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La Oscas

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:40:32 +0000

With her win for best director at this year’s Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow joins a small, honored society of filmmakers. But then, she’s already part of a small select group: Female directors. Yes, women nominated for best-director Oscars are a rarity — only four in the Academy’s 82-year-history. (The previous nominees — who all lost — were Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation," Jane Campion for "The Piano" and Lina Wertmuller for "Seven [...]

Locked or Unlocked? Today, That Is the Money Question

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:51:12 +0000

The cellphone industry has started to change because of a recent policy switch from T-Mobile. And as it does, a shopper will increasingly have to consider the total price of the wireless service plan as well as the price of the phone itself. This is especially true if the smartphone under consideration can be perpetually updated with new apps. You might not really need to spend hundreds more on a new phone after a two-year contract expires and then chain yourself to a network for another two years [...]

A Women’s History Month Salute To Sustainable Farm Heroines

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:30:32 +0000

March is National Women’s History Month. For those who aren’t aware of it, National Women’s History Month was started by the National Women’s History Project, (NWHP), a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1980. The group provides educational resources, materials, and information about the roles of women in American [...]

3 Sleep Tricks to Try in Bed

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:27:35 +0000

The following exercises will help you fall asleep — and stay asleep — by facilitating physical, mental, and emotional cleansing and activating the body’s relaxation response. Try them and see for [...]

Digital Billboards, Diversions Drivers Can’t Escape

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:09:39 +0000

”It’s a very flexible, very responsible medium and very impactful,” said Ron Cooper, chief executive of Clear Channel Outdoor, which has 450 digital billboards and plans to add 150 more this year. Big corporations that have used them include ABC, AT&T, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, General Mills, Ford and Verizon. “Consumers report seeing it, remembering the brand, remembering the advertisers.” He and others in the industry say they have been careful to make the signs memorable but not distracting. They say the “television on a stick” label is an [...]

International Women’s Day!

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:07:44 +0000

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What if Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:09 +0000

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Old Stuff Day…!

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:59:14 +0000

Do something new. Do not do the same old stuff on the Same Old Stuff March 2. Go to work with different colored socks. Wear jeans when it isn't dress down Friday. Take a friend to lunch and pay. Sky jump. Do the dishes for your wife. Wash your [partner's] car. Enjoy the day by not doing the same old [...]

15 Ways to Reduce Food Packaging

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:59:34 +0000

As of 1994, the European Union requires manufacturing companies to take back and recycle at least 60 percent of their packaging waste, including that used for food items, thus taking the burden off of the consumer and local communities. No such incentive for reducing packaging exists for manufacturers in the U.S. or [...]

Dog Saves Life of 3-Year-Old Girl Lost in the Woods

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:31:08 +0000

A toddler, lost overnight in the woods, with only a t-shirt to protect her from 30-degree weather, isn’t the kind of story that usually ends well. But it did for three-year-old Victoria. Thanks to her Queensland heeler named [...]