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• Vegan Chef Matthew Kenney Plans Wellness Getaways in Hawaii

  16-01-2017 21:00
  
  The Club at Kukui`ula in Kauai
  The week-long wellness retreats include farm-to-table fare, sunrise yoga, guided hikes, meditation, and more…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Is removing a condom without permission rape?

  16-01-2017 19:52
  
  A Swiss court has broadened the definition of non-consensual sex. How will this affect our understanding of where lines are drawn?In a landmark ruling in Switzerland, a man has been found guilty of raping a woman after he removed a condom without permission during what had, up until that point, been consensual sex. He has not been named, and of course nor has the victim, so currently there are no further details beyond the fact they met on Tinder. The Swiss federal supreme court handed down a su
  
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• Impish, boyish looks permeate Milan's menswear runways

  16-01-2017 18:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MILAN - Impish, boyish looks are permeating the Milan menswear runway this season, and the mood seems to be a search for a simpler past.Hooded parkas with contrasting colour panels, straight trousers, boxy jackets and slightly oversized knitwear bely a nostalgia for the 1970s — a time when,...
  
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• 10 of the Best Heli-Skiing Escapes for 2017

  16-01-2017 18:00
  
  From Whistler to the Alps, reach new heights with these superlative heli-ski programs…Viju Mathew
  
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• DeVos to face questions over schools, conservative activism

  16-01-2017 17:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, prompting pushback from teachers unions. But Democrats and activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and
  
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• Cauliflower is surprisingly versatile

  16-01-2017 17:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Until pretty recently, there was nothing sexy about cauliflower. Boiled or steamed, it's bland at best. And if you overcook it, you'd better duck or suffer the smell of dirty diapers. But roasting or sauteing cauliflower is a different story. The veggie's natural sugars caramelize and its tasty
  
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• This time, inaugural fashion is intertwined with politics

  16-01-2017 16:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - What'll she be wearing?It's a question that fascinates fashion-watchers — and lots of others — every four years: Which designer will the new U.S. first lady choose to wear on Inauguration Day and, more importantly, on Inauguration Night?This year as never before, the question is a
  
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• UK leader Theresa May to appear in US Vogue magazine

  16-01-2017 16:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to appear in the American edition of Vogue magazine.May's Downing Street office says the pictures for the April edition were shot by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.Downing Street says there's no connection between the photographs and
  
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• Cash for courgettes! How to bribe kids to eat greens

  16-01-2017 14:38
  
  Can bribery – or, if you prefer, a reward system – encourage kids to love vegetables and help combat obesity?It’s an age-old question in parenting: how to get your children to eat more greens? Or indeed, any greens. Or just one pea will do … even if it’s swimming in ketchup.With figures showing that one in 10 British pupils are obese when they start primary school and only one in five children eat vegetables every day, the issue of how to get kids to eat healthy co
  
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• Why handbag dogs are going out of fashion

  16-01-2017 14:30
  
  The trend of toting tiny pups around as accessories has subsided, with owners dumping the £2,000 hounds at rescue centres. Is big the new small?Name: Handbag dogs.Age: Quite young, at first. Continue reading...
  
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• Why do our homes suddenly turn into hovels? It puts us to shame | Michele Hanson

  16-01-2017 13:39
  
  When housework falls by the wayside, things can get out of control. God forbid someone comes round unexpectedly and sees how you really liveSome homes are charmingly eccentric; others seem more like dumps – and the change from one to the other can be sudden, as with my own. Often, the arrival of visitors can trigger this change. In they come, and then somehow I can see clearly that my home is a pigsty. Look at the globs of dirt clogging up the bottom of the radiators. The drips and blobs o
  
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• Anna Jones’ Mexican recipes | The modern cook

