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• Men and women agree on problems in their sex lives, study suggests

  22-05-2019 23:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  New research suggests men and women are on the same wavelength when it comes to problems in their sex lives.The study from the University of Waterloo asked more than 100 ......
  
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• Nationwide program empowers Indigenous youth with power of dance

  22-05-2019 21:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - When life gets Solomon Harper down, he dances. And when he feels happy, he dances even more.The 16-year-old from St. Theresa Point First Nation describes dance as a ......
  
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• Somalis escape to the beach and a new floating restaurant

  22-05-2019 20:41
  Few restaurateurs consider the threat of piracy in their plans but Abdulkadir Mohamed did so for his La Lanterna floating restaurant now moored off Mogadishu's popular Lido beach.
  
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• Cameroonian girls defy prejudice to pursue soccer dreams

  22-05-2019 20:15
  When Gaelle Asheri first started playing soccer in the dirt streets near her home in Cameroon's capital, she was the only girl on the informal neighborhood teams which used stones for goal posts and...
  
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• Canadians increasingly worried over boomers' health bills, survey finds

  22-05-2019 19:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CHARLOTTETOWN - Canadians are increasingly concerned about how to pay for the care of aging baby boomers — and fearful that seniors will have to pay out of their own ...
  
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• 5 Benefits of Drip Irrigation Systems

  22-05-2019 19:00
  If you want a stunning yard and a low water bill, a drip irrigation system could be for you. Image: Jacky Parker Photography/Getty ImagesIf you live in one of the parts of the country that’s been struggling with drought (or you just don’t want to spend a fortune on your water bill), you’ve probably felt that you face a choice with your outdoor areas. You can either be water conscious or have a beautiful, lush yard, right? When you’ve opted for traditional irrigation syst
  
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• Unexpected monarch in bagging area? Queen Elizabeth pops down to Sainsbury's

  22-05-2019 18:33
  Britain's Queen Elizabeth popped down to the supermarket on Wednesday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the British high street chain, Sainsbury's.
  
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• Telling meat-eaters bacon is off the menu won’t work – here’s a better way | Adrian Chiles

  22-05-2019 18:13
  It is time we asked people to focus on what they can have, not what they can’t. And that doesn’t exclude the odd full EnglishA breakfast sandwich of sausage, bacon and egg has a carbon footprint equivalent to a 12-mile drive. This is according to a campaign group called the Eating Better Alliance. In terms of public health messaging this, while accurate, may well be the moment millions of carnivores show two fingers to our decaying world and order second helpings.Similarly with alcoh
  
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• Harris, Gillibrand offer plans to bolster maternal care

  22-05-2019 17:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Two Democratic women running for president unveiled plans Wednesday to improve maternal health care, with Sen. Kamala Harris reintroducing a bill aimed at addressing racial disparities in childbirth ......
  
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• Belgian monks resurrect brewery after two century break

  22-05-2019 17:24
  Belgian monks at the Grimbergen abbey are on the verge of brewing beer again after a break of more than 200 years.
  
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• Doctors group survey suggests worries growing over paying boomers' health bills

  22-05-2019 16:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CHARLOTTETOWN - A survey commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association indicates there is growing concern about how to pay for the care of aging baby boomers.The association presented its findings ...
  
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• How have fashionistas ended up wearing a load of old curtains?

  22-05-2019 16:19
  It is inevitable that the reaction against the Kardashian bodycon trend would be an overcorrection, taking its anti-feminist inspiration from sloanes and Victorian housewivesAm I having a funny turn or are people saying a fashion statement was made at a minor royal’s wedding?
  Shelley, by email Put down the Zoloft, Shelley, you are indeed correct: a fashion moment happened last weekend at a Windsor’s wedding, exactly the kind of event where, usually, fashion goes to die. Continue read
  
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• Grave Gardeners: Volunteers help spiff up old cemeteries

  22-05-2019 14:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The cemeteries of yore existed as much for the living as for the dead. People would picnic and relax there as they would in a park today.Now, a handful of ......
  
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• Gillibrand proposes more access to maternal care, adoption

  22-05-2019 13:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) says she wants to improve women's access to maternal care and make adoptions and high-tech fertility treatments more accessible to those ...
  
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• ‘Pregnancy is a time bomb’ – what I learned about motherhood working in a women’s prison

  22-05-2019 13:54
  Pregnant women in jail are revered by other inmates – but the question of what will happen to the child is never far awayPrison is full of mothers. Mothers of adult children, who visit at weekends bringing grandchildren in tow; mothers whose motherhood is on pause because their children are being looked after by foster families; mothers whose mothers are doing the mothering for them – an army of grans and nanas collecting children from school and footing bills for food and clothes; a
  
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• Fashion has a new home: London’s most desirable new neighbourhood

  22-05-2019 13:52
  With the arrival of shopping and dining district Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross has cemented its place as one of London’s most exciting destinations – for work and playMove over Shoreditch, make way Marylebone high street, fashion and design has found a new home in the capital: King’s Cross. Formerly known as the badlands of the city, the area has now transformed into a lively neighbourhood.Following the Guardian, who moved into the music and art hub Kings Place in 2008, t
  
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• Will Young: ‘If I were to do this concert now, I’d probably wear a skirt’

  22-05-2019 13:00
  The singer on the beauty of wearing white and anything that pushes the boundaries of gender normsI wore this Burberry shirt and Alexander McQueen suit for the Concert for Diana memorial, 10 years after her death. It was a big event and I wanted to make it as brilliant as possible, right down to my white shoes. People might think you should go for a big splash of colour to stand out when lots of acts are performing on one stage, but white is the best and simplest option. Continue reading...
  
