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• Columbine survivors send kids to schools altered by attack

  16-04-2019 23:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  DENVER - Dropping her kids off at school used to be the hardest part of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson's day. She would cry most mornings as they left the car and ...
  
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• Recipient in rare paired living liver donation thanks "angel" donor

  16-04-2019 21:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - One of the recipients of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life "an angel."Fifty-four-year-old Muhammad Khan ......
  
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• Columbine survivors face new pain sending kids to school

  16-04-2019 20:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  DENVER - Dropping her kids off at school used to be the hardest part of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson's day. She would cry most mornings as they left the car, and ...
  
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• Paired living liver donation at Toronto's UHN believed to be North American first

  16-04-2019 19:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - The recipient of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation says he has "the deepest regards" for the stranger who saved his life.Fifty-four-year-old Muhammad ......
  
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• Canadian researchers hope new drugs possible for hardest-to-treat brain cancer

  16-04-2019 17:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  VANCOUVER - Canadian researchers have identified genes in brain cancer stem cells that fuel the growth and survival of glioblastoma in hopes their data will be mined to develop treatments ...
  
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• Vera Wang, Reem Acra: Highlights from NY bridal fashion week

  16-04-2019 17:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - There was a church wedding with a Madonna soundtrack, a sit-down tea at a fancy Midtown hotel, and yards and yards of tulle and trains at April ......
  
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• Columbine attack shapes schools, families 20 years later

  16-04-2019 15:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  DENVER - Dropping her kids off at school used to be the hardest part of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson's day. She would cry most mornings as they left the car, and ......
  
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• Millennial Money: Ask your folks about their financial plans

  16-04-2019 15:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Parents are often more than happy to offer financial advice to their kids. They like to feel needed and want to make sure you're on solid financial ground. But it's ...
  
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• Telemedicine, walk-in clinics cloud role of family doctor

  16-04-2019 15:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Lisa Love hasn't seen her doctor of 25 years since she discovered telemedicine.Love tried virtual visits last summer for help with a skin irritation and returned for another minor problem. ...
  
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• To a tea: handcrafted gifts that celebrate a nice cuppa

  16-04-2019 15:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Lana Effron, a Denver-based graphic designer with an online shop and a collaboration with Terrain , the home and garden retailer, has a motto she brings to all her work."Nice ...
  
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• What to do to get your grill ready for summer

  16-04-2019 14:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  There are die-hard grillers who don't see why a little cold or sleet should stand between them and a juicy grilled steak. The rest of us in colder climes throw ...
  
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• Wildflowers: robust, low-maintenance, pollinator-friendly

  16-04-2019 14:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Gardeners trying to lure pollinators to their landscape would be wise to mimic nature and plant wildflowers. The attractive perennials tolerate harsh climates, seldom need fertilizing and resist most diseases ...
  
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• Adopting a dog changed their lives

  16-04-2019 13:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Eric O’Grey was once unhealthy, depressed and lonely. Less than a decade ago, when he was 50, his doctor told him to buy a funeral plot because he’d soon need ......
  
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• Trinny Woodall: 'I accidentally wore my yellow suit to a requiem mass'

  16-04-2019 13:00
  The former co-presenter of What Not to Wear on treating fast fashion garments with respect – and how the right shoes made her favourite look zing
  Yellow is one of my favourite colours. I always associate it with happiness and joy. This isn’t my perfect shade, which would be more lemony, but it just about does it. I usually put yellow and white together, but the last time I wore this I paired it with a yellow shirt. I wanted to be a beacon of yellowness.I wore it earlier this month to
  
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• Nigel Slater’s grilled plaice and creamed broccoli recipe

  16-04-2019 13:00
  Tender fillets of fish meet comforting creamy cheesy vegTrim the dark green florets from a 500g broccoli and set aside. Thinly slice the stalks then sauté them in 30g of butter for 3 or 4 minutes until bright and translucent, then add the florets and continue cooking for 3 or 4 minutes until they are tender. Add salt and pepper and 250ml of double cream and bring to the boil. Continue reading...
  
