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When I'm traveling, all I want to do is watch movies and surf the web. I can't really focus on books in the midst of all the hustle and bustle, so if an airport doesn't have free WiFi, I wind up bored out of my skull. Fortunately, an engineer and blogger named Anil Polat is here to save the day. He used Google Maps to create WiFox, and it looks like this. Google Maps All you have to do is locate your airport on the sidebar, on the map, or by searching for it. Then, you can see its WiFi information. It's that simple! Google Maps Whether you're flying internationally or domestically, WiFox can help. Here's the listing for the Denver International Airport. Google Maps WiFox is updated regularly, so if you don't see your airport, check back next time. Google Maps I am definitely going to utilize WiFox when I trav

If you ask almost any woman, finding self-love in a sea of photoshopped images is no small feat. Every day, women and girls are bombarded with images of picture-perfect models with flat tummies and flawless skin. After a while, those images take their toll on someone's self-esteem, making it hard for girls to grow up feeling confident. And if you're a parent, you know the heartbreak that comes with seeing your daughter grow into skin that feels uncomfortable--a body that doesn't feel good enough or thin enough or pretty enough. One mother recently shared an exchange she had with her daughter and her message is something everyone needs to hear. "It matters how we talk to our daughters about our bodies," she writes. "They are listening. They are asking." Check out the full post below. Today while I was laying at the pool with my daughter: Her: "Why is your tummy big mama?" Me: "What do you mea

While having more than two biological parents sounds like science-fiction, recent medical advances have made it a big possibility for the future. Scientists in the U.K. have recently gotten permission from the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority (HFEA) to carry out a new in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique in a clinic at Newcastle University that, if successful, could prevent children from being born with certain genetic diseases -- and give them three biological parents. Developed by doctors in Newcastle, the treatment known as mitochondrial donation replaces the mother's faulty mitochondria with healthy mitochondria from another woman. Flickr / Torsten Mangner Mitochondria are present in almost every cell and create more than 90 percent of the energy needed by the body to sustain life and support organ function. So when they begin failing, organs are at risk of failing as well. Wikipedia

In the United States, legal abortion is a hotly contested issue with no easy answers. We can all agree, however, that sex-selective abortions, or abortions chosen solely on the basis of gender, are a disturbing practice. While not a documented problem in the U.S., other cultures around the world are facing an epidemic of sex-selective abortions and it causes problems throughout society. In India, where more than five million fetuses are terminated each year simply because they're female, activists are now going undercover to discover what can be done to stop the practice. India banned sex-selective abortion in 1994 and did not allow doctors to reveal the sex of an unborn child, but loopholes left the law unenforceable until 2002. Like in other cultures, having daughters in India is seen as an economic burden that isn't associated with having sons. Daughters are expected to have dowries, which are large costs for families. Sons have no such requireme