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John Ducker: Parallel parking an unavoidable, vital skill

John Ducker: Parallel parking an unavoidable, vital skill

You won’t pass your road test unless you can parallel park. And yet, many drivers admit to an unconquerable fear around reversing a car into a parking space.
April 19: Your Daily Horoscope

April 19: Your Daily Horoscope

Friday, April 19th ARIES (March 21 - April 20): The Sun moves out of your birth sign today but Mars, your ruler, is still on seriously good form, so while it might be wise to slow down a bit you must not stop altogether.
Ask Lisi: Focus on what matters — abuse victim's well-being

Ask Lisi: Focus on what matters — abuse victim's well-being

The most important issue here is your great-niece’s well-being. Is she getting the help she needs to deal with the abuse/trauma she has suffered?
Your Good Health: MRI a no-go for patient with shrapnel in skull

Your Good Health: MRI a no-go for patient with shrapnel in skull

Although I admire your proactive nature, removing shrapnel from your skull bone is too risky to consider just for the prospect of maybe needing an MRI someday.
April 18: Your Daily Horoscope

April 18: Your Daily Horoscope

Thursday, April 18th ARIES (March 21 - April 20): The past few weeks have been enthralling and exhausting in equal measure but now you would be smart to slow things down a bit.
Eric Akis: Sticky chicken dish is easy to make

Eric Akis: Sticky chicken dish is easy to make

In this Asian-style chicken dish, thighs and drumsticks are baked and basted with a honey ginger glaze that’s also flavoured with other palate-pleasing ingredients.
Ask Lisi: Don’t mention girls’ tight clothing to parents

Ask Lisi: Don’t mention girls’ tight clothing to parents

Stay in your lane and parent your own daughter, unless you confidently feel you are close enough to these women to speak your mind.
Your Good Health: Inguinal hernia grows in size, prompting surgery

Your Good Health: Inguinal hernia grows in size, prompting surgery

Since an increase in the size of the hernia is concerning, I agree with your choice to go with the surgery.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: If soil is too dry, too wet, arrowhead will flop

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: If soil is too dry, too wet, arrowhead will flop

Arrowhead, like most plants, will do a nose dive if the soil has been allowed to dry. The same will happen if the soil is kept wet, which can set up rotting in the roots and subsequent plant collapse.
April 17: Your Daily Horoscope

April 17: Your Daily Horoscope

Wednesday, April 17th ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Keep in mind that you have nothing to prove, either to yourself or to the world at large, but give it your best shot anyway.