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• Business idea began as a way to bring their young daughters together

  02-09-2017 20:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Jennifer Robins chuckles when a reporter takes a stab at the word lavvu, which just so happens to be the signature item available through her online, environmentally friendly home decor ...
  
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• Late Summer Trend: ‘Pineapple Fever’ Wall Murals by Pixers

  02-09-2017 14:00
  In the 18th century, the pineapple was a rare, expensive delicacy, a status symbol of wealth and often the centerpiece of a feast. Displaying or serving pineapple showed that guests were honored. This symbolism continues today, and pineapples can often be found carved as gateposts and staircase finials and incorporated into wooden furniture.With Pixers’ new collection of wall murals, Pineapple Fever, this beautiful fruit awakens memories of a golden age in design, when vivid colors we
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the woman with a big nose

  02-09-2017 10:00
  You know what people are thinking when they see you for the first time. There might even be a visible double takeThe hardest moments are walking into or standing up in front of a room full of people who haven’t seen you before. I couldn’t work in a job as an educator, speaker or sales person. You know what people are thinking when they see you for the first time; there might even be a visible double take. Most overcome their initial reaction and soon acc
  
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• From pavlova to cheesecake: Yotam Ottolenghi’s 10 perfect dessert recipes

  02-09-2017 10:00
  Chocolate puddings, millionaire’s shortbread and knickerbocker glory all get the Ottolenghi treatment in this exclusive extract from his new book, SweetMy first job in a kitchen was whisking egg whites. It was the 1990s, and I was training by day and assisting the pastry chef in a fancy restaurant at night. I spent most of my time beating egg whites for vanilla soufflés; three months in, I was a soufflé expert. So it must be fate that I made my name with egg whites, sugar and
  
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• Danger not over: Gas leaks, mould loom for Harvey evacuees

  02-09-2017 09:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  HOUSTON - Bound for their Harvey-soaked home east of Houston, Lakeithia Bankhead and her four children left the mass shelter at the city's convention centre Friday after five nights sleeping ...
  
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• Beauty: at last, a foolproof home blow-dry | Sali Hughes

  02-09-2017 09:00
  It’s extraordinarily easy and fast, and almost flawlessly mimics a proper blow-dryThere’s a faintly improbable narrative in beauty currently, in which the modern woman is presumed to be popping constantly into blow-dry bars en route to a meeting or party, then emerging with perfect, professionally styled hair. Much as I recognise that “express beauty” establishments are booming in cities such as London, Birmingham and Liverpool, I still can’t imagine the averag
  
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• Which saint is portrayed carrying her eyes on a plate? The Weekend quiz

  02-09-2017 08:00
  From a Paralympian to pencils, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz (answers below – no peeking)
  1 Whose body was identified in 1967 by Guardian journalist Richard Gott?
  2 Which dog is named from a Russian word for “fast”?
  3 Which saint is portrayed carrying her eyes on a plate?
  4 When would a pyroclastic surge be observed?
  5 What makes up chapters 23-40 of the sixth book of the Mahabharata?
  6 Which ex-Formula One driver is a four-time Paralympic gold medallist?
  7 Lyman wa
  
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• We want to buy wetsuits but need help

  02-09-2017 08:00
  We hired them and were impressed, but know nothing about them. What should we get?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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• Fit in my 40s: ‘I hated ballet as a kid; will I like it as an adult?'

  02-09-2017 08:00
  The sheer preposterousness of it, galumphing great grown ups doing pointy toesI started the six-week ballet course at Xtend Barre with a robust set of prejudices, the main one being that ballet in adulthood, like other little-girl things – wearing bunches, keeping rabbits, playing netball – is a step past nostalgia towards fetish. Plus, I did ballet when I was a kid and hated it.The sheer preposterousness of it, galumphing great adults (that’s unfair, only I galumph) doing poin
  
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• A letter to … the woman who found my daughter

  02-09-2017 07:45
  The letter you always wanted to writeYou found a little girl walking alone in Chichester, West Sussex and you realised something was wrong. You asked her if she had lost her mummy. I think she said yes. She was three and a half.At a shoe shop near The Cross in South Street, we had gone downstairs to the children’s department, taken a numbered ticket and sat down to wait. It was very busy and, after a while, I told the children we would go to another shop. They both complained because they
  
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• Yo ho, yo ho, I just want to head home

  02-09-2017 07:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It’s Thursday morning and I’m sitting in my office cubicle, drinking cold coffee, staring blankly at my computer screen and generally feeling sorry for myself.I can tell, just by the ......
  
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• My autism hasn’t stopped me connecting with my sister

  02-09-2017 07:29
  Sisters Anneliese and Kirsten Mackintosh are close, but autism and depression have not always made things easy. So how did they learn to connect?My sister, Kirsten, spent most of 2014 and 2015 sectioned on a psychiatric ward. While in hospital, she stuck a sign on her bedroom door. “Please don’t ask me how I am or how my day has been,” the sign said. “I really struggle with such vague and open questions.”Kirsten is 33 and has autism spectrum disorder, as w
  
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• Blind date: ‘A kiss was not on the menu’

  02-09-2017 07:00
  Matt, 40, NHS social care coordinator, meets Sumeet, 33, IT analystWhat were you hoping for?
  A new experience – I’ve never had a blind date before. Continue reading...
  
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• Sudoku Killer 569

  02-09-2017 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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• Sudoku 3843 hard

  02-09-2017 01:01
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls cost £1.03 per minute from a BT landline. 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 standard rate). Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,765

  02-09-2017 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,292

  02-09-2017 01:00
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