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• Young transgender kids play, open up at California day camp

  07-08-2017 20:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  EL CERRITO, Calif. - In some ways, Rainbow Day Camp is very ordinary. Kids arrive with a packed lunch, make friendship bracelets, play basketball, sing songs and get silly. But ...
  
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• Poached eels: US strikes at illegal harvests as value grows

  07-08-2017 20:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BREWER, Maine - Changes in the worldwide fisheries industry have turned live baby American eels into a commodity that can fetch more than $2,000 a pound at the dock, but ...
  
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• Doctor who wrote 'The Care & Keeping of You' offers boy book

  07-08-2017 18:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Attention boys: You will grow taller, sprout hair, sweat more, develop muscles, fight breakouts, acquire deeper voices and experience changes to your private parts.And those are just ......
  
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• Welcome to Gwyneth’s Goop ‘mudroom’. But does it sell rose quartz vaginal eggs?

  07-08-2017 18:17
  As Goop Mrkt brings ‘the farm aesthetic of Cornwall to the Hamptons’, our style expert says the most fashionable stores are never really about selling stuffWhat is the one essential store I should know about to be fashionable?Joe, by email Continue reading...
  
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• The fight for women poisoned by breast implants

  07-08-2017 17:55
  Five years after PIP silicone was declared dangerous, victims have been awarded a payout. But, say campaigners, it does not cover their costs so far – let alone compensate for their sufferingIn 2012, the lives of almost 50,000 British women were changed for ever. They had undergone breast augmentation, but were fitted with faulty French implants.The scandal broke in June that year, after a UK report found that the implants – made by the firm Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) –
  
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• Inside Zan TV: Afghanistan’s first all-female station

  07-08-2017 17:41
  The channel employs 50 women to create its daily mix of news, politics and lifestyle shows. In a country still recovering from Taliban rule, Zan’s team are transforming attitudes – and ratings are soaringAfter a city-wide billboard campaign featuring a group of young women standing with arms folded, the women’s media network Zan TV launched in Kabul, Afghanistan, three months ago, with a panel discussion about the right to vote and a Facebook cover photo that read: “We mi
  
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• Christian Millau, French restaurant guide author, dies at 88

  07-08-2017 17:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - Christian Millau, who built the Gault & Millau restaurant guide series and was among the originators of the nouvelle cuisine food movement, has died at age 88.The Gault ...
  
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• Serve grilled BLT salad with buttermilk dressing

  07-08-2017 16:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  When I first heard about folks grilling romaine lettuce, I was pretty skeptical. Lettuce is supposed to be crisp. Grilling would make it soggy. What's the point?Now, having tried it ...
  
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• Volunteer grave diggers, corpse storage: funeral homes asked to prep for pandemics

  07-08-2017 16:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  While Canadian health officials have extensive plans to ensure people survive a future influenza pandemic, they've also made macabre recommendations for the nation's funeral homes for those who don't."In a ......
  
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• US government clamps down on eel poaching as value grows

  07-08-2017 15:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BREWER, Maine - Changes in the worldwide fisheries industry have turned live baby American eels into a commodity that can fetch more than $2,000 a pound at the dock, but ...
  
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• At transgender camp, children as young as 4 find safe space

  07-08-2017 15:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  EL CERRITO, Calif. - In some ways, Rainbow Day Camp is very ordinary. Kids arrive with a packed lunch, make friendship bracelets, play basketball, sing songs and get silly. But ...
  
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• Pawsome, dude! World Dog Surfing Championships held in California – video

  07-08-2017 15:04
  The second canine world surfing championships were held at Pacifica in California this weekend. Pooches of all shapes and sizes competed in separate classes for the prestigious first place, taken this year by Abbie, an Australian kelpie, thanks to her impressive board control and mid-ride tricks Continue reading...
  
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• Dishes from the Black Sea and beyond: exclusive extract | Olia Hercules

  07-08-2017 14:42
  These recipes bind fragments of many Caucasian cultures. The author of new book Kaukasis describes how she cherishes the region’s traditions while creating something newIn times of great economic struggle, people fall apart. I have seen it happen, where close friends, parents and their children or siblings break ties with each other because it is simply too difficult to continue. When it’s hard to survive financially, hard to stay strong and hard to make sense of events, it’s e
  
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• Is it a bad idea to buy a property in London if it's not home for life?

  07-08-2017 13:41
  I would prefer buying to renting but fear a 2007-like crash may wipe out value and make it tough to resell Q I’m 26, living in London, and on civil service salary of £34,500, and after I’ve completed my graduate scheme, I should be on £50,000-plus in a couple of years. I’m fortunate to have £110,000 in cash – from savings and inheritance – to put towards the purchase of a property. I am young and single and like living in London, it suits my lifest
  
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• What is going on if people who need wheelchairs can’t get them?

