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• HellRaiser Black Balloon Performance Art

  29-07-2018 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Please, please, please! Don’t ask me what’s going on in this video. How did this guy end up in box, wearing a Hellraiser facial mask, blowing away black balloons but eventually failing to keep them away from him. And then of course they pop, right in front of his face. Is it a fetish? Doubtful (at least I hope) so it must be some kind of weird performance art thingy. Who watches this? Me of course and you will too!!! THIS IS AN ORDER!
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• Bosnian city finds peak in centuries-old bridge diving

  29-07-2018 20:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MOSTAR, Bosnia - To say that the high-diving competition that starts on a historic bridge and ends in a fast-flowing river is the pride of a city in southern Bosnia ......
  
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• RideLondon: pelotons and a pennyfarthing – in pictures

  29-07-2018 17:02
  RideLondon is part of a programme by mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport for London to get more people on their bikes. The weekend event includes a fun ride, FreeCycle, and two professional races, the 100-mile RideLondon-Surrey Classic and women’s event RideLondon Classique Continue reading...
  
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• End of Trump fashion line sends supporters into buying frenzy

  29-07-2018 16:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Carla D’Addesi was vacationing on the Amalfi Coast when she heard that her favourite clothing line would be closing.The mother of three, who has more than a dozen pieces by ......
  
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• Small wineries trying to cope with bachelorette party bonanza

  29-07-2018 16:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Twenty years ago, St. Hubertus and Oak Bay Estate Winery in Kelowna, B.C., was a small family operation where the odd vino lover would drop by for a ...
  
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• Canadians increasingly putting the 'remote' in working remotely

  29-07-2018 16:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MONTREAL - The telecommuting revolution envisioned by futurists, in which vast numbers of workers eschew their daily commute in favour of working remotely from home, never quite turned out as ...
  
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• Threaded bliss: why more men are getting their eyebrows shaped

  29-07-2018 16:00
  With grooming parlours reporting a sharp rise in male customers looking to tame their brows, one writer gives threading a go for the first time
  “Would you like feminine, or masculine?” asks the beauty therapist as she reclines my chair.“Masculine, masculine,” I insist, suddenly at her mercy. “Very subtle, please.” Continue reading...
  
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• Toronto students become published scientists after sending worms to space

  29-07-2018 15:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Some researchers spend years working to conduct an experiment in space, but for a group of young Toronto scientists, all it took was a school project.The four students ...
  
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• Senate looms as big test for changes to US fishing laws

  29-07-2018 15:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PORTLAND, Maine - Fishermen and environmentalists are at odds over a suite of changes to American fishing laws that was approved by the House of Representatives, and the proposal faces ...
  
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• Numerous lawsuits claim baby powder causes ovarian cancer, so is it safe or not?

  29-07-2018 15:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Baby powder maker Johnson & Johnson has been the subject of a string of lawsuits, including two pending class-action cases in Canada, over allegations its product caused ovarian ...
  
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• Get your kicks on Route 66: road trips that are even better by bike

  29-07-2018 15:00
  The most celebrated route in the US is now on the map for cyclists. What other scenic rides can be enjoyed on two wheels? Route 66 may have long been decommissioned – officially ceasing to exist in 1985 – but thanks to its enduring legacy in pop culture and the imagination of travellers the world over, this historic route from Chicago to Santa Monica remains high on the list of must-do road trips. It might be synonymous with the motor vehicle, but now, if you want to get your kicks o
  
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• Pope: Leftovers are food for thought, not waste

  29-07-2018 14:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis says leftover grub should serve as food for thought instead of getting thrown out.Francis told the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday that ......
  
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• Leaders of the pack: an expert guide to what to take on holiday

  29-07-2018 10:00
  Large suitcase in the hold? Or just a change of underwear and a scarf that doubles as a hat? As the holiday season begins, five intrepid travellers reveal their packing secretsMy grandmother, Ludmilla, once disembarked in New York accompanied by two children and 32 suitcases. Taxi drivers on the quay cursed with wild amazement, but what looked to them like reckless extravagance turned out to be natural and understandable. In how we pack is who we are.Continue reading...
  
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• Jewish teens enlisted to fight anti-Semitism in Germany

  29-07-2018 09:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LUCKAU, Germany - Sophie Steiert opens a bag of kosher gummy bears and offers them to 20 other German teenagers seated around her in their high school classroom."They're really yummy," ......
  
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• The robot will see you now: could computers take over medicine entirely?

  29-07-2018 08:00
  They already perform remotely controlled operations – now robots look set to be the physicians of the futureLike all everyday miracles of technology, the longer you watch a robot perform surgery on a human being, the more it begins to look like an inevitable natural wonder.Earlier this month I was in an operating theatre at University College Hospital in central London watching a 59-year-old man from Potters Bar having his cancerous prostate gland removed by the four dexterous metal arms o
  
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• Recipes for adventure: 10 of the best cooking holidays worldwide

  29-07-2018 08:00
  Learn how to whip up perfect pasta in Italy, forage for wild garlic in the New Forest or take a gastronomic tour of VietnamNew York and Los Angeles Continue reading...
  
