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• Restaurant owner vows to continue charitable work after fire

  05-02-2017 22:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. - The owner of a popular Orange County restaurant destroyed by fire vowed to continue his charitable work of serving 2,000 free meals a day to needy children.Nobody was hurt in the blaze early Saturday that gutted the Anaheim White House, an ornate Italian establishment that's...
  
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• Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Members-Only Clubs

  05-02-2017 21:00
  
  From London to Dubai, we take you inside the world’s most exclusive members-only clubs…Laurie Kahle
  
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• Prince Harry bests William, Kate in London royal run

  05-02-2017 19:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LONDON - Prince William may be closer in line to the British throne, but brother Prince Harry bested him at a finish line.Harry, William and William's wife, Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, raced a 50-meter sprint against each other Sunday at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as they...
  
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• Pence: Education pick DeVos will be confirmed with his vote

  05-02-2017 19:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence says he fully expects billionaire GOP donor Betsy DeVos will be confirmed as education secretary with his tie-breaking vote.Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Pence says the Trump administration is "very confident" she will take up her Cabinet post soon.Last
  
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• This Bold-Looking New Watch from Montblanc Measures One Thousandth of a Second

  05-02-2017 18:00
  
  Montblanc TimeWalker Chron­ograph 1000 Limited Edition 18 (about $185,500)
  The TimeWalker Chronograph 1000 Limited Edition 18 is the most complex of the watches in its series…James D. Malcolmson
  
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• Jewelry Artist Wallace Chan’s Sizable New Brooch Can Be Worn or Displayed as Art

  05-02-2017 18:00
  
  Wallace Chan's brooch is about 6.6 inches wide displayed as art on its roughly 16-inch-tall bamboo stalk
  The cicada bijou of titanium and imperial jade perches on a bejeweled bamboo leaf…Jill Newman
  
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• Rodin Museum fetes sculptor with passion-themed installation

  05-02-2017 17:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA - Auguste Rodin's sensuous piece "The Kiss" will, fittingly, form the core of an installation at Philadelphia's Rodin Museum centred on the theme of passion to mark the 100th anniversary of the French sculptor's death."The Kiss," in marble, portrays a couple forever locked in an...
  
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• What the Fluff? An American lunchbox icon is turning 100

  05-02-2017 16:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SOMERVILLE, Mass. - Fluff turns 100 this year.The marshmallow concoction that has been smeared on a century's worth of schoolchildren's sandwiches has inspired a festival and other sticky remembrances.Every year, between 5 million and 7 million pounds of the sticky cream invented in suburban...
  
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• Kids and families come of age amid era of broad political protest

  05-02-2017 14:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - A recent vigil in Toronto to honour victims of the Quebec mosque shooting included the standard rallying cries for unity and impassioned speeches denouncing hate.It also featured a toddler wailing at the back of the room, a trio of grade-schoolers scooting through the crowd in search...
  
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• Charity turns old blankets into winter coats for refugees

  05-02-2017 13:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  THESSALONIKI, Greece - It's been a miserable winter in Greece, especially for the many thousands of refugees staying in tents in old factories and warehouses. At a tiny workshop in the northern city of Thessaloniki, they're trying to make a little bit of a difference.Volunteers are working long
  
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• Nigel Slater’s banana and cardamom cake and papaya passionfruit salad

  05-02-2017 13:00
  
  People can be picky about their bananas, but ripeness doesn’t matter when it comes to this sumptuous cake…
  I suppose we all have likes and dislikes – foods we eat too regularly or not at all. Take the banana. I love banana bread, banana ice cream and even banana trifle. I have had the odd drop of golden crème de banane and rate banana custard as one of the most happiness-inducing puddings on earth. And yet, you will rarely find a bunch of them in my kitchen. Or a &ldquo
  
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• Teabag Snails

  05-02-2017 11:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Snails and tea, yes for sure. At first you wouldn’t think of a snail teabag holder since snails are in general slippery. But these snails are holding your teabags with a tight grip. So your teabag never, ever slips back into your teacup. I hate it when this happens.
  Teabag Snails
  We’re currently in Saigon and there are tons of curious things to eat and drink, of course now I’m wondering if there is some kind of snail tea. There is snail soup for sure but my mission is going to
  
