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• Mindful of Amazon, malls take the Santa experience high-tech

  06-12-2016 22:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Hop on a virtual sleigh ride to the North Pole. Stand on the "Naughty or Nice O'Meter." Snap a selfie and see your face on a dancing elf. The Santa experience has gotten a makeover as many malls install shows and games they hope will lure shoppers who are buying more online.About 40...
  
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• Lazy People Christmas Lights

  06-12-2016 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Every year the same. Untangling the Christmas lights and putting them up. And then one of those silly tiny bulbs is not working. Then after the holidays you have to hold yourself back to not just throw the lights back in a box. Do you think the same way like me, that this is so annoying. Then you need the lazy people Christmas lights, period!
  Lazy People Christmas Lights – For The Smart
  You might be lazy but that doesn’t mean you’re not smart. These lights make total sense and
  
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• WhistlePig’s Latest Limited-Release Rye Whiskey Is a Wonder

  06-12-2016 21:00
  
  WhistlePig’s 2016 the Boss Hog: the Independent
  Finished in Scotch casks, only 30 barrels of the 14-year-old expression exist…Viju Mathew
  
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• A Quick Weekend In Lucerne

  06-12-2016 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I just got back from a quick weekend visit in Lucerne in Switzerland. One of the most picturesque cities I’ve been in a while. It’s truly breathtaking. This was my third visit but I truly would love to come back for our For 91 Days Travel Blog. I’ve even been in touch with the Swiss Tourism Board. But we haven’t heard back yet. Switzerland is expensive, you know?
  So happy there is a direct connection from Valencia to Zürich (which is just a short train ride to Lucern
  
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• Patience, practice will have you baking like a pro, says pastry chef Anna Olson

  06-12-2016 19:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Even an experienced pastry chef like Anna Olson goes back to school to update her skills.While working on her new book, "Bake with Anna Olson" (Appetite by Random House), the cookbook author and TV host took a two-day chocolate immersion course at Callebaut in Montreal to re-acquaint
  
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• Four New Pinball Machines That Movie Buffs Have to Play

  06-12-2016 19:00
  
  If you love The Hobbit, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, or the Dude, you’ll want to own these games…Sheila Gibson Stoodley
  
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• Recipes for croquembouche tower, whipped shortbread cookies

  06-12-2016 18:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Whether making melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies or creating a show-stopper croquembouche tower, the December holiday period is one of the busiest for home bakers.
  Here are recipes for Anna Olson's croquembouche, a grand tower of cream puffs glued together with caramelized sugar, and...
  
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• COOKING ON DEADLINE: Fresh linguine with shrimp and peas

  06-12-2016 17:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  This is a dazzler of a pasta dish. When you combine fresh pasta with big shrimp you are quickly telling your guests that they are in for a treat.But it's not just the guests who will be happy. The whole dish comes together in about 20 minutes. Really! Truly!Adding some of the pasta's cooking...
  
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• You Could Drive for Show in This Mercedes-Benz Golf-Cart Concept

  06-12-2016 17:00
  
  Mercedes-Benz Style Edition Garia Golf Car
  Mercedes-Benz creates a one-off golf cart in collaboration with Garia…Shaun Tolson
  
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• Mall Santas get an upgrade: A look at the high-tech sets

  06-12-2016 16:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The mall Santa experience is getting an upgrade. Nearly 40 malls in the U.S. have installed high-tech settings that let kids tap tablets, play games or take a virtual ride to the North Pole as they make their way to meet Santa. You can still pay to take a traditional photo with Santa, but most
  
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• Nontraditional wedding dresses range from blush to black

  06-12-2016 16:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LOS ANGELES - When deciding what kind of dress I wanted to wear for my wedding this year, I knew what I didn't want. No lace, no veil, and absolutely nothing long, corseted, traditional and white.So, for our tiny May marriage ceremony, I went with an off-the-rack, navy blue sailor dress with a...
  
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• New wedding trends: campgrounds, bubbles and food trucks

  06-12-2016 16:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  If your idea of a wedding involves throwing rice and eating a slice of white, three-tiered cake, you've got some catching up to do.These days, guests blow bubbles or light sparklers instead of throwing rice. Trendy couples are getting married in barns and campgrounds, and they're hiring food
  
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• Forget DIY for your wedding. Think DIT (Do It Together).

  06-12-2016 16:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Many brides and grooms who want to craft meaningful and memorable wedding decorations choose to make one important item — the bouquet, table centerpiece or party giveaway gifts. Others go all-out, crafting nearly every detail, either to save money or to make the day more personal.Marissa
  
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• Why, what and where to compost? A look at the basics

  06-12-2016 16:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Here's a riddle: What will weed, feed and water your garden, and take care of your garbage?"Ideal teenager" is not the answer. It's compost!Compost is hard to define. In some sense, the apple core I tossed on the ground a month ago is on its way to becoming a compost of some sort. But compost
  
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• Survey: Parents binge on media, say they're good role models

  06-12-2016 16:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LOS ANGELES - Parents spend more than nine hours a day with TVs, computers and other screen devices while also giving themselves high marks as role models for their children's media use, according to a survey released Tuesday.Among all those surveyed — nearly 1,800 parents in the U.S. — daily
  
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• 5 great love songs for the modern wedding

  06-12-2016 16:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  "At laaaaaaast, my looooove has come along," Etta James sings with a gutsy, bluesy drawl at the beginning of her 1960 version of the 1940s tune.With just those seven heart-swelling words, James secured a spot on wedding playlists for decades.Today, with many couples financing their own
  
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• We’ve swapped Rich Tea for Oreos: what happened to the UK’s dunking spirit?

