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• Canadian actors respond after Cosby Show actor spotted working at Trader Joe's

  03-09-2018 20:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Several Canadian actors say working a day job while employed in the biz is more common than some might think, after the issue was thrust into the spotlight when a ......
  
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• No messing around with this desk

  03-09-2018 19:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Today I’d like to share the shocking, but true story of a slovenly newspaper columnist.To shield this journalistic icon from public embarrassment, we’ll give him a fictitious name — Doug ...
  
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• From penny press to Snapchat: Parents fret through the ages

  03-09-2018 18:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - When Stephen Dennis was raising his two sons in the 1980s, he never heard the phrase "screen time," nor did he worry much about the hours his ......
  
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• Strangest iPhone Case: They Spray Bottle

  03-09-2018 14:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  This must be the strangest iPhone Case ever, a case in a form of a spray bottle. The question is why would anyone want to dress up their iPhones in a spray bottle? But apparently there is a market for it, otherwise they would not produce this kind of case. I took a closer look at the product description but I couldn’t find anything about the fact if you can actually fill up the bottle with something and use the bottle to spray liquids.Thinking of it, I do know one person though who is obs
  
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• B.C. students learning for 'real life' but teachers say reality needs funding

  03-09-2018 13:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  VANCOUVER - Waking up for school won't be the only reality facing British Columbia students entering their senior high school years as ongoing curriculum changes aimed at connecting them to ......
  
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• Rachel Roddy’s recipe for Italian rice salad

  03-09-2018 13:00
  This summer stalwart is studded with a selection of pickled vegetables, tender beans and tuna for a velvety but sharp dishPunto Simply, the small supermarket on the corner of Piazza Testaccio and Via Bodoni, is a peculiar shape. It has several interconnecting rooms made maze-like by the arrangement of narrow aisles and shelves stacked so snugly that you often have to wriggle items out in a sort of supermarket Jenga. It is air-conditioned, but not aggressively – or not enough to smother the
  
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• Watch your step: why the 10,000 daily goal is built on bad science

  03-09-2018 12:00
  An entire industry has been built on the claim that 10,000 steps a day were necessary to be healthy. But where did the figure come from?In recent years, the 10,000-steps-a-day regime has become entrenched in popular culture. You can barely walk down the street without someone stomping past you wearing a FitBit; when Jeremy Hunt was health secretary, he was often pictured with his poking out from his shirtsleeves. It has become a global obsession: the research firm Gartner recently estimated that
  
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• I am frustrated that I can’t sexually satisfy my boyfriend

  03-09-2018 09:10
  I am his first sexual partner and while he is very good at pleasuring me, he doesn’t enjoy it when I try to pleasure him. What can we do?I am my boyfriend’s first sexual partner. We have been together for eight months and he is very good at pleasuring me. We have sex two or three times a week and I always have at least one orgasm. I have had quite a few sexual partners, but my boyfriend doesn’t seem to enjoy anything I do.He only climaxes during intercourse and only when it is
  
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• Seven ways to help avoid dementia

  03-09-2018 09:00
  One in 14 people over the age of 65 in the UK will develop dementia and while there is no cure, scientific evidence shows there are several ways you can guard against itAmong the biggest risk factors for dementia are diabetes and mid-life obesity, which can double your chances of dementia at a later age. Links have also been found between elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and the risk of dementia, although these are not conclusive. Monitoring your weight and cardiovascular health
  
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• A local’s guide to Mexico City: 10 tips

  03-09-2018 07:30
  To understand this anarchically alive metropolis it’s best to visit its disparate neighbourhoods, which tell their own stories and where great food, art and culture awaitAfter the earthquakes in September 2017, Aida Mulato – who founded Jóvenes Artesanos (Young Artists) to educate Mexicans about their indigenous cultures – turned to graffiti artists to help reconstruct her Roma neighbourhood. The colourful murals celebrate indigenous communities and women, who continue t
  
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• Sad summer’s over? 18 ways to keep the health, humour and happiness of your holiday alive

  03-09-2018 07:00
  Join a club, take a detour – and buy a carafe: positive psychologists on how you can take the novelty and openness of your vacation and apply it to your daily routineIt’s over. The air is cooling. School is the opposite of out. You can probably feel the holiday spirit leaving your body. But what if you could capitalise on your holiday momentum and apply some of your novelty-seeking break from routine to, well, your daily routine?Holidays are good for humans. A 40-year study in Finlan
  
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