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• New Spirit Cognodka Builds on Nakatomi Success

  01-04-2017 23:00
  
  This new vodka and Cognac release is the first truly global spirit…
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• The Latest: Mormon worldwide membership nears 16 million

  01-04-2017 22:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY - The Latest on a Mormon conference in Salt Lake City(all times local):2:45 p.m.Mormon church leaders say worldwide membership has reached 15.88 million.Church officials announced the new figure Saturday during a church conference in Salt Lake City while presenting updated...
  
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• Creator of rainbow flag, symbol of gay rights, dies at 65

  01-04-2017 22:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - The creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died at age 65.Gilbert Baker's death was reported Friday to the New York City medical examiner's office. The cause wasn't known.Baker was born in Kansas and served in the U.S. Army from...
  
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• Mormon leader encourages more baptisms for the dead

  01-04-2017 20:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY - A top Mormon leader reminded church members Saturday about the importance of performing ceremonial baptisms on dead ancestors who didn't receive the ordinance while alive.Henry Eyring told a worldwide audience during a twice-yearly Mormon conference that God wants all his
  
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• The Editors’ Top 10 for the Month of April

  01-04-2017 19:00
  
  Front-row seats at Fenway, Picasso’s clay pots, ultralightweight jackets, and more…
  
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• Winterthur exhibit offers insight into detecting art fraud

  01-04-2017 18:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GREENVILLE, Del. - A painting with problematic pigment. A Chanel suit dressed up with acetate trim instead of silk. A Stradivarius violin that, well, just doesn't sound right.They're all part of a new exhibit at Delaware's Winterthur Museum that offers would-be sleuths a firsthand look at how...
  
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• This New Bremont Dive Watch Will Help You Avoid Shark Attacks

  01-04-2017 18:00
  
  Bremont announces groundbreaking shark detection technology to be implemented into a new dive watch series…Justin Mastine-Frost
  
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• Slick Raincoats Guaranteed to Keep You Dry in Spring Showers

  01-04-2017 17:00
  
  The origin of the raincoat and the luxury labels that are taking it out of the trenches…Anush Benliyan
  
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• 3 Slick Raincoats Garuenteed to Keep You Dry in Spring Showers

  01-04-2017 17:00
  
  The origin of the raincoat and the luxury labels that are taking it out of the trenches…Anush Benliyan
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: A New Trio of Extreme Dining Destinations

  01-04-2017 15:00
  
  These unique restaurants require a bit of courage to get to…Bekah Berge
  
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• The 800 hp Bentley Bentayga Breaks a Track Record—in Reverse

  01-04-2017 13:00
  
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• And This Is How You Pop Rice

  01-04-2017 12:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Did you know that you can pop rice, similar how you would pop popcorn. The trick though is not to burn the rice due to the heat. Corn has more forgiving but rice burns up within a second if you’re not careful. That’s why they’re popping the rice in hot sand while steering.
  It’s almost as fascinating as watching a firework, our guide said it’s like true magic and I do agree.
  In the video below you can watch the process, halfway through they’re switching to popp
  
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• Salmon farming in crisis: 'We are seeing a chemical arms race in the seas'

  01-04-2017 12:00
  
  Rare only 40 years ago, farmed salmon is now taken for granted in our kitchens. But the growth of the industry has come at great costEvery day, salmon farmers across the world walk into steel cages – in the seas off Scotland or Norway or Iceland – and throw in food. Lots of food; they must feed tens of thousands of fish before the day is over. They must also check if there are problems, and there is one particular problem they are coming across more and more often. Six months ago, I
  
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• Ask Alys: what are the white larvae on my cherry tree? | Alys Fowler

  01-04-2017 12:00
  
  Our gardening expert has the answerLast summer, the fruit from my cherry tree had pinpricks and I found tiny white larvae in some of the cherries, even though I had treated the tree with a spray. What shall I do?I think you may have the spotted winged drosophila (SWD) fruit fly, which looks like a common fruit fly, except the adult male has a distinct spot on each wing. While the common fruit fly is harmless to fruit with undamaged skin, female SWDs pierce the skin of cherrie
  
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• Plant of the week: aubrieta

  01-04-2017 11:59
  
  This throwback to the age of the rockery produces cascades of colourWhen the rockery was all the rage in British gardens, aubrietia was top of the heap, literally. Though fallen from favour in recent years, there’s much to be said for this evergreen perennial, which in spring produces cascades of flowers in purple, blue, pink or red to carpet raised beds and stone walls. Continue reading...
  
