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• DeVos proposes another rollback on for-profit college rules

  10-08-2018 22:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The Trump administration plans to roll back another major Obama-era rule that was created to police the for-profit college industry, according to a proposal issued by the Education Department on ...
  
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• Study finds kids busy with structured sport find time for free play

  10-08-2018 20:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Parents who fear that kids in organized sport spend less time on just-for-fun activities can take heart in a new study by researchers at McMaster University and the ......
  
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• Centre of attention

  10-08-2018 20:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It’s arguably the easiest way to become famous in today’s social-media world.What we’re talking about is the fine art of photobombing, wherein someone — or something — unexpectedly appears in ...
  
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• Secretly handmade for CIA: Pottery from Poland

  10-08-2018 19:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WARSAW, Poland - It was secret handiwork done for the CIA by experts in Poland: painted tableware with the intelligence agency's logo.Helena Smolenska, the head of the co-operative in Boleslawiec, ......
  
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• 6 Closet Cleaning Tips to (Finally) Get Your Wardrobe Organized

  10-08-2018 19:00
  Imagine: You open up your closet and everything looks neat and tidy. It’s filled with pieces you love, and you can see all of your options for today’s outfits. This isn’t just a scene from “Clueless.” It can be your reality if you’re ready to employ a few closet cleaning tips.We know that cleaning your closet is a major undertaking. It can even be unexpectedly emotional; you might have items you know you don’t need or want but feel you should keep becaus
  
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• Beaded pouch: stalwart accessory of 90s Kate Moss back in vogue

  10-08-2018 18:29
  Decade’s revival continues with small embroidered and bead-embellished bagsIn fashion, the 1990s revival seems never-ending: first lycra cycling shorts, tiny sunglasses and ugly trainers made a comeback, then skinny eyebrows appeared on Rihanna on the cover of Vogue. But the latest iteration is a lot more palatable: the handbag of the moment is a small, embroidered and bead-embellished pouch of the kind carried by Kate Moss in her supermodel 90s heyday. Usually made from velvet or silk, th
  
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• Italian wine harvest begins, productive year forecast

  10-08-2018 16:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  ROME - The Italian wine grape harvest season has started with Pinot and Chardonnay grapes in the northern Lombardy's Franciacorta region, with experts anticipating a better year after an especially ......
  
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• Ryanair cancellations: what are my rights?

  10-08-2018 16:39
  Ryanair cancelled one sixth of its flights on Friday, affecting nearly 400 trips in EuropeRyanair has cancelled nearly 400 flights as it battles unions in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands. About 50,000 passengers have been directly affected, with others likely to be hit by delays. Ryanair says 85% of scheduled flights will operate as normal on Saturday, and that affected customers have mostly accepted places on alternative flights. But what if you are among those hit? Contin
  
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• Trump officials plan to cut 2nd rule policing for-profits

  10-08-2018 16:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The Trump administration plans to roll back another major Obama-era rule that was created to police the for-profit college industry.Education Department officials on Friday issued a proposal to rescind so-called ...
  
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• Cat Spine Pyro Candle

  10-08-2018 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Burn that kitty down to its spine and enjoy the flame, while the cat is disappearing more and more. Then the only thing left are the backbone. Out of metal! Sounds cruel and sad? No, no! Hear me out, it’s just a grey candle in form of a cat, which to our surprise holds a spine. It’s a designer collectors piece and I can see that many who buy that cat candle won’t be able to actually light it up – it’s heartbreaking!
  From the product page:PyroPet candles is a family
  
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• How to wear: streetwear | Simran Randhawa

  10-08-2018 14:00
  Sexy isn’t just about hugging waists and plunging necklines. Beware, though – not all gymwear is now coolIn the past year, streetwear has increasingly become part of my personal style. I can get away with making even a tracksuit look chic by adding heels and a clutch bag. I’m not suggesting you go crazy in the gym and then head straight to cocktails wearing the same track top; I have my gymwear and my streetwear. The difference is that the former is all about its ability to abs
  
