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• Mom fears losing access to experimental drug that helped daughter after study ends

  26-03-2018 23:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Arzu Ozkose is caught in a dilemma she says no mother should have to face.Her 10-year-old daughter, Alara, suffered debilitating seizures caused by Dravet syndrome, but has improved ......
  
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• Mountain club members decry Fire Island cabin sale proposal

  26-03-2018 20:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. - Members of the Appalachian Mountain Club are opposing a proposal to sell its cabin on New York's trendy Fire Island.According to The New York Times , ......
  
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• Taking action for those jailed over unpaid council tax | Letters

  26-03-2018 19:11
  Angela Rafferty QC and 57 others note that significant numbers of people are being unlawfully imprisoned for non-payment of council tax. They think this is likely to be one of the largest mass miscarriages of justice in British historyThe current council tax system is not only “highly regressive” because of its weak links to property values as suggested in Phillip Inman’s article (Report, 20 March). Since council tax replaced the community charge in 1992, thousands of people in
  
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• Dentist group puts teeth in push to curb opioid painkillers

  26-03-2018 18:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CHICAGO - The American Dental Association wants dentists to drastically cut back on prescribing opioid painkillers.The association announced a new policy Monday that "essentially says eliminate opioids from your arsenal ......
  
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• Virgil Abloh named Louis Vuitton's menswear designer

  26-03-2018 17:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Paris-based fashion house Louis Vuitton has named Kanye West collaborator Virgil Abloh as its new menswear designer.The 37-year-old is founder of the Off-White label and will become, ...
  
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• Why you should freeze your child's credit

  26-03-2018 17:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  For years, identity theft expert Eva Velasquez warned parents that freezing their children's credit reports was difficult, problematic and probably unnecessary.Velasquez, chief executive officer of the non-profit Identity Theft Resource ...
  
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• How to survive an ultra-long haul flight

  26-03-2018 17:18
  Qantas has completed its first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK. But what’s the best way to cope with 17 hours in an economy cabin?Ultra-long haul is the new long-haul. Yesterday, Qantas completed its first non-stop flight from Perth, Australia, to Heathrow – 9,240 miles – in just over 17 hours.It’s a remarkably long time to be crammed into an airline seat. It’s also potentially dangerous, as being immobile for prolonged periods can lead to blood clots formi
  
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• Anna Jones’s chocolate recipes

  26-03-2018 14:00
  Easter is nothing without chocolate, and it couldn’t be easier than these simple truffles and brownies swirled with almond butterAnkles wet from dewy grass, a basket filled with foil-wrapped eggs, a sugar high by 10am ... the Easter-egg hunt was an annual highlight when I was little. I’ll be recreating it for my son this year, but there’ll be some grownup offerings, too: squidgy-centred brownies and the easiest chocolate truffles. Both lean on a favourite pairing: chocolate and
  
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• Will Brexit mean the end of UK/EU town twinning? | Notes and queries

  26-03-2018 13:15
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWill Brexit be a nail in the coffin of UK/EU town twinning?David Handley, Gargrave, North Yorkshire Continue reading...
  
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• The 10 Coolest Tiny Studios We’ve Ever Seen

  26-03-2018 13:00
  Small apartment living is getting better and better, and we’ve got a roundup of 10 tiny studios to back up our claim. They’re all under 350 square feet, but, with high ceilings that make it possible to build upwards instead of outwards, these little living spaces have enough features and functionality to let you live small and stylishly. They’re modern, minimalist, and maybe even cooler than big, fancy houses.You be the judge.1. Abbeville studiosImages: Mc C
  
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• Crossword blog: Meet the Setter – Knut

  26-03-2018 12:01
  The latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is Rob Jacques, AKA KnutRob Jacques sets for the Independent as Knut and for the Financial Times as Julius, and has often appeared in these pages for his topical clues. So, as promised, let’s meet the setter. Continue reading...
  
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• Virgil Abloh named artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear

  26-03-2018 11:29
  Creator of Off White label is first designer of colour to hold such a high-profile position in fashion
  Virgil Abloh has been appointed the new artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear, following the departure last week of Kim Jones. Abloh, whose own label, Off White, is one of fashion’s most talked-about breakout brands, is the first designer of colour to hold such a high-profile position. Louis Vuitton is the world’s biggest luxury brand, worth £20.30bn in May 2017.
  
