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• Man who demolished landmark house ordered to build replica

  15-12-2018 23:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SAN FRANCISCO - A man who illegally demolished a San Francisco house designed by the modernist architect Richard Neutra has been ordered to build an exact replica.The city Planning Commission ......
  
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• Egypt unveils 'one of a kind' ancient tomb, expects more finds

  15-12-2018 22:15
  Egypt unveiled a well-preserved 4,400-year-old tomb decorated with hieroglyphs and statues south of Cairo on Saturday, and officials expect more discoveries when archaeologists excavate the site...
  
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• Guam governor-elect wants cockfighting to remain legal

  15-12-2018 22:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  HAGATNA, Guam - Cockfighting is an important Guam tradition that must remain legal, the U.S. territory's governor-elect said in vowing to work to repeal a likely ban imposed by the ...
  
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• 'Be prepared to play'? a glorious converted semi in west London

  15-12-2018 17:00
  Huge murals and humorous details work together to give this 1930s semi a bold and modern lookPop art, industrial-inspired design, global handicrafts and antiques, 70s glamour and lots of colour: you could never say that Preston Schroeder was afraid of mixing it up. “I’ve always wanted to develop a house that reflects my personality,” says Schroeder, who lives here with his partner Marcus and their teenage daughter Dulcie. The couple had renovated and sold homes, but when they f
  
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• The search for my inner ‘hero’: a modern masculinity retreat

  15-12-2018 16:00
  Tim Lott dances, roars and talks intimately at a masculinity workshop which ends in tears, praise and profound insightsDespite spending 62 years as a man, I have never quite worked out what the possession of my defining Y chromosome implies. I doubt, in truth, that much of the damn thing survives anyway. I was brought up in a generation when nearly all the parenting was done by mothers and I have now helped to bring up four daughters as well as having been through the crucible of two marriages.
  
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• Get The Look: 5 Themed New Year’s Eve Decor Ideas For Your Holiday Party

  15-12-2018 13:00
  Throwing a New Year’s Eve party can be stressful. In fact, it can even be difficult to know where to start. However, we believe that the easiest way to get a party started is to build the decor around a theme. With that in mind, we’ve brought you five themed New Year’s Eve decor ideas to help you get set for this year’s bash. Look them over to see which one best fits your personal sense of style.Black and gold is a classic New Year’s color combo for a reason. Image:
  
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• Cosy UK country cottages for a great New Year getaway

  15-12-2018 13:00
  There’s still time to book a bolthole to see in 2019 – some with hefty discounts. We pick hideaways from the Highlands to the West CountryTresillian is a spacious, dog-friendly farmhouse with sea views, great walks and a good local pub. Beamed ceilings, an inglenook fireplace and wood-burning stove create a cosy feel, and the four bedrooms share two bathrooms. Nearby Sandpipers, sleeping two, can be rented, too.
  • Sleeps eight, week from 28 December, £1,614 (15% discount),
  
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• Liam Charles’ recipe for deep-fried mince pies | The Sweet Spot

  15-12-2018 12:00
  A crisp twist on the traditional Christmas pastryThere is a certain fast-food purveyor of legendary apple pies. Why are they so good? They’re fried, with a super-crisp pastry and a piping hot filling. Here’s my take on them and, hey, since it’s Christmas, I thought I’d introduce some festive flavours. My friends, I bring you deep-fried mince pies. Continue reading...
  
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• How to ease a cold with herbs

  15-12-2018 12:00
  Our gardening export on how common culinary herbs can make brilliant medicinesThere’s nothing like a long-distance flight to test your immune system – my neighbour spluttered while the row behind hacked and the other side sniffled. Once home, and with the day the right way up, I lost no time in gathering some herbs to keep those germs at bay. The common cold is a beast, I believe, that cannot be tamed – you just have to ride it out – but a choice handful of our common cul
  
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• Deck the halls: 21st-century Christmas wreaths and table arrangements

  15-12-2018 12:00
  Conjure your own winter creations from foraged foliage and florist’s stems. The key: anything goesDried chillies, lavender, feathers and palm fronds: these are not your usual Christmas wreath ingredients. But by combining more unexpected plants and flowers with seasonal staples – pine, conifer, eucalyptus, say – you can create displays that venture far beyond holly, ivy and mistletoe. Nik Southern, owner of London- and Essex-based florist Grace & Thorn, mixes fresh material
  
