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• Paris exhibition highlights Picasso's passion for distant cultures

  27-03-2017 23:51
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - Pablo Picasso's lifelong admiration for art from far-flung civilizations comes to light in a new Paris exhibition featuring such pieces from the artist's collection as well as his...
  
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• Airline faces wrath of leggings wearers in boarding flap

  27-03-2017 23:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Don't mess with our stretch, United Airlines, or risk the wrath of leggings lovers.The social media matter of The Kids in Leggings vs. United snapped to the surface Sunday. That's when one Shannon Watts said on Twitter she had witnessed a gate agent refusing to let two girls board a...
  
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• 'Fearless Girl' statue opposite bull stays through February

  27-03-2017 23:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - The globally popular statue of a young girl will keep staring down Wall Street's famed "Charging Bull" through February 2018 instead of being removed this coming Sunday, the mayor said.She's "standing up to fear, standing up to power, being able to find in yourself the strength to do
  
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• This New Tokyo Restaurant is an Homage to Wagyu

  27-03-2017 23:00
  
  Wagyumafia offers a tasting menu of premium beef courses, including the world’s most expensive Kobe…Kat Odell
  
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• How two teens in leggings became a PR mess for United Airlines

  27-03-2017 22:40
  
  (Reuters) - A bystander who touched off a social media furor after she saw United Airlines stop two teenage girls dressed in leggings from boarding a flight admitted on Monday that she did not fully...
  
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• Gold coin worth $4 million stolen from Berlin museum

  27-03-2017 21:46
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - A Canadian gold coin named "Big Maple Leaf" which bears the image of Queen Elizabeth II was stolen in the early hours of Monday morning from Berlin's Bode Museum.
  
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• This Fashion-Forward Brand is Revolutionizing What You Wear on the Links

  27-03-2017 21:00
  
  Holderness & Bourne’s designs give the classic golf shirt a much-needed update…Phoebe Neuman
  
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• Are you buying a house or lottery ticket?

  27-03-2017 20:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The same week legendary investor Warren Buffett put his California vacation house on the market , a friend told me her widowed mother had sold the family home in Cleveland.Buffett bought his Laguna Beach place in 1971 for $150,000 and is asking $11 million . My friend's parents bought their...
  
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• For some, Passover Seder will address global refugee crisis

  27-03-2017 19:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Abdul Jalal Hashimi grew up in Kabul and fled with his family to the United States after working more than six years against the Taliban alongside American military forces.A 32-year-old Muslim, he has known few Jews personally, but come Passover he'll be among more than a dozen refugees sharing
  
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• Robb Report VIPs Experience the Best of Italy During Curated Visit

  27-03-2017 18:45
  
  Highlights of the exclusive trip included a stay in a castle, truffle hunting, and cooking lessons…A Robb Report Partner Experience
  
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• Bowen Island's Nectar Yoga B&B offers nature and namaste, minutes from Vancouver

  27-03-2017 18:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BOWEN ISLAND, B.C. - The story of Nectar Yoga B&B on Bowen Island, B.C., began on a hot crowded train headed to Pondicherry, India.Andrea Clark and Satjeet Pandher had taken leaves of absence from their jobs in Vancouver to spend several months travelling in south Asia and Europe in 2013.
  
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• 4 London-Based Female Jewelers to Keep Your Eye On

  27-03-2017 18:00
  
  These four designers are making names for themselves in London’s brilliant and bold jewelry scene…Rachel Garrahan
  
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• Indigenous chefs aim to raise awareness of their traditional foods

  27-03-2017 17:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Canadian cuisine might include a mix of culinary traditions, but the food of one of the country's founding groups is largely missing. An emerging group of indigenous chefs and restaurateurs is hoping to change that.Rich Francis, chef-owner of Seventh Fire Hospitality Group in
  
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• The feminists of Farc: ‘We are not demobilising, we are mobilising politically’

  27-03-2017 17:04
  
  As Colombia’s guerrilla forces reintegrate into civilian life, its female combatants have taken on a new fight – battling macho culture and inequalityWhen she was only 20 years old, guerrilla commander Adriana left her rural home in Tolima, south of Colombia’s capital, to join the ranks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). “I wanted to become somebody. I wanted to do something important,” she says.Adriana – now 38 years old, resting under the
  
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• Is the Sexy Fish Uber deal the new Granita pact?

  27-03-2017 16:42
  
  The fancy London restaurant has been mooted as the birthplace of a cosy arrangement between the Cameron government and the travel appName: Sexy Fish.Age: Two years. Continue reading...
  
