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• To draw people back to church, make it relevant to them, church planters say

  23-12-2018 17:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Congregants of Mercy City Church file out of a strip mall storefront that has been converted into a place of worship, carrying battery-operated flameless candles into the cold ......
  
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• Desk phones "a dying thing" at offices in Canada, say tech experts

  23-12-2018 16:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Toronto marketing specialist Elaina Falcone laughs as she thinks back to about a year ago when executives at her company started walking around the office having phone conversations on headsets, ......
  
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• Singapore's 'freegans' find treasure in trash

  23-12-2018 13:47
  A new movement in Singapore that seeks to reduce the amount of consumer waste in the affluent city-state is scavenging for unwanted goods, some in near-mint condition, that migrant workers can send...
  
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• 5 Easy Ways to Get 2019 Interior Design Trends

  23-12-2018 13:00
  Half the fun of the approaching new year is looking forward to all those new design trends. And 2019 has some stellar upcoming trends. Interior designers have been discussing what will be popular in 2019 since the middle of this year. What they’ve come up with include rich colors, clever use of space, elegant furniture and an eye towards sustainability. These trends might seem daunting to place in your home. But below we’ll cover some easy ways to make these new 2019 interior design
  
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• And relax: 10 loungewear looks - in pictures

  23-12-2018 11:00
  Cosy is officially the new cool and staying in is the new going out, so here are 10 pieces to snuggle up in over the festive break Continue reading...
  
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• On my radar: Sandi Toksvig’s cultural highlights

  23-12-2018 10:59
  The comedian and writer on Gainsborough’s family portraits, busting myths about men and women and the snuggest place for some Danish hyggeBorn in Copenhagen in 1958, Sandi Toksvig is a comedian, writer and presenter. She has written more than 20 fiction and nonfiction books, including Hitler’s Canary (2005) and The End of the Sky (2017), and has also written for theatre. She has presented QI since 2016, and co-hosts The Great British Bake Off with Noel Fielding. An activist for gende
  
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• Welcome to Santa’s Grotto! Wipe your feet on the way out | Eva Wiseman

  23-12-2018 10:00
  A winter wonderland in a carpark off the M25, pine-scented plug-ins and grubby ‘snow’… It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Isn’t it?“Ho ho ho, and welcome Christmas lovers to Winter Wunderland – note the trademarked “u” and slip on the festive disposable shoe covers as, friends, there will be effluvia! You are entering a land of joy and twinkles, a living embodiment of the Christmas spirit, but in a carpark next to the M25 and not livi
  
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• How Theresa May deals with Brexit stress ... Sudoku

  23-12-2018 10:00
  The prime minister relaxes with the puzzle gameWhen he wanted a break from affairs of state, Winston Churchill would set up his easel somewhere in the grounds of his country home, Chartwell in Kent, and lose himself in an oil painting. Clement Attlee and John Major preferred to escape prime ministerial pressures by playing or watching cricket. Tony Blair liked to strum on his guitar, and David Cameron got hooked on the mobile phone game Angry Birds.Now Downing Street insiders have revealed how T
  
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• my son’s inaugural Christmas – with my enormous Catholic family | Séamas O’Reilly

  23-12-2018 09:59
  I’ve got 10 siblings – so 36 in my immediate family – which raises lots of questions, particularly during the festive seasonWhen people learn I have 10 siblings, a predictable litany of responses follow. ‘Catholic parents, I take it?’ has proved popular in London and, while not particularly funny, it is annoyingly accurate. Back home, where Catholic parentage is roughly as exotic as blue jeans, the responses are more ribald, usually making insinuations about their o
  
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• The big chill: the health benefits of swimming in ice water

  23-12-2018 09:00
  Why would anyone jump into a freezing lake? A growing number of cold-water swimmers swear by the mental and physical benefitsIn February 2017, Sara Barnes had a grisly-sounding operation called a bilateral high tibia osteotomy. A keen road cyclist and trail runner, Barnes had been left in agony from osteoarthritis, scarcely able to walk. The procedure would, in effect, break both her legs below the knee and insert a bone graft in each. She would be in a wheelchair for six weeks, then spend anoth
  
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• Consumer rights in 2018: from petty fines to outrageous bills

  23-12-2018 09:00
  We round up some of the worst cases in rip-off and cock-up BritainIt’s been a hair-raising year. There’s the prospect of that eye-watering “divorce” settlement required to end the relationship, the isolation as we are cut off from essential services, the panic when flights are grounded and the fallout from an unregulated free-for-all. Yes, life on the British high street, real and virtual, has been predictably alarming for Observer readers – and that’s before
  
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• A festive outing to a fairytale French château: a day at Vaux-le-Vicomte