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• Dark side of hedonism: a rock journalist’s battle with drug addiction

  05-02-2017 09:00
  
  As a young journalist, Barney Hoskyns mingled with rock ’n’ roll’s brightest stars. Then heroin got the better of him. But it was finally confronting his all-consuming addiction that gave him the biggest high of allTo this day I don’t know why I said yes – why I rolled up my sleeve and told my old friend: “Do it.” I can’t say it was peer pressure. I harboured no secret longing to be a junkie. You’d think that, having just graduated with a fir
  
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• From wallabies to exploding beetles: where to find Britain’s most fantastic beasts

  05-02-2017 08:00
  
  It may not be a tropical paradise, but the UK is home to plenty of weird and wonderful creatures all the same. Here are five of the strangestThe beasts of Britain do not have much going for them. For starters, there aren’t many of them, a historic legacy of the Ice Age and Britain’s island status, which prevented many plants, insects and mammals from colonising when the ice retreated. Britain exists at a northerly latitude, so its species cannot luxuriate in a tropical paradise with
  
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• Why the need for empathetic citizens has never been greater

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  Health, justice and the arts would all benefit from tackling the empathy deficitWe are in the midst of an empathy deficit, according to Peter Bazalgette in his latest book, The Empathy Instinct. He believes focusing on empathy can contribute to ‘kinder health and social care, and more effective criminal justice’. Related: A neuroscientist explains: the need for ‘empathetic citizens’ - podcastContinue reading...
  
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• The selfie test - personality quiz | Ben Ambridge

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  Are you always turning the camera lens towards yourself? Answer our questions to see what it meansHow often do you take selfies, and what does this say about your self-confidence?Choose from the following: Never – maybe once a year; Rarely – maybe one or two a month; Often – at least once a week. Continue reading...
  
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• The eco guide to good plastic

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  Ellen MacArthur and the New Plastic Economy initiative are determined to make a real difference in tackling the terrible problem of our plastic-polluted oceansLast summer Adidas released a good-looking trainer with uppers made using plastic recovered from the ocean. Everyone was very excited, but my response was: “That’s not the most efficient way of cleaning up the ocean.”Small bits of plastic packaging such as lids, sachets and films pose the biggest nightmare Continue readin
  
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• The day David Hockney took me out for a drive in the Hollywood Hills

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  It’s 1997, Rose Blake is just 11, on holiday in California, and her artist dad’s famous friend takes them out for a sunset spin in the LexusIt was the summer of 1997, I was 11, and enjoying my last weeks of freedom before starting at a stuffy all-girls school in September. I was a serious but mischievous tomboy, with a short mop-top haircut, obsessed with roller blading, The Simpsons, Tamagotchis and the Backstreet Boys. My dad was Peter Blake, one of the pioneers of British Pop Art
  
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• Scandi chic meets happy memories at a Danish fashion designer’s flat

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  In the heart of east London’s ‘Little Copenhagen’, Peter Jensen has made everything homely and hyggeIt’s hard to believe there’s even an alleyway in east London left ungentrified, but push on through Clapton and you hit Lea Bridge Road, an artisanal coffee shop free zone. Though not for long. Regeneration plans cast the area as a mini Holland with segregated cycle lanes. There’ll be Copenhagen style crossings and vibrant public spaces.'Hygge is a state of mind
  
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• Louie Louie, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  On the corner of a busy road in south London, Louie Louie is a decent café by day which really comes to life after darkLouie Louie, 347 Walworth Road, London SE17 2AL (020 7450 3223). Full meal for two without wine £60- £80; with wine £100 - £120There is nothing manicured about south London’s Walworth Road. To paraphrase Spike Milligan’s line about the Kilburn High Road it runs for a good few miles, which is why it’s so knackered by the time it ge
  
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• I want to leave my partner of 15 years. Am I being selfish? | Mariella Frostrup

