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• Win a Trip to Paradise

  05-12-2016 23:51
  
  Two Tickets to Paradise
  Two tickets, even—enter for a chance to win an island getaway and a $1,500 shopping spree to send you on your way...
  
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• Jewelry Designer Sharon Khazzam Allows Clients to Handpick Their Gems

  05-12-2016 22:00
  
  Jewelry by Sharon Khazzam
  Sharon Khazzam’s new jewelry customization program brings clients into the design process…Jill Newman
  
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• Moscow Bistro Styled in Soviet-Era Modernism

  05-12-2016 21:00
  
  Form’s Tehnikum Bistro brings together furniture and art reminiscent of Soviet-era modernism. Even including name, which means technical school, connects the space back to a different era when it served as a store for drafting equipment.As you enter the restaurant, your attention is drawn to a large mural by Dmitry Asuka.  Its grand scale and bright colors cover the central wall in the dining room.  This striking style evokes Soviet-era canteens that once dotted Moscow’s st
  
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• 3 Things To Consider Before Gifting Another Fragrance

  05-12-2016 21:00
  
  Clive Christian perfumeThe man behind the world’s most expensive perfume gives his two “scents” on gifting fragrances…Anush Benliyan
  
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• Celebrate Repeal Day the Right Way with Five Pre-Prohibition Spirits

  05-12-2016 19:00
  
  From an 1891 sour mash to a pre-embargo Cuban Rum, each bygone bottle is sold through Soutirage…Viju Mathew
  
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• Goals missed on obesity, food poisoning, despite gov't push

  05-12-2016 18:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Progress in the U.S. against obesity, food poisoning, and infections spread in hospitals has been uneven and disappointing, despite dedicated efforts to fight these health threats by the nation's top public health agency.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a frank...
  
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• Sizing up: women prefer slightly larger penises, new study reveals

  05-12-2016 18:15
  
  Women chose bigger penises for a one-time sexual encounter versus a long-term partner, showing that the ideal penis is larger than the global average10 things you need to know about vaginasA new study has revealed that women prefer a slightly larger penis in a one-time sexual partner compared to a long-term partner.Researchers from the University of California and the University of New Mexico provided women with 33 different-sized 3D penis models made of rigid, odorless, blue plastic (they were
  
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• 2016 was jinxed by karmic voodoo but never thought I'd live to see it

  05-12-2016 18:15
  
  Death has been relentless this year, with one quite important exception – me. When I was diagnosed with cancer 10 years ago, the worst case scenario was ‘dead by Christmas 2006’What a great year 2016 was. It was a tremendous year, full of hope. Honestly, this year made me glad to be alive. Landmark. Vintage. I for one will look back on 2016 with fondness. It was a Good Year. That would be my “hot take” if I could ever use that phrase with any conviction, but I can&r
  
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• Mother, dancer, wife, spy: the real Mata Hari

  05-12-2016 17:23
  
  Behind the legend of the ‘maneater’ executed for seducing soldiers and selling their secrets is the story of an abused woman who was forcibly separated from her daughterSince her execution on the outskirts of Paris almost a century ago, the Dutch exotic dancer Margaretha “Gretha” MacLeod – universally known as Mata Hari – has been synonymous with female sexual betrayal. Convicted by the French of passing secrets to the enemy during the first world war, MacLeod
  
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• Ouch – Cactus Coaster Without The Pain

  05-12-2016 17:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These cactus coasters won’t sting you. Even if you crab them as hard as you can. They’re there to protect your surfaces from sweaty wine classes (chilled white wine I’m thinking), dirty coffee mugs or any other containers which can leave a stain. Normally you would just stag coasters you don’t need but in this case you create a little cactus which just looks darling. Nope it doesn’t need to get watered or a sunny spot.
  Cactus Coaster So Pretty You Don’t Want T
  
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• Three New Electric Bicycles That Are Generating Lots of Buzz

  05-12-2016 17:00
  
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• Roasted duck is easier - and more delicious - that you think

  05-12-2016 15:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The prospect of roasting a duck strikes many a home cook as a mountain too high, but I'm not sure why.It's definitely no more complicated than cooking a whole turkey, and I think it tastes far better. Some folks surely suspect that duck is gamey, but that's only true of some wild ducks. It's...
  