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• Listeria, batteries and botulism: why food products get recalled

  01-04-2017 11:00
  
  This week Coca-Cola’s Northern Ireland factory halted production after faeces was found in empty cans. All kinds of unwanted things can find their way into our food – but deliberate tampering is rare Related: Coca-Cola calls in police after human waste is found in cans Fancy some blue chicken in your sandwich, or metal pieces in your ice cream? No, me neither. But those are some of the things that have caused food products to be recalled from shops since the beginning of 2016. Contin
  
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• Greece on a budget: locals' tips on where to stay and eat

  01-04-2017 10:15
  
  Still in the midst of its debt crisis, the notion of UK travellers on a budget in Greece might induce some black humour from locals, but tourists can help the economy – and save a few euros themselvesGreece’s debt crisis rumbles on, making it harder for locals to go on holiday. But with 27 million visitors predicted in 2017, the tourism industry has proved resilient. As a result, enterprising Greeks are throwing open their villas and apartments to holiday-makers, offering personalise
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s pasta salad recipes

  01-04-2017 10:00
  
  Perk up your pasta salad repertoire by thinking outside the boxOne of the joys of giving the kitchen a spring clean is that it reunites – at last! – all those Tupperware lids with the right Tupperware boxes. And, following on from that, there’s the equally joyous thought of all the springtime salads you can make to store and cart around in those boxes, ready to be eaten sitting in the sun or on the go.Typically, when it comes to spring salads, I give a lot of shelf space to tho
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the failed novelist

  01-04-2017 10:00
  
  Years of work and emotional investment wasted, I finally gave up, to save my sanity. But I’m scarredMy biggest mistake? Thinking it was my destiny. After all, I’d written stories since I could hold a pencil, won every creative writing prize at school, then, as an adult, short story competitions. I joined writers’ groups, honed my craft, completed a great manuscript. I found an agent, finally. He was reputable and confident, and initially there was a flurry of interest from
  
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• From Miami Vice to Curb Your Enthusiasm, there’s a box set for every political era

  01-04-2017 10:00
  
  Let’s distract ourselves from the current political death spiral by taking a trip through history via the medium of box setsOne of those satisfying moments of news synchronicity happened last weekend. Just as President Trump’s healthcare bill crashed on rocks of its own making, and UK manufacturers were warning Theresa May of impending Brexit disaster, Uber announced it was suspending its driverless car programme after one of its vehicles flipped in Arizona. It is, it turns out, quit
  
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• Modern tribes: the art gallery show-off

  01-04-2017 09:00
  
  Slow down darlings, I think the kind gallery man thinks you’re going to spill your drinks on the nude with poppiesMind that lady, Ned, with your felt pen, excuse me he’s four, he was focusing on the paintings, he literally reveres Vanessa Bell, don’t you Ned, yes, of course you can lie down here. Shall we copy this lovely portrait, what do we think the lady’s doing? Yes, well done Ned, she could be on her iPad, actually I think that pink bit is sewing and her name was Vir
  
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• 'I like the idea of my body as biomass': alternative ideas for the afterlife

  01-04-2017 09:00
  
  Our cemeteries are full, so how about becoming fuel (to heat a swimming pool) or having an augmented reality memorial?From the top of One Tree Hill in London, you can see the outskirts of Camberwell’s Old Cemetery. Like many of the famous cemeteries around the capital – Highgate, nearby Nunhead, Abney Park – it was created in the 19th century, when the area was still considered suburban. As the city has grown up around it, the cemetery has filled and turned slowly into a patch
  
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• Beauty: why SPF primers kill two birds with one stone

  01-04-2017 09:00
  
  A sun-protecting primer straddles skincare and makeup, and ticks both boxes in one easy stepThere are two products I use almost daily that are a harder sell than many I can take or leave: facial sunscreen and primer. We all know why the first is important for both beauty and skin health: a broad-spectrum sunscreen protects against exposure to UVA and UVB rays, which can cause ageing, burning and skin cancer. I’m increasingly of the mind that those who’ll ever wear one are a
  
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• What links Tetley tea, Jaguar, Land Rover, Daewoo and Taj hotels? The Weekend quiz

  01-04-2017 08:00
  
  From a plum to a plover, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 What was the nickname of Spanish civil war heroine Dolores Ibárruri?
  2 In English, what are the four ordinal indicators?
  3 What fruit is known scientifically as the Armenian plum?
  4 In what book series is the year 12,069 GE also 1 FE?
  5 Zeno of Citium founded which philosophical school?
  6 In what event do the Up’Ards play the Down’Ards in Ashbourne?
  7 What Mancunian group was named after a drum machine?
  8 Whic
  
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• Let’s move to Framplington, Suffolk: too good to be true

  01-04-2017 08:00
  
  A pretty town offering right-minded left-minded folk refuge from a world ruled by the orange-skinned? You couldn’t make it up…What’s going for it? When you find milled flaxseeds and chia seeds next to each other on the shelf of the local Spar, I think we can safely say we have found our nirvana, don’t you think? This is a tough time for lefties. The once impossible relentlessly becomes the norm. So where can right-minded left-minded folk go for a bit of R&R, where no
  
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• How can I stop my boyfriend hoarding his loose change?