  16-01-2017 13:00
  
  Mexican food, with its riot of colours and unabashed flavours, is just the thing for a grey January. Tacos piled with roast avocado and charred tomato salsa, or gooey figs and refried pinto beans will chase away the winter bluesEvery year we spend a few weeks with my sister in LA. Her house is cut into a hillside to the east of the city and sits at the top of steps brightly painted with hearts. Nearby, there’s a billboard that reads “I like you very much” by a taco stand that a
  
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• Crossword blog: a Brighton gathering of Guardian crossword creators

  16-01-2017 12:55
  
  A special puzzle, an upcoming event and a Q&A with the editor of crossword magazine 1 AcrossThursday sees a public gathering of some of the Guardian’s crossword minds. Setters Boatman and Paul and our puzzle editor, Hugh Stephenson, have arranged a pow-wow in Brighton on the topic of crosswords, how they’re created and why we like them.
  Appropriately, the event is marked with a one-off puzzle [PDF], which I’m excited to announce. Its setter is Soup, who is known to solvers
  
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• A day in the life of Scott's restaurant - in pictures

  16-01-2017 11:44
  
  Photographer Antonio Olmos steps behind the scenes at Britain’s grandest restaurantJay Rayner’s day at Scott’sContinue reading...
  
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• UNESCO: Silk Market In Valencia

  16-01-2017 10:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I’m still trying to step up my video skills with the Lumix LX 100 and the Crane-M gimbal. This video of the silk market in Valencia which is also an UNESCO site is a big improvement compared to other videos I have taking in the past.
  Finally I get closer but I think my editing would improve so much more with a more powerful computer. For smooth transitions and since right now it’s taking forever to put together footage I’m loosing patience and I make mistakes.
  La Lonja aka the
  
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• I’m 67 and have started seeing a woman of my age, but worry I can’t satisfy her

  16-01-2017 09:00
  
  Due to an old injury, testicular cancer and blood pressure problems, I’m pretty well useless at straightforward sex, but would do anything to pleasure her. How can I raise this subject?I am 67, married twice and now getting friendly with a lady of similar age. She has hinted at missing out on a sex life since her husband was ill (dementia) and eventually passed away. My problem is that, due to a complex mixture of an old injury, testicular cancer and taking blood pressure tablets, I am pre
  
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• How can I cope better with stress?

  16-01-2017 08:50
  
  Some people can bounce back from life’s pressures, but others do not seem to have the capacity. Can anything help them to strengthen their emotional armour?How do you feel when bad things happen? Do you bounce back from adversity or sob indefinitely? Emotional resilience, the ability that some people have to withstand stress, was once thought to be a genetic gift. You were either lucky and had it, or you didn’t and struggled. Studies show that teenagers who fail exams have an increas
  
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• Everything you wanted to know about cancer diets

  16-01-2017 08:30
  
  The internet is awash with people claiming that ‘miracle diets’ can prevent or cure cancer. But beware – taking the wrong advice can be disastrous, say expertsWhile there is no magic diet that will cure or prevent cancer, intervention in a patient’s diet will help them maintain an acceptable quality of life – as long as that intervention comes from a medically qualified professional with no vested interests. Which brings us to the case of Australian blogger Belle Gi
  
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• Should I use a career development agency to steer my path?

  16-01-2017 08:00
  
  I’m out of work and at a crossroads, so am wondering if going to one would help find my next job
  Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. I recently lost my job as a senior manager in manufacturing. I have vast experience in facilities management but it is 10 years out of date
  
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• Yellow: the impact colour of spring/summer 2017 – in pictures

  16-01-2017 07:55
  
  From a padded jacket to a trench coat, a pencil skirt to a bodycon dress, here’s how to keep it all yellowContinue reading...
  
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• Maybe we should ape the apes?

  16-01-2017 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OK kids, let’s take a break from the deep freeze and treat ourselves to another educational and entertaining instalment of Animals in the News.This is the semi-recurring feature wherein Uncle Doug fritters away an entire morning on Google because — unlike most of you — he...
  
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