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• 10 Dishes That America’s Top Chefs Make for Thanksgiving

  21-11-2016 23:00
  
  From a Texas turkey to brioche stuffing, here are 10 creative takes on Thanksgiving favorites…Michalene Busico
  
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• Sun Life is now offering life insurance to HIV-positive Canadians

  21-11-2016 22:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX:SLF) is now selling life insurance to people living with HIV, as well as overhauling its life insurance application process.In in order to make it easier, the insurer says it will no longer routinely require saliva, urine or blood samples from those...
  
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• 7 Exquisite Properties Currently Available for Sale Around the World

  21-11-2016 21:00
  
  Homes on the market include a stone-and-glass stunner in Wyoming and a House of Paradise in Hawaii…Karen Cakebread
  
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• Q & A with Robert Wrigley

  21-11-2016 20:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Dr. Robert Wrigley, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has had a long and diverse career as a wildlife biologist.Just look at his resumé: ecologist, director and curator of scientific and cultural organizations, interpreter and tour leader, developer of strategic and master plans,...
  
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• From concert hall to Cretaceous era

  21-11-2016 19:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Move over, T. Rex. There's a new giant predator in town.On Sunday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m., paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim will introduce audiences at the Centennial Concert Hall to Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous in a lecture that's part of the National Geographic Live series.The largest
  
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• Brief hed

  21-11-2016 19:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Move over, T. Rex. There's a new giant predator in town.On Sunday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m., paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim will introduce audiences to Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous in a lecture that's part of the National Geographic Live series.The largest predatory dinosaur ever...
  
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• Sabra recalls hummus amid listeria contamination fears

  21-11-2016 17:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Some varieties of Sabra hummus sold in the United States and Canada are being recalled amid concerns over possible listeria contamination.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says says listeria was identified at the manufacturing facility, but not in the finished product.The
  
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• Dementia rate declines but aging America may halt the trend

  21-11-2016 17:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHICAGO - New research documents another decline in dementia rates but experts say the rising numbers of older Americans may halt that trend unless better ways are found to keep brains healthy.The study released Monday shows the rate of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in adults aged 65
  
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• Love the dog in the John Lewis ad? Great, but don’t rush out and buy one

  21-11-2016 17:32
  
  Every time a dog features in a film or on TV, people want one, but their new pets will often have come from the ghastly, gangster puppy farmsYes, I love the John Lewis advert, because it stars a boxer dog, and I’ve had boxers for years and am mad on them. I have boxer wall calendars, plates, mugs and models. I also love the YouTube clip of the boxer watching the John Lewis boxer on telly, and jumping up and down with it. How clever is that dog? A comic genius, like my boxer.But then my hap
  
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• Are You Most Calm at Home or at Work?

  21-11-2016 17:00
  
  The clip-on Spire ($100)
  Gain insight into daily stress levels with this new tracker…Janice O'Leary
  
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• 'Super Size Me' maker's eatery: Business test? Social stunt?

  21-11-2016 16:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio pop-up restaurant promoted by the maker of the documentary film "Super Size Me" as a test for a restaurant concept may have been a stunt about how marketing can misrepresent food quality.Morgan Spurlock's "Holy Chicken!" in Columbus was announced as a "mission-driven,...
  
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• Crossword roundup: words of the year

  21-11-2016 16:19
  
  Have crosswords beaten the dictionaries in the race to identify the words that sum up 2016?Other dictionaries are available, but Collins and Oxford have released their word of the year lists. Here at the crossword blog, we’ve celebrated the way in which crosswords are often quicker than dictionaries at picking up on new terms – in fact, there’s a solid argument that a good benchmark of a new word’s success is when a setter expects a solver to have come across it. Continue
  
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• A Modern Farmhouse with Historic Walls

  21-11-2016 15:00
  
  House Aartrijke is a former farmhouse in Zedelgem, an agricultural part of Belgium. Architect Atelier Tom Vanhee created this modern farmhouse barn by adjoining the old building with a modern extension, seamlessly blending old and new styles together under a pitched roof.The extension includes the entrance hall, garage, circulation and storage spaces, while the former barn accommodates the living areas, including four large bedrooms and two bathrooms. The new addition to the home
  
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• Tomatillo salsa offers fresh approach to poaching salmon

  21-11-2016 14:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The French love to cook fish by poaching it in a flavoured liquid, usually a combination of white wine and water, leeks or onions, and some herbs. It's a notably lean way to roll because there's no fat involved. And the finished product is reliably tender because it's been cooked at a low...
  
