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Nashville lies at the heart of a divided country: ‘Trump got bubbas to the polls’As the president staged a rally attended largely by out-of-towners, Democratic-leaning denizens of Tennessee’s ‘Brooklyn’ pondered an urban-rural rift Men in stetsons, check shirts and jeans swing their partners around to the thrum of drums, fiddle, keyboard and steel guitar of Mike Oldham & The Tone Rangers. The walls at Robert’s Western World in Nashville, Tennessee, are coated with beer logos
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Is it me you're sewing for? Lionel Richie street embroidery – in picturesWhen she was living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Molly Evans Fox created #LionelStitchie , a street embroidery project that combined her talent as a textile artist and her love of photography. The project features Lionel Richie hits embroidered on to discarded furniture in a fitting cheese-coloured yarn. “I have a thing for old furniture,” Evans Fox says. “I think the textiles in our homes somehow re
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Abnormal development of the brain in an intractable disease, thanatophoric dysplasiaThanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is an intractable disease with abnormalities of bones and the brain. Because of experimental difficulties, its pathophysiology is largely unknown. In this study, by combining ferrets, whose brain is rather similar to that of humans, and unique technique developed by the present researchers, neuronal translocation along radial glial fibers to the cerebral cortex during
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Ireland v England: Six Nations – live!Live updates from the 5pm GMT kick-off in Dublin Read tributes to Dan Lucas from our Scotland v Italy MBM Email michael.butler@theguardian.com or tweet @michaelbutler18 7.11pm GMT Related: England pursuit of grand slam and record foiled by defiant Ireland 7.08pm GMT England win the title, but can’t seal the Grand Slam . “We learnt a lot of lessons out here today,” says Dylan Hartley. England’s fi
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What is it with Trump and handshakes? This is getting awkward | Moustafa BayoumiFrom the Abe Assault to the Trudeau Standoff and the May Grab we now have: the Merkel Moment It sounds ridiculous, but it really is beginning to look like you can read Donald Trump’s foreign policy by the bizarre ways that he shakes the hands of foreign leaders. First there was the Abe Assault, nineteen seconds of Trump trying show the Japanese prime minister who’s the boss. (Cue Abe’s eye roll.)
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Arsène Wenger says ‘you will soon know’ of decision on his Arsenal future• Fans chartered plane over The Hawthorns trailing ‘Wenger Out’ banner • Arsenal’s defeat by West Brom is fourth in last five Premier League games Arsène Wenger now claims he has made a decision on his future but that he has yet to communicate his intentions to anyone else at Arsenal. “You will soon know,” he said teasingly, after a 3-1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns saw his team
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'Do no harm' vs 'legitimate use of force'Bioethicists study whether health professionals in the Canadian Armed Forces can abide by two ethics codes, civilian and military.
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Grayling hopes Brexit brings new apprenticeships in trainStill haunted by the Bombardier debacle in Derby, the Department for Transport seems eager to build rail skills at home The Bombardier train factory teetered on the brink of closure in 2011, when it lost a key contract for British carriages to Germany. The Derby site survived, but the debate over protecting high-value domestic jobs from foreign competition rumbles on, especially with Brexit on the
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Aberdeen wrestles with hard choices as independence looms againHit hard by falling oil prices and job losses, the Scottish ‘energy capital of Europe’ is facing a complex decision at a time of uncertainty Europe’s busiest heliport, which ferries offshore oil workers between north-east Scotland and North Sea rigs, is normally one of the most active parts of Aberdeen. But the oil industry’s two-year slump and thousands of job losses mean some residents say the f
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Rising prices set to push inflation over 2% Bank of England targetFigures next week will show the pummelled pound’s effect on prices, but don’t expect an interest rate hike just yet Rising food and fuel costs are expected to have pushed inflation to its highest level in more than three years when official figures are released on Tuesday, underscoring the impact of the Brexit-battered pound on prices in the shops. Economists predict that the data will show inflat
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'Steve being Steve': Iowa voters on King's 'somebody else's babies' remarkRural constituents largely accept the Republican as a politician who says ‘what he believes’, despite recent storm over allegedly racist remarks Outside his rural congressional district stretching over 39 Iowa counties, conservative U.S. Rep. Steve King’s stream of inflammatory comments generate outrage and condemnation. Back home, they rate little more than a shrug. Related: 'Paris in Georgia':
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Nottingham Forest strike late against Derby as new managers share spoilsThis particularly venomous local argument could easily have been re-named ‘El Chaotico’ such has been the mayhem at opposite ends of the A52. It was perhaps fitting, after the embarrassing statistics which had dominated the build-up to the renewal of hostilities, that neither club could claim victory and the Brian Clough trophy. It is doubtful the great man would have wanted to be associated with
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Austrian woman punched in face by stranger outside London tube stationPolice appeal for witnesses after man in mid-20s attacks 60-year-old tourist outside Warwick Avenue station Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a tourist in London was repeatedly punched in the face by a man who followed her from a tube station. The 60-year-old, who was visiting from Austria, agreed to an image showing her injuries being released by the Metropolitan police as
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Russian Bank Says Hackers Are Trying to Make It Look Like Its Servers Are Contacting TrumpPhoto: Getty The saga of Russian cyber-ties to Trump just gets more complicated. Reports of contact between an Alfa Bank server and one belonging to the Trump organization have been circulating for months. Now, the bank says that US-based hackers have been attempting to make it appear that its servers are communicating with Trump since mid-February. First reported back in October by the New York
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'Girls relied on me for sanitary towels': teachers on child poverty in schoolsAfter news of low-income families struggling to afford sanitary protection, we asked teachers about other indicators of child poverty they encountered Girls from low-income families across England are struggling to afford sanitary protection, the Guardian has been told. In many cases teachers themselves are stepping in to help, buying supplies for students. We asked teachers whether there were ot
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Donald Trump's disregard for words – and truth – is finally catching up with him | Lawrence DouglasHis surreal wiretapping allegations against Obama and the GCHQ – as well as his comments on ‘banning Muslims’ – cost him politically this week The bizarre allegations did not come courtesy of Vladimir Putin. Their source was not a mayhem-spreading autocrat eager to drive a wedge between firm democratic allies. No, they came directly from the White House itself. On Thursday, in a surreal news brie
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A Separation by Katie Kitamura review – a smart study of upper-class alienationFrom the glamour of Glyndebourne to murder in Greece – a woman’s intriguing quest to find the husband who divorced her Katie Kitamura’s first novel, The Longshot , was set in the closed, masculine universe of martial arts, while her second, Gone to the Fores t , was a fable of destruction set in an allegorical, unnamed country. This third novel also takes place in an attenuated world stiff with c
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George Osborne is laughing at us as he takes his Evening Standard job | Aditya ChakraborttyDavid Cameron’s cabinet was full of bunglers, chancers and the shameless, banging on about ‘social mobility’ while ensuring the opposite In which tinpot country would a former finance minister and senior politician of the governing party be handed the editorship of the capital’s newspaper? In what cut-price Ruritania would that story be broken on the state broadcaster by the former right-hand man
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Trump's NASA Budget Would Cancel These 4 Earth Science MissionsOn the chopping block are the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 experiment; the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory Pathfinder mission; and the Deep Space Climate Observatory.