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• Spring is here – and I must emerge from hibernation smarter and cleaner

  27-03-2017 16:39
  
  It’s such a chore, darning, mending and handwashing woolies by hand. So much easier to stay in wearing the same raggedy outfit for days on endI was having dinner with some chums last week, and we got round to wondering how we had got past 70 so quickly, and how much we had changed, visually. “I used to try and make myself look as attractive as possible,” said Mavis, “but now I just try not to look repulsive.”I thought that was a bit harsh – old age has its own
  
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• Half-marathon runners help exhausted competitor to finish-line – video

  27-03-2017 16:39
  
  An exhausted participant of the Philadelphia Love Run half marathon is helped by other runners on Sunday. Two male runners stop to help the tired woman continue, and a third runner who was ahead ran back to pick her up and carry her almost to the finish line. She is then seen walking across at the very end of the race, still being assisted Continue reading...
  
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• Talking about your miscarriage doesn’t make you ‘privileged’

  27-03-2017 16:16
  
  After the writer Ariel Levy wrote about losing her baby, she was attacked for her ‘entitlement’ – but you don’t need to be hurting more than everyone in the world to say you’re sufferingWhy are women so mean to each other?David, by email Continue reading...
  
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• Pork medallions with grape sauce is quick weeknight entree

  27-03-2017 14:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Here's a quick, easy and delicious weeknight entree that's certain to impress your family. The star of the show is pork tenderloin, the leanest and most tender part of the animal. Like beef tenderloin, pork tenderloin is a muscle cushioned by other muscles. It's tender because it's not used very...
  
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• The 10 best things to do in Zurich: from surreal art to food tours

  27-03-2017 14:08
  
  Switzerland’s largest city is the birthplace of one of the 20th century’s most important art movements and home to a thriving club scene – as well as rivers, mountains, beautiful churches and all things SwissA regular star of those “most liveable city in the world” lists, Zurich is the flourishing business centre of Switzerland, a cosmopolitan and historic city whose inhabitants like to play as hard as they work. Make a splash
  Zurich is at its best in summer, when e
  
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• ‘Stop stealing my milk!’ – an office fridge security camera put to the test

  27-03-2017 13:36
  
  A prototype security device promises to film pilferers in the act and email you the evidence. But is it worth entering a moral minefield for the sake of 15ml of semi-skimmed?When you head to your workplace fridge, only to find that some thoughtless colleague has nabbed your milk, what is the appropriate response?a) Shrug it off and say: “Oh well, that only cost me around 8p when you think about it”; Continue reading...
  
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• Teachers: what do your students bring in for lunch?

  27-03-2017 13:30
  
  A headteacher has exposed the awful packed lunches students get, including cold takeaways. We want to hear from parents and teachers about this
  A school has written to parents advising them on what to bring in for lunch. It comes after their headteacher expressed concern over young people bringing in items such as cold McDonald’s takeaways and crisp sandwiches.Jon Carthy the headteacher at Byron Primary School in Gillingham, Kent, wrote: “While extreme and funny to read on paper, I m
  
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• Anna Jones’s blood orange and broccoli pasta, and garlic confit frittata recipes | The Modern Cook

  27-03-2017 13:00
  
  Garlic can range from punchy and keen to buttery sweet depending on how you cook it. Try it crisp and caramelised with sprouting broccoli and blood-orange pasta, or as a mellow confit in this potato frittataGarlic is a good friend in the kitchen. It crosses continents like few other ingredients. When I was growing up, a guy we imaginatively named the Onion Man used to come to our door selling alliums from Brittany (I’ve since learned these onion sellers are known as Onion Johnnies). He rod
  
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• How To Peel A Pineapple Super Speedy

  27-03-2017 12:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This woman should do pineapple speed peeling as a live feed on social media. People couldn’t stop watching, counting all of her fingers every time she finished peeling one. She would be famous and rich in no time. Even more famous than that dude who did the pineapple pen video. And I do feel sorry that this song will be stuck in your head until YOU DIE!!!
  How To Peel A Pineapple Super Speedy
  We spotted this speed pineapple peeling lady close to our apartment in Saigon, at the Chợ Th&
  
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• Sex in Thai city frustrates junta

  27-03-2017 12:17
  
  PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - With mascots dressed as smiling fish and a police rock band, Thai authorities launched a "Happy Zone" at the weekend to improve the image of a city notorious for sex...
  
