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• The Latest: Santas ho-ho-hold court at ski resort bash

  03-12-2017 19:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEWRY, Maine - The Latest on the annual Santa Sunday event at Sunday River ski resort (all times local):1:40 p.m.Santa Claus is known for scooting down chimneys, but for one ......
  
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• Skiing Santas ho-ho-hold court at ski resort's annual bash

  03-12-2017 17:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEWRY, Maine - Santa Claus is known for scooting down chimneys, but for one day a year, dozens of Santas hope to avoid tumbling down a mountain.That day is Sunday, ......
  
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• Sex cases put spotlight on sex addiction, but is it real?

  03-12-2017 16:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Is sex addiction a true addiction, a crime, or a made-up condition used by misbehaving VIPs to deflect blame or repair tarnished images?A tide of high-profile sexual misconduct accusations against ......
  
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• Muslim foster parents: ‘We'd never had a Christmas tree - it made them so happy’

  03-12-2017 12:43
  News that a Christian child was ‘forced’ into Muslim foster care caused a furore earlier this year. But, despite the challenges, these families play a vital role in bringing up vulnerable childrenAbout 100,000 young people go through the fostering system every year. In recent years an increasing number of these have been child refugees from Muslim-majority countries such as Syria and Afghanistan, many arriving here traumatised and in need of care.“We estimate there is a shortag
  
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• Cakes and tarts: Jeremy Lee’s 12 puddings of Christmas – part 3

  03-12-2017 12:00
  Chocolate tart, spiced pear cake and ravioli san giuseppe ... for mealtimes or midnight feasts, these sweet snacks are what you need up your sleeve. •Jeremy Lee’s 12 puddings of Christmas, part 1
  •Jeremy Lee’s 12 puddings of Christmas, part 2This performs mightily well as a pudding, and makes excellent emergency rations for a quick sugar fix. Continue reading...
  
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• On my radar: Craig Charles’s cultural highlights

  03-12-2017 11:00
  The actor and DJ on Jean-Michel Basquiat, horror film Mother!, John Bishop’s chatshow, the magic of Altrincham Market and rising funksters the AllergiesBorn in Liverpool, Craig Charles began his career as a poet, performing on various television and radio programmes. In 1988, he landed the role of Dave Lister in the science-fiction comedy series Red Dwarf; since then, he has had a number of roles on television, including presenting Robot Wars (1998-2004) and playing Lloyd Mullaney in Coron
  
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• Muslim foster parents: ‘It’s been such a blessing’

  03-12-2017 10:00
  News that a Christian child was ‘forced’ into Muslim foster care caused a furore earlier this year. But, despite the challenges, these families play a vital role in bringing up vulnerable childrenAbout 100,000 young people go through the fostering system every year. In recent years an increasing number of these have been child refugees from Muslim-majority countries such as Syria and Afghanistan, many arriving here traumatised and in need of care.“We estimate there is a shortag
  
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• Why won’t Argos let me return my Furby after security alert?

  03-12-2017 07:59
  I bought it early as a Christmas present but I now learn it could be hackedIn an uncharacteristically early stab at my Christmas shopping in September, I spent £24.99 on a Furby Connect toy from Argos for my nine-year old grand-daughter, unaware it is one of several such “intelligent” dolls that have been the subject of security concerns. There seems to be mounting evidence that strangers can hack into them and talk to children playing with them. I find this deeply worrying and
  
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• The real hate club: we shouldn’t scroll back too far in the Twittersphere | Eva Wiseman

  03-12-2017 07:00
  Exposing decades old bigotry is uncomfortable, mostly because it reminds us of our own complicityIt’s like one of those fill-in-the-blank name games, where you find, say, your hipster pop-up restaurant name by taking the way you’d least like to die followed by the meat you’d like to try least. Except in this case, you take a celebrity you hate, and then search their social media for the most offensive words you can think of.Last week we saw YouTuber Jack Maynard leave I’m
  
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• The eco guide to greener veg

  03-12-2017 07:00
  More than 300 pesticides are permitted in conventional agriculture, and some may combine in a harmful cocktail effect. So for your sake and the planet’s, go organicLeeks, potatoes and onions are not vegetables you’d usually associate with a soup that could harm you. However, recent UK government data on pesticides and mainstream crops shows that they could create a very concerning cocktail effect. The number of different active pesticide ingredients used on these crops has increased
  
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• The afternoon Lenny Bruce and I spent cutting out newspaper pin-ups

  03-12-2017 07:00
  It’s 1961 and Roger Law, 20-year-old cartoonist, has an unexpected encounter with America’s most foulmouthed, freethinking comedianIn 1961, my friend Peter Cook opened the Establishment nightclub in Soho. It was a dark and labyrinthine place; full of stars and artists, gangsters and rascals. There was comedy on stage, jazz in the basement, and dreamers and drunks everywhere else. You’d get the odd MP in there, too.He looked like a degenerate matinée idol. Which I suppose
  
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• Singing the blues in our Canterbury home | Jo Leevers