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Why I love… Drew BarrymoreHer whole vibe is ‘aggressively gentle hippy’ with an edge In that frantic final stretch between finishing my degree and waiting for the sweet release of summer, I chose to combat my stress by watching a childhood classic, 1982’s ET . My howls of anguish brought concerned housemates to my room, where I pointed at the screen and gasped, “It’s Gertie. She’s just so cute!” The film’s youngest charac
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Today's News: March 18, 2017—Security officers at the Paris Orly Airport shot and killed a man who had tried to take a soldier’s gun, and the incident is now being investigated as a possible act of terrorism. More here —Chuck Berry, one of the most influential rock and roll musicians, died. He was 90. More here —We’re tracking the news stories of the day below. All updates are in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5). Read On »
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West Bromwich’s Dawson soars as 3-1 win piles pressure on Arsenal’s WengerArsène Wenger endured another black day in the Black Country, his side comfortably beaten by a West Bromwich Albion team who, in losing their last two matches, appeared to have switched off on reaching 40 points. There was no such luck for the visitors, who remain outside the top four after losing for a fourth time in five league games and will not gain their annual pass into the Champions League
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Bush Theatre boss Madani Younis: ‘I want to provoke culture’As London’s Bush theatre prepares for a grand reopening, its artistic director Madani Younis explains why his vision for it is nationally important – and what people really mean when they talk about ‘diversity’ Most interviewees keep up a best-behaviour version of their public self while the Dictaphone is on, leaving me to work out what they’re really like from the clues they unwittingly drop. De
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Arianna Huffington: ‘The work culture in Silicon Valley needs to change’The media entrepreneur, 66, on turning an idea into a global news company, sexism in Silicon Valley and being in love My mother made us feel like we could do anything. My sister and I lived with her in a one-bedroom apartment in Greece after my parents separated. When I saw a picture of Cambridge University in a magazine and said I wanted to go, she never said: “Well, you have no money and you do
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Record numbers of EU nurses quit NHSStaffing crisis worsens as workers fear being unwelcome after Brexit The number of EU nationals registering as nurses in England has dropped by 92% since the Brexit referendum in June, and a record number are quitting the NHS, it can be revealed. Related: Nursing degree applications slump after NHS bursaries abolished Continue reading…
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Gallery: The costumes and sights of PAX East 2017Amid the surprisingly cold weather and lingering ice surrounding Boston's PAX East last weekend, one could see how the tenor of the show has changed over the years. At PAX East 2012, games from independent developers were relegated to a single Indie Megabooth , dwarfed by the big-name competition surrounding it. While that booth returned for 2017, the rest of the PAX show floor now seems like an
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Stoke 1-2 Chelsea, West Ham 2-3 Leicester City and more: clockwatch – as it happenedAnother good day for runaway Premier League leaders Chelsea, as reigning champs Leicester finally win on the road this season. 5.04pm GMT And now the Championship: Birmingham 0-0 Newcastle; Blackburn 2-2 Preston; Burton 3-5 Brentford; Cardiff 3-1 Ipswich; Fulham 1-3 Wolves; Norwich 2-0 Barnsley; Nottm Forest 2-2 Derby; QPR 5-1 Rotherham; Wigan 0-2 Aston Villa. The Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen 2
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France 20-18 Wales: Six Nations – as it happenedFrance prevailed after one of the most dramatic, chaotic conclusions to a game in Six Nations history, with nearly 20 minutes of extra time played before the hosts scored a converted try to snatch victory Match report: France 20-18 Wales 5.16pm GMT That brings this MBM to a close. After all the late drama, I will leave the final word to a reader I know Dan greatly enjoyed talking rugby with. Here
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Modern Toss – cartoonIt’s World Poetry Day on 21 March! Continue reading…
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Tell us about working in the restaurant industryStolen tips, bullying, drug use at work – chefs and maître d’s have lifted the lid on life in top restaurants. Now we’d like to hear from you If you work in the restaurant industry you may be no stranger to stories of stolen tips, long hours , drug use, intimidation, violence and sexual harassment in kitchens and even front of house. You may have spent years in your “dream job” experiencing these
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England are ready to take giant step into history books, says Dylan HartleyThe team are in confident mood as they chase the grand slam and a record 19th successive Test victory when they meet Ireland in Dublin If England could choose the perfect day to be in Ireland pursuing a grand slam this would not be it. St Patrick’s weekend is in full exuberant swing and there are enough American tourists in Dublin to invite comparisons with Chicago, where Ireland ended New Zealan
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Derek Walcott obituaryNobel prize-winning poet who explored the cultural complexities of Caribbean life In a career spanning poetry, theatre, journalism, painting and teaching, Derek Walcott harnessed “the complexity of his own situation” – the phrase used by the Swedish Academy when he was awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 1992. Walcott, who has died aged 87, powerfully explored the cultural and linguistic comp
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What books do you have to read to be ‘well-read’?The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts What might be the minimum requirements for someone to be considered “well-read”? David Handley, Gargrave, North Yorkshire Continue reading…
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UK police confirm criminal investigation into Iraq human rights lawyerNational Crime Agency says it is pursuing a number of lines of inquiry into Phil Shiner, who was struck off last month A criminal investigation into a disgraced lawyer who brought false claims against Iraq war veterans has a number of “lines of inquiry”, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. A file on Phil Shiner, who was struck off last month for dishonestly pursuing torture and murder claim
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More Brawn, less braking and dramatic corners: what’s new for F1 in 2017?Better looking, faster cars, more physical demands on drivers, grid starts in the rain and new technical roles for old faces promise an intriguing new season This season’s cars boast a new design and the quest for a more aggressive appearance has been successful, especially on track. Pointier noses, lower rear wings and fat, more durable Pirelli rubber have combined to finally make the 2017 F1 car
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Wear and Tear by Tracy Tynan review – trapped in a parental horror filmKenneth Tynan and Elaine Dundy’s daughter delivers an astonishing family tell-all of narcissism and neglect Here is one peep behind the curtain I wish I’d never taken. Tracy Tynan, daughter of Kenneth Tynan and the writer Elaine Dundy , describes an upbringing of privilege and privation that deals a death blow to the character of both parents. If the Joan Crawford takedown Mommie Dearest is the t
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Why pro-inclusive policies may sabotage their own goals: Research published in European Education examines how policies that are meant to help encourage inclusion of communities can in fact achieve the opposite.submitted by /u/thedabarry [link] [comments]
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High-risk pulmonary embolism patients often go without most effective treatmentsIn a new study presented today at the American College of Cardiology 66th Annual Scientific Session, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that the utilization rates of these potentially life-saving medications are low, particularly in the sub-group of PE patients who are critically ill.
