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Downton Abbey Returns To The US For Season Three: Keep This Flowchart Handy
[Editor's Note: Barely 24 hours remain before season three of Masterpiece's Downton Abbey returns to the US and I for one am cramming in an effort to finish season two and be ready to get swept up in...
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Clean HTML Makes Your Blog Post Portable
Editor's Note: Do you use your blog posts in more than one place? Perhaps on your blog and also here at BlogHer? Here are some tips that will help you recognize and use clean and easy to reuse HTML in...
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Fatherhood Isn't Easy Like Motherhood
When one high-profile woman makes a statement, it always has a ripple effect to ALL women. Rare is the person who WANTS to be a spokesperson for all women/LGBT/blacks, etc. but by their very nature of...
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NHL Lockout Ends. The Sheep Return. Heroes Don't.
I grew up in Montreal, so as you can imagine I've had the Canadiens practically encoded in the particular strand of my DNA that's reserved for hockey fandom. As a kid, I was lucky to attend a whole lot...
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I Went for a Pedicure and Got a Cross-Cultural Experience
[Editor's Note: While I love mani-pedis as much as the next girl, sometimes the experience brings up uncomfortable ethnic and socio-economic disparities that make the experience Not. Relaxing. At. All....
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How Do You Teach Kids to Be Kind to Others?
Oh the joys of parenting, of being trusted with the job to raise our children to be decent human beings. It's hard sometimes, especially as those darn kids continue to get older and make friends --...
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Science Can Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions
I declared on Twitter that my New Year's resolution would be 1920x1200. Clever as I thought my nerd humour was, it would appear that this was a bit of a recurring joke among nerd tweeps and just proved...
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Working Mom Resolutions 2013
[Editor's Note: 2012 brought many changes, challenges, and triumphs for working moms everywhere. Here is one group of working mothers who have laid out some solid resolutions for 2013 in terms of...
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Why You Should Never, Ever Touch the Belly
Editor's Note: There are things you should never ask a woman. One of them: "When is the baby due?" Unless the baby is falling out, let her tell you about her pregnancy first. There are also things you...
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Our Long Road: 5 Years, 6 Miscarriages
Editor’s Note: I teared up when I read this story by Mo, who’d endured seven rounds of IVF and six miscarriages before she successfully carried to term, and the encouraging early words from a doctor...
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That Thing You Want To Say
The first welfare office I ever stepped in was in this one-story dark brown office building that was on the curve of a road that made it seem even more remote than it was. It was unmarked and so drab...
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Recycling and Landfill: What Do Things Really Cost?
Turns out, Annie Leonard isn't the only one wondering what happens to our stuff once we throw it out. In her post, Car Seat Recycling and Depot Tour, Suzanne, over at Mommy Footprint, has a question or...
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5 Reasons to be Excited About Women's Soccer in 2013
Fans of women's soccer had a lot to be thankful for in the last year. 2012 saw the national team take home Olympic gold and also brought the announcement that U.S. Soccer was going to green light a new...
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Baked Honey Dijon Chicken Tenders
Homemade chicken tenders are so much healthier than the processed chicken from fast-food restaurants and they're really simple to make. I often find myself making these on the weekend, when Chris and I...
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Tainted Baseball Players Snubbed By Hall Of Fame
If you've ever been to Cooperstown, home to baseball's Hall of Fame, you know it is a fantastic place to visit with your family and relive a bit of American history as well as your favorite memories of...
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Dealing With Internet Jealousy and Crafty Celebrity
Crafty Pod is always a wealth of fantastic and inspiring creative information. Blogger, author, teacher and all around craft diva Diane Gilleland is the woman behind Crafty Pod. One of my favorite...
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Oscar Watch: What's Up With All The Violence?
I love movies and I’m always thrilled when I read about a film made for adults. It’s a sad fact of life that the big-budget productions, issued in the summer, all feature superheroes with super powers...
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How to Prevent and Soothe Chapped Lips
In addition to moving to a year-round warm climate or choosing one of the few chapsticks that actually work, there are a few things you can do to help soothe and prevent chapped lips. Chapped lips can...
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Keeping A-"Breast" of the New Health Care Law
A big change in public policy could bring mothers and their new babies much closer from now on. As of January 1, a provision of the Affordable Care Act, the health reform legislation passed by Congress...
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How to Set Freelance Rates for a Writing Project
[Editor's Note: Setting your pricing as a freelancer can feel like a daunting task. Do it wrong and you'll be working like a dog and earning little. This article from WordCount gives you some solid...
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