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• Discover your 'risk personality' – the first step to modern investing

  16-04-2019 12:52
  How you feel about risk might be very different from your partner, best friend or siblings – and it pays to be aware of this when picking the right investment strategy
  Were you a tree-climbing daredevil as a kid, or a more retiring bookish type? Have you since calmed down, or come out of your shell a bit? Would you consider yourself an extrovert or an introvert? These kinds of questions are often posed in the realm of pop psychology and the pages of lifestyle magazines – where outsiz
  
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• Why do nettles sting? What’s in it for them?

  16-04-2019 12:30
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWhy do nettles sting? What’s in it for them?Peter Hanson, Exeter Continue reading...
  
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• Why Andrea Dworkin is the radical, visionary feminist we need in our terrible times

  16-04-2019 12:00
  She was labelled a man-hater, anti-sex and ugly. But she predicted both the ascent of Trump and #MeToo – and her unapologetic attitude is more relevant than ever
  ‘I can’t come here as a friend, even though I might very much want to.” These are the words of Andrea Dworkin, addressing an anti-sexist men’s organisation in 1983, in her acclaimed speech I Want a 24-Hour Truce in Which There Is No Rape. “The power exercised by men, day to day, in life is power that
  
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• Can you really stay close friends with an ex? Meet the people who have

  16-04-2019 10:53
  Staying on good terms with a former partner – to help bear the loss and keep the friends – is all the rage. But it’s not easy
  My ex is one of my closest friends. We split seven years ago after a two-year relationship, but we, and our families, are still close. She even organised my last birthday party. And it seems I’m not alone – everywhere you look, from Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s “conscious uncoupling” to Prince Andrew and Fergie’s
  
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• Columbine survivors raise children in world shaped by attack

  16-04-2019 08:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  DENVER - Dropping her kids off at school used to be the hardest part of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson's day. She would cry most mornings as they left the car, and ......
  
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• Plant firm Thompson & Morgan sows seeds of despair

  16-04-2019 08:00
  Mail-order company is taking weeks to deliver and fails to update customers on ordersI am writing to suggest you look into Thompson & Morgan, the mail order gardening firm. Check out its Trustpilot page which lists a host of very unhappy customers.They mail us every few days with “offers”. They then fail to deliver. Because the orders are likely to be for just a few pounds, maybe most people don’t chase up non-delivery. Continue reading...
  
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• How capitalism captured the mindfulness industry

  16-04-2019 08:00
  The secular technique and its relativist lack of a moral foundation has opened itself up to a host of dubious uses, called out by its critics as McMindfulnessOn the internet is an image of Ronald McDonald, the McDonald’s hamburger icon, seated in a lotus position. Some Thai Buddhists see this in literal terms as disrespectful to the Buddha; others are rightly critical of the colonialist and harmful cultural appropriation of Buddhism by the west and the lack of regard for Asian Buddhism in
  
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• Too posh to pitch? Easy bikepacking in the Peak District

  16-04-2019 07:30
  To our writer’s delight, the tent is already up, the food sorted and route plotted on this new camping and cycling trip in the PeaksTwigs crackle and mud splatters as I weave and bounce through the woods, but my sleeping bag stays firmly fixed to my handlebars. When the GPS points to a hidden path, we take it and discover our lamp-lit bell tent sheltered by a sycamore tree. There’s a flickering fire, a hamper of goodies and two chairs awaiting our weary limbs. It’s a magical si
  
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• Walmart partners with Kidbox styling service for kids

  16-04-2019 06:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Walmart is teaming up with Kidbox, the 3-year-old online styling service for children, to offer its customers an exclusive, curated style box.Starting Tuesday, Walmart customers will get ...
  
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• It's written in the stars - Meghan's royal baby will be bold

  16-04-2019 00:35
  Boy or girl, Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan's first child will be bold and courageous, and Harry will be the more patient parent, according to a U.S. astrologer.
  
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• Georgia O'Keeffe Museum tackles visitors' colour blindness

  16-04-2019 00:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. - The vibrant colours and hues in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings soon will be on full display for colour-blind visitors.The Santa Fe museum announced Monday it's teaming up ......
  
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