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• Hawk native to South America wows crowd in Maine park

  30-11-2018 22:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PORTLAND, Maine - A hawk that is native to Central and South America drew a lot of attention from Maine's birding community Friday after appearing in a park, where it ......
  
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• Major milestones

  30-11-2018 19:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Half a century after it first premièred, the Beatles’ iconic White Album is back on the charts.The 30-song double album that brought the world hits like While My Guitar Gently ...
  
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• 6 Easy Ways to Update Your Christmas Decorating

  30-11-2018 19:00
  Update your Christmas decorating with on-trend gold accessories. Image: Williams Sonoma Home We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. We live for Christmas decorating. The planning and preparation for this special day is part of the magic of the season. With so many events and details to handle, it’s easy to reach for the same decorations every year. There are definitely ornaments and dec
  
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• Wait lists, discounts and unboxing: the bizarre world of beauty advent calendars

  30-11-2018 18:00
  Forget chocolate – this year brands including Nars, Glossybox and Mac are counting down to Christmas with cosmetics. But are they really worth the (often hefty) pricetag? For a long time, the Advent calendar landscape has been dominated by chocolate. But no longer: luxe Advent calendars have become increasingly common over the last five years, but 2018 is truly the year of the beauty calendar boom.Google Trends show a 20% increase in online searches for “beauty Advent calendar”
  
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• The rise of the gender-reveal party – reckless, pointless and bizarrely old-fashioned

  30-11-2018 17:04
  We live in increasingly gender fluid times, yet events to announce the sex of an unborn baby – with pink and blue smoke or sickly cupcakes – are on the rise. How did we get here?A couple recently set fire to 47,000 acres of southern Arizona, at a cost of $8m (£6.3m), what with firefighting and whatnot, but it wasn’t with a barbecue gone wrong or a candle, or any of those things that could happen to any of us. They razed their environs to the ground by shooting at a target
  
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• Send a tip on an independent UK music venue for a chance to win a £200 hotel voucher

  30-11-2018 17:02
  Whether it’s a city centre pub, church or a shed in the country, we want to know about your favourite small music venueIntimate, atmospheric venues make for memorable gigs. We want to hear about anywhere you’ve been to recently that’s made an impression on you: perhaps somewhere you danced the night away, were so close to the band it felt like being on the stage, or were blown away by the sound or the venue itself.Provide website or Facebook details where possible. And please e
  
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• Cocktail of the week: The Star Inn The City's I Drink Pearfore I Am

  30-11-2018 17:00
  A sparkling fruity cocktail that packs a fair old punchThis simple, refreshing cocktail delivers punchy flavours and has very quickly become a firm favourite of ours. Xanté is a cognac-based pear liqueur that’s readily available online and in most specialist spirit stores.Serves 1 Continue reading...
  
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• UN: Polio remains global emergency, eradication at risk

  30-11-2018 16:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - The World Health Organization says the ongoing attempt to eradicate polio remains a global emergency amid an increase in cases for the first time in years and a ......
  
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• I feel my brothers are abandoning me this Christmas

  30-11-2018 16:00
  Your reaction is understandable but a little extreme, says Annalisa BarbieriI am in my early 40s, the eldest of four children and the only single sibling. My youngest brother lived with my parents until last year and my other two brothers live abroad.I always assumed at least two of us would be home for Christmas. Until two years ago, there were never fewer than six people in my parents’ home for Christmas. Last year my two siblings abroad didn’t come home. Continue reading...
  
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• Do we need an antidote to perfectionism? | Oliver Burkeman

  30-11-2018 16:00
  It’s a recipe for being a miserable high achiever, or worse: some studies suggest it’s actually an obstacle to high achievementAccording to a spate of recent reports, perfectionism is on the rise, especially among young people. This is a very bad thing – perfectionism is linked to anxiety, depression and many other problems – but the silver lining is that we’re no longer talking as if it were something to be proud of. For those coming of age in a winner-takes-all ec
  
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• Amarone: the ideal wine for your Christmas table | Fiona Beckett on wine

  30-11-2018 15:00
  Amarone is a lush, robust red with a hint of sweetness that makes it a great choice for the festive mealSometimes, I think we have far too many decisions to make at Christmas – what presents to buy, which cards to send (if you still do), what to feed people and, finally, what wine to drink. So, instead of giving you loads of options this week, I’m going to make it easy for you by concentrating on just one red that I think is quintessentially Christmassy: amarone.For those of you who
  
