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My bread dilemma

I try to consume consciously. When it comes to grocery shopping, I rarely buy anything that isn't fair trade, locally-produced, or organic. Being a conscious consumer has its pitfalls, though. Often I find myself in a hopeless spiral of uncertainty when choosing between two similar products. A …

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Highlight the current category for single posts in WordPress

When you browse a category in WordPress, a current-cat class is added to the category's list item in the wp_list_categories menu. This is really useful for styling your menu so readers have a visual cue of where they are in your blog. But when viewing an individual post, the current-cat class …

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Grab the new EP - Colours and Signs

Hello friends! So, even though Sufjan stole my thunder, I released an EP today too! It's called Colours and Signs. That's right. If you came to my show last night at The Bean, you would have got a sneak peek of the fourth and final song in my summer EP. And now, you can download the entire album …

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SOS Children's Villages

Intro On 12 February 2010, we left Toronto and flew across the ocean to spend a week in Dubai and Pakistan. It was our first trip to this area. We met countless new relatives, saw breathtaking sights of natural and architectural beauty, and got jostled around in the frenzied traffic of Karachi. We …

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