  06-12-2016 15:22
  
  The country’s biscuit habits are changing – in favour of brands that won’t stand up to being immersed in a cup of teaNever let it be said that 2016 was not, at least, creative in the ways in which it delivered bad news. We have had Bowie, Brexit, Trump and, now, in this darkest of 12 months, it seems even the beloved British biscuit scene is crumbling.In a harsh world, you may hope to find unique comfort in a big brew and a few biscuits. However, it seems that, even i
  
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• Stepped Roof Creates Dramatic Office Space

  06-12-2016 15:00
  
  This office headquarters, located in the financial center of Chengdu, China, fully utilizes natural light and visual height to create a stunning visual. Had Architects designed this 360-square-meter space in 2014. During the design process, the architects wanted to take advantage of the spacious original 5.4 meter high ceiling. To do so, they created a wooden cabin with two stepped sides. This cabin divides the original two floors into two separate environments, creating an upper
  
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• PARAS Cafe Offers Study Space with Minimalist Style

  06-12-2016 14:00
  
  The design team at Swimming Pool Studio gave PARAS café a thoroughly minimalist style with clean lines and bright colors.  Floor-to-ceiling windows run along the length of its exterior wall.  This lets PARAS pop in bold white letters above the transparent entry.Sculptural white metal trapezoids hang above the modern coffee bar.  These work as a neat complement to band of geometric shapes on the floor and counter.  The bright blue in this pattern also mirrors the cafe&r
  
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• Yasmin Khan: ‘My friends are my guinea pigs’ | Kitchen encounters

  06-12-2016 13:00
  
  Anglo-Iranian food blogger and cookbook writer Yasmin Khan is nuts about peanut butter and a geek for exotic fruitMy kitchen is … new. I recently had it renovated – we knocked a wall down and painted the walls sunshine yellow. I’m just beginning to settle into it, still deciding on what goes where. There are endless jars of things on long, open oak shelves, a little wrought-iron breakfast table with a very large fruit bowl – that’s an Iranian thing. I travel a lot,
  
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• Self-defense in Trumpland: how women protect themselves in a climate of hate

  06-12-2016 13:00
  
  Self-defense seminars and conflict resolution classes see a surge in demand from people who worry they may be targeted and want to protect themselves“Immigrant!” the customer shouted at the cashier. “Trump!” she shrieked. Antonia Carew-Watts froze in line at the drugstore in Manhattan as the woman in front of her shouted a stream of abuse at the young female Rite Aid employee. Not all the conversation was audible, but Carew-Watts could hear that the cashier had an accent
  
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• Nigel Slater’s sweet potato cakes, tomato and basil sauce

  06-12-2016 13:00
  
  Crisp and golden patties dressed to impressPeel and cut 1kg of sweet potatoes into large chunks, then steam or boil for about 20 minutes until tender enough to crush. Drain and mash with 50g of butter and set aside to cool. Continue reading...
  
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• Going into reverse with Avis over getting a hire car repair receipt

  06-12-2016 10:22
  
  We had an accident. But our insurance company won’t meet our claim without oneIn September we hired a car from Avis in Perugia, Italy, but we reversed the car into a water hydrant in the hotel car park causing some damage. We were advised by Avis at the airport that we would receive an email to inform us of the cost of a repair prior to any money being deducted from my husband’s credit card. We had taken out extra insurance in the UK to cover the excess after reading an article in th
  
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• How to eat: paté

  06-12-2016 09:15
  
  This month, with Christmas nearly here, How To Eat is ordering the paté. But will it be smoked mackerel or duck? Served with toast or crackers? And does anyone really want a watercress garnish rather than cornichon?Contemporary Britain is weirdly ambivalent about paté. It is a restaurant staple and a Christmas favourite, yet the subject of this month’s How To Eat has a distinct whiff of naff 1970s dinner parties about it. It is unfashionably rich and heavy, a hangover from a
  
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• Citizen panel calls on Ottawa to provide universal pharmacare plan for Canadians

  06-12-2016 05:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - A group of Canadians charged with examining access to prescription drugs across the country is recommending that the federal government adopt a national, publicly funded pharmacare plan in concert with the country's universal health-care system.Representatives of the Citizens'...
  
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• Texas releases abortion booklet citing refuted cancer links

  06-12-2016 04:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas state agency has released a new edition of a booklet for women considering an abortion that suggests there may be a link between terminating pregnancies and increased risks of breast cancer and depression.The Texas Department of State Health Services issued the new
  
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• UN says dairy a potential ally in Asia nutrition challenges

  06-12-2016 04:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BANGKOK - An apple a day kept the doctor away — but now in Asia, a cup of milk might do the trick.Milk and other dairy products have become an unexpected ally in the fight against Asia's newest dietary challenges: obesity, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies, according to a report by the U.N.
  
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• Bonhams to Sell an Extremely Rare Patek Philippe Grand Complication

  06-12-2016 03:00
  
  One of only 40 variants in white gold, the perpetual-calendar watch could bring in more than $190,000…Alix Moise
  
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• 3 Stylish Sunglasses to Gift—Or Keep

  06-12-2016 02:00
  
  Top brands are offering timeless eyewear designs this season—gift a pair to a fashionable friend or keep them for yourself…Carolyn Meers and Phoebe Neuman
  
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• Many smartphone health apps don't flag danger, says review

  06-12-2016 00:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Don't count on smartphone health apps in an emergency: A review shows many don't warn when you're in danger.The study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs found problems even with apps considered to be among the highest-quality offerings on the market.There's been a...
  
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• Jaguar’s New XKSS Is a Sexy Beast Reborn

  06-12-2016 00:00
  
  Jaguar XKSSA continuation from the famed 1957 model, nine examples will be made, each priced at $1.4 million…Viju Mathew
  
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