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• When did guilt-free eating become a thing of the past?

  29-07-2018 07:00
  A new tourist attraction in LA, Cheat Day Land, named after the day of indulgence in a week of dieting, highlights the dysfunction of our modern rules of eatingIt was late, and I was in town alone after seeing Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and, as well as being elated and raw with emotion, I was suddenly starving. That panicky kind of hunger where it’s dangerous to go into Tesco because you know you’ll leave with a bag for life swollen with Nik Naks and coffee drinks and yesterday&rsqu
  
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• What can you do about racism? Call it out for a start… | Nikesh Shukla

  29-07-2018 07:00
  An old boss used to make casually racist comments during meetings. No surprise there. What was a surprise was the reaction of Nikesh’s co-workersI’ve been thinking about this old boss I once had. He had a habit of asking me if I knew different people of South Asian descent. Once, in a staff meeting, he told us all a story about how in the 70s, he had been in court for a minor offence. There had been two Indian women on the jury. He looked at me. “You probably knew them,”
  
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• Nigel Slater’s summer cherry recipes

  29-07-2018 07:00
  Hot and syrupy in a tart, cool and fragrant in a compote, this sweet seasonal fruit is hard to beatThe cherries have been extraordinary this year. There have been bag after bag of them in the fridge since the first Turkish fruits arrived at my greengrocer’s in May. A cherry at room temperature doesn’t do it for me. I like mine hot and syrupy under a soft pastry crust, or ice-cold, so their skins tighten and their juice spurts down your shirt like blood from a deep cut.There have been
  
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• Know thyself… by writing your first novel

  29-07-2018 07:00
  Dig deep inside, battle self-doubt and become the person you know you can be. Richard Skinner on the healing powers of writing a novelWriting a novel is a scary prospect. They’re so long and winding, they can seem never-ending. The main obstacle might seem to be starting – the terror of the blank page – but the real stumbling block lies elsewhere. There is no reason in the world why you can’t write a novel and the only thing stopping you from doing so is yourself. It seem
  
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• Expectant dad: ‘My wife's name suggestion sounds like a font' | Seamas O’Reilly

  29-07-2018 07:00
  He’s one of 11 children and now he’s having one of his own. Our new columnist ponders his offspring’s default settingsOur baby is more hypothetical than most – after nine months in utero it’s still, as far as we’re concerned, sexless and nameless. It’s the developmental equivalent of an egg avatar on Twitter, a blank slate with none of its default settings yet amended. Related: Dad raised 11 kids alone. How will I cope with one?Continue reading...
  
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• Buff up your skin with a face brush | Gemma Cairney

  29-07-2018 07:00
  You’ve brushed your teeth and your hair, now it’s time to brush your face…Are you likely to be rolling around in dirt anytime soon? Any festivals, or gin-in-tin-fuelled afternoons of rounders at your local common? BBQs on your decking? Or perhaps you are simply prone, like me, to a grimy forehead in the heat.Then let me introduce you to the god-like Clarisonic brush. It has interchangeable ‘brush heads’ and you can alternate between two speeds – and it’
  
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• Forza Win, Peckham: ‘Exceptionally brave venture’ – restaurant review

  29-07-2018 06:59
  In these days of identikit high street chains, it’s great to eat in a really unusual place, especially one where the cookery is smart and the ingredients are off-the-scale excellentForza Win, 133 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN (020 7732 9012). Meal for two, including drinks and service £60-£120I have eaten my lunch in toilets. This is not scatological hyperbole. There are a bunch of gentlemen’s conveniences that have been upcycled into bars and cafés, where you mig
  
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• Can I contact my kids, 18 years after a really toxic divorce? | Dear Mariella

  29-07-2018 06:59
  You must resolve the conflict you still feel towards your ex first. Then apologise to your children for walking away, says Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma Eighteen years ago my marriage broke up in a disastrous way. She was not the person she led me to believe during our 20 years together. She had been having a relationship with my sister and many other men, both before and during our marriage. She tricked me and others into believing she was an “angel”, the perfect mother, wife and pro
  
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• Margaret Fulton's sour cream cheesecake recipe

  29-07-2018 00:47
  The 50th anniversary reissue of The Margaret Fulton Cookbook offers a glimpse at how Australian tastes have evolvedserves 10–12Continue reading...
  
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• The One And Only Coffee Smell Alarm Clock

  29-07-2018 00:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is something with mornings and the smell of coffee. Just the scent of it wakes you right up. This probably was the though of the makers of the first one and only coffee scent alarm clock. Instead of an alarm sound the smell of coffee will awaken you from your slumber. You can also equip this alarm clock with other scents, for example freshly cut grass. I think I would sleep right through this wake-up attempt. It’s just not doing it for me but coffee …. that’s a whole di
  
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