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• PBS film tackles Mexican Americans' role in winemaking

  11-05-2019 17:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A new PBS documentary is examining at the contributions of Mexican Americans in the wine industry of California's Napa Valley."Harvest Season," scheduled to begin airing Monday on ......
  
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• For Harris, memories of a warrior mother guide her campaign

  11-05-2019 16:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Speaking from the Senate floor for the first time, Kamala Harris expressed gratitude for a woman on whose shoulders she said she stood. In her autobiography, Harris ...
  
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• ‘She felt like a queen for the day: we all wanted to hear her stories’

  11-05-2019 16:00
  Oral histories are big business as families hire the professionals to record their parents speaking for posterityWhen the writer Anna Davies lost her mother in 2010, she didn’t expect that her most vital emotional connection would become a shopping list. Specifically, a voicemail left by her mother while she was sick in hospital, listing hamburgers, chips, bin bags “and anything else you want”.After her death, Davies listened to it all the time on her old iPhone 4, which she ca
  
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• Frills, beads and bows: fashion goes child-like

  11-05-2019 15:00
  Surge in demand for old-fashioned accessories harks back to an age of innocenceForget expensive beauty products. It seems that those in pursuit of eternal youth are turning to their wardrobes, prompting a surge in demand for child-like items such as padded headbands, prairie dresses and beaded bags.Prada’s stud-embellished headband was the second most popular women’s product in the first quarter of 2019, according to fashion search engine Lyst, with a 300% increase in searches over t
  
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• Bobby Gillespie: ‘I wanted to change music culture’

  11-05-2019 15:00
  The Primal Scream frontman, 56, on growing up Glaswegian, loving the spotlight and the threat of BrexitWorking-class Glasgow was a very violent place to grow up. I saw violence on the streets. I saw it at football matches and I saw it at school. I had to be careful as the minute I stepped out on to the street anything could happen. If you walked through certain areas and people didn’t know your face you could be in trouble. It was tribalism. You just stuck to your part of the jungle.I&rsqu
  
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• How to Stripe Your Lawn

  11-05-2019 13:00
  With how many chores a yard entails, deciding to stripe your lawn might seem like an added complication to the whole yard care process. But lawn stripes can give a classy, artistic look to a yard and add some unique visual geometry.
  The beauty with lawn stripes is that they aren’t hard to get. Most residential lawn striping systems come as a simple attachment that goes on the back of a lawnmower. And these attachments tend to run in the $100 to $200 range. So in the time it takes to mow yo
  
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• Tamal Ray’s recipe for easy passion fruit souffle | The Sweet Spot

  11-05-2019 12:00
  Souffle is simpler than you think, and never better than when paired with a seasonal compote, like this tangy passion fruit dessertSouffles have an unfair reputation for being the stuff of kitchen nightmares when they are, in fact, pretty simple. The basic recipe for a sweet souffle is essentially a custard into which you fold a foam of whisked egg whites and then bake: it’s a step up from beans on toast, but hardly something to be pulling your hair out over.Continue reading...
  
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• The age of rage: are we really living in angrier times?

  11-05-2019 11:00
  In a world in which populists whip up anger that spreads on social media, it’s easy to conclude we have never been more furiousIt’s a standard observation that the world is getting angrier – but the truth is that taking the emotional temperature of an entire era is a mug’s game. For one thing, it’s almost impossible to get the necessary historical perspective: road rage, for example, feels like a modern phenomenon, until you learn that in 1817, Lord Byron was report
  
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for vegan chocolate, passion fruit and olive oil cake | The New Vegan

  11-05-2019 11:00
  A fruity, chocolatey, vegan treat based on a rich traditional Swedish cake called kladdkaka The chocolate cake of my dreams is a Swedish one called kladdkaka, which I ate in Stockholm, where I lived one spring. It was sticky, rich and barely able to contain itself: when cut, it oozed out on to the plate. I’d eat it with fruit, for balance (and decency) – the sharper the better. Although this cake isn’t quite that one, it is just as rich, a little fruity, and a sweet little thro
  
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• Cutlets, crispy chicken and cherry croutons: recipes for leftover bread | Yotam Ottolenghi recipes

  11-05-2019 10:30
  Old bread is the perfect vehicle for soaking up juices and marinades, adding texture to crisp, spatchcocked chicken or as a biscuity foil for creamy dessertsIt doesn’t take much to sell a loaf of freshly baked bread: soft, airy, crusty and a wonderful vehicle for just about anything, it’s everyone’s darling. Stale bread, on the other hand, needs a good public relations person if it’s not to end up a sad bag of breadcrumbs in the back of the freezer. I am more than happy t
  