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• New Zealand's Coastal Pacific railway back on track after Kaikoura earthquake

  30-11-2018 14:07
  South Island’s scenic Christchurch to Picton rail journey reopens on Saturday after earthquake damage led to closure in 2016One of the world’s greatest scenic rail routes has reopened on New Zealand’s South Island after being closed for two years following the Kaikoura earthquake in 2016.The Coastal Pacific train route, part of which hugs the coastline, was damaged by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 14 November 2016, that also destroyed homes and roads, killing two people. Landsl
  
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• The Gen Z-list: 12 top Christmas gifts for teenagers

  30-11-2018 14:00
  Teenagers are difficult to shop for. Fact. Get uncommonly close to making them smile with our teen-tested Christmas list, featuring Gen Z-pleasing picks of kit, kicks and booksLe sac Continue reading...
  
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• How to wear: head to toe colour

  30-11-2018 14:00
  If you wear colour, wear all colour; if you wear black, wear all monochrome. It’s that simpleIs it more modern to wear head-to-toe colour than all black these days? Ha! Trick question. Either is fine. Sometimes I see a woman in an unusual colour combination and think to myself, she’s clearly a genius – from now on, I’m only ever wearing lavender with navy, or lime with aubergine, or whatever. But then, the next day, someone in a black trouser suit over an inky rollneck sl
  
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• San Francisco chef first in US to receive 3 Michelin stars

  30-11-2018 13:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco chef is the first woman in the United States to be awarded three stars from the Michelin Guide.Dominique Crenn celebrated the honour on Instagram ......
  
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• My partner’s ex-wife is trying to keep their grownup children away from me

  30-11-2018 13:30
  His eldest son and family will not give me a chance, in support of their mother. Is there anything I could do to persuade him to get to know me?I had an affair with my present partner. We’ve been together since he separated from his ex-wife three years ago; he has been divorced for two. The problem is, he has three grownup children and their mother causes trouble if she finds out they have spent time with me. While two of them are OK with doing things with their father and me, one son and
  
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• Flexible working: how to stay focused whether at home or the coffee shop

  30-11-2018 13:20
  It’s easy to get distracted when you are not working in the office. Experts share their top tips to improve efficiency and productivity
  Rachael Dines admits she never planned on working for herself, but after being made redundant while pregnant, she began working as a marketing consultant from home. “My husband bought me a laptop and I would literally sit on the sofa and try to run the business,” she says. “That didn’t lead to great productivity. Everything was over
  
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• Anna Jones’ recipe for pasta with radicchio and balsamic dressing | The Modern Cook

  30-11-2018 13:00
  Bitter flavours have as much a part to play as sweet and salty – see for yourself in this exciting pasta dish and a moreish, citrussy salad dressingBitter is not a comfortable word – certainly not when it comes to food. It’s a flavour that has been bred out of our food. Despite the reappearance of negronis on cocktail menus and radicchio in restaurants, bitter is not a flavour most want to introduce into our own cooking. But I think of bitter foods as I would spicy or salty foo
  
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• 2018 Ornament Gift Guide for Everyone on Your List

  30-11-2018 13:00
  We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page.If you’re looking for a classic holiday gift to give, ornaments are a treasured gift giving idea. An ornament is a gift that ties right into the season; it makes a great memento of holidays past and fits in with popular holiday decorating styles.You can use ornaments on Christmas trees, but people also get creative by hanging them from picture frames, walls,
  
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• From Naomi Campbell’s mum to vinyl: this week’s fashion trends

  30-11-2018 12:59
  What’s hot and what’s not in fashion this weekWashed black jeans Now a thing. Asos Farleigh is a winner. Continue reading...
  