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Man accused of murder says he checked lottery after finding ex's bodyMichael Lane said he went to local newsagent to check ticket because he was in denial about finding Shana Grice’s body A man accused of murder has told a court he went to check a lottery ticket after finding his former girlfriend dead with her throat slashed. Michael Lane, 27, said he panicked and that it did not cross his mind to dial 999 after finding 19-year-old Shana Grice’s body slumped agai
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Geoffrey Boycott and Les Cusworth remind us games change without our noticing | Tim LewisTest cricket and rugby are very different sports now compared to the 1970s and 1980s but golf has struggled to evolve and as a result finds itself in a deep hole If you stare at an image too closely all you see are weird pixels. So it is with sport. When you fixate on, say, the saga of Romelu Lukaku’s new contract , it’s easy to lose sight of a bigger picture: not least do we really now live in a
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Torrey Canyon disaster – the UK's worst-ever oil spill 50 years onThe UK’s biggest ever oil spill in 1967 taught invaluable lessons about the response to disasters, toughened up shipping safety and stirred green activism “I saw this huge ship sailing and I thought he’s in rather close, I hope he knows what he’s doing,” recalled Gladys Perkins of the day 50 years ago, when Britain experienced its worst ever environmental disaster. Related: From the archive: the
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China rejects Trump criticisms over North KoreaChinese foreign minister speaks out after US president said Beijing had done little to deter Kim Jong-un’s nuclear ambitions China has rebuffed Donald Trump’s latest Twitter attack after the US president accused Beijing of doing little to help force North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to abandon his nuclear ambitions. Speaking in Beijing alongside the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, the Chin
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Unilever is safe, but we need better defences against short-term capitalismA £115bn bid from US predator Kraft Heinz was successfully fended off. But the prime minister must see that things could have gone very differently The best defence against a bid is a high share price. So congratulations to Unilever, whose shares have improved by 20% since the day before Kraft Heinz turned up offering to buy the maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Magnum ice-creams . In the event,
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Give Your Existing Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms a Brain For Just $30Leeo Smart Alert Smoke/CO Remote Alarm , $30 Smoke and CO alarms can keep you safe while you’re at home, but they’re totally useless if something goes haywire while you’re away. Leeo fixes that by alerting you on your phone whenever they go off, and you can get yours for just $30 today, or about $20 less than usual . To be clear, Leeo isn’t a smoke or CO alarm on its own; it’s basically an intern
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New York graffiti tour turns the illicit underground into accessible artMeet the street artist who gives tours around the city as part of a group that’s found success showing the legal side of what some consider urban blight It’s a blistery March afternoon and I am standing in a huddle of around 40 St John’s University freshmen outside of a high end coffee shop on the Lower East Side. We are all waiting for Leaf, our graffiti guide for the day from Graff Tours, a com
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The fall and rise of physical book sales worldwide – in dataThe effect of ebooks on sales of paper books has not been as drastic as expected – it seems that other, more unpredictable factors have a greater influence on how and what we read Nielsen, which tracks book sales in several countries, released 2016 figures to coincide with this week’s London Book Fair. They show a mixed bag: physical sales are up in the UK, US and Ireland but down in Italy, Spain
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New blood thinner better at preventing recurrent blood clots than aspirinAn international research team with prominent Canadian leadership has found that the blood thinner rivaroxaban is as safe as aspirin, and more effective at preventing recurrence of life-threatening blood clots in the legs and lungs, according to a study being published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American College of Cardiology's 66th Annual Scientific Session.
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Waris Ahluwalia: ‘You don’t get a fee for being on a moodboard’Dandy, It boy, Sikh, muse: in a column for our spring fashion supplement, the actor and designer writes about reclaiming his own image Fashion is often used to be part of a tribe. To fit in, to belong. But I am happy with my place in the world. I’m not bothered if I turn up in a T-shirt and jeans and everyone else is in suits. I can only imagine how confusing I am to people who love to have a fra
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David Wagner’s survivalist mentality steels Huddersfield for the big timeThe quick-witted German’s rigorous fitness regime and astute signings have a once great club overwhelming richer rivals in the race for the Premier League It is a quirk of history that the season in which one of English football’s greatest managers, Brian Clough, won his first major trophy also heralded the start of the long and graceless fall of a club that had been home to two of the game’s othe
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The Tiny Trump Budget Cut That Could Blind America to the Next ZikaThe science community is still reeling from the huge cuts proposed by President Trump’s budget blueprint . If it passes would slash $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $2.5 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), $900 million from the Office of Science at the Department of Energy, and $250 million from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happenedCraig Dawson scored two identical goals from corners to give West Brom an outstanding victory over Arsenal 2.27pm GMT PS Join the inventor of and world leader in liveblogging, Scott Murray, for today’s 3pm fixtures. Bye! Related: Stoke v Chelsea, West Ham v Leicester City and more: clockwatch – live! 2.25pm GMT Peep peep! West Brom fully deserve this fine victory. They did a number on Arsenal, wi
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Pujara century defies Cummins and Australia on third day in RanchiIndia 360-6 at stumps on day three of the third Test, trailing by 91 runs Che Pujara posts monumental century after Pat Cummins’ four wickets Pat Cummins struck three times on a tense third day of the third Test against India to give Australia hope of a victory that would ensure the visitors retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The four-Test series is level after two dramatic matches and the contes
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Scotland 29-0 Italy: Six Nations – as it happenedFinn Russell led Scotland to a bonus-point victory in Vern Cotter’s final game in charge, while we paid our respects to Dan Lucas, our talented writer who passed away last week 2.30pm GMT I’m now heading over to France v Wales , which kicks off in 20 minutes. We will continue to remember Dan Lucas, who would have so enjoyed that hard-fought, whole-hearted game. I will leave the final word here wi
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'Paris in Georgia': political salons spring up across US in push against TrumpTaking inspiration from history, groups gather in Seattle, Minneapolis, San Francisco and beyond to plan opposition and create an outlet for their concerns In the suburbs of Minneapolis–St Paul, friends gather around a backyard campfire to discuss how to turn their Donald Trump anger into action. In San Francisco, California, an all-female crew eats Middle Eastern food and reads the constitution.
