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• The Latest: Climber: Scaling El Capitan is about mental prep

  04-06-2017 22:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - The Latest on the first climb up Yosemite National Park's El Capitan without safety gear (all times local):12:45 p.m.An elite rock climber says the biggest ......
  
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• Solo climber is 1st up Yosemite's El Capitan without ropes

  04-06-2017 20:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - An elite rock climber became the first to climb alone to the top of the massive granite wall known as El Capitan in Yosemite National ...
  
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• Book industry looks to hold steady in turbulent time

  04-06-2017 19:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Sen. Al Franken looked out on hundreds of publishers and booksellers gathered for their annual national convention, BookExpo, and summed up the news of the time."Oy.""Say it ......
  
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• Quickly reporting cancer complications may boost survival

  04-06-2017 19:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHICAGO - If you're being treated for cancer, speak up about any side effects. A study that had patients use home computers to report symptoms like nausea and fatigue surprisingly ...
  
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• System aims to recreate challenging mountain climbs in gym

  04-06-2017 18:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  HANOVER, N.H. - After spending time in Switzerland studying and hiking in the Alps, Dartmouth assistant professor Emily Whiting wanted to relive those climbs back home.Upon her return to the ...
  
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• All in a roe: the secret of Sardinia’s bottarga

  04-06-2017 13:30
  
  Cabras lagoon in the island’s south-west is home to prized bottarga, cured and air-dried grey mullet roe that’s perfect as a nibble or grated over pastaStill think spaghetti carbonara is best made with bacon – or pancetta if you’re being authentic? One taste of the Buzzi brothers’ version at their A Galaia restaurant in Carloforte, Sardinia, and the piggy version will probably never cut it again. That’s because they make their carbonara with bottarga, the cure
  
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• How the brain stores traumatic images | Daniel Glaser

  04-06-2017 10:30
  
  Images from the Manchester bombing are likely to cause post-traumatic stress disorder, says Daniel GlaserThe deletion of unwanted memories is still a challenge that neurobiology cannot meet. If only it could. The imagery and accounts we’ve seen and heard since the Manchester bombing will affect us all for a long time.Events such as this generate an ‘epicentre’ of trauma where those who were present or witnessed the immediate aftermath may suffer post-traumatic stress disorder.
  
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• How Lego clicked: the brand that reinvented itself | Johnny Davis

  04-06-2017 09:00
  
  The revival of Lego has been hailed as the greatest turnaround in corporate history, ousting Ferrari as the world’s most powerful brand. Johnny Davis reportsFrom its founding in 1932 until 1998, Lego had never posted a loss. By 2003 it was in big trouble. Sales were down 30% year-on-year and it was $800m in debt. An internal report revealed it hadn’t added anything of value to its portfolio for a decade.In some ways Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp is a better model for innovatio
  
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• Royal Mail’s Keepsafe just let our mail pile up on the doormat

  04-06-2017 08:00
  
  We used the service four times when we went away and each time it let us downRoyal Mail advertises its Keepsafe service as the best way of ensuring your property is secure, yet it has failed us on every occasion we have tried to use it. Since we moved to West Sussex a year ago we have had four short trips away; each time we returned to a pile of post on our doormat, in full view of passersby (we have a glass panel next to the front door). The first time we thought it was a one-off mistake. We co
  
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• Zobler’s Delicatessen, London: restaurant review

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  Creating a New York-style Jewish deli in an old bank in London is a big ask, and Zobler’s pulls it off. But where’s the fat?Zobler’s Delicatessen, The Ned, 27 Poultry, London EC2R 8BP (020 3828 2000). Meal for two, including drinks: £25 to £50At Zobler’s Deli I got excited about a bowl of chicken matzo ball soup. This is proof of either the soup’s brilliance or my low expectations. In truth, it was both. Zobler’s is located inside the newly opened
  
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• Vital but invisible early lessons that last a lifetime | Holan Liang

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  At the core of a happy, healthy adult is the resilience they learn as a child. Can this be taught, asks psychiatrist Holan LiangKnowing the extent of our influence as parents can make our task all the more daunting. The endless rise of new parenting methods we hear about in the media can add to our sense of confusion and lack of confidence. From tiger to helicopter parenting, micro-managers and maxi-organisers, parents whose children don’t throw food to ones obsessed with tutoring, could i
  
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• Under the rainbow of my colourful home | Anna Lambert

