"rear-view-camera-systems" Articles & Blogs:
Best Ways to be Pampered in your Car
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Some of the BlogHer women were discussing recently whether we tend to be the ones who get spoiled, or whether we are the ones who do the actual spoiling. So the question was asked "Is it better to be spoiled than to spoil others?"
It got me to thinking ...[Read on] |
Ford increases passenger safety with inflatable seatbelts
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It's a fact that seatbelts and airbags have a proven record of saving lives in automobile crashes. Ford has now combined the two technologies to create a new kind of inflatable seatbelt that will better protect rear seat occupants, especially more vulner...[Read on] |
President Obama on The View: So, How’d He Do?
| This afternoon, Barack Obama joined the gals of the midday news-and-gossip program The View. It was the first time a sitting president has ever appeared on a daytime television show, which is thrilling news for The View and an equally superlative honor fo...[Read on] |
National Child Passenger Safety Week - Get Your Car Seat Inspected
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Did you know that three out of four child safety seats are improperly installed in vehicles according to research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration? That's why we urge all parents and caregivers to attend the annual “National Seat Ch...[Read on] |
TV Alert- Trouble the Water Premieres on HBO
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Trouble the Water, the Oscar-nominated documentary directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath premieres tonight on HBO at 8:30pm. It is a must see.
Here’s an excerpt from my write-up from last summer when the film ...[Read on] |
Female Celebrities Warp Our View of Real Women
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Are celebrity stories the new narrative of American life? Have the people we see on reality shows and "Entertainment Tonight" replaced characters created by novelists and filmmakers as the lives we most relate to?
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How to analyze a film based on more than the actors
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“That movie was terrible. Don’t go see it.”
When people say a movie is “bad,” what do they mean? Was it boring? Was the plot too slow or nonexistent? Or, is the excuse simply, “I just didn’t like it?”
I’m sure if we’re passionate at ...[Read on] |
Equal Pay for Equal Work: Still a Myth in the Legal Profession
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by Kavitha Sivashanker, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
A new study released this week highlights the difficulties that female partners face in law firm compensation systems, and analyzes the factors contributing to the large pay disparities between...[Read on] |
Fun car stuff we found while traveling
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With all our Female Friendly training visits, and new vehicle introductions, sometimes it seems like AskPatty staffers are on a plane practically every week.I don't know about you, but I love to read the inflight magazines, and am especially entertained b...[Read on] |
Are keyless start/stop systems safe?
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I gotta confess, I'm not so good with car keys. I'm always fumbling to find them at the bottom of my purse, and even though I have a designated drop spot for them in the house, half the time I never remember to put them there. Yep: I am the pathetic sap ...[Read on] |
Minivan moms can be pretty high-tech
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I am a high-tech Mom and here's the proof: I purchased my first CD burner in 1989 and used it to create holiday music mixes I gave to friends at Christmas. I was one of the first people I knew to sign up for broadband internet in 1998. I opted for a DV...[Read on] |
Gina Carano and Tara LaRosa get it on!
| Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when a couple of girls get to chatting it up on the latest gossip? Well what if those two girls also happened to be two of the top female fighters in mixed martial arts, and one of them was listed as number 16 ...[Read on] |
Women in Film to Honor Holly Hunter and Jennifer Aniston
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Women in Film will honor Jennifer Aniston, Holly Hunter, Catherine Hardwicke, Elizabeth Banks and Petra Korner at the 2009 Crystal + Lucy Awards in LA on June 12th. The event will be hosted by Chelsea Handler.
Aniston will receive the Crystal Awards fo...[Read on] |
The Late Night Dick Wars
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I don’t watch late night TV. The best I do is Tivo John Stewart and watch him when I get a chance. I don’t watch because I don’t stay up late, but more than that, I don’t watch because the shows don’t interest me. One of the big reason why...[Read on] |
Emma Thompson on The View talking about sexual slavery
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Emma went on The View yesterday to talk about Journey which is opening in NY today. Kudos to the View for discussing the topic and really letting her talk about it in lots of details. I was kind of surprised at how little Barbara Walters seemed to kno...[Read on] |
A Journey from One Uniform to Another
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I grew up a soccer player. The baggier the uniform, the better. My teammates and I were always coming up with new and creative ways to make a baggy uniform look cool…tie the sleeves up with pre-wrap, roll the shorts, tuck in only the front of the shir...[Read on] |
Candice Bergen on the Catholic Church and Its 'Crimes Against Humanity'
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I have no hopes of ANYone ever influencing the Catholic Church …Candice Bergen | Today 11:40 amI have no idea about the legislatures and no hope of ANYone ever influencing the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction, but the entire entity should...[Read on] |
Unfair: Obama Chats with the Gals of The View During a Week When Saturday Night Live Isn’t On
| • According to a Pentagon official, Bradley Manning, the Lady Gaga–loving Army analyst who claimed that he leaked the “Collateral Murder” tape to Wikileaks, is the main suspect believed to have provided the whistle-blower site with...[Read on] |
Casting calls begin for Ford Focus Rally: America
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Ford is teaming up with the Emmy Award-winning creators of The Amazing Race – Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri – to create the first interactive real-time road rally featuring the new 2012 Ford Focus.
The five-week program, Focus Rally: Amer...[Read on] |
Do you or did you ever earn more money than your spouse/significant other? Did it make a difference in your relationship?
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Joan Juliet Buck, Judith Martin and the wOw women talk about money and relationshipsQuestion of the Day | Today 12:00 amLiz Smith | Today 12:00 amLiz Smith Was Always the Breadwinner I always earned more money than my spouses and they were both glad of it...[Read on] |
Green cleaning for your car
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In this article, Diane MacEachern (author of "Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World") explains that when it comes to buying a "green" car, most consumers focus on fuel efficiency: The more miles per gallon, the mor...[Read on] |
Drivers Beware! The Peril of Potholes Are Upon Us
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Brought to you by Car Care Council
Hitting a pothole can damage tires, wheels, steering and suspension, wheel alignment and more. The Car Care Council recommends that motorists who experience any of the following warning signs after hitting a pothole s...[Read on] |
Margo Howard, Ann Coulter Miraculously Agree: Palin Too Big for Alaska
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Palin signs book deal; exhibits real lack of character and great deal of opportunismMargo Howard | Today 8:15 amEditor’s Note: A longtime journalist, Margo Howard went into the
family business (her mother was the fabled Ann Landers) in the 1990s as
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Drama-Free Health Reform Town Hall Meeting: Almost Shocking Enough for a Headline
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by Thao Nguyen, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center
I have to admit it. I was up for a fight. I had borrowed my co-worker Robin’s flip camera and brought along my own digital camera. My co-worker Candace and I jumped into a cab and...[Read on] |
The church may oppose the pill, but one Catholic bank in Germany was profiting off it
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Talk about hypocrisy. A Catholic bank in Germany was revealed by newspaper reporting to have invested money in the stock of American birth control maker Wyeth, despite the Roman Catholic Church's condemnation of birth control.
Der Spiegel newspaper dis...[Read on] |
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