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• Get Ready to Go Nuts Over These 4 Drool-Worthy 2018 Countertop Trends

  10-08-2018 14:00
  Many people think of the countertops in their kitchen as something of a workhorse. It’s a surface on which they can prepare a meal, eat or get work done during the day. They don’t give it much more thought, but they should. In reality, your countertops can be the artistic centerpiece of your kitchen – and we have the 2018 countertop trends to prove it.Don’t believe us? Check out the trends below and see what you think. We guarantee that at least one of these bold looks wi
  
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• My friend is single and lonely, but demanding

  10-08-2018 13:00
  I feel for her, but can’t be available all the time. I don’t know how to help her without compromising my own wellbeingMy friend is kind and popular, but lonely. She is in her mid-30s and single and it’s all she can focus on. She is upset when no one is available to do things with her and wants a man or her friends to fill the gaps. While I feel for her, I have my own stresses and a fairly new relationship, family and other friendships to maintain – I can’t fulfil h
  
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• Elizabeth David: ‘all that is good in British cookery’ | Jeremy Lee

  10-08-2018 13:00
  Elizabeth David’s writing was the cornerstone of many a kitchen: it inspired and sustained Jeremy Lee’s family and was one of the first to celebrate seasonal, local produceThe most incredibly sophisticated compendium of all that is good in British cooking is Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen, Volume One, by Elizabeth David. What we would give for volumes two and three!I inherited my copy from my mum, who got it when it came out in 1970. I would have been six or seven.
  
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• Anna Jones’s recipes for carrot marmalade and a vegetarian roast

  10-08-2018 13:00
  Stew carrots down with citrus for a sweet-and-sour conserve, or cook seeded yorkshire puddings as part of a meatless family mealMy family is made up of three vegetarians, two vegans, a pescatarian and Dad, who has a steak on special occasions. We’ve had to reinvent our classics to fit the tapestry of how we all eat. Our Saturday-morning pancakes are now vegan, made with oats and bananas; our favourite pudding, banoffee pie, is now topped with whipped coconut cream. It’s all part of o
  
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• Brussels courthouse to get makeover after 40 years in scaffolding

  10-08-2018 12:28
  Clad in scaffolding for some 40 years, Brussels' Palace of Justice will finally undergo 100 million euros ($115.88 million) worth of renovations over the next 12 years, restoring one of the Belgian...
  
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• The Hidden Hut, Porthcurnick – Reassuring, raffish and very British – restaurant review | Grace Dent

  10-08-2018 11:00
  A seaside shack on the south Cornish coast cooking homestyle food served with love – and a large helping of nostalgiaThe Hidden Hut is a Cornish beach shack on a National Trust coastal path on the Roseland Peninsula. It sells cakes and tea and hearty lunches. It sells Cornish steak pasties, clotted cream ice-cream and fragments of bygone, possibly misremembered British summers. An era where, for a lot of us, abroad seemed very far away, and a summer holiday meant one week in a static carav
  
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• Walking paths less trodden in the Yorkshire Dales

  10-08-2018 07:30
  Steering clear of the famous three peaks our writer joins an expert guide to explore the lesser-known hills and valleys of the Yorkshire Dales‘Have you noticed anything?” my guide Jonathan asks me.We stop for a moment. There’s a lot to notice. I gaze across meadows speckled golden with buttercups. Dry-stone walls carve the fields into tiny fiefdoms, each with its own stone barn. The low hill we’ve just descended is washed by a panoply of greens. Somewhere above us a skyla
  
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• Abortion activists vow to press fight despite Argentina loss

  10-08-2018 02:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Women's groups across Latin America vowed to keep fighting for a right to abortion despite the Argentine Senate's rejection of a bill early Thursday that would ...
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,584

  10-08-2018 01:00
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