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  A life coach, her family and two teenage refugees live a life full of joy in their colourful Kent cottage. By Anna Lambert“This house has come together through a series of random choices,” says Oeda O’Hara of the Victorian Kentish cottage that she shares with husband Michael, her 20-year-old son Finlay and two teenage refugees, one from Afghanistan and one from Eritrea. “It should be chaos but the decoration works because as long as we’ve got colour around us, we&rs
  
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• The eco guide to tinned tuna

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  Sustainable fish is the only option if we’re not going to wipe species out. So it’s a big round of applause for new Princes tuna with the all-important blue tickWhenever a sustainable seafood product reaches the shelves of UK stores I feel like doing a little dance. Step forward tinned tuna from Princes. Prosaic it may be, but it’s the first certified tuna from the Western Pacific wearing the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) blue tick.It’s time to remove all non-s
  
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• The day George Best overtook me in a Lotus on the Harrogate Road

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  It’s 1969, and a starstruck schoolboy catches a glimpse of the absurdly talented footballer and his Danish fianceeThe swinging 60s never really caught on at King James’s grammar school in Knaresborough (founded 1616). Here the school song was a hymn of praise to obedience. Loyalty to house, school, Queen and country was the primary virtue. But in the autumn of 1969, at the age of 12, I thrillingly left that staid, if kindly, world behind to come face to face with the personification
  
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• The crazy Calabrian celebration of stodge | Nell Frizzell

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  Two Italian brothers are bringing their home town’s tradition of cooking for the masses to London. Nell Frizzell reportsI’m standing beside a very large man in a very small Italian football kit, his calves trembling as he pours a mixture of chickpeas, tomatoes and wild herbs over a cauldron of pasta from a ladle the size of a baby bath.We are at an old monastery in Maida, Calabria, home town to Salvatore and Matteo Aloe, owners of Berberè, a popular restaurant chain in Italy,
  
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• Sparks from Marks: three Bordeaux and Bordeaux-inspired wines at M&S

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  Shoppers may have been turning against their clothing ranges, but M&S wines are a high street standout, with some superb examples at around a tennerChasse-Spleen, Médoc, Bordeaux, France 2014 (£33, M&S)Dear old M&S may be having a bit of trouble in the clothing department but its wine range remains a standout on the high street. Its latest wheeze has been to add a bunch of very smart topflight clarets from the 2014 vintage, bought en primeur (before the wines were bottle
  
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• Nigel Slater’s sesame recipes

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  Talk about snap chat: sesame seeds bring a deep, nutty tone to cheesecake and panna cotta, and you can even make your own brittleThe lid has barely been on the jar of sesame seeds this week. The tiny ivory seeds acted as coating for crab cakes, a dressing for spring cabbage (with lemon and mint) and a seasoning (with hazelnuts, almonds, cumin seeds and dried thyme) for warm flatbread drenched with olive oil. Best moment of all was their inclusion in a sort of sesame praline, to bring crunch to a
  
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• My alcoholic daughter must leave home – or I will | Mariella Frostrup

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  Mariella Frostrup says a father must agree clear boundaries with his wife for their alcohol-addicted daughter – and stick to themThe dilemma I’m a 69-year-old retired engineer with two children; one who lives abroad and seems to be doing well, and the other, my 26-year-old alcoholic daughter.She appears incapable of holding down a job, is a strain on our resources and frequently goes on binges during which she might fall and get bruised. Continue reading...
  
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• A tale of coffee shops, croissants and steaming confrontations

  04-06-2017 07:00
  
  It’s a lovely morning, all’s well with the world… until a café manager erupts into unaccountable rageI am just INCREDULOUS that you thought this would be OK. I’m not kicking you out, it’s fine. I just… can’t believe that a person could do this!” She stood in front of me with the expression of a person who’s dug two graves before embarking on a journey of revenge that’s ending here, now.The manager quivered with a kind of pre-ra
  
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• Reasons to wear... florals

  04-06-2017 00:55
  
  Flower motifs are this summer’s favourite trend, as seen on the catwalks of Dries Van Noten and Rag & Bone, so now’s the time to buy in and blossom Continue reading...
  
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• Andrew McConnell's prawn and chicken dumplings with spiced vinegar recipe

  04-06-2017 00:03
  
  The chef shares some of the dishes that have made Melbourne’s Supernormal restaurant so popularI’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like dumplings. Incredibly satisfying to eat, they seem to appeal to every demographic. The combination of flavour and texture is important but the social aspect of sharing a plate of dumplings with friends is part of the experience. These dumplings have been a staple on the Supernormal menu for some time. It’s a recipe I have worked on and deve
  
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