  01-04-2017 08:00
  
  He puts it all in a big bottle and never pays for parking etc. How can I explain it’s just a jar of his own money?Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• After great loss, it’s kindness that sees us through

  01-04-2017 07:45
  
  Brendan Cox’s good sense born out of bereavement as he talked about the Westminster attack shows how kindness can work wonders‘When JK Rowling writes that love is Harry Potter’s secret weapon, she is spot on. A gas-covered rock encircling a nuclear fireball is all we are without it,” declares my friend Pete. “Adam understands the power and breadth of love better than any of us.” It’s that stage of the evening when wine loosens dinner guests’ t
  
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• A letter to … My brother, who doesn’t know that I’m a heroin addict

  01-04-2017 07:45
  
  The letter you always wanted to writeYou came to visit me last year. Together we planned your trip. You were to stay at my house – I didn’t even realise that your grown-up form (so much taller and broader now) would be far too long for my short couch.I came to meet you at the airport. I woke up early so that I could be there, ready and waiting. I imagined standing in arrivals, watching for you to emerge from the crowd. I knew that I would recognise you, even though I hadn’t see
  
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• Life for those with their head in the clouds

  01-04-2017 07:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Given the current lack of affordable housing, I think most sane people can agree the problem stems from the fact we do not have nearly enough gigantic apartment complexes that dangle from orbiting asteroids via cables tens of thousands of kilometres long.Fortunately, it appears as though a New...
  
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• I cycled from India to Europe for love

  01-04-2017 07:30
  
  In 1975, an Indian street artist and a Swedish tourist fell in love at first sight. She had to return home alone but he refused to give up. Weeks later, he set off on a 7,000km bike trip to rejoin her“It was the moment she kissed me in the sun temple that I thought, ‘Oh, my God, now I can touch the sky!’” says Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, known as PK, remembering his wedding day in January 1976. PK was a street artist, from what was known as the “untouchable” c
  
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• Our ‘sexperiment’ and other methods of improving our sex life

  01-04-2017 07:15
  
  After Jancee Dunn and her husband became parents, their sex life was non-existent. Rather than ignore the problem, they decided to do something about itLike many new parents, my husband, Tom, and I experienced a sexual drought after our baby was born. Sex was the easiest thing in the world to forgo, thanks to stress, near-hallucinatory fatigue and zigzagging hormones, which can wreak havoc for men and women (during the first year of fatherhood, one study found, testosterone levels drop by roughl
  
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• Why I love… actor Daniel Kaluuya

  01-04-2017 07:00
  
  I like his smooth, dark brown complexion that glistens in all lights; his smile, which can flash from sardonic to warm; those soulful, expressive eyesI hate horror films. I saw the 1996 classic Scream under duress: in a media studies class where critiquing it was integral to my final grade. I have a terminal case of the scaredy-cats, and I do not generally enjoy paying to be terrified. But as I heard more about new film Get Out, about a black man meeting his white girlfriend’s family, I kn
  
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• The kingdom of women: the Tibetan tribe where a man is never the boss

  01-04-2017 07:00
  
  It’s a place where women rule, marriage doesn’t exist and everything follows the maternal bloodline. But is it as good for women as it sounds – and how long can it last?Imagine a society without fathers; without marriage (or divorce); one in which nuclear families don’t exist. Grandmother sits at the head of the table; her sons and daughters live with her, along with the children of those daughters, following the maternal bloodline. Men are little more than studs, sperm&n
  
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• The kingdom of women: the society where a man is never the boss

  01-04-2017 07:00
  
  It’s a place where women rule, marriage doesn’t exist and everything follows the maternal bloodline. But is it as good for women as it sounds – and how long can it last?Imagine a society without fathers; without marriage (or divorce); one in which nuclear families don’t exist. Grandmother sits at the head of the table; her sons and daughters live with her, along with the children of those daughters, following the maternal bloodline. Men are little more than studs, sperm d
  
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• Blind date: ‘I’d planned my escape’

  01-04-2017 07:00
  
  Dan, 21, freelance journalist, meets Jack, 21, fashion stylistWhat were you hoping for?
  I was incredibly nervous, so I was just hoping to get through the date. I’d even planned my escape. Continue reading...
  
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• ThinkGeek April Fools Day 2017

  01-04-2017 06:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here we go, another round of big cooperations trying to fool us on this oh so special day, using it as a big PR stunt. Banks are going to be like … oh all of your money is gone and airlines .. whoops this flight went off the radar .. hahaha. Come and laugh along with us. What company is going to have to most outrages April Fools Day Joke this year. Oh that suspense! Who went over the line to get scolded by the press and social media? This time you went to far, scold .. scold, scold!
  I do
  
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• The Caviar Room Debuts at Guy Savoy, Las Vegas

  01-04-2017 02:00
  
  Restaurant Guy Savoy elevates a legendary delicacy to new heights…Richard Carleton Hacker
  
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• Sudoku Killer 547

  01-04-2017 01:01
  
  Normal sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines.
  For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls will cost £1.03 per minute, plus your phone company’s access charge. Calls from other networks may vary and mobiles will be considerably higher. Service supplied by ATS. Call 0330 333 6946 for customer service (charged at stan
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,633

  01-04-2017 01:00
  
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• Prize crossword No 27,160

  01-04-2017 01:00
  
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• Napa Valley’s Newest Luxury Resort Takes Cues from the Vine

  01-04-2017 00:30
  
  Las Alcobas Napa Valley is the latest luxe lodging to open in California wine country’s scenic St. Helena…Phoebe Neuman
  
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