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• Six of the best UK New Year’s Eve parties

  15-12-2018 11:00
  See in 2019 amid pyrotechnics, Vikings and beach frolics – then crash in a hotel after the partyWhy go Those with young children will welcome Newcastle’s earlier, family-friendly celebrations. Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books, is holding interactive sessions on traditions around the world on New Year’s Eve (£5pp, 11.30am and 2pm). Then the fun starts outside the Civic Centre, with a DJ at 5.30pm and fireworks set to music at 6pm. Adults can go
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for showstopping Christmas desserts

  15-12-2018 10:30
  A sumptuous trio: fig and coffee puddings, a punchy trifle and a glorious French apple tartMuch has been written about the importance of good planning to ease the pressure involved in feeding a fairly complex, oven-heavy meal to a small tribe while making it all look (and hopefully feel) as if you, the hard-working host, are having a ball. This is why Christmas desserts tend to be designed to be made ahead of time, to be served straight from the fridge or ready to be popped into the post-turkey
  
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• Suspected food poisoning kills 11 at Indian temple ceremony

  15-12-2018 10:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW DELHI - Police on Saturday arrested three people after at least 11 died of suspected food poisoning following a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new Hindu temple ...
  
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• Vegan taste test: Grace Dent rates the supermarkets’ Christmas dishes

  15-12-2018 09:00
  From jackfruit bites to a cauliflower wellington – are the supermarkets’ plant-based festive offerings any good?• Grace Dent’s Christmas survival guideWinnerTesco Spiced Vegetable Roll Selection, £2 Continue reading...
  
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• The best beauty stocking fillers for £10 or less

  15-12-2018 09:00
  It is easier to give thoughtful, cruelty-free beauty products for Christmas than ever beforeWhen it comes to Christmas stockings, creative, thoughtful curation is key. I enjoy the challenge of finding little luxuries for lower spend. This year, I have narrowed my options by seeking cruelty-free, preferably sustainable, items.I had not fully considered the wasteful nature of toothbrushes until I discovered Humble Brush (£3.99) on a recent trip. Unlike billions of plastic and rubber brushes,
  
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• How to make a Christmas yule log | Felcity Cloake Masterclass

  15-12-2018 09:00
  A squidgy chocolate cake that’s unlikely to make it through the full 12 days of ChristmasWatch Felicity and Rachel Roddy share their Christmas desserts
  Lovely as it is to gather friends and family around an open fire in the depths of winter, it’s even nicer to get together around chocolate cake. This richly squidgy take on the ancient yule log is unlikely to last you the full 12 days of Christmas, but that’s only because it’s so damned delicious … and a lot more fu
  
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• 'A time of twinkly lights and minor indigestion': Grace Dent's Christmas survival guide

  15-12-2018 09:00
  I’ve always loved the Nine Lessons and Carols – here’s my version for chefs, hosts and guests this Christmas• Vegan taste test: Grace Dent rates the supermarkets’ Christmas dishesPeople say that the modern Christmas focuses too much on food instead of, like in olden times, the little Baby Jesus. Piffle. As pagan midwinter festivals gave way in the 17th century to a 12-day feast of the nativity shindigs, the focus has always been on wine, wassail and plum puds. We are
  
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• What links David Bowie, Rob Schneider, Richard Gere and John Turturro? The Weekend quiz

  15-12-2018 08:00
  From races to Rat Rock, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which writer and her most famous character share a 31 July birthday?
  2 What attraction is viewed from the Maid of the Mist boat?
  3 Where were Peas and Carrots pardoned in November?
  4 Who was the legendary 9th-century female pope?
  5 Which British mammals are either hazel or edible?
  6 Which two letters don’t appear on the periodic table of elements?
  7 Which annual races are on the Snaefell Mountain Course?
  8 Which ideology is
  
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• Recipes for classic German Christmas bakes

  15-12-2018 08:00
  To grace your table, a traditional fruit cake, a strudel, fruit bread and iced cinnamon starsPrep 45 min
  Cook/cool 2 hr 15 min
  Serves 16-18 Continue reading...
  