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• The Anti Welcome Doormat

  27-03-2017 11:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There is nothing better than a subtle undertone but if it’s not getting picked up, there is nothing better than being super direct. It’s not like you didn’t try to make yourself understood but sometimes people just won’t and don’t want to understand unless you spell it out for them.
  Save Your Breath With The Anti Welcome Doormat
  The Go Away mat is a neat addition to every front door. I’d add a little sub info, something like “And Never Come Back” J
  
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• I can’t climax during sex with my partner. Is it because I masturbate too much?

  27-03-2017 09:10
  
  I haven’t talked to my girlfriend about this, but while I can’t come during sex with her, I have no problem ejaculating when masturbatingI love my partner and having sex with her, but I just can’t reach a climax. Whenever I masturbate I can ejaculate with no problems. I don’t think I’m doing it too rough but maybe I am doing it too much. I have not talked to her about this. Would it help if I were to not masturbate for a while, and then try sex?Continue reading
  
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• The 20 best Nigella Lawson recipes: part 1

  27-03-2017 09:00
  
  From her famed Coca-Cola glazed ham to chicken Cosima, Observer Food Monthly’s selection of favourite Nigella Lawson dishes
  • The 20 best Nigella Lawson recipes: part 2This may well be – indeed is – the smell, the taste, the dish that says “family” to me and my siblings, and brings our long-absent mother back to the kitchen and the table with us. But the fact that I’ve cooked it more often and over more years than I’ve cooked anything else doesn&rsq
  
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• Breaking the pain barrier: safe ways to manage chronic agony

  27-03-2017 09:00
  
  Long-term pain is estimated to affect up to 28 million people in the UK, but with the safety of commonly used painkillers under scrutiny, what other measures are effective?The writer and runner Haruki Murakami says: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” But many of the estimated 28 million people in the UK who live with long-term, chronic pain, would beg to differ. Elderly people with back and knee pain become increasingly housebound, withdrawn and socially isolated. Daily ner
  
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• What’s the best age to become a mother?

  27-03-2017 08:50
  
  Studies suggest older mothers benefit by being more emotionally mature and financially stable. But there are health risks with waiting longer to have kids. So what’s the best balance?What’s the best age to become a mum? Between 20 and 35, according to the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. During these 15 years, it’s easier to conceive, and you are less likely to have high blood pressure, a miscarriage or require a caesarian section – need I go on? You’re
  
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• I have won my dream job and discovered I'm pregnant again – what should I do?

  27-03-2017 08:00
  
  I was unaware of my pregnancy at the time of interview. Should I quit and look for a more family-friendly career?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’m in a dilemma. I work for a reputable NHS organisation and was interviewed for my dream job in December. Out of sheer luc
  
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• Me am sorry, The Hoff

  27-03-2017 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  As a crusading newspaper columnist with fire in his eyes, I traditionally begin my day of big-time journalism by sorting through an impressive array of emails.I have an excellent journalistic reason for doing this — it allows me to avoid writing anything until I’ve had time to suck...
  
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• Educating a nation of careless tea-drinkers: archive, 27 March 1958

  27-03-2017 06:30
  
  27 March 1958: Concerned by falling standards, the Tea Bureau is introducing school lessons in how to make the perfect brewStill far ahead of coffee, its nearest rival, the ritual of tea-drinking remains a firm and hallowed part of the English scene. In places it has degenerated into the tea-break and often it comes out of an urn.If the ceremonial has occasionally been relaxed, however, the rate of consumption has shown no signs of falling off since the war. Last year we drank, or at any rate b
  
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• One child or youth suffers gunshot injury each day in Ontario, study finds

  27-03-2017 06:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Firearms injure a child or youth almost every day in Ontario, say researchers, who analyzed hospital records to determine which groups of young people are most at risk for gun-related accidents or violent assault.Their study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association
  
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• Ohio festival organizer to review new village regulations

  27-03-2017 06:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WAYNESVILLE, Ohio - Organizers of an annual sauerkraut festival are reviewing new regulations established to replace its former contract with the southwestern Ohio village where the festival is held.Waynesville's village council cancelled its contract with the area chamber of commerce that...
  
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• 1 child or youth suffers gunshot injury each day in Ontario, study finds

  27-03-2017 06:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Firearms injure a child or youth almost every day in Ontario, say researchers, who analyzed hospital records to determine which groups of young people are most at risk for gun-related accidents or violent assault.Their study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association
  
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• Kavalan’s Five New Single Malts Are Spirited Standouts

  27-03-2017 00:00
  
  The Taiwanese whisky house earns its reputation with its new cask-aged expressions…Dan Dunn
  
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