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Peer Into the Post-Apocalyptic Future of Antimicrobial ResistanceThe overuse of antibiotics is brewing disaster for humanity. The post Peer Into the Post-Apocalyptic Future of Antimicrobial Resistance appeared first on WIRED .
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George Osborne accused of breaching rules with Evening Standard jobShadow minister calls for investigation into whether Osborne has broken regulations on former ministerial appointments The Cabinet Office is facing calls to investigate George Osborne’s decision to take a job as editor of the Evening Standard without the approval of the watchdog on former ministerial appointments. Andrew Gwynne, a shadow Cabinet Office minister, said he wanted to raise concerns a
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Alys Fowler: need some gardening inspiration? Here's where I find mineIf you want to get good at design, you need to visit lots of gardens; you should make it your pastime for a year or so When asked where my inspiration comes from, it’s the laid-back, slightly scruffy style I love. I can appreciate a beautifully sculptured space, but many of us need gardens that don’t show up their flaws the minute someone stops tending to them endlessly. Although I love glossy ma
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I can see for miles and miles: the artists swapping city for countryFrom a former Martello tower to a plaster workshop, three designers have left the city behind to create their dream homes Industrial designer Jackson first came across his future home nearly 20 years ago, while out walking with friends. One of three Martello towers on a stretch of Suffolk coast near the villages of Bawdsey and Alderton, it had been derelict for 150 years. Both Jackson’s brother a
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Mercedes GLC 250 d 4Matic AMG car review – ‘The cabin is like a spacecraft’It wasn’t unusual to emerge from the vehicle to find a small crowd waiting, hoping for Lewis Hamilton’s autograph When I was a kid, someone told me you should never give a cat an egg, because afterwards egg was all it wanted, and other food all fell into the same grey, “not-egg” category. It’s not exactly that, to drive a Mercedes, but you never come away unscathed: there’s always a new dimension
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Gillian Beer: ‘I’m a historical remnant from the great days of free education’The critic on her new Lewis Carroll book and going from poor village girl to professor There are some successful literary careers that rest on mountains of books and others that don’t. Gillian Beer’s is one that doesn’t. It’s not that she hasn’t published, during more than half a century in academia; just that much of her writing has been essays, which have been collected into scholarly anthologi
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The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time roundFrom womb workshops to naked retreats, the Instagram generation are embracing hippy 2.0. But is it the real deal? • Were you raised by hippies? Tell us about your experiences It’s a sunny afternoon and I’m sitting cross-legged with my eyes closed, introducing myself to my womb. “Hello, womb,” I say, inwardly, and wait for a reply. Seven other women are in a circle with me, doing the same as a Spo
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On the brink of Brexit, voters reflect: ‘I feel more strongly now. Let's get out’Article 50 is about to be triggered. How do people feel in Smethwick, a Midlands town that voted to leave? I moved to Bearwood in Smethwick in the hot summer of 1976 . We were moving up, leaving behind the sixth floor of a block on the sprawling Lee Bank council estate for a house and garden in a “safer” area with large parks and better schools, a few miles from Birmingham. I grew up there in the
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Heads up tackling program decreases concussion rates, say researchersConsistently using a tackling education program appears to help lessen youth football concussion severity and occurrence, say researchers presenting their work today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Diego, Calif.
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Study shows surgery reverses pseudoparalysis in patients with rotator cuff tearsResearch presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego shows arthroscopic superior capsule reconstruction (SCR), a surgical approach to treat irreparable rotator cuff tears, may eliminate pseudoparalysis and significantly improve shoulder function.
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Levels of biomarkers after ACL surgery may signal severity of osteoarthritis later in lifeA majority of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction patients develop a condition known as posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) within 15 years of surgery, which can be debilitating and limit activity. Researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego are highlighting how a set of biomarkers on the day of surgery
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Surgery may not offer additional benefit to patients with tennis elbow, study showsSurgical approaches to treating tennis elbow may not offer additional benefit to patients, as discussed in research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego. The study, a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial, explored patient responses to a common surgery aimed at repairing a damaged elbow, compared to a placebo procedure.
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Correlation between second ACL reconstruction and physical therapy utilization notedAge, gender and frequency of physical therapy utilization after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery may be correlated with second ACL reconstruction rates, according to researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day today.
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Shoulder injuries in professional baseball players: A continuing puzzleProfessional baseball players struggle to return to a high level of play after biceps tenodesis (BP) surgery, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego. The study examined how players with SLAP tears responded to biceps tenodesis.
