"urban-gardening" Articles & Blogs:
Getting urban girls into the game: Dance first?
| By Lauren Taylor
It is the quiet story behind the high-profile victories of women’s athletics: After thirty years of Title IX, after the superstardom of Mia Hamm, Michelle Wie, and Venus Williams, even after the advocacy of groups like the Women’s ...[Read on] |
On the run with Donna Karan
| In just a few days, the streets of New York City will be invaded by race runners and more than 2 million cheering spectators for the 2010 ING New York City Marathon. And thanks to fashion designer, Donna Karan, you can put your best foot forward this week...[Read on] |
Wheel Action: May is National Bike Month
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Despite what recent chilly temperatures (at least in LA) may be telling us, spring really is on its way! Today is the start of National Bike Month so we thought we’d bring you some new bikes and cycling accessories to get you and your family read...[Read on] |
Two New CW Dramas
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As you know we are keeping track of new TV shows not only about women but created by women.
The CW has greenlit three shows for next season and two have female creators.
The first is called HMS (Harvard Medical School)and the pilot was written by Amy Ho...[Read on] |
Against the odds: Girls in urban areas face unique challenges in playing sports
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.Katie Thomas has written two parts of a series for the New York Times looking at the unique challenges facing urban girls who want to play sports
Her first piece, about a middle school basketball team in Brooklyn, highlights challenges facing the gir...[Read on] |
Designing an accessible garage
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When I came home from the hospital after my spinal cord injury 10
years ago, my husband parked the car in our three-car garage, helped me
out into the wheelchair, then pushed me outside and around to the
temporary wooden ramp at the front door and up in...[Read on] |
Katie Reyes: Breaking down barriers one game at a time
| by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Yesterday, a quiet thirteen-year-old girl made history just doing something she loves – playing baseball. Katie Reyes may or may not have known that her actions made history, although s...[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:
&g...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Land of cotton
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Jim invited us to breakfast at Jen’s...[Read on] |
Not Oprah's Book Club: A Little Bit Married
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In this research-packed, story-rich, sociological-self-help hybrid, journalist Hannah Seligson coins a long overdue term for something so many of us have experienced: "a little bit married." You know...you move in, meet parents and siblings, invest in tel...[Read on] |
Recycling vs DeCluttering
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If you’ve just done a big spring cleaning or you are about to, you’re probably thinking about (or kicking yourself for) how much clutter has built up since your last major clean. What is all this stuff and how does it get into your home? Are you hang...[Read on] |
'Glee’s' Lea Michele tackles “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl XLV
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Access Hollywood has confirmed that Lea Michele, the 24-year-old Broadway ingenue-turned-breakout star of “Glee,” will be singing “America the Beautiful” prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers showdown in Super Bowl XLV.
Pas...[Read on] |
April Chick Picks
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While it’s said April brings lots of showers in preparation for May’s flowers -at ChickSpeak, we think April is the first month where the sun shows its face, and therefore, is time to celebrate!With flowers (and allergies) abounding, the dream of summ...[Read on] |
The latest in cycling trends
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According to Trend Central, the bike community is continuing to innovate and thrive. Here are some of the latest happenings in the cycling world.
Rolling Orange: They may not be world champions of soccer, but the Dutch are still an authority on bikes...[Read on] |
No-tech games offer summer amusement
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Wanna be ballers may be interested in this summer’s reignited passion for neighborhood sports that may make you reminiscence for an era before cellphones:
Handball: Nothing screams ‘New York City in the summer’ more than a game of handball. Althou...[Read on] |
Bike sharing - the new public transportation
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Bike culture goes big as bike sharing takes hold. An affordable, clean and simple way to get around town, bike sharing promotes cleaner air, land, and water, while encouraging people to meet their transportation needs through an active lifestyle and commu...[Read on] |
Interview with Greer Shepard, Executive Producer of The Closer
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The Closer started its fifth! season last week and Kyra Sedgwick is back as Brenda Lee Johnson the sweet talking, crime solving Deputy Chief of LAPD’s major crime squad. I very much enjoy the show. It is on TNT at 9pm on Monday nights. The show ha...[Read on] |
Amelia & Motherhood
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It’s opening day for Amelia and Motherhood.
I am out of town today at a meeting so here are truncated reviews of both films. I will have an interview with Katherine Dieckmann writer and director of Motherhood next week.
Amelia Earhart is one of thos...[Read on] |
The (Organic) Grass is Always Greener - Part Two!
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Welcome to LIME's Organic Living blog, where organic lifestyle expert Eliza Sarasohn — author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Organic Living — tackles your questions on the ins and outs of living la vida organica.
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week, Sarasohn shares the fina...[Read on] |
Rescuing our kids from too much princess glitter and camo gear: TV
| When I was a kid I wasn’t allowed to watch anything but PBS. I was completely out of the loop and constantly teased for my lameness. I will never do that to my kids!
Kids loving TV is a reality for parents, and it can be a positive force. But a SurveyU...[Read on] |
Chic Q&A with Cady: Keeping it Simple
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This past week, after a flurried rush of getting ready for an Independence Day party I was already late for, I realized that I had shoved through lace dresses, high-waisted satin shorts, and a seersucker sundress only to end up keeping it simple- a v-neck...[Read on] |
City Series Part Ten: Minneapolis
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Ranked as one of the America’s best cities, and the second most fun city in the country by the Ritz Cracker FUNomenal Places Study, Minneapolis is full of attractions ready to be explored.From arts, live music and great restaurants to sports and parks, ...[Read on] |
GM Rolls Out Impressive Hybrid Pickup in 2009
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As green technology becomes more popular, vehicle manufacturers are expanding the limits on what can be accomplished with hybrid technology. Once considered most conducive to coupes, small sedans, and hatchbacks, hybrid technology is now being utili...[Read on] |
City Series, Part 12: Pittsburgh
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While it may have a reputation as the “City of Steel,” Pittsburgh should probably consider changing its motto to the “City of Colleges.” Home to Carlow University, Chatham University, Duqesne University, University of Pittsburgh and others, the ci...[Read on] |
Zipcar launches FastFleet, partners with ZimRide
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Have you heard of Zipcar?
Begun in Cambridge, Massachusetts nearly a decade ago, the startup pioneers the European idea of car-sharing here in the U.S.
Its concept is simple: offer self-service vehicles by the hour or day to city residents and busi...[Read on] |
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