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• Anna Jones’s recipes for making porridge more interesting | The modern cook

  21-11-2016 13:00
  
  There’s more to porridge than plain old oats, and you’re missing out if that’s all you eat for breakfast. Apples and maple butter, or a chocolate and pear combo, are guaranteed to sweeten the day. Who cares if that upsets tradition?Porridge: do we really need a recipe for that? That for me is the real joy of porridge – it is simple; foolproof even. I have come to learn it’s a very personal thing, a ratio between oats (or other quick-cooking flaked grains) and a liqu
  
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• Former coal baron's Victoria castle now a popular tourism - and wedding - spot

  21-11-2016 12:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  VICTORIA - The grey, cool mist of an autumn morning briefly hides the full glory of the castle on the hill.But the fog soon gives way to bright sunshine, and light shining on stained-glass windows spreads a kaleidoscope of colours across a decked-out 19th century dining room table.A step...
  
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• Learning to give

  21-11-2016 12:00
  
  Freedom from Torture’s remarkable work – and why we should support itAssuming that any Observer reader who is not actually completely broke occasionally gives money to a charity, it is interesting to find out what it is that makes us choose one cause rather than another. Is it one where we have some knowledge of the problem, or of the people who need help or, quite often, have no particular interest in the cause but enjoy the event that has been organised to raise money for it?That c
  
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• I have trouble climaxing with my girlfriend when I wear a condom

  21-11-2016 09:00
  
  At 64, I just don’t get the same sensation with a condom, and manual stimulation during intercourse is uncomfortable for herI am 64. My girlfriend is 48. She cannot take the pill, so I wear a condom. I have no problem having an orgasm without a condom but when I wear one, I don’t get the same sensation. Today, I had her stroke me while having intercourse, but the position is uncomfortable for her. Oral is out – she had a bad experience in the past. Related: My husband only want
  
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• Everything you wanted to know about vein problems (but were too busy pulling up your socks to ask)

  21-11-2016 09:00
  
  About 20% of people develop visible varicose veins – while 84% of us get thread veins on our legs. What can you do to prevent them? And can they pose a serious health risk?Many people are distressed by the appearance of their legs – 15-20% of people have visible varicose veins, and an equivalent percentage may have hidden ones that can, nonetheless, cause symptoms such as aching legs, swollen ankles and discoloured patches of skin. Thread veins do not usually cause any medical sympto
  
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• Should humans drink cow’s milk?

  21-11-2016 08:30
  
  The consumption of cow’s milk is in decline as lactose intolerance does for dairy what gluten intolerance has done to bread. But if you are northern European, you are genetically modified to consume milkIt is said that the average person consumes 144 pints of cow’s milk a year, but 40% of that is poured on to cereal. The definition of what an average person is seems to include 60% who are children. But what was once touted as the one-stop supplier of most nutrients is going out of fa
  
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• I'm a freelance business analyst, but the jobs have dried up – what can I do next?

  21-11-2016 08:00
  
  My role seems to have been combined with IT functions, where I am out of my depth, so am seriously considering a career change
  Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. I became a business analyst (examining how a business works to identify any changes that need to be made) after lea
  
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• Paragons of the North

  21-11-2016 07:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  You know how when someone you care about obsessively collects a certain thing, you always keep one eye open in case you run across a must-have example of their quirky collectible?For example, if your mom collects pigs and spoons, you are always on the lookout for the perfect pig or spoon...
  
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• Bidens host Pences with crammed closets

  21-11-2016 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A vice presidential disaster avertedWASHINGTON — The transfer of power from the Obama administration to the upcoming Trump government seemed to be going so well, judging from the cordial meetings between the president and the president-elect and their wives, and the confabs between vice
  
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