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Pep Guardiola’s zonal theory will take time for Manchester City to learn | Jonathan WilsonThe Barcelona and Bayern Munich players were already familiar with Guardiola’s complex juego de posición theory – at City he was virtually starting from scratch The fashion these days is to knife a manager at the first sign of trouble. Nobody is allowed to build, nobody is allowed to learn from a mistake. Move to a new country, take over a new team, try to adapt to a new environment and if you’re
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The Viceroy’s House version of India’s partition brings fake history to screen | Ian JackThis Downton-in-Delhi tale takes breathtaking liberties with real-life horrors – and misreads the roles of Churchill and Mountbatten Imagine a film about the Holocaust where a character pulls open a drawer, pulls out a document and reveals that 6 million deaths aren’t the fault of Hitler but of … Mussolini. Related: Fatima Bhutto on Indian partition film Viceroy’s House: ‘I watched this servile pa
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Caitlin Moran: ‘Were I not a writer, I’d have the peachy, zingy buttocks of Gigi Hadid’The author on writing for cash, painful posture and having writer’s block just the once As with all writers, I read a great deal about the craft of writing. Not because I want to learn from other writers – it’s just because it’s the most virtuous and inarguable way of procrastinating. “I CAN’T POSSIBLY WRITE A HUMOROUS CHAPTER ABOUT MASTURBATION UNTIL I’VE READ ALL OF STEPHEN KING’S ON WRITING, O
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Marvel’s Iron Fist: cultural appropriation that belongs in the pastDaredevil and Luke Cage stood out for their real-world takes on superheroics but this new series is an awkward rehash of the ‘mighty whitey’ trope Marvel’s Netflix superhero shows have always stood out for their eccentricities. Daredevil lays its chips on a crimefighter who kicks ass despite being blind. Jessica Jones is a depressed private eye who uses her powers to defend herself against male a
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City-dwellers are prone to depression – are high-rises to blame?Residents of high-rise blocks tend to suffer from more stress, mental health difficulties and neurosis Prof Colin Ellard was walking past the rows of new-build towers that dominate the west of central Toronto when he had a sudden realisation. “I was struck by how dark, sombre and sad these new urban canyons made me feel,” he says. Ellard, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo i
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‘I want my late husband’s children’: the fight for posthumous conceptionThree widows have been brought together through their battle for the right to have their partners’ children. But should it be a decision for the courts? Beneath the gloomy gothic archways of the Royal Courts of Justice’s court 33, Samantha Jefferies is fighting the government for the right to have her husband’s baby. Barristers for both sides have made their case and Judge Sir James Munby, presid
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for fresh curry leavesFragrant and fabulous: once you’ve cooked with fresh curry leaves, you’ll never look back Whenever I see a big bunch of fresh curry leaves, I buy them. If they’re not on your supermarket shelves (they’re sometimes there, but often not), you’ll find them in most Indian or south-east Asian grocers. They freeze well, so don’t worry about buying too many, not least because most recipes involving fres
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Martin Sheen: ‘Which living person do I most despise? Yellow Hair'The actor on Donald Trump, Apocalypse Now and saying sorry to his son Born Ramón Estevez in Ohio, Martin Sheen , 76, began his career on the stage, earning a Tony nomination for his role in The Subject Was Roses in 1965. He went on to star in numerous films, including Apocalypse Now . In 1999, he took the role of President Bartlet in the TV series The West Wing , going on to win a Golden Globe. H
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I am a legal aid lawyer for people facing eviction – they are the real Daniel BlakesFrom the care leaver paying £650 a month to live in a shed to the tenant with one light bulb, I never get used to the stories – and they are increasingly desperate I’ve been a legal aid lawyer for 28 years and I’ve just had my first shed case. The tenant, a 22-year-old care leaver, had a video on his phone of the place he lived in. The small screen showed the outside of a shed he shared with the
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Vintage US nuclear test films declassified and publicizedFrom the deserts of southern New Mexico and Nevada to islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. government conducted dozens of nuclear weapons tests from the 1940s until the early 1960s.
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Half of Washington's cherry blossoms dead after cold snapThis week's bitter cold snap killed about half of Washington's beloved cherry blossoms, and the survivors are now expected to peak at the end of next week, the National Parks Service said Friday.
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British troops land in Estonia for Nato mission to deter Russia800 British troops due to be stationed in the Baltic state as part of one of biggest deployments to eastern Europe in decades British troops have arrived in Estonia as part of a major Nato mission in the Baltic states to deter Russian aggression. Around 120 soldiers from the 5th Battalion The Rifles landed at the Amari airbase on Friday, 25 miles south-west of the capital, Tallinn. Continue readi
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What I’m really thinking: the adult bed-wetterNo one will ever want to share a bed with me. No one will love me I always wait until everyone has left our student house to tiptoe to the shower. You probably wonder why I wake up so early or late. Or why I do the laundry so often, and never invite anyone into my room. It is because I live in shame. I have wet my bed every single night for the past 23 years. I use adult diapers, but sometimes ev
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'Brothers bling': lawsuit puts Nick and Christian Candy in spotlightBillionaires have denied allegations of threats and extortion that emerged in case brought by former friend Mark Holyoake There is a saying in the property world: “You only deal with Candy & Candy once”. Those were the words of a witness at a £132m high court trial for damages which has turned the private and financial affairs of billionaire property moguls Nick and Christian Candy into a success
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‘The manager was selling coke to staff’: the truth about top restaurantsStolen tips, long hours, diminishing pay: the restaurant business has found itself in hot water lately. That’s just the half of it, reveal chefs, waiters and maître d’s Do you work in the industry? Share your stories anonymously Things that are glorified in the hospitality industry: sleep-deprivation, tempers, drugs, projectiles in kitchens (especially sharp ones), hedonism, asceticism, camarader
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Identity is the issue of our age: so why can’t we talk more honestly about trans women?As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said, acknowledging differences and being supportive are not mutually exclusive Should you be struggling with a gift idea for that special person in your life, here’s a suggestion: how about a home DNA kit? These are all the rage in America, I recently read in the New York Times , with 3m sold by ancestry.com alone in the past five years. At last, Americans can find ou
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Beauty: your hair regime doesn’t have to be hard workWhere hair’s concerned, my look (if you can even call it that) is very easy to achieve After more than two decades in the industry, I’m confident in my knowledge of skincare, makeup and fragrance, but haircare comes less naturally. I approach styling with insatiable curiosity and unfailingly grill the many hair experts I work with, eager to share whichever advice I find useful. Perhaps aware of m
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The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending March 18, 2017)This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.