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• National Kitchen & Bath Association 2019 Bathroom Design Trends

  22-05-2019 13:00
  The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) released its 2019 Bathroom Design Trends, which coincided with its annual Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS), celebrating the best in kitchen and bathroom design trends.
  Freshome has already covered the latest trends in bathroom technology and bathroom faucets. But we asked Elle H-Millard, Certified Kitchen Designer and Industry Relations Manager at the NKBA, for photos from some of the designers and insights regarding some of the other
  
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• How to make fresh pasta – recipe

  22-05-2019 13:00
  Feel every inch the artisan with this uncomplicated recipe for fresh pasta. Just add sauceThough fresh pasta isn’t necessarily better than dried (it all depends on the sauce), you can’t beat the smug satisfaction that accompanies the silky, homemade stuff, whether scantily clad in a little sage butter or paired with a rich, meaty ragù. And once you’ve mastered the simple process, you’ll be turning out tagliatelle and tortellini with the nonchalance of a true Italia
  
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• Five of the best fitness and music festivals in the UK for 2019

  22-05-2019 13:00
  Begone boozy festivals, these events follow a trend for healthy holidays by adding running and fitness into a mix that also includes live music and DJsThe beaches, tidal islands, woodlands and coastal paths of the Gower will play host to this music and running festival, now in its third year. The main guided trail runs start and finish at the festival site – 14th-century Weobley Castle on West Castle Farm – and range from 5k to 55k. Each run is split into three pace groups (visitors
  
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• Lilly selling half-price version of popular Humalog insulin

  22-05-2019 12:48 via winnipegfreepress.com
  A half-price version of Eli Lilly's popular Humalog insulin is now available, following the company's promise in March to offer diabetics a more affordable option amid fierce criticism of soaring ......
  
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• Edmunds: This summer's best car deals are used cars

  22-05-2019 12:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Although summer doesn't officially begin until late June, many people see Memorial Day weekend as the de facto start of summer. That's certainly true of car dealers, who take the ...
  
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• Harris' bill seeks to address racial bias in maternal care

  22-05-2019 11:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is offering a new bill to address racial disparities in maternal health care, one of several plans by 2020 presidential candidates on the issue.The ...
  
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• Cambodia's royal oxen predict plentiful rice harvest amid EU tariffs

  22-05-2019 08:26
  Cambodia's royal oxen predicted a plentiful harvest of rice, the country's biggest crop, at an ancient plowing ceremony on Wednesday.
  
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• South East Water unearths a serious electrical problem

  22-05-2019 08:00
  It has warned that fitting a meter could break electrical earthing to my homeI need help with an issue that could potentially leave my home and many others lethally unsafe. South East Water is fitting a water meter to my home and others. It has a right to do that – I live in a water-stressed part of the country. However, it’s stated that the installation may break electrical earthing if the water main is used as the primary earth in a customer’s home.Continue reading...
  
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• Politeness costs nothing, but it may stop people understanding you

  22-05-2019 08:00
  Researchers looking at a Q&A website found well-mannered answers were popular with the questioner even if they didn’t make sense Does it always pay to be polite? Dear reader, the answer very much depends. Academics in the US have analysed hundreds of thousands of answers on the Q&A website Stack Exchange, where users ask such vital questions as: “What is to the west of Westeros?” and “Are there any German nonsense poems?” They discovered that polite answers
  
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• EasyJet was on a slippery slope when it charged for skis

  22-05-2019 08:00
  It insisted they were not within the specified weight and dimensions for hold luggage when they wereI flew with easyJet to Geneva and back from Bristol and bought a standard hold luggage allowance of 23 kg. I had no issues flying out, but on the return, when I plonked my exactly 23 kg bag onto the bag drop station at Geneva airport, the check-in staff insisted I pay 65 Swiss francs as I had “sports equipment”. The luggage did, indeed, contain a pair of skis, but it was within the spe
  
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• Cows ain't for kissin' -- with or without tongue

  22-05-2019 07:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  What with being a crusading newspaper columnist, I have always strived to use a great deal of journalistic sensitivity whenever I tackle the controversial topic of cows.I learned my lesson ...
  
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• Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers

  22-05-2019 06:51
  Growing numbers of travellers are abandoning air travel to help save the planet – even if it means spending 14 days on a trainIt has taken Roger Tyers four days to reach Moscow by train from Kiev. His destination is Beijing: a trip that will take 14 days, with a couple of overnight stops along the way. Tyers, an environmental sociologist at the University of Southampton, is on his way to China to research attitudes to the environment, the climate emergency and personal responsibility. &ldq
  
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• Sudoku 4,396 medium

  22-05-2019 01:01
  Click here to access the print version.Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,300

  22-05-2019 01:00
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,827

  22-05-2019 01:00
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