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• Brownber Hall, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria – hotel review

  30-11-2018 11:30
  Amid fells alive with birdlife and red squirrels, this stylish hotel in the north-west corner of the Yorkshire Dales proves a great base for walkingComing up the drive to this elegant mid-Victorian mansion house, I notice a number of things: that the lane is flooding, the trees are shaking and that dark clouds are looming over the fells – it’s a full-throttle melodramatic arrival and probably not a rarity in these parts, I reckon. Along the lane are also lots of warning signs about t
  
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• Two Lights, London: 'The more I ate, the less convinced I was’ - restaurant review | Grace Dent

  30-11-2018 11:00
  This is a dinner that educates me, rather than one that makes me droolIf you follow the restaurant scene on Instagram, you’ll possibly think of Two Lights in Shoreditch as “the fishtail hanging out of a sandwich place”. All restaurants in 2018 must have a dish to provoke Instagram users. I don’t make these rules; I am but a conduit. You may recall Red Farm’s Pac-Man dumplings or Kerridge’s Bar & Grill’s lobster omelette. And it is reported that at ne
  
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• My life in sex: ‘She was turned on by blind guys’

  30-11-2018 10:59
  The blind man who dated a ‘disability devotee’I am a blind guy in my late 20s. A few years ago, I joined a “disability devotee” website out of curiosity and met a lovely, attractive woman. She was turned on by blind guys, and loved to ask questions about how I saw the world: how I navigated, how I conceptualised space and shape. Things eventually turned sexual between us, and I started sending her a few pictures – me holding a cane or reading braille. She liked ones
  
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• Experience: I won a pub on TV

  30-11-2018 10:59
  I was working as a musician in London and the idea of pulling pints in the country was romantic. So I filled in the applicationIn the early days of reality television, I would get emails about contestant callouts. In 2005, one arrived entitled Country Pub. It offered a “life-changing” opportunity for couples to compete on a new daytime show to run a pub. I was working as a musician in London and the idea of chatting to locals and pulling pints in the countryside was romantic.My partn
  
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• Fear that uproar over gene-edited babies could block science

  30-11-2018 08:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Scientists working on the frontiers of medicine fear the uproar over the reported births of gene-edited babies in China could jeopardize promising research into how to alter heredity ......
  
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• Why won’t our insurance pay out for a fault in building work?

  30-11-2018 08:00
  The builder went bust before fixing the problem, but our policy covered that eventualityWe built a £49,000 annexe three years ago. Last year we found some bubbling in the external render, which the builder agreed to treat.There were various delays due to weather and cancelled appointments and then we received notice that the firm was in liquidation. Fortunately, the deal included “a guarantee in the event of the builder ceasing trading”, so we sent a claim to the insurers but t
  
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• The best dresses for all ages – in pictures

  30-11-2018 08:00
  The jazzy dress has been a hero for a while, and for good reason. Wear under a wrap coat to the office, where it will serve from meetings to post-work drinks and on to the Christmas party Continue reading...
  
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• Explore the world: 10 of the best maps for children

  30-11-2018 07:30
  Younger readers will discover dinosaurs, stars, explorers, landmarks and more in these atlases and travel books chosen by Vivien Godfrey, head of StanfordsThis book was already popular in our children’s department and has been made even better with this special edition, which includes 16 new maps. The collection of 68 maps takes you through 58 countries and six continents. It is packed with illustrated information, which includes famous historical figures, local dishes, festivals, wild ani
  
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• Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo

  30-11-2018 07:00
  Are you sitting comfortably? Many people are not – and they insist that the way we’ve been going to the toilet is all wrong. By Alex BlasdelFor their 27th wedding anniversary, the Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston gave his wife, Robin, a gift that promises “to give you the best poop of your life, guaranteed”. The Squatty Potty is a wildly popular seven-inch-high plastic stool, designed by a devout Mormon and her son, which curves around the base of your loo. By propping yo
  
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• Forget the chocolate: Advent calendars go for booze, cheese

  30-11-2018 06:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Advent calendars are hitting the bottle.The cardboard calendars, typically filled with chocolates, are now being stuffed with cans of beer and bottles of wine. Others have chunks ......
  
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• California winery and Oregon meet to defuse labeling dispute

  30-11-2018 02:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SALEM, Ore. - Oregon regulators and a California winery accused of misrepresenting the Oregon origins of its bestselling pinot noir, an act which infuriated local winemakers, said Thursday after a ......
  
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• Sudoku 4,231 hard

  30-11-2018 01:00
  Click here to access the print version.Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,680

  30-11-2018 01:00
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• Michelin awards first U.S. female chef with three stars

  30-11-2018 00:41
  Dominique Crenn became the first woman in the United States to receive Michelin's highest distinction of three stars in its annual ranking of top restaurants in the San Francisco area released on...
  
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