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Storm Stella, Ramses II and Mosul – the 20 photographs of the weekStorm Stella unleashes its fury on the north-eastern United States, archaeologists unearth two 19th-dynasty royal statues and the ongoing offensive in Mosul – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists Continue reading…
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Did George Orwell shoot an elephant? His 1936 'confession' – and what it might meanGeorge Orwell wrote a shocking account of a colonial policeman who kills an elephant and is filled with self-loathing. But was this fiction – or a confession? An Orwell expert introduces the original story British imperialism being a largely commercial concern, when Burma became a part of the empire in 1886 the exploitation of its forests accelerated. Since motorised transport was useless in such
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Modern tribes: the glamperI spoke to them about the owls: nothing they can do, apparently, even though it’s not cheap Easter plans? We’re camping again, just desperate to breathe some fresh air, get away from everything. Well, I say camping, they supply the tents, well, not exactly a tent, if you can picture a large yurt. We did that once, no shower or loo, can you believe, the kids were horrified, though they adore the c
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Netflix and Tesla overrated? Yes, in this mad, mad worldUK’s top fund management groups list them as among the most overpriced shares on Wall Street I love Netflix – I watch it more now than any broadcast TV channel. I love Tesla cars, though I doubt I’ll ever be able to afford one. But according to one of the UK’s top fund management groups, both are among the most overpriced shares on Wall Street, a stock market that under President Trump is – to use
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My workout: ‘Running on roads when you could be fell running is a wasted opportunity’John Aggleton, 61, has suffered fewer injuries since he started fell running I love running, but I loathe running on roads: it’s boring, repetitive, jarring and just hurts. I don’t understand why anyone would do it. I’ve been a bird-watcher all my life, and I’m passionate about being out in the open, looking around, listening: running on roads with your earphones in, when you could be going up an
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Three simple bread recipes to bake at home | Jordan BourkeThree easy breads to make at home – a small multigrain, a spelt pitta and a gluten-free sandwich slicer – from chef Jordan Bourke’s new book Healthy Baking Flour, water, salt and yeast; four simple ingredients that combine to make real bread . It has sustained civilisations around the world for millennia, and yet it took just over 50 years to transform from the humble, home-cooked loaf of yore to
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Why Foreign Leaders Read Trump's 1990 Playboy InterviewTo understand the thinking of American presidents, historians, contemporaries, and political rivals, have often sought out the texts that most influenced them. George Washington, for example, was known to love Cato: A Tragedy , Joseph Addison’s civics-heavy play about the man who tried and failed to block Caesar’s path to tyranny. He loved the play so much that he forced demoralized troops at Val
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Paris shooting: terror investigation launched after suspect shot deadMan identified by security official as Ziyed Ben Belgacem was killed hours after he shot and injured a policeman north of Paris French anti-terror officials have launched an investigation after a man known to the security services shot at a police officer in northern Paris before travelling across the city to Orly airport, where he was killed following an altercation with another officer. The att
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Put us on the map, please: China's smaller cities go wild for starchitectureFrom mountain-shaped apartment blocks to the centre of braised chicken reinventing itself as ‘Solar Valley’, China’s second (and third) tier cities are hiring big-name architects to get them noticed From egg-shaped concert halls to skyscrapers reminiscent of big pairs of pants, China’s top cities are famously full of curious monuments to architectural ambition . But as land prices in the main met
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Gordon Brown pushes 'patriotic' third option for Scotland after BrexitFormer prime minister proposes repatriating powers to Holyrood from Brussels rather than Westminster Gordon Brown has called for Holyrood to be given sweeping new powers after Brexit as a “third way” to independence. The former prime minister said the UK should become a federal state, with the Scottish parliament taking control over fisheries, farming, welfare and far more taxation after EU power
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New bombshell for self-employed: pay 400% more NICs… or lose state pensionDespite the chancellor’s NICs U-turn, those who earn below £6,000 still face a five-fold increase – unless the government acts before next year Jane Clark, a self-employed maths tutor who earns around £2,500 a year, faces a 400% increase in her national insurance contributions (NICs) if she wants to retain her right to a state pension. That equates to an extra £588 a year, which is a good chunk of
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SSE the latest ‘big six’ firm to put its prices upElectricity bills will rise by 14.9% from the end of April Customers of SSE are set to see their electricity bills rise by 14.9% from 28 April, as the company became the latest of the “big six” energy suppliers to increase prices. The firm, formerly known as Scottish & Southern Energy, said its typical dual fuel (gas and electricity) customer will see their annual bill rise by 6.9%, or £73 a year
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Are these cashback deals a carrot… or a costly stick?With rates at an all-time low, lenders are offering other incentives to woo borrowers. But be warned: do the sums With rates on many new mortgages at record lows, lots of lenders are offering cashback to make them stand out from the crowd. And some are dishing out quite large sums. The highest amount currently on offer is £2,500, courtesy of a Barclays deal. Two years ago it was £1,000. But will
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The lie of the land: does environmentalism have a future in the age of Trump?Will Trump’s presidency spell disaster for the climate, or can the green movement seize back the debate? Last June, I voted to leave the European Union. I wasn’t an anti-EU fanatic but I was, despite my advancing years, still something of a green idealist. I had always believed that small was beautiful, that people should govern themselves and that power should be reclaimed and localised whenever
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Clive James: ‘Idris Elba is the most kingly British star since Richard Burton’To collect an actor’s performances is still one of the best reasons for continuing the long search into infinity As a Denzel Washington fan, I try to see every movie he has made. When I was still flying, I would watch a Denzel movie two or three times on the trot, just to study the way he timed a sardonic smile – even today, I time a sardonic smile at my granddaughter’s dog. But those of us who w
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Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya: ‘This is 12 Years a Slave: The Horror Movie’The actor on Samuel L Jackson’s criticisms, playing ‘normal dudes’ and why he didn’t watch any creepy films in order to prep for his breakout role Related: Get Out review – white liberal racism is terrifying bogeyman in sharp horror Jordan Peele’s comedy-horror hybrid Get Out has struck a raw nerve with US moviegoers. Made on a slim budget of $4.5m, the film took in $33.3m on its opening weekend
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Smeltet Nordpol er ikke kun dårligt nyt: Kan give Danmark international magtEn del lande vil sandsynligvis gerne have et godt forhold til Danmark, hvis den historisk vigtige Nordvestpassage bliver isfri, mener historiker.
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The Most Important Vote in the U.S. SenateMost the time, Elizabeth MacDonough’s job is as unglamorous and uncontroversial as any in Congress—tedious even. Since 2012, she has served as parliamentarian of the Senate, which means her role, as outlined on the Senate’s web site, is “to provide expert advice and assistance on questions relating to the meaning and application of that chamber's legislative rules, precedents, and practices.” Day
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Buzz Aldrin launches VR plan to get humans to MarsThe second man to set foot on the Moon, launches a virtual reality movie detailing his plan to get humans to Mars.