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• New Year’s Eve: 10 last-minute city breaks in Europe

  15-12-2018 08:00
  Ditch Auld Lang Syne and greet 2019 in a new setting: concerts and walks in Madeira, markets in Vienna, skating in Budapest … and fireworks everywhereWhy go Hungary’s capital sparkles in winter and likes to party, so it’s a great place to see in the new year. There’s festive cheer on tap, with fairylight-strewn streets, chestnut sellers and ice-skating in City Park (the largest rink in Europe), to a backdrop of Vajdahunyad Castle. The Christmas markets on Vorosmarty Squa
  
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• Is it a good idea to go running with my dog? | Zoe Williams

  15-12-2018 08:00
  I don’t have enough air in the day to go running and walk RomeoMilo Royds devised dog running as a concept for the dog, not the human. They just don’t get enough exercise walking along a path on a lead, however many hours they spend that way. I, conversely, started doing this for me: I don’t have enough air in the day to go running myself and walk Romeo. So running together should be a good fix; I just need to iron out a couple of things.Problem one: the dog is much faster than
  
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• A letter to… Mum and her mince pies

  15-12-2018 07:45
  ‘I leave one mince pie out just for you, as if you are still a part of Christmas with me’: the letter you always wanted to writeWhen I was a little girl, you and I loved decorating the living room and tree to make it look festive. We loved Christmas. After decorating, we would bake cakes. “Make enough mince pies, because Santa likes them,” you would tell me, so we would always make more.After all the baking was finished, we’d sit and enjoy the celebrations around us
  
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• Art of Christmas giving is actually science

  15-12-2018 07:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Trying to find an ideal gift for a friend or family member — or at least something that won’t end up in the trash — is a perennial source of ...
  
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• Bacon machine reason to go hog wild

  15-12-2018 07:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It’s been months since I have received an angry letter or email from a vegetarian outraged over my unbridled passion for the world’s favourite breakfast food, by which I mean ...
  
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• Making family time more intimate and interactive

  15-12-2018 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It is a familiar drill. Exhausted after a harried day, we all — parent, tot, tween and teen alike — melt in cosy, but lonely heaps, often in front of ...
  
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• Tim Dowling: It’s not even Christmas yet, and I’ve had turkey three times

  15-12-2018 07:00
  Fake Christmas at my father-in-law’s is good practice for whatever horrors the real thing has in storeIt’s the time of year when people suffer from Festive Stress, but I am already experiencing symptoms of its aftermath, Post-Festivity Stress Disorder.For us, the holiday season begins with Fake Thanksgiving – lunch with my wife’s American relatives on the weekend before Thanksgiving, which falls on an ordinary British Thursday and is therefore unsuitable for celebrating.
  
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• How to turn stale croissants and pastries into a luxurious pudding | Tom Hunt

  15-12-2018 07:00
  Old, lifeless pastries are delicious rebaked as decadent toasties or an enterprising boozy puddingIt’s perhaps unlikely that you, I or any other food-loving individual would waste a croissant, pain au chocolat or any other pastry, but it does happen, and not just in the home. As a chef, I’ve seen first-hand how bakeries, cafes and hotels waste as much as half the patisserie treats they display each day. Pastries go stale quickly, making it tricky to manage stock, but with a little te
  
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• Blind date: ‘A boy can hope’

  15-12-2018 06:59
  Steven, 23, cyber security graduate, and Craig, 26, policy adviserWhat were you hoping for?
  Good food and drink with somebody who wouldn’t run out the door when they saw me. Continue reading...
  
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• The Latest: 10 fishermen plead guilty in shark fin case

  15-12-2018 04:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  HONOLULU - The Latest on shark fin smuggling charges (all times local):4:15 p.m.Ten Indonesian fishermen who were arrested in Hawaii and charged with attempting to smuggle shark fins have plead ......
  
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• Sudoku 4,244 hard

  15-12-2018 01:01
  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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• Killer sudoku 636

  15-12-2018 01:01
  Click here to access the print version.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. Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,166

  15-12-2018 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,693

  15-12-2018 01:00
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• Government funding cut a financial blow for Ontario midwives, association says

  15-12-2018 00:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - The association representing Ontario midwives is "very disappointed" about the province's decision to cut funding to the birth practitioners' regulatory college, saying the already underpaid workers will likely ......
  
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