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• Lawyer: Renowned herbalist's widower let acclaimed farm fail

  04-11-2018 22:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  COVENTRY, Conn. - The widower of renowned herbalist Adelma Grenier Simmons, sometimes called America's "first lady of herbs," is fighting eviction from her once-acclaimed farm in Connecticut.The lawyer overseeing Simmons' ......
  
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• Intrepid Edgley back on dry land after swimming around Britain

  04-11-2018 17:32
  After 157 days at sea battling storms, jellyfish and whirlpools, adventurer Ross Edgley finally clambered on to dry land at Margate on Sunday to become the first person to swim around the coast of...
  
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• Quebec's first male midwife feeling at home in uncharted territory

  04-11-2018 16:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MONTREAL - While the word "midwife" seems to suggest a feminine-only practice, the first Quebec man to enter the profession is adamant that he doesn't need a different title.Louis Maltais ......
  
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• Chef Anthony Rose brings revamped familiar foods to the family dinner table

  04-11-2018 16:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - The secret to the perfect pastrami sandwich is in the carve. The brined, smoked and steamed beef brisket should be neither too marbled, nor too lean. The slices ...
  
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• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Using Mirrors as a Design Element

  04-11-2018 13:00
  We all know that mirrors can make a room appear larger – and that’s a neat trick –  but mirrors are more than just one-trick ponies. They can also be used as a design element to help complete whatever look you’re trying to achieve. A mirror can provide either contrast or balance when used correctly. It can also unify a space or serve as the focal point. However, it’s important to make sure that the scale and proportion are harmonious with the setting.Below are
  
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• Liam Charles’ recipe for dynamite doughnuts | The Sweet Spot

  04-11-2018 13:00
  Charcoal doughnuts filled with spiced apple and coated with popping candyBonfire Night, baby. That means three things: fireworks, fried treats and flavour upon flavour. This week, I’m combining all three in what I like to call my dynamite doughnuts: charcoal doughnuts, a spiced apple and plum filling, and a popping-candy coating, because … it’s Guy Fawkes night, innit? Continue reading...
  
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• Am I a man or a mouse? It’s time to find out when the rodents arrive

  04-11-2018 10:00
  Decisive action is called for when mice invade Séamas and his wife’s home. First step: pack the bags and get outMiraculously the boy had stayed asleep, through the commotion, the intermittent crying, occasional shrieking and frantic packing that followed us spotting a mouse in our sitting room. He even slept through the fractious 20 minutes in which I packed up bags for our exile to a friend’s house, while my wife stood on a chair, panicking theatrically like the disembodied,
  
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• We were abandoned and ignored by our package holiday operator

  04-11-2018 09:00
  Tui seems to be using a regulation about being told of problems promptly to avoid its obligations to customersRobin and Catherine Hackett booked a package holiday through Tui so that stressful details such as the transfer to and from the airport would be organised for them. However, they were left stranded at their hotel on their last morning after the transport failed to turn up. Attempts to get hold of a Tui rep failed and they had to pay for a cab to get to the airport with minutes to spare b
  
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• Independent cinemas in the UK: readers’ travel tips

  04-11-2018 08:00
  Over 1,500 of you recommended indie picture houses. Here are the top 10 – in stations, warehouses and rural villagesCampbeltown Picture House on the Kintyre peninsula is amazing. Recently refurbished, it has retained all of its original charm (it has been a functioning cinema since 1913) but is now a welcoming, contemporary space offering two screens and a cafe. Screen 1 will blow you away with its atmospheric ceiling and half-timbered “wee house” features. It shows all the lat
  
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• Diseases that dogs can detect

  04-11-2018 08:00
  Scientists are investigating canines’ extraordinary sense of smell, hoping that it will prove a more reliable predictor of illnesses than conventional testingLast week, researchers presented evidence that dogs could tell from sniffing someone’s socks whether they had malaria. After several months of training, a labrador and a labrador-retriever could tell if a child had the disease even if they were not showing symptoms. Continue reading...
  
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• Nigel Slater’s sausages, shallots and grapes recipe

  04-11-2018 07:00
  Warming, sticky recipes make Bonfire Night a crackerTomorrow’s night sky will be awash with neon green peonies and sapphire crowns, silver fountains and their accompanying screeches and bangs. No tree will be safe from the pastel sparks of a roman candle. All too noisy for this guy. Just give me the glowing embers of the bonfire, something good in a glass, and, of course, the food.I rather like Bonfire Night food – filling, cheap and good-natured. I’m not sure cooking any of it
  
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• I’m happily married but can’t get someone I met out of my head | Dear Mariella

  04-11-2018 07:00
  The shudder of sexual electricity can be celebrated without being consummated, says Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma I am 40, gay and happily married. I have great friends and a good job. A year ago I met someone through some friends. Nothing happened, we just went out for a few drinks and socialised a bit. But we really hit it off. We had a very similar sense of humour, as well as similar backgrounds. The guy was a bit younger than me, in his late twenties. I found him very attractive and I felt th
  
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• Hyundai Nexo preview: ‘The car that thinks it’s a Hoover’ | Martin Love

  04-11-2018 07:00
  The latest hydrogen fuel cell electric car from Hyundai is so clean it actually vacuums the air as you travelHyundai Nexo
  Power Hydrogen fuel cell electric carPrice £60,000Range up to 414 milesAs October’s Clean Driving Month comes to an end, it seems only right to draw your attention to a car which not only produces zero emissions, but that claims to clean the air around it as it drives. Its advanced air-purification system filters 99.9% of very fine dust so you are literally vacuum
  
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• Canto, Manchester: ‘Muted chaos reigned’ – restaurant review

  04-11-2018 07:00
  This new Portuguese-themed place has an impressive pedigree, but the meal they served was bizarre, and it’s way too expensiveCanto, 16 Blossom Street, Manchester (0161 870 5904). Small plates £5-£11; desserts £6; wines from £21 a bottleA few weeks ago my Guardian colleague Grace Dent wondered whether the pantomime of a lousy restaurant experience she’d had while reviewing in Berkshire was some kind of hidden camera gag set up by me. There were times during my
  
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