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Secret Teacher: My school sees pupils as a funding formula – we're failing themWe help students to cheat and ignore threatening behaviour, because keeping them in class brings in more money A student in my class attempted to assault me recently, and would have succeeded if others hadn’t restrained them and thrown them out into the hall. We locked the classroom door and the student stood outside, screaming threats. I made a formal complaint to my manager, as did those who ha
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Study finds new markers associated with recurrence of AFib in previously treated patientsA new study suggests that certain molecules are associated with the recurrence of erratic heartbeats in some patients after ablation therapy.
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Government under fire for 'cash for cabs' school transport planChancellor’s plan to provide transport to selective schools for children on free school meals could cost up to £5,000 per pupil New grammar school pupils could be ferried up to 15 miles by taxi to their schools, at a cost of up to £5,000 per pupil every year, despite cuts to last year’s general school transport budget for disabled and disadvantaged pupils. The government has said it would invest
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How a £1 million inheritance slipped from our family’s graspChallenging a will is never easy, whether the money has been left to an animal charity or a private school. A court ruling this week has made it even more of an uphill struggle When Sybil Jenazian died last year it was no surprise that her estate was worth a tidy sum. Her Armenian father had made a fortune in the Lancashire cotton trade and left most of it to Sybil. But soon after her death her fa
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More than 2,500 former soldiers jailed last yearExperts voice concerns over impact of Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns on mental health issues in UK armed forces More than 2,500 former members of the armed forces entered the prison system last year, with experts warning a disproportionate number were being jailed for serious violence and sexual offences. According to the Ministry of Justice, veterans represent between 4% and 5% of the UK prison
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'We feel very close to her': can 'fake feminist' Marine Le Pen win the female vote?Women are crucial for the far-right leader’s bid to become France’s first female president, but can she avoid scaring them off? In a room normally used for an evening bridge club, Christiane, 60, was clutching a plate of cured pork sausage with a mini French flag stuck in it at a pre-dinner drink for Front National supporters. Dressed in colourful knitwear and a chunky wooden necklace, she used t
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Fighting ‘unfairness’ is no justification for this school funding disgrace | Deborah OrrThe Conservatives’ ill-considered plans for changing the school funding formula gloss over the fact that all schools face a funding crisis When the full glory of “ the London effect ” became majestically obvious, back in 2013, people fell over themselves to explain how it had been achieved. London schools, which in the 80s and 90s had declined to a point where it seemed impossible for them to dec
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It's blooming spring! 22 great UK walksShake off the winter blues and enjoy longer, warmer days on one of these great country walks – all with pub stops – chosen by top British nature writers Length: 5 miles Time: 2 hours Start/finish: Nettlecombe (OS Explorer 117) Grade: Moderate Refuel: The Marquis of Lorne Picnic spot: Eggardon Hill ramparts Continue reading…
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On our first date, Monica the vulture pokes her beak hard into Helen’s historyIf dating profiles are like Philip Pullman’s dæmons, I am coming to realise that mine is still only half-formed I gaze across the dining table into my date’s dark, beady eyes, trying to ignore the vulture perched on her shoulder as it picks over my wife’s life and, more horribly, her death. “How long did she battle against the big C before she died?” asks Monica, who is certainly attractive, but
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Taking photographs of Holocaust survivors helped me find my own identityHarry Borden’s father didn’t much care about being Jewish, so it was left to Harry’s grandmother to make him feel his heritage was special. And when his marriage ended, it proved invaluable My dad, Charlie Borden, was born in New York in 1929, the only son of Jewish immigrants who had moved to the US as children. His father was from Ukraine and his mother from Romania. Having escaped the pogroms
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A letter to … The man who insulted my brother, who has cerebral palsyThe letter you always wanted to write ‘Do you think he’s had enough?” you scoffed at your friend as my brother, a single pint down, made his long and laborious journey to the toilet. “Fucking Gollum!” Judging by the speed at which you became silent when my friend asked you to repeat yourself, you knew that the awkward staggering limp and the jarring, slurred speech had nothing to do with alcohol
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Don't stick your head in the sand – how to prepare for old ageAs we live longer, the numbers of people needing care is also soaring. So what help can those trying to access a creaking, cash-starved system expect? When I was 16, I spent two months in Italy with my maternal grandparents – then both 88. My grandmother had fallen over some months previously and was bedridden, but my grandfather was still active, physically and mentally; we would regularly play
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Seven ways to teach your kids about moneyFrom saving up pocket money when they are young to the heady day they receive a student loan, it is important that they have a grasp of finance 1. Show them the money. It is never too early to teach your children about finances, especially as money can seem almost invisible to them at times. Internet banking, online shopping and card payments often mean some children hardly ever see notes and coi
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Roman Polanski cannot dictate terms of return to US over rape, say prosecutorsFugitive director is told before hearing on Monday there will be no deals until he comes back to face court over admission in 1977 to sex with 13-year-old Fugitive director Roman Polanski could face a tough US court battle next week as he seeks to resolve his four-decade rape case without spending more time in jail. Los Angeles prosecutors said in a court filing before a hearing on Monday that th
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Laurie Frankel: We adopted by choice not necessityWhen Laurie Frankel and her husband decided to have a child, they also decided to adopt – out of choice for, as far as they know, she is perfectly capable of having a child. It’s a decision she wishes more people would make My grandmother liked to gamble. We would go to Atlantic City sometimes and sit together at the blackjack tables while she smoked and patiently explained strategy to me. It was
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‘My mum always told me I was white, like her. Now I know the truth’As a child in a white Anglo-Irish family, Georgina Lawton’s curiosity about her dark skin colour was constantly brushed aside. Only when her father died did the truth surface You might not think it to look at me, but my upbringing was a very Anglo-Irish affair. I grew up on the outskirts of London with my blue-eyed younger brother, British father and Irish mother. Many happy weeks of the school h
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Tim Dowling: will we move house? Will the dog move chairs?My brain is busy constructing a parallel universe where everything is exactly the same, except it’s in Acton My wife and I are driving back to London from her sister’s house, talking about moving. “Fine, whatever,” I say. “Let’s do it.” Continue reading…
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Blind date: ‘I mistook a waiter for my date’Pádraic, 26, trainee architect, meets Josh, 23, charity campaigns officer What were you hoping for? An ageing billionaire with no next of kin. Continue reading…