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  A woman who married her longtime partner two years ago now wants to separate. Mariella Frostrup wonders why it’s taken so long to address the issues in their relationshipThe dilemma After much heartache, sleepless nights and consideration I told my husband of two years, but partner for 15, that I was unhappy and thought we should separate. I am 37 and he is 49. On discussing our issues my husband said that if I left he would have no chance of children and I’d be robbing him of that a
  
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• Farewell, American Apparel. Your moment has passed

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  As the high street clothing brand closes its doors, all we are left with are memories of ‘porny’ fashion shoots and outrageous advertsLike flipping through holiday photos from 1989, looking back at American Apparel ads as the company closes is filling me with a kind of jolly disbelief. That was what we wore? That was what people thought was fashionable?Leggings, leggings, leggings as far as the eye could see. Black leggings, denim leggings, leggings that were made from some space fab
  
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• Does brain training make you smart | Caroline Williams

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  You can boost your brainpower, says Caroline Williams, but it’s not as simple as just giving your head a work-outCan we really train our brains? The hope that maybe we can is based on the idea of “brain plasticity”: that no matter how old you are, and how set in your ways, your brain is constantly changing to adapt to new experiences.Brain plasticity is based on a decade’s worth of hard science, which is how it came to spawn a billion-dollar brain training industry. But t
  
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• Concealers for the perfect no make-up, make-up look

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  A good concealer does far more than cover, it’s a little magic wandAll you need for a make-up-free look is… make-up. Concealer isn’t just a spot coverer. As well as hiding under-eye shadows and camouflaging odd bits of skin, it’s a little stick of arrogance, with a light powder to hold it in place. Particularly fine is Laura Mercier’s Secret Camouflage, containing one shade to match the skin’s undertone and one for depth, inviting you to custom-blend your own
  
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• Acocha, courgette’s cute little cousin

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  Ridiculously easy to grow, these pretty green plants come into their own when fried, sautéed or bakedHaving experimented with hundreds of the more weird and wonderful edible crops over the years, I can personally vouch for the fact that the words “edible” and “tasty” definitely do not always go hand-in-hand, and some delicious crops are impossibly difficult to grow or just have terrible yields. However, every so often there comes along a crop that ticks all the box
  
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• A Buddhist Swastika – And Not A Nazi Hakenkreunz

  05-02-2017 04:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As a German these symbols are a very touchy object. It’s a big no, no and both symbols are outlawed in Germany, even though the Buddhist swastika has nothing to do with Germany’s past. You won’t find a Buddhist temple in my country displaying this symbol.
  A Buddhist Swastika – And Not A Nazi Hakenkreunz
  The nazis back in the day just used this religious symbol, mirrored it and turned it by 45 degrees and made it their own. I didn’t know anything about the previous p
  
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• Cadillac Wins, Lamborghini Makes Its Presence Felt at Rolex 24 at Daytona

  05-02-2017 02:00
  
  Lamborghini Huracán GT3
  Cadillacs place first and second in Prototype class, while eight Huracáns compete in the GTD class…Laura Burstein
  
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• Guide to men's boots: the wish list – in pictures

  05-02-2017 00:55
  
  In fashion terms it might be spring/summer, but outside it’s still very much winter, and decent footwear is required. Work boots are the go-to for cold days, choose Chelsea boots for a more polished look, or opt for the trans-seasonal desert boot. Continue reading...
  
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• Reasons to wear... a trophy blazer

  05-02-2017 00:45
  
  Boxy blazers are synonymous with the 1980s, but this spring they’re back in fashion. The blazer was spotted at Prada nipped at the waist with a contrasting belt. At Gucci and Alexander McQueen it was the colourful checks that stood out.Wear with a chiffon skirt and pumps, or boyfriend jeans and a contrasting belt to finish your look.Continue reading...
  
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• A Fashion Expert Shares His Top 5 Pieces for Weathering Winter in Style

  05-02-2017 00:00
  
  Mr Porter’s Sam Lobban shares his weatherproof essentials for surviving the rest of winter in style…Phoebe Neuman
  
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