  03-12-2017 07:00
  An 18th-century house has been given a wonderfully colourful update, finds Jo LeeversThis narrow townhouse is on one of the winding streets close to Canterbury cathedral, all double-yellow lines, fudge shops and shuffling tourists. From the outside it mirrors its upright Georgian neighbours, with bowed windows and a fanlight over the door. But inside, Kelly Simmons and William Durrant have given it a colourful wake-up call.A punchy, uplifting shade of blue sets the tone from the front living roo
  
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• Nigel Slater’s short ribs recipes

  03-12-2017 07:00
  Marinated and slow cooked, a row of thick beef short ribs and mash will add cheer to the grimmest of winter days
  It’s wet and cold, and the wind is rattling down the chimneys. I need meat on the bone. Flesh to usher towards tenderness in stock and aromatics or maybe something to roast slowly and sweetly.The stock introduces a deep, sweet-sour note and a shiny, sticky glaze Continue reading...
  
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• My daughter needs plastic surgery – how can I tell her? | Dear Mariella

  03-12-2017 07:00
  Stop pointing out her physical imperfections, Mariella Frostrup tells a mother who thinks her lonely daughter needs better looks to be happierThe dilemma My daughter looks very masculine and not in a good way. In childhood she was badly bullied. In her 20s she moved to different countries, underwent therapy and overcame her social anxiety. She is a changed person, but still spends most evenings alone on the phone with me. She’s had many relationship attempts with men, but I gather they hav
  
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• Limewood robins and David Bowie on your tree: what to buy this week

  03-12-2017 07:00
  A handcarved robin and hanging decorations – including a Ziggy – plus wrapping paper, sweets and pjs… some of the things we love this week The nation’s favourite bird, handcarved from limewood using an axe and knife by Mikael Nilsson, each with its own personality. No worms required. Wooden robins £85 each, twentytwentyone.com Continue reading...
  
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• Gul & Sepoy: 'Not as clever as it thinks it is’ – restaurant review

  03-12-2017 07:00
  Harneet and Devina Baweja’s first two places were rapturously received, and their reviews have all been good. Until now
  Gul and Sepoy, 65 Commercial Street, London E1 6BD (020 7247 1407). Meal for two, including alcohol, £120Sometimes it just doesn’t matter how good individual dishes are. It doesn’t matter if there are things that sounded the trumpets and made the angels sing. If, at the end of the meal you feel baffled or let down or short changed – or worse than t
  
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• For true flavour, thank shallots

  03-12-2017 07:00
  Plant true shallots now and rejoice in an empire of taste come summerAs we head toward the shortest day of the year, much of the vegetable patch might seem fast asleep. However, even in the dark days of December there is one unusual, exotic vegetable that is just aching to be planted. This rare crop is much prized by French chefs for its depth and complexity of flavour and though it’s rarely to be found in even the fanciest UK supermarkets, it is a real cinch to grow.True shallots' complex
  
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• Age old problem: how to stay clever for longer | Alexis Willett and Jennifer Barnett

  03-12-2017 07:00
  There are ways to ward off dementia and the ill effects of brain ageing, say Alexis Willett and Jennifer Barnett
  Sorry to break it to you, but there’s bad news. Your brain is shrinking (probably). None of us is getting any younger and time is increasingly taking its toll on our brains; our neurons are getting smaller and we’re losing connections between them. But should we accept this pattern of degeneration as inevitable? Is there anything we can do now to optimise our brains and pr
  
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• A toast to Catalonia's wines

  03-12-2017 07:00
  If one good thing has come out of the independence referendum held in October, it’s international interest in Catalan culture, including its lusicous winesAlbet i Noya Curiós Xarello, Penedès, Spain 2016 (£9.99, Vintage Roots) It will come as little comfort to Catalonia’s jailed leaders, or to the hundreds of people beaten up at polling stations in October, but the brutal suppression of the independence referendum has had at least one small positive local effect:
  
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• Viagra: the little blue pill that revolutionised our sex lives | Observer profile

  03-12-2017 02:24
  The virility drug, soon to be available over the counter in the UK, is a phenomenal success story, despite being the butt of many jokes. In 25 years, it’s also changed how we talk about male impotenceIt all began 25 years ago in Britain. The UK division of the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was running trials on a new drug for the treatment of angina. It was called UK-92480 and it wasn’t pulling up any trees.But if UK-92480 failed with the heart, the symbolic home of love, it m
  
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• Former P.E.I. doctor opens up about struggle with opioid addiction in new memoir

  03-12-2017 00:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CHARLOTTETOWN - He was a doctor, a father and a marathon runner, but beneath the white coat, Charlottetown physician Grant Matheson says his life was unravelling because of addiction.Matheson says ...
  
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• The Latest: Pope: possessing nuclear weapons 'irrational'

  03-12-2017 00:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The Latest on Pope Francis' trip to Asia (all times local):12:10 a.m.Pope Francis says the Cold War-era policy of nuclear deterrence is no longer viable and that the mere possession ......
  
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• Pope defends Myanmar silence, says he spoke truth in private

  03-12-2017 00:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Pope Francis on Saturday defended his silence in Myanmar over the plight of Rohingya refugees, saying a public denunciation would have "slammed the door in the face" of his hosts ...
  
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