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A good-looking bird: the bush stone-curlew that loves its own reflectionBird appears on campus in Queensland where it was spotted standing in front of a glass door admiring itself A bird that was photographed staring at its own reflection has risen to fame in Australia after university students made it its own Facebook page . The bush stone-curlew appeared on campus at Queensland University of Technology in Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, on Tuesday, where it was spotted sta
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'This is your night': Conlan's dream debut wipes out nightmares of the pastIrishman’s third-round knockout of Tim Ibarra, amid all the trappings of a major bout, means he can now make headlines for the right reasons With a dream of a professional debut on Friday night in New York, Michael Conlan all but erased the nightmarish end that befell his decorated amateur career at the Rio Olympics eight months ago . The Belfast fighter broke his maiden with a third-round TKO of
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Angela Merkel looks bemused by Donald Trump's wiretapping jokeFrom bafflement to a cold stare, the German chancellor’s reactions during her visit to Washington have been dissected on social media Angela Merkel has reacted with surprise and bemusement to an attempted joke by Donald Trump that suggested one thing they had in common was that they had both been wiretapped by the Obama administration. The US president’s indelicate quip was made during a media co
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Pujara century keeps India in the hunt in Ranchi – as it happenedIndia 360-6 at stumps on day three of the third Test against Australia Che Pujara and Pat Cummins the stars on an absorbing day in Ranchi 11.48am GMT One more thing: here is the report from that gripping day of cricket in Ranchi. Related: Pujara century defies Cummins and Australia on third day in Ranchi 11.25am GMT 31 overs in the final session of the day, the hosts taking 57 runs and Australia
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Sicilian bishop bans mafia godfathers from baptismsMichele Pennisi accuses criminals of using the term godfather to ‘give its bosses an air of religious respectability’ A bishop in Sicily has banned known mafia criminals from acting as godfathers at baptisms in churches in his diocese. Michele Pennisi, bishop of Monreale, near Palermo, said Friday he had issued a decree to that effect in a bid to challenge any notion that the bosses of organised
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Poverty Shaves Years Off LifeA meta-analysis found that being of low-socioeconomic status was associated with almost as many years of lost life as was a sedentary lifestyle. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Katharine Viner and Lenore Taylor: Does the truth matter? – Behind The Lines PodcastThe ABC’s Mark Colvin joins Guardian’s editor-in-chief Katharine Viner and Guardian Australia’s editor Lenore Taylor to discuss the changing face of journalism. They examine Donald Trump’s presidency and the difficulty the media has in holding him to account, as well as the rise of social media networks that provide mass audiences to media organisations while taking increasingly large amounts of
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Trump anti-China tweet gives Rex Tillerson a fresh wall to climbSecretary of state arrives in Beijing, but president’s hectoring messages hamper mission to prepare leaders’ summit Donald Trump took his latest online swipe at China’s leaders as his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, flew into Beijing to finalise plans for a high-stakes summit designed to soothe tensions after months of bad blood and uncertainty. Trump is expected to host Xi Jinping at his Mar-
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Hillary Clinton 'ready to come out of the woods' and rejoin public lifeThe former presidential candidate says she still has a hard time watching the news, but urged a divided country to find common ground Hillary Clinton says she’s “ready to come out of the woods” and help Americans find common ground. Clinton’s gradual return to the public spotlight following her presidential election loss continued with a St Patrick’s Day speech in her late father’s Pennsylvania h
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Support people with asthma to manage their illness, researchers sayEvery person with asthma should have access to a personal action plan to help them control their condition, researchers say. Helping people with asthma take control of their own illness reduces symptoms, improves quality of life, reduces emergency use of health services and even prevents deaths, research has shown.
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New drug cuts 'bad' cholesterol by 60% on average, reducing heart attack riskTrial of 27,000 patients found that those taking drug evolocumab saw their levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol fall A new drug can prevent heart attacks and strokes by cutting bad cholesterol levels, scientists have found. An international trial of 27,000 patients found that those who took the drug evolocumab saw their bad cholesterol levels fall by about 60% on average. Continue readin
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WIRED100+
A Simple Theory for Uber’s Waymo Mess: Plain Old SloppinessWaymo's lawsuit alleging an Uber employee stole its self-driving car tech could be the case of a startup acquisition gone very, very awry. The post A Simple Theory for Uber's Waymo Mess: Plain Old Sloppiness appeared first on WIRED .
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The Guardian500+
Teach schoolchildren how to spot fake news, says OECDThinktank’s education lead raises concerns over social media ‘echo chamber’ and says ability to discern fact from fiction is vital Children should be taught in schools how to spot fake news , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s education lead has said. Andreas Schleicher said the ability to distinguish fact from fiction was essential in the modern age and teachers were we
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The Guardian100+
Rural deprivation and ill-health in England 'in danger of being overlooked'Popular idea of an affluent idyll is far from the truth, report warns, with official statistics failing to capture significant inequalities across communities Rural communities are in danger of being overlooked when it comes to poverty, deprivation and ill-health, warns a new report from Public Health England. In England 9.8m people – or 19% of the population – live in rural settings ranging from
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Live Science6
Hard-To-Kill Tardigrades Owe Survival to Unique DNA Proteins | VideoDescr: Microscopic tardigrades are well-known for their ability to withstand extreme conditions and recover from drying out — even after a decade or more. And scientists recently unlocked one of their survival secrets.
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The Guardian98
The Guardian view of George Osborne’s new job: something’s got to give | EditorialThe former chancellor is a celebrity catch for daily journalism. He will find it is a full-time job The border between journalism and politics has always been porous. High-profile journalist-politicians have ranged from Marat and Wilkes to Mussolini, and Trotsky to Kossuth. More recently, Alastair Campbell has led a long line of journalists into prominent positions in ministerial press offices. So
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Gizmodo51
Your Favorite Hoodie Is the Flint & Tinder 10-Year – BarelyFlint & Tinder 10-Year Hoodie Your two favorite hoodies share an $89 price tag, and look basically identical, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that this was our closest vote in history. It was back and forth until the very end, but Flint & Tinder’s 10-Year Hoodie edged out the American Giant Classic Full Zip by a mere four votes. Flint and Tinder 10-year hoodie. Well made in the USA, handy interior
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Latest Science News — ScienceDaily23
Study finds link between sugar signaling, regulation of oil production in plantsEven plants have to live on an energy budget. While they’re known for converting solar energy into chemical energy in the form of sugars, plants have sophisticated biochemical mechanisms for regulating how they spend that energy. Making oils costs a lot. By exploring the details of this delicate energy balance, a group of scientists has identified a previously unknown link between a protein that m

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