces behind this new era of changePhoto Essay | Today 2:25 pmA new wave of women has hit Wash...[Read on] |
Will you change your mammogram routine given newly released guidelines?
| Yes, I'm going to hold off on mammograms until I turn 50
No, I'm going to keep on with what I've been doing
No, I'm over 50 years old, so this changes nothing for me
I don't know – I need to talk to my doctor
Other (tell us ...[Read on] |
LPGA set to allow transgender women to play
| On October 13, I posted a story about Lana Lawson who is a transgender woman suing the LPGA for the right to play in LPGA sponsored events. Currently LPGA competitions are restricted to golfers who are “female at birth” effectively excluding transgend...[Read on] |
Thinking of Acai for weight loss? Think again.
| So when acai was making the rounds as a super fruit, I needed to find out more. As it turns out, yep, it’s a berry! It is different from some of the other wonderful berries like raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, and strawberries because it does no...[Read on] |
The Old Media Is Dead—Really, Truly
| The world is about to radically change. Let me explain. The Internet business, which began to radically change the world in the mid-nineties, stalled out in 2001 partly because the Internet didn’t work very well. It just wasn’t fast enough to do all t...[Read on] |
The Ugly Truth About Obama's "Copenhagen Accord"
| Obama briefs world leaders in Copenhagen, December 18. The so-called Copenhagen Accord is a mere side deal that leaves undone the true hard work of tackling climate change. Official White House photo by Pete Souza.
Well, so much for Hopenhagen.
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Girl With Dragons & Fires & Hornets, Oh My
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Ima gotta admit–I think the world was a better place before this series of books and movies came out. OK, maybe I should limit it to the movies since I haven't read the books, and obviously that means just the first two since the hornet one is yet t...[Read on] |
October is Headlight Safety Month
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With the proliferation of official monthly endorsements, sometimes it's hard to keep track of what's important and relevant. For instance, most women are aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but I'd be willing to bet that very few are awa...[Read on] |
Save our Mac & Cheese
| Did you know that Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is formulated differently for countries in Europe than for the U.S.? I didn't either until I read The Unhealthy Truth, a book about the toxicity of America's food supply.
The fact is, that in 2008, Kraft remove...[Read on] |
50% of Americans think women should be forced to take husbands' last names
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A new study presented at the American Sociological Association's annual meeting in San Francisco today shows that about 70% of Americans believe that women should take their husband's last names when they get married and 50% think it should be a legal r...[Read on] |
Memo to Hollywood: Women go to movies
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We talk about this issue on this site all the time, but I love it when a woman in Hollywood gets down and dirty about how Hollywood treats women.
I love it even more when that woman is Nia Vardalos the keeper of one of the highest grossing romantic comed...[Read on] |
Social networking is getting socailly conscious!
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According to a new game on Facebook, American 2049, social networking can be socially conscious! The new game is centered on such topics as forced sex work and prostitution, racial profiling, segregation, abortion issues, LGBTQ injustic...[Read on] |
Happy Birthday Mr. President: Obama Turns 49 Today
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Wednesday, August 4 is the 49th birthday of America’s 44th president, Barack Hussein Obama II. “I think his plans for tomorrow are dinner with some friends in Chicago. And I think he is looking forward to spending the nigh...[Read on] |
Eat Pray Love
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Elizabeth Gilbert was miserable. She crashed out of her marriage, careened into another relationship way too quickly and was just overwhelmed and seriously fucked up. She needed a change — not just a haircut or new clothes — a fundamental change...[Read on] |
Vote today! 13 ways you can change the world through sports
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… as if you needed ideas.
Today is the last day you can vote for your favorites in the Sport for Change contest finalists run by Nike and Ashoka. This post contains links to the finalists, as well as some social media they’ve shared with the world.
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The Brooke Astor Trial: What Happened This Week
| Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann questions G. Warren Whitaker, June 16, 2009. Sketch by Jane Rosenberg. See the complete slide show.
The trial of Brooke Astor’s 85-year-old son has now dragged on for two months, with attorneys spending mos...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin Resigns
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I'm really surprised and curious about this. Though she claims she's explained herself, I feel like there is a lot of obfuscation here. What is her real reason? How is she going to "affect change from the outside?" Any guesses?
Embedded video from CNN V...[Read on] |
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