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• The best under-eye correctors for dark circles | Sali Hughes

  11-05-2019 09:00
  When concealer alone is not effective, these products will transform skin toneWhat if your under-eyes are grey, brown or blue and no amount of sleep and concealer makes any difference, other than to leave your skin caked dry in makeup? I’m asked this so often, I can’t discount that my dying utterance might be “stop piling on concealer… get a corrector”. I can’t stress enough – these are two distinct products doing different jobs (the former matches your
  
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• Ugg: kick in the guts as Aussie maker loses US trademark case

  11-05-2019 08:52
  Sydney-based Eddie Oygur ordered to pay damages after footwear and apparel company Deckers puts its foot downThe Australian ugg boot maker Eddie Oygur has suffered a $US450,000 ($A643,000) loss in his “David versus Goliath” legal fight with a major US footwear and apparel company.A jury in Chicago found Oygur’s business, Sydney-based Australian Leather, wilfully infringed a trademark registered to California-based Deckers Outdoor by selling ugg boots online to customers in the
  
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• What were bones of contention in the Bone Wars? The Weekend quiz

  11-05-2019 08:00
  From African rivers to European football: test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which two African rivers each give their names to two countries?
  2 What might have formed from the Theia impact?
  3 Who is the current Duke of Lancaster?
  4 What were bones of contention in the Bone Wars?
  5 Which European football team has the highest average home attendance?
  6 What is the role of “oshiya” on Tokyo public transport?
  7 What dropped the “Farm” in 1989?
  8 Where is the Maritime
  
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• My satnav is out of date – should I update it, or use my phone?

  11-05-2019 08:00
  I often find myself in areas where there are no maps, resulting in a confusing trip homeEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.The satnav in my car is out of date. I often find myself in areas where there are no maps and even leaving a shopping centre can result in a confusing trip home. Can I update it? Or should I just use Google Maps on my phone? C
  
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• I’ve taken my son to see the Avengers, but I'm the one who wants to be a superhero | Romesh Ranganathan

  11-05-2019 08:00
  A woman is sitting next to my son, texting, and I’m enragedI managed to watch the Avengers movie before having any of it spoilered for me, which was impressive mainly because I had promised my eldest son that I would see it with him, and, at nine years old, he has one of the busiest social calendars of anyone I know.The thing about his calendar is that it is comprised of only one thing: birthdays. I rarely have to attend adult birthday celebrations, and have made my feelings on them very c
  
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• Four easy gluten-free cake recipes | Anja Dunk

  11-05-2019 08:00
  Chocolate fudge cake, a walnut and poppy seed bundt, a raspberry layer cake and a banana buckwheat loafPrep 45 min
  Cook 30 min
  Serves 8 Continue reading...
  
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• 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands

  11-05-2019 08:00
  In this extract from her new book, Islandeering, Lisa Drewe braves the tides to walk around the cliffs, beaches and historic coastal trails of her favourite small islesIn a nutshell A rollercoaster route along the rocky dragon’s spine of one of the UK’s most exhilarating islands, full of natural wonders
  Distance 7.8km
  Walking time 2 hours
  Difficulty/terrain Moderate/rocky foreshore, easy paths and steeper scrambles Continue reading...
  
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• What mom really wants from you

  11-05-2019 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Mother’s Day gifts are hard. I mean, what do you give the woman who literally gave you life? A scented candle? Yeah, that seems fair.If you don’t know what I’m ...
  
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• Condition key to value of 1912 licence plate

  11-05-2019 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Hello Mike,I found an article that said you might be able to tell me the value of my 1912 Manitoba licence plate. I have included a photo.Thank you in advance ...
  
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• Go green: don't let the tastiest part of a leek go to waste | Waste Not

  11-05-2019 07:00
  The green tops of this punchy allium are even more packed with flavour than the white parts – see for yourself with this eye-opening soup recipeLeeks, like spring onions, grow with a head of tall, spiky leaves that are usually trimmed while they’re down in the field. Returning plant matter back into the soil isn’t a bad thing, but composting edible food shouldn’t be our first choice. So look out for leeks with their tops intact: they are as flavourful, if not more so, tha
  
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• Utah event celebrates Transcontinental Railroad anniversary

  11-05-2019 01:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PROMONTORY, Utah - Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 ...
  
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• Prize crossword No 27,818

  11-05-2019 01:00
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• New edition of Anne Frank diary 'brings the reader closer to her'

  11-05-2019 00:58
  A new edition of the diaries of Jewish teenager Anne Frank, based more closely on her incomplete manuscript before she was sent to her death in a Nazi concentration camp, will be published on...
  
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