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• Is body odour the last taboo?

  05-12-2016 14:47
  
  The Dorchester hotel has apparently told female staff to avoid oily skin, bad breath and body odour. If so, they have walked into a minefieldThe Dorchester hotel has reportedly emailed a list of grooming rules for female staff, instructing them to avoid, among other things, oily skin, bad breath and body odour. It seems that customers had complained. What sneaks, going and whingeing to the management.Bad enough that it’s just females getting the drubbing, as usual, but does anyone think th
  
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• The Grand Prix Royal Canin cat show – in pictures

  05-12-2016 14:32
  
  Cats, their owners and visitors descend on Moscow for one of the world’s largest cat shows, where more than 2,000 feline participants mix with 40,000 cat lovers Continue reading...
  
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• Anna Jones’s recipes for warming winter drinks | The modern cook

  05-12-2016 12:59
  
  Sip on these winter cupfuls and you’ll radiate warmth. Choose from a honeyed hot chocolate, a lightly spiced almond milk, rum butter-spiked apple juice and a fruity twist on glühweinI am a hot drink person. My day is punctuated by coffee, hot chocolate and, above all, tea in all its forms: Earl Grey, fennel, rose, cinnamon, camomile … The bit of work surface next to my kettle is piled high with jars of petals and flowers from far-flung places.These are the hot drinks I favour a
  
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• Britain’s many faces | Katharine Whitehorn

  05-12-2016 11:59
  
  Brexit means we will once more be an island alone, all the more reason to celebrate our mixed and multicultural heritageWe may be leaving the European Union soon, but our involvement with it, good or bad, goes back to just about every era, and it is not especially a matter of drinking each other’s wine or swapping holidays, but the history of each other’s victories or alliances and shifts of people.My closest friend at school married one of what biologist Peter Medawar called “
  
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• Crossword roundup: when cryptics literally offer an escape from reality

  05-12-2016 11:42
  
  When life is very, very frightening, crosswords are there to reflect it – just open your eyesWhen you see Gaff’s name in the FT, you know (as he told us) that you’re in for something timely. This timely time, if you didn’t get the theme from the top-left clue ... Continue reading...
  
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• Can insomnia be cured by online therapy?

  05-12-2016 09:10
  
  Up to half of us have problems sleeping – and some experts say online treatment may soon become the norm. But which tool should you use?Can’t get to sleep? Try online therapy. While a glowing screen is a counter-intuitive cure for insomnia, there is evidence that online cognitive behavourial therapy (CBT) can restore normal sleep patterns. In a study published in this month’s Jama Psychiatry, an online CBT programme cured 57% of those who used it, compared with 27% who had stan
  
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• I’ve lost all interest in sex – although I still find women attractive

  05-12-2016 09:00
  
  I’m worried my issue will cost me my relationship – but the thought of sex fills me with dreadOver the past five years, I’ve lost all interest in sex. This has already cost me one relationship and I’m worried that my wonderful new partner will leave as well. Don’t get me wrong, I still find women attractive; I just don’t want sex – the thought fills me with anxiety and utter dread. My last partner used to get uncontrollably angry and aggressive, so I jus
  
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• The misery of weird phobias: ‘In the office, there are buttons everywhere’

  05-12-2016 08:29
  
  Having a fear of buttons may sound hilarious, but in reality it can be debilitating. Patients need to be taken more seriously, by both the media and doctors, say experts
  Andy, a 32-year-old IT consultant, is used to people laughing at him when he tries to explain his crippling fear of buttons, specifically those on shirts and jackets.“I’ve worked in corporate environments, full of people in suits, and there are buttons everywhere you look. This situation is to me what other people ma
  
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• I work in HR and want a change of direction

  05-12-2016 08:00
  
  I am moving to a rural location and enjoy training people, but am not sure how to best utilise my skillsTwice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights.I live in a city and am looking to move closer to family in a more rural part of the country, although with access to larger towns and citi
  
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• Keeping my pants up, one step at a time

  05-12-2016 07:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  What with there being only 20 shopping days left before Christmas, I have decided to kick off today’s column with the following heart-tugging festive poem:“ ’Twas the night before ChristmasAnd all through the townShoppers were in a foul moodBecause their pants were...
  
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