  07-08-2017 13:32
  It is gobsmacking that you might wait up to five years for a suitable wheelchair that means you can get about, look after yourself and workI suppose that by now we should be used to things that are gobsmackingly unfair and nonsensical, but I have just come across something that still gave me a shock: the waiting list for a suitable wheelchair can be up to five years. That’s an electric one that fits the person’s particular needs, and means they can get out of bed, move about, look af
  
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• Welcoming Scandinavian Apartment Preserves Historic Charm

  07-08-2017 13:00
  This welcoming Scandinavian apartment is located in the heart of Gothenburg, Sweden, on the third floor of a heritage building. Much of the original turn-of-the-century charm is preserved in the form of high ceilings, wood flooring, profiled moldings, ceiling medallions and cast iron radiators.The hallway that greets you as you step inside this three-room apartment seems comfortably large, thanks to its white walls and bright tiled flooring. As you go farther, you find the wonderful living
  
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• Australia to hold postal vote to decide on same-sex marriage law

  07-08-2017 12:26
  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will hold a non-compulsory postal vote on legalizing same-sex marriage if a second bid to win political support for a national ballot fails, a minister said on Monday.
  
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• Is working long hours bad for your heart?

  07-08-2017 10:40
  Studies show it may increase the risk of a condition known as atrial fibrillation. But you can make lifestyle changes to reduce the chancesIt hardly seems fair. You have to work long hours because that is your job. Your social life is ruined and you regularly fall asleep into your ready-meal. But, actually, it is even worse: research increasingly shows that working long hours (and British employees work the longest hours in Europe) puts you at greater risk from heart disease and mental health pr
  
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• Transgender day camp among first to include 4-year-olds

  07-08-2017 10:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  EL CERRITO, Calif. - In some ways, California's Rainbow Day Camp is very conventional, with kids making friendship bracelets, playing basketball and singing songs. But in other ways, it's extraordinary ......
  
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• I have herpes and my partner and I have lost our libido

  07-08-2017 09:00
  She insists I wear a condom and is going through the menopause, leading to dryness, and I am experiencing premature ejaculationMy partner and I have been together for 15 years but the sex has always been a bit hit and miss. I get occasional bouts of herpes and as she is, understandably, worried about it, she insists I use a condom, which I hate. She has also been going through her menopause, leading to dryness and tightness. Neither of us has any libido and, to top it all, I have become a premat
  
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• More Syrian child brides in Jordan amid poverty, uncertainty

  07-08-2017 08:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MAFRAQ, Jordan - Married at 15 and divorced at 16, a Syrian teen says she regrets having said yes to a handsome suitor — a stranger who turned into an ......
  
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• Glasto to Passo Di Giau: did festival fitness help me cycle Maratona dles Dolomites?

  07-08-2017 07:30
  Music, crowds, death, and stunning scenery. Peter Kimpton finds alternative forms of motivation to help survive this tough, mountainous one-day rideIf there’s one question you might expect to be pondering while tackling one of the toughest one-day cycling events, it is certainly not: what is the meaning of love?Struggling up the penultimate big climb, the Passo Giau – 10km averaging almost 10% gradient to 2,236m, and having already tackled five peaks before it, my thoughts were far m
  
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• HRT and vaginal moisturisers? Here's what really helps menopausal women

  07-08-2017 07:00
  Products claiming to ‘fix’ the menopause are now a multibillion-dollar global industry. We asked the experts for their advice on what works and what doesn’tEven though 80% of women going through the menopause will get symptoms, such as hot flushes and night sweats (and in 25% of cases they will be severe enough to affect quality of life), few are confident talking about it. A global industry worth about US$4bn (£3.4bn) flogs books and products, but reliable information is
  
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• How skaters make cities safer – and the fight to save the Southbank skate spot

  07-08-2017 07:00
  Skateboarders are the ‘shock troops of gentrification’, making no-go areas secure – and then seeing their newly valuable sites destroyed when the developers move in. Can one much-loved London space buck the trend?‘It was like a part of my soul was destroyed,” says Ian “Davross” Scudds. He is talking about the moment in 2004 when two-thirds of the skateboarding site at the Southbank Centre in London was fenced off and destroyed without warning. Four decad
  
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• Sudoku 3820 easy

  07-08-2017 01:01
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls cost £1.03 per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary and mobiles will be considerably higher. Service supplied by ATS. Call 0330 333 6946 for customer service (charged at standard rate). Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,742

  07-08-2017 01:00
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,269

  07-08-2017 01:00
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