  23-12-2018 08:00
  Like Versailles but more manageable, this château turns into a winter wonderland at Christmas – perfect for a family day trip from ParisFor most of its long and inglorious history, Vaux-le-Vicomte has been ignored. Shunned by the royal court after a jealous and vengeful king left its owner to rot in jail, overshadowed by its neighbour Fontainebleau, Vaux-le-Vicomte has hidden for centuries in plain sight, less than an hour by car or train from Paris.Many of those driving south en rou
  
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• The best supermarket wines for under £10

  23-12-2018 07:00
  From a South African Sauvignon Blanc to a classic spicy port, these budget wines are guaranteed to bring on the festive cheerZarper Sauvignon Blanc, Casablanca, Chile 2018 (£8, Morrisons) This week’s choice of bottles is for those of you doing the last-minute pre-Christmas dash around the supermarket – and all for under £10 a pop. For whites, I’d start at Morrisons, which has t wo excellent examples of the ever-popular sauvignon blanc variety. Surfer’s Path Sa
  
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• Movie star looks start with rich eye cream | Gemma Cairney

  23-12-2018 07:00
  Channel your inner Joan Crawford and rejuvenate those knackered peepersI’m going to channel my inner 50s film star for a moment. The type who wears gigantic sunglasses, even in the rain. The type whose name is steeped in rumour because she oozes sheer sass and glamour and no one knows what to do with her general confidence. I would have a bathroom like Joan Crawford’s, with a heavy marble top and lots of room to display crystal perfume dispensers that squirt different smells for morn
  
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• Looking back at a year on the plot

  23-12-2018 07:00
  Tall tagetes, clumps of calendula and happy pigeons Two days past the shortest day, two days before Christmas. The winter solstice has been and gone. Daylight moments are mounting. The worst is likely over, at least in terms of light. Time to look forward, but mostly back. Time to assess Plot 29, 2018.And what a year it was. We started with planting a dozen potatoes, enough for a few Sunday lunches. Back after a break of a couple of years, first and second earlies as always. Chitted in winter eg
  
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• Christmas tipples and nibbles

  23-12-2018 07:00
  Tasty crispbreads and mini muffins to soak up your festive drinksDrinking is different at Christmas. A little more plentiful, yes, but also a tad sweeter. In our house, bottles come out at this time of year that would normally never see the light of day.For every drink I pour, there has to be something to eat. It is a rule, a way of life. Thin slices of jamón ibérico with a tiny glass of sherry, some curls of gravlax with frivolous bubbles, and maybe something along the lines of a
  
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• Cantor’s Food Store, Chorlton: ‘It’s all very Ottolenghi with a Mancs accent’ – restaurant review

  23-12-2018 07:00
  Cantor’s boasts quirky cocktails and live music, but it’s the food that will make you feel happyCantor’s Food Store, 72-74 Manchester Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9PQ (0161 862 0000). Sandwiches, main plates and pizzas £5.95-£13. Desserts £4. Wines from £16.80Mr and Mrs Cantor exhibited either a great love for early cinema or a highly developed sense of humour when they named their son. The Eddy Cantor behind Cantor’s Food Store in Chorlton, the
  
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• Cantor’s Food Store, Chorlton: ‘It’s all very Ottolenghi with a Manc accent’ – restaurant review

  23-12-2018 07:00
  Cantor’s boasts quirky cocktails and live music, but it’s the food that will make you feel happyCantor’s Food Store, 72-74 Manchester Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9PQ (0161 862 0000). Sandwiches, main plates and pizzas £5.95-£13. Desserts £4. Wines from £16.80Mr and Mrs Cantor exhibited either a great love for early cinema or a highly developed sense of humour when they named their son. The Eddy Cantor behind Cantor’s Food Store in Chorlton, the
  
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• I think my dad’s girlfriend takes advantage of him. How can I get over my anger? | Dear Mariella

  23-12-2018 06:59
  Your father has an issue with boundaries, says Mariella Frostrup. Try to mend your relationship with him firstThe dilemma I’ve always had a close relationship with my dad despite not living with him since my parents’ divorce when I was a baby. He’s been through some difficult times over the past decade, coping with bereavement, financial troubles and addiction (his own and that of close relatives). He now lives with his own father to help care for him. For five years, he’
  
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• Annabel Crabb's Sri Lankan butternut and cashew curry recipe

  23-12-2018 02:39
  Spice up summer entertaining with a rich curry served with a traditional sambol This dish is the product of Wendy’s patient, repeated attempts to get into a particularly popular London restaurant specialising in Sri Lankan street food; you know, one of those places that is totally relaxed and laid-back, apart from the fact that you’ve got to wait three hours before even getting in.Anyway, her persistence is our gain here, as it got Wendy thinking about the delicious salad-cum-side di
  
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• The edit... Super sequins for the party season

  23-12-2018 00:45
  Dress them down for the day and up for the night… Our fashion experts offer five very different ways to sparkle in sequins Continue reading...
  
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• Big ears! The best earrings – in pictures

  23-12-2018 00:45
  Get the hang of the new statement earringsContinue reading...
  
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