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• Woof! Watching Isle of Dogs with a cinema full of canines

  26-03-2018 11:22
  They were howling in delight at a pooch-friendly screening of Wes Anderson’s new film in EdinburghScruffy, a sociable yellow labrador, enjoys lying on the couch watching westerns (because of the horses) and Match of the Day (because of the ball), but is only now, at the age of 10, making his debut trip to the cinema. The reason? To attend a pooch-friendly preview of Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs at the Cameo in Edinburgh.“I’m hoping that he will behave,” says Scruffy&
  
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• Thai drag queens hope new TV show brings LGBT acceptance

  26-03-2018 11:20
  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Before his shows at a jazz club in Bangkok, Pan Pan Narkprasert, 29, slathers layers of makeup on his face, emerging after two hours transformed into Pangina Heals, a...
  
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• National Motorhomes has not refunded £1,250 campervan deposit

  26-03-2018 09:01
  It keeps making excuses despite repeated requestsWe hired a campervan through National Motorhomes in August last year. It took a £1,250 deposit, to be repaid four weeks after we returned it – in our case, Christmas Eve. But despite repeated requests, it has failed to refund us.I was first told the money would be back in my account in five days. Then it would be 10. Now it claims the credit administrator is off sick and “might be back tomorrow”. SG, Lincolnshire Continue r
  
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• Smart meters: customers say they can’t get firms to install them

  26-03-2018 09:00
  Each month energy suppliers are putting 400,000 smart meters into UK homes. But 1m are needed to hit the 2020 target‘Get smart” urges the website of EDF, one of the UK’s largest utilities firms. It tells customers that a free smart meter will help them manage their gas and electricity bills “the hassle-free way” and promises those who book an installation that “we’ll help you get smart about the energy”. The deal is part of a government target to o
  
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• Pricey periods: how to save money on sanitary products

  26-03-2018 09:00
  Choosing supermarket own-brands or reusable menstrual cups can reduce the cost to one’s wallet and the environmentDenise Preis never needs to buy sanitary pads or tampons. And since first using a silicone menstrual cup more than five years ago, she has saved over £350. “A friend recommended it,” the 41-year-old says. “I’d always used organic tampons and pads, and wasn’t sure I’d like inserting a cup, but I got used to it quite quickly.” The s
  
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• I am naturally very thin and can’t imagine men finding me attractive

  26-03-2018 09:00
  I am skinny and flat-chested and have no sexual confidence, which makes me feel I will never have a sex life or normal relationshipsI’m a naturally very thin 27-year-old woman who is sexually inexperienced. I feel completely comfortable in clothes and OK in underwear, but do not feel sexy naked. The main problem is my flat chest, which I feel makes me appear child-like. I can’t help think men would find this unattractive and a turn-off. I’m not experienced or confident sexually
  
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• Should I keep my cash in a savings account or a lifetime Isa?

  26-03-2018 08:00
  I’m thinking about buying a property, but I’m worried I’ll face penalties if I decide against it Q I’m originally from Denmark, but moved here five years ago to do my degree. I’ve now finished studying and have started my first full-time job in London. As I’m only in my early twenties it’ll probably be some years before I’ll need a mortgage but I would like to plan ahead.I’m in the lucky position that I already have a savings of the equivalen
  
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• Seven ways to ... prevent snoring

  26-03-2018 08:00
  Many of us snore at least some of the time, but it can be damaging for health and relationships Continue reading...
  
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• Trump vs. Biden would be an epic boxing match

  26-03-2018 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  I have come up with a genius idea for resolving prickly political disputes and raising a little cash for charity at the same time.The idea for this fundraising dispute-settlement mechanism ......
  
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• A local’s guide to Lisbon: 10 top tips

  26-03-2018 07:30
  The Serbian-born writer picks the best places in his ‘beautiful, luminous’ adopted city for eating, shopping, walking or just hanging out and soaking up the viewsBefore I moved to Lisbon, almost a quarter of a century ago, someone told me: “From afar, it looks like a queen. But from closer you see that the old empress’s make-up is smudged and flaking, and that the ornaments fluttering in the wind are not lace, but someone’s laundry drying at the windows. But she&rsq
  
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• Voguing revives as Paris minorities strike a political pose

  26-03-2018 00:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - In garish makeup and dangerously high heels, a black male dancer's outstretched arms aggressively slice the air in time to the Paris nightclub music until suddenly, he drops ......
  
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